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New car lines: Audi's new baby Spyder and big Peugeot 508
publication date: Sep 11, 2010
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author/source: Robin Roberts
The Audi R8 Spyder is about to perform a pincer
movement on the open-air supercar establishment as it adopts a new
generation 4.2-litre V8 FSI petrol engine alongside the existing
5.2-litre V10 FSI.
The new R8 Spyder 4.2 FSI quattro is now
available to order priced at £95,545 for the six-speed manual
version and £100,855 for the six-speed R tronic automated manual and deliveries begin in January 2011. |  |
The latest version of
the high-revving, dry sump-lubricated 4.2-litre FSI V8, which will be
shared with the Coupe, complies with EU5 emissions limits with the help
of a new recuperation system that conserves energy during coasting and
braking.
Its increased 430PS output (previously 420PS) peaks at
7,900rpm, with maximum torque of 430Nm arriving at 4,500rpm and being
sustained through to 6,000rpm. At least 90 per cent of this torque can
be tapped into even lower down the range from 3,500rpm, and from the
6,000rpm peak through to 7,500rpm.
In conjunction with both the
standard six-speed manual transmission and the optional six-speed S
tronic automated manual, the R8 Spyder 4.2 FSI quattro can sprint to
62mph from rest in just 4.8 seconds, and in the appropriate
circumstances can continue to a 186mph top speed. |
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| Due for UK launch in the spring of 2011, the new
Peugeot 508 will be available in two complementary body styles: a Saloon
with a length of 4.79 m and an 4.81 m SW.
Quality, purity
and efficiency are the bywords that guided every aspect of the car's
design, offering a multi-faceted appeal to its owners with emotion as
its central theme.
Under the bonnet, the 508 benefits from engines
offering a power output from 112 to 204 bhp.
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particularly well in its category, both in respect of fuel consumption
and CO2 emissions, but also in terms of performance and responsiveness.
The
range, which begins with CO2 emissions of just 109 g/km with the new
e-HDi (Stop & Start) system, will eventually include HYbrid4
technology with its potential of 200bhp, four-wheel drive and CO2
emissions from just 99 g/km. The most-powerful engine in the range is
the new 2.2 litre HDi FAP 204bhp offering a level of performance worthy
of a V6 diesel but with a carbon footprint reduced by more than 30%!
Weight,
aerodynamics and of course the PSA Group's technological expertise and
innovation in terms of both HDi FAP diesel, VTi and THP petrol engines,
are factors which place the 508 among the leaders in its segment in
every power category.
The 508 ushers in the era of e-HDi technology
for the Marque, with a new-generation ‘Stop & Start' system. Rapid,
efficient and silent, e-HDi combines reduced fuel consumption and CO2
emissions (up to -15% in town) with maximum driveability. It is mated
with the 1.6 litre HDi FAP engine coupled with the
electronically-controlled 6-speed manual gearbox so that a maximum
number of customers can benefit from the lowest possible fuel
consumption.
Available at the time of launch with a combined fuel
economy of 53.4 mpg and emissions of only 114 g/km, this 1.6 litre e-HDi
FAP 508 will fall to 109 g/km during 2011, with fuel economy of 56.0
mpg, due to the introduction of electronically-controlled air intakes.
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new 2.2 litre HDi FAP 204bhp engine, with a maximum torque of 450Nm
from 2000rpm tops the 508 range in a ‘GT' version, and features a
special suspension set-up.
Due to its technological sophistication but
also due to the development of the 6-speed automatic gearbox, this power
train develops a level of performance superior to the former 2.7 litre
HDi V6 of the 407, with improved responsiveness and improved fuel
economy and lower CO2 emissions: - down 33% to 150g/km, compared to
223g/km - a reduction of 73g/km! | | | |
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