MINI UNVEILS SHAPE OF ELECTRIC CONCEPT
MASERATI IS TURBO CHARGING ITS IMAGE Hybrid variant is fantastic drive
MASERATI has recently unveiled its top scret Project24.
The project is a limited series of super sports car — only 62 units — to raise the brand’s unlimited performance to a new level of adrenaline on the track.
The track-only car inherits the specifications of the Maserati MC20, enhancing it with state-of-the-art V6 Nettuno engine that add new turbochargers to raise its power to 740 hp, innovative suspension, carbon-ceramic braking system and tyres tuned up for racing, as well as FIAapproved safety features.
Based on the brand’s obsession with lightness, the target weight of the new Maserati vehicle will be below 1,250 kg, resulting in a vehicle with a power-toweight ratio of approximately 1.69 kg/hp.
Designed by Centro Stile Maserati, the Project24 has a completely new look.
The MC20 — designed ever since its early stages of development to bring the Trident back on track in closed-wheel competitions — will also feature in the Fanatec GT2 European Series Championship,
THE new Mini family is taking shape with the Concept Aceman, an initial preview of its future model generation’s new design.
This concept car puts the spotlight on the design and technological innovations Mini sees as defining the driving pleasure of the future.
A purely electric drive, the reduced design language, a new digital interior and a responsible material design with absolutely no leather and chrome
making its debut in 2023.
In the words of Davide Grasso, Maserati CEO: “We are driven by our passion, both on the road and on the track.
“We have a long history of world excellence in motorsport and we are extremely proud to race with the extraordinary MC20.
“Racing has always been Maserati’s natural habitat and now, both in the Fanatec GT2 European
Series Championship and in the Formula E Championship, this brand is making a new start from its roots to build the future”.
Jean-Marc Finot, Senior VP, STELLANTIS Motorsport also added: “Maserati Corse is bringing the link between Formula E factory program and our road cars with the MC20 GT2.
“This new step is completing the legacy and the legitimacy of Maserati in Motorsport.
“The MC20 is a fantastic road legal car.”
Maserati will be offering its customers and teams the MC20 GT2. elements, the Mini fuses these attributes in the first crossover model for the premium small car segment.
For the first time, the MINI Cooper in the iconic threedoor body shape that has been consistently reinterpreted over its entire 60-plus-year history will be joined by a crossover model in the next model generation. “The Mini Concept Aceman provides an initial glimpse of a completely
IT’S hard to believe the Nissan Juke is over a decade old!
We recall attending the original launch in Barcelona where we were greeted with a funky looking Crossover that would go on to achieve huge success for Nissan.
Just a couple of years ago Nissan heavily revised the Juke but somehow retained that distinctive personality for the next generation.
At the time we were told to expect a Hybrid variant in a couple of years and although a great deal has happened in the world since, Nissan remained true to their word and here we are today to test the first Juke equipped with a hybrid powertrain.
The first thing you notice is the sporty coupé crossover design remains in tact with some aerodynamic tweaks for efficiency.
The front grille of the Juke Hybrid now features a strip of black gloss material where it meets the bonnet, putting it in line with other electrified Nissan models, which share this same design trait.
What you can’t see is in front of the wheels, the air deflectors have been reshaped and repositioned to clean the airflow, while the rear axle has gained a cover new vehicle, bridging the space between the Mini Cooper and the Mini Countryman in the model family’s future,” says Stefanie Wurst, the brand’s head.
“This concept car reflects how Mini is reinventing itself for its all-electric future and what the brand stands for: an electrified go-kart feel, an immersive digital experience and a strong focus on a minimal environmental footprint.”
Staying true to the brand’s traditional values, yet with a passion for technological innovation, the new design creates a vehicle packed with progressive appeal and unmistakable style.
Surfaces constructed from which smooth’s the airflow underneath reducing drag and resulting in better efficiency.
Nissan has also introduced new two-tone 17-inch alloy wheels as well as the super cool Ariya-derived two-tone
19-inch aero wheels, which look stunning!
We think its safe to say the arrival of this new Nissan Juke Hybrid marks the next chapter in Nissan’s ongoing commitment on an electrified future.
It has been designed to sit in the family alongside the all-new Nissan Ariya 100 per cent electric crossover and the Qashqai mild hybrid.
The new powertrain has been specially developed with the knitted recycled textile with fresh colour contrasts combine with seamless digital controls with a new OLED display as the central help of Renault to seamlessly blend that petrol engine with electric power.
Screen
Inside, you are greeted with a seven-inch combimeter screen that shows you when e-Pedal and EV mode are activated.
Like the new Qashqai Hybrid the Nissan Juke offers a full package of safety technologies, interface.
This all creates a unique interior experience that remains unmistakably Mini.