NEWS
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NO-DEAL BREXIT PLANS COST £ 330 m
Contingency plans in case of a no-deal
Brexit have so far cost the UK car industry
£330 million, according to data from the SMMT.
Car manufacturing in the UK has also fallen by
20% in the first six months of 2019.
PURITALIA LINES UP 208 MPH SUPERCAR
Italian firm Puritalia Automobili will showcase
i t s 2 0 8 m p h B e r l i n e t t a su p e r c a r a t n ex t m o nth’s
Salon Privé event. It mates a V8 engine to a rear
electric motor for 965bhp and has a carbonfibre
tub. A total of 150 units will be hand-built.
Horacio Pagani: “A
Pagani SUV would need
to have a price of €3m”NEW FORD PUMA LINE-UP TO SPAN £ 20 ,0 70 TO £27,3 40
Ford’s new Puma SUV will be priced from £20,070 when
it arrives in the UK towards the end of the year. Details
published on company car lists confirm the launch range
will rise to £27,340 in its highest spec: a 153bhp 1.0 Ecoboost
petrol engine with mild-hybrid tech in ST-Line X First Edition
trim. A 123bhp version is also available with or without the
mild-hybrid system
and all models have
a six-speed manual
gearbox. Prices for the
diesel have yet to be
detailed, suggesting
t h a t i t w i l l b e l a u n c h e d
at a later date.
VW’s electric SUV hits the road
VOLKSWAGEN’S UPCOMING
ID electric SUV has finally been
seen on the roads, two years
after it was first revealed in
concept form.
The Kia e-Niro rival, based
on the ID Crozz concept, is set
to enter production after the
ID 3 hatchback in 2020 and will
be available in two bodystyles:
a coupé-SUV inspired by the
original concept and the morepractical SUV pictured here.
Despite the typical test mule
camouflage, it’s clear the new
ID model retains much of the
concept’s exterior themes
although it has conventional
rear doors instead of the
concept’s sliding ones. The
model has yet to receive an
official production name,
b u t i t ’s l i ke l y to fo l l ow th e
numerical approach adopted
by its hatchback sibling.
Expected to be just over
4.6m long, the ID SUV will sit
between the Tiguan and seven-
seat Tiguan Allspace in terms
of size. VW claims it offers the
interior space of the Allspace.
The production powertrain
is yet to be confirmed but it is
expected to be faithful to the
concept’s: dual electric motors
with a combined output ofaround 300bhp and a promised
range of around 310 miles. VW
will limit top speed to 112mph.
The ID SUV will be built in
Europe, the US and China,
cementing its status as a truly
global model and a kingpin of
VW’s rapid EV roll-out.
Drive goes to the rear
axle through a seven-speed
single-clutch gearbox. Pagani
reckons the weight saving
of around 30kg over a dual-
clutch ’box justifies its use.
Performance details
haven’t been released yet but
Pagani says the BC Roadster
is capable of generating
u p to 1 .9 g of co nti n u o u s
longitudinal acceleration,
with peaks of up to 2.2g.
J u st 4 0 exa m p l e s of th e
BC Roadster will be made,
each priced at €3,085,
(about £2.8 million) before
taxes. That’s more than three
times the price of the first
Huayra coupé, but Pagani
says it has no shortage of
customers.
SPY SHOT
VOLKSWAGEN ID SUV
VW promises a range
of about 310 miles
for the high-rised ID
SUV I D i s l i ke l y to h ave 300 b h p
Top spec at launch is a 153bhp 1.0 ST-Line X First Edition