The new Alfa Romeo Tonale crossover, a relative of the Jeep Compass, which is positioned by the Italian brand as a sports compact SUV smaller than the Stelvio, took part in the next “moose test” of the Spanish portal km77.com. The Moose Test is a test of maneuverability: as part of the races, the test car must dodge sharply, as if an animal jumped into the road, and then return to its lane without hitting the cones. The result is considered successful when the car copes with the task at a speed of 77 kilometers per hour. But Alfa Romeo Tonale was not so fast.

The front-wheel drive Tonale with a hybrid power plant based on the 1.3 MultiAir turbo four took part in the tests. It was a special edition of the Edizione Speciale, the difference of which is 20-inch wheels with Pirelli PZero 235/40 96V Performance tires.

Passing the "elk test" Alfa Romeo Tonale did not impress the experts. Complaints were caused by auxiliary electronic assistants, namely the stabilization system, which turned out to be almost useless. The crossover passed the test at a speed of 74 kilometers per hour, which is slower than the Honda Civic and Nissan Ariya, which passed the test at a speed of 77 kilometers per hour.

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It is worth noting that Alfa Romeo itself intends to compete with Lexus, and Tonale has become the first premium model that should challenge the Japanese brand. In the "welcome" special version of the Edizione Speciale, the crossover costs 39 thousand euros (2.6 million rubles at the current exchange rate), and is equipped with matrix headlights, a 12.3-inch digital instrument cluster and a sports steering wheel. In addition to the 131-horsepower setup, Tonale also has a more powerful 160-horsepower option.

And in the US specification for Tonale, an all-wheel drive modification with a 2.0 petrol turbo engine (260 hp) and a nine-band automatic is declared. The Italian crossover will enter the local market in 2023.

In Japan, the results of the national automobile award 2022/2023 of the year - Japan Car of the Year (JCOTY) have been summed up. The competition has been held since 1980, and the best of the best are selected by a jury, which includes Japanese journalists and market experts. Contenders for the victory meet two requirements: they all entered the Japanese market between November 1, 2021 and October 31, 2022, and their circulation is at least 500 copies. This season, the most points were awarded to two platform electric kei cars Mitsubishi and Nissan.

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The Nissan Sakura/Mitsubishi eK X EV won with 399 points each. Honda Civic e:HEV/Civic Type R (320 points) and Toyota Crown (236 points) came in second and third respectively. The top five were Mazda CX-60 e-Skyactiv D 3.3 (141 points) and Nissan X-Trail (84 points).

Suzuki Alto had the lowest score with 28 points, slightly better were Range Rover (30 points) and BMW iX (45 points). The Nissan Fairlady Z was awarded 72 points and the Renault Arkana 70 points. The South Korean electric crossover Hyundai Ioniq 5 was recognized as the best foreign car, its score was 75 points.

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Apple's electric car project is stalling again. The American IT giant has once again postponed the launch of its own electric car.

Apple first announced the development of its own electric car back in 2014, when the project was codenamed Titan. Initially, it was assumed that it would be a drone without the usual controls, but then this idea was abandoned. The launch date of the model was postponed several times, and now Bloomberg reports that the electric car will enter the market no earlier than 2026, that is, 12 years after the start of work on it. At the same time, they promise to reveal the exterior next year.

The latest news about Apple's electric car is dated this summer. Then it was reported that the IT giant hired one of the leading managers of Lamborghini, Luigi Taraborrelli. Taraborrelli had a hand in the creation of such models as Urus, Huracan and Aventador, and also managed to work on the "off-road" version of Huracan - Sterrato, which debuted at the end of November.

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In addition to Taraborrelli, Apple has previously attracted former engineers from Tesla, Ford, Rivian, Volvo, Mercedes-Benz, McLaren, Porsche and Aston Martin to the project to create an electric car.

There were also rumors about technology partners. According to unofficial data, Apple was in talks with Toyota, as well as with the South Korean SK Group and LG Electronics, but the situation with the appearance of the car after that has not cleared up.

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