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Britain’s Formula One world champion Jenson Button won the Australian Grand Prix in a thrilling race on sunday, at the Albert Park Circuit, in Melbourne, Australia, as he clinched his first victory of the season.
Gallery: F1 Australian Grand Prix 2010
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Filed under: Sedans/Saloons, Marketing/Advertising, UK, Saab, News
Following its last-minute financial rescue by Dutch company Spyker, the rehabilitated Saab has announced probably the most important aspect of its new 9-5 flagship – the pricing.
With a starting price of £26,495, it will aim straight at the BMW 5 Series and the current, but soon to be replaced, Audi A6. The top of the range model – a 296bhp 2.8-litre petrol in Aero spec – will set you back £37,995 when it arrives this summer.
Even though the starting price is around £5,000 more expensive than the outgoing 9-5, it is impossible to compare this to a car that was horribly past its best. In fact, bumping the price up for this new one is probably going to help Saab move away from the cheap and outdated image the previous generation was beginning to conjure up.
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Filed under: UK, Ford, News , Finance
Ford is reportedly planning to introduce new entry-level trims at significantly lower prices than their current offerings.
The manufacturer has imposed a series of price rises over the last year that has seen the cost of models such as the Fiesta rise by more than £2,000. The average price rise for the manufacturer’s range has been 9 percent, with some models increasing by as much as 30 percent.
But rather than making price cuts, Ford will chose to follow Vauxhall and introduce a new low trim level to avoid devaluing its current range. Although there is no official line from the company at the moment, we expect to hear an official announcement before the end of the week.
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Filed under: UK, Ford, News , Finance
Ford is reportedly planning to introduce new entry-level trims at significantly lower prices than their current offerings.
The manufacturer has imposed a series of price rises over the last year that has seen the cost of models such as the Fiesta rise by more than £2,000. The average price rise for the manufacturer’s range has been 9 percent, with some models increasing by as much as 30 percent.
But rather than making price cuts, Ford could chose to follow Vauxhall and introduce a new low trim level to avoid devaluing its current range. Although there is no official line from the company at the moment, we expect to hear an official announcement before the end of the week.
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Filed under: Sports/GTs, Supercars, Concept Cars, Tuners, Lotus, News
We like the Lotus Elise and the Exige hardtop equivalent at Autoblog UK ; it is a cheap way to have a lot of fun in a car that keeps things simple.
It seems we are not the only fans of the British sports car, as American Tuner Hennessey has decided to use the Exige as the basis for its outrageously-powered supercar, the Venom GT.
Although the car is supposed to be finished and launched by 30 March, all we have to look at for now is a shadowy teaser image and a couple of sketches. However, the points of real interest are the power statistics that the company claims are due – there will be a choice of a 725, 1,000, and a 1,200bhp model. The standard Exige only offers a paltry-by-comparison 218bhp.
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