Kia spent two decades transforming the Optima midsize sedan from a joke into a genuinely desirable car — all so it could rebrand and start anew. The 2021 Kia K5 is the replacement for the Kia Optima. While the name is a sterile alphanumeric combination that car buyers are more likely to associated with a Chevy SUV ...
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The Toyota BZ4X Concept is the Japanese automaker's first dedicated all-electric vehicle, as revealed at the Shanghai Motor Show 2021. The BZ name stands for Beyond Zero, highlighting the car's new all-electric e-TNGA platform - which was developed in partnership with Subaru - and Toyota's "commitment to carbon ...
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Audi has revealed its latest vision of electrification, the Audi A6 e-tron Concept, and once again we’re seeing a very thinly-veiled tease of an important production model in the not-too-distant future. Debuting at the 2021 Shanghai Motor Show today, the A6 e-tron borrows a name and a footprint from a mainstay of ...
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The 2022 Lexus ES is getting a few styling tweaks and some critical interior updates. The biggest news is a new touchscreen infotainment display. Available in two sizes, the center touchscreen is now mounted closer to the driver. However, the fiddly touchpad in the center console is still there, but the new ...
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Toyota is one of the leaders in hybrid vehicles, but the firm is yet to dip its toes into the fully electric car market – however, that's about to change. The Japanese firm has shown off the Toyota bZ4X Concept, an all-electric car that gives us a look at what the future holds for its electrified range, and a ...
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Audi has laid down a marker for its bright electric future with the announcement of the A6 e-tron concept car at the Shanghai Auto Show 2021. The fully electric, four-door Sportback EV is being designed using the company’s completely new EV technology, Premium Platform Electric (PPE), which is being co-developed ...
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More practical three-row take on pure-electric EQA revealed ahead of Shanghai motor show debut Mercedes-Benz has pulled the drapes off a new pure-electric version of the Mercedes-Benz GLB SUV ahead of its official unveiling at the Shanghai motor show. Called the Mercedes-Benz EQB, the model revealed over the ...
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Toyota bZ4X heralds first of seven all-new electric cars, and it’s coming to Australia Just days after Toyota confirmed that its first electric car in Australia would be the incoming 2022 Toyota BZ, the hotly-anticipated all-electric mid-size SUV – dubbed the Toyota bZ4X – has broken cover at the Shanghai motor ...
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Electric G80 luxury sedan coming to Australia early in 2022, beating Mercedes-Benz EQE to market South Korean luxury car brand Genesis has shown off its first-ever electric vehicle at the 2021 Shanghai motor show, and it’s coming to Australian showrooms in early 2022. Featuring solar panels integrated into the ...
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Rarity is enticing, but hit the road in some parts of the US in your brand new supercar and it’s unexpectedly easy to feel like you’re just part of the crowd. In LA or New York it’s not strange to find an exotic on every corner, and if you thought your six-figure special was going to impress the car cognoscenti ...
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California-based startup Alpha Motor Corporation is expanding its electric vehicle portfolio with the Wolf+ (Wolf Plus), an extended-cab version of the brand’s Wolf electric pickup unveiled last month. Whereas a standard Wolf EV pickup truck has only two doors, Wolf+ has dual rear-hinged half-doors to make the rear ...
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Sociedad Española de Automóviles de Turismo unveiled the fifth generation of its Ibiza supermini a little over four years ago, so it's only natural the subcompact hatchback is now getting a mid-cycle update. The pre-facelift version still looks quite sharp and fresh despite being on the market since early 2017, hence ...
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Volkswagen's third ID model will be exclusive to China, with up to seven seats, close to 600km of NEDC range, and available all-wheel drive. The 2021 Volkswagen ID.6 electric SUV has been unveiled ahead of its public debut at this week's 2021 Shanghai motor show. The third member ...
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You may think you need a crossover for practicality or winter driving. You probably don’t. What is a crossover, and how does it compare to a car or SUV? SUVs are no longer a craze or a trend; in fact, they’ve subsumed the (non-truck portion of the) car market. That's especially true of crossover forms, which ...
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Kia has already filed for the K3 trademark in the U.S., meaning its compact sedan might get a new name like its sibling the K5. Kia's compact sedan is about to get a new outlook on life—and possibly a new name to go along with it. The Korea-market K3 has been revealed with updated styling inside and out, and we ...
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Audi unveils a new audio partner Audi has taken the wraps off its latest all-electric vehicle and the big news is it’s going to be powered by Sonos. Of course, being an EV it's actually going to be powered by a battery, but the car’s sound system will be the first to be tuned by the multi-room audio maestros. ...
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Electric vehicle automaker Rivian has announced Rivian Insurance which will provide buyers of its electric vehicles with comprehensive coverage designed to cover the vehicle on whatever adventures they take it on. The insurance coverage is design using the Rivian connected vehicle platform and suite of safety ...
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Mercedes-Benz currently sells 16 different model lines in the US, not counting body styles like coupes and convertibles, hot AMG offerings, or high-end Maybachs. What we're saying is: Mercedes has a lot of cars and it's easy to get them all confused, especially when some of these vehicles are practically in the same ...
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Earlier this week, the Hyundai Santa Cruz finally launched. There’d been murmurings of such a model after a concept debuted in 2015, but now it’s a reality. Edmunds got the opportunity to get up close with the new Sport Adventure Vehicle – this isn’t a pickup truck – in a new walkaround video. It ...
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Volkswagen's electric offensive is in full swing and the ID.6 represents the largest member of the company's dedicated EV lineup for now. Available exclusively in China, the purely electric SUV is a bigger brother of the global ID.4, and much like the five-seat-only model, it's available locally in two separate ...
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Honda originally unveiled the eleventh-generation Civic in prototype form back in November 2020 and now it's taking the wraps off the production model. This sole image will have to suffice until April 28 when a full gallery will be published along with technical specifications of the overhauled compact sedan. Seen ...
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Nine years after the Tesla Model S first proved that electric vehicles can be stylish and desirable, Mercedes-Benz will enter the luxury EV game with the 2022 EQS. Arriving at US dealers this fall, the futuristic EQS will offer an estimated WLTP range of 770 kilometers (478 miles), beating out every other electric ...
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Toyota’s first battery-electric car set to sell here as part of broad-brush electrification program Toyota is preparing to unveil its first mass-market battery-electric vehicle at the Shanghai motor show in China – and it’s odds-on to come to Australia following remarks by the company’s senior management this ...
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SUV-based pick-up finally emerges, but Australia is holding out for proper Toyota HiLux and Ford Ranger rival The all-new Hyundai Santa Cruz has finally been revealed, six years after the dual-cab ute was shown as a concept at the 2015 Detroit motor show. Described more as a Sport Adventure Vehicle rather than ...
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Restomod version of classic Pony emerges with high-tech EV underpinnings from IONIQ 5 Hyundai has delivered a retro-modern take on the iconic Hyundai Pony, inserting some of its latest technology into its first-ever mass-production model that first hit the road in 1975. That includes an EV powertrain, believed ...
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Mercedes has pulled the covers off the Mercedes EQS, giving us a luxury electric car, worthy of the S badge. Mercedes said it as S Class quality at the online launch. It's the first Mercedes to be designed from the ground up as an electric car, on a new dedicated electric platform, with Mercedes keen to push the ...
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The 2021 Ram 1500 proves a modern full-size pickup truck can be whatever a truck shopper might wants it to be, from a basic value-conscious work machine to a rock-crawling adventure mobile. The Ram 1500 Tradesman and Big Horn trims are solid picks thanks to their value, towing and hauling capacities, and comfortable ...
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The Mercedes EQS fully electric car has been officially unveiled after months of teasers and feature announcements. We'd already been given a good look round the interior of the new Mercedes EQS, but at its April 15, 2021 launch event the German auto maker finally took the camouflage off the exterior to reveal its ...
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It’s easy to get addicted to excess, especially when it comes to buying a new car. Bigger engines, bigger trucks, bigger power figures, and the inevitably bigger price tag to go along with it. Sliding sneakily in-between all that is the 2021 Mercedes-AMG A35 4MATIC, a comparative minnow in size, horsepower, and – in ...
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Lavish and electric, the 2022 Mercedes-Benz EQS doesn’t look like any other car the German automaker offers, and neither does the rest of the range come near its frankly excessive tech and gadgetry. Unveiled today, and headed to US dealerships in fall of 2021, the new EQS won’t only be America’s first taste of ...
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