As the new Megane bows in, it’s time to take a look back at how things were done in 1995 when the first of the line began prowling the highways.
Aged well, hasn’t it? It’s very much a 1990’s car and at the same time wears its period style lightly. The modellers did a good job putting nuances on the metal around the middle bump strips and notice the subtle way the sill is curved upwards, with little flares at either end. Continue reading “A photo for Sunday: 1995-2002 Renault Megane”
Just fifty-four years after closing down, Borgward is back with the BX-7. And it just had to be disappointing, didn’t it?
I expected a saloon or sports car.
Autobild reports that the car will be shown at the Frankfurt IAA in late September. Autobild politely call the car a classical SUV with a lightly modernised version of the Borgward emblem. The Truth About Cars thinks it looks like a Buick crossed with a Porsche. The car has a high beltline (Autobild tells us that too) and in case you wondered what the vehicle is when it passes you, it says Borgward in huge individual letter on the bootlid. It’s 4.7 metres long (which is middle-sized). Powering the car are a 244 PS 2.0-litre turbo petrol and a 410 PS plug-in hybrid system. How much for this? €26,000 reckons Autobild. Continue reading “Borgward’s BX-7 Revealed”
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