SuperCar Today: Porsche 911 Turbo S 2010 Ultimate Review

Posted on May 12, 2010 
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Porsche911TurboSreview_carzpage1It’s a numbers game with the new Porsche 911 Turbo S. For an additional £ 17,309 (or £ 17,324 in choosing for the convertible) you get an extra 30bhp, £ 37 m and many standard products that are otherwise on the “extra regular” 493bhp Turbo.

S is for sports and marketing team of Porsche would have you believe that this new S model is the sporty variant, 911 Turbo, with everything from ceramic brakes, a torque vectoring system and active engine mounts as a default, if you not have a manual transmission. All in – and until the new GT2 comes later this year – it is the most expensive 911 you can buy: £ 123,263 for the coupe (tested here) and £ 130 791 for the convertible.

And despite the high price, since 90% of the turbos with the PDK ‘box sold, Porsche expects to cough 70-80% of the customers extra for P. Read on for CAR review of the new Porsche 911 Turbo S.
What does the S in the Porsche 911 Turbo S?

The direct injection, twin-turbo 3.8-liter Flat Six is essentially unchanged, but the gains come courtesy of the revised intake valve timing, a new carbon fiber airbox and an increase in turbo pressure to 1.2bar. Power rises from 493bhp at 6000rpm to 523bhp at 6750rpm 6250, the same headline figure as a Mk1 997 GT2. The torque peak is the same as a regular Turbo with the optional Sport Chrono equipped overboost function, but has the full ft S £ 516, if you like it, rather than need a sports button to access the extra oomph to can. Fuel consumption and CO2 emissions remain unchanged

Porsche PDK transmission is standard, as well as the Sport Chrono package, which includes a Launch Control function. And together with the extra grunt from the engine, all three elements of the Turbo S at 62 miles an hour sent in 3.3 seconds (3.6 for a regular turbo, 3.4 for one with the Sport Chrono package). Even more impressive is the 0-124 miles an hour time, which drops from 11.6 to 10.8 seconds.
Porsche911TurboSreview_carzpage2And how does it feel when you start a Porsche 911 Turbo S by 124 miles an hour in 10.8 seconds?

It’s addictive, but oh so easy. Come to stop, press the Sport Plus button, set your left foot on the brake, then the other stamps on the accelerator. The electronics, the speed to build up, at which point you side step the brake and hold on you. It is a short pause, while the spinning wheels will be treated (we drove the Turbo S on a very humid day in Stuttgart) and then you notice cracks in the seat as the PDK ‘box through its corridors and hurls it down the road.

Unfortunately there is no GT3-style six-song to accompany your adventures, but you get an angry gurgling noise and noise over the shoulder, with a muted pschttt mixed when you lift.

But even though the Turbo S intimidating on paper, they drive in the city or on the freeway is easy. In the city it is means a little more nimble 911, which is easily in the transport site, and the PDK ‘box that you do not have to use the manual clutch heavy turbo’s and look stiff shift. Leave the urban areas back to find a decent piece derestricted highway and suddenly you’re stupid speeds. Just 15 minutes after climbing into the turbo SI’d set my own public road from 170 hours PB miles, and with absolute ease. It’s probably best you do not have Turbo S United Kingdom – you will lose your license in the first week of ownership.

So it’s a little faster, but really worth an extra 30bhp £ 20k?

Extra power is not everything, what you get. Most of the 911 Turbo buyers end up with a whole lot of issues on the list of options, so for them the extra on the S-Kit (plus the supposed exclusivity), it might seem like a good price – spec a turbo with the same gear and it costs pretty much the same.
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Audi A1 2010 start On Sale

Posted on May 10, 2010 
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AudiA1_on_sale_2010_carzpageAudi’s new A1 small car has gone on sale today priced from UK £ 13,145 for an SE trim model 1.2 TFSI £ 18,280 for a top model 1.4 TFSI auto. The pitches of the A1 slightly higher than the Mini, which starts at Boggo First-door £ 12,620.

But the study, two rival small cars from Audi and BMW ranges more and you’ll see they’re pretty evenly matched. Most new models is generally more expensive than an aging opposition and Audi are hoping to cash in on the interest in the first small Audi since the high-tech-A2.
Audi A1: the model range

The A1 will be available in three trim levels: SE, Sport and S line. Basic SE models come with start-stop, 15-inch alloys, six speaker CD player with MP3 compatibility, voice, multimedia 6.5in screen, cloth seats, air conditioning, electric front windows and mirrors, ESP, remote locking and six airbags.

AudiA1_on_sale_2010_2_carzpageAscent to the sport spec, and you will be 16in alloy upgrade, sports suspension (rarely a good idea from our point of view), Bluetooth phone spec, sports seats, alloy wheels and various flashes of the alloy, and piano black trim, Front fog lights and a polished tailpipe.

Maximum S line A1s include 17in alloys shod with 215/40 R17 rubber, harder suspension, partial leather upholstery and multi-function steering wheel, black roof lining, high-gloss grille, bumper, sport, side skirts, rear diffuser and a rear spoiler.
What are the engines on the A1?

On startup with an Audi 1.2 TFSI and 1.4 TFSI petrol with 85bhp or 120bhp, and a solitary 1.6 TDI diesel with 104bhp. The 1.4 petrol engine with S-tronic seven-speed dual-clutch gearbox for £ 1,420 to have.

The order books open today at Audi dealers, are the first deliveries in autumn 2010. to exchange Expect to see many A1s in fashionable parts of London and other cities, and we would wager, many buyers from the BMW-Mini.

VW Scirocco 2.0 TSI 2010 Ultimate Review

Posted on May 10, 2010 
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VWScirocco90_2010_carzpageWould the editors of the Volkswagen Scirocco at the weekend and came away impressed mightily. It is not a car, I would buy – space at a premium and that kiwi green paint and black wheels are also look-at-me – but if I were in the market for a two-door coupe, the Scirocco would certainly it .VW Scirocco 2.0 TSI 2010 Ultimate Review.

It’s just an all-rounder. It states that Golf GTI in drag, which seamlessly. The 2.0-liter gasoline four is cultivated, if you have served pootling strong acceleration when you are in the process almost to the point where you wonder who really need the top model in R version. And although his critics, the DSG gearbox is brilliant, most of the time, the whipcrack gear change, serve as automatic mode and finger-pressure good guide all to remind us that the Volkswagen Group is the road-car use override the pioneer twin clutch “boxes. There is very little shunt at low speeds, the usual bugbear as Transexual. The brakes are over-but servoed and very greedy until you adjust your right foot. VW Scirocco 2.0 TSI 2010 Ultimate Review.

VWScirocco91_carzpageThe richly talented powertrain can dominate the driving experience, but the Scirocco is a fun device with your favorite series of corners too. The steering is precise and weighty, but like most coupes derived Luke hardly brimming with genuine emotion, and the car corner flat and neutral. Keep the suspension appears in Comfort mode, though, will sport a ride shocks that not worth the trouble, with little tangible benefit to the handling of the roll remains free even at high speeds. The Scirocco is a car that can even be driven by absurdly fast average drivers and is great fun. About the only real gripe is poor traction in wet conditions, the £ 206 ft from 1700-5200rpm disturbing the front axle in the two lower gears on wet roads. VW Scirocco 2.0 TSI 2010 Ultimate Review.

What the Scirocco character? I know many Onliner CAR expect it is just a squashed golf, and at the end of the day they are right. But we worry? Not one iota. The Golf GTI is in Mk5 and Mk6 consistently cover one of our favorite hot hatch on sale and the lower slung two-door ‘Roc has a brilliant head start in life underskin with this hardware. It’s all a bit corporate VWspeak – the cabin of the dark and packed with golf spec – and I suspect that some buyers are put off.

Those real character (whatever that is), the type of people who can not to the amount set Alfa Romeo on their shopping list and regret the Identikit sharing platform, the homogeneity irons out differences enough in modern cars – the Scirocco find a boring choice. But the fact is that for 95% of the buyers, it is the best mainstream coupe on sale for £ 23k from a country mile. It is borderline brilliant. VW Scirocco 2.0 TSI 2010 Ultimate Review.

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Audi A8 Long-wheelbase 2010 first View

Posted on April 17, 2010 
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AudiA8LW12_2010_1Audi announced today the new long-wheelbase A8 L is unveiled at the 2010 Beijing Motor Show, the Audi A8 is stretched with the chauffeur allowance and additional 130mm in the wheelbase popular releases vast amounts of space for back-seat chairs Measured, in these first official photos. Audi A8 Long-wheelbase 2010.

The new A8 L now tops 5267mm long and points out that Audi makes it longer and wider than any of his rivals LWF.

The new Audi A8 W12 spec

It is about all areas with the new A8 L – Audi is to advance to the group W12 petrol engine. It now comes in 6.3 liter capacity, with FSI direct injection and develops 493bhp and 461 pounds ft. Enough for 155 miles an hour and 0-62mph in 4.9sec.

The previous 6.0-liter W12 remained in each area: 12% 443bhp and thirsty (the new A8 L W12 21mpg average). Why VW exist with this unconventional layout? It says the W12 is more compact than a similar capacity V8, thanks to the four rows of three cylinders with a 15deg bank. Audi A8 Long-wheelbase 2010.

How can I spot the W12, when it passed me with his dark muscles LED face?

The W12 has a black glossy finish to distinguish the single-frame, beard-goatee grille, chrome exterior mirrors and air intakes and new trim, custom exhaust.

AudiA8LW12_2010_2Other A8 toys are present and correct: optional LED headlights, the world’s first all-LED headlights and A8 L are order rear seats in all directions and can move full-length console that houses a fold-out table and even a refrigerator . Audi A8 Long-wheelbase 2010.

And check out the blow massaged range from – 10 trapped air and pummel away the pain and burden of hiring and firing for busy executives, and operated the electric footrest.

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Brand New VW Golf SE 1.4 TSI Estate 2010 review

Posted on April 6, 2010 
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VWGolfEstate_1Volkswagen has not molested the same transformation with the new Golf Variant, as it was with the Golf hatchback, in the progression of Mk5 Mk6. There are new engines, a new dashboard and a new nose, but the chassis and body are pretty much left alone. So we should feel cheated us, or is a revamped old Golf Variant-shaped satisfactory enough?

Sounds like VW, AOS has been a little lazy with the new Golf Variant.

Well, you could say, but then the property almost a volume seller. In fact, the property was never really a Golf at all: Check out the old, AOS grille, and the doors (which continued unchanged). You Aore from the Jetta. So this is a wagon version of the golf boot, really. VW Golf.

Confused? You should be. Especially when you consider that is the company that once brought us the Bora Estate …

Could they afford to let the Golf Variant in peace?

The Golf Mk5 was not just a bad car now, right? In fact, the majority of the changes to the Gulf were done Mk6 hatch to make it cheaper to build. VW builds fewer goods, so that the changes did not need to be aot as extensive, but the old car was hardly an eye-catcher and its interior was always a bit of a disappointment after the plush Mk4, AOS. VW Golf.

Sun is in the Mk6 Dash (but not his new doortrims), plus an extensive Mk6 nose and body color treatment. No, it is AOS, no eye-catcher, but at least the Golf Estate is now a bit of fine inside and out. It is the automotive equivalent of a bit of Posh with a horsey face and a fat ass.

How does it drive the new 2010 VW Golf Variant?

Very nice indeed, but if you crave excitement, get back to your GTI. The TSI Estate receives about his work with minimal effort and amazing ease. The light-pressure turbo 1.4 has just enough to get you on Oomph and intelligent as she, AOS bit more audible at low speeds, as it is in the hatch it, AOS still a pleasantly refined companion. VW Golf.

Clean economically, I managed 40mpg Bang-on for a week, book-laden cruise on the highway is full (very full load) with days spent in-between days from city to city nipping ended.

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