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Crewe’s craftsmen and women have created a unique and luxurious interior for the Mulsanne, setting new standards for the Bentley marque. When Bentley’s craftsmen and women begin this summer to create the very first production examples of the new Mulsanne’s beautiful cabin, it will represent the culmination of an extraordinary four-year journey for the Crewe-based company. While Bentley is long renowned for its handcrafted interiors, it was decided at the earliest stages of concept planning that even higher standards of quality and luxury would be required for the new Mulsanne, the company’s new flagship Grand Tourer. Bentley’s Design team, led by Dirk van Braeckel, commissioned an exhaustive research study to identify the classic signature features that have defined Bentleys from the 1920s to the present day, as Dirk explains:

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The new Touran has been unveiled at the Leipzig Motor Show.  Featuring fresh styling, pioneering technology and a range of efficient new petrol and diesel engines, the new Touran is set to build on the strong reputation of the 1.13 million examples of the compact MPV sold across Europeto date. The new Touran features styling that takes inspiration from the design direction established by the Polo, Golf and new Touareg.  The new grille features strong horizontal lines that are replicated in the new front bumper while at the rear, revised tail-lights featuring intricate LED bulbs are fitted along with a new tailgate and bumper.  Completing the revisions are a set of new alloy wheels and chrome-edged rubbing strips running down the side of the vehicle.

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Audi designers and engineers have risen to the unenviable challenge of enhancing the celebrated TT for the 2011 Model Year, creating a new generation model that combines measured yet distinct styling refinements with efficiency boosting technology, including a newly adopted 2.0-litre TFSI engine, which improves fuel economy by up to 14 per cent. The upgraded 2.0-litre Turbo FSI petrol engine is the technological highlight in the latest range, employing Audi valvelift technology to effect improvements in power, torque and overall efficiency compared with the 200PS version it replaces. Delivering 211PS between 4,300rpm and 6,000rpm and a 350Nm torque peak between 1,600rpm and 4,200rpm, it enables the TT 2.0 TFSI with six-speed manual transmission to reach 62mph from rest in 6.1 seconds – 0.5 seconds more rapidly than its predecessor – and raises its top speed from 149mph to 152mph. Even more impressively, it boosts economy potential from 36.7mpg in the combined cycle test to 42.8mpg, and pares back CO2 output from 183g/km to 154g/km.

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Volkswagen AG and Volkswagen of America, Inc. are proud to announce that the Polo has been honoured as the 2010 World Car of the Year. With 59 of the top automotive journalists from around the globe judging, the Polo surpassed a total of 29 other nominees. Announced this morning at the New York International Auto Show in New York City’s Jacob Javits Center, the annual World Car of the Year awards recognize the year’s most outstanding vehicles based on merit, value, safety, environmental impact, significance, and emotional appeal.

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The Audi R8 has been named 2010 World Performance Car at the World Car of the Year Awards ceremony at the New York Auto Show. This is the second time that the R8 has won the World Performance Car award: the V8-powered R8 took this award in 2008. The World Car Awards jurors observed that: "In the opinion of many on the World Car Awards jury, Audi has at long last satisfied our hunger for a street car that lives up to the excitement of the original Le Mans series-dominating R8 LMP1 race car."

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Bentley’s new 6,75 litre, twin-turbocharged V8 engine blends state-of-the-art technology with a classic configuration that’s propelled Crewe’s finest cars for over 50 years. Like the rest of the Mulsanne, every 505bhp V8 is hand-assembled and fully tested by Bentley’s technicians. Right at the heart of Crewe’s new flagship Mulsanne is the company’s famous V8 engine which is renowned for delivering the Bentley ‘wave of torque’. The V8 engine, the same configuration of which has powered some of the company’s most iconic cars including the Arnage, Azure, Brooklands, the original Mulsanne, Turbo R and S2 Continental, has been completely re-engineered for the new Mulsanne.

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The new SEAT Leon Cupra R is preparing to roar into UK showrooms becoming, in the process, the most powerful production car yet offered by SEAT UK. With 265 PS available from its 2.0-litre turbocharged petrol engine, the fire-breathing new Leon resurrects the iconic Cupra R badge last seen on the sleek Spaniard back in 2006. More than that, the car also becomes SEAT’s quickest-accelerating model to date with a   0-62 mph time of just 6.2 seconds while the top speed, where legal, of 155 mph is also SEAT’s highest ever ‘flat out’ figure.

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The smallest capacity petrol engine ever to power an Audi will help to clear the air with A3 Cabriolet drivers this spring by slashing CO2  emissions while also improving performance. The new A3 Cabriolet 1.2 TFSI, which opens for order this week priced from £19,985 OTR, is set to replace the 1.6-litre MPI model, and uses turbo charging to more than match its output. This compact engine, weighing just 89.5 kilograms with the help of an aluminium crankcase, combines the latest turbo charger technology with direct petrol injection to ensure that optimum efficiency isn’t achieved at the expense of driveability. It generates the same 105PS output as the 1.6-litre naturally aspirated unit it replaces, along with 175Nm of torque between just 1,500 and 4,100 rpm- a 27Nm increase over its predecessor.

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Production of the Volkswagen Transporter van officially started in March 1950 and during the 60 years since then it has become one of Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles’ best-selling models globally, the number one imported van in the UK as well as one of the most iconic and popular vans in the world. With over 10 million produced, the Volkswagen Transporter has evolved through five generations of functional and practical bodystyles, each representing the ultimate multi-purpose vehicle of its time and loved by business and private users alike for transporting goods or people for work or leisure.  This unique heritage is the focus of the current ‘Evolution of Van’ advertising campaign for the new Transporter which was launched in the UK in January.

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Following on from their sparkling debut at the Geneva motor show, Skoda Auto has announced prices for its new, improved Fabia and Roomster models. With fantastic new engines, a fresh face and a whole raft of technical refinements, both the Fabia supermini and Roomster MPV are even more attractive than ever. And being Skodas, both also represent great value for money, with the Fabia range starting at just £9,330 and the versatile Roomster from only £11,260 (all prices with 1st April Road Fund Licence inclusive).

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