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On Monday, Audi unveiled the newest addition to its lineup, the A7 Sportback. The A7 is virtually identical to the Sportback concept that we saw at the 2009 Detroit Auto Show, and it comes to market with a choice of four different V6 engines, two each of the gasoline and diesel flavors. At the top of the lineup is the 300-horsepower 3.0-liter supercharged V6 found in the A6 sedan while a new 204-hp, 3.0-liter TDI diesel is expected to yield a combined 44.4 miles per gallon (U.S.) on the EU test cycle. Yes, please.

Front-wheel-drive A7s will be equipped with Audi’s Multitronic continuously variable transmission while the Quattro all-wheel-drive flavors get the seven-speed S-Tronic dual clutch gearbox. All A7s will be equipped with a thermal management system, automatic-start-stop and brake energy regeneration as standard equipment.

[Source: Audi]

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Filed under: Sedan, Europe, Marketing/Advertising, Videos, Volvo, Luxury

Some habits die hard. Swedish manufacturer Volvo has always been one for extensive research. The company’s reputation for safety is based largely on its understanding of the mechanics of a collision thanks to impossibly thorough field studies. So it should come as no surprise that when we all thought Volvo was putting down the clipboard in favor of a cocktail glass by throwing a slew of parties in some of the world’s most iconic cities, the carmaker was actually studying human behavior. Go figure. Why? The move was part of the quest to unearth the Naughty Capitol of Europe as part of the S60 marketing campaign.

Each of the company’s parties included a few clandestine experiments designed to test participants’ naughtiness, including seeing how many people would try to talk their way into a fake VIP room, hit on an actress who was pretending to be married or sprint through a well-manicured flower bed. Volvo held the same experiments in Berlin, London, Milan, Paris and Madrid. Not surprisingly, the City of Light took the crown by a wide, wide margin. Hit the jump for a look at a video of Swedish sins.

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The youngest woman ever to climb Everest is backing the British built Juke crossover. Selected by Nissan to take part in the new Juke launch due to her astonishing personal achievements and natural sense of adventure, 22 year old Bonita displays the qualities respected by Nissan and that typify the new Juke.

Exchanging the mountains for an urban location for the Nissan Juke photoshoot, Bonita Norris said: “I’m delighted to back the launch of Nissan Juke because I believe in backing anything British and anything that creates jobs and pride for this country has my support. Juke defies the stereotypes and breaks the mould, I can relate to that. I’m unconventional and I’ve got a spirit of adventure that drives me to do different things and this is what Juke represents.”

Before of its 24th September on-sale date, the Juke will be officially available in Nissan showrooms across the UK, and orders are already flooding in. More than 2,000 customers in the UK have already pre-ordered their Juke, while more than 15,000 orders have now been taken across Europe.

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Next year the Japanese company Mazda will launch a new crossover, which was named CX-5.
New SUV will be based on the Kazamai concept car and can boast a very original design, 3-door body, large wheels and a spacious interior.

It is expected that the compact Mazda CX-5 will acquire petrol engine with direct fuel injection, variational CPT-wheel-drive transmission.

The new crossover will compete with the BMW X1, Nissan Juke and Audi Q3.

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     Since the Chevrolet Tavera did not meet the new BS IV emission norms, it was pulled out from BS IV cities. Now Chevrolet has planned to source the engine from local manufacturer ICML. The engine sourced will be a sub 2 liter diesel with 100 bhp which does the duty in ICML Rhino MUV.

     Chevrolet Tavera was powered by a 2.5 liter diesel which did not meet the BS IV emission norms. Hence it had to be pulled out by major cities which caused drastic fall in the MUV sales.

Chevrolet will launch the ICML engine powered Tavera by the end of this year and hopes to boost sales in MUV segment.

Via Automobile Planet