Posted by Alex Bale
Saturday, February 23, 2013
Toyota has released pricing and specification details for the UK market Auris Touring Sports that starts from £15,595 for the base, petrol engine model and tops out at £22,845 for the hybrid version.
It will be offered in the UK with the same powertrain options as the hatch, including the 98bhp 1.33-liter and 130bhp 1.6-liter petrol units, an 88bhp 1.4-liter D-4D diesel and the 134bhp 1.8-liter petrol-electric hybrid, which is capable of 0-62mph (100km/h) acceleration in 10.9 seconds and reaches top speed of 112mph.
The hybrid model returns CO2 emissions of 86g/km, while the 1.33 and 1.6 petrol units are rated at 127 and 139g/km respectively and the 1.4 D-4D diesel at 109g/km.
The new, British-built estate is available in four trim grades, named Active, Icon, Sport and Excel, more detail of which can be found in the list after the break.
Articles Source : Carscoop
Posted by Alex Bale
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Porsche's 918 Spyder supercar, which claims to offer the performance of a true road-racer with the emissions of a Prius, has officially gone on sale... but only in the US for now. We Europeans will have to wait just a little longer for a price tag for our dream car.
And the price tag for American Porsche-philes? $845, 000, or around €634,000, and yes, that's before taxes, delivery and related charges. Wow. Time to start a Post Office savings account, chaps...
Of course, this being a German car, that $845k is just the starting point. There are extras...
If you want the track-focused 'Weissach Pack' which lowers the car's weight by around 34kg, you're going to have to find $929,000 down the back of the sofa. And things like those retro-seventies Martini racing stripes will cost a wee bit more too.
Still, with a reported output of 729bhp and a plug-in hybrid transmission that allows you to cruise around town in silent, zero-emissions mode, perhaps knocking on for a million dollars is cheap at the price, really.
