New Zealand Autocar - 1-Feb-2010

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Bentley's Ferrari Hunter Supersports

BMW X6 M Monsters   

New Turbo (Porsche 911) vs GTR (Nissan) vs R8 V10 (Audi)

Driver Distraction while driving discussion  texting out of sight is now a bigger problem and  Shaun witnesses a driver in Melbourne Wanking..at the lights and believes stats regarding road safety provided by the LTSA "Dnt be a dic bhind da whel" qv - In the field by Shaun Summerfield

Rob tells funny story of  he been organiser for Site Traffic Nmanagement at local Car club Rally gathering and then a bunch of MPS turned up with all their support staff clearly a slow or boring week in Parliament that week "taking the Minister for a ride"   .LOL one of your best .pacenotes by Rob Scott

Sadness that Saab is in Liquation (although its now saved by Spkyer) the happy times at people of Saab at various car launches  -Moore to the Point by Dave Moore

"The Art of Travelling Gently" Paul discusses breaking economy record in NZ in a Mini Cooper Diesel with co driver Mark Whittaker and despite his reputation as bit of leadfoot he always being a lightfoot particularly when spending hard earned money  on buying fuel  to keep the Oil Barrons wealthy and gives condolences to Satire Columist Helen Bain who killed drowned in a river - Roadwatch by Paul Owen

Lexus IS250 4 door sedan  more cheaper base car launched at $69,990 2.5

Peugeot 207XT 5 door hatch 1.6 4Auto "Mid Strngth 207" qv

Peugeot 308CC 2.0HDI (Diesel)  "tree -lugging Pug" qv  

Bentley Continental Supersports GT coupe in Australia -6.0W12 Twin turbo generating 463kw and 800nm via 6Auto and AWD :Gentleman Racer" qv by Kyle Cassidy

BMW X6M coupe SUV 5 door 4.4V8 Twin Turbo Direct injection awd 6Auto  408kw! driven at Phillip Island race track (BMW invite)  Truck Tames Track" qv by Peter Louisson

BMw - discussion others  with their new'EfficentDynamics vehicles' (Hells Bells BMW seems to be getting a lot of plug in time..) discussion 118d  , 330d Coupe ; 330d Convertible "Driving BMW Future" qv by Peter Lourisson

Drivers who get caught texting while driving should have their phones crushed - Letter of the month

Driver gets award for slow for observation skills saying he just relised that Premium Octane 96 and now changed to 95 (duh ho...been around about 3-4 years you df) but does make a valid request and asks for why the changes - Ed replies with reasons

Renault lack of product launches and those launchs that are here a bit of embarrassment?

BMW upgrades power for the GS range

Ducati announces pricing for new model the 1200 model comes here from $27,990 NZ

Kawasaki ZX-6R  new big Piston Forks Larger pistons fitted in uts front dampers

Aprilia Mana 839cc liq cooled sohc 8v 57kw chain drive CVT 7 ratios  "Aprilia fues a scooter-esque drivechain with a conventional motorbike" ! qv by Peter Louisson

Suzuki GSX-R1000K9 race bike track tested at Hampton Downs  "The GSX FIles" qv by Paul Owen

Cars

There also seperate listing for bikes

Holden SS-V Sedan ; Sportwagon & Ute come SE form with Pontiavc G6 front treatment (Holden was left with a lot nose cones after Pontiac contract cancelled may be the real reason behind the fitting..)

Land Rover Brings back 110 and 130 cab chassis Defender  with their target market Forest ry and Agricuture  incines is 2.4TD 4 producing 360nm of Torque

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Alfa Romeo Giulietta platforn to be used by Chrysler for future Jeep products (not Fiat Ed..Although Fiat owns Alfa)

Audi e Tron (refer few months ago to TTS based Hybrid) could be a reality in the future

Bugati Type 22 Roadster 1925 recovered from Geneva Lake!

Buick Regal GS Sports sedan shown at Detroit Show based on re-engineered (hardly come on..) Vauxhall Insignia VXR (which Insignia was Opel Vectra replacement in Europe)

Cadillac CTS based coupe uses 6.2 V8 LSA V8 - good for 0-100km/hr in 4 seconds!

Chrysler will used Fiat 1,4 Turbocharged 4 in its line up

Ford Mustang Boss 302R tribute to Parnelli Jones 1970 Trans Am Championship win in original Boss 302

Gemella new Ferrari Enzo based car the MIG-U1

Honda CR-Z Hybrid Sport car ready to roll Ferrari loses talented designer who penned 458 Italia -has gone to Lotus

Honda produces a NSX for racing - revealing its new HSV-010 GT  to compete in 2010 Super GT Class in Japan is based on concept show car

Lexus GS-F rumor of more high performance car with the engine from the LF-A

Mercedes-Benz E cabrio replaces CLK

Mercedes-Benz G still in production  a new AMG G55 called ARTCG Street Line shown at Dubai Motor Show with Gemballa version of Porsche Cayenne called Gemballa Tornado 750 GTS

Noble sends a teaser photo of its new Fenix Supercar

Peugeot new SRi concept roadster concept debuts at Geneva 2010 - indicates Peugeot styling cues of the future

Porsche 911 GT3 R  designed to meet new regs fir FIA GT3  

Saab 9/3 and 9/5 rights sold to Beijing Automotive Industries in China - GM sells for 200 Million (But Whats Saab got to work with now..?)

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Kia Cerato Koup SX (coupe) 2.0 16v 5spm "Affable & Affordable" qv by Kyle Cassidy

KTM X-bow roadster made of carbon fibre 1984cc 4 direct injection turbo good for 177kw and 310nm  car tested is reg FEL600 cost not cheap here at $135,000 NZ only one here this car Number 586 "Carbon dating" qv by Peter Louisson

Land Rover Discovery 4 TDV6 HSE 3,0V^ TD 6Auto awd  Reg FDQ95 (you hard pressed to see the differences from outside of earlier version Series 3) driven on the open road as opposed to off road "THe Discovery Channelled" qv by Paul Owen

Nissan Maxima Spec R 4 door sedan 3.5V6  190kw and 330nm via CVT cost $54,895 NZ (is it improved and is it more then a handling package would you buy it over a Falcon XR6?) "Nismo Maxima kiwi style" qv

Volvo XC70 DS Wagon 2.4TD 5cyl 6Auto AWD on demand  "Swedish Satisfier" qv by Shaun Summerfield