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If there is a launch that we are waiting for like rain in May, it is, without a doubt, the  Pagani C10 . There is no creation of this Italian firm that leaves anyone indifferent and with the C10, the replacement for the Huayra, it is logical to expect a bombshell again. Until now, Horacio Pagani’s firm has known how to manage its steps very well, launching a single model on each occasion, good enough to last on the market for many years without its design or its features noticing the passage of time. . Moreover, there is the sensational Pagani Zonda, which has refused to die thanks to customers, who do not stop asking for new super exclusive versions. We already saw a small preview through the publication of an image of the model, but not of the real model, but of a digital recreation that quite matched the forms that could be seen under the ton of camouflage that all the development units wear, as well as for the publication, next to the image, of some documents where the name of Pag

The Czech Republic they have structured a strategy that, in addition to modifying its aesthetics, promises  three new fully electric models in 2026 . It is a  compact , an  SUV-C , and a  seven-seater model , of which we have already seen the prototype concept sketches. We are talking  about the Skoda Vision 7S , a first approach to the  zero-emissions era  of the firm with an  89 kWh battery, a 200 kW fast recharging  system, and up to  600 kilometers of range . This 100% electric SUV is a preview of the design language that will be followed by the brand’s next zero-emission developments. There are many innovative aspects of this Skoda, starting with the  Tech-Deck Face grille  with flat and square but elongated shapes, which make the whole very robust and promise ample interior space. We now see the new logo complemented by an ambient stripe down the center, stretching to the corners of the front section with welcome graphics. As a significant detail, the  bumpers of the Skoda Visi

It is very common to see how some models are not approved for a specific market. A lot happens between the United States and Europe and sometimes you might think that with how big the car companies are, it’s sure not that expensive to homologate a car in a specific market. How many have been left wanting to see a Shelby GT500 in Europe? Or some other yankee model that is somewhat exotic? Well, the fact is that the homologations are not exactly free, rather the opposite, they are especially expensive, one of the most expensive things that the development of a new vehicle has. We have an example that surely illustrates a little what we mean, although perhaps it is a somewhat radical example since very few units will be manufactured and it is a very particular car, with unusual specifications:  Gordon Murray  has It cost more than 33 million dollars to homologate its T.33 in the United States. More than 33 million dollars… almost 33 million euros. Of the  GMA T.33 , only 100 units are g

The   2024 Ford Mustang  will be one of the most important in history because it  will be the last with gasoline engines . So adding to the usual anticipation for the launch of a new Mustang is the fact that this generation  will always be remembered . After this one, the following ones will be electric, so their appearance will change, but above all, it will change the concept of   ‘muscle car’  that we have always associated with   ‘American power . Well, let’s see  what we know about him  and what his most anticipated novelties are, as well as his  new design. In this recreation, we can see that at the  design  level, the new   Ford Mustang is not going to be a revolutionary change. It will be an  evolution  of the current concept, and faithful to this American  muscle car  style. The recreation is based on spy photos, so it is quite faithful to what we will finally and officially see. What we are going to see in it is a   more modern line  marked, above all, by  new headlights

Many technologies under development will allow us to charge the battery of electric cars  much faster.  But some of them are just a project, others have no date, and others will force us to have a more modern electric car than the current ones. The technology at hand, however,   is a simple upgrade  to current chargers and current cars. And they say it  will be available in just 5 years , so we can expect it  in 2027. They assure that by then technology will be available that will allow  charging 90% of the battery in just 10 minutes ; that is to say, a technology that will be as fast in charging the battery of an electric vehicle, almost, as refueling a vehicle with a thermal engine. And today there are already electric cars that admit a lot  of charging power  and therefore shorter times to have a battery again; however, many of these technologies are  detrimental  to  battery health . The technology at hand, however,   does not cause damage  to the battery and does not involve heat

Those responsible for the Danish sports car manufacturer  Zenvo  have recently confirmed that in 2023 they will have a  newly developed  hypercar . The brand unveiled its plans these recent days in Monterey, where it has already received thirty deposits from future buyers. They thus confirm the news that emerged some time ago about the arrival of a new model in their catalog. Those thirty orders are a considerable number for this small-run  hypercar manufacturer.  It serves as a reference that the sales of its first vehicle, the Zenvo ST1, presented in 2009, amounted to 15 units in the seven years that it remained in production. Currently, its range consists of three variants on the same model, the Zenvo TS1; the Zenvo TS1 GT, a  grand tourer  whose behavior is optimized for long road trips; the Zenvo TSR, a radical version oriented to the circuit and without the possibility of being registered to circulate on public roads; and the Zenvo TSR-S, a registrable version of the previous on

Testimonials from new owners of the  Rivian R1S, a  full-size  SUV with three rows of seats that share a platform with the R1T  pick-up , only shorter and with a slightly shorter wheelbase, are beginning to emerge on the Internet. Both one model and the other were unveiled at the 2018 Los Angeles Motor Show, almost four years ago – it was in November. Early birders starting in late 2018 start receiving their R1S now. The SUV has been manufactured in Normal (Illinois, USA) for some time, but they were units intended for “internal consumption”, for Rivian Automotive employees, including its CEO, RJ Scaringe. Fortunately for the early believers of the Rivian religion,  they have not suffered from price increases . And it is that reservations made before March 2022 maintain the rates originally announced in 2018, with which Rivian is supposed to be losing money. After that date, you get less for the same price, both in engines and autonomy. And it was like that because there was a big pr

For more than 30 years, Chinese manufacturers have been unable to compete with European, North American, and Japanese high-end brands, with Hongqi being the exception that proved the rule. But in the era of electric cars, and with the Chinese automobile industry being much more developed, new opportunities are opening up in the high-end range.  BYD  wants its piece of the pie. Right now BYD is structured between the  access models  e1, e2, e3…, followed by the Dynasty range (  Qin , Tang, Song, Han…), and above that the  Ocean  range (Dolphin, Seal, Frigate…). The Denza range is positioned at a more premium level. BYD is going to grow up with a high-end brand for China’s deepest pockets, and the potential clientele is measured in the millions. BYD could thus invoice even more with a low volume. To date, it was known that this high-end brand would have prices starting at 800,000 yuan, almost $116,500 in exchange, and would cap at 1.5 million yuan, about $218,500. According to the Chin

The popular technological brand   Xiaomi  is having some  problems  to be able to manufacture its  electric car . The license they need to be able to manufacture vehicles independently is experiencing a   significant delay  compared to what they had planned. But it seems that   Xiaomi Auto , the company’s arm focused on the manufacture of electric vehicles, would have found the  solution  by keeping the BAIC production plant in Qingdao, in Shandong province. In Cailian they report that   Xiaomi  could have decided to keep the BAIC production plant in Qingdao. We know that the Chinese brand, known for the technology sector, could be in talks to  buy this production plant to  advance its intention to  manufacture electric cars independently.  They are exploring several possible options, among which would also be a  partnership with BAIC Group  to be able to produce electric vehicles. Now, another option would be to buy a part of Hyundai’s No. 2 production plant in Beijing. And all this

At the end of last year, Lexus presented a series of electric prototypes as a preview of its future zero-emission range (Toyota’s premium firm will go 100% electric in China, the United States, and Europe in 2035). The one that aroused the most interest among the public was undoubtedly the suggestive  Lexus Electrified Sport , a supercar conceived as heir to the remembered LFA. This ultra-stylish two-seater, whose arrival on the market will take place in the middle of the decade,  will premiere several firsts  that will make it one of the most desired cars on the international scene: it is expected to be the first model of the Japanese group to mount solid electrolyte batteries, a technology that Toyota has been working on for years. This will allow it to offer  a range of 700 km  (at the time it was not announced under which homologation cycle this estimate was calculated). Toyota’s solid electrolyte batteries will not only be characterized by their high energy density, but they sho

As is often the case with all new batch cars manufactured in China,  the Toyota bZ3 has been leaked before its official presentation through the database of the Ministry of Industry  of the Asian country. The lines of this long-awaited electric sedan were advanced at the end of last year by the bZ SDN prototype, which maintains most of the features. The Toyota bZ3 will be a compact saloon (C-segment) equivalent to the Corolla Sedan , one of the best-selling cars on the planet. It will measure 4,725 millimeters long, 1,835 millimeters wide, and 1,475 millimeters high, with a wheelbase of 2,880 millimeters. Therefore, it will be straddling the Corolla Sedan itself (4,630 millimeters long) and the D-segment Camry (4,885 millimeters), surpassing the battle of both (2,700 millimeters for the Corolla, 2,820 millimeters for the Camry). From an aesthetic point of view, the bZ3 continues the design language already seen in the bZ4X. Thus, it maintains both the hammerhead-shaped light clusters

Norway in 2025, the United Kingdom in 2030, the entire European Union in 2035… More and more governments are putting a date on the ban on the sale of new cars with internal combustion engines.  The latest region to join has been California , which in 2035 will become the first state in the United States to carry out this movement. The California Air Resources Board (CARB) yesterday voted on the  Advanced Clean Cars II  regulation, through which the planned ban on non-plug-in car sales will be articulated. It is expected that the example of California will be followed later by other states in the country. California’s plan will be implemented in phases . Thus, in 2026, 35% of cars sold in the State will be required to be plug-in, a percentage that will increase to 68% in 2030, reaching 100% in 2035. In the case of heavy trucks, the deadline will be 2045. Manufacturers that fail to meet the targets will face fines of up to $20,000 per unit. By 2040, authorities estimate that California

The house of the four circles lands in Formula 1. It will not happen immediately, but it will be an event of great importance, given that of the great German manufacturers (Opel aside), it was the only one to never have walked the most important stage in the world of Motorsport, as done instead by Mercedes, Porsche, and BMW. However, it will not be a team that will take part in the world championship, but the manufacturer itself as an engine supplier starting from 2026 , the year in which many technical rules on the construction of Power Units will change,  as recently announced by the FIA ​​and Formula 1 . This was announced in an extraordinary press conference by the president of the FIA ​​Mohammed  Ben Sulayem , that Formula 1  Stefano Domenicali , Markus Duesmann, CEO of Audi AG, and Oliver Hoffmann, member of Audi’s technical development board. DETAILS AT THE END OF THE YEAR It will be the first time in over 10 years that a Formula 1 engine will be made in Germany, given that t

Hydrogen used as fuel has always lived in the shadows as a clean alternative to fossil fuels. Since it was decided that from 2035 combustion engines will not be able to be sold, the brands have not stopped trying to prevent this from being the case. Perhaps the law ends up allowing a gap in the market for synthetic fuel engines or other fuels. The Porsche Engineering division has been experimenting, virtually, with an engine derived from a production one, but powered by hydrogen, and the results are not bad at all. At Porsche they have started from the digital plans of a 4.4-liter V8, modifying it to be powered by hydrogen. The first step has been to increase the compression ratio due to the quality of the fuel. In order for the engine to maintain as few emissions as possible, it needs about twice as much air as its petrol counterpart, which is why supercharging has been used. But it is not as simple as making a “cut-paste” of the turbochargers of a sufficiently large gasoline engine,

Combustion  engines  are living their last days of glory, especially those with large displacement and high performance, which have no place in the ecological society towards which we travel, or so at least they want us to believe. We are not going to argue with that argument, we all know what it is and how it is achieved, but we are going to say that we will miss these crazy times when we burned fossil fuel in our car engines. We still have a combustion engine for a few years, for many years to be honest, because second-hand vehicles will continue to have traditional engines for a long time, but it will not be the same. Even  Bugatti , one of the quintessential brands when it comes to using huge engines, will have to make the move to electrification sooner rather than later. Moreover, the Bugatti Chiron has reached the end of its life, the brand has said goodbye to its engine, launched more than 15 years ago, with the Bugatti W16 Mistral and we know that there will be no more cars of

In the year 2025, the Spanish plants of the Volkswagen Group (Landaben and Martorell) will begin to manufacture the  “MEB Entry Family” ; that is, the company’s new electric access range, which will be made up of three utility vehicles and three B-SUVs of the CUPRA, Skoda, and Volkswagen brands. At the moment, SEAT is not expected to have its models. It is expected that the first two models to reach the market will be the  CUPRA Raval  and the  Volkswagen ID.2 , which will be assembled in Martorell and Landaben, respectively (while the utility lines will come out of the Catalan factory lines, the Navarran facilities will take care of assembling the SUVs). This range will be based on the MEB Small platform , a front-wheel drive architecture that will support engines of up to 234 hp (172 kW) and 290 Nm. The models that use this base will have two batteries: one of access with LFP (lithium-ferrophosphate) cells, and another more capable of about 57 kWh with NCM (nickel, cobalt, manganes

This year’s Monterey Car Week has reserved many surprises for us!  Among very rare jewels and exclusive supercars, Bentley did not miss the opportunity to amaze everyone with a jewel to scream . We are talking about the Bentley Mulliner Batur, a luxurious grand touring coupe powered by a 6.0-liter W12 twin-turbo. As the era of the internal combustion engine draws to a close,  the English manufacturer has decided to honor its majestic 12-cylinder, making it more powerful than ever!  A new intake system, upgraded turbochargers, a more efficient intercooler, and numerous recalibrations have pushed the Bentley W12 beyond all limits. The Batur was also equipped with a titanium exhaust system, complete with 3D printed finishes. Bentley Mulliner Batur Engine Thanks to all these changes,  the W12 Biturbo now develops 740 hp and 1,000 Nm of torque. This is about eighty hp and about 100 Nm more than the Continental GT Speed . The latter accelerates from 0 to 100 per hour in 3.5 seconds and re

It’s no secret that the Cayenne was the model that saved Porsche 20 years ago . At that time, the idea that a manufacturer of sports performance such as the 911 or the Carrera GT would launch an SUV would seem crazy; however, three generations later, it remains the company’s best-selling car. Few are the manufacturers that have not ended up succumbing to the SUV trend: Aston Martin DBX , Lamborghini Urus , Lotus Eletre , Maserati Levante… Even Ferrari plans to launch a model of this type as soon as next year, the Purosangue. Given this scenario,  it is not surprising that brands like McLaren are also considering taking the step . The British firm’s new chief executive,  Michael Leiters , has confirmed that it is open to launching an SUV in the future. He aims to evolve McLaren’s range beyond its current mid-engined supercars, encompassing other categories that allow the company to boost its business. Leiters was responsible for overseeing the launch of the Cayenne during his time at