Friday, May 9, 2014

2014 Volkswagen Golf Edition Concept at the Beijing Motor Show

2014 Volkswagen Golf Edition Concept Front Angle View
At the 2014 Beijing Motor Show, Volkswagen is celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Golf by introducing the Golf Edition concept. Despite looking fairly ordinary, the concept features a bespoke Magic Morning exterior that has a "striking golden shimmer depending on the angle of vision." The car has also been equipped with matte chrome mirror caps, special badging and exclusive 19-inch alloy wheels. Ten important facts about the world premiere of the Golf Edition:

2014 Volkswagen Golf R 400 Concept at the Beijing Motor Show

2014 Volkswagen Golf R 400 Concept Front Angle View
Volkswagen is displaying the potential of its flagship Golf R hatchback at the Auto China show in Beijing, in the muscular form of the Golf R 400 concept. If the ‘400’ in the name doesn’t give the game away that this is a seriously powerful machine, then the body and bumper modifications and flared wheelarches should give more than a hint.

2014 Volkswagen Golf Sportwagen Concept at the New York Auto Show

2014 Volkswagen Golf Sportwagen Concept Front Angle View
At the 2014 New York Auto Show, Volkswagen is gearing up to introduce the Golf Sportwagen. The concept previews the all-new Golf SportWagen that goes on sale in early 2015. Based on the new MQB (modular transverse matrix) architecture, the Golf SportWagen will continue the trend introduced by the seventh generation Golf whereby it is lighter, bigger, roomier, more fuel efficient and more powerful than the outgoing SportWagen model.

2015 Fiat Ducato at the Balocco Test Centre

2015 Fiat Ducato Fron Angle View
On 12 May, at the 2014 Balocco Test Centre (Vercelli, Italy), the New Fiat Ducato will be presented to the international press, the latest evolution of a best seller which for the last 33 years - with its 5 generations - has been reaping international awards and commercial successes, as proven by the over 2.6 million vehicles sold worldwide from 1981 to date.

2015 Hennessey Cadillac Escalade

2015 Hennessey Cadillac Escalade Front Angle View
American tuner Hennessey Performance (HPE) has put in overtime developing a supercharger upgrade for its new 6.2-liter direct-injected V8 engine for the 2015 Cadillac Escalade. “Our HPE550 Supercharged Escalade is the perfect balance of attitude, performance and luxury. It’s fast and versatile, and proudly American,” said Hennessey CEO and partner Don Goldman.

Wednesday, May 7, 2014

2014 Maserati Quattroporte at the North American International Auto Show

2014 Maserati Quattroporte Front Angle View
The new Maserati Quattroporte was officially unveiled at the 2013 North American International Auto Show in Detroit today. The flagship of the Trident marque will be on sale in the UK at a price of £108,125 for the V8 version and £80,070 for the V6, with the first units being delivered during the Summer. Maserati stands at the edge of an unparalleled strategic step in industrial growth that will see the company’s presence in the world rise to 50,000 units a year by 2015. It is an increase inspired by a near century of vehicles which define style, elegance, quality and performance and driven by three new models entering key growth segments for Maserati.

2015 BMW M5 30 Jahre Limited Edition

2015 BMW M5 30 Jahre Edition Front Angle View
To mark the 30-year anniversary of the BMW M5 – the founder member of the high-performance business sedan segment – BMW has come up with an exclusive, special-edition version of the current, fifth-generation model boasting performance that sets it apart from its stablemates. The BMW M5 “30 Jahre M5” (30 years of the M5) will be produced in a limited run of 300 examples vehicles worldwide and all units will wear an Individual Frozen Dark Silver paint with dark chrome accents.