Nissan has introduced the Ariya, the Japanese marque’s second EV and its first SUV to run purely on electricity.
Clever technology, ‘exciting’ handling and a performance variant with up to 389bhp are its defining features, but there’s plenty more to the car that Nissan claims will “mark a new era for electric vehicles”. We lift the bonnet.
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Cupra has revealed the new El-Born, dialling up the EV’s sportiness with “significant design and performance upgrades”. Then, Mercedes unleashes its 720bhp AMG GT Black Series, the long-awaited sports car being powered by the most potent V8 engine that AMG has ever made.
Meanwhile, the Lamborghini Sian Roadster variant emerges from the show covers to usurp the Ferrari 812 GTS as the world’s most powerful open-top production car. It produces 808bhp, which is almost double the grunt made by the BMW’s new 2 Series Coupé, spotted stretching its legs in Mexico this week.
This year’s Festival of Speed may have been cancelled but Goodwood is set to host a behind-closed-doors motoring festival in mid-October to “keep the flame alive” and recoup some lost revenue.
Then, LEVC reveals the van version of its TX taxi, the VN5, and opens the order books, BMW chases Jag’s I-Pace with its new iX3, the marque’s second fully electric model which packs a 285-mile range, and Land Rover replaces the V6 and V8 diesel engines for its Range Rover and Range Rover Sport models with a new 3.0-litre straight-six mild hybrid.
In this week’s business section, we survey the changing landscape of car sales in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, finding public “appetite for spending remains questionable”. Jim Holder caps the news section by weighing up the pros and the cons of FCA-PSA merger.
Reviews
The Polestar 2 kicks off our first drives this week as Volvo’s new electrified performance brand makes its big introductory statement with a rival to the Tesla Model 3. Then, we get behind the wheel of the off-road Ariel that thinks it’s an asphalt rally car. Is it another gem from the British marque?
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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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