CARS OF THE WORLD

Volvo C40 Recharge 2023.

Posted by admin on 9 декабря, 2022

Volvo C40 Recharge 2023.

The Swedes have changed the electric Volvo XC40 Recharge from front-wheel drive to rear-wheel drive.

The Swedes have updated the electric Volvo C40 Recharge and XC40 Recharge.

Exterior and interior of the modernized models remained unchanged, but the technical «stuffing» has undergone an upgrade.

So, if the earlier versions of the models were front-wheel drive, now they became rear-wheel drive.

Recall that the XC40 Recharge Single Motor appeared on the market in the fall of 1921, and the similar C40 Recharge debuted on the market after it.

These cars received installed on the front axle an electric motor with an output of 231 hp (330 Nm).

Now the Swedes decided to install the power unit in the rear, taking advantage of the flexibility of the CMA platform.

Rear-drive versions of the models received 238 hp and 330 Nm of torque.

The coupe C40 gets its energy from the old 69 kWh battery, though the range of the car became a little less — 408 km (- 7).

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Ram 1500 Revolution 2023.

Posted by admin on 8 декабря, 2022

Ram 1500 Revolution 2023.

Ram’s CEO announced the postponement of the launch of the newest 1500 Revolution. What happened at the last moment?

The day before it became known that the American company Ram will present its concept all-electric pickup truck 1500 Revolution at CES 2023, which will open its doors in January next year.

It was initially assumed that the new model will be presented at the ongoing these days SEMA car show in Las Vegas.

However, the day before CEO of the American company Ram Mike Kowal Jr. announced that the presentation was postponed to January next year.

This was done so that the company could show how much the new Revolution is a departure from everything that is in the Ram range at the moment.

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Renewed Hyundai Palisade 2023.

Posted by admin on 7 декабря, 2022

Renewed Hyundai Palisade 2023.

The updated Hyundai Palisade launched in Kazakhstan, and it is cheaper than the pre-reform SUV in the Russian Federation.

In the neighboring country, the big crossover is still presented only with a gasoline engine. There are three configurations to choose from.

Restyled Hyundai Palisade debuted last spring, and even before the premiere it was known about the brand’s plans to introduce this crossover to our market: an updated model would appear in the fall.

Due to current events there is no official supply of large SUV in the Russian Federation, although dealers still have the pre-reform cars.

But the upgraded Palisade made it to neighboring Kazakhstan — where sales have already started, customers are offered cars of local assembly (before the reformed cross was also made there, for the Russian Federation model was previously assembled Kaliningrad «Avtotor»).

After restyling the Palisad received a new radiator grille with plates and other bumpers, exhaust pipes are square instead of trapezoidal.

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Land Rover Defender AT35 2023.

Posted by admin on 7 декабря, 2022

Land Rover Defender AT35 2023.

Land Rover Defender AT35 2023 is presented in Russia in the «extreme» version by Arctic Trucks.

The «hardcore» variant appeared in the five-door Defender 110. The amount of modifications in general is traditional for the tuning company, but the engine is original: they took the version with gasoline three-liter «six» as a base.

Although the company Jaguar Land Rover has not yet officially announced its departure, in fact, folded its activities in the Russian market in connection with the known events (which, however, does not prevent the supply of its cars — already under the parallel import scheme).

But the Russian division of the Icelandic tuning company Arctic Trucks continues its work and now its portfolio is completed with 5-door Land Rover Defender: the SUV is presented in the «extreme» version Arctic Trucks AT35.

By the way, it is the second model of non-Japanese brand, remade by the local branch — the «firstborn» was Chinese Great Wall Wingle 7 pickup (before Arctic Trucks worked in Russia with Nissan, Toyota, Mitsubishi and Isuzu).

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Lexus Electrified Sport 2024.

Posted by admin on 6 декабря, 2022

Lexus Electrified Sport 2024.

Lexus Electrified Sport: its own platform, 2 seconds to a hundred and a transmission emulator.

Japanese premium brand Lexus continues to introduce us to its future flagship sports model, which is still known as the Electrified Sport concept: the novelty will get a wired steering mechanism and brakes, while reproducing the sensations of driving a classic gasoline supercar as accurately as possible — there will be a roaring engine, manual quasi-gear shift, clutch pedal and even the ability to stall!

The Lexus Electrified Sport was announced last December along with a slew of other Toyota concepts, foreshadowing future production novelties.

Since then, the press service of Lexus portioned us new details about the upcoming flagship sports car — it seems that it will be sensational in many ways.

A fresh dose of information from the project’s chief engineer Takashi Watanabe sounds very intriguing.

It turns out that Lexus Electrified Sport will impress its future owners not only by hurricane dynamics (acceleration to 100 km/h will take about 2 seconds) and the classic proportions with elongated hood, but also the ultimate proximity in terms of driving sensations to gasoline supercars.

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