A sports car (sports car or sport car) is a small, usually two seat, two door automobile designed for spirited performance and nimble handling. Sports cars may be spartan or luxurious but high maneuverability and minimum weight are ...
A grand tourer (Italian: gran turismo) (GT) is a high-performance luxury automobile designed for long-distance driving. The most common format is a two-door coupé with either a two-seat or a 2+2 arrangement. The term derives from ...
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A coupé or coupe (from the French past participle coupé, of the infinitive couper, to cut) is a closed car body style (permanently attached fixed roof), the precise definition of which varies from manufacturer to manufacturer, ...
A Mercedes-Benz CLA Shooting Brake looks even more likely to expand the new A-Class family beyond the current three-car line-up, with the brand’s design chief all but guaranteeing its future addition. Mercedes-Benz head of design ...
a hard-hitting contender against better-known German rivals, yet the Lexus IS-F remains a leftfield choice for those in the market for a high-performance luxury four-door. It seems that a slew of luxury features, fiercely competitive ...
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The financially strapped Peugeot Citroen group (PSA) views its alliance with General Motors as a must if it’s to survive long term and become a global player. Speaking to the media at last week’s launch of the Peugeot 2008 SUV ...
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Mercedes-Benz is recalling 242 cars in Australia over a potential fault with the vehicles’ fuel filter that could result in fire. Affecting 240 Mercedes-Benz SLK-Class roadsters and two S-Class sedans built between April and July ...
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Volvo has no plans to build a luxury limousine to rival the likes of the BMW 7 Series and Mercedes-Benz S-Class, instead focusing its attention on smaller models that fit with its “green image”. Speaking with industry journal ...
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Audi Australia is forecasting 15,000 sales for 2013, a number it thought it wouldn't reach until 2015. Audi Australia's new managing director Andrew Doyle, who joined the local arm on March 1 from a position as Audi MD in Ireland, said ...
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Audi Australia is planning to introduce its first plug-in hybrid model, the Audi A3 e-tron, to the local market late next year. While currently "not confirmed 100 per cent yet", Audi Australia managing director Andrew Doyle said the ...
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The Maserati Ghibli has been unveiled at the 2013 Shanghai auto show, revealing details on what will be the brand's most affordable and first ever diesel-powered model. Sitting below its larger Quattroporte sibling, the Maserati Ghibli ...
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German automobile manufacturer Mercedes-Benz has unveiled ten models of Unimog along with two and three-axle variants of the low-entry Econic special-purpose vehicle. The new vehicles are powered by the new BlueEfficiency Power ...
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Sales of new cars in Europe slumped almost 10 per cent in the first quarter of 2013 as the economically depressed market spirals towards a 20-year low. Registrations across the 27-member European Union fell from 3.31 million to 2.99 ...
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Mercedes-Benz continues to explore bringing its prestige cachet down to smaller, more affordable vehicles with the GLA small SUV concept. Introduced at the Shanghai motor show, the GLA demonstrates how an SUV could be spun off the ...
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Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Madrid (MBFWM), the grand fashion forum organised by IFEMA, will stage its 58th edition from 13th to 17th September at Feria de Madrid. For five days, - from Friday to Tuesday - this event will bring together on ...
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