Serial production of hybrid crossovers began BMW XM. The release is organized at the company’s plant in South Carolina (USA), the assembly is carried out on the same line with the X5, X6 and X7 soplatform models, although X3 and X4 are also made at this enterprise. The BMW XM will go on sale in the spring of next year; in its production homeland, the crossover costs from 159 thousand dollars. The key markets, in addition to the United States, are China and the Middle East.
And in Germany, small-scale production of hydrogen crossovers began BMW iX5 Hydrogen. The car kits, including the body, interior and chassis, come from the American plant, the fuel cells are supplied by Toyota, and the installation of electrical components and final assembly takes place at the pilot production facilities in Munich. The volume of production is scanty, such crossovers will not go on sale yet, the first batch will be transferred to corporate parks next spring.
A coupe entered the road test Bentley Mulliner Batur – the second small-scale model of the Mulliner division following the spider Chimneys. This coupe was created on the basis of the two-door Continental GT, but the body was seriously redesigned, and the W12 engine was boosted to 740 hp. and 1000 Nm. Batur has over 800 original components, so it takes 58 weeks of testing to run 120 different tests. Only 18 of these machines will be made for sale, deliveries will begin in the middle of next year.
Employees of the Audi plant in Hungary showed a promising crossover Cupra Terramar, which will begin production here in 2024. The fact is that Terramar is a refurbished version of the Audi Q3 model produced here, so investments in organizing the release of the new model will be relatively small. It has already been announced that Cupra Terramar will have petrol and hybrid versions, but the full presentation will take place later. Terramar is located near the Catalan town of Sitges, the first Spanish circuit with difficult and amazing fate.
Hatchback facelift announced Volkswagen ID.3, which debuted in its original form three years ago. Judging by the published sketches, the electric car will hardly change on the outside, but the company promises to make the interior more elaborate and of high quality. Instead of a ten-inch screen of the media system, a twelve-inch one will appear. The debut is scheduled for spring 2023. In addition, next year the production of the ID.3 model will begin at the head plant in Wolfsburg, and this will be the third production site in Germany: now the “triples” are being produced in Zwickau and Dresden.
A teaser for the crossover has also been released. Toyota Grand Highlanderwhich will be larger and more expensive than the already rather big three-row model Highlander. The new name was patented by the company back in 2021. Judging by the “Hybrid Max” nameplate on the rear of the car, the crossover will have the same power plant as the cross-sedan. Toyota Crown: 2.4 turbo engine and two electric motors in total give out 345 hp. The premiere of the Grand Highlander model will take place on February 8 at the Chicago Auto Show.
According to the agency Autostatnumber of dealerships Chinese stamps (excluding service partners) in Russia has reached one thousand. Over the past ten years, this figure has almost doubled: at the end of 2012, there were only 525 dealers of Chinese brands. The growth was especially strong in 2022, at the beginning of which there were only 723 dealers. Even in mid-October there were 830 dealers in the country. The Chery brand has the widest network now: 181 dealers, and this is not counting the showrooms of the daughter brands Exeed and Omoda.
At the head office of AVTOVAZ in Togliatti, three test copies of the restyled Lada Vesta. The first off the assembly line November 18th as well. An important detail was found out in the community Autograd news: all three test cars are equipped with eight-valve engines VAZ-11182 (90 hp, 143 Nm), although before Vesta was equipped only with more powerful 16-valve engines. However, AVTOVAZ cannot yet resume production of engines with sixteen valves due to a lack of imported components. Apparently, at first, commodity Vestas will be equipped with 90-horsepower engines. The start of production is scheduled for early spring 2023.
Also today we talked regarding a pickup truck Chevrolet Montanasolar car Lightyear 0 and statistics of the Russian car market in November.
