Auto Express – August 07, 2019

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SOMEHOWMercedeshasmanagedto

stokeits2.0-litreturbochargedpetrol

enginetoproduceawhopping415bhp.

Justletthatsinkinforamoment.

Nowyou’veponderedthat,watch

whatthatpowerislikewhenit’sshoved

intoafamilyhatchback.OurJohnny

BurndrivesthenewMerc-AMGA45S.

Countdown of the

bestelectric cars

FORtwoyearsrunning,anelectric

carhastakenthetopgongattheAuto

ExpressNewCarAwards.TheJaguar

I-Pace(above)cametopin2018,and

thisyearitwastheTeslaModel3.

ButwithnewEVslaunchingallthe

time,whichonesarethebest?Our

top-10rundownisyourguide.

THESEpicturesgiveourbestlookyetatthesecondmember

ofVolkswagen’snewID.electricrange,theID.4SUV.Caught

oncamerawearingitsproductionbodyworkforthefirst

time,thefinishedproductisduetoarriveinshowroomsby

summer2021,roughly12monthsaftertheID.3hatchback.

ThestylingoftheID.4adoptsmoreconventionalSUV

proportions,althoughacoupéderivative,aspreviewed

bytheID.Crozzconcept,willalsobelaunched.

Thesespyshotsrevealthatsomeoftheconcept’sdesign

featureswillbecarriedovertotheID.4.ItssharpLED

headlightsandblanked-offradiatorgrilleappearrelatively

unchanged,asdoestheconcept’ssteeplyrakedwindscreen.

GiventhemodularnatureoftheMEBplatformonwhich

allID.modelswillbebased,VWcouldoffertheSUVwith

arangeofdrivetrainoptions.Basicvariantsmayfeaturea

singleelectricmotor,two-wheeldriveandasmallbattery,

whilerange-toppingmodelswillfeatureapairofmotorsand

four-wheeldrive.Expectpackstorangefrom45kWhto

77kWhinsize,whichwillofferarangeofupto300miles.

“The ID.4hasaconventional SUV look,

althoughacoupé will also be launched”

VW’s all-electric ID.

SUV caught testing

taps intoSUV appeal

sharpens HuayraRoadster

IN SHAPE

VW’selectric

SUV will join

the smaller

ID.3hatch in

summer 2021

TRACK TOY

Revisionsto

HuayraRoadster

will boostits

performance

onacircuit

SPIED

1,050Nmoftorque,allofwhichissent

totherearwheelsviaaseven-speed

automatedmanualtransmission.

Thecarfeatureselectronically

controlleddampers,redesigned

aerodynamics,lighteralloywheels,and

carbon-ceramicBrembobrakes.Anew

six-exhaustpipesystemworkswiththe

reardiffusertogeneratedownforce.

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