Renault’s Captur light SUV is returning to Australia, and the all-new model is slightly bigger, has been restyled and includes a range of technological innovations. Renault dealers are taking orders now for deliveries beginning in April.
If the press release is to be believed, the air is crackling with excitement all over the world as the naming of the 2021 World Car of the Year approaches.
By the end of this year, Renault will be marketing two new zero-emissions vans globally, one electric the other hydrogen-fuelled. The new Kangoo Van E-TECH Electric city van has a 44kWh battery offering 265km of range.
Aston Martin has released a Vantage F1 special edition road car to mark the brand’s return to Formula 1 and being chosen to supply the safety car and medical car for this year’s Grands Prix.
What is claimed to be the world’s first modern hybrid-drive military vehicle, the Scarabee, has been shown in production, sales-ready form by French manufacturer, Arquus.
Ford’s next-generation Transit Custom van and Tourneo minibus range will include an all-electric model along with plug-in hybrid (PHEV), mild hybrid and conventional engine variants. Production will start at Ford Otosan, the company’s joint venture in Kocaelli, Turkey, in the first half of 2023.
Porsche Cars Australia (PCA) will partner with SP Tools as the official tool partner for the 2021 Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia and Porsche Michelin Sprint Challenge series.
Italian Giorgetto Giugiaro has designed some memorable cars that have stood the test of time. One of them, the mid-engined Maserati Bora (named after a wind that blows in the Adriatic Sea off the coast of northern Italy) has just turned 50.
When is a van not a van? According to Korean carmaker Hyundai, when it’s the replacement for its iMax. Hyundai says the new people mover has “a strikingly futuristic and mysterious exterior, resembling a spaceship.” Really?
Former Supercars front-runner and Bathurst winner, Jason Bargwanna, won last weekend’s second round of the 2021 Supercheap Auto TCR Australia Series at Phillip Island, Victoria.