The British company Ineos Automotive intends to produce small-scale and specialized versions of its Grenadier SUV itself. For this purpose, a small company Kavango Engineering from Botswana was bought, which will now be called Ineos Kavango. A staff of 70 workers is able to remake up to 200 machines per year. An all-terrain vehicle was built to demonstrate the capabilities of the new unit Ineos Safari Grenadier for tourist trips: instead of a hard top, a simple awning was installed, other seats were mounted, and the switch block, originally located on the ceiling, was moved to the center console.
Simultaneously with the pre-production SUV FangChengBao Leopard 5, a prototype of the second model is presented – a larger and more expensive all-terrain vehicle Leopard 8. So far, this is just a show car with dark panels instead of glass and no interior, and technical specifications are not indicated. The serial car should appear only in 2024. Plus, a third model has been announced – the compact Leopard 3, although its format has not yet been designated at all.
Concern Hyundai bought the former plant of General Motors Corporation in the Indian city of Talegaon. The amount of the deal was not disclosed, but the Korean side intends to invest 50 billion rupees ($600 million) in the refurbishment and modernization of the site and restart the conveyor in 2025. According to preliminary information, the production of popular Hyundai Venue SUVs will be organized here. GM opened this plant in 2008 and until 2020 produced Chevrolet Spark, Beat and Sail subcompacts here, the production capacity of the enterprise is 130,000 cars and 160,000 engines per year.
Toyota presented in Indonesia a project of a light commercial vehicle with the ability to install different cargo or passenger modules. Toyota To color is a compact semi-frame truck, the cab of which is made of simple and cheap panels. The power unit is located at the front (both ICE and electric motor are assumed), and at the rear there is a simple leaf spring suspension. On this chassis, you can install a conventional onboard platform, a food tent, a mobile workshop, an ambulance module and much more. Rangga will definitely become serial, but the dates have not yet been set.
The Promised Brand Transformation Jaguar will be extremely radical. According to the head of JLR, in 2025 not only all Jaguars with internal combustion engines will be removed from the assembly line, but also the only I-Pace electric car (pictured). The company will deliberately abandon the entire existing range in order to create a new image for the brand. The prospective range includes three battery-powered models on a separate JEA (Jaguar Electrified Architecture) platform, and the first model should be introduced at the end of 2024 – a large GT class sedan. It will hit the market in 2025.
Company MB Rus (former representative office of Mercedes-Benz in Russia) has expanded the range of imported cars. In addition to Mercedes, Chinese electric vehicles and AITO and Li Auto hybrids are available for order. The AITO M5 crossover costs from 6.75 million rubles, the larger AITO M7 costs from 7.9 million rubles. Pricing for Li Auto hybrids is yet to be set, and the range will include the Li 7, Li 8 and Li 9 crossovers. There are already demo vehicles, and production lots will arrive at the end of September.
Also today we talked about the minivan Buick Centurypickup truck Mahindra Global Pick UpSUV Fang Cheng Bao Leopard 5hypercar Zenvo Aurora and start of car production Autotore’s JMC.
2023-08-16 20:31:32
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