“You have openly copied us.” That is what Citroën director Pierre Bercot wrote in 1961 to Pierre Dreyfus, director of Renault. The reason was the presentation of the Renault 4, which showed many similarities with the then already thirteen-year-old Citroën 2CV. The market ultimately turns out to be large enough for both combatants, who mainly […]

Modern car LiDAR systems use laser beams. These are officially not strong enough to cause eye damage, but they can damage a phone’s camera. LiDAR – short for light detection and ranging – is the visual backbone of many modern autonomous systems. It works by firing laser pulses and measuring the time it takes to

With its unadorned lines, the electric ID.Every1 is an almost old-fashioned, sober Volkswagen. That was the intention, says design chief Andreas Mindt. “The big difference with others is that we want to keep it very clean,” he says. But with something special, please. After the ID.2all concept presented in Hamburg in 2023, the smaller ID.Every1,

Police cars don’t get any cooler, even though the Golf II GTI of the Rijkswacht is intrinsically linked to one of the darkest periods in recent Belgian history. It is well known that both the Belgian and Dutch police forces once used Porsche 911 Targas. But did you also know that the Belgian Rijkswacht relied

The colleagues at AutoBild drove 100,000 kilometers with an Opel Mokka. Not like we did a few years ago with an electric one, but with an example with the 1.2-liter three-cylinder with turbo. As usual, the Mokka was completely disassembled at that mileage. The driver’s seat was still firm after the endurance test and had

So you thought the E60 AMG was the ultimate version of the Mercedes W124. Well, then you underestimate the guys at Brabus from Bottrop in the Ruhr area. They, of course, went a step further. For example, with this Brabus E65! And it even had a V8…the Brabus E V12 7.3 S even did it

Underneath, Still BMW Following BMW’s acquisition of Alpina, the Bovensiepen family, led by the sons of the late founder Burkard, continues to build exceptional cars. This Bovensiepen Zagato gives us a glimpse into that future. This Zagato-designed coupé based on a BMW M4 is further removed from a BMW than anything we’ve seen from the

A year ago, there was hardly any choice for those looking for an EV for around 25,000 euros, but now the BYD Dolphin Surf is easily the seventh car in this category. So, the small BYD will need more than just that bright paint color to stand out in this segment. Another New Byd? They’re

Only image BMW is showing the new M2 CS at the annual party at Villa d’Este on the Italian Lake Como. At that event yesterday, the curtain was already lifted on the BMW Concept Speedtop, a harbinger of a very exclusive series based on the M8. This CS is of course an extra hot version

In the Netherlands, a hatchback is standard in the C-segment. Elsewhere in the world, sedans sell well in this segment, but they are unsaleable here. Unless you turn it into a Limousine, like Audi. Or, even more exotic, a four-door coupe like BMW is trying with the new 2 Series Gran Coupe. It almost seems