Friday afternoon, four o’clock. Computer off, the door of your workplace can close behind you, the weekend has started. On Autoreview.nl we look back on a week in which we could finally test the range of the Dacia Spring and the SsangYong Korando threw us back five years. Good news, bad news. Top and flop.
+ Top – Dacia Spring: range measured at 100 km/h and 130 km/h (yes, 130!)
If there is an electric car on the editorial board of Car Review is staying, we want to know what the range is at 100 km/h and 130 km/h. The Dacia Spring Electric is also on the rack. The question is: does it actually reach 130 km/h? Yes, amazingly enough.
+ Top – Elektrikhana – Ken Block drifts into the future in electric Audi S1 ​​Hoonitron
Ken Block’s Gymkhana Videos, Who Doesn’t Know Them? The images in which the American drift king shows his driving skills with a lot of noise and fanfare are world famous. A new video is in the works, but it will no doubt be a lot quieter. This time an electric car plays the leading role: the Audi S1 ​​E-Tron Quattro Hoonitron.
+ Top – 8 things we noticed at the first Nissan Ariya in the Netherlands
Why, from postponement comes cancellation? The Nissan Ariya took a long time to arrive, but in June 2022 it will really be at the Nissan dealer. We refresh our memory by taking a closer look at the electric SUV.
– Flop – First review: Electric SsangYong Korando throws you five years back in time
With the arrival of the electric SsangYong Korando (2022), the most startling news is that the brand still exists at all. Will he knock out the competition with his range, price and charging speed, or is it a pinprick between all the electric violence of 2021? That last.
– Flop – Finally coalition agreement! And yes, the new cabinet is going to introduce road pricing
The dreaded r-word: road pricing. It reappears every few years. We actually think it is quite a fair form of taxation, but for many Dutch motorists it is apparently a nightmare. Do not panic! You can sleep peacefully. The new cabinet – which has reached a coalition agreement after 270 days – will postpone road pricing for at least another nine years.
– Flop – Despite Formula 1 success Max Verstappen, Honda sells fewer cars than ever
Five million Dutch people saw Max Verstappen write sports history in his Formula 1 car with Honda engine. And now? Is the Netherlands going to buy a new Civic en masse? No, it remains dead silent in the showroom, the sales figures are worse than ever …