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  • Volkswagen cheer up!

    Volkswagen cheer up!
    Following on from the announcement of its cross up!, Volkswagen has revealed another version of its baby city car, with the cheer up!

    Externally the cheer up! wears anthracite 15-inch multi-spoke alloy wheels with colour-matched mirror casings, galvano gray side mouldings and chrome-trimmed front fog lamps. Inside the cabin, occupants get uniquely-patterned seats, the RCD 215 radio/MP3 compatible CD player and chrome surrounds on the air vents, radio bezel and instrument cluster.

    All engine/transmission configurations can be specified, including the 44 kW (60 hp) and 55 kW (75 hp) petrol units as well as the natural gas-powered 50 kW (67 hp) eco up!, with prices starting at €11,825. That represents a €895 discount compared to a equivalently equipped standard model.
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  • MEC Design Mercedes SLS AMG Roadster

    MEC Design Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Roadster
    Berlin tuning house MEC Design has released images of its SLS AMG program displayed here on this Roadster model.

    The aero package consists of a replacement front bumper with either a one or two-piece spoiler and optional LED daytime running lights, side skirts, a boot lid spoiler and rear bumper with a choice of Extreme, Formula or GT3 diffuser section. The spoilers and diffuser can be specified in clear-coated carbon fibre, if that’s your bag.

    MEC can also supply its coilover suspension set-up with hydraulic height adjustment, allowing a drop of up to 70 mm and a set of its mecxtreme3 alloys, which measure 10.5 × 20 and 11.5 x 21-inches and come wrapped in 275/30 ZR 20 and 295/25 ZR 21 tyres, while beneath the hood the changes include a carbon fibre air box and stainless steel exhaust system.

    Interior modifications rely on the presence of leather, Alcantara and carbon fibre, with the steering wheel, console, sill plates and seating all receiving a makeover.
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  • WRC Sweden: Ogier gives the Polo its maiden win

    WRC Rally Sweden 2013
    It’s taken just two rallies for Sébastien Ogier to give Volkswagen’s new Polo R WRC its maiden win, following this year’s round in Sweden.

    Building himself a half-minute lead on the opening day, Ogier felt the heat from the Citroën of fellow Frenchman Sébastien Loeb, but managed to maintain the gap throughout the event. Today’s first stage saw Ogier finish three seconds ahead of the pack and, with Loeb making a blunder on the following Finnskogen stage, Ogier increased the lead to 35.8 seconds, before completing the day with a clear 41s margin thanks to a win on the power stage. This victory, which marks Ogier as only the second non-Nordic driver in the history of the Rally Sweden to win the event, is his first since WRC France 2011 and it now sees him leading the championship.

    Mads Østberg, who had initially been trying to catch Loeb, took the third step of the podium in his Ford Fiesta RS WRC following a tussle with the second Polo R WRC of Jari-Matti Latvala, who finished just six seconds behind him.

    “The final day provided an exciting finale. Sébastien Loeb absolutely flew through the special stages. I really had to push myself to the limit in order to maintain my lead,” said an ecstatic Sébastien Ogier.
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  • Volkswagen cross up! revealed

    Volkswagen cross up!
    Volkswagen has announced that it will be débuting the new cross up! in Geneva next month (March 7-17).

    With a raised ride height, black wheel arch extensions and panelling along the flanks, the five-door cross up! portrays a bulkier, more rugged persona, and fits perfectly alongside the company’s CrossPolo, CrossGolf and CrossTouran. Other features include silver roof rails, mirror casings and bumpers sections, while the 16-inch five-double-spoke alloy wheels are also unique to this model.

    Moving inside, past the embossed sill plates, customers can choose between red or grey seats in a special trim, with the dashpad available in red, black or dark silver. The steering wheel and handbrake handle are covered in leather, while the air vents and speedometer wear chrome surrounds.

    Standard equipment consists of Electronic Stability Control (ESC), fog lamps, electric front windows and mirrors, remote control central locking, a tachometer and multifunction display.

    Propelled by the 55 kW (75 hp) three-cylinder petrol engine combined with a 5-speed manual gearbox, it is slated to go on sale this summer.
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  • 2013 Porsche Cayman driven

    2013 Porsche Cayman
    The latest video from Autocar magazine sees Steve Sutcliffe get behind the wheel of Porsche’s brilliant new Cayman S model, leading the British journalist to go as far as saying that he would actually have it over the current 911.

    Powering the S is that 3.4-litre flat-six engine developing 239 kW (325 hp) and 370 Nm; good for a 5.0 second sprint to 100 km/h (PDK 4.9 s) and a 283 km/h top speed. The optional Sport Chrono package shaves a further 0.2s from the 0-100 km/h time.
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  • RWB drifts into Canada

    RWB Porsche 993
    Following builds in countries as far afield as Bangkok and Russia, RAUH-Welt BEGRIFF founder Akira Nakai-San has touched down in Vancouver, Canada to create this wide-bodied Porsche 993 model for a customer, the country’s first.

    Supercar fan Industrialgavel captured the 911, as the RWB boss drifted around the corner, before returning to the workshop where it had been brought to life.
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