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Confirmed for Australian launchduring the first quarter of 2022 asa five-door hatchback that will befollowed by the SW wagon a fewmonths later, this review covers thehybrid and petrol engines. On twisty mountain roads, youdo get a sense of the hybrid's extraweight (a whopping 312kg more thanthe 95kW petrol automatic), with theMichelin Primacy tyres chirruping asthey work hard to keep their line, thesteering feeling a little stickier andaccompanied by some noticeable roll. Both the petrol and hybrid ride prettywell (our test cars had 17-inch alloys),with urban potholes causing minimalintrusion and suppleness over high-frequencymotorway bumps. [Extracted from the article]

The brand will hit Australia in early 2022, launching with the Ateca, Leon, and the Formentor hot SUV you're about to explore in the lines below. Spanish crossover ups the ante 26 MEGANE RS300 TROPHY RS And then there was one 30 PORSCHE 911 GT3 TOURING No wing, no problem 34 ASTON MARTIN VANTAGE F1 Just look. [Extracted from the article]

"The main one is co-developing a sports car together, which will be based off the electric sports-car platform we have in design now", says the boss. The company's final combustion engine sports car platform (underpinning 2022's Type 131) will make way for a lightweight EV sports car architecture, but it's the "lifestyle architecture" that will underpin game-changing growth. In his first interview, Lotus Cars managing director Matt Windle reveals how future sports cars will be pure electric, that Chinese-built "lifestyle vehicles" will also be zero emission and how Lotus is developing its own architectures, rather than modifying Geely platforms. What's not known quite so widely is that Windle has history with both Lotus and in building EV sports cars. [Extracted from the article]

TOYOTA IS A BIG believer in hydrogen fuel cell cars, and we've driven the car to prove it - the second-generation Mirai. The Mirai takes 5.6kg of hydrogen - which, like a petrol or diesel vehicle, takes about five minutes to fill up, so none of the 40-minute waits that hamper pure electric cars - but currently you would be lucky to find a filling station. [Extracted from the article]

The article evaluates the 2017 Civic Type R automobile from Honda Motor Co.

There's also a fuel-saving coasting function on the CVT, or xTronic as Nissan engineers call it, seeking to disassociate their transmission from the CVT's historic reputation for "rubber band" response and flailing revs out of sync with the rate of acceleration. WHEN THE first "Qashqai" launched in Australia in 2008, it was badged Dualis and was something of a novelty as a compact crossover. We tested this engine with the CVT -- sorry, xTronic -- and found it's actually a decent transmission. [Extracted from the article]

Pandemic has cost the car industry billions. Engineers have been readying electrified vehicles and limiting high-emission car sales because, for the first time, European marques must ensure the average carbon dioxide emissions of their total new car sales do not exceed 95g/km. This year, the top five per cent of each car maker's most polluting cars are excluded; in 2021 car makers are judged on every single sale. [Extracted from the article]

That has wrought some of the world's finest combustion engines, Porsche is embracing the electrified future with almighty zeal. Compact sports car sales are in serious decline, but Blume gives no reason to fear for the mid-engined four-cylinder car's future. [Extracted from the article]