The Tarok’s unique selling proposition is what amounts to an extra-large pass-through. The rear seats fold flat, along with the rear wall of the passenger compartment. “There are no plans to produce the vehicle for the U.S. market,” VW says.
The new Audi is conceived for maximum functionality in tight city driving environments, with compact dimensions and a cabin designed for excellent all-round visibility.
Once complete, the new car portfolio will be more segmented in price and size than presently, with the ATS at the lower end and the CTS, XTS and CT6 each occupying the higher end of the segment.
Ford Performance shifts its focus from engineering the 700-hp Shelby Mustang GT500 to bolting the award-winning, high-output Focus RS 4-cyl. into the base Mustang.
As well as offering conventional combustion engines, the GLB also is being developed as a battery-electric model due to join Mercedes-Benz’s new EQ electric-vehicle sub-brand badged as the EQB in 2021.
Set to make its public debut at the New York auto show in mid-April, the ’19-model-year GLC Coupe receives midlife tweaks like those of its GLC SUV sibling, which was displayed at the recent Geneva auto show.
A Pininfarina-designed concept car, along with a next-generation luxury electric Revero and an all-electric Karma Vision concept, will debut at Shanghai.
Last week's press preview days at the 89th annual Geneva International Motor Show gives way to the public expo, which runs through March 17. Some 700,000 people will come to see more than 150 newly unveiled vehicles from around the world.