Wheelers Blog & News tagged "hatchback"

So we kind of saw this one coming since Hyundai has already teased a preview of this model through the RN30 concept revealed in the Paris motor show last September… Well, minus all the bodywork of course.   Hyundai aims to enter the hot hatch market this year with this model hoping to compete with the Ford Focus and the Volkswagen Golf. It is set to go on sale in Europe in the second half of March 2017 (which is any day now).   The new body and facelift are not too dramatic, this model...

So we’ve got to admit that Nissan is being extremely bipolar when it comes to the identity of the Micra. One day it’s a supermini bubbly hatchback for your daily commuting and the next it’s a legitimate stylish sharp hatchback!   We bet you wouldn’t be able to find any common points between the new and the old Micra even if you tried. The new model is a major transformation compared to the previous Indian imported vehicle; it is designed in Tokyo/ London and built by Renault...

Dubai, UAE. Daniel Schmidt, MINI Product Manager from the BMW Group headquarters in Munich, unveiled the latest instalment from MINI on the inaugural day of the Dubai International Motor Show, currently taking place at the Dubai World Trade Centre. Media and MINI aficionados gathered around the new MINI Clubman as Schmidt demonstrated the spaciousness and matured design of the vehicle, which perfectly embodies MINI’s new, more grown-up visual identity.   Commenting on his visit at the...

MINI is still accomplishing more and more success in the region as BMW Group Middle East has announced that MINI’s annual sales growth reached 13% in the first six months of 2015! The car has proved its popularity with MINI Hatch, the second best-selling of the group in all eight markets. After re-launching MINI under BMW Group in 2001, global sales have increased up to five times in the first year, and now the annual MINI sales are 12 times higher. MINI was the first brand in the history...