Manufacturer recalls for June 2019
Here are all the local and international automotive recalls for the month of June.
Here are all the local and international automotive recalls for the month of June.
There was a time when sports cars were low-slung and had two seats, while SUVs were slow, lumbering behemoths that were good at hauling loads and conquering rugged terrain, but not much else. However, boundaries have been blurred over the past decade and a half, and a sub-genre has emerged that morphs these two divergent vehicle types into a single entity.
There has been a lot of speculation, and negativity, on what the upcoming 2020 Land Rover Defender will look like, especially as there is no way the Defender can continue its classic looks in a modern safety-conscious world. With numerous spy shots hinting at something that looks like a previous-generation Land Rover LR4, the reincarnation of the legendary off-roader is largely expected to become the new boxy option to the blobby new Discovery. And the wait to see what the new Defender looks like is almost over, as a leaked image of the Defender surfaces, presumably from the instrument cluster of a pre-production prototype.
The 2020 Mercedes-Benz GLB is the latest addition to their crossover lineup. The GLB will be looking to capture market share by offering up to seven seats, which no one is currently offering in the luxury compact crossover segment.
A hybrid Ferrari is not new to the market, as they had the limited-edition LaFerrari hypercar. But this time, the stable of the prancing horse has made permanent room for a hybrid. Introducing the SF90 Stradale, the most powerful road-going Ferrari ever which also has proven to be faster than even the mighty LaFerrari.
Audi has revealed the new 2020 Audi A4 range, which includes the A4 sedan, the S4 sedan which now gets a TDI diesel, the A4 Avant, and the A4 All-Road.
BMW has been exceptionally proactive over the past decade in fattening up its model line-up with a dizzying array of coupe-wannabe SUVs, chop-top sedans, ‘Active Tourers’, M-tweaked road rockets and electrified vehicles. Yet, it’s taken until now for the Bavarian marque to dip its toes in the potentially lucrative luxo seven-seater SUV segment.
Supercars are always considered as cramped, unpractical machines that just do one thing – move like a bat out of hell. So McLaren has launched an even softer dedicated model than the “C” versions of their other supercars, dubbed the McLaren GT.
Hot on the heels of the updated A 35 sedan, Mercedes-AMG unveiled the CLA 35 sedan for the folks who seek a bit more flair in their pretend-luxury subcompact sedan. It gets the same mild firepower as the A 35, but packed in a slightly more stylish outfit.
News in April 2019 includes BMW who is preparing to recall the models that they have already recalled once before.