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Auto Release: Volkswagen reveals the CrossTouran
August 17th, 2010
Volkswagen has launched the CrossTour an that will join the CrossGolf and CrossPolo in its range of soft-roaders with raised ride heights.
Like the CrossGolf and CrossPolo, the CrossTouran also features the extra road clearance as well as plastic body cladding to give it a more rugged, off-road look.
The CrossTouran’s front and rear bumpers get extra black protection cladding that go along with the black grained protective strips on the doors, the chunky wheel arch extensions and the new side sills. The 17-inch alloy wheels and matt aluminium roof rails complete the exterior package.
The exterior package is being completed with the 17-inch alloy wheels and matt aluminium roof rails. The CrossTouran is not a proper off-roader despite the raised height and added rugged looks, with the car gaining new suspension springs which raise the car’s ground clearance by 20mm over the standard Touran MPV.
Interior, the CrossTouran has been updated, with new seat cover patterns along with decorative trim in stainless steel look and a leather steering wheel plus leather trim on gearlever knob and handbrake lever among the changes.
Like the standard Touran, the CrossTouran will be available with the same engines.
Auto Offers: Mercedes-Benz offers the SLS AMG GT3 for racers
August 17th, 2010
For racers in the FIA’s GT3 racing class, Mercedes-Benz is offering a GT3 version of its SLS AMG.
According to Norbert Haug, the Mercedes-Benz’s motorsport chief, “The Mercedes SLS AMG GT3 marks the beginning of a new era in Mercedes-Benz customer motorsport’. Haug said, this is an exciting and spectacular sports car for dedicated private teams and talented private drivers. AMG will work together with their tried-and-trusted sports and touring car partner HWA to put in place a motorsport customer department which will guarantee its motorsport customers hallmark Mercedes service.
In collaboration with HWA, the car is built by AMG. The SLS AMG GT3 uses a specially prepared 6.3-litre V8 engine with a sequential six-speed racing transmission with steering wheel shift paddles.
In order to make the car race-ready, Mercedes-Benz has also given the SLS AMG GT3 a series of upgrades, which includes a steel racing braking system with re-calibrated ABS, a roll cage, a 120-litre CFRP safety tank and a fire extinguisher.
According to Mercedes-Benz, the car can be entered in any FIA-sanctioned GT3 racing series, including the FIA GT3 European Championship, the ADAC GT-Masters and the endurance championship organized by the VLN, as well as the famous 24-hour races at the Nürburgring and Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium.
For Buyers, those who order the car now will receive them in time for the start of the 2011 racing season next February.