Late summer is making a splash this week. The time to dream away in the garden with a new Techzle. Number 38 will be in stores from Wednesday. You will find all of this.
Tests
As the cover already reveals, the brand new Skoda Octavia can compete in a double test against the Honda Civic. We saw the Octavia before in comparison tests, but not yet as a hatchback. Time to change that. Like the Octavia, the Civic operates in a fairly gray area. Technically it is a C-segment hatchback, but it usually offers more space. Which is the best choice?
Furthermore, we drive for the first time in two cars from very different angles. Marc Klaver, for example, makes the first meters in the new retro Morgan Plus Four and Stéphan Vermeulen steers the plug-in hybrid A250e. Mercedes-Benz scoops relatively large battery packs into its plug-in hybrid versions. The A-class has a battery capacity of no less than 15.6 kWh. That gives the A250e a large electrical range, but is it just as economical as a regular A with an empty battery?
Furthermore, three Passats sign up for a practical test: a TSI LPG, GTE and TDI. Which of the three should you have? As a final test, Frank takes the i10 endurance tester from our garage and goes on a family visit. An extremely mischievous and especially bright yellow Atos shows itself. Do the two compact Hyundais still share some genes?
Reports
The showrooms of almost all brands are now well stocked with plug-ins. How economical these PHEVs are, depends on the driver’s will to charge the car as much as possible. Roy puts it to the test and looks at how economical a plugged Peugeot 3008 really is.
In the section ‘Unknown but Loved’, Nic looks up drivers of cars who never really managed to achieve large sales numbers, but are certainly loved. This time he meets a driver of a Subaru BRZ. In addition, 19-year-old Demi rides her 2012 Twingo on the bridge of Klokje Rond. We don’t see that often, an A-segmenter. This Twingo (on diesel!) Certainly deserves to be put in the spotlight, because the counter is already at 481,581 km. Good job!
All this and more can be read in the latest Techzle. Prefer not to go out? Order from the easy chair the latest number. Then he will arrive on the doormat within two working days.