Station wagons with plug and electric newcomers
AutoWeek 47 will be available in stores from Wednesday or will arrive in your mailbox this week. In this issue you can expect a double test between two plug-in hybrid station wagons, a driving test with the Nio ET7 and a first introduction to the crazy Cupra Urban Rebel Racing Concept.
BMW has given the 3-series an interim update. The news is in the electronics and their operation. Is that enough to offer the Volvo V60 party that currently runs on Android Automotive OS? We put them side by side with fuel cap and charging port. We immediately take the plug-in hybrid BMW 330e Touring, which can compete against the Volvo V60 T6 Recharge.
Nio ET7
More new plug stuff? Yes, of course. It’s time for a ride through your own country with the Chinese Nio ET7. The Chinese brand rises from scratch, which can apparently compete effortlessly with the established names at the top of the EV market. What does the Nio ET7 manage to deliver in practice?
In Europe, meanwhile, hard work is being done on more electric newcomers. For example, Alfa Romeo is on the eve of a major electrification battle. The Italians kick off with a plug-in hybrid Tonale. What does this technology add to Alfa’s sporting DNA?
Alfa Romeo Tonal
Cupra takes the lead on behalf of Seat within the Volkswagen Group for the new line of compact electric cars. To experience how much fun that can be, we were allowed to go on a gravel path. With the Cupra Urban Rebel Racing Concept, to be precise. A preview of Cupra’s new ‘little one’, but in a very spectacular guise.
On the occasion pages you will find, among other things, a portrait of Hein Bos. Who? Well, Hein has a real Rover 200 BRM. You know, the variant with the orange-framed air intakes. We also have a Mazda 3 as a guest in Op de Rollenbank. Not an old one, but one with the much-discussed SkyActiv-X engine. What can we expect from this creation of the Hiroshima cross-thinkers? Just another typical Japanese ‘spot-on’ power statement or does it surprise us in some way?
A silver-grey Mercedes-Benz C-Class Estate may not be the first car you think of when you think of a twenty-year-old. Nevertheless, truck driver Vincent Motzheim bought one. A diesel even, the C180 CDI. He has now been with Motzheim for three years, who plans to add many more kilometers. Are they still in it now that the ‘C’ has more than three tons of experience?
You can read that and more in AutoWeek 47, which will be in stores from Wednesday. Would you rather not go out? Order from the couch the latest number. Then it will be on the doormat within two working days.
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