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BMW has been forced to withdraw more than 1.6 million cars with diesel engines produced in the period of 7 years (!) - from 2010-2017. This decision was made because of an extensive investigation conducted after numerous sad incidents in a number of countries. In particular, in South Korea, where many cases of sudden car fires were recorded while driving.

The manufacturer has to withdraw more than 2 thousand American sports cars Audi R8, released in the period 2017-2018 year. These cars were created with a dangerous defect: when driving at extremely high speeds, there is a leak of fluid from the transmission system, which can lead to a car fire. It turned out that the transmission fluid can come from the ventilation hose of the gearbox in case of abrupt maneuvers of the car at high speed. Liquid leakage leads to smoke and there is a risk of fire.

For a long time many creative engineers say that the future belongs to electric vehicles. They must change our world by introducing the most convenient and safe technologies. But in order to embody these ideas, electric cars must become better, more powerful and faster in all senses. At this time, the developers were puzzled to reduce the time of charging cars, at the moment we are talking about batteries, which will charge up to 80% in 12 minutes.

In Spain, the presentation of the long-awaited new SUV Seat Tarraco from the developers of the VW Group. As expected, the car will be available in 5-seater and 7-seater versions. Characteristics of the crossover following: wheelbase 2.8 meters, roomy trunk of 760 l. (and when folded seats - 2000 liters.), 4 engines - 2 petrol and 2 diesel. The car can be made with front or four-wheel drive - at the request of the client.

Incredible electric car Audi PB18 E-tron was presented to the public in California. The car perfectly displayed the latest technology and futuristic trends of the company AUDI, presented at the Monterey Car Week project. The achievements of technologists when working on this model are really impressive, the car can be charged up to 100% within 15 minutes! Moreover, wireless charging by induction is possible.

Representatives of VOLKSWAGEN GROUP have already officially announced that they are stopping the release of three-door models in all their lines. As it turned out, the reason for all - too little demand. After all the calculations of costs and profits, it turned out that the three-door models always and in all the lines were the least demanded.

The impressive and stylish car AUDI E-Tron has aroused great interest among visitors at the Geneva Motor Show. The development of the company from Ingolstadt, presented at the auto show, is a pre-production version of the electric vehicle, which is currently available only on preorders. But since August AUDI will be able to offer its crossover to everyone.

The novelty, which still remains in the development stage, has already acquired recognizable features and the Volkswagen group willingly shared the characteristics of the future car. According to the developers, T-Cross will be the safest in the entire line of the brand. It can be used 1.6-liter diesel engine and two transmission options - manual and automatic.

The Czech company SKODA can boast of a successful year - requests for new cars arrive at such a rate that the plant hardly has time to fulfill requests! To satisfy the demand, it is necessary to ensure the expansion of production as soon as possible so that instead of the current 1.2 million cars a year, production of 2 million will start. Representatives of SKODA plan to achieve these figures by 2025, concentrating part of production in Germany. Especially in demand are the models SUV Kodiaq and Skoda Karoq. It is noteworthy that in terms of profitability, SKODA has already managed to bypass AUDI and has every chance of winning second place after Porsche.

The world famous brand VOLKSWAGEN decided to please the car owners with a novelty of the 8th generation and is ready to launch its most powerful hatchback - GOLF R. The German engineers decided to assemble as many as 400 hp under the hood. and equip a supercar with a hybrid transmission, which not only adds significant acceleration, but also improves the car’s handling.

Not so long ago, the popular Czech brand Skoda pleased British motorists with a unique novelty - an exclusive armored Superb model. The peculiarity of the car is its durable and ultra-protected elongated body, as well as bullet-proof glass. The body of the car, made of a combination of steel and composites, has significantly increased its weight.

A unique project that will realize very wildest dreams from futuristic films will be realized in the near future! Mexico and its city of Mexico, as well as Brazil, the city of Sao Paulo, will be the first platforms in the world to implement the project of a flying taxi! As planned by the engineers, the work of the service will be carried out with the help of the Voom platform. This presentation will display to passengers the best options for boarding and disembarking, as well as allow you to “call” a helicopter taxi.