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Peugeot 205: 40 years with you at the end of the world

21 photos Enlarge Ruben Fidalgo February 07, 2023 1 In 1983, the new Peugeot utility came on the market, a model that had the enormous responsibility of having to refloat the finances of a brand on the verge of bankruptcy. The result could not have been better, both for the brand and for the customers. This was the Peugeot 205 that this year celebrates its 40th anniversary. Few times throughout history has a brand played as much as Peugeot on February 15, 1983. Despite the conservative mentality of the Peugeot family, which never took a step without securing its footing on solid ground, the financial situation of the The group was critical in 1983. The decision to buy Chrysler’s European division with the Talbot and Simca brands and the market plagued by economic crises in 1980 and 1...

“I see this team as a winner”

Fernando Alonso was first uploaded in 2023 to a Aston Martin for a tire test for Pirelli. Despite being with last year’s car and in Jerez, a circuit that is not on the calendar, the Spaniard ended up happy with his day. After doing numerous laps in a private test in which no information on times or number of laps can be released due to a ban from the tire company, Aston Martin has published the first sensations of the Spaniard after the day of practice at the Andalusian circuit. “Days like this in Jerez are very important for me to prepare for Bahrain”Alonso commented on his test day. “It is a fact that I always try to give my maximum, I am never unmotivated. I need to know that I give my 100% for the next challenge,” he added. In addition, he had good words f...

Test the most powerful and sporty of the range

The Lexus RX is the mainstay of the brand. This premium SUV was the first SUV in a range that started, like sedans, from top to bottom (then came the NX and UX). It was also the first Lexus to mount a hybrid propulsion system, in 2005. The Lexus RX 2023, the fifth generation, returns to luxury, triples the commitment to hybridization and gains a lot in technology. It may be strange for some that a vehicle of this size does not opt ​​for diesel, like most manufacturers, especially Europeans. The brand is determined with hybrids, which are already 90% of its sales on our continent. They are going little by little with total electrification. After the first step with the UX, the next one will be shortly with the RZ. We have been able to drive the three versions of the RX that are being launch...

Price war on electric cars? we find it hard to believe

The year began with new car prices. Inflation seems to be rampant throughout the world and governments (and central banks) play with their weapons trying to contain it. Cars are no strangers to this situation and prices have been rising for months. And in this Tesla goes and lowers the prices of the Model 3 and Model Y at the beginning of the year. Not a little, it was thousands of dollars that brought him some problem with customers who had made reservations with the previous price, as in China. Last week we saw that Ford announced very interesting discounts for its Mustang Mach-E. And not a little, since on average they dropped $4,500. Almost 10%, which is a lot. And of course, before this movement, many might think that a price war was beginning in electric cars… and it seems that...

The challenges of the luxury sector to adapt to the online world | Fortune

Walking around looking at shop windows, and deciding to go into a store when a garment attracts attention, is an activity that is increasingly being replaced by an infinite scroll on web pages, or social networks, where only a few clicks are needed to purchase a product. Comfortably from the sofa at home, or even the office computer, without being cold in winter, hot in summer and with the time savings of not queuing, or hunting for a free space in the parking lot of a center commercial. Said like this, it seems that they are almost all advantages, but where is that experience of having the product in your hands Or be able to ask questions to the sales assistants, for example? is it really the same spend 10,000 euros on a watch from your mobile phone than in a store in which the buyer is s...

The man who changed Toyota

In 2007, the Japanese pilot Mr. Morizo ​​was fighting against an impressive storm to finish the lap at the Nurburgring circuit, but he succeeded, although few knew him. Attached to cars his entire life, Morizo ​​knew that eventually his days behind the wheel might not last long. When the time came to abandon his racing name and return to his baptismal name, the great-grandson of Kiichiro Toyoda, founder of what is now the world’s largest automaker, would be faced with a far more difficult task. What a moment when Akio Toyoda was called to sit in the chair of Chief Executive of the brand, which he will leave in the hands of Koji Sato as of next April 1st. In 2009 Toyota lived strong contrasts. Its market value was an impressive $115 billion. But the world was immersed in a...

Fernando Alonso’s gesture that ‘sets fire’ to social networks: Third F1 World Cup?

This Tuesday, February 7, Fernando Alonso starts its 2023 hand in hand with Aston Martin in the Pirelli tests in the Jerez circuit. Since the end of the season in Abu Dhabi and the next day the two-time world champion in Formula 1 rolled with the green car to begin to adapt to the single-seater in terms of seat and steering wheel, the Spaniard has not rolled again. Well, if there was already expectation to see him again on the asphalt, this Monday an amateur ‘set fire’ to the networks with a video. In it, Alonso is seen making a gesture with his hand, taking out three fingers. Quickly, netizens began with their cabals. Third World Cup? 33rd victory? Who knows what the 2023 season will bring for Fernando, but what is clear is that it will not be his last in Formula 1. I have a p...

this is the new car of Valtteri Bottas and Guanyu Zhou

alfa romeo has become the fourth team to show its new car for the 2023 season. And the team owned by the group Sauber has already winked at Audibrand that the team will own from 2026. The Swiss have changed their colors despite continuing, albeit for the last year, with Alfa Romeo. The team has changed its characteristic rojiblanco of recent seasons for a red and black that has attracted attention of all viewers. In addition, unlike the three previous teams, Alfa Romeo has shown its car for 2023. And modifications have been seen, especially in the rear: “We have changed the rear end, the gearbox fitting and the suspension.” Sauber has put a lot of effort into the car this season, as confirmed by technical director Jan Monchaux: “This car is an evolution of the past, refle...

The Volkswagen designer, dismissed because his designs do not convince the CEO

Enlarge CDA February 07, 2023 0 Andreas Mindt is the new head of Volkswagen Design, since the designs of his predecessor, Jozef Kaban, did not convince the brand. Major changes at Volkswagen. The German brand has a new Head of Design, after rumors that the newcomer CEO of the manufacturer, Thomas Schäfe, has not been impressed with the work of Jozef Kaban, the hitherto responsible for this area. Kaban has been replaced by Andreas Mindt, who will leave his role as Head of Design at Bentley to take up the role. The change is now official and the reason must be found in the fact, confirmed by anonymous sources close to the leadership of Volkswagen, that Kaban has failed to impress Schäfer or the board of directors with his work in the ID.2 city car, which was presented for the first time with...

“You are going to lose two months, but not two years”

A few weeks before the start of the new season of MotoGP, Marc Márquez He is once again one of the favorites to win the crown. This is due to the fact that he has already overcome the shoulder injury that caused so many relapses and became an ordeal for him. cervera. Despite everything, the pilot of Sling He knows that it depends on the abilities that his team provides him to be competitive, since in recent seasons the Japanese brand has not been at the level required to play a championship. In ‘GQ’ magazine, Marc has shown his most personal side and has recognized certain moments from his past that marked him as an answer to the question of what advice he would give himself if he could go back in time. “It would be two moments. One, the year 2013, and he would tell me, &...

Red Bull ‘fears’ Aston Martin and Fernando Alonso: “We’ve been hearing things…”

In the absence of the 2023 single-seaters starting to roll on the track, it is all speculation, but Red Bull a lot of information is coming to you Aston Martin is progressing quite a bit. In an interview for ‘Motor und Sport’, Christian Hornerhead of the energy drink team, has assured when asked if someone will close the gap with Red Bull, Ferrari and Mercedes, that he has heard very positive things about the work that the green team is doing. “We are constantly hearing a lot of good expectations coming out of Aston Martin”he explained. However, he does not only see the British with options to close the gap with the ‘Big 3’: “Alpine made a lot of progress in the second part of the season and McLaren you can come up with the complete package. We do ...