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Jimny with 5 doors, 7 seats

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(8*(27 is introducin­g an all-new nameplate called and all will Ee reYealed towards the end of -une.

7he )rench carmaker has just released the first teaser image of the new model which shows a large and elaEoratel\ detailed grille not too dissimilar to what we¶Ye alread\ seen on the new 3eugeot 3 and 3 models.EXPECTED

([pected to slot Eetween the latter and the the new 3eugeot will comEine the st\ling elements of an 689 with a ³d\namic fastEack silhouette´ 3eugeot sa\s.

,t is e[pected that the new

will Ee Eased on the latest (032 modular platform tax bracket for smaller vehicles. curorwenet­r misosdaeil­d’stofacmoim­liaerf1ro.5m-litthre nproordmua­clelys 7a5spkWira­atend e1n3g0iNnm­e,.wTheicrhe sbauroec-hpaelastsr­ooErluuerm­onpgoieun.resforf aot1h.e4r-lmitraerkt­uetrswhich also underpins the 3 and which allows for the option of electrifie­d powertrain­s.

([pect the range to kick off with the familiar 1.2-litre turEopetro­l with kW Eut 3eugeot will almost certainl\ also offer a few plug-in h\Erids models which could

At this stage it’s unclear whether Sthoeutfhi­vAef-rdicoao. r Jimny is coming to litHtloewo­efvf-erro, agdiveerni­sh, owwithpoŒupsutlaurn­dtheer 5m0o0nuthn­iatlsohnae­v, wineg’dbeseany isto’slda inot-hberalains­ter for the local market. follow their hatchEack counterpar­ts in offering outputs of up to 132kW and electric-onl\ driYing distances of up to km.

7he caEin is e[pected to feature 3eugeot¶s new i-&onnect infotainme­nt s\stem that was first introduced on the new 3 and which is said to deliYer a new leYel of connectiYi­t\ for driYers and passengers.

7he s\stem allows up to eight different driYers to set their own personalis­ed profiles while the screen mirroring function is now wireless with the smartphone charging plate and two phones can Ee connected using %luetooth at the same time.

ENGINEERIN­G

³%oth in terms of design and engineerin­g the search for high efficienc\ and the desire to offer new e[periences were at the heart of the deYelopmen­t of the new 3eugeot ´ the )rench carmaker said. ³$imed at those for whom the automoEile is a pleasure the Erings an unpreceden­ted $llure to the 3eugeot famil\.´

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O L K SW G E

It’s been 20 years since Volkswagen unleashed the Golf R32, which is the oldest tahnTceoec­Gseteolerr­mborfatnto­edcatahyre’smoGacockl­afesRri.oins ǮVr2eo0lek­asewsairan­sg’eenadGsitp­oioelfncRi. aclaelldei­dtitohne alAonpigcs­tiudre tohfethRe3­n2ewhaesdb­iteioen released on the Volkswagen R social media pages along with a short preview video ahead of the hot hatchback’s imminent reveal.

The technical details had not been released at the time of writing, but Auto car reports that the Ǯ20 ears’ edition will have more power than the eighth-generation Golf R that it’s based on.

VRELEASED

According to the British ptiuonblwi­cilaltbioe­ng,oothdefonr­e2w45ekdWi-, wrehgiuclh­arisG1o0lk­f WR pmrordeutc­heasn. the It further reports that the vehicle will boast an Ǯemotional start’ function that wirnehvoes­rndthseter­aertotning­higeniuegp­ht,otaep2np5t­a0hr0ernap­tnmlyticip­ation of driving it.

The gearbox has been a number of unique design details that set the newcomer apaurltl.details on the Golf R Ǯ20 ears’ edition will be released shortly, but for now Volkswagen’s performanc­e division is telling us that the vehicle will be launched internatio­nally in June 2022 and that it will only be available for one year, likely in limited numbers.

GEARBOX

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The new edition, alongside the R32 has been released on the Volkswagen R social media pages.
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The French carmaker has just released the first teaser image of the new model, which shows a large and elaboratel­y detailed grille.
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