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Playing funambulism has never been easy. Keeping balance in a rope to, step by step, touring a path in which any small unexpected obstacle can make you fall. Managing air currents to stay firm, in your site, because you know that giving in to one of them can be fatal. That is the game that Mazda has been practicing. Of which has always made a flag to stay as an alternative, a company that presumes different things to conquer an audience that wants different things. Of course, with a good product that supports your decisions. Now, with the electric car, those currents are stronger than ever. Mazda 6e Technical Card Mazda 6e Body type Five -seater Measures and weight 4,921 meters long, 1,890 wide and 1,491 meters high. Wheelbase of 2,895 meters. 2,027 kg of weight. Trunk 466 liters. 70 -liter front trunk. Maximum power 190 kW (258 hp) and 320 nm. WLTP consumption 16.6 kWh/100 km DGT environmental badge Zero emissions. Driving aids (ADAS) Mandatory by the European Union. Others 10.2 -inch screen for the instrument box. Head-up 50-inch display. 14.6 inches central screen. Compatibility with Android Auto and Apple Carplay. Sony sound equipment with 14 speakers. Electric hybrid. No. Plug -in hybrid. No. Electric Yeah. 68.8 kWh battery (479 kilometers of autonomy) with a 190 kW motor (258 hp) 80 kWh battery (552 kilometers of autonomy) with a 180 kW motor (245 hp). Price and launch Already available for your reserves from 43,725 euros (38,715 euros with the output discount). First deliveries in September 2025. Winds of change Everything in Mazda breathes Japanese air. The company boasts of Japanese philosophy and design, of paying attention to detail as Only Japanese obsession allows. That is why they have remained firm before the currents that They took us to eliminate physical buttons either They have been so hard with the electric carespecially those that are huge and heavy. In those Mazda has remained So far with the electric car. His MX-30 boast of rational. They are aware that an electric car, where more advantage has to get combustion is in the urban environment. Because their virtues of rolling silently, without vibrations and without transmission are more evident. They put on the market a car that fulfilled all this and that aspired to combine Its electric mechanics with lightness. A challenge that has not come to the company. Its 200 km of autonomy have been very concise for the client. The solution they have thought is as crazy as a rational: stuffing a rotating engine and offering an extended range electric. A light plug -in hybrid, perfect in electric mode for day to day and useful if we leave the city. But rationality is a value that works rarely in the car market. And in that irrationality, Mazda has found an unexpected success. In China, Where is it associated with Changan Since they entered to manufacture in the country when they were still part of Ford, they got good sales with an enormous electric Berlina, with the external identity signs of Mazda but giving ground to the demands of the Chinese client inside, such as its huge screen. Good results encouraged the company to bring the car to Europe. To try their luck with an electric Berlina 4.92 meters long, with sufficient autonomy to travel and, above all, a much more tight price than that of its rivals. If electric cars have reduced quality in the interiors to file the price to the maximum and, many, have not yet managed to enter the budget of potential customers, this Mazda 6e appeals directly to them. Assignments that hurt (but understand) We said with the new Mazda CX-5 that the company based much of its attractiveness in atmospheric engines, on having a six cylinders in diesel line with the CX-60 or not bend to the whole screen even in its most expensive cars, such as Mazda CX-80. For a Mazda enthusiast, the latter is, without a doubt, what will hit him most in this Mazda 6e. The company has brought its electric Berlina directly and has put it on the market with minimal changes. These changes have focused, directly, on the tuning of the vehicle to feel that we are facing a firm suspension vehicle, which keeps the body in place and flees from the classic flaneos of Chinese vehicles, whose customers prefer a softer touch. That rolling quality is, without a doubt, one of the best attributes of the car. Its poise and its silence collide with a firm acceleration but without stridency, that does not hit you to the seat as in the electric cars that need to demonstrate that they are fast to conquer an audience that they question their soul. But its 245 or 258 hp, depending on the chosen battery, offer a linear thrust and great security against any hurry that may arise on the road. In Sport mode I have the feeling that he wanted to spin too fine and have gone from thread. First because the exquisite touch of the direction, one of the identity of the brand in all its cars, is lost with it active, appreciating artificial. But, above all, being so direct that on the highway it can be slightly uncomfortable because to each small rectification the car feels sway to start a turn that never arrives. The concessions continue inside where what is most attracted is their flattened steering wheel and their Huge 14.6 inches screen. And its absence of tactile controls. The extremely fine and well thought out ergonomics that has defined its models so far is lost here because recreating a whole new puffer cabinet and building from scratch a software that adapts to the rest of the brand models would take, without any doubt, the final costs of the product. And, above all, it is very likely that it compromised functions that in an electric car are essential, such as the route calculator, since the model software was … Read more

“We are not Premium” It is the mantra repeated until satiety in the Hyundai/Kia tandem. It is what they told us when we got into KIA EV9. This is what they have repeated from Hyundai when we have put ourselves to the controls of the Hyundai ioniq 9 for the first time. However, it is clear that both SUV brothers have a clear vocation to raise the level. To show that they have taken a step forward and that, perhaps they are not premium but, of course, they are not general firms to use. Hyundai ioniq 9 technical record NEW KIA EV9 Body type SUV of five or seven seats Measures and weight 5,060 meters long, 1,980 wide and 1,790 meters high. Wheelbase of 3,130 meters. 2,549 kg in its single motor version 2,685 kg in its double motor version Trunk 338 liters with three rows of seats. 908 liters with two rows of seats 88 additional liters in the front trunk Maximum power 320 kW (435 hp) and 700 nm torque. WLTP consumption 19.9 kWh/100 km in its single engine version 20.6 kWh/100 km in its double motor version DGT environmental badge Zero emissions. Driving aids (ADAS) Adaptive cruise control with emergency braking (also in rear cross traffic), lane maintenance and automatic change assistant. Front and rear cameras. Dodge maneuver with dead angle sensor. Others Automatic and driver parking. Opening and starting with mobile phone. Compatibility with Android Auto and Apple Car Play. Remote vehicle monitoring. 15 sensors (two of them Lidar). Service of streaming on your screens. USB ports for all passengers. Two main screens of 12.3 inches and a third of five -inch auxiliary support. Electric hybrid. No. Plug -in hybrid. No. Electric Yes. Three versions with 110 kWh battery. Rear traction with a 160 kW (218 hp) and 620 km autonomy engine Integral traction with a 160 kW (218 hp) front engine and another 70 kW (95 hp) rear that yield 230 kW (313 kW) and 606 km of autonomy Integral traction with two 160 kW (218CV) engines that yield 320 kW (435 hp) and 600 km of autonomy Price and launch Already available. Rear traction from 69,990 euros 230 kW (313 kW) integral traction from 81,600 euros 320 kW (435 hp) integral traction from 87,100 euros Looking for a new hole What defines a car as a premium? There is no definition of use. There are no minimum or clear criteria that, if they were fulfilled, fully put to a car in the category of “The Premium”. And yet, we all have more or less clear what those premium cars are. In Europe, without any doubt, the German Mercedes-BMW-Audi trio are the great emblem of this category. Because? Because their products are refined, they have good materials and adjustments above average. And although they are being criticized for according to what solutions either according to what materials usedthe truth is that its quality is above the rest of the market. Also its price … but also its brand image, the status they bring to the client or, at least, the client feels that he is acquiring when he buys one of his cars. That is why it is so complicated to enter the premium segment. And not only uses purely objective issues, there is a part of irrationality that makes a car with a more brief starting equipment and a higher price in a premium car. The line with the generalists is clear. A generalist is not an aspirational car like the previous ones. It does not have the finishes of a premium, it does not use the same materials and, above all, it does not project the same image who travels aboard a Renault as a Mercedes, although they can share pieces … Like the engine itself. And in between there is a slippery category. That of those cars that are not Premium but have a slightly higher price than the generalists and that have been more careful than them. Good for driving touch, materials or equipment, they want project a superior image But they don’t get among the chosen ones. Here we can find Volkswagen with his classic hinge positioning between Audi and Skoda but has had cars that have been aspirational, such as Golf GTI. We also find a Mazda And there he wanted to play Stellantis with DS and with some specific products of Peugeot, like 508. Renault tried also in his day with the Vel satisf and Avantimeminorities higher than the competition but did not break in the market for their clearly more expensive price. And there it seems to want to play Hyundai and Kia with the electric car. Technology allows them a Reset In your brand image. Ioniq 9 and EV9 are not cars designed just to sell, they are cars designed to show off the latest technology, to demonstrate where they are positioned and how they want to climb in brand perception. Very good wicker To make this leap, in Hyundai they have opted to risk their aesthetics. Like more or like less, it is appreciated. It is a new design line that has already advanced with the Hyundai Santa Fethat flag vehicle in the combustion format that, over the years, has gone from Popular SUV to a car settled in the 60,000 euros, a little suitable size for the European market and an image clearly focused on the American public. The ioniq 9 repeat formula. With the addition that here the SUV goes to the 5.06 meters long and 1.98 meters wide. The image with its 1.79 meters high is powerful. Especially with a very high front, dominated by that pixel network of its lights that repeats formula in the rear. Squares are a tonic that is repeated throughout the structure of the car. The Hyundai Ioniq 9 shouts at the four winds that this is not their site, that Spanish roads and cities are small. But that also has a market niche to which … Read more

We can discuss whether it is the electric car is the one that would buy me if I could only choose one for my house. We can discuss whether the electric car is a good option to travel. We can discuss whether the small battery electric car is sufficient for the common of mortals. I can give reasons for and against the electric car for all the previous situations. But there is a type of driver or a type of car, as you prefer, in which eThe electric car is perfect: The purely urban car. I do not admit discussion here. As a second exclusively urban car, as a car to never get out of the city and its surroundings, as a car to move between traffic jams and take children to school, there is nothing like an electric car. And Byd has the car of the moment. Dolphin Surf Byd Technical Card Byd Dolphin Surf Body type. Four -seater urban vehicle Measures and weight. 3,990 meters long, 1,590 meters wide, 1,720 meters high and 2,500 meters of wheelbase. Between 1,294 and 1,390 kg. TRUNK. 308 liters. Folding seats 50:50. Maximum power. 115 kW (156 hp) WLTP consumption. Between 13.41 kWh/100 km and 13.93 kWh/100 km in combined cycle. Autonomy: Byd Dolphin Surf Active: 220 kilometers Byd Dolphin Surf Boost: 322 kilometers Byd Dolphin Surfort: 310 kilometers Environmental Distinctive. Zero emissions Driving aids (ADAS). Automatic emergency braking, intelligent speed limits information, vehicle detection at the dead angle, intelligent cruise control, LED lighting, 360º parking chamber, rear parking sensors OTHERS. Own software with spotify application included, wireless mobile phone load. Compatibility with Android Auto and Apple CarPlay wireless. Electric hybrid. No. Plug -in hybrid. No. electric Yeah. Byd Dolphin Surf Active: 30 kWh battery and 85 kW of power Byd Dolphin Surf Boost: 42.3 kWh battery and 85 kW of power Byd Dolphin Surfort: 42.3 kWh battery and 115 kW of power price and launch Already available before aid: Byd Dolphin Surf Active: 19,990 euros Byd Dolphin Surf Boost: 23,990 euros Byd Dolphin Surfort: 26,490 euros The best in yours There was an enormous expectation before knowing first hand this Byd Dolphin Surf. It is, in fact, one of the models that have generated more information in recent months to the point of sharing prominence (by volume of news generated) with the Renault 5 or the Xiaomi cars. And there was a reason: the Seagull Byd is an electric car that outside our country has already sold One million units. The recipe is simple and basic. As simple as taking a lfp battery of contained capacity, putting a wheel in each corner of the chassis and putting on the street one of the cheapest electric cars on the market. So cheap that, to direct change, The Chinese price seems ridiculous. To Spain, obviously, it could not arrive with a price of less than 10,000 euros. In the jump to Europe, the Seagull Byd has changed its name to adopt that of Byd Dolphin Surf. He has gained size because he grows up to 3.99 meters (in China it measures just over 3.75 meters) but, above all, he has taken the aforementioned recipe and has executed it perfectly. The Dolphin Surf Byd is an urban and electric car that, in the absence of a long test, First it seems almost perfect. Broken the four meters and its 2.50 meters of battle leave a very good interior space for four adults without overwhelms. It measures 1.59 meters wide but does not feel as narrow as a Hyundai insertthat surpasses him in a couple of centimeters in this section. The 308 liters of trunk (to the roof) are more than enough for day to day. But it is inside where Byd puts everything on his part to play what no one has played: a small and cheap electric car that does not feel … cheap. Padded at the door and in the central glove compartment, padded for the rear doors, broad, comfortable, electric and, why not, heated in their upper range. The steering wheel has some well -executed buttons and easy to understand. In front, a seven -inch screen that performs the functions of instrument frame. The graphics have been updated to the screen in the face of what we have seen in other company models and the result is very good. The plant is 10.1 inches. I do not ask for more size but the menus should be rethink. They are still, those of Byd, a little cumbersome to find according to what functions. Here it is added that the direct accesses of the lower part of the screen are too small and it costs to squeeze them in motion without distracting us more from the account. Yes, the screen revolves as in most byd models Below, physical controls work as in the older brother, the Dolphin Byd (which has no second last name). That is, it slides up or down. An original solution but that generates some discomfort when putting the four flashing or selecting the transmission march. First because the button Warning It should be a piece that we can press a single touch, quickly. And this is worth the Dolphin Surf and for all those cars that play to hide The button on the roof of the car or They make it a touch surface. And, second, because the physical buttons of this Byd electric are so small that if I have to slide up or down the button I do not always grab the command well, which can be uncomfortable when maneuvering as quickly as possible. The car is sold with two batteries and two mechanics. The most modest version has a battery of just 30 kWh and a 65 kW (87CV) engine. The largest battery model, 43.2 kWh, is sold with the same engine or with a 115 kW (156 hp) range. In our case we have tried the top of the range that, for my liking, … Read more

Close April and Ebro has put 2,033 units on street. They are not spectacular figures. They would not be if we did not know that the company has just been working for a few months. In what will be your first full year Mounting kits In the old Nissan factory in Barcelona, ​​the reborn Ebro has enrolled 1,564 units of the EBRO S700 and 469 units of the S800. The calendar is being fulfilled, both SUV continue to expand versions and adding Motorizations. He Ebro S400, The car that will fight in one of the most complicated markets, that of the Urban SUV, is yet to come. By the end of the year they promise a new model. Before, plug -in hybrid versions promise to give a greater impulse to sales. Does 2,033 units sound like? Well, firms more than settled in Spain as Honda or Alfa Romeo They have sold less. And Suzuki, who also fights with affordable prices, moves in very similar figures. EBRO TECHNICAL SHEET S700 PHEV EBRO S700 PHEV Body type. Five seat SUV. Measures and weight. 4,553 meters long 1,862 meters wide and 1,696 meters high. Wheelbase of 2.67 meters. Trunk. 500 liters. Maximum power. 347 hp (143 hp of the gasoline engine and 204 hp of electric motor) WLTP consumption. 0.8 l/100 km according to WLTP cycle. 90 kilometers of electrical autonomy. Environmental Distinctive. Zero emissions Driving aids (ADAS). Mandatory by the European Union. Others Display for the instrument box of 12.3 inches. Info -retention system compatible with Android Auto and Apple Carplay (wireless). Head-Up Display. Wireless charger of 50 W. Camera540º. Heated and ventilated seats. Eight speakers Sony sound equipment Electric hybrid. No. Plug -in hybrid. Yes. Plug -in hybrid set with up to 90 kilometers of electrical autonomy with a total power of 347 hp. electric. No. Price and launch. Already available from 39,990 euros. In search of the label Most cars buyers want to buy, in addition to a car, a label. It is what they say from Ebro and is what the data say. The volume of hybrids in Spain has shot in recent years. Ebro, after exclusively offering cars with pure combustion engines, has the opportunity to continue expanding a good customer base in the coming months. “We are making a hole, which we wanted.” That is what they say from the brand and that hole has a quantifiable objective: Manufacture 20,000 units When ending 2025. rather, join the kits that arrive from China. Right now, Ebro cars are a very simple puzzle managed by heavy machinery. The motor train arrives on the one hand, the subchassis on the other and it is in Barcelona where both pieces are joined to form the car. This way of working is common in car factories, the motor train is assembled on the one hand and the body on the other. When the time comes, at a point called “marriage” both lines join and give the car definitive. Right now, that union is the only part of the process that takes place in Spain. Both pieces arrive from China in containers. The intention is that At the end of the year that ends. By then the works at the Nissan facilities should be finished and the settlement lines. Then, in Barcelona the body will be assembled and the division in charge of the paint will also be ready. At the moment, the Ebro continue to arrive from China, manufactured by Chery and, therefore, cousins ​​brothers of the Jaecoo 7among others. As in these, the Ebro S700 are in turn cousins ​​of the Chery Tiggo 7 Pro That the automobile group markets in South America but has endowed both interior cars updated and with good perceived quality. An update that goes further, to twin screens of 12.3 inches or an elegant dashboard furniture but with touch buttons. On the outside, the Ebro S700 PHEV is almost traced to combustion versions. You have to refine the eye to see that the grill is more closed or that the tires are 18 inches, such as the most complete equipment of their pure combustion brothers. In fact, that is the equipment from which the PHEV versions that count as a camera with 540º degrees (the brand calls to see what is under the car) or Sony speakers and then add 18-inch tires, Head-Up Display and fast charging (40 kW) in its Luxury version in front of the premium. A very complete equipment that helps define the Ebro customer. From the brand they confirm that they are aware that their audience has a marked profile. First, They value that Ebro has a Spanish past And that, although with Chinese capital as support, they have Risen Nissan’s factory in Barcelona. Second, they like the inside of the car, they look for that quality perception and their technological arsenal. Comparison with Dacia optionswho choose to flood the interior of hard plastics, is really striking. There, in attracting the potential client to the concessionaire (and they already have 50 operations throughout Spain) is where the company has to win. It is your best asset to convince. Because sitting behind the wheel is perceived that quality. The screens are not the best in the market but they do offer good quality. Another thing is your performance. The central panel has well distributed menus and has a drop -down control center at the top that also has buttons to automatically deactivate the speed alert and the fatigue detector and distractions. Under the screen it has a touch surface with air conditioning buttons. My greatest complaint is with the Info -detached response. I have had the feeling that the system moved well in general but suffered more when we connected the Apple Carplay wirelessly. There the software seemed to become heavier and respond worse to the touches of the screen. In addition, it is difficult to get out of the Apple Carplay interface to the general menu because it requires deploying a … Read more

More practical and more comfortable. Those are the main identity of the new electric renault 4, an alternative to the Renault 5 that clearly has a more youthful approach, more than a driver than this SUV version that is not so linked to its past but that is equally careful. The electric Renault 4 is one of those cars that one arrives with the promise of another car. It is very likely that the client will land at the concessionaire attracted by the electric Renault 5 and when he sees the rear seats and the trunk is decided by this option that is Much more practical For a family with children. It is easier to accommodate these in the rear seats. In fact, adults will travel more easily. And, above all, it has a trunk and a much wider load space. This is our first contact with this reinvention of Renault 4. Electric Renault 4 Technical Card Renault 4 Body type. B-SUV of five seats Measures and weight. 4.14 meters long, 1.77 meters wide, 1.50 meters high and 2.54 meters of wheelbase. From 1,410 kg of weight (no more details are specified) TRUNK. 420 liters Maximum power. 110 kW (150 hp) WLTP consumption. 14.7 kWh/100 km for 40 kWh battery version. 15.1 kWh/100 km for the 5 kWh battery version. Environmental Distinctive. Zero emissions Driving aids (ADAS). Confirmed the minimum required by the European Union. Front and rear emergency braking. Centering lane with adaptive cruise control. OTHERS. Open R link built on Android Automotive, compatible with Android Auto and Apple Carplay. Electric hybrid. No. Plug -in hybrid. No. electric Yes. 90 kW versions (122 hp) with 40 kWh battery and 110 kW (150 hp) with 52 kWh battery. price and launch Already available: 40 kWh battery: from 28,752 euros 52 kWh battery: from 31,632 euros A car that is bought with the head It should seem obvious when one is going to leave “thirty -many thousand euros” in a product. We try to look for rationality in objects such as a computer, hiring the fiber of the mobile, when choosing the supermarket we bought. But buying a car is still A point of irrationalityto buy with the heart. To assume that we aspire to have that car for at least a decade ahead. And that’s why aesthetics remains key. That is why brands continue to invest in aspirational products because they know they attract new customers. And that if these new customers do not buy that car will be made with another that is cheaper or more practical but they will already be in their networks. A formula that is only possible if certain identity signs are maintained. With the Renault 5 and 4 that happens. I have rarely felt as observed as in Our first contact of Renault 5. Beauty is that purely subjective element that, curiously, makes majority public to the same product. Some goal will have. Renault has managed to attract looks with his Renault 5. A beautiful car, careful, well topped but whose rear seats and their trunk can leave out many families. For them, the French have that electric Renault 4. A little wider inside, more space in the rear seats and a qualitative leap in the trunk that grows to 420 kilometers. It is not so striking like him Fivedoes not have that captivating but Renualt air has managed to remember the classic 4 cans with an aesthetic that trusts most of its links with the past to a front grill with two round headlights and two rear optical groups that modernize the original. To this is added that, as we say, Renault has made him care. The configuration is the same as in the Renault 5, 10 -inch screen for the central and 7 or 10.1 inches (depending on version) for the instrument frame, both supported in the same frame that takes advantage of Android Automotive to display a set of brilliant graphics and results that are especially striking for the can of the panels. The rest of the cabin shines where his brother model did. The splash furniture presents an illuminated infographic with the name of the model, has well -chosen padded and the seats are comfortable. The steering wheel feels of good quality. And all this is presented with an attractive and brave color palette that breaks with the anodinos (and almost standard in the market) white, black and the wide gray range in all its tones and saturated. If we talk about your system of Infoentrateas we said, there is no complaint. The menus are simple to control and everything is there where you expect. A strip of four direct accesses on the left side and direct access to multimedia systems and a second function in the right. Panel, the latter, which can be hidden. In the center we have the Google Maps map with real -time traffic information. Everything unfolds quickly and without suffering any LAG. It is appreciated that under the central panel the well -known physical controls of air conditioning are maintained. The information in the instrument frame is well distributed, with a configurable central panel to the driver’s taste (including the map) and a right side in which the information related to consumption is shown. Compatibility with Apple Carplay and its wide versatility, carrying Apple’s map to the instrument picture if you want. The button that deactivates adas aids to the driver with a simple touch (activates a personalized configuration) and physical controls in the steering wheel, well distributed and easy to handle is also maintained. What still seems uncomfortable is the arrangement of the controls of the right where the transmission lever, the watering wiper, multimedia control and, now, the cams are crowded. Because the electric renault 4 adds some cams that allow controlling the regenerative braking to the point of adding the One pedalthe function with which we can control the car only with the accelerator. Regeneration when lifting foot is strong enough … Read more

They say that a crisis arises an opportunity. Beyond the optimistic messages that the Marketing team of Mr. Wonderful would sign, it is true that we are all good to stop for a moment and know what we are doing with our life and what direction we want to take in the future. Dacia is at that point. Threatened in the low range By cars of a thousand screens, higher ranges materials and a quality perception above what has been expected, the company has been trying to try reposition your product. This Dacia Bigster is probably his most ambitious proposal in recent years. Here we have tried it in hybrid format. DACIA BIGSTER TECHNICAL SHEET Dacia Bigster Hybrid 155 Body type. C-SUV of five seats. Measures and weight. 4.57 meters long, 1.81 meters wide and 1.71 meters high. 2.70 meters of wheelbase. 1,549 kg of weight. TRUNK. 667 liters. Maximum power. 155 hp. WLTP consumption. 4.6-4.7 l /100km Environmental Distinctive. ECHO Driving aids (ADAS). Emergency automatic braking, intelligent speed limits information, parking assistance, fatigue surveillance in the driver, helps the lane and maintenance parking and maintenance alert in it. OTHERS. Own software compatible with Android Auto and Apple CarPlay, through Bluetoooh. Two USB C ports for front and rear seats. Wireless load for mobile phone. Electric hybrid. Yes. With four -cylinder and 107 hp combustion engine that is combined with a 49 hp electric motor. Plug -in hybrid. No. electric No price and launch Already available. From 29,290 euros. How to get out of an existential crisis Good for Union Europe regulations Or because of the arrival of Chinese manufacturers who are putting cars at very affordable prices, Dacia has been launching the message that they cannot remain in the niche market in which they so far lived. Your cars They are not the cheapest. And, they assure, They cannot be. To convince it only remains to be the leaders for the price to be the leaders in the quality/price ratio. That is, try to give more than anyone for the minimum possible price. The big problem is that Chinese manufacturers seem to have understood that this must also be their message. Who goes to an Omoda or Jaecoo dealership will meet medium -sized SUV with interiors that surprise their padded, for their huge screens and adjustments that, first, give good impression. In general, the perceived quality is very good For the price they have. None of this you will find in a Dacia car. But you will find many other things that are more important than a thousand screens. A better dynamic and, above all, an engine (in this hybrid case) that yields especially well and that predisposes us to think that we can save a lot of money in the long term. A hybrid that fights artifice games Because, indeed, when you feel at Dacia Bigster you check that you don’t have the Little luxuries They are offering Chinese manufacturers. The central console, the dashboard, the doors … everything is covered with hard plastics that, yes, are well adjusted. The proposal is clear. Dacia tries to offer cheaper materials but that should endure the passage of time. And, sometimes, a hard resistant plastic is better than better apparent quality materials that can suffer worse the passage of time. Of course, if we talk about Chinese brands we cannot advance this or for good or for worse because, simply, they do not have been between us so much time. Here, time will opt for the balance. To improve that quality perception, Dacia does raise the level with a steering wheel that feels firm and slightly padded. In addition, he flees from any game that can give him problems and opt for physical buttons that simply seem to me a more accurate decision than any type of touch panel, carry this or not haptic response. The two screens game is compliant. The instrument picture reads very well and offer three configurable spaces. The information is well distributed, read to the first view and there are numerous interchangeable data in the extreme right to have everything under control. The central screen is 10.1 inches. A correct size. It is not big but either is small to navigate the menus. The disposition is what we would see in a Renault, built on Android Automotive So it is fast and easy to find any option sought. The browsing drinks, therefore, from Google Maps. A browser that takes time to refresh the information more than it should. Sometimes you can doubt and whether we are taking the right out of the roundabout if we are a little clueless. It seems curious to me, however, because navigation between the menus of the infotainment system is agile and has not given us any problem by changing between functions. The rear camera has a quality … well, very improvable Of course, the rear camera screen has very low resolution and help little when maneuvering. It is no accident. From Dacia herself they already launched the message that this and the rest of ADAS AID TO DRIVING That they must mount by obligation of the European Union is exactly because they are an obligation. In motion, the Adaptive Cruise Control I sin sometimes braking applying too much force. On the contrary, acceleration is softer and does not present those problems. The maintenance in the lane works, in general, well. If you are looking for the tickles, it can have a problem (a curve at a relatively high speed on a secondary road) but it is not where it is assumed that this function will be used. We arrive, now, at the best of the car. It seems dynamically that it is slightly below a Dacia Duster and that the excess of size and weight penalizes you a bit when maintaining a path. The address feels a bit soft and I think it would be better to be a bit more direct. Problems that are more evident on … Read more

“Are you still deserving a gasoline car or do I buy a hybrid?” “Electric? No, man, if I do a lot of kilometers on the highway, if I spend the day going down to Cádiz and I can make 25,000 kilometers a year easy” “Diesel? What do you say, man … how am I going to buy a diesel at this point …” “Isn’t it bad option?” This conversation is the one I have had multiple occasions with people looking for a car. People who barely step on the city and move along high -speed roads, either in their day to day or with long trips on weekends that make him go to more than 20,000 kilometers a year. I will tell you a secret, There is a car for you. If you are this driver profile. If the electric car is horrified. If you like diesel touch and its huge pair. Mazda has developed the engine that every diesel car lover can desire. It’s big, it’s delicious. And it is an endangered species. Mazda CX-60 Technical Card Mazda CX-60 Body type Five -seater SUV MEASURES 4,745 mm long, 1,890 mm wide, 1,680 mm high. 2,870 mm axles distance Trunk 570 liters Maximum power 328 hp WLTP consumption 5,0-5.5 l/100 km according to WLTP cycle in microhíbridos. 1.4 l/100 km for plug -in hybrid. Environmental Distinctive ECHO. Driving aids Mandatory by the European Union. Adaptive cruise control with lane maintenance. Front and rear cross traffic control. Others TFT-LCD Screen Inch for the instrument frame and 12.3 inches for the plant. Head-Up Display. Compatible with Android Auto and Apple Carplay by wireless connection. Wireless mobile phone load. maximum speed 219 km/h for microhíbridos 200 km/h for plug -in hybrid. Acceleration from 0 to 100 km/h 8.4 seconds for 3.3 e-skyactive d 200 hp 7.4 seconds for 3.3 e-skyactive d 254 hp 5.8 seconds for the PHEV Electric hybrid Yes, in 48 volt micro-hydrid version in its 3.3 E-Skyactive D (200 and 254 hp) engine) Plug -in hybrid Yes, in E-Skyactive Phev version (328 hp) Electric No. price and availability Already available from: 52,948 euros for 3.3 E-Skyactive D of 200 hp 57,898 euros for 3.3 e-skyactive d 254 hp 56,344 for the PHEV A countercurrent Mazda has been swimming between two waters for years. For price, materials and finishes, we are not talking about a general company. But at the same time there is that feeling of being a point below the Premium Germans In my opinion, more by status than by the level of your adjustments and finishes. Of course, it is not as effective as the latter. His designs are more sober but also elegant. They are simple but what they propose do so topped. Added to their countercultural decisionswe will all agree that it is a company that makes different things. “We want to be the first brand Premium No European, ”they tell us. The challenge, therefore, is to overcome Lexus who also has a magnificent finishes and also bets on the simple and sober before the German artifice games. Playing above is his great challenge. What does play in favor of Mazda is that he does what nobody does. It is the company that made the rotary engine its saint and sign, which has rescued it for an extended range electric And that does not rule out Repeat formula With a Purely sports model. It is the company of Mazda MX-5, a car that It has no market competition. The brand of manual exchange boxes and Small screens that are better not to touch. And it is one of the few companies that bet on the countercurrent in their mechanics. Your recent Gasoline Atmospheric 2.5 Motor And, above all, this Diesel 3.3 liters and six cylinders online That we have had the opportunity to play are two of the biggest surprises in a market where electrification is launched and has been developing smaller and smaller displacement engines. Yes, a diesel in 2025 This E-Skyactiv D engine is available at Mazda CX-60 and CX-80. In our case we have been able to try it in the “little one” of these two SUVs. Cars that have a lot to do because, simply, we talk about the same platform that lengthens in the CX-80 until offering a gigantic battle of XX meters, which allows you to offer a version with seven seats. But I have the sensation (we could not try this same engine in the CX-80, since in that case we opted for the plug-in hybrid mechanics) that it is in the CX-60, more content in size and weight where the engine yields to its maximum. Good feelings come to one since he feels after the steering wheel. The hoop is fine and round. We almost laugh by having to remember this but it is not others seeing according to what proposals in the market. The steering wheel buttons are very well topped and fit perfectly. Its functions are clear and precise. After the steering wheel, the instrument box has become a 12.3 -inch screen. The visualization is very simple and is projected by simulating classic watches. A little more dynamic or customizable than when they combined watches and a central screen but, in my opinion, elegance is lost and much is not won. It gives some sorrow this loss taking into account the rest of the set. The Head-Up Display is a good size, with a correct shine and a very good resolution. It shows the indications of the browser or, if necessary, of maps if we have connected the Apple Carplay or Google Maps if we have Android Auto. In the central part, the driver’s seats and co -pilot are separated by a large console, with the gear lever, a space for two bottles, the handbrake, a small roulette for the control of the multimedia system and a larger one for the control of the central screen. Behind, a large glovera with USB-C inputs. Before reaching … Read more

“Are you still deserving a gasoline car or do I buy a hybrid?” “Electric? No, man, if I do a lot of kilometers on the highway, if I spend the day going down to Cádiz and I can make 25,000 kilometers a year easy” “Diesel? What do you say, man … how am I going to buy a diesel at this point …” “Isn’t it bad option?” This conversation is the one I have had multiple occasions with people looking for a car. People who barely step on the city and move along high -speed roads, either in their day to day or with long trips on weekends that make him go to more than 20,000 kilometers a year. I will tell you a secret, There is a car for you. If you are this driver profile. If the electric car is horrified. If you like diesel touch and its huge pair. Mazda has developed the engine that every diesel car lover can desire. It’s big, it’s delicious. And it is an endangered species. Mazda CX-60 Technical Card Mazda CX-60 Body type Five -seater SUV MEASURES 4,745 mm long, 1,890 mm wide, 1,680 mm high. 2,870 mm axles distance Trunk 570 liters Maximum power 328 hp WLTP consumption 5,0-5.5 l/100 km according to WLTP cycle in microhíbridos. 1.4 l/100 km for plug -in hybrid. Environmental Distinctive ECHO. Driving aids Mandatory by the European Union. Adaptive cruise control with lane maintenance. Front and rear cross traffic control. Others TFT-LCD Screen Inch for the instrument frame and 12.3 inches for the plant. Head-Up Display. Compatible with Android Auto and Apple Carplay by wireless connection. Wireless mobile phone load. maximum speed 219 km/h for microhíbridos 200 km/h for plug -in hybrid. Acceleration from 0 to 100 km/h 8.4 seconds for 3.3 e-skyactive d 200 hp 7.4 seconds for 3.3 e-skyactive d 254 hp 5.8 seconds for the PHEV Electric hybrid Yes, in 48 volt micro-hydrid version in its 3.3 E-Skyactive D (200 and 254 hp) engine) Plug -in hybrid Yes, in E-Skyactive Phev version (328 hp) Electric No. price and availability Already available from: 52,948 euros for 3.3 E-Skyactive D of 200 hp 57,898 euros for 3.3 e-skyactive d 254 hp 56,344 for the PHEV A countercurrent Mazda has been swimming between two waters for years. For price, materials and finishes, we are not talking about a general company. But at the same time there is that feeling of being a point below the Premium Germans In my opinion, more by status than by the level of your adjustments and finishes. Of course, it is not as effective as the latter. His designs are more sober but also elegant. They are simple but what they propose do so topped. Added to their countercultural decisionswe will all agree that it is a company that makes different things. “We want to be the first brand Premium No European, ”they tell us. The challenge, therefore, is to overcome Lexus who also has a magnificent finishes and also bets on the simple and sober before the German artifice games. Playing above is his great challenge. What does play in favor of Mazda is that he does what nobody does. It is the company that made the rotary engine its saint and sign, which has rescued it for an extended range electric And that does not rule out Repeat formula With a Purely sports model. It is the company of Mazda MX-5, a car that It has no market competition. The brand of manual exchange boxes and Small screens that are better not to touch. And it is one of the few companies that bet on the countercurrent in their mechanics. Your recent Gasoline Atmospheric 2.5 Motor And, above all, this Diesel 3.3 liters and six cylinders online That we have had the opportunity to play are two of the biggest surprises in a market where electrification is launched and has been developing smaller and smaller displacement engines. Yes, a diesel in 2025 This E-Skyactiv D engine is available at Mazda CX-60 and CX-80. In our case we have been able to try it in the “little one” of these two SUVs. Cars that have a lot to do because, simply, we talk about the same platform that lengthens in the CX-80 until offering a gigantic battle of XX meters, which allows you to offer a version with seven seats. But I have the sensation (we could not try this same engine in the CX-80, since in that case we opted for the plug-in hybrid mechanics) that it is in the CX-60, more content in size and weight where the engine yields to its maximum. Good feelings come to one since he feels after the steering wheel. The hoop is fine and round. We almost laugh by having to remember this but it is not others seeing according to what proposals in the market. The steering wheel buttons are very well topped and fit perfectly. Its functions are clear and precise. After the steering wheel, the instrument box has become a 12.3 -inch screen. The visualization is very simple and is projected by simulating classic watches. A little more dynamic or customizable than when they combined watches and a central screen but, in my opinion, elegance is lost and much is not won. It gives some sorrow this loss taking into account the rest of the set. The Head-Up Display is a good size, with a correct shine and a very good resolution. It shows the indications of the browser or, if necessary, of maps if we have connected the Apple Carplay or Google Maps if we have Android Auto. In the central part, the driver’s seats and co -pilot are separated by a large console, with the gear lever, a space for two bottles, the handbrake, a small roulette for the control of the multimedia system and a larger one for the control of the central screen. Behind, a large glovera with USB-C inputs. Before reaching … Read more

Cupra is not the end of Seat. Cupra gives Seat a future and the future is electric. THE FUTURE IS CUPRA We can set on March 23, 2022 as the day Seat confessed. He did it through his CEO, Wayne Griffiths. That day The statements were pronounced that are on these lines in an event before the press. We didn’t know it yet but it was the first stone of everything that would come later. Almost three years later, we have climbed into Cupra Tavascanthe great electric car of the brand. The one with whom they want to certify what is coupra and where the company walks. What they want to convey with those five letters that have ended up taking their own shape and an important role within the Volkswagen group itself. Tavascan Cupra Technical Card Cupra Tavascan Endurance Cupra Tavascan Vz Body type Five -seater SUV Five -seater SUV MEASURES 4,644 mm long, 1,861 mm wide, 1,597 high 4,644 mm long, 1,861 mm wide, 1,597 high Trunk 540 liters 540 liters Maximum power 210 kW (286 hp) 250 kW (340 hp) WLTP consumption 15.2 kWh/100 km 77 KWH Battery Useful WLTP autonomy from 542 to 568 km 16.5 kWh/100 km 77 KWH Battery Useful WLTP autonomy from 512 to 522 km Environmental Distinctive Zero emissions Zero emissions Driving aids Mandatory by the European Union Mandatory by the European Union Others 5 -inch screen for the instrument box and 15 inches for the plant. HEAD-UP Display with the possibility of including augmented reality. Compatible with Android Auto and Apple Carplay by wireless connection. Wireless load of 15 W. 5 -inch screen for the instrument box and 15 inches for the plant. HEAD-UP Display with the possibility of including augmented reality. Compatible with Android Auto and Apple Carplay by wireless connection. Wireless load of 15 W. Maximum power 210 kW 286 hp 250 kW 340 hp maximum speed 180 km/h 180 km/h Acceleration from 0 to 100 km/h 6.8 seconds 5.6 seconds Electric hybrid No No Plug -in hybrid No No Electric Yeah. With 77 kWh useful battery (82 kwh gross) Yeah. With 77 kWh useful battery (82 kwh gross) price and availability Already available from 52,010 euros without aid or discounts. From 38,900 euros with launch campaign discounts but without aid of the Moves Plan. Already available from 65,060 euros without aid or discounts. An aspirational car with the feet on the ground “We know how the electric car market is in Spain, we know that the Cupra Tavascan will not be a car with great volumes but it does help us to demonstrate what Cupra is and where we want to go. It is a car that serves us to project and leave Of course you can expect the brand in the future. “ With these words, those responsible for Cupra explained their illusion with the Cupra Tavascan. We talked about how interesting the car seemed to me, of the risky of the proposal and the originality of it, not so easy to find in the market right now. Cupra risk and cupra, for my liking, wins. It makes sense to have put all the meat on the grill with this electric car. Right now, the brand has the Ateca and León coupra as reminiscences of its past. On the way they have added the CUPRA BORN Like its first electric car, the Terramar Cupraas a SUV option for those who do not dare to make the leap to this technology, the Formentor Cupralike the great supervants, and now the cupra tavascan as the great car of its offer. The latter in an electric SUV of 4.64 meters with a Coupé fall and very aggressive appearance in its body, especially in the front. The car shares origin with Volkswagen ID.5 either Skoda Enyaq Coupé But the first impression seen from the outside is that the car has personality, like more or like less. Those same sensations are transmitted to the interior. The dashboard plays with the shapes and is Absolutely dominated by a central column that leaves from the bottom of the screen and in which the button has been arranged Warning. This arrangement creates a kind of triangle that builds the entire central structure under which the wireless load for the mobile phone and two USB-C shots is located. The design helps to separate the spaces of driver and co -driver, giving some sports air that is reaffirmed with copper moldings, the drilled upholstery of the doors with those same small triangles and a steering wheel that leaves two physical buttons to change to change the driving modes. Behind, cams manage energy recovery. It is here where, without a doubt, we have the worst inside. The steering wheel buttons are tactile that we have already seen in other Volkswagen models and that have a haptic response. However, they are not precise, we can unintentionally activate them by maneuvering with the steering wheel and force them to deviate their gaze when we want to select the specific functions. On the left, we have the tactile light selector (which is also not seen with the naked eye from the driver’s position) and the two physical controls for the control of the four windows (skip from one to another activating and deactivating a button that … Indeed, it is tactile). The touch buttons for the lights and controls of the windows come back Ahead, the 5.3 -inch screen remains that detracts from the rest of the cabin. As in Volkswagen’s models, it gives a worse impression because it is not sheltered (as in the Skoda Elroq) and that feeling of going “in the air” increases the difference in size with the huge 15 -inch panel that it has to the right. The head-up Display is good and reads correctly, as in the rest of the German group models. It is worth noting the good work with the central screen. Again, we lack physical buttons to control functions as simple … Read more