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Friday, February 6, 2009
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| Renault announces the new Clio Posted: 05 Feb 2009 02:39 PM PST  Today, the French carmaker has announced the new Renault Clio, which they hope will follow the success of its predecessor, the Clio III, which won the Car of the Year award three years ago, in 2006. The new Clio is heavily influenced by the new Megane, especially the front part (the headlamps and broad grille in the lower part of the new front bumper). Along with the new Clio, Renault will also introduce a GT version, which features a more aggressive frontal styling, a gloss black grille, extended side sills, twin exhaust tailpipes and lip spoiler, and will be available in an exclusive Malta Blue body color. Another new Clio feature will be Renault’s latest fully integrated GPS navigation, Carminat TomTom, which features a 5.8 inch color display, updateable navigation with traffic, safety camera locations and speed limit information. The new Renault Clio will make its world debut next month at the Geneva Motor Show and it’s scheduled to go on sale in the UK in May 2009. More photos after the jump. Photo Gallery: The new Renault Clio
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| The “perfectus” Mercedes McLaren SLR 722 by ASMA Design Posted: 05 Feb 2009 08:43 AM PST  In what must be the most non-modest press release ever, German company ASMA Design, specialized in Mercedes Benz tuning program, announced their latest product, the ‘Perfectus’ Mercedes McLaren SLR 722. The company managed to squeeze 50 hp more from the 5.4 liter V8, so the Perfectus delivers 700 hp (525 kW) and a max of 885 Nm of torque at 3,300 rpm. Powered by this engine, the car sprints from 0 to 100 km/h (62 mph) in 3.5 seconds, reaches a top speed of 348 km/h (216 mph) and ‘drinks’ 19.8 liters of petrol per 100 km (11.8 US mpg). No mention about how much this would cost, but we assume it ain’t pretty. And now here are a few quotes from the press release, which is, like we said before, really interesting (in not such a good way): “But, as these stunning pictures can only prove, Erturul ASMA has taken the McLaren to entirely new levels of automotive theatre. In fact, thanks to Perfectus, you can forget about the world of top-end tuning here on Earth, and now, and only now, think in terms of an awesome new age of carbon customization” or “Only Erturul ASMA can make and prove his claims of perfection, but he must also apologize… apologize to all the owners of standard SLRs everywhere, for there can be only one Perfectus.” Check out more photos of the car after the jump. Photo Gallery: Mercedes McLaren SLR 722 based ASMA Perfectus
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Sunday, February 1, 2009
According to AutoExpress, a lot of Tesla Roadster buyers are angry at the company’s decision to ask them to pay for a kit that initially came as standard. The kit includes extras like High Performance Charger or alloy wheels and US deposit holders are now required to pay an extra $7,000 (around £4,900). As far as we know, the decision is only available in the US, an UK spokesman saying that prices won’t rise in the Kingdom.
Source: AutoExpress
Mercedes Benz E Class Coupe spied in Spain, A couple of days ago we showed you a few leaked photos of the new E Class Coupe, Mercedes’ replacement for the current CLK and now we’ve got the first photos showing the car on the street. The vehicle was photographed in Mallorca, Spain during an internal event for employees, by the guys from Motorpasion and it has minimal camouflage; except for the headlights and tail lights, which are covered, the car is completely undisguised. So, what do you think, will Mercedes be able to compete with the other German luxury coupes, like the 3 Series Coupe or the Audi A5/S5? I think they can, because, like any other Mercedes model, they’ve decided to go for more stylish and less aggressive, which I think will appeal to a lot of customers.
For more photos of the car, check out the complete photo gallery on Motorpasion.
Source: Motorpasion
Biofuel powered Bentley to debut in Geneva, With a little more than a month left until the Geneva Motor Show starts, Bentley has announced today that one of their stand’s starts will be what they call their fastest and most powerful production car ever. Of course, that’s interesting, but not that interesting, you might say. But that’s not all. The car, named “Extreme Bentley” so far, will run on biofuel. That’s about all the details the British company has released, but considering the current most powerful Bentley is a 600 hp beast, we can only dream about what the Geneva car will be like. And about the biofuel part, the guys from Autoblog expect to see an ethanol adapted version of the twin-turbocharged W12 that powers the most powerful Bentley in production.
And for all our US readers who won’t probably make it to Switzerland to the Geneva Motor Show, don’t worry, the car will be on display at April’s New York Auto Show, so you too will be able to admire the beauty.
Source : Autoblog
