Friday afternoon, five 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 the Mercedes EQS turned out to be a fantastic electric car and French car commercials said ‘go cycling!’ Good news, bad news. Top and flop.
+ Top – First review: the Mercedes EQS is a great electric car
The Mercedes EQS is the electrical equivalent of the Mercedes S-class. And that creates sky-high expectations. Can the EQS deliver on that? Not quite. Even though it is without a doubt a fantastic electric car.
+ Top – Is this hardcore Toyota GR Yaris really called ‘growl’ Yaris?
The extreme version of the Toyota GR Yaris is called GRMN Yaris. Firstly, the abbreviation GRMN is very artificial for Gazoo Racing Meisters of Nürburgring. And secondly, we read ‘growling’ in it every time …
+ Top – Test: the Peugeot 308 is so beautiful to cry!
“Can something fresher than it is fresh, more lascivious than the most voluptuous”, wrote Maarten van Roozendaal in his song Mooi. He could have talked about the beautiful Peugeot 308 …
– Flop – This mud wash from Dacia shows just how stupid SUVs really are
Dacia has come up with something fun: the Mud Wash. The event is aimed at owners of a Dacia Duster 4×4, who can have their car covered in mud. This is necessary, according to Dacia, because the majority of 4×4 drivers never go off-road.
– Flop – ‘Go cycling!’, car advertisements in France warn from 1 March
The addition ‘enjoy, but drink in moderation’ has been mandatory in alcohol advertisements for decades. In France they will go a step further as of March 1 and such a warning will also be added to car advertisements: go cycling or walk!
– Flop – Here’s Why Hondas Have Been Massive Traveled Back To 2002 On January 1st
Remember the Millennium Bug? That ‘huge’ problem that would shut down the entire world on January 1, 2000, and ultimately turned out to be insignificant. Honda is lately bothered by the digital bully.