Audi is plotting a high-tech assault on the executive class with a new flagship model expected to be called the A9 E-tron.
The Mercedes EQC rival is scheduled to be on the road as early as 2024, and should arrive with autonomous driving, car-to-x functionality and augmented reality features. Further down the range, a successor to the A2 hatchback is reportedly on the way.
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Vauxhall has radically overhauled its Mokka crossover. The ‘X’ suffix has been ditched, while a bold redesign and an EV version available from the start complete the key changes. Meanwhile, the Mercedes-AMG E63 siblings gain a range of upgrades intended to improve comfort, the Lexus IS gets a revamp but is withdrawn from sale in Europe and Volkswagen gives its Arteon a svelte Shooting Brake model, as well as a raunchy 316bhp R flagship.
Also in this issue, Cupra upgrades its Ateca hot SUV. The car receives a makeover inside and out as the marque seeks to fortify the model in the ever-more-competitive performance SUV segment. Jaguar’s popular I-Pace gets a boost in the form of faster charging and a revised infotainment system. However, it’s bad news for TVR fans: the reborn brand requires £25 million in investment to build its delayed Griffith sports car.
Synthetic fuels are the subject of this week’s Autocar Business section, as we report on the oil industry’s desire for a greener future, while telling you all you need to know about the new technology. We also explain how Tesla’s success is connected to the playground.
Reviews
This week’s first drives get underway with the Lotus Evora. Is the legendary Lotus aging like fine wine or economy milk? We find out. The Dacia Duster gains a factory-fit LPG system that promises even cheaper motoring, and the Mercedes-Benz GLA gets fully-fledged small SUV status - but is it better for it?
In the road test, the feline Ford Kuga aims to combine SUV practicality, Focus underpinnings and plug-in hybrid tech. Then in the road test rewind, we wind back the clock to the car that went above and beyond for Blackpool-basd TVR. What else? It’s the TVR Sagaris.
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RCT V
The original svelte and elegant CLS
As usual, this week's edition (dated 04APR2018), is a very good read, and well worth the investment. The road test of the eighth generation of Roll-Royce Phantom - with its "mahogany panelling" - illustrates that moneyed wealth, should NOT be confused with good-taste!
The sales pitch for next week's issue (to be dated 11APR2018), whets our appetite with the Used Buying Guide . . . "Mercedes-Benz CLS. Can't afford the new one? Then read our guide to Merc's original style icon".
The original CLS certainly was a style icon, with all the svelte elegance of a Parisian - or Italian - chic designer item.
That streamlined elegance was lost when the original's "facelift" incorporated the bluff, Teutonic, more upright, corporate Mercedes radiator grill.
The new, current, incarnation of the CLS (page 29, of this week's magazine), shares all the style, delicacy, and substantial "presence" of a rugby prop forward! It is not a case of "Can not AFFORD the new CLS?". More a question of why would anyone wish to purchase such a vulgar and brutish vehicle?
It is (again) a reminder that the ownership of wealth, is NOT the same as the possession of good taste.
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Conte Candoli
Unhinged GT2 RS
Why the GT2 RS isn't a five-star Porsche?
Well, according to the German car magazine Sportauto the McLaren 720 S is the better supercar.
The 720 S is razor sharp and yet poised, while the GT2 RS is a bit unhinged.
wheelman
Headline is embarrassing
Good overall read this week, except for the iPace vs Tesla review, which is a biased storyline developed clearly ahead of the cars being reviewed. Essentially, the premise looks to convey an analogy between two passenger jets and how the second to market - the Boeing 707 - went on to lead it. Unfortunately, much like his story, he apply's 20th century motoring thinking to a 21st century ownership problem. In other words, he clearly doesn't get what the shft to electric is about. Not only that, many of the facts are just incorrect, like 0-60 time that amongst the others if they had been published correctly, would make the reader question how the author could possibly have reached such a conclusion. This disregards the fact that the iPace is better compared with the Model 3 (same size). Not only that, but the test cars were over 25% apart on costs - with the iPace being more expensive. Really dissappointing journalism.
wheelman
Oh good... Another JLR
Oh good... Another JLR product takes the cover spot. Must be at least an issue or two since the last one.
wheelman
Oh good... Another JLR
Oh good... Another JLR product takes the cover spot. Must be at least an issue or two since the last one.
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