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The 2025 Volvo EX30 is several things all at once. The small electric crossover represents a new entry point to the brand; it’s one of the few affordable electric cars starting at $35,000; it makes an eco-conscious statement in a luxury leather world; and its dual-motor performance model fuels rallycross dreams. The last bit might be the.
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Our eagle-eyed readers will have noticed the number of brands included in our Exclusive Chinese Brands Guide steadily decline over the past month or so. We have indeed refreshed our Guide to reflect the constant streamlining of the Chinese market. We removed over 20 brands from our guide, including Dorcen, Green Wheel, Hanergy, Hanteng, Hunkt, Lifan, Long River, Maple, Qiantu, QYEV, Rox, Singulato, Sitech, Suda, Weltmeister (WM), Yema, Zedriv and Zinoro.
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The Daihatsu Sigra is the best-selling model in Indonesia for the 2nd month running. The new vehicle wholesales market in Indonesia dives -18.7% year-on-year in February to just 70,657 units, leading to a year-to-date volume off -22.5% to 140,274. Retail sales are down -16.3% to 70,291 and -15% year-to-date to 148,649. Wholesales-wise, brand leader Toyota (-13.9%) falls slower than the market to an improved 33.3% share, followed by Daihatsu also in good shape in context at -7.2% to 21.4% share.
The last Volvo diesel, an XC90, is bound for the brand's new heritage museum XC90 rolls off production line destined for new museum as Volvo transitions into an all-electric brand Volvo has produced its last ever diesel-engined car, accelerating its drive to become an electric-only brand by 2030. As confirmed by the brand, the last diesel rolled off the brand's production line at its Torslanda plant in Sweden on 26 March.
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Chinese sales data for the Lotus Eletre is now available. The Lunar New Year holidays falling in February this year instead of January in 2023, sales of new imported cars in China drop -40.6% year-on-year this month to just 32,951. However the two month total, reflecting the real evolution of the market, is down just -2% to 108,382, a solid performance for imports which usually are on a steeper downward trend.
Prices for the Volkswagen Golf GTI rival start from £44,250 in the UK Highly esteemed hot hatch gets a performance boost, adjusted suspension and two special editions Pricing and specification details for the updated Toyota GR Yaris have been revealed, with the high-performance hot hatch increasing in cost by more than £12,000. Prices for the Volkswagen Golf GTI rival start at £44,250 in the UK, with the Sébastien Ogier Edition and Kalle Rovanperä Edition specials coming in at £60,000.
Maserati is developing a hardcore, track-only version of its MC20 supercar. It's known as the MCXtrema, and just 62 examples will be built, with all build slots likely already claimed. The car was shown for the first time last summer during 2023 Monterey Car Week. The final track testing is now taking place ahead of the start of deliveries in late.
The new three-door Mini will bring a big price cut for the electric version – built in China – but price rises for the UK-made petrol version heavily related to its predecessor. 2025 Mini Cooper pricing and specifications Petrol version is a heavy facelift of 10-year-old car Electric model all-new on part-Chinese platform, built in China Priced from $41,990 plus on-road costs Electric Cooper E.
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JLR confirmed the Octa, here imagined by Autocar, will use a twin-turbo V8 New brand for flagship Defenders kicks off with a hardcore super-4x4 that’s tipped to nudge £200,000 A hardcore V8-powered version of the Land Rover Defender is inbound as the first in a line of top-flight flagships dubbed 'Octa'. Previously thought to carry the long-dormant SVX branding , the radical new off-roader has been spotted testing several times, but only now – a few months before its debut – has the firm given t
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Audi on Tuesday confirmed that the restyled Q7 three-row SUV previously shown for the European market is coming to the U.S. for the 2025 model year. A new front fascia and other smaller styling changes help freshen the Q7, which has been on sale in its current form since the 2017 model year (with an update for 2020). Up front, the grille gets.
When Chevrolet launched the C8 Corvette Stingray back in 2019, it put the sports car world on notice and showed that V8-powered, mid-engined cars could be affordable and look just as exotic as any traditional supercar. Chevy followed it up with the Corvette Z06, a legitimate supercar that eschews the forced induction adopted by most of its rivals in favor of a screaming 5.5-liter naturally-aspirated V8.
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