The Mercedes W14, a completely new car for the upcoming season. Leaving behind all the problems of ‘porpoising’ is the goal of the silver arrows, who in 2022 were unable to fight for the championship against Red Bull from Max Verstappen. Toto Wolffhead of Mercedes, has detailed the “surprises” what to expect in the new car. This was stated in statements to ‘Planet F1’: “The last time I saw it, I thought ‘oh, this looks the same’, but I hope it’s not the same”. The ground is what has changed the most: “I enter the wind tunnel and it looks like this year’s car, but They tell me it’s very different underneath.” Some changes that began to be seen in the middle of last season: “Our car changed fundam...
In the midst of the increasing incursion of automotive companies in ecological mobility, There are several brands that decided to work in the generation of energy through solar panels. However, only a few of them translated their developments into vehicles, such as the Sono Sion and the Lightyear One, today renamed Lightyear 0. While the industry continues to work, in Australia the autonomy record for a car equipped with solar panels was recorded. The milestone was reached by a group of Engineering students from the University of New South Wales (UNSW), who reached 1,000 kilometers without having to recharge energy. Sunswift 7, the record car Called Sunswift 7, it is a vehicle made with the purpose of participating in the World Solar Challeng...
Daniel Medvedev lost last year’s Australian Open final to Rafael Nadal. A match that he had won… and that the Balearic tennis player ended up coming back. Undoubtedly one of the most difficult moments of his career. And he had no qualms about paying it off with the public. Not just in that game. It happened throughout the tournament. The Russian faced the stands and even said that some had a “low IQ”. Now he regrets that behavior at the gates of the tournament in 2023. “Of the 13,000 that were there, because the stadium was packed, this comment was maybe for 50 people at most, so that’s the first thing,” said Daniil. And he apologizes assuring that “wasn’t smart”: “And this comment was probably not smart of me. But when you ...
4 photos Enlarge CDA December 30, 2022 0 Lexus will include in all its models that it sells in Europe the Nanoe X system, which prevents viruses, bacteria, pollen and allergens. All models that Lexus sells in the European market will have the Nanoe X cabin air purification system, developed by Panasonic. According to the Japanese brand, the purification system prevents viruses, bacteria, pollen and allergens that can accumulate in the car’s ventilation and air conditioning system. The coronavirus pandemic has accelerated research and development of solutions to alleviate infections in small places. One of them, and widely used by citizens, is the car and, in this way, some car brands have devised solutions to improve air quality in these spaces. Standard across the Lexus range 4 phot...
Updated: 02 Jan 2023 | 15:53 02 Jan 2023 | 15:22 Carlos Sainz Jr. he is accompanying his father in the Dakar 2023. With a helicopter he is following Sainz Sr, current leader in the car classification. And the Ferrari Formula 1 driver is having a great time. On the first day he assured that he had passed “fear” seeing that his father’s car was stopped in the desert. “I said ‘we’re starting again,” she recounted. But he finally took the stage. On the second day another image has gone viral. It’s Carlos’s, on a rock, asking his father to slow down. Sainz was passing through a rocky area at that moment which he reached too fast. Thanks to Sainz Jr’s gestures, he slows down and can pass with much more comfort in a delicate and very dan...
December closed with 73,927 units of new cars sold, much worse than the previous year, -14.1% less. Thus, the year closed with just 813,396 units sold during 2022, with a drop of 5.4% compared to the previous year. If we compare with the data prior to the pandemic, the drop is 35% compared to 2019. The year 2022 was very complicated. When it was expected to gradually solve the component crisis, the war in Ukraine arrived, which only made things more complicated. Added to the imbalance in the production of microchips was the increase in energy costs, which brought inflation and rises in interest rates. In countries like Spain, where car financing is vital, this ends up subtracting many sales. Regarding channels, individuals are less and less important in total sales. They are the hardest hi...
7 photos Enlarge CDA January 02, 2023 0 Just over 70,000 euros have been paid for a Honda Civic Type R that belonged to Max Verstappen, the current Formula 1 world champion. Max Verstappen, the current Formula 1 world champion, had a Honda Civic Type R as a company car for just over a year, which now just sold at auction. The vehicle belonged to Verstappen during his first World Cup season last year and was auctioned off by the world champion himself at the end of the season for a good cause: for Red Bull’s “Wings for Life” foundation, which supports the treatment of paraplegia. €70,600 paid for Verstappen’s Honda Civic Type R 7 photos Honda Civic Type R that belonged to Max Verstappen Enlarge However, the then auction winner seems to have had enough of Honda’...
Aston Martin It continues to take leaps and bounds to become a leading team in Formula 1. The investment is tremendous. In this transfer market they have not only incorporated Fernando Alonsoalso important ‘gurus’ to develop the car. The new factory is the other great project of the team. The new wind tunnel is expected to be ready by 2024. Dan Fallowsone of the bosses of Aston Martin, has spoken of all the advantages in statements collected by ‘Motorsport’: “You have the possibility of manufacturing everything yourself, but you can also decide whether to buy or manufacture it, you can do things faster in general “. “So if you can make things cheaper, it means you can make more. You can make one or two more upgrades than before in the same amount o...
7 photos Enlarge Karam el Shenawy January 02, 2023 0 The British firm enters the real estate sector with a luxurious tower with 391 apartments. There are only 10 left for sale, including the penthouse of more than 2,500 m2 that costs 59 million euros and comes with a Vulcan as a gift Everyone, or a good part of it, dreams of spending their days in the house of their dreams, worth the redundancy, with everything you need and the best comforts, also adding the icing on the cake of having that renowned sports car parked in your private garage. with which one feels like a winner. In this sense, would you imagine being the owner of a luxurious apartment signed by Aston Martin in the heart of Miami in which the exclusive Vulcan of the brand was also added to the price? It may interest you: 3.2 m...
A Marc Márquez He still has two years left on his contract with Honda, but he has already stated his intention to change scenery if things don’t go the way he expects. That is, if he can’t fight for the MotoGP championship next season. His driving style has changed since his four surgeries on his right arm. A less risky style, but with which he has still suffered several scares in the form of a fall. Stefan Bradl he believes that “aggressiveness” shown in the past will no longer return. This is what he stated in ‘Speedweek’: “Marc can’t exploit his strengths on the current bike like I used to.” “He always has to work with too much risk. He realizes that he will never be able to keep the risk that high in the long term. He has to r...
Enlarge christian garcia January 02, 2023 0 This year we have had several epic “battles” that you especially liked. Let’s review which have been the five comparisons with the most reproductions of the last 12 months… For months you already know that we like to go beyond just showing you and explaining to you one by one the new cars that are coming to the market. In many cases, the user contemplates various models for their purchase, renting or leasing decision, and it is precisely this question that we intend to resolve with the comparisons that we publish on our YouTube channel (which by the way you are already taking a while to subscribe to…) We usually face those that a priori are the greatest rivals in their categories to highlight both their assets and th...
Fernando Alonso to Aston Martin. Oscar Piastri to McLaren. Pierre Gasley to Alpine. That triple movement in Formula 1 was closely related. Because the market began to move when the departure of the Asturian from the Alpine team was announced by surprise. Gasly, in statements collected by ‘GPFans’, talks about everything that happened in the market: “The situation changed completely from the moment Fernando left”. “That sparked the whole case that followed, and in the end, it was a positive chaos for me, because it ended up creating an amazing opportunity, and a very exciting collaboration with Alpine. It was definitely something unexpected, at least for the next year,” he explains. . It was that change from Fernando that caused the negotiations to accele...