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Company Audi announced a change in chief designer: instead of Mark Lichte, who has held this position for ten years, 52-year-old Massimo Fraschella (pictured) will become chief designer. He previously worked for Bertone, Ford and Kia, and for the last thirteen years has been an employee of Jaguar Land Rover. He will take up his … Read more

Sinomach Automobile introduced a new Oting brand in Russia at the end of last year. The first and so far only model was the Oting Paladin frame SUV, but now it has been decided to write its name in Cyrillic: Paladin. And this applies not only to online materials, but also to nameplates on the … Read more

Company Great Wall Motor announced the development of a luxury electric car. The 5.5 m long sedan is coded ZX and is now shown only in the form of a design sketch; there are no details about it, although the Chinese media are already predicting a market struggle with the Hongqi brand for the future … Read more

Bestseller of the Russian automobile market Lada Granta officially lost two options at once. The SW hatchback and station wagon have disappeared from the brand’s official website. In fact, their production ceased in 2022, but last winter the resumption of hatchback production was in AVTOVAZ’s plans. Now you can forget about this version. The loss … Read more

The Toyota Century crossover was presented last September and became a sensation, because previously only executive sedans bore the proud name Century. Initially, it was assumed that the SUV, with a length of 5205 mm, a price of 170 thousand dollars and a monthly circulation of 30 cars, was intended only for the domestic market. … Read more

The Ferrari Special Projects division has prepared another special-order car. Roadster Ferrari SP-8 built on the basis of the F8 Spider supercar for an unnamed Taiwanese client. The car has original body panels and is completely devoid of a roof, but technically it is the same as the donor: a V8 3.9 biturbo engine with … Read more

The British company Ineos Automotive intends to produce small-scale and specialized versions of its Grenadier SUV itself. For this purpose, a small company Kavango Engineering from Botswana was bought, which will now be called Ineos Kavango. A staff of 70 workers is able to remake up to 200 machines per year. An all-terrain vehicle was … Read more