Audi is launching a fascinating new model series for its entry into a highly emotionally charged segment of the market: the A5 successfully unites the acclaimed Audi design language and thrilling dynamic driving performance, and combines generous refinement with the brand’s characteristic quality and sophistication. Its progressive design gives the new coupй an appearance that [...]
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Audi is launching a fascinating new model series for its entry into a highly emotionally charged segment of the market: the A5 successfully unites the acclaimed Audi design language and thrilling dynamic driving performance, and combines generous refinement with the brand’s characteristic quality and sophistication. Its progressive design gives the new coupй an appearance that [...]
Posted on February 24th, 2007 by livgon
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Spy photographers have snapped the first photos of Ford's new C1 platform crossover, which will get a sporty look similar to the Mazda CX-7. The so-called lifestyle SUV is believed to be based on the Iosis X Concept.
The Iosis-X was first seen at the Paris Motor Show last fall, and Ford'’s European President John Fleming [...]
Posted on February 24th, 2007 by livgon
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Whether you need to give a flat battery a helping hand to start your engine, or are simply using 12-volt kit away from the car, the all-new Pro Starter 2 is the answer.
To fire up a vehicle with a dead battery, plug the Starter 2 into the cigar lighter socket and turn the ignition. For [...]
Posted on February 24th, 2007 by livgon
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A new poll carried out by Barclaycard shows that the proportion of British motorists driving to work every day has fallen from 92 per cent of respondents in 2004 to 75 per cent in 2006. Commuting by train is now five times as popular as it was two years ago.
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The latest figures reveal that they fetched higher prices at auction last year than in 2005.
The average value of a typical three-year-old 60,000-mile fleet car last year was ВЈ6,575, yet in 2005 that figure was only ВЈ6,222. A BCA spokesman explained. “Ex-fleet and lease cars are generally one-owner vehicles, popular makes and models, well specified, [...]
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The curtain raiser for 2007’s NASCAR season – Sunday’s Daytona 500 – welcomed two significant new faces: ex-F1 star Juan Pablo Montoya and, far more controversially, Toyota.
Much heralded rookie Montoya contested a handful of warm-up races last year, but his new career kicked off for real at Daytona’s Super Bowl.
The Colombian had announced his arrival [...]
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 The experts hope the software can be simply uploaded on to the car’s engine management computer chip to switch the alternator on and offThe claim is being made from engine experts working with Ford.
They’ve devised a new system which detects when charging the alternator is a waste of the engine’s energy. It stops the process, [...]
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Celebrating fast cars and rock and roll, Ford is turning up the volume at the Cleveland Auto Show by showcasing its hot new product lineup and revving up for GuitarMania®. The company is donating the first Limited Edition Ford Shelby GT Standard Stratocaster® guitar in support of this annual charity event to benefit the Greater [...]
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