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How economical is the Hyundai i20 (2014 – 2020) in practice?

Three-cylinder turbo or 1.2 four-cylinder?The Hyundai i20 challenges cars like the Volkswagen Polo and Ford Fiesta in the B segment. Does it also...

Autotest DS3 E-Tense vs. MG ZS EV

Double test DS gives the 3 E-Tense a new powertrain. Is this premium crossover EV a better choice? New powertrain DS3 much better but also...

Battery change with a Nio ET7, how does it work in practice?

Return ticket Hamburg-Oslo without loadingNio has opted for innovative battery exchange stations. So in theory you can drive from Hamburg to Oslo and...

Test: BYD Dolphin – The ID3 alternative from China

Everything depends on the priceAfter the Han, the Tang and the Atto 3, it's time to put the BYD Dolphin through its first test....

We had so much fun 20 years ago with the Smart Roadster

Against a Streetka, a Copen and an MX-5The toy-like Smart first showed its face in the late 1990s. Who would have thought it...

Mercedes-Benz A Class (2023) – Back to Basics

Goodbye color, hello 12kVisually, not much has changed for the Mercedes-Benz A-class with the recent facelift, but a lot has changed over the years...

How economical is the Ford Mondeo in practice?

Streamlined carriage, low consumption?In 2022, Ford finally pulled the plug on the Mondeo model. We got to know the last generation of this...

Simca 1501 (1968) – Into the Wild

Brave go-getterEvery Simca you find in the wild is worth a second look. Especially if it is such an old one as this...

The ten cheapest new convertibles are shockingly expensive

arm in the sunWith temperatures that often hover around 10 degrees and a changeable weather picture, spring is extremely long in coming this year....

‘Compact EV will be just as expensive as a fuel car in a few years’

Large electric cars not yetDespite subsidies, electric cars are usually more expensive at the bottom of the line than comparable models with a fuel...

Relatively few public charging stations outside the Randstad

Explainable difference, but still work to be doneThere are many more public charging stations in the west and center of the Netherlands than in...

Aston Martin takes classic powertrains back into production

For the first time in decadesGood news for owners of classic Aston Martins or people who like to spoon a very special powertrain into...

Much more profit for BYD

Large EV share helpsThe Chinese – and now also known in Europe – BYD can look back on an excellent quarter. Compared to...

Weblog Bas – The fear of the seagull

I'm afraid of that Chinese plug city flea, the BYD Seagull or Seagull. Not for the car, which wouldn't hurt a fly, but...

NEVS ‘Emily’: stillborn Saab child

Deadly sinIn March it was announced that NEVS, which wants to build EVs on the remains of Saab, has put itself into hibernation. ...

The number of scrapped cars is declining rapidly

Drop of 20 percentFar fewer cars were scrapped last year than the year before. This is evident from figures from Auto Recycling Nederland,...

Bovag and RAI question climate plans

RAI wants transition fund, Bovag fears drop in salesThe two major car industry organizations in the Netherlands are responding to the climate plans presented...

Franz Tost of F1 team AlphaTauri makes way after 18 years

Tost sniffs out retirementAt the end of the current Formula 1 season, Franz Tost will step down as team principal of AlphaTauri. The...

Mercedes-AMG S-class gets Manufaktur treatment

Eight colors and more leatherMercedes-Benz reveals its Manufaktur program for the AMG variant of its S-class. Eight additional colors can be selected via...

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