FAW-VW presents the 2010 MkII Jetta
Not long ago I told you that Volkswagen South Africa would cease production of the Golf MkI, renamed in this market as Citigolf. If you thought that from the time the offer of the German manufacturer in the world today was more or less, forget it. The Chinese subsidiary FAW-VW do not think its Jetta MkII disappear in the short term and even dare to update it.
Abt Sportsline R8 Spyder
What is even more intense than an R8 Coupe? Exactly, an Audi R8 Spyder, all pure ambient sounds heard with the highlight the great cry of the V10 right behind you. But what is even more intense than an R8 Spyder? Exactly, a Abt R8 Spyder.
It took Abt Sportsline probably not so much work to optimize the Audi R8 Spyder. The development work for this had indeed been conducted for the Coupe. But Best of all trouble in the Spyder so much more justice to. Hood down, foot on the brake pedal, ESP in sports, bowl in sports, first gear, full throttle, making speed, the foot brake … and the launch control you clatters towards the horizon in 3.8 seconds. Meanwhile you break the 200 km / h barrier at 320 km to the newly / h to give. What should a great experience!
V10 Audi R8 Spyder: debut in Italy at 157,500 euros
The skeleton in aluminum space frame weighs 216 pounds, 6 more than the coupe. Another 42 pounds are the ballast of the soft-top. The inserts in carbon there, certainly, and the FSI engine provides all its force. But the Audi R8 V10 Spyder must still carry around 1720 pounds. Too much for a sports car from the track, just, instead, for a coach from the seafront. The German manufacturer has announced prices of its mid-engine spider is available for the Italian market from the current month in versions with manual transmission and a six-speed R-Tronic. Respectively, the two R8 are offered 157,500 and 164,950 euros.
Geneva 2010: Porsche 918 Spyder Concept
I remember Jeremy Clarkson saying “being the designer of Porsche should be the most boring job in the world.” But the great British journalist was wrong. The Carrera GT showed us that can go from real gems sculptural, and the 918 Spyder Concept takes this claim even further.
And although you may not believe, this marvel of roadster is more beautiful live than in photography. Yesterday we gave you and all technical data, and only you will remember that this is a plug-in parallel hybrid that combines a powerful 500 hp V8 with three electric motors (two on an axis, each other) totaling 218 horses.
Audi R8 Spyder: 4.2 V8 engine in 2011
The Audi R8 Spyder will be available with 4.2-liter V8 engine 420 hp, most probably already next year. The car will cost approximately € 125.000, more than 30,000 euros less than the R8 Spyder V10 525-hp 5.2, which debuted recently on the market. With the addition of the engine “smaller”, the range of the R8 discovery will then be identical to that of the coupe.
Volkswagen Beetle: the new generation will use the platform of the Jetta
The design of the new Volkswagen Beetle will be ‘more muscular, but not so different from the present generation. This indiscretion, reported by Autocar after talks with an unnamed manager Volkswagen, is accompanied by a news closely linked: the second edition of the Beetle will be in fact based on the platform introduced by the new Jetta.
New Volkswagen Jetta: renderings based NCC
Volkswagen Concept NCC presented to the Detroit Motor Show anticipates some aesthetic solutions for future models of the House of Wolfsburg, including the new Jetta at the time known by the codename NCS or New Compact Sedan. The sixth generation Jetta should come directly from the New Compact Coupe, as we show renderings published. The size of the Concept shown at the NAIAS – 454 cm long, 187 cm wide, 141 cm high, 265 cm step – suggests that it is the basis for the new compact sedan.
Volkswagen Beetle: New rendering and more information of the second generation
Continued development of second generation of the Volkswagen Beetle that will be presented this year in November, as a concept car at the Salon in Los Angeles. The production version will debut at the Geneva Motor Show in 2011, and the year after arriving variant Cabriolet. The Beetle will continue to be assembled in the plant in Puebla, Mexico, where it will be produced also the new Jetta. The two cars will share the new platform, characterized by a large step that will provide more cabin space for Beetle.
New improvements for the Mitsubishi Eclipse Spyder
Maybe you can not directly call facelift, but Mitsubishi has decided to add a little ‘pepper to one of its models already in production, namely the spider version of Eclipse. The alternatives available, the more sporty GS and GT, are now available with some color changes, especially as regards the area of the fenders and two rear exhaust pipes.
Skoda Octavia: another 1.2-liter turbocharged engine
As you have already read the title, Skoda has officially announced that the new Octavia, by many considered the revised version of the Volkswagen Jetta, gets some new options in terms of mechanics. The most interesting piece will be the new 1.2-liter turbocharged four-cylinder engine with direct injection IST. This heart produces an output of 105 hp and can be equipped with a manual gearbox or six-speed gearbox or the DSG dual-clutch seven-speed (the latter also provided as an option on models with 1.6 liter TDI engine).
