Ford Focus 2022.

Ford Focus 2022.

Ford Focus 2022.

Ford Focus 2022. The new generation of the American bestseller Ford Focus should debut by the end of this year. The model will go on sale in the European car market in the spring of 2022.

Foreign designers, in anticipation of the debut of the novelty, decided to create renders, on which they showed exactly what, in their opinion, the updated Focus will be.

According to experts, after the update, the American car will be available to buyers in Active, Vignale and ST versions. As for the appearance, it should become more stylish and sporty.

This is evidenced by test versions of Ford Focus prototypes, which were previously spotted by photo spies during test drives.

New Ford Focus

In terms of the published renders, experts believe that the car will be equipped with a narrower head optics, complemented by curved strips of LED lights at the bottom.

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Peugeot Hypercar 9X8 2022.

Peugeot Hypercar 9X8 2022.

Peugeot Hypercar 9X8 2022.

Peugeot Hypercar 9X8 2022. Peugeot has not participated in 24-hour endurance races for ten years. But a return to Le Mans is slated for 2022!

And before us — the first images of the future racing car Peugeot 9X8, which is preparing for the new category LMH (Le Mans Hypercar), introduced this year instead of the LMP1 class.

So far, the five-meter Peugeot 9X8 exists only as a full-size mockup and computer images. But its main feature is already clear: the car does not have a rear wing!

The LMH category rules only allow one adjustable aerodynamic element, and Peugeot Sport has come up with an original solution. What is a secret behind seven seals, so that competitors do not know.

However, even without this, there are enough interesting solutions. For example, the headlights and taillights with three LED strips are designed in the style of Peugeot production vehicles.

Also, the glowing plates of the rear lights act as aerodynamic stabilizers. Wheel arches — with open sections at the top. There are no rear-view mirrors, instead there are cameras and monitors under the cockpit ceiling.

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Volkswagen Golf GTE 2021.

Volkswagen Golf GTE 2021.

Volkswagen Golf GTE 2021.

Volkswagen Golf GTE 2021. The eighth generation Golf, like all modern cars, has reaffirmed its commitment to electrification.

The iconic compact car from Volkswagen is the best-selling model in Europe today.

To maintain its dominant position in the automotive market, the company is releasing a plug-in version of the «charged» Golf GTE.

Volkswagen Golf eHybrid already has a price in some European markets, which means we can find out what the German brand is offering us in a new car.

First of all, we will consider what is installed under the hood of the model.

In the new Golf GTE, the plug-in hybrid unit consists of a 1.4-liter four-cylinder TSI petrol unit with 150 hp. and a small electric motor that generates 116 hp.

In total, the model produces 246 hp. and 400 N * m of torque.

Power is redirected to the front axle via a six-speed dual-clutch DSG automatic transmission.

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Volvo XC90 Electric 2023.

Volvo XC90 Electric 2023.

Volvo XC90 Electric 2023.

There will be no new Volvo XC90. The flagship SUV of the Swedish brand will receive a different name.

At the beginning of this century, the XC90 ushered in the crossover era for Volvo, and the new flagship will herald a technical paradigm shift and a full transition to electric vehicles.

On June 30, Volvo Cars unveiled the Concept Recharge, which opens a new chapter in the design of the Swedish brand’s cars.

By 2025, half of the cars sold to it should have an electric power plant, and in 2030 the internal combustion engine will finally become a thing of the past.

At the Concept Recharge presentation, Volvo Cars CEO Håkan Samuelsson, quoted by Automotive News Europe, said that Volvo’s new electric flagship will indeed have some of the concept’s features, but at the same time it will have a completely new name, not the XC90!

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Geely Tugella 2021.

Geely Tugella 2021.

Geely Tugella 2021.

Geely Tugella 2021 is not a budget cross-country, but a modern and quite expensive car, created on the CMA platform, which the Chinese have developed together with Volvo.

Tugella became the first Geely car at the CMA, absorbing all the latest developments of Chinese-Swedish engineers and taking the position of the flagship of the entire Geely model range in Russia (even more “sophisticated” Geely Xingyue L has already been released in China, which has become the top-end cross of the brand).

The price of Geely Tugella is 2.7 million rubles in the Luxury package and 2.8 million rubles in the Flagship package.

The minimum difference in the price of trim levels is familiar to the «Chinese», but in fact the differences are reduced to 20 «discs instead of 19», automatic high beam, fabric trim of the rear pillars, NAPPA leather and suede instead of the usual leather trim, intelligent cruise control and a whole complex of safety. which includes an automatic counter-emergency braking system with pedestrian recognition, lane keeping, road sign recognition, and a whole host of other useful little things.

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