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Some 75 years since the adventurer and Le Mans winner Woolf Barnato raced and beat the famous Blue Train on its journey across France, Bentley Motors and its coach building division Mulliner are celebrating his achievement with a powerful, distinctive and luxurious grand tourer based on its flagship four-door saloon: the Arnage Blue Train Series. In specification, the Blue Train Series Arnage features the 450bhp version of Bentley's remarkable 6. ...

Audi will become the world's first car manufacturer to fight for overall victory with a diesel-engined sportscar in the famous Le Mans 24 Hours. The Audi R10 was unveiled in Paris on 13 December with the German prestige car maker aiming for its new “open-top” sportscar to continue in the wheeltracks of its ultra-successful predecessor. The all-new Audi R10 is powered by a totally new 5. 5-litre, 12-cylinder twin-turbo TDI ...

Unveiled at the 2005 Bologna Motor Show, C-AirPlay is a fresh interpretation of a supermini designed for an active and dynamic lifestyle. The original body architecture features a curvy exterior with no sharp breaks in the design lines, and an uncluttered cabin that places the emphasis on driving sensations. C-AirPlay brings the driver and passengers a new expression of driving pleasure based on physical and visual perceptions. A new form ...

Audi is about to unveil a vehicle that marks a superlative new development in the sport utility vehicle (SUV) segment. The Audi Q7 ingeniously combines sportiness and versatility, sophisticated technology and the luxury of a premium-class vehicle. On the road it excels with the driving performance and dynamism of a sports car; off-road it redefines the benchmark in its category. A vehicle that outwardly makes no secret of its qualities ...

The unique and artistically sculptured appearance of the Chrysler Akino concept vehicle and its one-box, compact size certainly turns heads. However, after the fifth person settles comfortably into the vehicle, one clearly gets the idea there is more to this concept than meets the eye. "Our job as designers is to push the boundaries of conventional thinking, said Trevor Creed, Senior Vice President - Design, Chrysler Group. "On this project ...

Full-Size Attitude in a Mid-Size SUV. What happens when you bring the Dodge brand's “Grab Life by the Horns” attitude to the mid-size SUV market? You get the Dodge Nitro concept. Making its international debut at the 2005 Frankfurt Motor Show, the Dodge Nitro is a mid-size SUV concept with a uniquely bold, powerful design statement that would ignite an automotive segment more typically characterized by bland styling. The Dodge ...

440-horsepower Supercharged Northstar V-8 Engine. Rear-Mounted Hydra-Matic Six-Speed Automatic Transmission. Handcrafted Leather-wrapped Interior. Adaptive Forward Lighting System. V-Series Design Cues Throughout. The 2006 Cadillac XLR-V - the newest addition to the luxury nameplate's growing family of high-performance V-Series vehicles - establishes a new benchmark for the ultra-luxury class of high-performance roadsters in power, performance and personal amenities. . Like its mainstream XLR sibling, the XLR-V combines distinctively bold styling with ...

At the IAA Motor Show, Bentley Motors reveals the production version of the new Azure. The luxurious four-seater Azure, which goes on sale in Spring 2006, is the latest in a portfolio of wonderfully desirable 'dropheads' stretching back many decades and reaffirms Bentley's reputation as creator of the world's most elegant convertibles. Bentley first hinted that a new Azure might be in the pipeline when it unveiled the glamorous Arnage ...

BMW 130i. Starting in autumn, the new top model in the BMW 1 Series, the 130i, is enlarging BMW's overall model range. And indeed, the new 3. 0-litre straight-six (195 kW/265 hp, 315 Nm/232 lb-ft) offers truly outstanding performance in the compact segment. The BMW 130i accelerates to 100 km/h in just 6. 2 seconds, with top speed limited electronically to 250 km/h or 155 mph. On the road, ...

Confirming production of the all-new Dodge Caliber, the Chrysler Group announced that the powertrain choices for the vehicle will be engineered to meet the demands of global customers. The Dodge Caliber will feature innovative engines and transmissions to deliver world-class performance, fuel economy and refinement. "We focused on customer benefits during the selection and development of the Dodge Caliber engines and transmissions, targeting the hottest issues in the C segment: ...

The latest example of cutting-edge styling from the Citroën design team, the C-SportLounge concept car is set to wow the crowds at this year's Frankfurt Motor Show (12-25 September). With its distinctive combination of powerful, sleek lines and 2+2 comfort and refinement, the C-SportLounge captures the true essence of a 21st century Grand Tourer. The C-SportLounge boasts an imposing front end, with a large air intake and elongated, clear-cut headlamps. ...

New dimensions in driving dynamics combined with innovative ideas and concepts - and, in addition, exciting lines and a level of equipment living up to even the highest luxury performance standards: The new Audi RS 4 combines the latest high-performance motoring qualities offered by quattro GmbH in a thoroughbred sports saloon with supreme everyday driving qualities in the premium segment. Indeed, the new RS 4 is the top-of-the-range model in ...

One of the stars of the recent Geneva International Motor Show, the Alfa 159 now makes its market debut. The founder of the new family that will replace the 156, and therefore the heir to a successful model (from 1997 to the present day over 680,000 units have been sold), this original saloon takes up the baton, to become the new benchmark in its segment. Born from Alfa's long, acknowledged ...

As probably the fastest front engined road car ever made the BRISTOL FIGHTER has already carved out a special niche in the Supercar world. The fact that it avoids the current fashion for being too wide, too heavy, and too complicated is a source of delight to owners. It is therefore with the greatest pleasure that we announce two new variants of the exclusive two seater that offer even greater ...

The latest, and most radical, evolution of Britain's supercar bashing two-seater has arrived. After waiting patiently since last October, Caterham will begin delivery of the much-heralded Seven CSR 260 road car to customers next month. The Cosworth powered range-topper will hit 60mph in just 3. 1 seconds, race on to a top speed of 155mph, and deliver more smiles per mile than anything else on the road. With mouth-watering performance, ...