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Zeekr thanks to the 007 really seems to be beginning to hit the big time sales wise. The brand hopes to add to that success with the mid-life upgrade of its first car the 001 which originally went on sale in 2021. Following on from yesterday’s article we bring you more details.- Advertisement - In terms of specifications the new version will address some of the shortcomings of the original. Perhaps most importantly the car will finally get 800V architecture which will help with recharging times. Geely’s Sustainable Experience Architecture (SEA) platform was designed by CEVT in Europe and from the start has been compatible with the technology but for some reason the 001, which was the first car to use the new platform, didn’t feature 800V electrical architecture. Another key omission...

February has been a quiet month in the Indian automotive scene. There have been no new launches or leaks in this month. Maruti is expected to break this silence by bringing in 2 new cars in the next couple of months. So, which two new car could Maruti launch? Let’s find out.  Attention Readers! Join us on Whatsapp Community for daily auto news updates. New Swift Maruti is testing the new-gen Swift in India, and its launch is expected by March or April 2024. From the spy shots, it is clear that the model coming to India is quite similar to the one unveiled in Japan. One noticeable change is that the Indian model misses the ADAS radar. The new Swift comes with a new grille, LED headlamps & foglamps and blacked-out alloy wheels. The interiors resemble other newer Maruti cars lik...

Red Bull’s unusual treatment of the radiator intake and sidepod undercut on its 2024 Formula 1 car initially looked like a second vertical rad inlet beneath the conventional horizontal one - but it was difficult to be certain based on the car launch images.This apparent new direction caused quite a stir, and many people started to call it a copy of a Mercedes' ‘zero’ sidepod concept, but it is far from that.Red Bull is one of F1’s most secretive teams, and is doing its best to hide what it can from prying eyes, but our eagle eyed photographers have still managed to capture a few more revealing shots.We often wonder why the bodywork has so many lumps and bumps on it - they are mainly to house all of this cooling and electronic gubbins.The components I have highlighted in red and yellow (abo...

In looking at trends of the 2024 cars, the theme is inevitably that of moving further towards the Red Bull design of the previous two years. The two teams who had previously been the furthest away from that general layout were Mercedes and Ferrari (albeit in quite different ways). So it is those two teams who have made the most fundamental changes. After being left even further behind Red Bull last season than had been the case the year before, there was a dawning realisation at both Mercedes and Ferrari that a fundamental re-evaluation was needed in the concept of their cars for ’24. Those cars, the Mercedes W15 and Ferrari SF-24, have now been revealed and are about to hit the track in Bahrain. We can see that in both cases, that re-evaluation has involved moving the major masses of the ...