2020 Auto News: The models that will make the News

The automotive news looks like a vintage at the end of the decade, starting with the renewal of the two stars of the French market, the Renault Clio and Peugeot 208. Other great classics will mark this new year, as the new Volkswagen Golf 8, or the latest installment of Porsche 911. Review, brand by brand, of all new cars 2019.

Alfa Romeo

While waiting for a rain of novelties in 2020, this year should be rather quiet for Clover, with the launch of the Alfa Romeo Castello, a large SUV 7 seats, close to 5 meters long, able to compete with the Mercedes GLE.

Audi

Program loaded, in appearances, for the Rings, which will focus especially on the declination of existing models. Apart from the Audi A3, presented in March in Geneva, no new model in its own right is expected. An Audi S1, about 250 hp, will develop the recent A1 range at the end of the year. A high-performance evolution that will also experience the Q2 range with an Audi SQ2 launched in the first half. In China, the urban SUV will focus on the services of a 100% electric e-tron block that we could benefit from in Europe. The new Audi Q3 will go under RS ​​label in the spring, with around 400 hp, when a new silhouette, based on the same model, will integrate the range: a coupe SUV answering the name of Audi Q4. the sedans A6 and A7 Sportback will also be declined in sports, throughout the year. Wiser, the Audi A4 will quickly receive a real facelift, after a very shy update last summer. Same story about the Audi Q7, which will be inspired by the look of the Q8, to modernize. The Audi R8, recently unveiled, muscle his game in coupe and cabriolet, mid-career. Finally, the electric SUV e-tron, just arrived in the catalog, will enjoy a Sportback silhouette before making the leap in 2020.

Aston Martin

It moves on the side of Woking, where we will welcome the first SUV of the brand, at the end of the year. The Aston Martin DBX, V12 608 hp, will attack the Lamborghini Urus. We are also expecting a supercar developing 1000hp for 1000 kg, named Aston Martin Valkyrie, alongside the Shooting-Brake definition of the Aston Martin Vanquish Zagato.

Bentley

Crewe is developing its range around its recent coupe. This will begin with the sale of the Bentley Continental GT Convertible this winter, which will precede the Bentley Flying Spur sedan, expected in the second half of the year.

BMW

The new generation of BMW 3 Series is just starting its career and will soon be joined by the bodywork break, from Geneva, in March. In the course of the year, both will be supported by the thundering BMW M3, which is expected to be around 470 hp. The Series 4 Coupé and Gran Coupé will follow at the end of the year. 2019 will also mark the moment of renewal for the BMW 1 Series, also in Geneva. Farewell 6 cylinders, propulsion and bodywork 3 doors for the compact which enters a little more in the row. It will now rest on the platform of the SUV BMW X1 which, for its part, will go through the facelift box. Always in the crossover range, the BMW X3 M and X4 M will speak powder with more than 450 hp, while the BMW iX3 will adopt a 100% electric block at the end of the year. Higher in the range, the BMW X5 will taste both rechargeable hybrid and Motorsport label. He will also know a derivative X6, as usual. But the real novelty, in the case of raised vehicles, will be the features of the BMW X7 in the spring. This mastodon 5.15 m long, capable of shipping 7 passengers, will focus on the US market. As for the Series 7 limousine, it will repaint its muzzle at the Detroit show in January. The highlight of the show will be provided by the new Series 8. After the launch of the coupe and cabriolet, it will be time for the M8 to enter the scene, just before the Gran Coupé variant, at 4 doors, at the end of the year.

Citroën

What do the Chevrons reserve for us on the occasion of their centenary? A priori not much, in terms of products. The Citroen C5 Aircross seems already too familiar to be considered a novelty, despite its commercial debut. It must be said that the compact SUV had already been revealed in 2017, in China. Just learned that he will taste the hybrid 225 hp end 2019. A program not really up to the festivities.

Corvette

The so-called Chevrolet over a long time we will return in the spring under an eighth generation in total rupture with the past. At the risk of offending his fans the first time, the Corvette C8 will switch to rear center position engine to balance the masses, to improve his lap times.

Cupra

Seat's high-performance label, recently emancipated, will soon be sporting the Cupra Ibiza grille, before a SUV Coupé potentially makes its appearance in the fourth quarter.