Techzle 18 will be in the shops from tomorrow or on your doorstep this week. What are you reading this week in our packed magazine?
This week our Peugeot e-2008 endurance tester faces its twin brother. At least, his fraternal twin brother, because we put him next to the regular 2008. So with a combustion engine. Of course it is interesting to see how you all notice that one is still conventionally powered and the other electrically.
Of course you can also simply combine these two drive types in one car. Renault and Seat do this, for example, with their compact middle class, the Mégane and Leon. A few years ago, these had gone like crazy on the business market, especially as a station wagon. Nowadays, however, they are no longer interesting for those who want to save a lot on addition. Can the Mégane Estate and Leon Sportstourer show that the PHEV still has the right to exist?
Another kind of car that has to fight for its right to exist is the traditional middle class. Ford stops with the Mondeo, Citroën takes a different approach with the new C5 X, but at Opel and Toyota, for example, you can still just knock for the ‘old recipe’. The Opel Insignia and Toyota Camry, a duo that you may not expect next to each other, will compete against each other in a double test this week.
More interested in more spectacular transport? Then be sure to read our first driving test with the Porsche Taycan Cross Turismo! Are the extra kilos and the height of the larger carriage at the expense of driving pleasure or is this win-win?
On the occasion pages this week, among other things, attention for a Volvo XC90. You also had that with a V8 from Yamaha and on paper that is a dream combination; a Swedish car with a Japanese engine. If that doesn’t last forever, we don’t know anymore. Let’s see if we can confirm that thought if we have it subjected to a thorough inspection in Klokje Rond.
After all, this week it was a blast on the rollers. Maybe not so much for the eye, but for the ears. There is a five-cylinder drum, that of the above Audi 90. Its owner is younger than the car itself. Does he have a fresh copy in his hands, or has the five-cylinder of the 90 in his almost 40 years of existence lost some of his sjeu?
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.