PHOTOS

“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

The transition to the electric car The Volkswagen group has been choking. His ID.3 It did not become the Volkswagen Electric Golf they expected. Their ID.4 and ID.5 They have had better results but they have not been the supervants that were guessed. In its high range, the Porsche Taycan It started in an extraordinary form but The results have been deflando. At the same time, in Audi, the Audi e-tron (then Q8 e-tron) has closed his Plant in Brussels and the shared platform between the Audi Q6 e-tron and the Porsche Macan It has been launched with important delay. But a company has advanced and has been fulfilling without making a lot of noise. That is Skoda, which has had in the Enyaq A really successful electric. Since it was launched, They have delivered more than 200,000 electric cars of the first electric SUV of Skoda. Now, the Czech firm redoubles its bet with the Skoda Elroq, an electric SUV, four and a half meters that will compete in which the most complicated segment of this technology is becoming. Skoda Elorq technical card Skoda Elroq Body type Five -seater SUV Measures and weight 4.49 meters long, 1.89 meters wide and 1.65 meters high. Wheelbase of 2.77 meters. Weight of 1,949 kg. Trunk 470 liters. Maximum power 220 kW (295 hp) WLTP consumption To be confirmed. Expected Autonomies: Skoda Elorq 50: 376 km Skoda Elorq 65: 428 kilometers Skoda Elorq 85 and 85x: 578 and 562 kilometers DGT environmental badge Zero emissions. Driving aids (ADAS) Mandatory by the European Union. Others 5 -inch screen for the instrument box and 13 inches for the central. 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. Electric hybrid. No. Plug -in hybrid. No. Electric Yes. Useful 52 kWh battery versions (168 hp), 59 KWh Useful (201 CV) and 77 KWH Useful (281 or 295 hp). Price and launch Already available 52 kWh battery: from 34,490 euros (without discounts from the Moves Plan or commercial offers). 60 kWh battery: from 38,390 euros (without discounts from the Moves Plan or commercial offers). 85 kWh battery: from 43,480 euros (without discounts from the Moves Plan or commercial offers). 85x kWh battery: to confirm Born to push sales With the success of Skoda Enyaq behind them and with the promise that the Skoda epyq It will be the great affordable electric car, the Czech firm wants to make this Elroq an electric SUV that adds in a segment that begins to be defined as a great alternative for those who decide to jump into the electric car with a car for everything. In Skoda they define the Elroq as The electric karoq. And that has its advantages. Beyond the immediacy of electric motors or the absence of noise and vibrations, the interior space is really wide. It is a 4.49 -meter long car with 2,765 meters of wheelbase, which guarantees a very wide space for the rear seats. A 470 -liter trunk is added, which guarantees sufficient space for any average family. On the outside, aesthetically, he plays with aggressive and sharp surfaces, evolving the line we already saw in his first electrical model. It surprises its aerodynamic coefficient, which remains at 0.26 cx, which is very good record. A figure achieved by the slightly curved surfaces of its front in which the brand’s identity signs are maintained, such as a particularly muscular hood. Already inside, everything dominates the central screen of 13 inches. It is located in a dashboard that plays with the ways to “take it out” forward. In front of the steering wheel and compared to the central screen, the five -inch instrument box seems tiny. Of course, it has the precise information and you will not miss anything but it is remarkable that its quality is not, from far, that of the central panel that has good resolution and well -chosen colors. The instrument picture is combined with a head-up display that can take advantage of the functions of augmented reality. The panel is bright and reads well in all situations. The indications with augmented reality are good and facilitate the worst navigation I am skeptical with its use on a day -to -day basis, I am not sure that it is not the typical colorful function of which the driver ends up getting tired quickly. The instrument picture looks tiny next to the large central screen but framing it gives it a quality perception that does not have other Volkswagen models. What the Volkswagen group should review is its software. We navigate and sail through its infotainment system and were unable to find something as simple as moving the projection height of the head-up display. A pity in a good quality panel that can give a lot of play. In addition, it forces us to go through the screen to turn off the alarms due to speeding, which is always a bit cumbersome. The steering wheel is simple but their buttons are easy to drive and have the essential minimum. Under the screen there are buttons for rapid air conditioning functions, although the temperature or seat heating remains on the screen, a wireless load of 15 w (refrigerated, good detail) and two USB-C shots. The screen is of good quality but the menus are lioso and it is difficult to find some functions much more than it should. In general, the level of finishes feels good. They are not the most luxurious materials on the market but details as simple as frame the instrument box screen with a small visor already provides a quality perceived superior to that of other Volkswagen models where it is exposed. If we talk about its moving performance, Skoda Elroq is a vehicle that prioritizes, above all, comfort. The direction is soft but does not prevent being accurate when we linked curves on a secondary road. At a quiet and appropriate … Read more

You may not be very clear why but it is possible that Ebro as a car manufacturer already sounds to you. Cars? Of vehicles, we will say. Ebro, the firm that is taking cars from the old Nissan factory in Barcelona, ​​which has a plan with Chinese Chery group and those who aspire to place 20,000 cars in the market In a single year, it is already underway. He does it with a SUV of four and a half meters, of combustion, and with a project that includes future hybrid motorizations and plug -in hybrids … But before, what are we talking about? What is all Ebro? Where does Ebro come from? If Ebro sounds like something to you, it is because this car company collect the legacy left by their ancestors In Barcelona. At the beginning of the 20th century, Ford landed in Cádiz. The firm wanted to settle in Spain and doubted between Cádiz and Barcelona, ​​opting for this first coastal city. However, after government pressures to raise taxes, the company moved to Barcelona. There, he launched a factory in Poble Nou but on his way the Spanish civil war would cross, which resulted in economically hard years and the abandonment of Ford of the factory. In 1953, the North American company would get a contest for the manufacture of tractors from its marketers in Spain. But just a year later, the State nationalizes the company and reorganizes it under the name of MOTOR IBERICA SA. The latter creates Ebro, opening offices in Barcelona, ​​Madrid and Ávila. From then on, the company produces buses, roads, vans, SUVs and tractors that owe its origin to Ford Thames Trader trucks. In 1965, relations end completely with Ford and in 1967 the company moves to the Free Zone of Barcelona where it begins to produce its vehicles in some facilities that arrive to this day. Ebro buys various companies that manufactured their own diesel engine or mounted the Romeo-Fadic vans with license Alfa Romeo, among other products. It is in those years when Massey-Ferguson puts the capital in Ebro and, from then on, the manufactured tractors lose their name. In spite In the facilities the Nissan Patrol and the light van Nissan Vanette. These models would be the last to mount the Ebro emblem on the front. In 1987, Ebro disappears When the company became Nissan Motor Ibérica SA. The facilities, however, remained alive until the Japanese company ceases its activities in Barcelona. So, years later, the Ebro project returns the activity partially and in 2023 the Chery group confirms that it will manufacture again at the Ebro facilities. The intention since then is to produce there omoda and Jaecoo cars, but also of Ebro that has its first releases in Ebro S700 and Ebro S800. A commercial offer that begins with the first of them and that we have already been able to prove. EBRO S700 What, for the moment, is done in the old Nissan factory is to finish assembling the cars that arrive from China. That is why the company has managed to put a car on the market in a margin of time that would be impossible. Ebro S700 baby (and much) of the Chery Tyggo 7 Pro But he plays with some interesting incentives. The car is a four and a half meters SUV with good habitability and an interior careful enough to fight with the competition. But, above all, it comes with a very wide equipment to attract new customers. Ebro S700 Technical Card Ebro S700 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. 147 hp in the gasoline version. WLTP consumption. 7.0 l/100 km for 4×2 gasoline version. Environmental Distinctive. C. 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. Electric hybrid. No. Plug -in hybrid. No. electric. No. Price and launch. Already available from 29,990 euros. Compliance on all fronts It will not be the Ebro S700 a car that is going to fall in love with its dynamics but we can say that you can look at you from you to much of the competition in the vast majority of the sections and that who looks for a medium -sized SUV for 30,000 euros It will have one of the alternatives with more market equipment in Ebro S700. On the outside, the Ebro S700 looks a robust car. Square forms and a high hood help to give presence to a car of 4,553 meters long and 1,862 meters long. Its inner habitability is good but, above all, it has a 500 liter trunk as incentive to those who are looking for a car for the family. Already inside, the space for the driver is wide and the seats are wide and comfortable. But, above all, the good impression of materials surprises. Although they are not excessively fluffy, they are distributed padded by the doors, in the dashboard and in the central console. There is also space for a wireless mobile phone load (50W) and two USB (A and C) ports to load it. In the satellite levers there are controls with rough endings, such as roulettes, which facilitate their handling and give good feelings in their hand. The steering wheel, yes, stores the buttons on two almost flat surfaces that safely presses the indicated button without taking off the eye of the windshield. The screens are 12.3 -inch twins And they are sheltered in a single frame, which gives a greater sense of continuity and quality between both panels. The resolution is fair and its deficiencies are more exposed when we activate the Apple Carplay or the Android Autowhere the edges of the buttons and maps are not as defined as … Read more