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 The Skoda Fabia Monte Carlo Tech edition is limited to only 1,000 cars

This is the Skoda Fabia Monte Carlo Tech, a limited edition version of the Fabia Monte Carlo that adds sat-nav and Bluetooth – normally an £875 option – for no extra cost.

Limited to 1,000 cars in the UK, and on-sale now, there are two engine choices available, with 500 each of the 104bhp 1.2-litre TSI petrol model and 104bhp 1.6-litre TDI diesel being offered.

Prices for the Fabia Monte Carlo Tech start at £11,990 for the petrol model, and £12,960 for the diesel. Each car is available in a choice of two colour combinations – red with a contrasting black roof, or white with a black roof – and both come with five-speed manual gearboxes.

All Monte Carlo Tech models include piano black body trim on the exterior, black covers on the door mirrors, a black radiator grille, smoked headlights and 17-inch black alloys.

Inside, in addition to the Amundsen satellite navigation system, there are black sports seats, which feature bigger side bolsters, a black roof lining a leather-wrapped steering wheel with red stitching, and a leather-covered handbrake and gearstick gaiter. Silver door sill guards and metal pedals complete the look.

The original Skoda Fabia Monte Carlo was launched in January 2011 to celebrate 100 years of the Monte Carlo rally. The anniversary also tied in with Skoda’s 110th anniversary of competing in motor sport.

Skoda UK claims that the Fabia Monte Carlo model has been a success for the firm, with more than 4,000 sold since the car went on sale.

= Official pictures and details of the BMW Concept X4, ahead of its debut at the Shanghai Motor Show

We already know BMW is planning to plug the gaps in its standard line-up with the 2 Series and 4 Series. Now it’s turning its attention to its X models as it introduces the Concept X4 at the Shanghai Motor Show later this month.

This previews a production car set to be unveiled early next year – just as BMW introduced the 4 Series Coupe Concept at the start of this year, with the production model set for release at September’s Frankfurt Motor Show. Tone down the lights, wheels and bumpers, and the idea is you’re looking at a showroom-ready car.

There’s a clear design link between the 4 Series Coupe Concept and the X3, with both featuring a fresh LED headlamp pattern that flows straight into the grille. The shape of the lights is a little more angular than the curvy units fitted to the 4 Series.

In profile, the X4 has the same low-slung, high-riding silhouette as the X6. There’s a rising feature line running back from the front wing, joined by another which curves up around the rear wheelarches. The chunky wheelarches are almost squared off – a trick Jeep uses to make its cars look more muscular.

As with other BMW X models, matt black plastic cladding surrounds the wheelarches and runs along the side skirts.

From head-on, BMW has marked out the X4 as one of its coupés by making the outer air intakes a lot more pronounced than the central intake.

Move to the rear, and the car looks a bit like the new 3 Series GT. The bumper is a lot deeper, though, and features some rugged underbody protection and two large exhaust pipes.

BMW has altered the dimensions of the X3 to help create a more dynamic look for the X4. It’s exactly the same length, at 4,648mm, and has the same 2,810mm wheelbase, but it’s 53mm lower and 34mm wider. This gives a similarly planted look to the X6.

That extra width could be added to the track of the X4 – as it is in the X6 – which could help make it feel a little more stable through corners. Add the lower roofline and lower centre of gravity, and the X4 looks set to be one of the best-handling SUVs in the BMW line-up.

No pictures of the interior have been released yet, but BMW will probably keep the layout near-identical to the X3’s, as it has done with the X6, in an effort to minimise development costs. Due to the sloping roofline, there’ll be a little less headroom and a smaller boot – so while the X3 has a 550-litre load area, the X4 will probably have around 500 litres of space.

BMW hasn’t provided any details about engines or transmissions – only that the X4 will come with the xDrive four-wheel-drive system.

The car will probably share engines with the X3, as the X6 shares X5 engines. That means a 181bhp 2.0-litre diesel in the X4 20d, a 254bhp 3.0-litre straight-six in the X4 30d and a flagship using the same engine but producing 309bhp.

BMW does offer a rear-wheel-drive version of the X3, but hasn’t confirmed whether a 2WD X4 will be available.

The company will be hoping to continue the success story started by the X6, which has consistently sold well since it was introduced in 2008. For every two-and-a-half X5s that found homes globally last year, BMW sold one X6. Similar sales figures for the X4 are likely.

The car will be built alongside the X3, X5 and X6 at the Spartanburg plant in South Carolina, US. Prices are expected to start at around £30,000 when order books for the X4 open early next year.

A company "Speed ​​Art" for the new amendments to the package Porsche Cayenne deals gorgeous blue and granted by the fantastic form and a larger force makes impressed.

The new amendments included an object mathematically a new hood, front spoiler, rear and Saddam by Daviuser, along with rear wing.
The company added some spare parts, including sports suspension system is adjustable, and a new dual exhaust system director highlights from the middle of the rear of the car, along with a LSC-FORGED wheels 21-inch size is surrounded by high-performance tires.
If the previous amendments are inadequate to the owner of the car "Porsche Cayenne", the "Speed ​​Art" displays many of the amendments to the cabin, where they can get new skin along Costume Exchanges new and steering wheel covers for floor and carbon fiber gives the cabin a form wonderful.
With regard to the performance of the car company has issued 3 stages of amendments to improve the car's performance to become the engine power 345 hp after the first stage, and 360 in the second phase, and 400 hp in the third phase, to suit all tastes speed lovers.

Usually graduated we "Bugatti" designs exciting and attractive copy issued by the cars on a regular basis, unlike the methods used in the development of forms of cars that rely on another design copies were issued, the one designers excelled new version of the car as the "Bugatti Gangloff" adapted from the first versionfor Bugatti cars in the thirties Gangloff S57.

The new design makes the car a mix between classic and innovation, you will see in front of your eyes the first version of "Bugatti" has been turned into a piece of candy distinctive among other cars, because of the fine details in the curves and the emergence of the car, and you earn this formal excellence.

 The awards everyone wants to win are back as we name the finest models in 18 categories and crown our Car of the Year for 2012

It's been a fantastic year for new cars, and we're celebrating the very best on sale in our prestigious annual New Car Awards.

Today’s models are better to drive, more efficient and greater value than ever, and our awards highlight the top buys in 18 key categories, from city cars to luxury cars.

We also hand out seven special prizes including, for the first time, a Safety Award. And of course, we name our 2012 Car of the Year.

Read on as we honour the cream of the industry over the past 12 months...

Skoda Octavia spied - pictures

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Skoda Octavia rear cornering

 

 

It’s being hailed as the ultimate, most advanced road car Ferrari has ever made. Aiming to leave exotic rivals including the Lamborghini Reventón and Bugatti Veyron trailing, the ferocious flagship will break from the norm in more ways than one. And our stunning illustrations show how such a model could look.

It will be not only quicker and more focused than the Enzo, but smaller, lighter and more fuel efficient, too. In addition, the latest rumours suggest a twin-turbo V8 will provide the power. It will be the first use of turbos in a production Ferrari since the 1987 F40, making this the spiritual successor to that definitive hypercar.

Internally codenamed the F70, the newcomer will use knowledge gathered from the FXX scheme. This invited customers to buy a pumped-up and stripped-out version of the Enzo for £1.5million, but allowed them to drive their purchases only on approved track days. Afterwards, they briefed Ferrari on possible improvements.

The philosophy behind this new downsized and lightweight hypercar is derived from 2007’s Millechilli concept. Although little more than a fibreglass model, it demonstrated Ferrari’s aim to increase the performance of future models by shedding weight, not by hiking power. Millechilli means 1,000kg in Italian. It’s an ambitious target for the F70’s kerbweight – a full 365kg less than the Enzo – but Ferrari is ready to apply every weight-saving measure possible.

Rival McLaren is leading the way in lightweight construction, with an F1-style carbon fibre tub forming the basis of its MP4-12C supercar, so Ferrari wants to regain the initiative in this area. An overhauled and shrunken tub, carbon fibre body panels – plus carbon-ceramic brakes and a no-frills cabin – should keep weight to a minimum. Ferrari already heads efforts to reduce CO2, having slashed output by 10 per cent in 2009. It promises further cuts from its current 387g/km average by 2012.

But reducing body mass alone won’t be enough to achieve this. To slash CO2 significantly, the engine also needs an advanced design. The Enzo’s V12 will make way for a new direct-injection twin-turbo V8 – the same layout as in the legendary F40. Output is likely to be on a par with the Enzo’s 660bhp, but that lower weight should put performance on another level. Expect a three-second 0-60mph time and top speed in excess of 230mph.

A twin-turbo V6 is also under consideration, to replace the 458 Italia and California’s V8s. Yet before either unit is signed off, engineers are keen to eliminate turbo lag. The F40 was famous for the delay between throttle inputs and the arrival of a savage wave of torque. But Ferrari claims it won’t resort to turbos again until it’s perfected the technology to give the instant response for which its naturally aspirated cars are renowned.

One option is electric or hybrid chargers. These use a small electric motor to spool the turbos up to operating speeds much faster than in a normal set-up, where exhaust gas has to be recirculated. The result is a virtual elimination of turbo lag and a linear power delivery that will be familiar to owners of current Ferraris.

Just like the Enzo, the F70 will be strictly limited to a production run of 399 examples, adhering to Ferrari’s philosophy of always building one less car than you think you can sell. But not just anyone will be able to put their name on the waiting list. Buyers will need to be personally invited by Ferrari to stump up the expected million (£600,000) asking price when the car goes on sale in 2012.