It"s a hat-trick for...
It"s a hat-trick for Land Rover ò€“ as the 4x4 maker has revised three of its biggest sellers!
The Korean-built four-door...
The Korean-built four-door aims to fill the gap left by the disappearance of the Ford Scorpio and Vauxhall Omega. It will take its power from a choice of 2.0-litre six-cylinder engines, with the petrol car delivering 140bhp and the diesel 150bhp. These will be mated to six-speed manual or automatic gearboxes.
Costing from around ?15,000, the front-wheel-drive Epica is similar in size to the new Ford Mondeo. It will rival non-premium big cars such as the Peugeot 607. “Our original forecast suggested there would not be enough sales to justify production of a right-hand-drive Epica,” a Chevrolet source told Auto Express. “But with its high specification and great value price tag, it will be able to fill a mainstream niche below German premium cars.” The Epica’s unusual compact petrol powerplant is the result of a development programme started by Dr Ulrich Bez – now boss of Aston Martin. Successor to the Leganza – which wore a Daewoo badge before the Chevrolet brand name was adopted in 2005 – the Epica is called Magnus in Korea.