Stiekem schaars Wat is dat nou, een Renault Clio in ‘In het wild’? Ja, inmiddels is de eerste Clio wat ons betreft een optreden in deze rubriek waard, want zo vaak zie je ze niet meer. Misschien is het een beetje van je radar gebleven, maar let eens op hoe vaak je nog een Renault […]
3,000 cars On the Pacific Ocean, a huge cargo ship with around 3,000 cars on board floats around. An attempt is made to get the fire under control. It is not the first time in recent years: again a cargo ship full of new cars has caught fire at sea. This time it is about
Van comes like that What does the CEO, founder and name giver of a Hypercar manufacturer run? An interesting question, but in the case of Pagani founder Horacio Pagani, the answer is even more interesting. Even Horacio Pagani itself does not run in a Pagani every day. Such a hyper-exotic Huayra or Utopia is simply
Nu al fabrieken stil Na corona waren productiestops door onderdelentekorten aan de orde van de dag, maar volgens verschillende brancheorganisaties hangt er een soortgelijk scenario in de lucht. Ditmaal zouden exportrestricties van China de oorzaak zijn. Brancheorganisatie voor toeleveranciers CLEPA trekt tegenover onder meer Reuters flink aan de alarmbel. Verschillende Europese autofabrieken zouden het werk
Subtly changed More than six months ago, the curtain already rang the facelifted Kia Sportage in South Korea. Now it is the turn of the (essentially other) European Sportage. At the beginning of November, the South Koreans ran the curtain of the facelifted Kia Sportage in their own country. Interesting news of course, because although
In 2027 to Mexico Have you ever noticed that you see a lot less Volkswagens golf ride than grab it ten years ago? That is not only the case in the Netherlands, according to the global production figures. That the Volkswagen Golf in the Netherlands fell off his throne a long time ago, everyone who
Prices of all variants reduced Inflation here, price increases there. But not at Skoda. The Skoda Octavia is becoming cheaper across the board. It’s not a lot, but every little bit helps. Right? The Skoda Octavia recently had a starting price of €35,490. That drops by €1,000 to €34,490. That is the new price of
First predicted, now confirmed Fast charging provider Ionity has started installing ultra-fast 600 kW chargers in Europe. To the best of our knowledge, that is a record. These are Alpitronic HYC1000 chargers, which are remarkably slim given their power and can charge up to 8 cars simultaneously. In that case, the available power is distributed,
Porsche announces that a special, unique Porsche 963 is coming. Almost certainly a street-legal version, thus following in the footsteps of the 911 GT1 Straßenversion. Anyone who is somewhat aware of what the brand is currently up to in racing knows the Porsche 963. With that highly winged monster, Porsche is again participating in the
Branch in a slump Companies in the automotive and motorcycle industry achieved lower turnover in the first three months of the year than a year earlier. The sale of new cars, in particular, yielded less, reports Statistics Netherlands (CBS). In the entire sector, turnover decreased by 4.2 percent year-on-year. Importers of new passenger cars faced