The Aston Martin Rapide is spied once again, on this occasion performing test laps in the infamous Nurburgring or “ring” as some like to refer it.
Previously it was spotted in the cold country of Scandinavia running around in the name of cold weather testing. The Aston Martin Rapide is based on the DB9 platform and will deliver no less than 480 hp to its wheels.
The Aston Martin Rapide is a 4-door, 4-seat supercar that will join the elite league consisting of the controversial Porsche Panamera and the existing Mercedes Benz CLS.
Regulars at IAB should have seen the Bentley Continental GT that runs on biofuel, which is the fastest and maddest car to wear the Bentley badge. It took me by surprise, but what Hamann sent us today, surpasses as the wildest Bentley till date. At least visually.
Hamann showed their colors by doing up a BMW 7 Series recently. They’ve shown no apparent signs of slowing down with the Imperator.
After India, Australia, U.K, Malaysia is announced as the newest market to receive the Chevrolet Cruze in the month of July this year.
Our friend Paul over at paultan.org reports the Chevrolet Cruze will hit the Malaysian market in June as a CBU model. Remember this is not the case here in India, the Cruze will arrive in India as CKD kits and assembled at GM’s new Talegaon facility.
Maruti Suzuki will be discontinuing the sales of Maruti 800 and Omni mini-van, in 11 major cities from 2010, due to stricter emission norms – Bharat Stage IV that will take effect next year.
Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Pune, Kanpur, Ahmedabad, Surat and Agra will be the first few cities where BS IV will be implemented in 2010. Other cities which will initially come under BSIII norms, are likely to follow suit.
The 2010 VW Polo was revealed at the Geneva Motor Show last month. It was one of the highly anticipated cars of 2009 given its long standing tradition of serving families with comfort, frugality and reliability.
Indians are new to the VW brand as they recently set shop in India and sell limited cars namely the Toureg, Jetta and Passat. We are rather fond of Skoda and recognize them for their Octavia and Laura, which have found heaps of buyers.
There’s nothing worthy in this car for it to be a Limited Edition. The new Chevrolet Aveo which will reach India in the year has found relief in the form of visual enhancements in France.
The addition do not elevate the Chevrolet’s performance or handling, it merely does the job of filling up ad space in the local newspapers with the word new as a heading in capital letters.
The next generation Audi A8 is more than a year away, while the current A8 is quite literally an old car. To help the current A8 get through to its end smoothly, Audi announces 2 packages- Sport and Comfort, which will see off this extremely successful car.
Nico Rosberg, the Williams driver has taken part in three F1seasons now. He and F1analyst Christian Danner converse on the Malaysian race track of Sepang where the F1 Malaysian Grand Prix will be hosted this weekend. Sepang’s unpredictable weather, hairpins, corners, straights and the rain are in this special video.
