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Mazda 3 2023.

Mazda 3 2023.

Mazda 3 2023.

A little more premium: the American Mazda 3 has lost its base engine and got more expensive.

The North American division of Mazda has introduced sedans and hatchbacks Mazda 3 of the next, 2023 model year.

There are no cosmetic innovations, but the engine range has been shaken up and prices have risen.

The fourth-generation Mazda 3 debuted in 2018 as a global model, the U.S. market is one of its key markets, although it is the fourth generation of the «three» Americans are not very fond of.

Peak sales of Mazda 3 in the U.S. came in 2012, when, according to the resource CarSalesBase, the model has sold a circulation of 123,361 units.

Sales of modern «three» last year amounted to 37 653 units, and in the first half of 2022 — 14 855 units, which is 31% less than in January-June 2021.

For comparison we shall say that the leader in the segment of compact cars on the American market now is Toyota Corolla: for the first half of the year it has sold 116 832 units, the second place is occupied by Honda Civic (70 335 units), and the third — Kia Forte (51 806 units).

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Maserati Grantismo Folgore 2024.

Maserati Grantismo Folgore 2024.

Maserati Grantismo Folgore 2024.

Maserati Grantismo Folgore 2024: the ultimate electric racing car.

The heart of any racing or performance car is its transmission.

Motorsport has always driven the performance of internal combustion engines. Formula E Racing development opens up new ways of power and energy consumption.

Solutions are not always cheap. Large racing budgets and the price of luxury grand tourers can drive any kind of innovation.

The 2024 Maserati Grantismo Folgore uses three engines designed and built by Maserati.

Each rotor contains 100 permanent magnets in the form of complex v-shaped figures.

These are traditional radial flow cylindrical engines rather than pancake style axial flow.

None of them can be disabled, so they always work, and all these magnets make these motors too expensive.

To achieve a low driver’s seat and leg position as in the Grantismo with a Nettuno V-6 engine, which has changed little from the previous model.

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Porsche Taycan GTS 2023.

Porsche Taycan GTS 2023.

Porsche Taycan GTS 2023.

Porsche Taycan GTS 2023: new electric car.

Porsche is using a well-established method when it comes to branding the trim levels of its all-electric Taycan models, to the point of using the Turbo and Turbo S names, despite the fact that electric vehicles don’t use turbochargers.

It all just comes down to the semantics of Turbo = powerful and fast, but the traditional idea of what a GTS model should represent translates directly to models like the 2023 Porsche Taycan GTS.

Like other Porsche GTS vehicles, the Taycan GTS sits somewhere between the 4S and Turbo models in terms of power and performance.

Thus, the Taycan, designated GTS, follows the rules of the game, whereby it gets a few components from the turbo menu, as well as its own special darkened appearance.

And as an added bonus, the Taycan GTS sedan continues to be the longest range Taycan in the lineup, with an EPA-calculated range of 395 kilometers on a full charge, along with a combined efficiency figure of 2.8 l/100 km (petrol equivalent).

It’s a marked improvement over most Taycans, but still not quite world class.

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Exeed LX AWD 2023.

Exeed LX AWD 2023.

Exeed LX AWD 2023.

The Exeed LX AWD crossover with all-wheel drive has gone on sale.

Under the premium Exeed brand, the LX crossover with AWD all-wheel drive has been put on the market.

The cost of the Exeed LX 2023 with AWD all-wheel drive was at the level of 3.75 million rubles, which made it the most expensive in the family.

Maximum configuration of this model, but with front-wheel drive is offered for the sum of 3.3 million rubles.

The all-wheel drive modification of the premium crossover is available to Russians in one level of performance — Premium Plus.

The base version costs 750,000 rubles less. It is noted that with a discount the cost of the crossover will be less by 280 thousand rubles.

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Chevrolet Malibu 2025.

Chevrolet Malibu 2025.

Chevrolet Malibu 2025.

Chevrolet intends to release an updated Chevrolet Malibu sedan in 2025.

It is reported that Malibu next generation will be built on VSS-F platform.

Its assembly will be organized at the car plant in Kansas.

Car enthusiasts have hardly waited for an update for the Chevrolet Malibu, as sales of the model have been dropping for years.

Dealers sold 227,881 Malibu units in the brand’s homeland in 2016, but that number dropped to 120,302 cars in 2019.

Specifically, the Sonic, Spark, and Impala have been discontinued, and Chevrolet is set to release electric versions of the Blazer, Equinox, and Silverado later this year.

Now Chevrolet Malibu is offered in the territories of the U.S. and China, although the eighth generation sedan was also available to Russian motorists.

At the moment the car is offered with two versions of turbo-motor for 1.5 or 2 liters or with a hybrid unit of 1.8 liters. It is also possible to choose between a variator gearbox or «automatic».

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