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Digest Day: Bentayga Apex Edition, Mechanics in an electric car and other industry events

the client was transferred to the unique crossover Bentley Bentayga Apex Edition . This special series was announced last year and includes 20 machines, but the last copy was prepared on a special order: its external decor completely repeats the design of the Bentley Continental GT Mans Collection component, which was released in 2023 by the 20th anniversary of the sixth Bentley Victory in Le Man. The crossover has a green body with a white strip, carbon fiber body kit, 22-inch carbon fiber wheels and carbon-ceramic brakes. Technically, this is serial Bentayga S with a B8 4.0 biturboater (550 hp).

The head of the company Audi Gernot Dölner told German journalists that the production of an entry -level compact electric car will begin in 2026, that is, a year earlier than the previous plan. For this, German factories of the company will be modernized. The electric car itself will become an alternative to the fuel models of the Audi A3, but it will hardly be similar to the close-size hatchback Volkswagen ID.3, because it is already not young to customers.

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the new head of the Peugeot brand Alain Favi said that it gave green Light for the development of an electric hot hatch peugeot e-208 gti . With this model, the company will revive the designation GTI, which disappeared in 2021 after the cessation of the production of the PEUGEOT 308 GTI model. Plus, this will be the first electric hot hatch of the brand, and its debut should take place “as soon as possible”. Apparently, the powerful hatchback will get the same technique that is already used on the no-plate models Abarth 600E and Alfa Romeo Junior.

Published a seam-channel teaser Hyundai & nbsp; insteroid . The Hyundai Inster serial electric car is taken as the basis, but it was seriously redone to seem like a real racing car. Even in dark images, an expanded body body kit, a safety frame and a huge anti -wing are clearly visible. A full-fledged show of the Hyundai Insteroid show is scheduled for April.

The cheap electrean Wuling Hongguang Pev The previously promised hybrid version of EREV appeared. It has an atmosphere 1.5 (99 hp, 125 nm), which operates in the generator mode, and the traction electric motor (102 hp, 180 nm) on the rear axle. The traction battery with a capacity of only 8.5 kW ∙ h provides 50 km of run in electric mode, and the range in hybrid mode – 1000 km. Hybrid Hongguang Erev costs even cheaper than the electrical version: from $ 68800 ($ 9,600) against 70 thousand yuan ($ 9900).

in April, the fifth of the company's own ship-cargo carrier will be launched byd . A ship called Changsha will become the second ship of a particularly large class in the fleet of the Chinese company (the first was Shenzhen, it is shown in the photo). Both ships have 219 m in length and are able to transport up to 9200 cars at a time. Thus, BYD intends to significantly strengthen its presence in the export markets. Last year, she put 433 thousand cars in foreign markets, which is 71.8% more than in 2023.

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Crossover Jetour Traveler (aka T2 in the Russian market) is slightly updated for the Chinese market. The gamut of the body flowers has been expanded, new external decor sets have become available for the order, new wheels designed. In the cabin, ventilation deflectors are revised, the media system found an improved voice assistant, new keys appeared. In China, an updated crossover costs from 140 thousand yuan (19300 dollars).

company Ford switching “gears” for electric vehicles. The drawing depicts a completely traditional lever of a mechanical gearbox, but it is stated that it can work both in classical and in sequental mode in the manner of racing cars. At the same time, no real transmissions in the electric car, of course, are not provided, and this system is designed only to add an electric car of emotionality.

We also talked about the Nammi 06 crossover, the Audi A5 E-Hybrid family, the Hongqi Tiang 05 sedan and the Aston Martin Vanquishh family Volante.