Brooks On OEM Product Trends

Sportage primed to give Kia global boost in 2023

After a record year in 2022, Kia has lifted its sales, revenue and profit ambitions for 2023. SUVs are crucial…

Why Toyota won’t be ditching piston engines for EVs

Akio Toyoda and his soon to be successor as CEO Koji Sato are at pains to point towards carbon emissions…

Aygo X – why this tiny new Toyota isn’t electric

Has Stellantis got it wrong when it comes to a strategy of going electric in the A segment? And for…

Genesis G70 and the case for ICE sedans

In a European car market increasingly replete with electrification, one diesel-powered D segment sedan provides novelty. That car, the Genesis…

Volkswagen Caddy – fore-tee years of bagging profits

Forty years ago, Volkswagen launched the Caddy as a small pick-up. Now, it's unrecognisable, having become a line of strong-margin…

Volkswagen planning next EVs as ID.3 turns three

It was a slow ramp-up but three years ago this month Volkswagen started manufacturing its first mass-production EV. Slightly smaller…

America’s best selling car of last 50 years replaced

It’s been the USA’s best selling car for the last five decades so a new generation of the Honda Accord…

Updated Kia XCeed sown, future SUVs set to bloom

It didn’t take long for the cross seed to germinate. Launched here three years ago, the Slovakian-made model now accounts…

2022 Paris motor show – world premieres list

Below is the latest official list of vehicles and concepts making a motor show global premiere at the Paris Mondial…

New Alfa Romeo Tonale – as good as a U11 BMW X1?

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles already seems like a company from a former era. However that name must be mentioned as part…