Mercedes is giving its S-Class a significant facelift. Aside from the usual updates, the limousine gets a nice gimmick: heated seatbelts! The market share of the luxury F-segment limousine has shrunk considerably over the past ten years. Small players like Jaguar and Maserati have stopped or nearly stopped in this segment, and BMW and Audi […]
Multivan Streamlined The Volkswagen Multivan is large, spacious, and exceptionally practical. The current Volkswagen Multivan is also almost five years old, and so Volkswagen is working hard behind the scenes on a refreshed version. The Volkswagen Multivan is a special model. In the past, ‘Multivan’ was inextricably linked to the Transporter. About five years ago,
In 2025, Toyota sold a record 11.3 million cars worldwide, despite trade tensions last year. The company thereby retained its title as the world’s largest car manufacturer and increased its lead over German competitor Volkswagen. Sales, including those of Lexus and subsidiaries Daihatsu and Hino Motors, increased by 4.6 percent, Toyota announced on Thursday. Unlike
Diesel Sales Plummet, Rechargeable Vans on the Rise Nowhere in Europe did the sale of new commercial vehicles collapse as intensely as in the Netherlands. This is evident from an AutoWeek analysis of figures published by industry organization ACEA. In 2025, 1.45 million new commercial vehicles were registered in the European Union. That was almost
Five million The Mazda CX-5 has reached a special milestone. Five million of them have been built and sold. It is the third Mazda model ever to achieve this. Free sushi for lunch today at Mazda’s headquarters in Hiroshima, because there’s a party to celebrate. Five million units of the Mazda CX-5 have now been
End of an Era Anyone who wants a Tesla Model S or Tesla Model X would do well to quickly open their wallet and order one. The Tesla Model S and Model X will soon go out of production. This marks the end of an era. For a long time, the Tesla Model S and
911 costs at least two hundred thousand in the Netherlands In the Netherlands, the Skoda Elroq was the most popular new passenger car in 2025. In an even smaller and much sunnier European country, a car that costs at least nearly €200,000 in the Netherlands was the most popular new car: the Porsche 911. There
One-upmanship The Ford Explorer and Ford Capri have an advantage over the Volkswagens with which they share their technology. Earlier than those Volkswagens, the electric Explorer and Capri now feature LFP batteries. AutoWeek recently reported on the updated entry-level versions of the electric Ford Explorer and Capri. The 52 kWh battery of the Standard Range
Euro 7 e The plug-in hybrid BMW M5 and XM Label have gone through the homologation process. The result: they are allowed to stay, but the V8 delivers less power than before. Until now, the plug-in hybrid BMW M5 had a 585 hp V8 that worked with a 197 hp electric motor housed in the
Eucalyptus Green is hardly green For a small surcharge, the BMW iX3 can AC charge twice as fast. And there is more iX3 news, although it is minor in nature. Anyone configuring a new BMW iX3 can now tick a new option that is easy to overlook. For a relatively small surcharge of €374.50, the