Fresh teaser of the new hatchback Mitsubishi Colt published simultaneously with the premiere date: the car will be presented on June 8. Although the first announcement of the revived Colt was a year ago. The new hatchback will be a converted version of the five-door Renault Clio, that is, it will be made according to the same recipe as the Mitsubishi ASX SUV. The cars will be produced in Turkey, at one of the two factories where Clio is now made (the second is in Slovenia). The main market for the new Colt will be Europe, although deliveries to other regions of the world are not excluded.
Company Subaru showed a new teaser for the next model in the off-road version of Wilderness. From this picture it is already clear that a raised version of the Subaru Crosstrek cross-hatchback is being prepared for the premiere: you can see the characteristic shape of the headlight and radiator grille. The premiere of the new version will take place on April 5 at the New York Auto Show. In America, the Subaru Forester and Outback crossovers already have the Wilderness modification: they have a reinforced suspension, increased ground clearance and additional protection.
A new pickup teaser Toyota Tacoma next generation shed light on its power plant. The iForce Max badge at the rear of the car indicates that under the hood there will be a hybrid system similar in design to the Lexus RX or Toyota Crown models: a 2.4 four-cylinder turbo engine and an electric motor built into the automatic transmission are expected. Tacoma will also have a purely gasoline version. The premiere date has not yet been announced, but it is not far off.
German companies Opel and Bott presented a joint project – an electric crossover Opel Mokka, converted into a mobile workshop or for transporting small items. In place of the rear sofa and trunk, the Bott Vario3 block is installed, which includes many drawers and compartments. This kit is fully certified for installation in a car and meets safety standards, and Opel dealers will offer it as an accessory.
Despite the growing popularity of crossovers, the company Genesis does not intend to abandon passenger models. The creative director of the company, Luc Donckerwolke, said that reducing the range of sedans would be a mistake, so the current trio (G70, G80 and G90) will remain in service even in the long term. Moreover, the digging plans include a coupe and a convertible, which will become the serial embodiment of the Genesis X Coupe and Genesis X Convertible concepts. However, the expansion of the range of crossovers is also planned: after the coupe version of the GV80 model, the full-size Genesis GV90 will appear.
The debut of the electric car is scheduled for April 12 JAC EV3, which will open a new family of battery machines. The hatchback with a length of 4025 mm and a width of 1770 mm stands out with soft rounded shapes, while the technical filling is quite simple. The single electric traction motor on the front axle can be either 95 or 136 hp, and the traction battery is lithium iron phosphate. The JAC EV3 is expected to have a very attractive price tag.
The Arbitration Court of the Nizhny Novgorod Region partially removed the arrest from the Russian assets of the concern Volkswagen. They were arrested in mid-March at the suit of the GAZ Group, which demanded to recover 15.6 billion rubles in damages and cancel the termination of the agreement on contract assembly of Skoda and Volkswagen cars. The value of the concern’s assets is estimated at 47.5 billion rubles, so the arrest has been lifted from the Volkswagen plant in Kaluga, although many other assets are still blocked. Apparently, the plant in Kaluga will be sold to a Russian partner in the near future.
Also today we talked about the restyled family Mercedes GLScrossover Genesis GV80 Coupenew models FAW for Russia, cars BLOCK Kaliningrad assembly and liftback Moskvich 6.