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Kia Picanto gets a Super Efficient Engine

Thursday, February 3rd, 2011

Due to be launched at the Geneva Motor Show this March the Picanto has been stripped down and given both a re-design and been re-engineered, making it a real contender in the A Class group, the new models gives an extra 27% cargo space and has a real style of its own.

The consumer will be able to choose between three and five doors and of course the choice of four super efficient powertrains three versions of the 1 litre, three-cylinder Kappa engine (petrol, flex fuel and bi-fuel) and a single 1.2 litre four-cylinder petrol Kappa power unit.

Overall the car offers that stand out look with many interior features found in larger cars whilst power outputs range from 69 to 85 ps with maximum torque ranging between 94 and 121 Nm and on the Co2 side is comes in at between 95 and 105 g/km.

Happy 50th for the E-Type Jaguar

Tuesday, February 1st, 2011

It is a big happy 50th for the E-Type the iconic sports car and maybe just maybe the best car ever!

Ian Cullum the current Jaguar design director said “It is impossible to overstate the impact the E-Type had when it was unveiled in 1961, here was a car that encapsulated the spirit of the revolutionary era it came to symbolise.The E-Type is a design that even today continues to inform the work we do in styling the Jaguars of the future.”

In 1961 it would have set you back £2256, around £38000 today and Enzo Ferrari said of it “the most beautiful car in the world” the E-Type remained in production until 1975 and during its production over 71000 were sold.