The full production version will be launched early in December
by Vijay Pattni
Scandinavian design, Chinese technology
When Volvo was bought from Ford by Geely, it was allowed independence to design and continue its pedigree separate from its new owner. As Geely expanded its lineup to offer luxurious and technically advanced electric vehicles, it needed a new brand that
Guiltless performance with business-class trappings
Electrification isn't just a buzzword these days-it's becoming a way of life. Not only are we chasing high fuel efficiency numbers, we also appreciate carbon neutrality more than ever. Advances in technology mean we can have vehicles that offer
Volvo isn’t ready to retire its 10-year-old hauler just yet
It was already a cool, handsome thing. Now, Volvo has made it cooler and more handsome via a sweeping update that correctly takes cues from its fully electric sibling. Welcome to your next family SUV, the updated 2025 Volvo XC90.An update
by Vijay Pattni
And the most improved SUV award goes to...
Kia's global lineup has continued to grow more and more exciting over the past few years. The Korean carmaker has completely revamped its lineup with a handful of next-generation models sporting the brand's new design language.Towards the end
“It majors on rolling refinement and safe, predictable handling”
The Q5 has done the numbers for Audi ever since it came out in 2008, selling in vast quantities pretty much everywhere it's available. In fact, the previous iteration was, says the company, the "world's best-selling premium midsize" SUV
by Tom Harrison
A full year after the SUVs were launched
So, it appears it hasn't exactly been all M3 this and M4 that for BMW's M division these past few months. The German carmaker's performance arm actually had something else in the pipeline: the First Edition variants of the
Like it?
Welcome to the latest on the growing list of SUV-coupes, the Audi Q5 Sportback. Which follows last year's release of the e-tron Sportback and the Q3 Sportback, and the industry's recent trend for coupe-ifying literally everything.Looking
It also gets a 2.0-liter mild-hybrid option
Another day, another facelift. Today, it's the turn of the Audi Q5, Ingolstadt's answer to the BMW X3 and the Mercedes-Benz GLC, and, by all accounts, a pretty good car.Looks much the same as the old one, though
by Tom Harrison
Not remarkable, but good in quite a few ways
The Q5 has done the numbers for Audi ever since it came out in 2008, selling in vast quantities pretty much everywhere it's available. In fact, the old one was, says the company, the "world's best-selling premium midsize" SUV
by Tom Harrison
Total power sits at 456hp
Volkswagen describes this big blue flagship SUV as a "paradigm shift." Sadly, that doesn't equate to "we've given it a massive V12 and afterburners." Quite the opposite, as it turns out. It is the very first VW R model that'
by Vijay Pattni
One gasoline and two diesel powertrains are available at launch
The Frankfurt Motor Show is just around the corner, so German manufacturers are furiously ironing silk car covers to cloak their new cars before whipping them straight off again. But Mercedes-Benz has decided to skip that element of surprise and show
Is Merc’s 2.0-liter turbo-four diesel up to the task of moving such a big car?
Nope. They might look tiny beneath the Mercedes-Benz GLE's bulbous wheel arches, but they're actually a whopping 20 inches in diameter. That's just how big this car looks, how hulking its presence. The GLE's actual dimensions aren'
by Tom Harrison
Why you don’t really need a 395hp quad-turbo diesel SUV
Not yet, it doesn't. But it will. Should be here early next year with the M5's 4.4-liter twin-turbo V8 and 600-odd horses. To take on the Porsche Cayenne Turbo and Merc's inevitable GLE63.Anyone else
“It’s for those customers who want something very special, and they’ll get it”
Who says the Germans don't do humor? Or irony? Here's VW showing up to Geneva with a cutesy electric buggy and talk of the Golf GTD disappearing from the new hatchback's ranks, and it thinks Top Gear has forgotten
by Ollie Kew
And mild hybrid technology
Welcome, Internet, to the Mercedes-AMG GLE 53. In short, it's a seven-seat hybrid AMG.But before you start knocking up placards and burning effigies to take to your local dealer, it's not quite as sacrilegious as it may
From the company that ended diesel’s dominance: a 900Nm, Porsche-chasing 4x4
Do Germans do irony? We're asking for a friend.Because Volkswagen, of all companies, is the one to assault the 2019 Geneva Motor Show with a new diesel-powered super-SUV. This is the Touareg V8 TDI. Yep, the clue is
by Ollie Kew
KERS in a big, seven-seat Swedish SUV? You’d better believe it
Ladies and gents, feast your eyes on the facelifted Volvo XC90. Looks pretty much exactly the same as the current one, doesn't it? Given how much we love Volvo's design language at the moment, though, that's no bad thing
by Greg Potts
Now on its fourth generation
This is the new BMW X5, and it is big. Really big. Longer, wider and taller than it's predecessor, and much longer, wider and taller than the very first generation of the ground-breaking 'Sports Activity Vehicle' BMW launched back at
by Vijay Pattni
A handsome case for gasoline engines
What do we have here?We have the Range Rover Velar HSE R-Dynamic P300. This means Land Rover has now plumbed in a 296hp version of its 2.0-liter turbocharged Ingenium gasoline engine into a range that already includes a
by Jack Rix
Is it worth the price tag?
Volvo Philippines is beefing up its midsize SUV lineup with the release of the XC90 D4-a more affordable variant of the Swedish carmaker's premium SUV.With a slightly more modest price tag of P5,595,000, the D4 is a
by Drei Laurel
