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This week the third generation SEAT Leon has achieved the million units sold mark since its launch in 2012. SEAT's top-selling car was presented at the Paris Motor Show that year and shortly after reached the market with a completely renewed design. Thanks to the "formula Leon", based on design and functionality, the Leon became the most widely sold model in the SEAT range, overcoming the dominance held by the Ibiza for the previous 30 years.Designed, developed and produced in Martorell, the current generation Leon has been built on the Volkswagen Group's modular MQB platform since the beginning. This platform involved an investment of 800 million euros at the time and meant an unprecedented leap in terms of technology. With the Leon, production quality increased in line with the Group standards, and furthermore, it has consolidated 1,600 direct jobs at the factory and more than 6,000 in the auxiliary industry.
The first cooling system in a car dates back to 1884, but it was far from intended for the occupants. It was a rudimentary invention that used ice to prevent the engine from overheating. It wasn’t until half a century later that someone started thinking about the comfort of the users. Today, in cars like the new SEAT Leon, the three-zone Climatronic ensures that the driver, front passenger and those sitting in the back all enjoy the temperature they have chosen. Below is a review of the history of air conditioning across four SEAT models.
The compact Mazda2 is the gateway into Mazda’s comprehensive new-vehicle range.First introduced in 2002, the Mazda2 nameplate has become synonymous with driving enjoyment as well as style and quality in Australia’s Light new-car segment. It’s been widely chosen as a city car, second car and first car, offering drivers Mazda’s signature Jinba-Ittai driving experience for more than 20 years.This dynamic and concentrated expression of Mazda’s Kodo-Soul of Motion design makes it a showcase of tight flowing lines that convey a spirit of movement, an aesthetic signal of its fun-to-drive nature and vibrant personality. Its size makes it the distilled essence of Mazda’s human-centric design philosophy.A number of considered enhancements have been applied to the Mazda2 for 2023. Fresh exterior styling underscores its fun yet elegant exterior. New paint colours, colour accents and grille styles are joined by grade-specific updates such as a carbon-fibre-style roof finish and a new allow wheel design.Inside, the Mazda2 now offers refreshed seat designs, decorative dash panel colours, and new model grade-specific equipment.The Skyactiv-G 1.5-litre petrol engine now enjoys improved fuel economy and CO2 output, ensuring driving enjoyment as well as enhanced environmental performance.
The compact Mazda2 is the gateway into Mazda’s comprehensive new-vehicle range.First introduced in 2002, the Mazda2 nameplate has become synonymous with driving enjoyment as well as style and quality in Australia’s Light new-car segment. It’s been widely chosen as a city car, second car and first car, offering drivers Mazda’s signature Jinba-Ittai driving experience for more than 20 years.This dynamic and concentrated expression of Mazda’s Kodo-Soul of Motion design makes it a showcase of tight flowing lines that convey a spirit of movement, an aesthetic signal of its fun-to-drive nature and vibrant personality. Its size makes it the distilled essence of Mazda’s human-centric design philosophy.A number of considered enhancements have been applied to the Mazda2 for 2023. Fresh exterior styling underscores its fun yet elegant exterior. New paint colours, colour accents and grille styles are joined by grade-specific updates such as a carbon-fibre-style roof finish and a new allow wheel design.Inside, the Mazda2 now offers refreshed seat designs, decorative dash panel colours, and new model grade-specific equipment.The Skyactiv-G 1.5-litre petrol engine now enjoys improved fuel economy and CO2 output, ensuring driving enjoyment as well as enhanced environmental performance.
As Subaru as always - ecological and efficient like never before. Thanks to the e-BOXER hybrid technology, the fifth generation of the Subaru Forester enjoys the advantages of the ECO label. The new Subaru Forester ECO HYBRID has been developed on the acclaimed Subaru Global Platform, released by the Impreza and the XV, which represents a significant improvement in terms of dynamic behavior, level of dynamism and stability, as well as a greater ability to circumvent unforeseen risks, a more sensitive steering and exceptionally low vibrations that result in great ride comfort.More secure than ever, the new Forester ECO HYBRID is the most technologically advanced Subaru of the current European range of the brand, being equipped with the most advanced advanced security technologies that have earned it to be recognized as the safest vehicle in the history in crash tests of the New Vehicle Evaluation Program of Japan (JNCAP).The Subaru EyeSight Preventive Security system, which is already part of the Impreza, XV, Levorg, Outback and Forester equipment of the previous generation, is now complemented by the new DMS (Driver Monitoring System). DMS is not only an absolute novelty, but it is also a unique system in the world, since it uses facial recognition to monitor the driver and detect distractions or situations of fatigue at the wheel. If any of these situations occur while driving, the DMS issues an audible warning. Also, the DMS automatically adjusts the position of the seat, the exterior mirrors, the chosen temperature, and the content shown on the instrument panel and on the multifunction display. The DMS system can store up to 5 different conductor profiles.The new Forester ECO HYBRID also introduces the Reverse Automatic Braking (RAB) that helps avoid collisions when driving in reverse, automatically braking the car if necessary to avoid an accident or reduce the consequences thereof.
It has only been a few weeks since the first photos of the all-new BMW X2 went around the world: Now, it is rolling off the assembly line at BMW Group Plant Regensburg. From now on, different types of drive train will be flexibly manufactured in Regensburg on a single production line – from models with internal combustion engines, to plug-in hybrids, to fully-electric vehicles. Up to 1,000 BMW 1 Series, BMW X1 and BMW X2 models are currently coming off the production line at BMW Group Plant Regensburg every workday – destined for customers worldwide.Lean, green, digital: With BMW iFACTORY, the BMW Group is also setting standards and redefining the future of automotive production at the Regensburg location. For example, BMW Group Plant Regensburg is the automotive industry's first plant worldwide to use an end-to-end digitalised and automated process for inspection, processing and marking of painted vehicle surfaces in standard production that relies on robots controlled by AI (artificial intelligence). For the plant, this represents another step towards the digital, intelligently connected factory.
From installing the car seat properly, checking it fits your child, and even which direction your little one should be facing, there's so much to learn! So, the experts at Joie have created this video to explain to new parents everything you need to know about car seats.
Choosing the safest car seat doesn't have to be complicated! When you buy an ECE R129 certified car seat, you're investing in the newest and most secure safety standard to protect your child from head to toe and everywhere in between - find out more about car seat safety and regulations with advice from Joie.
We’ve teamed up with Joie to demystify the confusing terminology and find out what to look out for when you’re shopping for your next car seat. https://www.motherandbaby.co.uk/family-life/family-cars/car-seats/how-to-pick-the-right-car-seat
Summer is here, and it’s time for people to go on their long-awaited holidays. In a year that is still burdened by the COVID-19 pandemic, 39% of Europeans will be travelling by car this summer, with domestic tourism as the main trend, according to the European Travel Commission (ETC). The same organisation estimates that a large proportion of Europeans will enjoy beach vacations, with 14.6% planning to visit the countryside and 11.6% heading to cities for urban tourism. Whatever the destination, cars will play a fundamental role in mobility, to travel around both the major tourist destinations and the most impressive rural hideaways.
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