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• World’s Largest Rolls Royce Showroom In Abu Dhabi
• Wald 2011 BMW 5 Sereis Preview
• Lorinser Mercedes SLS RSK8
• Toyota FT-86 II Concept Studio Photoshoot
• Renault Scenic BOSE Pack
• 250,000th Land Rover Freelander 2 Rolls Off The Line
• Volvo C30 Electric Goes Cold Weather Testing
• Need For Speed SHIFT 2 Unleashed Launch Trailer

World’s Largest Rolls Royce Showroom In Abu Dhabi Posted: 28 Mar 2011 10:48 AM PDT Rolls Royce has 82 dealerships around the world, 8 of which are located in the Middle East – GCC countries to be more precise. If that’s not enough to convince you that ME is the most important market for RR, check this out: They just opened the world’s largest Rolls Royce Showroom In Abu Dhabi. Unveiled by Torsten Müller-Ötvös, CEO, Rolls-Royce Motor Cars, this amazing facility is located in Umm Al Nar area of Abu Dhabi where some other high-end dealerships such as Princess Cars have a showroom as well. In the 900 square meter showroom they can display five Rolls-Royce motor cars which should be enough given their current range. The compound also has a coffee bar and a customer configuration lounge including colour and trim samples. Not to mention it also has a dedicated Rolls Royce service facility. To mark the occasion Rolls Royce unveiled a Spirit of Ecstasy Centenary Collection Phantom Drophead Coupé. They will only make 100 units of this special edition which celebrates the Centenary of the Spirit of Ecstasy. A large part of the Spirit of Ecstasy Centenary Collection is already pre-ordered by Middle Eastern buyers. When your money comes out of a hole in the ground, you automatically develop a crave for exclusive things! Torsten Müller-Ötvös said, "The showroom opening in Abu Dhabi represents one of a line of new and expanded Rolls?Royce showrooms which have been unveiled throughout the Gulf region in the last 18 months. These investments underline the continuing confidence that the company sees in the Rolls-Royce brand across the Middle East."  He continued, "The Middle East region continues to be an important driver in the global growth of Rolls-Royce Motor Cars.  Last year the region contributed over 15% of our global sales.  Abu Dhabi is no exception and continues to demonstrate remarkable year on year growth."

Wald 2011 BMW 5 Sereis Preview Posted: 28 Mar 2011 09:54 AM PDT Although it seems that all Black Bison kits by Japanese tuner Wald International look more or less the same, but it seems it’s kinda matured. Check out this new BMW 5 Series they’ve done, it looks fantastic. The ingredients are the same, revised bumpers, side skirts, new exhaust tips, and a bootlid wing, all with a kind of look that is apparently a mixture of neat European design and Japanese traditional shapes. We’re really digging the back-end of this car, it’s so together and nice and chiseled. Wald really is a master of body kits! Unfortunately though, they never upgrade engines or interiors, for that you should look elsewhere. Maybe that’s why they are so great with body kits, as they are totally focused on one job. Look out for the finished product at one of the upcoming major motorshows.

Lorinser Mercedes SLS RSK8 Posted: 28 Mar 2011 08:01 AM PDT Lorinser is apparently developing a new kit for the Mercedes SLS by the name of RSK8. Not sure what exactly the high-end tuner has in mind, but it includes some gold-painted wheels! As you see in these pictures Lorinser has released, they’ve fitted the car with three-part forged wheels, of size 9×20-inch at front and 11×21-inch at the back. The accompanied tires for these wheels are 275/30 ZR 20 front and 295/25 ZR 21 back. Lorinser has its own in-house facilities to make high-tech wheels, and promises this lightweight set will enhance baking and handling. Great, but why gold?! They might be in tune with a yet-to-revealed package, which means even more golden parts and a golden paint job. We certainly hope not! You can get these magnificent 7-spoke wheels in other finishes as well. We like them in matte black.

Toyota FT-86 II Concept Studio Photoshoot Posted: 28 Mar 2011 06:44 AM PDT Toyota FT-86 II Concept, which is the second iteration of a concept with the same name, is not yet ready for production. But it’s not all that useless either! It is in fact engaging in some social media activities, creating hype for the actual production version. This new set of official images released by the company are the clearest pictures of the car they’ve provided so far since its debut at the Geneva Motor Show. The FT is a joint project between Toyota and Subaru to create a rear-wheel-drive full-blooded sportscar. The finished product might be a more tamed and restrained than what you see here, and it very well might be hybrid as well, but one way or another, this is Toyota’s comeback to the sportscar world. This could be the new Celica. So until we get hold of some proper news about the real Toyota sportscar, pass the time looking at these stunning photos!

Renault Scenic BOSE Pack Posted: 28 Mar 2011 06:21 AM PDT Renault is offering a value-added optional BOSE pack for the Scénic and Grand Scénic Dynamique TomTom versions. It obviusly comes with a professional Bose audio system, but there’s more to it. Apart from the premium audio system, both models also get luxurious equipment levels, plus a range of black interior and exterior touches. The Bose Pack costs £1,500 and is available for all models except for the 1.6 VVT 110. the main highlight of the package is of course the Bose sound system which Renault says offers live concert quality, suitable for long journeys. The systemm is specifically tailored for Scénic and Grand Scénic models, it’s 30% smaller, 40% lighter and use 50% less energy than systems with comparable audio performance. The ingredients of it include nine speakers, an integrated subwoofer and a digital amplifier. Other unique touches on the Scenic BOSE limited edition models include exterior features like 17-inch black Schuss alloy wheels, gloss black door mirrors and bespoke Bose badges on the front wheelarches. Inside the cabin they come with gloss piano black finishes to the dashboard, stereo surround and air vents, plus the door sills also bear the Bose logo, as well as upgraded equipments with items like electric folding door mirrors, carpet mats, an electrochrome rear view mirror, dual-zone climate control, front and rear parking sensors, sliding centre console and a driver's sunglasses holder. Pricing for the Scénic Dynamique TomTom models specified with the BOSE Pack starts at £20,250.

250,000th Land Rover Freelander 2 Rolls Off The Line Posted: 28 Mar 2011 05:56 AM PDT In spite of being a genuinely good car, Land Rover Freelander has always been kinda obscured by its Range Rover brothers. The car has just achieved a significant production milestone as the 250,000th unit rolls off the production line at Halewood manufacturing plant in Merseyside. Land Rover Freelander 2 was born back in 2007 and all these years it remained more or less unchanged in terms of design, but it’s been constantly upgraded in terms of technicalities. The 2011 Freelander 2 is available with either 2WD or 4WD and a refined 2.2 litre diesel engine offering two power outputs – the 190hp SD4 and the 150hp TD4. With class-leading on and off-road performance, featuring Terrain ResponseTM, a premium cabin, and improved fuel economy. Despite all these, and the fact that it is indeed a Land Rover, prices start at just £21,995. No other SUV in this price range offers the same capabilities, and the same class. The 250,000th vehicle is a 2.2 litre TD4 Diesel GS in Fuji White and is destined for a customer who lives in Scotland. Halewood operations director Richard Else, commented: “This milestone achievement and the increasing sales for Freelander 2 highlights just how important this vehicle is, not just to Halewood but also for the regional and UK economy ? around 70% of Freelanders produced at Halewood are exported overseas. I’d like to thank our flexible and highly skilled workforce and congratulate the Halewood team on this superb achievement.” Land Rover is also celebrating a growing demand for Halewood’s award winning model as retail sales for the popular model are up 22%, year to date (Apr 2010 – Feb 2011) compared with the same 11 month period in 2009/2010.

Volvo C30 Electric Goes Cold Weather Testing Posted: 28 Mar 2011 05:41 AM PDT When developing a new car, car makers usually use available data from previous models so it saves them a large amount of time and money. But now that each model is getting an electric variant, those data are kinda obsolete and they have to redo all tests! That is the case with the new Volvo C30 Electric. They recently finished its winter cold weather testings to see if the batteries and other new electric bits and pieces that an EV featires are compatible with extreme weather conditions. They’ve done more than 200 different tests and developed new methods exclusively for electric vehicles. The goal was for the car to perform smoothly in temperatures as low as -20° Celsius. They’ve also invented a new clever heating system for the C30 Electric. Climate control in the passenger compartment takes place via a bio-ethanol powered heater fitted in all cars. The car’s ethanol tank can carry 14.5 litres of bio-ethanol. This system can also use electricity from the batteries to work. This feature will become very handy in C30 dome country, Sweden. The car actually features different heating systems: One supplies the passengers with heating or cooling, One cools or warms the battery pack as necessary. The electric motor and power electronics are water-cooled. “The driver can program and control the climate unit to suit the trip. Ethanol is the default mode that is used when the battery capacity is needed for driving, extending mobility to its maximum. However, on shorter distances electricity can be used to power the climate system,” explains Lennart Stegland.

Need For Speed SHIFT 2 Unleashed Launch Trailer Posted: 27 Mar 2011 11:58 PM PDT The clock is ticking for the launch of the latest Need For Speed dubbed SHIFT 2 Unleashed by the end of this month. So if you are the sort of person who worry about his gear ratios, or camber angle or even the air pressure in their tires, you are sure very excited to get the hold of this new NFS! Because this new version appeals most of all to anoracks. Sure it has very realistic graphics and dynamics, but it’s become literally a simulator, and simulators are never fun. Unless you are a pro driver and you have some expensive equipments to play the game with, you are going to spend all your time spinning off the track. Still, check out this last trailer, it might convince you to buy it.

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