BYD Yangwang U8 2023.

BYD Yangwang U8 2023.

BYD Yangwang U8 2023.

BYD’s luxury frame SUV debuted along with an unannounced supercar.

The all-terrain vehicle is still presented as a four-engine electric car, and a rechargeable hybrid version is also promised.

But there is almost no information about the sports car. Only acceleration time up to a «hundred» is declared — an impressive 2 seconds.

In November last year, «celestial» concern BYD announced the creation of a new sub-brand, which will produce luxurious electrified models (by the way, the company does not make cars with internal combustion engines only).

The local name of the brand is Yangwang, from Latinized Chinese to Russian it can be translated as «look up».

Firstborn will be a brutal SUV, previously known under the internal index R1.

And today, January 5, the almost ready-for-production car was shown — already under the brand name U8.

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Tesla Cybertruck 2023.

Tesla Cybertruck 2023.

Tesla Cybertruck 2023.

Tesla is preparing to release the Cybertruck: a stainless-steel amphibious pickup truck on cool wheels.

Tesla’s long-awaited electric pickup truck will go into production in the middle of next year at the Gigafactory in Texas, with its technical features still seeming unrealistic.

Let’s tell you what’s known from the Tesla Cybertruck so far.

The Tesla Cybertruck premiered in November 2019, then the company promised to start production in late 2021, but failed to fulfill that promise, the start of production has been postponed several times, the current milestone is mid-2023, but without an exact date.

Tesla’s latest investor report for the third quarter of this year indicates that the Gigafactory in Austin, Texas, has begun assembling equipment for production of the Cybertruck.

And Italy’s Idra reported this week that it has prepared the world’s largest press, weighing 9,000 tons, for shipment to the United States, which will «print» the body of the Cybertruck, made of thick, high-strength stainless steel, as it was announced at the premiere.

The body is the most mystical feature of the Cybertruck at the moment: in fact, it is an armored vehicle, which will not be afraid of blows with a sledgehammer and even light firearms, the windows are promised armored. Read more »

Peugeot Inception 2025.

Peugeot Inception 2025.

Peugeot Inception 2025.

Peugeot Inception: steering wheel by wires, disco club aesthetics, 680 hp and 3 seconds to a hundred.

The forgotten in the USA French brand Peugeot has shown at the CES in Las Vegas a concept-manifest Inception with a very interesting interior, many elements of which we will see on serial cars in a couple of years.

The Peugeot brand left the U.S. in 1991 and had plans for a comeback until last year, but after the formation of the Stellantis corporation priorities have changed and the European market will remain the main market for Peugeot in the next decade.

By 2030, Peugeot plans to completely switch to electric cars in Europe and become the leading manufacturer in the region.

The new technological capabilities of the parent corporation Stellantis and the cool design demonstrated by the Inception concept sedan, its name translated from Latin as «beginning», will help achieve this ambitious goal.

In almost one-volume and angular shape of Peugeot Inception with openwork front body pillars, the motives of the 70-s and even early Soviet constructivism are guessed, but technical stuffing and materials are the most that is modern.

Overall length of Peugeot Inception is 5 m and height is 1,34 m. There are no central body pillars and rear doors open against the main move.

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Kia EV6 GT 2023.

Kia EV6 GT 2023.

Kia EV6 GT 2023.

The Kia EV6 GT 2023 with 576 hp will be available in Australia in January 2023.

Kia Australia is preparing to launch the 2023 Kia EV6 GT in the local market.

The car will be officially unveiled at the Australian Open in January.

The EV6 GT is already available in overseas markets, including the United States. This electric car promises to be Kia’s most powerful production car ever.

The EV6 GT is powered by a 77.4 kWh battery that powers the 215 hp front engine and 362 hp rear engine. The output is a combined 576 hp and 605 Nm.

But it’s not just the powertrain that will set the EV6 GT apart from the younger variants.

It will also come standard with green brake calipers, electronically controlled suspension, an electronically controlled limited slip differential, 21-inch alloy wheels with Michelin Pilot Sport 4S tires, LED Intelligent Front Lighting System (IFS) headlights and LED headlamps.

It also gets larger brakes with four-piston calipers front and rear, 380 mm front and 360 mm rear discs.

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Bentley Bentayga EWB 2023.

Bentley Bentayga EWB 2023.

Bentley Bentayga EWB 2023.

The luxurious Bentley Bentayga EWB 2023: first look.

Bentley claims that this elongated luxury SUV will get a huge market share. After a short test drive, we understand why.

Bentley is nothing but pragmatism. Certainly it must be present, given the prevailing economic headwinds plaguing British luxury brands like Aston Martin and Jaguar.

But Bentley has had a very good year, and the Bentayga has played a huge role in boosting the company’s profits.

To celebrate, Crew took some time off and introduced a variant of its imposing extended wheelbase luxury SUV (EWB).

After spending some time with the Bentayga EWB, it’s clear that pragmatism pays dividends — along with a first-class, distinctive feel in the second row of the EWB.

A bit of a stretch.

In some ways, yes, the EWB is a challenge. The Bentayga is suitable for those who prefer to sit in the back rather than in the driver’s seat.

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