You can read this in AutoWeek 15

Techzle 15 will be in the shops from tomorrow or on your doorstep this week. What are you reading this week in our packed magazine?

It doesn’t seem to be long before there is almost no new car with a diesel engine for sale. In the case of Jaguar, this will soon be the case, since that brand will no longer use fuel engines at all by 2025. Before that, however, we still drive the renewed XF Sportbrake with a mild hybrid diesel on board. That can prove itself against another wonderful touring car with a diesel engine: the BMW 520d Touring.

Mazda CX-30 vs.  Mini Countryman

Those who don’t want to drive that big, but still value a ‘premium’ feeling, can turn to Mazda for the CX-30. That is the most popular Mazda of the moment, so with a series of recent innovations it becomes even more interesting if possible. Jan Lemkes found out whether it is enough to take customers away from the Mini Countryman.

So much for the usual names, because there is also attention for a newcomer: Lynk & Co. With the 01, this storms the Dutch market in an unconventional way. They would rather rent the car to you than sell you one and if that wasn’t enough, they encourage you to rent it out again. But don’t let that distract you from the car itself: a successful Chinese cousin of the Volvo XC40.

Lynk & Co 01

Lynk & Co 01

Furthermore, we put the Opel Astra and Corsa side by side in ‘Class Battle’ to see what remains if you prefer the Corsa over its bigger brother. You will of course have money left over, but is the price difference between the smaller and newer Corsa and the older but larger Astra justifiable, or is it worth it to continue saving for the Astra?

Of course there is also the necessary attention for used cars. In the case of this week’s Klokje Rond inspection, we do have a very special guest: a Toyota FJ Cruiser. It naturally ended up in the Netherlands via gray imports and has now had so much Dutch asphalt under it that it already has almost half a million on the counter. Does this extravagant Toyota also live up to the brand’s reliable image?

Renault Laguna dynamometer Finally, this week we conclude a series of dynamometer sessions with tuned cars. We do this with a Renault Laguna 2.0 dCi whose power was once increased a bit. This made the French station wagon nice and bright, although it is still the question whether all the horsepower that the Laguna once got with it are still present …

All this and more can be read in the latest Techzle, which will be in stores this week from Wednesday. Would you rather not go out? Order from the easy chair the latest number. Then it will be delivered to your door within two working days.

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