The month of August has registered a bunch of recalls in the U.S. that might affect the cars in our market as well. The Takata Airbag related problems continue to surface, with Jaguar Land Rover initiating a recall for the same in the past month.
As environmental agencies constantly remind us about ever-depleting fossil fuel reserves, an alternate power source is always good news. Electric cars were always a go-to option for scientists and researchers when it comes to employing renewable sources of energy for motoring applications. Electric cars have dramatically risen up recently, especially with the likes of Tesla, electric cars capable of achieving high levels of performance. And now, a small company comprising of 150 people from Croatia, Rimac Automobili has produced the Concept One, the world’s first electric hyper car with 1088 hp on tap. To be honest, the Concept One was introduced a while ago,
Lamborghini revealed their special-edition model, the Centenario, earlier this year at the Geneva Motor Show. With just 20 of them built, it was created to commemorate the 100th birth anniversary of Mr. Ferruccio Lamborghini, the brand’s founder. At the Monterey Car Week, they followed it up by revealing a convertible version, dubbed the Centenario Roadster.
As the discussions regarding whether the BMW 8-Series will replace the 6-Series is heating up, reports indicate that the German luxury brand might be developing a new 9-series sedan. It will be based on the existing 7-series but will be longer and more opulent. The Vision Future Luxury Concept that BMW unveiled at the 2014 Beijing Motor Show is believed to be what the new sedan will be based on. If it makes into production, the 9-Series will be pitted squarely against the Mercedes-Maybach S-Class.
The German giants BMW and Mercedes-Benz has locked horns in every imaginable way since the time of their inception. Recently, Mercedes rivaled the BMW X6 with the GLE coupe and now they have done the same with the GLC Coupe by pitting it against the BMW X4. And as BMW’s tuning division M Sport laid their hands on the X4 to produce the BMW X4 M40i, Mercedes has come up with the GLC43 AMG Coupe.
Downsizing of engines is getting popular especially in the recent years as emission norms have grown more constricting than ever before. The introduction of forced induction has aided this process in big ways. And now Land Rover has jumped on the bandwagon as the 2017 Range Rover Sport has received a new downsized diesel engine for 2017 as well as new features.
It is said that all good things must come to an end. My time with the BMW came to an end when I accepted a new job in Kuwait. With the rules there prohibiting expats from importing cars, that meant the only course of action was to (very) reluctantly sell my beloved blue pocket rocket.
Here it is, a sneak preview of the full size, seven-seater Land Rover Discovery. The 2017 Land Rover Discovery will be placed above the Discovery Sport when it is fully revealed at the Paris Motor Show. Land Rover has started to create two separate lines of products with a clear difference between them. The first one being the luxurious Range Rover range which features the Evoque, Sport and the proper Range Rover. The other one will be the Discovery range, which will have this new model slated above the current Sport to replace the LR4.
The Monterey Car Week played host to the Mercedes-Maybach Vision 6 concept, a coupe that is just a bit shorter than the Rolls-Royce Phantom II and longer than its cousin, the Mercedes-Maybach S600, both full-size four-door saloons.
The Swedish super-hyper-mega car manufacturer Koenigsegg recently flew their wares all the way to California to attend the 2016 Monterey Car Week. The arsenal that they packed for the show included the Regera and the Agera XS, both homologated for use in the United States for the first time.