Top and flop: the good and bad car news of week 17

Nice update for the Polestar 2 Standard Range Single Motor. The Polestar entry-level model gets a larger battery, a stronger electric motor and new colors and wheels. So you go faster, more stylishly, because the range of the cheapest Polestar 2 is now around 474 kilometers.

+ Top - Making a profit on a Porsche? Then you must have this 911 Sport Classic

Wealthy car enthusiasts love special editions: sports cars that are made in limited numbers and can be resold for a profit later on. Porsche understands this like no other and is now launching a second Heritage Design edition. This is the Porsche 911 Sport Classic.

+ Top - Wiesmann is finally back! With - of course - a fully electric sports car

Do you remember Wiesmann? The small German manufacturer built spectacular retro sports cars with BMW technology from the early 1990s. Sadly, the company went bankrupt in 2014, but now it's back, with an all-electric model, of course. The Wiesmann Project Thunderball is 680 horsepower.

- Flop - Number of electric cars in the Netherlands increased by 3470 percent. Major charging station shortage threatens

In 2015, there were only 7,000 electric cars in the Netherlands. At the time of writing, there are about 244,000, an increase of no less than 3470 percent. However, that huge popularity of EVs is starting to become a problem. The number of charging stations does not keep pace.

- Flop - These are the 'cheapest' convertibles on the Dutch market

Do you remember? Twenty years ago, every brand had a coupé-convertible in its price list. Those models weren't pretty, but they were affordable. For 20,000 euros you had a lot of choice. Now it stops for that money at the Fiat 500C. The rest all cost (much) more than 30 grand. Bah. Three times bah!

- Flop - That too! Second-hand car prices in the Netherlands have never been so high

A new car is not affordable for most Dutch people. That is why the second-hand market is also many times larger. But unfortunately, in this time of almost continuous price increases, second-hand cars are also not out of the woods. Because you now pay more than ever for an occasion.