When it comes to automotive patent leaks, you could arguably say China is the gift that keeps on giving. Over recent years, many manufacturers have had future product plans exposed via computer-generated imagery submitted to its national patent database. While patent submissions before a vehicle’s reveal are nothing new, the increasing level of visual detail […]
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Remember the Dodge Dakota? The popular mid-sized truck was produced from 1986 up until 2011 as a rival to Ford’s Ranger and Chevrolet Colorado. Fast-forward to a COVID-infused 2020, and it appears FCA wants back in on the mid-sized action as evidenced by a Dakota trademark application lodged in late April. While our eagle-eyed spy […]
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While already offering the battery-electric Ioniq, Kona and fuel cell-electric Nexo; Hyundai is amping up its EV onslaught even further with its upcoming 45 crossover-ish hatch. It’ll be the Korean automaker’s first vehicle to utilize an all-new Electric-Global Modular Platform (E-GMP), and follows the tone set by the 45 Concept which debuted at the 2019 […]
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Ever since its debut at the 2014 New York International Auto Show, Kia’s third-generation Sedona – also known and marketed as the Carnival outside North America, has been trying to win buyers away from Chrysler’s Pacifica and Toyota Sienna. As handsome as it is, sales have yet to surpass its rivals – however, that might […]
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Hyundai stunned the automotive world back in 2015 with the Santa Cruz concept; a stylish crossover pickup truck that depicted an alternative approach to the more traditional body-on-frame trucks we’ve all become accustomed to. Whilst years have since passed, the Seoul-based automaker is finally entering the Santa Cruz into production. With the visual assistance of […]
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In an honest world, BMW’s 2-Series Active Tourer won’t get your heart racing. Sure, it’s a reasonably premium compact minivan, but it’s more of a utility to carry around potting mix and meander off to the bowls club in. Politely speaking, it lacks that true rear-drive BMW spirit. Yet with that blue & white badging […]
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Toyota’s Tundra full-size pickup is, let’s face it, a bit of an automotive relic. So much so that the origins of the current truck can be traced back to the last global financial crises (and ironically, it’ll see in the impending next one too). Fortunately for us isolated souls, the Japanese manufacturing giant has been […]
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Love or hate it, Hyundai’s new Elantra sedan is a breath of fresh air among a small sedan segment plagued by staid conservatism. So much so, that the seventh-generation version shakes things up by employing Hyundai’s new ‘Parametric Dynamics’ design language – combining the automaker’s previous ‘Sensuous Sportiness’ styling with hard crease lines inspired from […]
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Bait-and-switch is a term quite often applied when a concept transforms into a production series vehicle; we’re teased by the promise of an alluring new model, only to see it stripped of any appeal by the time it leaves the factory floor. Not so with the Audi e-tron GT: the German marque unveiled the electric […]
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While Coronavirus prematurely put the brakes on this year’s Geneva Motor Show, it didn’t undermine some of the more eagerly awaited new reveals (albeit via live-streamed presentations). One of those was BMW’s i4 Concept, Munich’s take on a Tesla Model 3-esque battery electric vehicle in a Gran Coupe-fastback format. However, as alluring as the i4 […]
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