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New car lines : Prius and Jetta changes
publication date: Oct 28, 2010
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author/source: Robin Roberts
Prius has turned
street-sharp with front, rear and side skirts, 17-inch smoked-finish alloys and
dark-tinted privacy glass.
The new look belongs to a special edition model that
celebrates the world-beating hybrid's first 10 years in the UK.
It is every bit as fuel-frugal and tax-friendly
as its more sober-suited stablemates, with 70.6mpg and 92g/km combined cycle
consumption and CO2 emissions. |  |
Prius's birthday
makeover extends to the car's interior, too, with high-quality black leather
upholstery, embossed with the 10th anniversary logo.
In other respects, Prius 10th Anniversary shares the same equipment
specification as the top-of-the-range T Spirit model, so comes equipped with
HDD satellite navigation (with integrated sound library), rear parking monitor,
Bluetooth, Intelligent Park Assist, cruise control, smart entry and start,
rain-sensing wipers and head-up display.
Only 1,000 examples
are to be built, making this the most exclusive production Prius yet. White
Pearl or Astral Black exterior paint finishes are available, and the
on-the-road price is £26,150, Orders are being taken now, with first deliveries
to customers this winter.
| | | | Jetta has made its
European debut at an event held at the home of FC Bayern Munich, the Allianz
Arena.
Styled by Klaus
Bischoff, Head of Volkswagen Design, it adopts the latest iteration of
Volkswagen's design language seen recently on the new Polo, Passat and
Sharan. |  |
In addition, the new
Jetta has grown in length by 90 mm to measure 4,644 mm with its wheelbase
extended by 70 mm to 2,648 mm. The result is a 67 mm increase in rear
legroom over the outgoing car.
New Jetta models in
Europe feature the sophisticated four-link suspension system similar to that
fitted to the Golf. This differs from the setup of the outgoing model
with the new Jetta featuring a wider track at the rear as well as revised
springs and dampers.
The sixth generation
of the Jetta offers greater efficiency and fewer emissions with a range of
advanced petrol and diesel forced induction engines. The range includes a
pair of 1.4-litre TSI engines, developing 122 PS and 160 PS, and two diesel
engines with a 1.6-litre TDI 105 PS and a 2.0-litre TDI developing 140
PS. The 1.6-litre TDI unit will feature BlueMotion Technology
modifications including Stop/Start and battery regeneration.
Sales of the new
Jetta in the UK will commence early 2011 with prices and specifications announced nearer this time. |
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