Unfortunately, it’s hard to check directly with the manufacturer since its site is blocked to us in New Zealand (and we’ve tried US and Dutch VPNs), but we know from the Iranian press that the Peugeot Pars is no more at IKCO, finally having been cancelled in spring 2024, and our listing has been updated.… Read More »Farewell to the Peugeot 405
Two very different Japanese model lines have been completed on Autocade. The first is the Suzuki MR Wagon (not to be confused with the Suzuki Wagon R), which, once upon a time and badged as the Maruti Suzuki Zen Estilo, replaced the original Zen. Despite the name, it never had a mid-mounted engine or rear-wheel… Read More »Z cars (plus one)
The Volkswagen Golf was important in 1974, but probably more significant was the dawn of Hyundai as an automotive force, something the Korean giant celebrates with pride 50 years on Originally published, with more images, in Autocade Yearbook 2024 Looking through that Motor show number, dated October 19, 1974, mentioned in the previous item, you… Read More »Hyundai’s genesis
Ford Falcon is the most-visited model line page on Autocade. No surprises: it was once the longest-running passenger-car nameplate that Ford had (1959–2016), covering production in North America, Australia and Argentina. Mustang has since surpassed that time span. We started adding Falcons to the main site early on. The BF was the current model in… Read More »Fifty-seven years of Ford Falcons
All the Suzuki Cervos are up on Autocade, after having only the first and fourth on there since 2017. We filled in the gaps yesterday. The first remains the most memorable—the Giugiaro styling is still referenced by modern Suzukis such as the Ignis (the three strakes in the C-pillar) and the previous Alto (the overall… Read More »Suzuki and Aston Martin nameplate pages added
All the Baojuns are now up on Autocade. Since SAIC, GM and Wuling (a venture abbreviated to SGMW) created the marque in 2010, things have been rocky, though it wasn’t always so. Initially this was the parts’ bin brand: budget-priced cars which served as bases for Wuling, Chevrolet and even MG cars outside China. They… Read More »The three lives of Baojun (so far)
With the addition of the Xiaolong and Xiaolong Max, we believe we have Haval’s (哈弗) current range now up. It’s a tricky bunch with export names differing from the home ones, and as it’s Autocade, the home ones are what get indexed. With this Chinese SUV brand’s rapid growth—a few years ago, the H6 Coupé… Read More »Haval’s current line-up on Autocade
With the addition of the unremarkable Roewe Clever microcar, we now have all the Roewes up—hopefully we’ve covered both past and present models of this brand, which owner SAIC once saw as the successor to Rover, had it managed to secure the Viking longship badge and the Rover trade mark. While well known outside China… Read More »Roewe’s all up
One of our regular visitors at the original Autocade reference got us thinking: now that that part of the site has no comment form, how can people give us feedback? The reasons for the form’s removal are here, and we haven’t found a replacement that we can easily install. So in the interests of hearing… Read More »Open forum: over to you
With Carlos Tavares gone from the CEO’s office at Stellantis, there’s talk about culling brands again. Who could be on the chopping block? There’s the newly revived Lancia, which had been on death row for some time under FCA. Only one of the new models announced last year has been released. But that would be… Read More »Stellantis might cull; who’s the target?
