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Alfa Romeo Giulia

The rear-wheel-drive 3 Series challenger

Petrolheads hold their breath

as we wait to see if this

handsome saloon is, finally, the

Alfa to shake us from our 3

Series, A4s and C-Classes.

Rear-driven, with an engine

range led by a snorting V6,

and laced with lightweight tech,

it has the weapons. We’ll know

soon enough.

Porsche Panamera
The no longer uglyfour-door

Someone’s tapped Porscheon the shoulderandpointedout
that four-door coupescanlooksexy. And here’s the result.
With anew platformunderneath spawning everything froma
junior version tothe nextBentley Continental, it should be the
four-door coupewecraved.

Bentley Bentayga

The 300kph hyper-SUV

Okay, tosay we’re all ‘looking

forward’ toit is stretching

things, but the world’s fastest

and mostopulentSUV is

unignorable. W12-powered,

2.4 tonnes andlooks toscare

itsown mother, it’s the loudest

statementyet in theage of

China-chasing. Will be the auto

eventofthe year.

Ford Edge

The global Q5-botherer

Americans havebeen livingon

the Edgesince 2006 , andnow,

with an all-new modelready to

roll, it’s our turn(a ndEurope’s).

Basedona platform itshares

with Mondeo, S-Max andco,

we’re hoping the Edgewill mix

Kuga civilitywith acheeky dose

ofthe USchunkiness towhich

we’re all susceptible.

Merc AMG GT3
The supercar GT racer

Above is anFIA homologated
GTracerwith a6.3-litreV8,but
much aswe’re looking forward
tothat, it’s the roadgoing
offspring that weawait. Also
tipped tobebadgedGT3,it
promises 43 6kWfroma twin-
turbo V8anda 321kphtop speed.
Even hotter‘GT- R’ may follow.
Nurse, the screens!

Volkswagen Tiguan

The second coming

The new,second-generationVW

Tiguanswitches toWolfsburg’s MQB

architecture–the same oily bits as

a Golf 7–andthis bringsa wealth

oftechnology suchaspedestrian

detection,aswell asmoreflexible

proportions. 4motion all-wheeldrive

system now boastsa switchtolet

drivers toggle between on- and

off-roading functions.

Hyundai Creta
The Korean Ecosport

TheCreta (a .k.a. ix25) is Hyundai’s attempt to

challenge the Renault DusterandFordEcosport, a

segment it’s left untapped until now.Builtin India the

vehicle employs the company’s updated design riffs to

max effect. Expectedearly 20 16.

Toyota Fortuner

The Everest’s nightmare?

The all-new ToyotaFortuner

rides amodifiedversion ofthe

new Hilux’s underpinnings, a

bakkie famous for being almost

indestructible. Sharp headlights,

chromeaccents,a V-shaped

grille andradical new rearend

help the Fortuner standout from

not only its utilitariansiblings but

itsadversaries,too.

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