IAA Mobility Munich 2025: Renault: new Clio VI
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IAA Mobility Munich 2025: Renault: new Clio VI
- Renault will present the sixth generation of the Clio at the Munich Motor Show. The brand's best-selling model for several decades will adopt a new design, inspired by the recent Captur and Symbioz models.
- The new Clio will be based on the CMF-B platform but will abandon conventional petrol engines to focus on E-Tech hybrid versions (FHEV) to meet new European standards.
- It should also be the last Renault Clio to adopt hybrid petrol engines, since the end of its career is scheduled for 2032 or 2033 at the latest. At that time, the 2035 deadline – which should ban the sale in Europe of cars with petrol or diesel combustion engines, even hybrid ones – will be very close.
- The new Renault Clio will therefore not be offered in a battery electric version, and we will have to wait for the next generation to see a battery electric Clio appear.
- Inovev expects 300,000 units per year of the new Clio, taking into account strong competition from the Captur and Symbioz SUVs, as well as competition from battery electric B-segment cars which will tend to progress over the next ten years.
IAA Mobility Munich 2025: Porsche: new battery electric Cayenne
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IAA Mobility Munich 2025: Porsche: new battery electric Cayenne
- The future Porsche Cayenne (E segment), expected in 2026, will be marketed for the first time in a battery electric version, two years after the launch of the Macan EV (D segment). It will be based on the PPE (Premium Platform Electric) platform, shared with the Macan EV and the Audi Q6 e- tron , but will have a completely new body inspired by that of the Macan (D segment) which allows us to say that this model will replace the current Cayenne whose origins date back to 2017 (2019 for the coupe).
- Unlike the Macan, the future Cayenne will be available in a thermal version (3.0-liter turbo V6 and 4.0-liter turbo V8) and a plug-in hybrid (PHEV) in addition to its battery electric version planned for 2026. Porsche has chosen a strategy of coexistence of engines until at least 2030. Coexistence with thermal and hybrid versions should continue until 2030, from which date the battery electric version will be the only one to be marketed.
- Regarding the battery electric version, it will use 800 V architecture for ultra-fast charging, and its power will allow a range of more than 700 km WLTP for the high-end versions.
- The official launch is planned for 2026, with production planned for Bratislava, Slovakia.
IAA Mobility Munich 2025: Cupra : Raval model (will be a sporty derivative of the battery electric VW ID2)
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IAA Mobility Munich 2025: Cupra : Raval model (will be a sporty derivative of the battery electric VW ID2)
- The Cupra Raval will be a compact sedan (B segment) with a sporty and battery electric design. It will be based on the Volkswagen Group's MEB Entry platform, shared with the VW ID2 (which will be officially presented at the 2025 Munich Motor Show and marketed in 2026), VW ID2 X and Skoda Epiq. The production version will be unveiled at the 2025 Munich Motor Show.
- Its production will be carried out at the Martorell site in Spain, alongside the Cupra Formentor.
- Its engine, with a maximum power of 226 hp in the sports version, will allow a range of up to 440 km for the most powerful version. Two batteries are planned, the first of 38 kWh (LFP) for the entry-level versions, the second of 56 kWh (NMC) for the high-end versions.
- The car's design is inspired by the Urban Rebel concept, with a compact silhouette (around 4 m), sharp lines and a triangular light signature, in short a rather aggressive style.
- Estimated price: around 25,000 euros, which would make it one of the most affordable sporty electric city cars on the market (an Alpine A290 costs 38,700 euros). The model is eligible to the ecological bonus in France, thanks to its European production.
- Inovev expects production of 57,000 units of the Cupra Raval in 2030.
IAA Mobility Munich 2025: Mercedes: a successor to the battery electric EQC SUV
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IAA Mobility Munich 2025: Mercedes: a successor to the battery electric EQC SUV
- The future battery electric Mercedes GLC (D segment) expected for spring 2026, will be neither a simple clone of the current thermal GLC nor a reissue of the old EQC discontinued in 2023. It will be a completely redesigned model, even if the general design will remain close to the thermal GLC (length of 4.80 m), but with more fluid lines and better aerodynamics (Cx of 0.24 against 0.29). It will retain generous habitability, thanks to a wheelbase extended by 10 cm and a similar rear trunk. The interior could be inspired by the thermal GLC or the new CLA.
- Unlike the EQC, which relied on a specific thermal base, the new electric GLC will be designed from the ground up for electric power, on the dedicated MB.EA platform. It will incorporate an 800V architecture, allowing for ultra-fast charging. The announced range reaches 650 km, much higher than that of the EQC (less than 400 km). It will offer advanced technologies such as a two-speed gearbox and rear-wheel steering.
- In short, the future electric GLC will replace the EQC in the Mercedes range, but it won't be a simple successor. It will present itself as an entirely new model, combining the style and comfort of the thermal GLC with electric technology that will correct the negative points of the old EQC and compete with the best electric SUVs on the market.
- The future electric GLC is expected to be produced at the Bremen site in Germany.
IAA Mobility Munich 2025: BMW: first models of the Neue Klasse
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IAA Mobility Munich 2025: BMW: first models of the Neue Klasse
- The BMW assembly plant in Debrecen, Hungary, will finally start production at the end of 2025, producing a new generation of the BMW iX3, a fully electric D-segment SUV.
- Lets remind that the current electric iX3 has been produced in China since 2020 in a factory of its historical partner Brilliance, recently renamed Shineray. It is sold worldwide and could continue to be produced and sold in China after the launch at the end of 2025 of the new generation of the iX3 produced in Europe. (Note that the current battery electric iX3 is derived from the X3 model produced since 2010 in the USA (and still currently).
- The new version of the iX3 will differ from the fourth generation of the BMW X3 (G45) produced in the USA and launched in Europe in June 2025 because it will adopt a new platform dedicated to the carmaker's battery electric vehicles and a new style inspired by the "Neue Klasse" unveiled last year and seen again at the 2025 Paris Motor Show last October.
- The name "Neue Klasse" refers to the first BMW 1500 designed by designer Michelotti and presented in 1961 at the Frankfurt Motor Show, which marked a new beginning for the Munich brand after difficult years.
- The success of the future iX3 will depend primarily on the success of electric SUVs in Europe in the second half of the 2020s. The current generation, produced in China at 45,000 units in 2021, 64,000 in 2022, 71,000 in 2023, and 50,000 in 2025, was mainly sold in China. The future iX3 will therefore have to expand its scope to Europe.
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