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Suzuki SX4 Aerio price
Pricing for the special edition Suzuki SX4 Aerio sold in UK was announced. With only 500 units to be sold the Suzuki SX4 Aerio features a number extra features that will make it more appealing.
These include body painted front and rear spoilers as well as side skirts, rear privacy glass, a rear roof spoiler and the addition of a board cover in the luggage compartment.
APS Audi R8 V8
Engineers from APS VF have developed a new supercharger kit for the Audi R8 V8 version which enables the German sportscar to produce an additional 128 BHP.
This means that the APS Audi R8 V8 delivers 548 BHP and 437 lb-ft instead of 420 BHP and 317 lb-ft of torque. At this power level the APS Audi R8 V8 is even more powerful than the 5.2-litre V10 R8, and all this at a lower cost.
2011 BMW M5 spy video
The 2011 BMW M5 spy video reveals the upcoming performance version 5 Series during testing on the Nurburgring ‘Green Hell’ circuit.
The 2011 BMW M5 has been stripped of some of its camouflage, and in a couple of months the car will be officially unveiled at the Motor Show in Paris.
Video: BMW M3 GTS lapping Nurburgring
Two exemplars BMW M3 GTS were spotted lapping the Nurburgring recently, and it looks like we should expect official information regarding the track oriented M3 any day now.
The BMW M3 GTS is powered by a 4.4-litre V8 unit that develops 450 horsepower (331 kW) and the car has undergone a weight loss process that stripped 190 Kg of the scale, when compared to the regular M3 Coupe.
Mitsubishi ASX price
The Mitsubishi ASX price for UK was just announced, and customers that are interested in this new crossover that sales start on July 1st, 2010.
The 2010 Mitsubishi ASX comes with two engine choices, a 1.6-litre petrol that packs 115 BHP and 114 lb-ft of torque which is linked to a 5-speed manual gearbox or a 1.8-litre DiD turbodiesel that delivers 147 BHP and 221 lb-ft of torque mated to a 6-speed manual transmission.
Volkswagen Polo R
New details regarding the automakers plan’s of introducing the sportier version Volkswagen Polo R in 2012 have just surfaced.
Apparently the Volkswagen Polo R will be powered by a tweaked version of the company’s 1.6-litre engine that will produce 210 BHP and unlike the Golf R which is 4WD, the Polo R will only be front-wheel drive.
Video: 2010 Gumball 3000 Rally
This following video marks the start of this year’s 2010 Gumball 3000 Rally which kicked of in Pall Mall, London.
As with every edition of the Gumball 3000 Rally, 99 percent of the cars involved are really expensive, oriented towards performance or luxury, or both, but what is different this time is the route. The 2010 Gumball 3000 Rally will first stop in Amsterdam then Copenhagen, Stockholm, Montreal and Toronto will follow.
VW Berlin Taxi
A new announcement today from Volkswagen who is introducing the VW Berlin Taxi concept as part of the company’s plan of a greener future.
The VW Berlin Taxi which is the same as the VW Milano Taxi, is a zero emissions vehicle that has borrowed design cues from the VW Samba bus and as far as dimensions, the car is 1.60 metres tall, 3.73 metres long and 1.66 metres wide.
Video: MINI racecar crashes into crowd
This next footage was filmed at the Ipswich Raceway in Brisbane, Australia where a MINI race car crashes into a crowd of motorsport fans watching the 2010 Ipswich 300.
Debutant driver Kain Magro lost control of his car during the race and spinned out of control, jumping over a wire fence straight into a crowd of spectators.
VW Golf Blue E-Motion
The German automaker announced that their first all-electric Volkswagen Golf that will be launched in 2013 will be the VW Golf Blue E-Motion.
The VW Golf Blue E-Motion features an electric motor developing 115PS and 199 lb-ft of torque that is backed by two Li-Ion batteries with a capacity of 26.5 kWh.