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2025 Fiat Grande Panda

This year, Fiat celebrates its 125th anniversary, and for this special occasion, the Italian company announced the arrival of a new version of the small Panda city car, the Fiat Grande Panda.

Grande Panda is 3.99 meters long and will occupy a place in the compact B segment, unlike its smaller brother (Panda), which is an A segment model. In terms of design, Fiat does not abandon the standard box-design characteristic of the first generation. Protective elements have been added in the lower part of the front and rear bumpers emphasizing the SUV style, while the headlights are made of opal cubes and refer to the style of windows on the facade of the Lingot factory, and the daytime running lights and indicators are integrated into the same light block.

The Grande Panda will be offered with a hybrid and electric drive, most likely a 1.2-L turbo gasoline engine combined with an electric motor with a total power of 128 hp (95 kW). The all-electric Grande Panda will likely be powered by a single electric motor with 113 hp (84 kW), and will be equipped with a 44 kWh LFP battery that provides a range of 320 km. It will sit on 17″ wheels.

It is not known when the production of this model will begin, but Fiat’s primary goal is to offer it in the European, Middle Eastern and African markets.

Source: Fiat

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Porsche will stop producing the 718 Cayman and Boxster with ICE from 2025

Demand for EVs is currently not meeting manufacturers’ expectations, and some have already changed their plans by postponing the discontinuation of models with internal combustion engines. Porsche is not one of them, and the decision that the 718 Cayman/Boxster will be completely replaced by electric versions from 2025, stays.

Porsche will offer both ICE and electric versions of the 718 Series, at least until the fall of 2025 when the combustion engine versions become a thing of the past. In this way, Porsche wants to ensure that in case of a change of decision, it can continue to offer ICE versions of the 718 Series.

Porsche’s 718 Series currently consists of the Cayman/Boxster with mid-mounted engines with four and six cylinders, and from next year it will join the Porsche Macan whose Macan 4 and Macan Turbo versions are powered by electric motors only.

Macan 4 is powered by a dual motor with 408 hp (300 kW) and 479 lb-ft (650 Nm) of torque, the Macan Turbo has 630 hp (470 kW) and 833 lb-ft (1,130 Nm) of torque. However, all these figures are implied with overboost, which means that this power is available for a limited time even when using Launch Control. The Macan 4 accelerates from 0 to 100 km/h (62 mph) in 5.2 seconds with a top speed of 220 km/h (137 mph), while the Macan Turbo reaches 62 mph (100 km/h) in 3.3 seconds with a top speed of 260 km/h (161 mph).

Source: Porsche

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Toyota GR Yaris with 1,000 HP

The Japanese car manufacturer Toyota has a small but really powerful car in its fleet, the GR Yaris, which thanks to LamSpeed ​​Racing has become a beast with more than 1,000 hp.

The standard GR Yaris is powered by a turbocharged 1.6-L three-cylinder engine with 261 hp (195 kW). LamSpeed ​​Racing tested the car on a wheelless dyno and recorded 899 hp (670 kW) and 572 lb-ft (776 Nm) of torque. However, since LamSpeed ​​makes a conservative estimate of at least 11.3 percent power loss between the crankshaft and the hubs, it comes to a figure over 1,000 hp.

The G16E-GTS engine reached maximum power at 8,730 rpm and torque at 7,701 rpm. However, the question is, can this power be realized on wheels?

Source: LamSpeed ​​Racing