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  • Toyota iQ : Goodies for your favourity supermini

    The iQ is probably the most interesting and nice small city car you can find on the market. It boasts unique style and personality. However, the manufacturer now offers even greater individuality with the introduction of colourful body and roof decals and a choice of vibrant leather upholstery options.

    Customers can mix and match patterns and shades to suit their mood, and with a range of eight external paint colours, six leather combinations and six roof and body decals, there are hundreds of possible variations.

    The exterior can be upgraded with decals that extends from a classic monochrome Check to a psychedelic multicolour Swirl. The other choices are Box, Bloom, Pulse and Aqua. Each decal design can be specified separately for the car’s roof and sides. Side decals cost £200 and roof decals – £180.

    The interior offers six leather options match Nappa leather upholstery for all four seats with toning – or contrasting – stitching and fillet inserts around the shoulder area. The leathers are priced from £775.

    The combinations are:

    •    Black leather with platinum fillets and stitching
    •    Platinum leather with black fillets and stitching
    •    Red leather with platinum fillets and stitching
    •    Black leather with Electric Blue fillets and stitching, plus iQ logo on headrest
    •    Black leather with Burnt Orange fillets and stitching, plus iQ logo on headrest
    •    Black leather with red fillets and stitching, plus iQ logo on headrest

    Toyota iQ Customised - Clever Cars
    Toyota iQ Customised – Clever Cars
    Toyota iQ Customised - Clever Cars
    Toyota iQ Customised - Clever Cars
    Toyota iQ Customised - Clever Cars
    Toyota iQ Customised - Clever Cars
    Toyota iQ Customised - Clever Cars

    Source: Toyota

  • 2012 Opel Insignia

    Opel has announced the new 2012 Insignia coming with best-in-class new 1.4 turbo ecoFLEX engine, new 2.0 turbo petrol, Start/Stop system and added value.

    The exterior remains the same, but the vehicle gets a new “Luxor” metallic paint and new alloy wheels. Still, the interior boasts “Indian Night” Nappa leather seats, new infotainment systems – Navi 600 and Navi 900 Europa, an improved front camera system with Forward Collision Alert system.

    The interesting updates are the two new engines – 1.4 liter turbo ecoFLEX with 140 PS (103 kW) and 200Nm (147 lb-ft) of torque, which replaces the old 1.8 liter unit. The powerplant is mated to a 6-speed manual gearbox. It manages to achieve 5.7 litres per 100km and CO2 emissions of 134 g/km. The performance is satisfying – 0 to 100 km/h in 10.9 seconds and a top speed of 205 km/h (128 mph).

    The powerful 2.0 liter turbocharged petrol develops 250PS (185 kW) and 400Nm (295 lb-ft) of torque. It is mated to a 6-speed manual enabling the vehicle to accelerate to 100 km/h in just 7.5 seconds. The top speed is electronically limited to 250 km/h (155 mph). Average fuel consumption – 8.4 liters per 100 km and 197 g/km of CO2.

    The 220PS 2.0 turbo with FWD and 6-speed manual transmission will soon be available with the intelligent fuel-saving technology – including aerodynamic underbody paneling and rolling-resistance-optimized tires.

    2012 Opel Insignia Engine - Ecotec
    2012 Opel Insignia Engine – Ecotec

    Source: Opel

  • Mercedes-Benz C-class DR 520

    Mercedes-Benz UK now offers a new model of C-Class – DR 520 , which has more power, better performance and equipment than the originals. It is limited to just 20 units, which will be available and sold exclusively through the company’s Specialist Products division at Mercedes-Benz World at Brooklands, Surrey.

    The limited edition C-class DR520 is based on the high-performance C 63 AMG, but the powerful 6.2 liter naturally aspirated V8 engine now produce 520Hp and 650Nm (60hp and 50Nm more than the standard C63 AMG). (more…)