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  • Mercedes-Benz GLA-Class surfaces

    Mercedes-Benz GLA-Class
    Following on from yesterday’s teaser video, here are the first images of the new Mercedes GLA-Class, which have wandered onto the internet as if by magic…

    Looking like a pumped-up A-Class (because that’s all it is…), it shares the same Modular Front-drive Architecture platform, the GLA features rugged fender flares and sill extensions, along with a larger roof spoiler and diffuser than its more conventional sibling.

    The model shown is the all-wheel-drive 155 kW (211 hp) GLA 250, which uses a 2.0-litre four-cylinder turbo engine mated to a 7-speed Dual Clutch Transmission.

    Due to be unveiled at this year’s Frankfurt Motor Show (September 10 to 22), pricing is rumoured to start at around £25,370 (€29,375).
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  • Mercedes-Benz GLA-Class previewed

    Mercedes-Benz GLA 250
    Mercedes-Benz has released this teaser featuring the forthcoming GLA-Class model ahead of its big reveal at this year’s Frankfurt Motor Show (September 10 to 22).

    Based on the stylish Concept that debuted in Shanghai earlier this year, the GLA shares the same MFA (Modular Front-drive Architecture) platform as the A-Class, but is slightly wider at 1.98 metres and stands 1.57 metres tall making it similar in size to its competitors the Audi Q3 and BMW’s X1.

    The model in the video is a GLA 250 with power coming from a 2.0-litre four-cylinder turbo engine, producing 155 kW (211 hp) and 350 Nm of torque, which is mated to a 7-speed Dual Clutch Transmission, but we can expect a flagship GLA 45 AMG variant using the 265 kW (360 hp) unit found in the A 45 AMG to follow later.
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  • BMW’s i8 takes to the track

    BMW i8
    Following on from the recently revealed details, BMW has released this i8 video recorded during a press event at the company’s test-track facility in Miramas in the south of France. The film also takes a closer look around the plug-in hybrid sports car.

    Utilizing a carbon-fibre-reinforced plastic passenger cell connected to an aluminum Drive module, the i8 uses a combination of a 170 kW (231 hp) turbocharged 1.5-litre three-cylinder unit in the rear along with a 96 kW (131 hp) electric motor driving the front wheels.

    Due to make its world debut at this year’s Frankfurt Motor Show (September 10 to 22) before production begins in 2014, rumours suggest that pricing will start at around €100,000.
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  • Audi A4 and S4 by Caractere Exclusive

    Caractere Exclusive Audi A4
    Werbomont styling specialist Caractere Exclusive has unveiled its latest program to suit the Audi A4 and S4.

    Constructed from high quality PU-RIM, the aero package consists of a replacement front bumper featuring large RS 6-inspired air intakes, sculpted side skirts, a boot lid spoiler and rear diffuser section which can be specified with or without the trapezoidal exhaust tips. The company’s CW1 alloy wheels are available in diameters ranging from 18 to 20-inches in a matte graphite or mirror polished silver finish.

    Finally, Caractere offers a complete stainless steel exhaust system and ECU software remaps across the model range, with the S4 enjoying a rise of 39 kW (52 hp) and 65 Nm.
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  • Porsche 911 gathering at the Silverstone Classic 2013

    Porsche 911 at the Silverstone Classic 2013
    Here’s the world record-breaking moment when 1,208 Porsche 911s recently took to the track at Silverstone.

    Organised by the second largest Porsche club in existence, Porsche Club Great Britain, the spectacle took place at the Silverstone Classic 2013 with models spanning the model’s fifty year history in attendance. Also present were legendary drivers such as Richard Attwood and Derek Bell, along with Mark Porsche, the son of Ferdinand Alexander Porsche who penned the original 911.
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  • Lamborghini Gallardo LP570-4 Squadra Corse tested

    Lamborghini Gallardo Squadra Corse
    Here’s sport auto’s latest video featuring the magazine’s test driver Christian Gebhardt hitting Hockenheim in Lamborghini’s new Gallardo Squadra Corse before switching to a Super Trofeo racecar.

    Powered by a 5.2-litre V10 which sends 419 kW (570 hp) and 540 Nm of torque to all four wheels via a 6-speed robotized sequential system, the 1340 kg Squadra Corse cracks 100 km/h in 3.4 seconds, 200 km/h in 10.4 seconds and a reaches a 320 km/h (199 mph) top speed.

    Interested parties will need to have at least $259,100 (€193,546) in their piggy banks – plus the $2,100 gas guzzler tax imposed on new cars that do not meet required fuel economy levels.
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