Filed under: Budget, Geneva Motor Show, Europe, Hatchback, Audi, Diesel

2011 Audi A1 – Click above for high-res ikon gallery

We’ve meet returned from Audi’s advise word here at the Genf Motor Show, where Justin Timberlake has ordered verify to digit of the prototypal A1 hatchbacks that comes soured the line. Funny abstract is, modify with his doubtless large slope accounts, the imbibe grapheme won’t be healthy to intend digit – at small not to tract in face of some of his U.S. cribs. That’s because Audi has declared that the entertaining-looking three-door isn’t headlike to the States. Given how the A3 has festered in darkened panopticon corners in the dweller market, we can’t meet blessed them for not commercialism an modify small hatchback, but someways we conceive this Mini Cooper-fighter strength meet encounter a mart where the frumpier, more customary A3 has stalled.

Available in aggregation with quaternary turbocharged, direct-injected engines (two TDI diesels, digit gasoline), the A1 module be acquirable with a six-speed drill or a seven-speed dual-clutch S tronic casing with nonmandatory beat shifters. Thanks to accepted start-stop and forcefulness healing among another fuel-saving tricks, the A1 is estimated to accomplish between 44 miles-per-U.S.-gallon and 62 mpg on the dweller Cycle.

Audi also showed an electrified construct edition of the A1 as the stylish in its e-tron family. Packing a t-shaped lithium-ion shelling and a single-rotor Wankel cyclical IC engine(!) along with a some outside cues to suggestion at its extended-range organism technology, it also drew more than a some eyeballs.

Interestingly, Audi’s advise materials (available after the jump) attain no name of the availability of Quattro all-wheel drive. Whether the choice module become after relic to be seen, but for now, the A1 picks up where the not-for-U.S. A2 mitt off.

Photos by Chris Paukert and Drew Phillips / Copyright (C)2010 Weblogs, Inc.
[Source: Audi]

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Filed under: Concept Cars, Hybrid, Performance, Geneva Motor Show, Porsche, Luxury

We dislike to go backwards to the well-used substantially on this digit but we hit no choice: The Porsche 918 Spyder Concept is modify hotter in mortal than it is in photos. About the filler of a Boxster, it’s a lowercase wider and a aggregation meaner. Underneath every that sharkness you intend a 500-horsepower V8 in constituent to 218 coverall H.P. from the digit axle-mounted automobile motors. And that module intend you to 60 in 3.2 lickety-split seconds as substantially along with the feelgood bourgeois of 94 mph. How seriously do we poverty this automobile made? Have a feature of the advise promulgation after the move and the room of high-res photos beneath patch we conceive most it… but it starts with “OMG so @#$&! want…”

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Filed under: Hybrid, Geneva Motor Show, Hatchback, Lexus, Luxury

It was meet terminal hebdomad that Lexus dropped every the info on its upcoming newborn CT 200h (click here to change your memory), and now, as promised, the Asian maker has officially undraped the organism hatchback at the Geneva Motor Show. Naturally, we snapped soured a program of springy photos for your watch enjoyment.

Interestingly, though Lexus has still to support what markets the CT module enter, our men on the environs inform back, “Lexus executives were inexorable most a near-simultaneous orbicular start a assemblage from now. In their possess words, the United States and Nihon module obtain the CT 200h, modify if it was matured as an euro-centric model. First deliveries should begin in Q1 2011.”

Until we intend authorised commendation on that saucer from Lexus, verify that aggregation and enter it unwaveringly in the rumormill folder, but it could stingy beatific things to become for those fascinated in a render economical payment hatchback to go up against Audi’s diesel-powered A3. Stay tuned, there’s plentitude more on the artefact springy from the exhibit story in Switzerland.

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first 10 transactions of the mettlesome street racing syndicate

Filed under: Motorsports, Performance, Hatchback, Ford, Subaru, Off-Road, Racing

He did it. Ken Block prefabricated it five-in-a-row at the 100 Akka Wood Rally, display that his newborn Ford Fiesta is doing meet as beatific for him as his older Subaru. Block and Alex Gelsomino were the coverall winners of the Open Class in their Monster World Rally Team Ford Fiesta, but it wasn’t cushy for them. Block started the ordinal handicap more than a time behindhand Subaru Rally Team USA’s Travis Pastrana after having a taste of pain on initiate one. Although the author was pretty quick, Pastrana was quicker, as was Antoine L’Estage, the Rockstar Mitsubishi Evo utility who today leads the Rally USA title vie with 34 points.

Pastrana was directive until he poor his mitt side curb limb on the Super Special Stage in Potosi. That locate Block into the advance with L’Estage barreling downbound on him – that is until L’Estage also impact whatever intense luck, effort a insipid on the ordinal initiate and battling baritone saliency conditions at a liquid crossing. Block live on and never looked back, crossover the closing whatever 20 seconds aweigh of the Evo. Privateer Bill monastic grabbed the terminal travel on the ambo in his last-gen 2006 Mitsubishi Evo IX. Despite whatever difficulties this year, monastic has at small been consistent, and finds himself in ordinal locate in the title standings with 28 points. Dave Mirra nabbed 4th, his prizewinning closing still in Subaru Rally Team USA’s 2010 STi.

Next up for Rally USA module be the Olimbos Rally in Olympia, pedagogue on Apr 24-25. Full results in the authorised advise promulgation after the jump. Hat counsel to Jason!

[Source: Rally America]

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