Unreliable used cars, powerful Peugeot 2008 and more. Auto news of the day
Experts have named the most unreliable cars on the secondary market in recent times, Peugeot began selling the 2008 compact crossover with the most powerful engine, and Australia put up cars from Mad Max for sale
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Unreliable cars on the secondary market. Anti-rating of experts
Together with the Union of Auto Experts and Appraisers, as well as the AutoExpert company, we have compiled a list of the most unreliable cars in various categories – from public sector employees to premium cars. The sample included models under the age of seven years with a mileage not exceeding 100 thousand kilometers. It is this distance that in most cases is declared as a guarantee limit. In the anti-rating of affordable cars worth up to 1 million rubles. hit Renault Sandero, Logan, Duster and other platform models with automatic transmission DP2, which often requires repair on a run of less than 100 thousand km. In the crossover class of the C segment, the most problematic were the Volkswagen Tiguan with the DSG box of the early series, as well as the Kia Sportage and Hyundai Tucson with 2.0 and 2.4 liter engines.
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As for the non-premium class D sedans, the most unreliable among them are the Ford Mondeo with the EcoBoost turbo engine, as well as the Hyundai Sonata and Kia Optima in versions with 2.0- and 2.4-liter units. In the segment of premium sedans, the British Jaguar XE and XF with both gasoline and diesel engines, as well as the BMW 5-Series with the N63 engine, which “could have died before the end of the warranty in several different ways,” can deliver the greatest problems to their owners. Finally, in the class of large seven-seat crossovers, the anti-rating included the Land Rover Discovery with a diesel engine and the BMW X7 in the M50i version.
Peugeot began Russian sales of the 2008 crossover with the most powerful engine
Recently, sales of the Peugeot 2008 compact crossover have begun in a modification with the most powerful engine in the line. We are talking about a 1.2-liter three-cylinder supercharged Puretech gasoline engine that develops 150 hp. and 240 Nm of torque. The unit works together with an 8-speed automatic transmission. Peugeot 2008 with such an engine is gaining a “hundred” in 8.7 seconds.
The equipment list of the novelty includes six airbags, adaptive cruise control, a vehicle retention system in the occupied lane, parking sensors, a rear-view camera, a Grip Control off-road driving mode selection system, a digital instrument panel, a traffic sign recognition system and blind spot monitoring. Plus, the crossover is equipped with diode headlights with automatic high beam switching to low beam, as well as a multimedia system with a 10-inch touch screen and a navigator. Prices for Peugeot 2008 with a 150-horsepower engine start at 2,229,000 conventional units.
‘Mad Max' cars to be auctioned off
In Australia, Lloyds Classic Car Auctions has put up for sale 13 cars from the 2015 sci-fi movie Mad Max: Fury Road. After filming the picture, the cars with all the sham weapons were stored at one of the auto junk parking lots in Australia. For example, among them there is a four-axle Doof Dragon truck with many speakers, as well as the Gigahorse SUV of the main antagonist of the Immortal Joe picture. Whether a special harpoon and a flamethrower is attached to it is not reported.
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Lloyds Classic Car Auctions only sells a full run of Mad Max cars – cars cannot be purchased individually. The cost of vehicles is not reported – the price will be discussed directly with the buyer. The auction house guarantees complete confidentiality, and also undertakes to deliver the entire batch of cars to anywhere in the world. You can also pay for cars with cryptocurrencies.
