CARS OF THE WORLD

Kia Sportage 5 2022.

Posted by admin on 9 декабря, 2021

Kia Sportage 5 2022.

Kia Sportage 5 2022: prices and sales launch in Russia for the 5th generation.

Finally, the Kia Sportage 2022 model year has been officially introduced.

Korean 5th generation parkettik received a completely new body design in the style of the EV6 electric car, a completely redesigned interior and technical stuffing.

According to the manufacturer, the new Sportage will move to a completely different level in the crossover class.

Like the EV6 electric car, the model has a new company logo, and the famous «Tiger Nose» grille as the K5 has become even more aggressive, especially it is felt in tandem with the new optics.

At the back of the Kia Sportage looks wider due to enlarged wheel arches, and the contrast is given by the black roof, though it must be ordered at extra charge.

The 5th generation cabin is made in the same style as the manufacturer’s novelties, it’s two large curved and connected displays of 12.3 inches each, and instead of the gear lever — a puck on the same central display to select the driving mode.

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Audi TT RS 2022.

Posted by admin on 9 декабря, 2021

Audi TT RS 2022.

Farewell Audi TT RS 2022 for the U.S.: without antifender, but in bright colors.

Audi has announced that the next year will be the last for Audi TT RS in the USA, less powerful versions will hardly last much longer.

Most likely, there will be no direct successor to the TT model.

Audi TT model first debuted in 1998, and the current third generation sports car has been produced since 2014, the top version of TT RS with a 2.5-liter gasoline «turbocharger» was introduced in 2016 and in 2019, experienced a planned restyling.

In the U.S., according to the resource CarSalesBase, the peak sales of the Audi TT in the history of the model came in 2001, when 12,523 units were sold, and the best year for the third generation was 2016 — 3,044 units were sold.

In pre-crisis 2019 demand dropped to 1,324 units, in corona-crisis 2020 830 units were sold, in the first three quarters of 2021 — 825 units.

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Hyundai Lafesta N Line 2022.

Posted by admin on 9 декабря, 2021

Hyundai Lafesta N Line 2022.

Hyundai Lafesta N Line 2022. The Hyundai Lafesta sedan has changed its engine and gained an N Line version in hopes of winning back customers.

The coupe-like «four-door» also transformed outside and inside. The restyled model is likely to hit the market next year.

We saw the updated Hyundai Lafesta in light camouflage on the spy photos in late November, and now in the base of the Chinese Ministry of Industry entered pictures, which captures the sedan without a flap of camouflage.

In addition the basic characteristics became known. Recall, the «four-door» debuted in 2018, it was created specifically for the PRC, the production is established there: the local joint venture Beijing Hyundai positions the model as a youth model.

In 2019, its first full year on the market, according to CarSalesBase, the four-door sold 99,404 copies.

But the result of 2020 is only 35,540 units. And from January till October, 2021 only 9100 pieces were sold.

By the way, at the end of last year Lafesta was slightly refreshed, but as we see, that modernization did not help. This time there are much more improvements.

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Toyota Prius 2022.

Posted by admin on 8 декабря, 2021

Toyota Prius 2022.

Toyota Prius 2022. Toyota is preparing the next-generation Prius: it may get a new platform.

The Japanese company intends to continue producing the Prius hybrid along with all-electric novelties.

Toyota Prius remains one of the most popular hybrids all over the world.

The current fourth-generation model was introduced in 2015, and it underwent a restyling three years later.

One of the main markets for the Prius is the States. For the «covid» 2020 customers bought 43,525 copies (37.6% less than the year before).

This year, the model’s performance in the U.S. is up, with customers buying 55,064 units between January and November (nearly 40 percent more than in the first 11 months of 2020).

In Europe, the results of Toyota Prius is much more modest, but the Japanese brand does not intend to bypass this market in the future.

In the crisis last year, the model sold 4,605 units in the Old World, which is 38.2% less than in 2019.

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Camal Super**GA.

Posted by admin on 8 декабря, 2021

Camal SuperGA.**

Caterham in Italian: Camal Super**GA with carbon fiber body for 300 thousand euros.

Turin-based design studio Camal has unveiled its next eccentric project — a Super**GA roadster based on the British Caterham Seven 485.

A completely new handmade body will cost as much as five donor roadsters.

Founded in 2008 by car designer Alessandro Camorali (formerly of Bertone, Fiat and Ferrari), Camal is already famous for several unusual projects like the Viva hybrid horse-electric carriage and the Aznom Palladium luxury sedan based on the Ram 1500 pickup.

Among the latest projects made for a third-party customer is also the elegant mid-engine coupe Bermat GT, while the Super**GA is the Turin studio’s own initiative.

The unusual name can be interpreted in two ways. Some people like provocative «superfiga,» others like geographical association: there is a winding street Superga in the suburbs of Turin leading through the forest on a hill 433 m high to the eponymous basilica, formerly a time race was held on this serpentine road.

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