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Although comfortable, not all will like the van-like drive and ride experience No AM radio seems like a faux pas While everybody is seemingly busy banging on about SUVs, Volkswagen has updated its out-and-out people mover for 2021. It’s called the T6.1 Multivan, and has landed with the broader Transporter range to renew Volkswagen’s offering in the anti-SUV segment. Few models carry as big a stick as this Multivan in terms of heritage and icon-ness. Its central to the lore of Volkswagen, an...

What we love It looks good, muscular, angry There is sport to be had in this SUV Capped price servicing over 5 years What we don’t Cost of hybrid battery replacement Not quite as economical as claimed Eco tyres dont handle well, Short EV range I never thought Id see the day. Being a total car nut the thought of owning an SUV, let alone one made by the blandest of bland Toyota, made me shudder. My previous expedition for a family car in 2015 saw me buy a Mazda 6 wagon, with not a single SUV co...

GSA Drops 5 Vendors, Adds 9 to $5.5B 2GIT Contract Mark Gomez/Shutterstock email February 24, 2021 The IT hardware and software contract vehicle was built with the Air Force in mind but will be available to all federal buyers. After protests prompted the General Services Administration last year to pull back the first slate of awards on the Second Generation Information Technology, or 2GIT, blanket purchase agreement, the agency announced it reawarded the contra...

Power-To-Weight: 481 Horsepower Per Ton All that power means nothing if youre carrying a lot of weight. Theres no single answer to creating a plug-in hybrid weighing just 3,075 lbs; that weight is measured without fluids, but its still incredible. Making the Artura as light as possible starts with the all-new carbon fiber chassis and gets as pedantic as shaving ten percent of weight from the electrical cabling system. McLaren said some time ago it wouldnt build an electric car until batteries w...

$69,990 drive-away Good news across the range is that Kia hasnt skimped on important safety features - autonomous emergency braking and many other features are standard across the range. While S makes do with manual cloth seats, 8-inch infotainment and manual air conditioning, its the cheapest of the bunch at $50,390 drive-away (petrol). Opting for Si specification brings 18-inch alloy wheels and a 12.3-inch infotainment system, amongst other things. Pricing for Si starts at $55,790 drive-away...