CARS OF THE WORLD

Maserati Grecale 2022.

Posted by admin on 25 ноября, 2021

Maserati Grecale 2022.

Maserati Grecale crossover is getting ready for its premiere: new details.

Maserati Grecale crossover premiere has been postponed twice already and now official Maserati Grecale launch is scheduled for Spring 2022.

Journalists edition Autocar drove the pre-production cars and shared some details.

For example, it became known that the base SUV will receive 2.0-liter gasoline turbo-motor with a combined supercharger (turbocharger and an electric supercharger) and a starter-generator.

The total output of such a unit is claimed to be 300 hp and 450 Nm of torque.

At that, previously it was expected that the top versions Grecale (the name is invented in honor of the wind in the Mediterranean) will get a 2.9-liter twin-supercharged V6 from Alfa Romeo, but it turned out not so.

Instead of it, a completely new 3-liter in-house developed Nettuno engine will be under the hood.

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Kia Niro 2022.

Posted by admin on 25 ноября, 2021

Kia Niro 2022.

The Kia Niro crossover has changed its image in a new generation, but retains three of the settings.

The characteristics of the second-generation crossover have not yet been revealed, but the brand has already announced that, as before, the model will be offered only with electrified units.

The Kia Niro compact crossover debuted in 2016 as a «simple» hybrid (HEV).

A year later, this «five-door» was joined by a rechargeable PHEV hybrid variant, and in 2018 the range was joined by an electric car (EV), which, by the way, was the first mass-market fully «green» parkettes of the brand.

Two years ago, hybrids underwent a restyling, borrowing some stylistic solutions from the electric car.

Europeans especially like crossovers: according to the statistics of CarSalesBase, in 2020 in the Old World sold 77,830 units (+36%), following three quarters of this year — 67,336 units (+21%).

For comparison, in the home market Niro last year sold 21,239 copies (-19%; hereinafter the company’s data), in January-September 2021 it sold 13,855 units (-17%).

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Alpine A110 2022.

Posted by admin on 24 ноября, 2021

Alpine A110 2022.

The French Alpine A110 2022 sports car is now 300 hp.

The Alpine A110 2022 sports car introduces new features and a more radical version with 296 hp, capable of accelerating from 0 to 100 km/h in 4.2 seconds.

After several lightly camouflaged prototypes were spotted in Germany late last summer, the predictions came true.

Secretly Alpine has been working on the 2022 Alpine A110 range, announced just yesterday.

Unveiled just now, some four years after the modern sports car went into production at the Dieppe plant in France, it brings several new additions to the entire line, consisting of A110, A110 GT and A110 S versions.

In Russia, the Alpine A110 cannot be officially purchased.

In the UK, the price of the updated sports car starts at £49,905 (5 million rubles, according to the current exchange rate), and Alpine hopes that the restyling will help keep the car competitive with the Porsche 718 Cayman and Audi TT.

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Xpeng G9 2022.

Posted by admin on 24 ноября, 2021

Xpeng G9 2022.

Chinese automaker Xpeng continues expansion of its products on the world car markets.

Thus, at the auto show in Guangzhou the concern presented a crossover novelty which was expected long time ago.

As it turned out, the new crossover became fully electric G9.

During the presentation all the accents were made by the company on electrification and ecological compatibility of the novelty.

Since it was originally planned that Xpeng G9 will not focus on the domestic market, it was developed taking into account numerous requirements and current demands of the European audience.

Apparently, being aware of the current developments of the world’s leading concerns, Xpeng immediately bet on electric engines.

The car has strict and straightforward exterior features. In the front with a closed grille, the elements of the headlights, which are divided into two zones — a narrow upper one with daytime running lights, as well as the main one, stand out the most.

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KIA Carnival 2022.

Posted by admin on 24 ноября, 2021

KIA Carnival 2022.

KIA Carnival 2022 model year has more rich equipment in Russia.

Sales of the KIA Carnival 2022 have started in Russia. It should be noted that the Korean fourth-generation minivan debuted on our market only in April of the twenty-first, and since then more than 2,600 such cars have been sold in the country.

The exterior and interior of the model has not changed, although the car tried on a new nameplate.

Technical «stuff» remained the same: the choice may be a 2.2-liter four-cylinder turbodiesel with 199 hp or 3.5-liter gasoline MPI with 249 horsepower, working with an 8-speed automatic.

In our market, the Carnival is still offered in five packages, but the equipment of the higher versions has changed a bit.

For example, in Prestige version there is a 12.3-inch multimedia display instead of the eight-inch one.

A Bose audio system, interior camera for communication with passengers, all-around view camera and a navigator are added to this complete set.

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