Vatican receives modified Dacia Duster as new Popemobile

Renault has gifted a specially modified Dacia Duster to the head of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis.  The budget SUV has been adapted to suit papal needs by Dacia’s Prototype department and Special Needs Team, in partnership with Romanian coachbuilder Romturingia.  The new Popemobile offers the same five-seat layout as the standard Duster but has a “particularly comfortable” rear bench added to suit lengthy public parades.  Also featured are a large sunroof, roof-mounted grab handles and, as is customary with Popemobiles from all marques, a removable transparent display box to allow crowds a better look at His Holiness. The Duster is finished in white with a leather interior, and its suspension has been lowered by 30mm to allow for easier ingress and egress.  It was delivered to The Vatican by Christophe Dridi, managing director of Groupe Renault Romania, and Xavier Martinet, general manager of Groupe Renault Italy. The Duster won’t be the Pope’s first experience of a Dacia; during a 2016 visit to Armenia, he used an unmodified example of the Logan saloon as his official transport. He promotes frugality and modesty, whereas his predecessors rode in a variety of premium vehicles, including those from Mercedes-Benz and Range Rover. In 2017, Lamborghini gifted Pope Francis a Huracán specially painted in the official colours of The Vatican. After he had blessed and autographed the car, it was sold at a charity auction for
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Nissan GT-R Nismo gets bricked by LEGO Speed Champions

LEGO has turned plenty of vehicles into toys over the years, but, believe it or not, never as an official partnership with a Japanese automaker. That makes the LEGO Speed Champions Nissan GT-R Nismo a first of its kind, kind of. The 298-part LEGO GT-R Nismo is 25-per-cent larger than previous Speed Champions sets. LEGOs designers say they enjoyed the challenge of getting the Japanese supercars aesthetic, including those crucial taillights, to come through in brick form. View this post on Instagram No driver’s license required! Thanks to our partnership with @lego, children of all ages can build and drive their own Nissan #GTR #NISMO – made out of #LEGO® bricks 🙌 Available globally in January 2020. #OMGTR A post shared by Nissan (@nissan) on Nov 25, 2019 at 8:22am PST“In LEGO Speed Champions, we always aim to include new types of racing vehicles. And when we focused on drifting and racing, the record-breaking Nissan GT-R, and especially the new GT-R NISMO, was at the top of our wish list,” said LEGO design lead Chris Stamp. “Authenticity is always our main concern, and we spent a lot of time exploring different building techniques to correctly recreate the taillights, as they are one of the most recognizable details on the car. I am really happy with the end result!”They’re happy, but how about you? The real GT-R Nismo does have some corners on it, but there’s still a roundness that never quite comes through in brick form. It took the LEGO pros a year total to develop the set, compared to the 10-plus years it took Nissan to build the actual car. Unfortunately, it’s not likely to help with your holiday gift list, because it doesn’t go on sale until January
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Car Review: 2020 Kia Soul

2020 Kia SoulBrian Harper / Driving OVERVIEW Front-wheel-drive, subcompact hatchback PROSVery well contented, surprisingly roomy, distinctive CONSOptional AWD would help sales, fuel economy just OK, mood lighting is a thing? VALUE FOR MONEYGood WHAT TO CHANGE?Bring back the turbo 1.6L and DCT HOW TO SPEC IT?EX Limited As far as practical transportation goes, Kias quirky Soul has not only made it to its third generation thereby surviving the box-on-wheels fad that resulted in mobile Tupperware containers such as the Honda Element, Nissan Cube, and Scion xB it has lost little of its previous two predecessors fun and funky personalities.However, Kia is continuing to focus too much on the youth market with the new 2020 model, while discounting the fact the proclaimed urban runabout actually appeals to a fairly broad cross-section of buyers. Though its a sample size of just one family, I can honestly say my millennial-age daughter wouldnt give the squared-off Soul a second look she absolutely despised the Elements styling while wife and I love the subcompacts sightlines and its nimbleness in traffic.Yet, if you buy into the companys description of the redesigned cabin, Kias proudest accomplishment with the front-wheel-drive hatchback would seem to be its close tie-in with music, what the company says is an overarching theme for Soul since its inception. So, drawing inspiration from the emotional visualization of sound, the Souls interior space is adorned with shapes and textures that reflect acoustic inspired elements to create a full sensory experience.Maybe youre more conversant in corporate hyperbole than I am, but that description just makes me go, Huh? Maybe it has something to do with the cars available sound mood lighting, which emits soft light from the centre door panels, complete with the ability to synchronize to the beat of the music playing through the audio system. Yes, you too can turn your car into a mobile jukebox, tailoring the interior ambiance according to a variety of selectable moods, including Hey! Yo!, Party Time, Traveling, Romance, Midnight City, and Caf. If Im showing my age by saying big whoop, then Im good with that. Look, the cabin, especially the top-drawer GT-Line, is extremely well contented, but there is also a lot of black plastic of varying hardness throughout not a complete surprise, considering the Soul starts at a very affordable $21,195, topping out at a little less than $30K as-tested. But Id happily forego the rainbow of customizable lighting which, thankfully, can be turned off for a cheerier interior shade than black. Years ago, Kia offered something called the Retro trim level on what was then the Soul 4U with the 2.0-litre engine. Its key feature was tartan-like door and seat trim that went with the two-tone beige-on-black dash area. It was a refreshing alternative to dark monotony, one Id like to see return.Thats subjective, though. What isnt is the fact that Kia Canada dropped the 1.6-litre turbo-four from the Souls powertrain lineup its still offered in the U.S. leaving only the yeoman 2.0-litre inline-four, with 147 horsepower, for propulsion. Its not as though the turbo engines 201 horses turned the Soul into a track terror, but it and the seven-speed dual-clutch transmission it was bolted to certainly gave the runabout added jump when rolling through traffic. Thanks to the cars light weight, just 1,393 kilograms, the 2.0L is by no means stressed, and notably around town, has more than enough low-end zip to easily keep up with the cut-and-thrust of daily traffic.Still, the fun quotient of what is a playful little rig has been diminished by the one engine/transmission pairing. As for the Souls in-house-built intelligent variable transmission otherwise known as a CVT it goes about its business unobtrusively and efficiently, with a feel much like that of a conventional automatic. Fuel economy is good overall, though not particularly outstanding for a small car. I averaged 8.7 L/100 kilometres for the week, with about a 50/50 mix of city and highway commuting.Despite this third-generation version being all new, only the most ardent fans of the Kia brand are likely to pick out the revisions to the Souls boxy shape I actually parked next to an older model to get a sense of the changes. The exterior highlights include a larger grille with a two-tone treatment, wraparound boomerang-shaped taillights, slimmer daytime running lights, and reworked front fenders and C-pillars, the latter designed to resemble airplane wings. A particular bold shade of red called Inferno and decently fat P235/45R18 rubber with a nice set of alloy rims accentuates the testers jaunty personality, offsetting its pragmatic nature. Said pragmatism, seen in the surprising amount of cargo space and passenger room offered given the Souls compact size, is accentuated for 2020 courtesy of a slight increase in the cars dimensions, notably
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Volkswagen ID 4: electric SUV winter tests in curious disguise

Volkswagen’s next ID production model, the ID 4 crossover, has again been caught in prototype form with a rather unusual method of disguise. In these new cold weather testing shots we can clearly see the same body profile, with the rising and falling shoulderline, imposing front-end and high haunches, as the camouflaged ID 4 prototype shown off at September’s Frankfurt motor show during the launch of the ID 3.  However, it appears Volkswagen has attempted to throw spy photographers off the scent with disguise details, particularly at the front, trying to pass it off as a Vauxhall/Opel SUV. The chrome grille and front and rear light designs are the clearest evidence of this.  Despite the camouflage, the new EV appears to retain many of the same exterior themes as the ID Crozz concept car, which was first shown more than two years ago and then reworked for the 2017 Frankfurt motor show.  The electric crossover-style SUV will be a big part of the VW ID brand’s range offensive in the US, as well as in Europe. Previous spyshots gave us a glimpse of the production model next to its hatchback sibling.  The bodywork similarities of the two prototypes suggest the ID 4 will be closely linked to the ID 3 it is testing alongside, albeit slightly larger and sporting more evident SUV design cues.  Although VW was giving away little information about the car at Frankfurt, to keep the focus on the company rebranding and the launch of the production ID 3, the Kia e-Niro rival is set to go into production in the middle next year. Volkswagen ID 3 2020 review Two production versions of the ID Crozz will be offered: a coupé-SUV in the vein of the original concept and this straight SUV model with a more conventional roofline and tailgate design. We can also see it has conventional rear doors, ditching the sliding items of the 2017 car. It’s not yet clear if the coupé variant will also adopt this approach, but it’s likely. The ID 4 will be built in Europe, the US and China, cementing its status as a truly global model and a crucial kingpin of the brand’s rapid EV rollout. “As early as 2020, we aim to sell 100,000 all-electric Volkswagens (per year),” said VW Group chairman Herbert Diess at the Crozz concept’s 2017 unveiling. “But this is just the beginning. By 2025, annual sales could increase tenfold to one million vehicles.”  Diess said the new ID electric car line-up will be offered alongside traditional combustion-engined and hybrid-powered VW models. The ID 4 aims to combine the dynamic lines of a modern-day sports car with the all-terrain capability of a dedicated off-roader. It’s said to offer interior space on a par with the Tiguan Allspace, a new long-wheelbase version of VW’s best-selling SUV model. The ID Crozz concept is 4625mm long, 1891mm wide and 1609mm tall, putting it in between the five-seat Tiguan and seven-seat Tiguan Allspace in terms of dimensions. The wheelbase is 2773mm. The MEB-based ID Crozz features two electric motors – one mounted within the front axle, and one at the rear – powered by an 83kWh lithium ion battery housed within the floor structure. The front electric motor sends its 101bhp and 103lb ft to the front wheels. The rear unit delivers 201bhp and 228lb ft to the rear wheels, giving the car a combined output of 302bhp and 332lb ft of torque. This is just under 100bhp more than the powertrain used by the rear-wheel-drive ID hatchback, intended to offset a likely weight increase. The ID 4 is set to have a range of more than 311 miles, with no specific figure yet quoted. No performance figures have been revealed, though VW says it intends limiting the top speed to 112mph.    With the car’s large battery mounted low down within the floor structure and the electric motors also housed within the axle assemblies front and rear, VW also claims it possesses a front-to-rear weight distribution of 48:52. VW officials have talked up the dynamic qualities, suggesting the new platform and chassis provide a “large spread between handling and
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Used EV values increasing with demand

Used EV values increasing with demand The price of a used Renault Zoe is actually climbing Demand for electric cars is seeing used values increasing, according to new analysis by CarGurus. While petrol and diesel models have depreciated between January 2017 and November 2019, EVs have seen appreciating values. Looking at the four most searched for electric models on the company’s site – BMW’s i3, the Nissan Leaf, Renault’s Zoe, and the Tesla Model S – prices either rose or remained level for months at a time. In most cases, they significantly out-performed the most searched for petrol and diesel equivalents over the same period. The average asking price for a used 2015 Renault Zoe increased by 18% between January 2017 to November 2019, from £6,425 to £7,612. To compare, the Ford Fiesta of the same age decreased by 22% from £9,165 to £7,160 over the same period. BMW i3 values increased by 1% based on 2014 examples, while petrol or diesel Mini hatchbacks by comparison fell by 14%, both since the start of the year. A 2015 Nissan Leaf sees an average drop in value of just 9% from January 2017 at £10,438. Same age petrol or diesel VW Golf models dropped by 17% over the same period. Many drivers are changing to electric cars, and now the market has been around for a around nine years, there are a number of used models available – which wasn’t the case even a few years ago. With used models seeing a far lower purchase price but the same low running costs, it’s easy to see the appeal of a used electric car.
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Volkswagen electrifies classic Type 2 with e-Golf powertrain

Volkswagen of America has unveiled an electric version of the iconic Type 2 Microbus, fitted with the 134bhp powertrain from the e-Golf.  The conversion was undertaken in collaboration with EV West, a Californian electric car specialist, with the aim of “showcasing the possibilities of the e-Golf powertrain to motivate classic VW models”.  The van is visually unmodified, sporting its original raised stance, two-tone paint and minimalist interior, with obvious changes limited to the addition of a charging port behind the fuel filler flap and removal of the 59bhp air-cooled four-cylinder petrol engine.  The e-Golf powertrain has been carried over largely unmodified, with Volkswagen claiming that the Type 2’s independent rear suspension setup “makes a perfect mate to the transverse driveline”.  While the e-Golf achieves a WLTP-certified range of 144 miles, the converted Type 2 is said to be capable of only 125 miles, due to its increased weight and lower drag coefficient.  The van’s four-speed manual gearbox has been removed to make way for the e-Golf’s single-speed unit, with the 35.8kWh battery housed in specially designed fireproof boxes under the front seats, where the fuel tank once sat.  Volkswagen will also replace the Type 2’s analogue gauge cluster with digital dials to better allow the driver to monitor outputs and states of charge. In September, Volkswagen revealed an electric Beetle Cabriolet, created by conversion firm eClassics and powered by the 81bhp powertrain from the
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From the archive: Wireless and the car

Any in-car audio entertainment aside from conversation didn’t really exist until the 1930s, when radio (or wireless, as we should really call it, old chap) technology had progressed enough that receiver sets could be offered, albeit at great expense. It’s no surprise, then, that wireless expert BH Davies wrote in a popularly received Autocar article in March 1925 that “at first sight, the only natural link between motoring and wireless is that both are semi-technical hobbies, the pursuit of which does not necessarily demand a long apprenticeship to engineering, or, indeed, anything beyond a rule-of-thumb knack of handling controls, the purpose of which is vaguely comprehended”. “The two hobbies in England have generally been pursued quite separately,” Davies said, “but in America they are very largely operated in combination, portable wireless sets figuring in the equipment of a great many cars.” The reason that the typical English motorist did not “trouble to pack a costly and fragile apparatus on his car for use at picnics, or whilst staying with friends, or for diversion during a quiet evening at some distant hotel” was primarily because the sets obtainable in this country were not yet adequate for such activity. “The typical British receiver of past seasons demands a full-size outdoor aerial and a decent earth,” Davies continued. “Even at that, it has generally suffered from two egregious faults. Its worst has been a lack of selectivity, which imposed a jangle of Morse signals and ‘mush’ on the broadcast telephony. “Nevertheless, for a considerable time, it has been possible to buy a special type of receiver which practically fulfils the ideal specifiaction for a portable receiver. It eliminates all interference, save atmospheric discharges which are still uncurable, but, fortunately, innocuous on most winter and some summer evenings. “It will operate a powerful loudspeaker at full strength without an outside aerial or real earth, requiring no pick-up inductance beyond a small frame aerial, which may be of the folding type or can be wound inside the lid of a cabinet. Its current consumption is so small that a tiny four-volt accumulator (that’s a battery to you and me) of 20Ah capacity will operate it for 50 or 60 hours on one charge. It has controls so few and so simple that a wholly untechnical woman (or man, come on BH…) in Great Britain can pick up American broadcast programmes with it.” The reason we had to put up with inferior wireless until this time was, apparently, due to the lack of dull emitter valves. Probably won’t find any of those in your DAB radio. The one and only drawback of the ‘supersonic heterodyne’ (brilliant name) receiver was – as has always been and always will be the case with new technologies – price. A ready-made receiver would’ve cost you £75 (the equivalent of about £4480 today). However, most people back then would have constructed their own sets, thanks to instructions provided by specialist magazines, and the principle of a ‘superhet’ was “childishly simple”. “If two stations are broadcating telephony on neighbouring wavelengths,” Davies laid out, “ordinary methods of reproduction will fail to separate the two stations, especially if they are of equal power and equidistant from the listener. But if these two wavelengths are multiplied by some high figure, the margin between them will no longer be narrow, but they can be sundered so completely that the desired signals can be thoroughly isolated with extreme purity. “This is readily achieved by the superhet. A rough and inaccurate description would say that the signals are rectified, transferred to a tremendously higher wavelength, amplified on that new wavelength and finally listened to with the aid of a loudspeaker.” This technique usually required as many as 10 valves, but the superhet could use just five, making several work double jobs. Indeed, wireless technology was progressing at an incredible rate. “This year, the upkeep of a superhet will be less than the yearly bill of a humble headphone two-valver of the 1924 pattern,” predicted Davies. “The newer version rescues the garden from towering masts; and in winter it has the second merit of permitting the owner to enjoy his news or his symphonies in whichever room is most convenient. “Having purchased or built a superhet, the motorist will consider whether the cabinet should be put aboard the car. One imagines the answer in this country will normally be negative. The receiver will measure perhaps 30x10x10in. This is too bulky an article to be welcomed into the stern sheets of the typical 10hp four-seater.” Occasional transportation of this long, narrow box on the rear seats, however, was probable. Examples inluded “the man who is going down to a remote bit of river with his rods, or to some lonely covert with his guns; the hostess who is discharging social obligations by a picnic; the tourist who is exploring the wilds of the Lake
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2020 Fisker Ocean: order books open for affordable electric SUV

American start-up company Fisker has revealed pricing for its new Ocean electric SUV ahead of an unveiling in production-ready guise on 4 January 2020.  The model will be offered primarily to customers through a leasing programme, with prices starting from $379 (£295) per month with a deposit of $2999 (£2335), for the cheapest of five available trim levels. Prospective customers can pay a fully refundable $250 (£194) deposit now via the firm’s bespoke new smartphone app to secure a reservation. Fisker says it will sell a “very limited” number of Ocean models outright at the request of several global customers.  The Californian company claims its first series production car is “the world’s most sustainable vehicle”, with recycled, vegan and other natural products used throughout. A full-length solar roof is said to offer 1000 additional zero-emission miles per year, while recycled fishing nets, t-shirts, bottles and tyres feature throughout the interior and exterior to lessen the model’s well-to-wheel carbon footprint. The Ocean is also claimed to offer “the highest five-star safety rating”, with Fisker drawing attention to the prominent side impact protection beams. It is unclear, however, whether the model has yet been tested officially by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, which conducts crash tests in the US. Preview images shows that the Tesla Model Y rival rides high and has modern, utilitarian styling. Flared arches hint at its performance potential, while narrow headlights and chrome detailing are a nod to last year’s Fisker Emotion concept.  Like the Model Y, the Ocean will be priced from less than $40,000 (£30,200) in the US. It features what the firm calls “captivating design touches that have been traditionally reserved for supercars in the past”. Prominent styling details include a front-mounted radar in place of a grille, a large front air intake, flared wheel arches and a futuristic headlight design.  Also featured is a targa-style removable roof section which Fisker says offers the open-air benefits of a convertible “without compromising the rugged and safe structural integrity of an SUV”. The battery is claimed to provide a range of up to 300 miles. The Ocean will be available in four-wheel drive form, with an electric motor mounted on each axle.  Fisker also claims that the SUV’s interior will offer class-leading space, a large head-up display and an intelligent user interface. It’s not yet confirmed where the Ocean will be produced, but Fisker says prototype testing will begin before the end of this year. The company is also at work on developing solid-state battery technology, which it says would allow future vehicles to gain 500 miles worth of charge in as little as one minute.  Fisker Inc. was formed in 2016, succeeding the bankrupted Fisker Automotive company that launched the Karma range-extender electric luxury saloon – now re-engineered and on sale as the Karma Revero – in
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Tesla’s Cybertruck nets 200,000 deposits, says Musk

Tesla Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk said deposits taken on its Cybertruck have climbed to 200,000 even after two windows unexpectedly shattered in Thursdays big reveal.The electric-car maker has a history of unveiling future products to throngs of excited customers, taking deposits, and then delivering years later.Two years ago, Tesla showed off a Semi truck and a next-generation Roadster sports car, but neither vehicle is in production yet. This spring, Musk unveiled the Model Y crossover; that vehicle is slated to begin production next summer.The orders, an increase from a 146,000 figure that Musk announced in a Tweet on Saturday, underscores the hard-to-resist nature of announcing deposits, even when they are fully refundable and may never be converted into actual sales.Teslas reservation list has long been a source of intrigue for investors, analysts, journalists, fans and skeptics of the company, as its often used as a proxy for demand. Musks tweet breaks with the recent practice at Tesla, which has stopped giving reservation figures on its quarterly earnings calls, saying the metric wasnt relevant.We dont want to comment on the granularity of deposits again, people just read too much into those, Musk said on Teslas first-quarter earnings call in April, when asked about the Model Y.200k Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 25, 2019Teslas website allows customers to order the truck for a fully refundable US$100, and says they can complete their configuration as production nears in late 2021. Musk said in a tweet Saturday that 42 per cent had ordered the dual-motor option, which starts at US$49,900, while 41 per cent have ordered the US$69,900 triple-motor option, production of which is expected to begin in late 2022. Just 17 per cent ordered the single-motor version, which begins at US$39,900.The US$100 deposit for the Cybertruck is far cheaper than the US$1,000 that was required to reserve a Model 3 sedan.146k Cybertruck orders so far, with 42% choosing dual, 41% tri 17% single motor Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 23, 2019Tesla never released an order or reservation figure for the Model Y. The company had US$665 million in customer deposits as of Sept. 30, according to a regulatory filing.In a demonstration of the truck’s toughness, long-time Tesla lead designer Franz von Holzhausen whacked the Cybertrucks stainless steel door with a mallet, showing that it couldnt be dented. But when he threw a metallic ball at the driver side front window, it shattered.‘Too Hard’The crowd gasped. Oh my fing god, said Musk. Maybe that was a little too hard.So von Holzhausen tried a second, softer throw this time targeting the trucks rear window only to see that shatter as well.Franz throws steel ball at Cybertruck window right before launch. Guess we have some improvements to make before production haha. pic.twitter.com/eB0o4tlPoz Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 23, 2019It wasnt immediately clear who supplied the glass or if Tesla made what it called Armor Glass completely in-house. Tesla entered the glass technology business back in 2016, and has an internal group known as Tesla Glass.Musk said his team threw the same steel ball at the window several times before the event and didnt even scratch the glass. Late Friday, he tweeted out a short video of von Holzhausen that has been viewed more than 6 million times.LISTEN: What do car dealers think about electric vehicles? Are they keen to have them in their showrooms? We talk to Vancouver GM dealer Blair Upton about this and much more during this week’s episode of Plugged In. Plugged In is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, and Google Podcasts.Is the player not working? Click
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Judgy-Pants: The Press Release Edition

2020 Lincoln Corsair Grand TouringClayton Seams Before there is an article, before there is a picture, sometimes before there is even a car, somebody is making up words to tell us about it. Yknow, so that we can tell you.But in a world where marketings decided theres no such thing as too much, sometimes there really is. How many ways can you describe something? How many thesauruses can one writer burn through in a career?The answer is many. Too many, sometimes.Whats too much of a reach? You tell us. These are all real excerpts pulled from real press releases weve got from car companies, just to give you an idea of what were working with.Every vehicle has to be all things to all buyers. Some of them are even crafted instead of made to make certain. “Crafted by Alfa Romeo artisans at the Cassino plant in Italy, the award winning Giulia and Stelvio are testaments to Alfa Romeo’s perfect balance of engineering and emotion, delivering a premium midsize sports sedan and SUV for driving enthusiasts that stand out among the entire marketplace.”We get it — it’s quiet.“Sanctuary for the senses – As quietness is paramount, Lincoln designers and engineers obsessed over each detail to create a sanctuary for the senses in the all-new Corsair Grand Touring. Corsair’s electrified powertrain enhances its whisper-quiet cabin.” (For the record: a 2017 Lincoln Continental was probably the quietest (gas-powered) car I’ve ever driven.)Not sure what just passed you on the road? The new 2020 Fiat 500X has. “Chrome dual-exhaust tips (to) complete its unmistakable road presence.” It also now comes in Rovente Red, which means “red.”The Hyundai Vision T Plug-in Hybrid SUV Concept reminds you that you can have it all, even if you have no idea it’s a car they’re talking about. “We pursue innovative solutions in design and add emotional value to our product experience through sensuous sportiness design language.”The new McLaren Elva roadster sounds like a blast, though this line admittedly stood out, because in a world full of options, windshields are rarely one of them. “Helmets can be worn if preferred, but the form and sculpture of the upper cabin wraps around the driver and passenger to provide a secure environment. A fixed windscreen derivative of the car is also available for most markets as a factory
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