Category: Automotive
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Jaguar XF Sportbrake – the first ever official Jaguar wagon
How alive are you? The Jaguar XF Sportbrake – the new and truly versatile derivative of the multi-award winning XF – made its global debut at the 2012 Geneva Motor Show. Also making their global debut are the XK and XKR Special Edition models. Entirely new from the B-pillars backwards, the XF Sportbrake represents a…
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Replicate Tata Motors’ success: Ducati eyed by India’s biggest motorcycle maker
Ducati Eyed by Hero MotoCorp as Indian Motorbike Maker Looks for Takeovers Ducati, maker of luxury bikes ridden by celebrities such as Brad Pitt, is among assets being examined by India’s biggest motorcycle maker Hero MotoCorp as the company looks for acquisitions to expand overseas. Ducati would add luxury products to a company that is…
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Mansory McLaren MP4-12C
Mansory upgraded the McLaren MP4-12C with a tuning package that included 3.8-litre twin turbo engine, high-performance exhaust system, a new engine-management system and a sports air filter. Mansory widened the dimension of the car by 60mm, replacing parts for the roof, the front and rear aprons, the mirror housings and the fenders. Mansory has also…
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Ferrari F12 Berlinetta – the most powerful Ferrari road car ever launched
Ferrari F12 Berlinetta – “fastest road car ever” The Italian car maker Ferrari unveiled the successor to the Ferrari 599. According to the company based in Maranello, Ferrari F12 Berlinetta has been designed to deliver “unsurpassed driving involvement whatever the road or track”. “The design of the F12 Berlinetta is… a perfect balance of uncompromising…
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Bertone Nuccio
Bertone will launch its latest car, the Nuccio at the 2012 Geneva motor show. The car has been built for an individual private buyer, and named after Italian automobile designer Giuseppe Bertone whose nickname was Nuccio. Bertone says the car’s surface language is representative of the brand’s future identity, whilst the low, angular silhouette is…
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Visionary thinking: Solar Impulse plane completed 72-hour simulated flight
The wingspan of an Airbus A340: 63.40 m; The weight of a family car: 1600 kg; The power of a scooter: four 10 HP engines. Visionary thinking… Solar Impulse plane is moving forward. Swiss pilot André Borschberg completed a 72-hour non-stop flight — but in a simulator for the new Solar Impulse aircraft planned for…