Peugeot to Volvo: PART 2 of our rundown of latest fashions coming in 2024

As 2024 attracts nearer, This is Money has picked its 24 favorite new automobiles set to reach in UK showrooms over the course of the subsequent 12 months.

We’ve already featured the primary 12 fashions partly one in every of our A-to-Z preview of manufacturers, which coated new motors from Audi to Mini.

Now it is time for half two, the place we study a dozen contemporary automobiles because of be on sale in Britain from producers Peugeot by way of to Volvo.

Peugeot e-3008 

The second era Peugeot e-3008 electrical SUV will probably be among the many earliest of the brand new arrivals when it heads into UK showrooms across the starting of 2024. Prices will begin from £45,850.

While it’s a continuation of a comparatively profitable nameplate, the brand new e-3008 is Peugeot’s first constructed on a radical new Stellantis structure – a platform the corporate says will underpin as much as two million automobiles produced per 12 months.

Different variants will probably be accessible from launch, with the most affordable being a front-wheel-drive, single-motor possibility powered by a 73kWh battery providing a spread of 326 miles. The costliest will probably be a ‘Long Range’ model that has been claimed to cowl 435 miles on a single cost of its bigger, 98kWh battery.

Porsche Panamera 

Of the 24 automobiles making our listing, the brand new Porsche Panamera is the one most lately revealed, with the official unveiling coming on the finish of November.

It is the third-generation of the German sports activities automotive maker’s household mannequin – and in 2024 will get extra luxurious options, a great deal of tech and [unfortunately] an inflated price ticket. It additionally loses the choice of a Sport Turismo property variant, a lot to our disappointment.

Prices will begin at £79,500 for a V6 petrol-engined mannequin, whereas the range-topping V8 plug-in hybrid will include a whopping price ticket of £141,400. The full line-up of Panameras goes on sale within the UK early in 2024.

Range Rover Electric 

In December 2023, JLR introduced the opening of a ‘ready listing’ – the place prospects can join first pre-order availability in 2024 – for its first electrical Range Rover.

Bosses say it can ‘ship efficiency corresponding to a flagship Range Rover V8 [today’s version generates 523bhp] and the all-terrain functionality developed in-house by Land Rover consultants that has been a trademark since Range Rover’s inception in 1970’.

Product engineering boss Thomas Müller claims will probably be ‘the quietest and most refined Range Rover ever,’ including it can set the usual for its sector and can turn into a ‘true international luxurious product, as but unseen within the business’.

Details about its powertrain and worth stay underneath wraps for now, although gross sales are because of start within the subsequent 12 months. It is broadly anticipated to make use of a twin-motor setup and a big battery integrated into the present RR platform, with on-road testing already nicely underway. It ought to go on sale earlier than the tip of 2024 and value nicely over £100,000. 

Importantly, will probably be British constructed. It will probably be manufactured at JLR’s Solihull website. And, as soon as father or mother agency Tata’s new Somerset gigafactory comes on stream, it can additionally utilise domestically produced batteries.

Renault Scenic E-Tech 

Described by Renault as ‘a brand new type of household automobile’, the brand new Renault Scenic is ready to be one of many plushest – and greenest – electrical SUVs in the marketplace in terms of the UK in 2024.

The nameplate – which dates again to 1996 – will proceed as an eco-conscious mannequin. Up to 1 / 4 (24 per cent) of the Scenic E-Tech’s supplies are recycled, and 90 per cent of its mass – together with the battery – will be repurposed at a later date.

Two powertrain configurations can be found to prospects: a 125kW motor (170hp) powered by a 60kWh battery pack with a spread of 260 miles or extra, and a 160kW motor (200hp) with an 87kWh battery pack for an extended 379-mile vary. Prices have not been confirmed however we count on them to start out within the area of £40,000.

> Read our in-depth report on the brand new Renault Scenic E-Tech 

Skoda Kodiaq 

The second-generation Skoda Kodiaq is ready to reach in UK showrooms by the center of 2024 and guarantees a household SUV that is greater, brasher and stuffed with extra tech than its predecessor… although at a worth. 

The availability of engines will broaden to incorporate two petrols, a pair of diesels and – for the primary time – a plug-in hybrid, which provides an electric-only vary (given the battery is totally charged) of greater than 62 miles. Inside, the Kodiaq receives a extra upmarket inside with a 10-inch infotainment touchscreen as customary – although the corporate hit headlines earlier in 2023 when it was revealed that prospects will probably be charged additional to entry the sat-nav characteristic that is constructed into each instance. 

Prices are but to be confirmed, nevertheless it’s broadly anticipated to return with a slight premium on the first-gen mannequin, which presently begins from slightly below £35,000.

> Read about Skoda’s controversial determination to cost additional for sat-nav on all Kodiaq trims

Tesla Model 3 (facelift) 

Tesla’s facelifted Model 3 is because of be delivered to UK prospects from January 2024 and can include an extended vary on a single battery cost, the US model has confirmed.

A number of latest upgrades for the revised automotive embrace contemporary seems, a wiser inside and quieter cabin. But the large information is the development in vary taking it as much as 421 miles (within the Long Range model with 18-inch wheels) and making it one of many longest-distance EVs between expenses offered in Britain right this moment.

And one of the best information is that – regardless of the enhancements in efficiency – Tesla has slashed the worth by round £3,000, with the entry model ranging from slightly below £40,000.

> Get the complete particulars about what’s new as a part of the Tesla Model 3 facelift 

Toyota CH-R 

Following the success of the rakishly good-looking CH-R launched in 2017, first deliveries of the second-gen mannequin are due in January 2024, with the brand new model getting an much more angular re-style.

The new ‘Coupe High-Rider’ will probably be accessible as a standard and plug-in hybrid, although the latter will not arrive till later within the 12 months. The flashy compact crossover will get the Japanese marque’s newest infotainment tech, some much-needed inside area and a lift in practicality over the automotive it replaces.

Entry costs begin from £31,290 all the best way as much as £42,720 for the highest-grade hybrid. Pricing for the PHEV is but to be confirmed.

Toyota Land Cruiser

Have you been serious about shopping for the newest Land Rover Defender? If so, you may need to suppose once more…

That’s as a result of Toyota’s new Land Cruiser is due within the first half of 2024. Its retro styling matches, if not betters, the British off-roader’s daring seems, it can virtually definitely be extra reliable and – with an estimated begin worth within the area of £50,000 – will probably be inexpensive.

Toyota says the design language goes ‘again to its origins’, with clear influences from Land Cruisers of years passed by. Inside, patrons can have the selection of 5 or seven-seat configurations.

In the UK, the brand new Land Cruiser will initially be accessible with a 2.8-litre turbo diesel engine with a most energy output of 201bhp. It will probably be linked to a brand new eight-speed automated transmission and had a towing capability of three,500kg. A greener mild-hybrid powertrain – combining the identical diesel engine with 48-volt belt-integrated starter-generator – will probably be accessible in early 2025.

> Read our full report on the brand new Toyota Land Cruiser

Toyota Prius 

Yes, we all know the Prius is the third Toyota in our listing, however this can be a fairly important one for a serious cause. That’s as a result of the Japanese maker carried out an enormous U-turn on its determination to not promote its new fifth-generation Prius in Britain, the corporate confirmed to This is Money late in 2023.

The authentic poster automotive for greener motoring, the Prius had been on sale within the UK since 2000 and have become the automobile of alternative for eco-conscious A-list celebrities and movie stars – even Tom Hanks and Leonardo DiCaprio had one. In newer years it has turn into the go-to automotive of alternative for taxi and personal rent firm drivers, particularly Ubers in massive cities, because of its low working prices and rock-solid reliability.

However, when revealing the fifth-generation automotive in November 2022, Toyota mentioned the brand new model wouldn’t be made accessible to British prospects because of a scarcity of demand for non-SUV fashions. 

But that is all set to alter after bosses seen the latest surge in hybrid gross sales within the UK as many drivers are nonetheless unwilling to make the leap to a totally electrical automobile. The date of its arrival is but to be confirmed.

> Get the complete scoop on Toyota’s main U-turn on the fifth-gen Prius in Britain 

Vauxhall Corsa/Corsa Electric (facelift)

The Corsa is Britain’s best-selling small automotive and nonetheless among the many high three hottest motors in Britain in 2023. So, the actual fact Vauxhall has given the newest model a complete mid-cycle replace is massive information.

For 2024, the facelift has seen the Corsa vary simplified to only three trim ranges – entry-level Design, GS, and Ultimate – and a alternative of three petrol engines and two electrical motors.

It has additionally been made chrome-free, contains a new fully-digital cockpit and refreshed alloy wheel designs. The touchscreen infotainment display screen dimension has been upped to 10-inches, whereas the tech powering it has additionally been given a revamp.

> Read our first drive of the facelifted Corsa to see if the EV mannequin is definitely worth the premium 

Volkswagen Tiguan 

Ever for the reason that first Volkswagen Tiguan was launched in 2007, the family-sized SUV has been the German automotive large’s best-selling mannequin.

So, when a brand new model comes alongside, bosses need to make sure that they’ve all the fitting components for that success to proceed.

The third-generation Tiguan is because of hit showrooms in early 2024 and amongst its raft of modifications is a plug-in hybrid powertrain that supply thrice the common UK every day mileage in electric-only mode.

> Find out extra in regards to the all-new Tiguan 

Volvo EX30 

If there’s one model that is powering forward with its EV ambitions proper now, it is Volvo. It has already scrapped all diesel engines that had been on sale in Britain and has eliminated saloon and property fashions fashions from showrooms because it focusses on electrified EV SUVs.

And its newest – the EX30 – arrives in 2024 and can turn into its fastest-accelerating manufacturing automotive ever. Priced at launch from £33,795, it is usually the most affordable Volvo within the present vary – beating petrol fashions on price – with a fair cheaper base mannequin to comply with from round £31,000.

For these with deeper pockets and a necessity for pace, a significantly dearer prime quality model can hit 62mph in simply 3.6 seconds – giving it the power to outrun some supercars from a standing begin. The new mannequin is ready to be a serious participant for Volvo and anticipated to account for round 1 / 4 of its annual gross sales, that are round 650,000 a 12 months now however had been at 800,000 earlier than the Covid pandemic.

The zero-emission five-seat sports activities utility automobile prices not more than it could if it had been a petroleum mannequin – placing electrical mobility on a par with the interior combustion engine, Volvo claims.

> Read our first drive overview of the EX30