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Stunning coupes highlight design and racing achievements
publication date: Jun 30, 2011
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author/source: Robin Roberts
Peugeot
is opening the book for orders of a limited edition RCZ ‘Asphalt',
characterised by its special matt Telluric grey bodywork.
Only
75 right-hand-drive Asphalt LEs are heading for the UK with a
bespoke high specification over the top-of-the-range GT trim and a 200bhp THP petrol engine. |  | Distinctive
features for this most desirable RCZ include the exclusive Matt exterior
Telluric grey paintwork with black roof, ‘Asphalt' badging, 19" Solstice black
alloy wheels, complemented with matching black brake callipers. The interior is
equally striking with bespoke ‘Asphalt' branded and stitched Nappa leather
trim, an Alcantara / leather steering wheel and gear stick, with bespoke
‘Asphalt' sill covers and floor mats.
Additional
standard specification includes front and rear parking aid, auto lighting (with
approach and follow me home modes), Peugeot Connect Media Navigation and a
top-of-the-range JBL sound system.
The
RCZ Asphalt is priced at £29,995 and the first orders taken will secure the
only 75 RHD cars available.
| | |  | Volvo's newly enhanced D5
range has tipped the scales rebalancing environmental and performance factors
despite larger engine sizes.
Sometimes a higher performing
and inevitably bigger engine is what's required from a company car which would
usually compromise environmental concerns as well as attracting higher fuel
costs and tax liability. | Volvo's latest D5 diesel
range, however, steers a path through these conflicting positions providing a
number of models with impressive fuel economy and CO2 emissions.
The upgraded versions of the
Volvo V70, XC70 and S80 are the first in the model range to feature sharpened
versions of the five-cylinder D5 turbo-diesels which boost performance and
torque from 205 hp/420 Nm to 215 hp/440 Nm while at the same time reducing fuel
consumption by as much as eight percent.
Fuel consumption (EU
Combined) of a Volvo S80 D5 is now an impressive 57.7 mpg (129 g/km of CO2)
with manual gearbox and start/stop, placing it in the 18% BIK category. The
corresponding figures for the automatic version are 44.1 mpg (159 g/km of CO2).
The figures for a Volvo V70
are 55.4 mpg (134 g/km) with the manual gearbox and 45.6 mpg with the automatic
(164g/km). Fuel consumption in the XC70 D5 AWD manual is 50 mpg (149 g/km) in
the AWD version with manual gearbox and 41.5 mpg (179 g/km) with the automatic.
| | | A stunning new titanium-effect paintwork option and
enhanced standard equipment will mark out the new Audi R8 V8 Limited Edition, which
becomes available to order next month priced from £93,935. Created in
honour of the tenth victory for Audi in this month's gruelling 24 Hours of Le
Mans marathon race, which was won first in 2000 by the R8 sports prototype, the
new feature-rich
|  | special edition road car is based on the hugely successful R8
V8 Coupe.
It will be reserved solely for UK R8 customers, and with just 100
examples currently scheduled for production it will offer even greater
exclusivity.
Marked out externally by R8
GT-inspired titanium-look alloy wheels and red brake callipers, and inside by
trim detailing in crimson red
Standard equipment includes
Audi magnetic ride, satellite navigation, the Audi Music Interface (AMI),
interior light package, Bang and Olufsen sound system and Bluetooth mobile
phone preparation with integrated seat-belt microphones.
R8 V8 Limited Edition does 0-62mph
in 4.6 seconds, has 187mph top speed, consumes 21.2mpg (R tronic) and emissions of CO2 are 310g/km (R tronic). | | | Gordon Murray Design has
unveiled the latest ultra compact city vehicle, T.27, the world's most
efficient electric car.
The design and development
programme for T.27 is a £9 million project and has
taken 17 months including the design and build of a completely new
electric powertrain by Zytek Automotive. It sets new
standards in weight, footprint, small car dynamics, safety, packaging and
efficiency whilst addressing full lifecycle emissions,
congestion, parking and low cost motoring. |  | T.27 specifically targets the
urban city environment via a unique, holistic, manufacturing process
(‘iStream®') developed by Consortium lead partner Gordon Murray Design, it aims
to significantly reduce lifecycle impacts and enable low cost, efficient
manufacture within the UK.
In comparison to other
electric cars the T.27 has much lower energy consumption per mile, the Smart EV
uses 29% more energy per km, the Mitsubishi iMiEV uses 36% more energy per km,
and the Mini-E uses 86% more energy per km, making the T.27 the most efficient
electric car by some margin.
Gordon Murray Design is
currently talking to three possible manufacturers for T.27 and it will make its public road debut at the RAC
Future Car Challenge on 5 November 2011. |
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