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The marketing department of Renault has acknowledged the design failure of the Laguna model. But according to the marketing director, the new Laguna will solve this problem — “Laguna was a good car, designed wrong”.
Renault Laguna didn’t have the expected success the company expected, mainly because of its design. This is the opinion of Stephen Norman, Renault’s marketing director, who says that the French model would stand much better in the D segment market if it had a good design. “Laguna was a good car in the wrong clothes. It didn’t have any problems with the way it stands on the road, with steering and quality materials and workmanship,” said the French trade official.
According to him, Renault will never give up developing D segment models, the main alternative argument is that they have direct competitors in the segment. “We can not leave the Volkswagen Passat in the medium alone,” says Norman, “forgetting” of Laguna’s traditional competitors such as the Ford Mondeo and Opel Insignia.
“We must be sure that the future of Laguna will be good in terms of design, because all customers in this segment alteaptă car to say something about their social status. I think did the right thing with the Citroen C5 and certainly with DS5. However, we will not come on the market with copies of these models “French official concluded.
March is always the month when BMW comes up with new models, with new engines, technology and equipment. This time in the spotlight are the new TwinPower Turbo engines, together with a range of BMW EfficientDynamics measures.
All this leads to a highly efficient BMW fleet with no more than 34 models with CO2 emissions of 140g per km or less, and 14 models fall below 120g, and the first model to fall below 100g CO2 per km, the BMW 116d EfficientDynamis Edition.
BMW has grouped under the name Turbo TwinPower an extensive package of technologies – from the Twin-Scroll turbocharger systems with two or three turbines, the High Precision Injection, the latest generation common rail, the valve opening control VALVETRONIC, the Double- VANOS (variable camshaft). The results are particularly impressive for both the engines petrol and diesel.
Hyundai comes to the New York Motor Show with the new generation of Santa Fe SUVs, also known as Hyundai ix45, to show off their new design language, called Storm Edge.
Hyundai Santa Fe reached the third generation. The car will be called ix45 in Europe, just like its younger brother (the old Tucson) which is now the ix35. With the new generation of this model and those from Hyundai launches their new design language, called Storm Edge. This represents an evolution of existing fluid sculpture and has futuristic lines more pronounced due to applied body.
The Hyundai’s had only two teaser images of Santa Fe and hexagonal grid model adopts new brand, with three-bar chrome pattern applied to the grid. The headlights and fog lights have LEDs. As the engines of the new model from the Hyundai had no details about the new engines, but we can expect updates of units present in the current supply of Santa Fe.
According to sources, those from Hyundai could again offer three rows of seats for Santa Fe, equipment removed in 2009. Commercial debut of the new Hyundai Santa Fe is expected to take place at the end of this year.
Bentley EXP 9 F is a natural step for the limousine company producing super-exclusive cars. Bentley was already offering the flagship four-wheel drive Continental, but the new EXP 9 F concept is totally different.
“From the perspective of a designer, EXP 9 F was a dream project, a chance to create a new model for Bentley. From the outset, the design team had a clear vision for Bentley SUV, says Dirk van Braeckel, Design Director of Bentley.
The new WV Beetle range is getting two new kittehs under the hood, the 105 hp 1.6 TDI and the powerful 1.4 TSI 160 hp.
Volkswagen announced that it has introduced two new engines in the new Beetle range. We’re talking about the 1.6 TDI 105 hp and the 1.4 TSI 160 hp unit. Both engines are the following the downsizing philosophy and the brand’s promise for a low fuel consumption in exchange for a good level of performance. For example, the 1.6 TDI 105 PS has an average consumption of 4.5 liters per cent and can reach a top speed of 180 km/h, compared as version 1.2 TSI 105 hp, which consumes 5.9 liters percent combined.
Some six months ago Peugeot was letting people know about their compact SUV, the new Peugeot 4008, today they have announced in a press release some more details about the French model, the fact that the car will be out soon, complete with a set of images.
We remind you that Peugeot 4008 is the brother of the Aircross C4, the two models being built on the platform of the Mitsubishi ASX. Thus, the ASX-4008-C4 Trio Aircross is the second line of models built on the same platform by the three producers already known as Outlander-4007-C-Crosser.
Folks from Top Gear are saying that the new Ford Focus RS will share the 2.3L Mustang engine. The engine will have four-cylinders and because it’s a supercharged version, it will develop over 325 hp.
Ford’s front-wheel drive configuration will remain as niche customers won’t want the added weight by the all-wheel drive system and will not pay extra for it.
In addition, an all-wheel drive system wouldn’t come to the Focus RS sports chassis without significantly modifying the floor — so may not be the best idea.
Peugeot goes to Geneva with the athlete 208 GTI Concept, and a production ready prototype that targets female audience.
If earlier we saw the new 208 GTI concept from which is born sports 200 hp version of the new 208, Peugeot representative in the lower segment will receive a chic version for women. XY is called Peugeot Concept and comes with features designed to attract female audience.
Right now we are at the Nissan Technical Centre Europe (NTCE) Cranfield, England, to see first-hand the Juke R . Car which we have already had occasion to speak a few days ago and of which we summarize briefly the technical data. 3.8 twin turbo V6 engine of the GT-R 485 hp version, making it the world’s most powerful crossover.
Bad, very bad, with that matte black that showcases all the curves of the body. Behind the two discharges are framed by the carbon finish that, along with the extractor, make the rear more sporty. The two alettoncini above the rear window to give that extra touch to the track-day car Juke-R, and help keep the rear on the ground even in the most demanding curves.
