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You could be forgiven for overlooking the Peugeot 3008 Hybrid4 when it was unveiled in August 2010. It looked just like any other 3008, for starters, and its use of a hybrid drivetrain would likely have proved unremarkable to many. After all, the likes of Lexus had been ploughing the now-rich hybrid SUV furrow in the UK with its RX since June 2005.
[Read more…] about Automotive Reincarnations: Audi Duo and Peugeot 3008 Hybrid4
Anybody who sets out to chronicle the super-saloon genre is faced with a similar problem to those who write about north-south motorways in England’s bottom-left quarter. That is, it’s very easy to disregard everything else and become totally obsessed with the M5.
[Read more…] about Evolution of the Super-Saloon: From Alpina B7 to Mercedes AMG E63 S
BMW as we know it today can almost be summed up by one model: the 3 Series. For more than 40 years and through seven generations the BMW 3 Series has been at the top of its class with global sales topping 15 million examples, an impressive performance for a compact executive car.
[Read more…] about History Guide: BMW 3 Series
The 2019 Mercedes-AMG A45, due to be unveiled soon, has a handful of things in common with the 1987 Lancia Delta HF Integrale 8v. You won’t need to interrogate their technical specifications too closely to work it out. Four-wheel drive, turbocharged four-cylinder engines, five doors – that sort of thing. Beyond those fuzzy and trivial commonalities, though, there is a connection between them that is clear and meaningful. But we’ll get on to that later.
[Read more…] about Evolution of the Super Hatch: From Lancia Delta HF Integrale to Mercedes-AMG A45
The Volkswagen Beetle needs no introduction. But it does deserve a farewell. And that, after 80 years in production and more than 23 million cars sold, is exactly what this story is. Because as of later this year, the Beetle will be no more.
[Read more…] about Volkswagen Beetle: Saying Goodbye After an 80-Year Production Run
