On November 25, 2022, the jury of the international ‘Car of the Year 2023’ competition in Europe published a list of 7 finalists, five of which are fully electric, have an electrified version or are equipped with a hybrid system: Jeep Avenger, Nissan Ariya, Kia Niro, Volkswagen ID. Buzz, and Toyota bZ4X. And only tw...
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2021 was a banner year in terms of sales, with more than 286,701 cars sold, surpassing the record set in 2016. In 2021, 290.9 thousand new cars were officially sold. More than a third of them are hybrids (including plug-in ones), the share of electric vehicles was 10.5 thousand, which is 7.5 times more than in 2020...
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Knowledge of the past and its analysis help to look confidently into the future. Even though the Israeli automotive market ended 2022 with a 7.8% drop in new car shipments, the share of electric vehicles in total sales exceeded 10% for the first time. We hope that this positive trend will continue in 2023. Rememberin...
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A samurai has no goal, only path. This path for Akio Toyoda was his work for Toyota Motor. Since 2009, the grandson of the founder of the auto giant served as president of the world’s main automotive company and directly managed a huge industry. However, from April 1, 2023, Mr. Toyoda retires, becoming a chairma...
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The letters GH stand for Grand Highlander. This is Toyota’s new full-size SUV that debuted at the Chicago Auto Show in early February 2023. The Toyota Grand Highlander is a large SUV with a completely original body that shares the GA-K platform with the regular Toyota Highlander. In terms of size, the newcomer is eve...
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In October 2021, the American Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) changed the methodology for carrying out side crash tests: the mass of a movable barrier simulating a collision increased to 1.9 tons, and it now moves at a higher speed of 60 km/h instead of the previous 50 km/h. This is closer to th...
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The Toyota Corolla is a compact model produced by Toyota (Japan) since 1966. It has been at the top of the sales charts throughout its long life often without the slightest mercy for competitors. Recently, Toyota celebrated a milestone as its hit received further recognition in the form of a 50 millionth customer...
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In January 2023, the concept of Suzuki’s first electric vehicle called eVX was unveiled at the 2023 Auto Expo in Delhi (India). Why India? Well, Suzuki’s electric first-born is being produced there by the Maruti Suzuki joint venture. The novelty is made according to the formula: Toyota + Suzuki = eVX. The vehicl...
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Autoboom finally has a chance to test the global bestseller. How does it feel to drive an SUV regularly included in global rankings of the world’s most popular cars? Especially if you don’t like SUVs and are therefore immediately skeptical, looking for disadvantages. Yes, yes, it is excusable for an automotiv...
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We are very happy to share good news: the Israeli automotive market recovered in 2021. It grew quite rapidly, especially in the 2nd quarter. During the same period of COVID 2020, sales were too low, which can be compared to a pause in the trend of the past decade, when the market demonstrated an increase. The pea...
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