MINI Cargo Van Set For Geneva Debut
Reports from Germany suggest MINI’s all-new model for this year Geneva Motor Show is a commercial vehicle.
According to German magazine Auto Motor und Sport, this new MINI van will be called MINI Cargo, and it’s basically a Clubman with removable back seats and no back windows. The car will provide a rather small, but flat loading bay, suitable for businesses such as pizza delivery.
MINI and its parent company BMW must be seeing some potential market for such a vehicle. As far as we are aware, those who buy commercial vehicles usually want something big, practical and rather cheap. This Cargo doesn’t seem to be any of those things. But if you want a trendy car to move your small objects around in style, then it’s definitely the car for you.
MINI has not yet confirmed this report.
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Volvo: New Cars 2012
2012 will be a consolidation year for Volvo soon after a quite busy 2011 for the Chinese-owned Swedish automobile producer, but there is even now some essential activity.
V40
Car sort: Modest vehicle. Timing: 2013 for Australia
An all-new five-door hatch known as the V40 will be exposed at the 2012 Geneva motor show in March hat will sell along side Volvo’s C30 coupe.
Ferrari: New Cars 2012
The Prancing Horse brand measures into bold new territory in Australia in 2012 with the arrival of the 4-wheel drive Ferrari FF shooting brake in January. The subsequent highlight comes at March’s Geneva motor show, wherever the production version of the Ferrari 599 replacement will debut. Ferrari’s new flagship sports auto is set to arrive in Australia in 2013. The New Year also marks the 60th anniversary of the Ferrari in Australia, and the company is planning a series of occasions to help neighborhood fans to celebrate the milestone.
FERRARI FF
Car sort: Sports activities automobile. Timing: January
The first examples of the 612 Scaglietti replacement land in Australia in the early weeks of 2012. The 4-seat four-wheel drive FF is priced from $ 625,000, generating it $ 73,000 less than the superseded 612, but even now significantly much more costly than its key competitors, like the Aston Martin Rapide, Bentley Continental GT and the Porsche Panamera. The 485kW/683Nm 6.3-litre V12-powered Ferrari FF accelerates from -100km/h in 3.7 seconds and has a top speed of 335km/h. The shooting brake design implies there is 450 litres of luggage area in the boot, which expands to 800 litres with the rear seats folded forwards.
Best Design awarded Kia Rio in a 20th Century Fox new animation movie
The Kia Rio, which had its world premiere at the 2011 Geneva Motor Show, has been brought out in 3-door, 4-door and a 5-door version, the latter awarded “best design” by the Automotive Brand Contest. An entertaining animation (video below) from 20th Century Fox features the all-new Rio, a car with all the things necessary for an efficient car.
Team Kia believes design is more than just apparent elements. It is a subtle language which is spoken through a car, which you perceive with all your senses.The developers involved with Rio claim that they have not be entrapped by their concept of what a ‘compact car’ should be like. They contributed to a result of a new way of looking at what compact cars should provide to buyers, especially wide space and comfort.
The new Korean compact – which is based on the Hyundai i20 platform aspires to perform the good results of the previous generation (860,000 units sold worldwide in 6 years). The new Rio will have a global market. Europe will see, though, only three and five-door versions. The brand new Kia Rio is 70 mm longer than old version and offers a boot with 292 liters in the five-door and 390 liters in the sedan.
Engines of the 2012 Kia Rio.
BMW 6 Series Gran Coupe Revealed as Mercedes CLS Rival
The new 2013 BMW 6 Series Gran Coupe joins the latest luxury four-door coupe niche alongside the likes of the Mercedes-Benz CLS, Audi A7, and Porsche Panamera.
At 4.4 inches longer than the 6 series two-door coupe, the first four-door Gran Coupe available in the United States will be in 640i trim, utilizing BMW’s N55 3.0-liter turbocharged inline six and will produce 315 horsepower and 330 lb-ft of torque. A 650i Gran Coupe will be available next, providing a 4.4-liter twin-turbo V8, making 445-hp and 480 lb-ft of torque. The 650i Gran Coupe will be available in rear wheel drive and xDrive all wheel drive as well. Both the 640i and 650i will receive an 8-speed automatic transmission.
From the inside, the sporty, luxurious, and tech loaded interior of the 6 series Gran Coupe is certainly on par with its trendy competitors. While the photo gallery clearly displays a rear center console, a common design for four-passenger four-door coupes, the seat-belt placement suggests that the rear seating can provide room for three in a pinch, where the middle passenger must straddle the console.
As BMW will likely organize the debut of its new 3 Series at the upcoming 2012 Detroit Auto Show, the debut of the 2013 6 Series Gran Coupe will likely be slated for the 2012 Geneva Motor Show instead.
GALLERY: BMW 6 Series Gran Coupe
Lamborghini LP700-4 Aventador Roadster On Its Way
Car News, Geneva Auto Salon 2012, Lamborghini — By MR on December 10, 2011 at 11:39 pm — No Comments
The Lamborghini LP700-4 Aventador Roadster is ready for its debut at the Geneva Motor Show 2012 in March. The roofless sports car is the logical follow-up of the current LP700-4 coupe, which was released at this year’s Geneve Auto Salon.
Teamspeed reports that an insider saw some factory pics of the convertible Aventador, but he didn’t tell anything about the color of the car pictured, only that it is ready for production. His opinion was that car is simply stunning, even better then renderings we saw before.
The insider tried to find out about the actual roof construction, but the only answer he received was that the retractable roof solution is much better than one used on Murcielago Roadster.
Stay tuned for more in the upcomning months.
2013 Audi A3 winter spy shots
Audi has been spotted testing a prototype version of the upcoming 2013 Audi A3 hatch in freezing winter conditions in northern Sweden. The new model will be built on Volkswagen’s new MQB platform, also underpinning the next Volkswagen Golf.
The new A3 will showcase updated styling across all exterior panels. Despite the disorienting colour scheme, you can make out most of the contours and some of the front end details.
The 2013 Audi A3 will get fresh headlights, matching the company’s latest design theme with a line of LEDs along the top edge and a slightly scalloped bottom edge. The new A3 will also feature a larger mouth and grille fascia over the current model.
As for the powertrains, the 2013 Audi A3 range will consist of an all-turbocharged engine line-up including diesel to petrol variants and the new 1.4-litre TFSI four-cylinder unit with cylinder deactivation technology. More powerful S3 and RS 3 models also expected to join the line-up down the track.
The new model will reportedly be slightly longer in the wheelbase, offering increased cabin space, and will come in three-door hatch, five-door Sportback, convertible, and four-door sedan body styles.
Some reports suggest the 2013 Audi A3 will be unveiled at the 2012 Geneva Motor Show in March, although we believe it will debut in production form at the 2012 Paris Motor Show later in the year. It should go on sale in Australia in 2013.
