Opel replaces one of the last models dating back to the GM days, the first-gen Peugeot 2008-based Crossland, with a sharp, chunkier crossover […]
Opel brings back the Frontera as a hybrid or EV
April 9, 2024/9.48
Tag: hybrid cars
Opel returns to New Zealand with electrified entries in every model line
March 24, 2022/0.03
If you’re a curious soul like me, you’d have stumbled across the opel.co.nz website a few days ago, and realized that was the German brand being teased to press, something that was officially announced today to New Zealand motoring journalists. The clue wasn’t so much in the ‘modern German’ mention in the teaser, but […]
Fifth-generation Range Rover launched at Royal Opera House
October 26, 2021/21.32
Jaguar Land Rover has launched the fifth-generation Range Rover at the Royal Opera House in London, with Thierry Bolloré, CEO of JLR, and Gerry McGovern, OBE, its chief creative officer, representing the company at the event. The new generation advances Range Rover’s luxury principles and off-road capability even further, with seating for seven available […]
DS to ferry journalists in plug-in hybrid models during Paris Fashion Week
June 22, 2021/22.22
Much like Renault has done for the Festival de Cannes, DS wants to show off its luxury credentials by being the official transport for Paris Fashion Week’s men’s shows this week. The fleet comprises 25 cars, with both the DS 9 E-Tense 225 saloon and the DS 7 Crossback E-Tense 4×4 300 crossover present. […]
Citroën redefines the large family car with the C5 X
April 13, 2021/22.02
William Crozes/Continental Productions Is this the future of the CD- and D-segment family car? Citroën has unveiled its C5 X, the third generation (if you don’t count the C5 Aircross) of the C5 line, blending saloon, estate and SUV ideas. Sales of conventional saloons and estates in this segment have been dropping for some […]
Kia launches flagship Sorento model with plug-in hybrid powertrain in New Zealand
April 7, 2021/0.33
It seems to be the trajectory of brands such as Hyundai and Kia: offering ever more stylish, premium models on the basis that even people who indulge in luxury like value for money. Kia’s rise has been particularly marked after its appointment of Peter Schreyer as head of design, before being named one of […]
Peugeot hybrid and Volkswagen off-road estates ready for ordering
March 16, 2012/23.14
Top The Volkswagen Passat Alltrack, a raised off-road version of the Variant. Above Peugeot goes one better by making its estate-based off-roader a hybrid. With fuel still getting more expensive, it’s hard to believe that SUVs remain in fashion. In Europe, raised estate cars that think they’re SUVs are still coming from the manufacturers, with […]
BMW showcases its i3 and i8 models in concept form
July 29, 2011/11.58
BMW has officially shown its i3 and i8, in concept form, today. The company had already previewed both cars in some form: the i3 as a sketch when the sub-brand was first revealed, and eagle-eyed viewers will have caught the i8 in the trailer for the Tom Cruise movie, Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol. The […]
Citroën announces DS5 crossover at Auto Shanghai
April 18, 2011/23.37
Citroën has announced its DS5 at Auto Shanghai, the Shanghai Motor Show. Originally touted as a crossover (blending saloon, coupé and off-roader), the result is more a sleek all-wheel-drive hatchback that carries on the design theme of the smaller DS3 and DS4. The DS5 features Citroën’s Hybrid4 diesel technology: 200 PS, four-wheel drive, electric […]
Videos from BMW’s i sub-brand launch
February 22, 2011/2.51
BMW’s sub-brand will be called i, in lowercase, as many predicted prior to the announcement in München yesterday. Unlike at Hyundai, BMW’s i initial will be used to denote models based around BMW’s LifeDrive architecture, featuring an aluminium chassis housing the powertrain and a passenger cell made with lightweight carbonfibre-reinforced plastic. The first models […]
