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New MiTo GTA blasts off
Road cops
Honda hybrid In brief
‘powerless’
Alfa fl agship gets a high-power turbo, bodykit and stiffer suspension TRAFFIC POLICE ARE being
forced to turn a blind eye
if motorists ignore road
signs which ban cars,
U-turns and other illegal
manoeuvres.
A4 in gear
That’s because the boys
with new ‘box
in blue “no longer have
the legal power to enforce
A swift-shifting
some moving traffi c of-
twin-clutch gearbox
fences”, according to the
has been added to
Metropolitan Police.
the Audi A4’s spec
This power now lies with
sheet. The S tronic
transmission, previ-
Transport for London and
ously available only
local councils instead.
on the S4, can now
However, a police spokes-
be ordered for the
woman added that offi cers
2.0-litre TFSI Quattro.
could still intervene under
It shaves two-tenths-
general powers “where
driving is blatantly of a
poor standard or endan-
Insight price is right
of-a-second from
change times, and
adds £1,420 to the
gers other road users”.
saloon’s price.
IT’S OFFICIAL! ENTRY-level hybrid engined family car. as well as paddle shift
editions of Honda’s innova- SE models also get climate gearchange. Cars also get
tive Insight will cost from control air-con, electric win- privacy glass and a USB port
£15,490, the Japanese car dows and stability control for MP3 players. Finally, top
maker has announced. fi tted as standard. of the range ES-T equipped
That makes the Insight Upmarket ES, and ES-T Insights get DVD satellite
SE, with CO2 emissions of models cost from £16,790 navigation and a hands-
101g/km and combined and £18,390 respectively, free telephone connection.
MiTo tops UK
fuel economy of 64.2mpg, and offer a leather steering The new Insight hits value charts
the country’s best value wheel and gearknob showrooms on 4th April.
It’s only just gone on
sale, but Alfa’s latest
supermini is already
‘Baby’ Rolls breaks cover
topping the charts!
Industry expert CAP
has named the MiTo
as the UK’s best car
Spirit of legendary British luxury car maker lives on in son of Phantom... for holding its value.
The 1.3-litre JTDm
FEAST YOUR EYES on Rolls- S-Class and the Bentley concept car, which carries At 5.4m, it’s longer than the model is predicted to
Royce’s new baby! These Continental Flying Spur. the codename 200EX. BMW 750iL by almost 19cm retain 81 per cent of
are the fi rst offi cial pictures Making its world debut Sitting on a heavily modi- and is just 44cm shorter its original list price
of a smaller, more compact at the Geneva Motor Show fi ed platform shared with than the Phantom itself. after one year and
version of the Phantom this week, the long-antic- BMW’s latest 7-Series, the With a wheelbase of nearly
10,000 miles.
that’s set to go on sale in ipated ‘baby’ Rolls-Royce 200EX may be smaller than 3.3m – against 3.2m for a
2010, gunning for top-end will be revealed in the form the Phantom, but it’s not BMW 750iL – there should
versions of Mercedes’ of this thinly disguised what you’d call compact. be ample legroom in the
New Rolls-Royce
rear for passengers.
Under the bonnet lies a
new engine that’s unique
to the 200EX. Developed
Rover site’s
from the Phantom’s
BMW-sourced V12 engine, £750m plan
the unit measures 6.0-litres
The former MG Rover
rather than 6.75-litres and
factory is about to
is expected to produce
be given a £750m
around 450bhp.
makeover. The 350
No prices have been
acre West Midlands
revealed as yet but buyers
site will be turned
can expect the 200EX to
into a new town
start at around £180,000. centre as part of the
Longbridge Area
Action Plan which is
expected to create
10,000 jobs. At least
1,450 new homes will
also be constructed.
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