Renault is preparing two new EVs as part of a wide-reaching overhaul - and Autocar has all the details.
More extensive platform sharing with Alliance partner Nissan will spawn a production version of last year’s Morphoz concept and another, more mysterious model.
New boss Luca de Meo, who joined Renault from Seat, is the driving force behind the brand’s SUV focus and is also pushing a renewed focus on C-segment models. Pick up this week’s mag to find out more.
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Land Rover has updated the Discovery Sport and Range Rover Evoque for 2021 with new engines, revamped infotainment and a special-edition trim. But JLR-fans will probably be more excited by the news that the company will take over production of Ford’s AJ supercharged petrol V8, securing the future of the engine used in everything from the Jaguar F-Type to the Range Rover (and set to be used in the new Defender).
Lotus has pushed back the launch of its Evija electric hypercar by at least five months, due to delays in the testing programme caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Meanwhile, we get an early look at the renewed Volkswagen Golf R Estate.
In other news, although fully-automated cars are still a significant way away from appearing on UK roads, semi-autonomous tech is coming to fruition, especially new automated lane-keeping systems. We report on what the UK government is doing to regulate the technology.
What will the first UK gigafactory mean for the industry? In the Autocar Business section, we take a look at new start-up Britishvolt, which plans to open such a factory in 2023, and consider the debatable economic arguments for producing more SUVs, which make the most cash, but also emit more CO2.
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No one can accuse BMW of failing to offer sufficient choice. Not with the X3, at least. Is the plug-in hybrid xDrive30e the one to go for? We drive one for the first time to find out.
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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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