Exotic Cars Magazine February 2019

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SAN DIEGO AUTO SHOW 9 AUDI R8 LMS GT 12 PORSCHE 935 19 MERCEDES EQC 24 RANDOM SHOTS 31 PORSCHE PANAMERA GTS 33 RENAULT EZ-ULTIMO 37 JAGUAR SE XB PROJECT 8

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N ews Briefs Exotic Cars

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Editor-in-Chief Mike Weber Advertising Manager Rob Taylor Creative Director Robert C. Burnett Sales Associates Marty Hansen Art Director Steven Weber Staff Writers Sameer Shah Marty Knights Contributing Writers Neil Winton Zoe Zorka Volume 1, Number 1 February 2019 Exotic Cars Magazine

F EBRUARY 2019

Serious Decline in UK auto manufacturing in November U K CA R MANUFAC TURING 21 December 2 01 8 (dat a for Novemb er 2 01 8) • B rit is h car manu fact ur ing declines - 19. 6% in November.

• P roduct ion for home

unit s manuf act ured , accor ding to figures releas e d today by t he S oc iety o f M oto r Manuf act urer s and Trad e r s (S MMT). In a continuatio n of recent t rends , wea ker demand in t he UK and in key

and over s eas dow n -1 .9 % and - 22. 8% in t he mont h.

• Year-to-date out put d rop s - 8.2%, w it h 1 29,228 fewer car s produced in fir s t 11 mont hs .

Decem ber 21 – cour tes y Newspres s

European and As ian expo r t market s was exac e rb ate d by t he ongoing impac t o f new regulat ion alongsid e planne d model and tec hno lo g y c hanges .

While home produc tio n fell by -1 .9% in t he mo nth, ex por t s ex perienc e d a

British car product ion fell by a sub s t ant ial -19.6% in Novemb er, w it h 1 29,030

s teeper -2 2.8% d ro p – fa lling for t he fif t h month in a row. Jus t over 10 5,000 c ar s

Renault EZ-Ultimo Robots are coming!

• A UDI R8 LMS GT3 • P ORSCHE 935 • M ERCEDES EQC • P ORSCHE PANAMERA GTS • R ENAULT EZ-ULTIMO • J AGUAR XE SV PROJECT 8

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we re ex po r te d to global m arket s i n N ovemb er, still re pre s e nti ng so me eigh t in eve r y 10 c ar s l eaving B ritish f ac to r i e s. I n th e year to d ate , m o r e th an 1 . 4 million car s h ave b e e n b uilt in th e U K ove r al l , an - 8. 2% year on ye a r d e c l i ne , with exp or t vo l u me s dow n 75, 085 units and o utp ut fo r t h e d om estic m arket d own 5 4,143.

Mi ke H awe s , SM M T Ch ief E xe c u ti ve , s ai d, “It’ s ver y co nc e r ni ng to s ee dem a nd fo r U K bu i l t c ar s decline in N ove m be r, with ou tp u t s e ri o usl y i m p ac ted by falling b us i ne s s and c onsu m er co nfi de nc e i n th e U K al l i e d to we ake ning exp or t m arket s. W i t h fewer th a n 10 0 d ay s unti l th e U K leaves th e Euro p e an U nion, th e au to m ot i ve i nd ustr y needs

cer taint y and a ‘no-deal’ B rex it mus t be r uled out .

T h ous ands of jobs in Br it is h car f actories and s upply c h ains depend on f r ee and frict ionles s t r ade w it h t he E U – if t he count r y f alls of f a clif f -edge nex t Marc h th e cons equences would be d evas t at ing.”

The automot ive indus t r y is a v it al par t of t he UK economy account ing for £82 billion t ur nover and £20 .2 billion value added.

Wit h s ome 1 86,000 people employed direct ly in manuf act ur ing and 8 56,000 acros s t he w ider automot ive ind us t r y, it account s for 1 2.8% of tot al UK exp or t of goods and inves t s £3.6 5 billion eac h year in au tomot ive R&D.

M ore t han 30 manuf act ure r s b uild s ome 7 0 mo de ls o f vehic le in t he UK s up p o r te d by 2,500 component prov id e r s and s ome of t he wo rld' s mo s t s killed engi nee r s .

M ore det ail o n U K automot ive availab le in S MMT's Moto r I nd us tr y Fac ts 2 01 8 publicatio n at http s :// w w w.s mmt . c o .uk/fac ts 1 8

Another Record Sales Year For McLaren Automotive

J anua r y 7 , 2 019 M c Lar e n h as anoth er yea r of re c o rd s al e s i nc reases Ac c o r di ng to new s sources, M c Lar e n Auto m otive, th e Bri t i s h c re ato r of luxu r y s po r t s c ar s and su percar s, ex pe ri e nc e d a noth er ba nn er ye a r as g l o b al s ales rose 4 3 . 9 % ove r th at of 2017.

T h e i nc r e ase m ark s th e 8th ye a r i n th e row th e comp any

h as incr eas ed s ales s ince its for mat ion in 2010 .

Tot al s ales in 2 01 8 was 4, 806 car s , w it h Nor t h A m er ica, w hic h repr es ent s M cLar en’s bigges t market and over a t hird of global s ales , surpas s ing 5 ,000 car s s old since 201 1 , als o ac hiev ing another year of r ecord grow t h for the company. That is a big ju mp f rom 2017 , w hen t he company s old 3,340 car s .

T he UK domes t ic market stayed s t rong, ac hiev ing a 49. 2 per cent year on year growt h w it h European s ales over all going up 44.2%, a figure f ar behind C hina’s of 1 22.5 % w hic h followed t he introduct ion of t he 57 0s Sp ider and 720S models .

C hina now ac c o unts fo r 7 % of t he comp any ’s total global s ales vo lume.

Anot her m ile s to ne was reac hed over the s ummer w hen McLare n c eleb rate d building it s 15,000th c ar at t he McLare n P ro d uc tio n C enter (MPC ) in Wo king , S ur rey, w here all its c ar s ar e hand-as semble d . The plant has cons is te ntly produced ove r 20 c ar s a day s ince opening with product ion expo r ted to 30 market s around the g lo be .

As well as the 600LT and McLar en S e nna , the company als o launc he d las t year t he fir s t two o f 1 8 new product s or de rivatives und er it s Trac k2 5 b us ine s s p lan,

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ven R o l l s Roy c es n eed fix i n g & doi n g so ain ' t chea p !

B y R o b ert Bur n e t t C o n tr ibut in g Wr ite r I N 1 9 9 4 WHI LE LI VI NG i n D al l as Texa s I m et an A mway D i am ond Joh n Sm i th wh o lived in U tah . “ D i am o nd ” Joh n was an al l aro und h and ym an and c he ap skate . If som eth ing ne e d e d fi x i ng Joh n wou ld b e t h e m an for th e job .

A s w i t h a l l Diamond J oh n owne d new and anti que c ar s. He h a d b e e n l o o k i ng for a h ard-

to-find 1964 er a Rolls Royce. Anot her Diamond living in Las Vegas came acros s a 1960 Rolls Royce Phantom and called John.

John t hen w ir ed t he asking price of $ 10 ,700 to Las Vegas and t he Rolls was purc has ed for cash.

H e found t hat t he s eat p osit ioning mec hanis m on t he pas s enger’s side was not working so handy man John was

1960 Rolls Royce P hantom

deter mined to fix the problem hims e lf o f cour s e.

Problem was he s imp ly could not figure o ut how to at t he under s id e o f the s eat .

A f ter working fo r ho ur s John was final ly ab le to get t he s eat out o f the car to fix t he pro b lem and as he did, the c a r' s removable s eat c us hio n fell to t he ground .

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he Cars Were The Stars

Dee Seidel C o ntri b uti ng Writer T h e A nnu al San Diego Inte rnati o na l Auto Sh ow ( S D I AS) fo r 201 8 wa s h el d at th e Downtown Sa n D i e g o C o nve ntion Center o n H ar bo r B lvd . from D e c e m b e r 27th th rough D e c e m b e r 30th , “ Wh ere t h e C ar s ar e th e Star s. ” Th i s s how is one of S outh e rn C alifornia’ s pre m i e r au tom otive events and i s ow ned , p rod uced and p re se nted by th e New Car D e a l e r s A ssociation of S an D i e g o C ounty.

Th i s eve nt is an o p po r tuni t y for a nons e l l i ng a tm osp h ere wh ere gl o b al au to maker s can h ig hl i g h t th e latest in ve h i c l e te c h nology and desi g ns o r t h ose soon to be re l e ase d to th e U nited St ate s pu bl ic. T h ere were m o re th an 400 veh icles on dis p l ay fo r v isitor s to see, ph oto g r ap h a nd in some c ase s, t h o se interested can s it i nsi d e t h e sh owcased ve h i c l e s.

San Diego Auto Show

Wawanes a Ins ur ance h os ted t he ar ea of t he C oncour s e w here t here were more t han 1 2 highend vehicles . The s ecur it y was muc h gr eater around the exot ic car s , w hic h were on dis play beyond the s ecurit y ropes . There

Mas erat i’s a nd A s to n Mar t in’s were p rov id ed fo r dis play by lo c al, p rivate ow ner s /col lec to r s .

H ere is a s ampling o f the exot ic car s that we re o n dis play: Red L amb o rg hini Murcielago L P 640, Ye llow Lambor ghini Aventa do r

were br and “Ambas s ador s ” available for ques t ions about t he r es pect ive vehicles . Many of t he Lambor ghini’s , Ferr ari’s ,

LP700, Yell ow Lambo rg hini Murcielago LP 640 Roads ter, Red Fe rra ri 360 Modena S il ver Ferra ri F 1 2 an Orange M c Lare n 675LT

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Lamborghini Murcielago LP640

and a C h arc o al Ferrari F430 were a par t o f th e E xot ic Disp lay.

T h e re was anoth er variety nearby wh e re a 2 01 9 t win- tu rb o V - 8 Ferrari Dot s ofi no wi t h 590 h p was p arked near th e 2 01 8 M ase rati Turb o Gra nd Sp or t U t i l i t y (S U V ) 4 2 0 h p AWD. N ot f ar away wa s a M aserati Gh ib li t w i n-t urb o V6 Sp or t m od el 424, a Mas e rati GT S Q ua ttropor te, an A ston Mar t i n Su pe r l e g gera and a Ferrari 48 8 Turbo Sp i d e r.

T h e re was o ne A lfa Romeo on d i s p l ay, wh i c h ser ved to introd uce at te nde e s to t h e op p or tunity to test d ri ve var i o us m od els of th e veh icle, l o c a te d a t th e E mb arcadero wa ter front s i de of t h e C o nvention Center. T h er e was ad d i t i o nal s ecu rity in order to p e r fo rm th e te st drive. Fir st, you take a b re at hal y ze r te st, wh ile th e attend ant

ver ifies t hat your dr iver ’s licens e is current /valid. When your t ur n cam e up, t he Alf a Romeo r epres ent at ive r ide s in t he pas s enger s eat as you t ake the w heel of t hes e power f ul, beaut if ul, magnificent automobiles !

The Alf a Romeo Stelv io Quadr ifo g lio S UV has an 8 -s peed automat ic t r ans mis s ion, All Wheel Dr ive (AW D) and C arbon Fiber drives haf t . This is not your average S UV! During t he Te s t Drive, it felt as if I had to hold bac k w ild hor s es . Not only was it ins t antly power f ul, but t he road for t he tes t routes is par t of Pacific Highway and t he s ame road us ed by heav y equipment daily.The Independent Adapt ive Dampening S us pens ion mus t have kic ked into gear on t hi s rough road. Ther e is als o t he opt io nal Steering C olumn-mounted Aluminum

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Pad d l e S h i f ter s, for t h os e w h o e lect to s h i f t to a m ore manu al p e r fo rm anc e. T h is mod el al so h ad th e A lfa DNA Pro D ri ve M ode Selector w i t h R ac e M od e as well as t h e Qu ad rifoglio l e ath e r- w r ap ped steering w h e e l w i t h a ud io controls and Re d p ush - b utton St a r t. Th e re are many more Fe atu res listed, t wo o p t i o ns for “select p ac kag e s, ” as well a s Ente r t a i nm e nt, Safety and Se c ur i t y c h oices.

T he 4 - d o o r Giu lia Qu ad ri fo g l i o sed an with Tri - c o at p ai nt ( op tion) in bri g ht Re d was also a n amazi ng ri d e . T h e veh icle h as an al l alu minu m 2 . 9 L twi n turboc h arged 8 - s p e e d V6 engine with 5 0 5 h p and 443 lb- f t to rqu e .

I t has m any of th e s am e i nte ri o r features as th e Ste l v io with th e 14 - way p owe r front seats, i ncl ud i ng power lu mbar s up p o r t wi t h p ower bol ste r s, m anual th igh s up p o r t and driver- seat m e m o r y.

T h i s m o d e l also h a s t h r e e “ se l e c t p ac kages, ” s uc h as th e Driver A ssi s t anc e Dynamic Pac kag e , w h ic h includ es an i nf r are d wind sh ield , Lane D e p ar t u re Warning ( L D W ), au to - High B eam H e ad l am p C ontrol and Ad ap ti ve C r uise Control ( AC C ).

T h e G i ul i a Quad rifoglio al s o o f fe r s t h e similar

2019 Ferrari Dotsofino (right)

E nter t ainment , S afet y and S ecur it y opt ions .

Credit s : The S an Diego Convent ion C enter Media Of fi ce, Rohat y ns ki-Harlow P u blic Relat ions ; Mr. M ark May nard, S an Diego U nion Tr ibune and Media Tou r hos t; Mr. Maurice

Rizzuto, Real Es ta te Adv is or, Inves to r and Ambas s ador for R anc ho S ant a Fe C ar s and C of fee (more info in next is s ue).1951-45 4

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nstant response, lightning-fast highrevving and a unique sound - the heart of the Audi R8

A udi R8 L MS GT3

By S ameer S hah C ont ribut ing Writer Audi S por t cus tomer racing pres ented its fo ur th new model in jus t four year s : Follow ing on f rom the rad ic a lly new s econd-generat ion Audi R8 LMS (2015) , the Aud i RS 3 LMS TC R touring car (2 016 ) and t he Aud i R 8 LM S GT4 s por t s car (2 017 ), t he evolut ion of t h e Aud i R 8

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LM S GT3 was u nveiled at th e 2 01 8 Pa ris M otor S h ow. Mi c ha el- Julius Re nz, M ana ging Director o f Audi S p o r t Gmb H, and C h ri s Reinke, Head o f Audi S p o r t cu stomer ra ci ng , reve aled th e m od el w i t h th e i nternational exhi b i ti o n v i sitor s look ing o n. T he new ver sion of t h e m o de l , s uccessful wo r l d wi de i n sprint a nd e nd ur anc e racing, is t ail o r e d c l o sely to th e c u s to m e r re qu irements re g ar di ng te c h nology and o p e rati ng c o sts.

I nsta nt re sp onse, l i g h tni ng - f a st h igh - revving and a u ni que sou nd - th e h e ar t o f t h e Au di R8 is its V10 natur al l y asp irated e ng i ne . I t i s availab le to c u sto m e r s i n two ou tp ut ra t i ng s. Th e alm ost i denti c al d ri ve tec h nology o f t h e V10 e ngine in th e R8 LMS GT3 and R8 LM S GT 4 i s pu t to good use o n th e rac et rac k . T h e V10 , wh i c h i s p rod u ced a t t h e e ng i ne pla nt in Gyor,

Hungar y, is ver y compact .

A s eparate radiator cont rols t he temper at ure of t he engine oil, w hic h comes f rom a dr y s ump.

T h is principle was adopted from motor racing and allow s for an ex t remely low ins t allat ion pos it ion of t he engine, producing a low center of grav it y. The p ump module oper ates wit h mult iple s uct ion stages and as s ures p roper lubricat ion under all condit ions - including d uring lateral acceler at ion of around 1 .5 G, w hic h is p oss ible in t he R8 . Bot h engines have a gas oline p ar t iculate filter.

Development Dur ing t he development p roject of t he lates t evolut ion, Audi S por t concent rated on prov iding th es e cus tomer s w it h an even bet ter tec hnical bas e th an before. Opt imizat ion of t he aerody namics and cooling give greater cons is tency under var ious dy namic dr iv ing

condit ions . Durability o f t he power t rans mis s io n element s is anothe r fo c al ar ea. For t he teams , the evolut ion pac kag e o f the Audi R8 LMS p ay s o f f bot h in terms o f ra c ing and economy: M o de rate modificat ions o f the over all concept and lo ng er s er v ice inter va ls fo r the clut c h and t rans mis s io n repres ent s ens ib le inves t ment s pro mis ing s ucces s in rac ing a nd opt imally s upp o r t amateur s . Whethe r the teams already own a s econd-generatio n Audi R8 LMS or buy a new mo d el: t he c hanges benefit ever yone and are a ls o s uit able for r etro fitting to ex is t ing race c ar s .

Razor-s harp p re c is io n: t he s us pens io n M odificat ions to the s us pens ion prov id e even more s t ability and

precis ion. The as s is tanc e has been ret uned bot h w it h t he o p tio nal dy namic s tee ring and t he elect romec ha nic al power s teer ing : Stee ring

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re s p o nse and th e feed bac k fro m t he ro ad c ome across as eve n m o re p recise across th e e nti r e rang e of sp eed s.

D e pe ndi ng o n th e selected e ng i ne, t h e th re e ad ditional pro g ra m s dr y, wet and snow ar e ad de d to t h e well- k n own Au di d ri ve se l e c t mod es wi t h t h e p e r fo rma nce mod e.

T h ey ad ap t th e key dynam ic param ete r s to th e friction c o e f fi ci e nt o f t h e roa d.

T h ank s to t h e e nh a nced El e c t roni c St ab i liz ation Co nt rol (E S C ), th e top - ofth e - l i ne m o d e l b ra kes from 10 0 km / h (6 2 .1 mph ) to a s t ands ti l l up to 1 . 5 m eter s ( 4 .9 f t ) e arl i e r; t h e stop ping di s t a nc e f ro m 2 0 0 k m / h ( 1 24 .3 m p h) i s up to five

mete r s (16 .4 f t ) s hor ter - in eac h cas e depending on t he exterior condit ions .

Th e new Audi R8 is equipped w it h f actor y installed 1 9-inc h w heels .

U ltralight 2 0-inc h f ully milled w heels in five- V d ynamic des ign w it h new summer and s por t t ires , wh ic h convey even more p recis e handling, are avai lable as an opt ion. Audi of fer s ceramic br ake dis cs as an alternat ive to t he standard s teel dis cs . The stabilizer at t he f ront is op tionally made f rom carbon fiber -reinforced poly mer ( CFR P) and aluminum, w hic h cu ts weight by around t wo k ilogr ams (4 .4 lb).

S harper and ta ute r: the des ign The honed c ha rac ter o f the new Audi R8 mo d els als o becomes clear v is ually. The S inglef rame rad iato r g rille has a w ider, flatte r line .

Thic k bar s di v ide up the lar ge air inlets . F lat s lits in t he hood ar e reminis c e nt of t he Audi Ur-quattro brand icon. The new fro nt s plit ter is now wid er, a s is t he s t riking low -s et air ve nt gr ille at t he rea r. The g rille rounds of f t h e d if fus e r that ex tends quite s o me way up .

All of w hic h und erline s the s por t y look o f the Aud i R 8.

In t he engine c o mpa r tment t he air filter is s ituate d under a new, thre e -p ar t

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c ove r - avai l ab l e in a c h oice o f pl as t i c o r c arb on fiber.

R 8 cu sto m e r s can c h oose fro m up to t h re e exterior p ac kag e s, de p e nd ing on t h e e ng i ne vari ant; th ese p ac kag e s add va riou s h i gh l ig h ts to t h e front s pl i t te r, t h e si de trim s and t h e d i f f use r. As a n option, t h e Aud i ri ng s and b ad ges o n t h e ex te ri o r are p ainted i n h i g h - g l o ss bl ac k . T h e new m et al l i c c olor s Kem ora G ray a nd A sc ari B lue a dd to t h e p ai nt r ange. T h e Au di exc l u si ve range gives c u s to m e r s t h e opp or tu nity to c u s to m i ze m any deta ils o f t h e i r Audi R8 - insid e and o ut .

The new Audi R8 models will be available at a s ales p rice of 3 98,000 euros (plus VAT). The evolut ion kit for retrofit t ing older model generat ions cos t s 2 8,000 euros (plus VAT). Follow ing FIA homologat ion, t he ra ce car s w ill be bat t ling inte r nat ionally for point s , victories and t it les s t ar t ing in J anuar y 2019. It w ill be arriv ing at dealer s hips in Germany and ot her European count ries in t he cour s e of th e fir s t quar ter of 2019.

T h e models w ill go on s ale in e arly 2 019.

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P orsche 935

his spectacular car is a birthday present from Porsche Motorsport to fans all over the world

B y Sameer Shah C o ntri b uting Writer P OR SC HE HA S U NVE ILE D th e new 935 on th e o c c asi o n of th e h istoric “ Re nnsp or t Reunion” m oto r spor t event at Lag u na Seca Raceway in C al i fo rnia. T h e 515 k W (7 0 0 hp ) ra cer featu ring a b o d y r eminiscent of

t he legendar y Por s c he 935/78 w ill be produced in a limited number of 77 unit s . “ This s pect acular car is a bir t hday pres ent f rom Por s c he Motor s por t to f ans all over t he wor ld,” s ay s Dr Fr ank Stef fen Wallis er, Vice Pr es ident Motor s por t and GT C ar s . “ Becaus e t he car is n’t

homologated , e ng ine e r s and des igne r s didn’t have to follow the us ual rules and t hus ha d free d o m in t he develop ment.” The race car’s tec hno lo g y for clubs po r t eve nts and private training o n racet rac ks is bas ed o n t he 911 GT2 RS hig hper formanc e s p o r ts c ar.

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p re d e c e ssor, most of th e b o dy has b een repla ced o r su pp l emented by c ar bo n- fib re composite p ar t s (C F RP ) . With its stre am l ined extended re a r, t h e Por sc h e 935 re a c h e s a length of 4. 87 m etr e s. T h e width of th e exc l usive clu bsp or t ra c e r m e a sures 2. 03 m etr e s. T h e spectacu lar ae ro d y namics is a c o m p l etely new d eve l o p ment and pays tri b ute to th e Por sc h e 9 3 5 / 7 8 Le M ans race c ar, wh i c h fans du bb ed “ Mo by Dic k � d ue to i t s e l o ngated sh a pe, m assi ve fairings and wh i te ba se colou r.

T he d i s t inctive wh eel arc h ai r vents on th e f ro nt f airings, wh ic h al s o fe atu re on th e GT3 Po r sc h e 911 GT 3 R c usto mer veh icle, i nc r e ase d own force at th e f ro nt axle. M easuring 1 , 9 0 9 millim etres in wi d t h by 400 millimetres i n d e p th , th e rear wing l e nd s aerod ynam ic b al anc e .

M any d etails of th e ex te ri o r are a salu te to wi nni ng veh icles from th e c o m pa ny’ s m otor ra c i ng h istor y: T h e ae ro d y namically cap ped ri m s e c h o th ose of th e 9 3 5 / 7 8 , with th e LE D re a r l i g h ts on th e rear wi ng e ndp lates a dop ted f ro m t h e 919 Hyb rid LMP 1 r ace ca r. T h e si d e m i r ror s h ail from th e c urr ent Le M ans-

w inning 91 1 RS R, w it h t he ex pos ed t it anium t ailpipes modelled on t he Por s c he 9 08 f rom 1 968.

Thes e references ar e car ried t hrough to t he coc kpit . The knob on t he gear s hif t lever has a laminated wood des ign and is reminis cent of racer s s uc h as t he 917 , t he 909 Ber gs py der and t he C arrer a GT s uper s por t s car. The carbon s teering w heel and t he colour dis play behind it have been t aken f rom t he 911 GT3 R f rom t he 2 019 model year.

A mas s ive s afet y cage combined w it h a racing buc ket s eat and a s ix point s afet y harnes s ens ur e max imum s afet y.

A s econd s eat for t he pas s enger is available as an opt ional ex t ra. Air condit ioning prov ides opt imal cooling of t he inter ior.

The new Por s c he 9 35 is power ed by a s t ateof -t he-ar t 3 .8-lit re s ix cy linder t w in-t ur bo engine, w hic h is lar gely ident ical to t he highper formance s t andard unit mounted in t he road-legal 911 GT2 RS .

Power is t rans ferr ed to t he r ear engine v ia a s even-s peed Por s c he Doppelkupplung (PDK) w it h r igid gear box s us pens ion at t he 310 -millimet r e-w ide r ear ax le.

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S ix -pis ton al uminium monobloc r ac ing calliper s on the fro nt ax le in combinatio n with inter nally ventilate d and grooved s te e l brake dis cs w ith a 3 80-millimeter diameter prov ide excellent deceler at ion values at t he f ront ax le. The rear ax le is fit ted with fo urpis ton calliper s and 3 55-millimeter dis c s .

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C o ur te sy Daim ler C o m m u nications I t was at th e 2016 Par i s Motor Sh ow th a t M e rcedes- B enz fi r st pr esented its new p rod uct and te c h no logy brand for e l e c t ro mob ility. In

the des ign idiom of Progres s ive Lux ur y.

T he Mercedes -Benz EQC als o s y mbolis es the s t ar t of a new mobilit y era at Daimler. As t he fir s t Mercedes -Benz model under t he new product and tec hnology br and

m i d - 2 019 th e tim e h a s now c o m e: T h e E QC i s t h e fir st M erced esBe nz veh icle to be l au nc h ed u nder th e E Q br and . With its se am l ess, clear design and c o lou r h igh ligh ts ty p i c a l of th e brand , i t i s a p ioneer for an avan t- g ard e electric l o o k w h ile rep resenting

EQ, t he Mercedes Benz EQC has many trailblazing des ign det ails and colour highlight s t y pical of t he br and. Bot h ins ide and out , t he EQC embodies t he des ign idiom of Progres s ive Lux ur y.

This aris es f rom t he combinat ion of a

prev ious ly unknown beaut y, t he cons c io us clas h of digit al a nd analogue elements as well as t he s eamles s merging of int uitive and phy s ical de s ig n.

By v ir t ue of it s mus cular propo r tio ns , t he Mercedes -Benz

EQC is clas s ed as a cros s over S UV. The ex tended roofli ne a nd w indow layout with a low wais t line and the

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c o u pĂŠ - l i ke roof recess at t h e r e ar v i sua lly p osition i t bet we e n an SU V a nd an SU V c o u p ĂŠ .

A stri k i n g fea tu re at th e fro nt i s t h e la rge blac k p ane l s ur f ace enclosing t he h e a dl am p s and grille.

Fo r t h e fi r st tim e, th e b l ac k p ane l is bordered at th e to p by a n optica l fi br e as a visual link b etwe e n th e torc h - like d ay ti m e ru nning lamp s as a ty pi c al M erced esB e nz fe ature. At nigh t t hi s c re ate s a n alm ost uni nte rru p ted, h oriz ontal l ig h t b and .

Powe r tr ai n: Dynam ic p e r fo rm ance meets e f fi c i e nc y

As t he fir s t Mercedes B enz model to be launc hed under t he new p roduct and tec hnology b rand EQ, t he EQC feat ur es an all-new drive system development wit h compact elect r ic d rivet rains at eac h ax le. Thes e give th e EQC t he dr iv ing c h aracteris t ics of an allwheel drive. To r educe p ower cons umpt ion and incr eas e dy namis m, t he ele ct ric drivet rains are configured dif ferent ly: th e f ront elect ric motor is opt imis ed for bes t p os s ible ef ficiency in th e low to medium load ra nge, w hile t he rear one

deter mines dy na mis m.

Toget her, t hey g e nerate an out put of 300 kW and max imum to rques o f 765 Nm. Merc ed es -B enz engineer s has enhanc ed nois e comfor t with a number of me as ures .

In t he Mercede s -B enz EQC t he powe r p ac ks ar e is olated by rub b e r mount s at t wo p o ints : w here t he power p ac k connect s to its s ub frame and w her e t he s ub frame connect s to t h e b o d y.

This ef fect ive is o latio n is s upplemented with ins ulat ion me as ure s . A s a res ult , t he interio r o f the EQC is ex t r eme ly quiet.

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f as t A s standa rd th e E QC is e qui pp e d w i t h a wa terc o o l e d o nb o ard c h arger ( O BC ) w i t h a ca pacity of 7.4 k W, m ak ing it su itable fo r AC c har g in g at h om e o r at p ub l i c c h a rging s t ati o ns. C ha rging at a Me rc e de s - Benz Wallb ox i s u p to t h re e times f as te r th an a t a d omestic powe r s o c ket . It is faster s t i l l w i t h D C c h arging - wh i c h i s s t anda rd for t h e Me rc e d e s - B enz E QC - for exam p l e via CCS ( C o m bi ne d C h arging S yste m s ) i n Europ e and t h e U SA , C H Ad eM O in J ap an o r G B/T in Ch ina .

D e pe ndi ng o n th e SoC ( s t atus o f c harge) , th e EQ C c an b e c h arged wi t h a m ax i mu m outp ut o f u p to 1 10 k W a t an ap p ro p ri ate c h arging s t ati o n. I n around 40 m i nu te s, t h e b atter y can be c h arg e d from 10 - 80 perc e nt So C ( p rovision al data ).

Ac ti ve and p assive s afety: E QC - s p ecific safety c o nc e p t T he E Q C i s equipp ed wi t h th e l atest generation o f Me rc e de s -B enz d riving as si s t anc e system s. In t h e D r i v i ng A ssistance pac kag e , t h ese in clud e new f unc ti o ns su c h as p re d i c t i ve speed ad j u stm e nt wh en ap pro ac hi ng th e end o f a tai l ba c k: wh en a t a i l b ac k i s d etected ,

Active Dis t ance As s is t DIS TRONIC reduces t he sp eed to around 100 k m/h as a pr ecaut ion.

In a t ailbac k on t he motor way, t he lane guidance s y s tem keeps th e vehicle of f -cent r e to leave s pace for t he emer gency s er v ices .

T h e EQC als o meet s t he h ighes t r equir ement s w it h respect to pas s ive s afet y: in addit ion to t he us ual, extens ive programme of cras h tes t s .

The energy s torage unit is s urrounded by a s t able fra me t hat can abs or b energy. Deformat ion element s ar e ins t alled b et ween t he f rame and th e bat ter y, and t hes e are able to abs orb ad dit ional forces in t he event of a s evere s ide im pact . A bat ter y guard in t he f ront ar ea of t he b at ter y is able to pr event th e energy s tor age unit from being pierced by foreign object s . Elect rical p rotect ion of t he highvoltage s y s tem: t he extens ive ex per ience of M ercedes -Benz w it h highvoltage dr ive s y s tems has led to a mult i-s t age s afet y concept t hat deploy s in th e event of an accident .

T h e high-volt age s y s tem au tomat ically s hut s dow n, rever s ibly or irr ever s ibly, accor ding to t he s ever it y of t he accident . There are als o s hut dow n point s wh ere emer gency teams

can deact ivate the hig hvolt age s y s tem manua lly.

Interior des ig n: Progres s ive de s ig n id io m, modern materials The high-quality interio r of t he EQC als o pio ne e r s an avant -gar de e lec tro look . This applie s to the for m, mater ial mix and us er ex perienc e. The re is a unique contras t bet ween s ens uo us , s o f t s ur f aces , precis e e dg es and geomet rica l s hap es .

Any body s eeing the E Q’s des ign once will alway s recognis e it ag ain.

The EQ c harac te r o f the inter ior is acce ntuate d by a br and-s pec ific colour s c heme that is unique in t he Me rc e d es Benz por t folio. H ig hgrade mater ials s uc h as leat her, plus m o d e rn trim element s in an aluminium look or w it h open-p o re wood, convey the familiar, high Mercedes-B enz qualit y. This is fur ther enhanced by innovative, new ly develope d s ur fac es .

Thes e include, fo r example, t he fine ly woven “S unny vale� upho ls te r y in indigo blue or be ig e , the s light ly irides ce nt s had e producing an e le g ant, high-tec h s hee n. I n line w it h t he env iro nmentally f riendly dr ive c o nc e pt of t he EQC , it is manuf act ur ed fro m hig hqualit y recycle d mate rial.

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o f t h e ba c k rest and seat s ur f a c e . Th e sid e bolster s ar e o f m an- ma de leath er and have ro sĂŠ- gold c o l o ure d to pstitc h ing.

T h e d e s i g n a nd e qui pm e nt l i nes: E lectric A r t and A M G Line T h e e qui pment line El e c tri c Ar t h as th e desi g n fe atures d escrib ed ab ove w i t h rosĂŠ- gold h i g h l i g h ts. Th e M ercedesB enz E QC i s also availab le i n th e spo r t y equ ip ment l i ne A M G L i ne, with t h e o pt i o ns of A M G Li ne Inte ri o r and A M G Li ne E x te ri o r. T h e E QC wi t h A M G Li ne E xterior fe at u re s e . g . an A M Gs p e c i fi c radi ator grille and m i rro r housings in t h e ve hi c l e colour. It al s o l o o k s c onsid erab ly m o re sp o r t y th ank s to a d i s t i nc tive front ap ro n. A wi de rear ap ro n i n an A M G d esign f u r t h e r re i nforces th is i m p re s s i o n. S evera l new A M G wh e e l designs in s i z e s bet we en 20 and 21 i nc h e s ar e availab le

for t he Mercedes -Benz E QC . The interior als o b ecomes s por t ier w it h th e AMG Line Interior.

In addit ion to a t hreesp oke AMG mult if unct ion sp or t s teering w heel w it h flat tened lower s ect ion, th e pac kage includes an A M G s por t s pedal clus ter of brus hed s t ainles s stee l. The s eat s ar e in b lac k ARTIC O man-made leather/microfibre, w it h leather s eat s and car bonfibr e look t rim available as an opt ion. AMG floor mats round of f t he AMG Line Interior.

Power t r ain: Dy namic p er formance meet s ef ficiency The EQC , t he fir s t M ercedes -Benz repr es ent at ive of th e new product and tec hnology br and EQ, feat ures an all-new drive system development .

T h e interplay bet ween p er formance and d ynamis m in combinat ion with a high level of ef ficiency and comfor t was a par t icular focus of

t he developer s . The E Q C has a compact e lec tric drivet rain at ea c h a xle, giv ing t he vehic le the driv ing c har acteris tic s o f an all-w heel drive.

Bot h t he electric power t r ains and the bat ter y ar e t ai lo rmade for t he Merc ed es Benz EQC . Tractive power is prov ided by a n as y nc hronous m oto r at eac h ax le. The e lec tric motor, a fixed-ratio t r ans mis s ion with a dif ferent ial, t h e c o o ling s y s tem and t he p owe r elect ronics form a highly integr ated , ver y compact unit . To red uc e power cons ump tio n and incr eas e dy namis m, the elect ric drivet rains a re configured dif fe rently: t he f ront elect ric moto r is configured fo r b es t pos s ible ef ficienc y in t he low to medium lo a d range, w hile t he rear o ne deter mines dy na mis m.

Toget her, t hey g enerate an out put of 300 kW and a max imum torque o f 765 Nm.

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d ynamic c has s is s y s tems including adapt ive air suspens ion, and t heir own unique des ign element s and equipment , th e Por s c he Panamer a GT S and Panamera GT S S por t Tur is mo h arnes s a one-of -a-kind p er formance pac kage. As you would ex pect f rom a factor y GT S , t he bas ic

equipment pac kag e is ex tens ive. For examp le, t he S por t Des ig n pac kage w it h blac k ex terior elements and lar ge Alcant ara s ur fac es in t he interior is inc lud ed as s t andard. What’s more, Por s c he ha s ex panded it s po r tfo lio of comfor t and as s is t ance s y s tems to inc lud e

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a h e ad - up d isp lay with var i o us c o nfiguration o p ti o ns fo r th e entire Pana m e ra range.

At t h e h e a r t of b oth of t h e new Por sc h e Pana m e ra GT S m odels i s a fo ur - l i t re V 8 eng i ne wi t h 338 k W ( 4 6 0 h p ) o f ou tp ut and m ax i m um torqu e of 62 0 N m , c ultivating an e m ot i o na l sound and d ri v i ng exp erience w he n c o m bined with th e s t anda rd spor ts exh au st s y s- te m . T h e b i t u rb o engine, w h i c h fe atures a g aso l i ne p ar ticula te fi l te r, o utper form s its p re d e c e s s or by 15 k W ( 20 h p) and 100 Nm , ac c e l e rati ng th e Por sc h e Pana m e ra GT S a nd Pana m e ra GT S Sp or t Tur i s m o f rom 0 to 100 k m / h i n 4 .1 second s as i t wo rk s i n con- junction w i t h th e sta nda rd Sp or t C hro no Pac kage. T h e two m o d e l s ac h ieve a top sp e e d o f 2 92 and 289 k m / h , r e s pe ctively. T h ere ar e no i nte rrup tions i n trac ti ve force as p owe r i s tr ansmitted to th e Po r sc h e Traction Manag e m e nt ( P T M ) fourw h e e l d ri ve system by t h e e i g h t- s peed P DK d ual c l u tc h g e arb ox. T h eir exc e p ti o na l p er form a nce i s ac h i eve d with m o d e rate consump tion o f j ust 10 . 3 l/ 100 k m

( Spor t Turis mo: 10 .6 l/ 10 0 km); it has a C O2 emis s ion level of 2 35 g/ k m (S por t Turis mo: 242 g/ km).

E ight -cy linder bit urbo eng ine deliver s dy namic p ower, ef ficiency and an emot ional dr ive The new Panamera GT S and new Panamera GT S S por t Tur is mo b ot h benefit f rom t he same V8 bit urbo engine generat ion as t he Panamera Turbo models .

D ur ing t he development p h as e, Por s c he’s eng ineer s focus ed on ensur ing max imum ef ficiency and except ional per formance.

At s peeds bet ween 6 ,000 and 6 ,500 rpm, t he fourlitre engine in t he new Por s c he Panamera GT S models deliver s peak output of 3 38 kW (460 h p ), out per for ming t he 4. 8-lit re V8 engine in t he p redeces s or by 20 hp.

T h e max imum torque of 620 Nm - 100 Nm more th an t he prev ious model - is available at s peeds b etween 1 ,800 and 4, 500 rpm.

The new eight -cy linder model accelerates t he Panamera GT S and t he Panamera GT S S por t Tur is mo f rom 0 to 10 0 k m/h in 4.1 s econds th anks to t he s t andard Spor t C hrono Pac kage.

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s peed of 2 00 km/h in jus t 1 5.4 s ec o nd s ; t he S por t Turismo ac hieves t he s ame in 15.6 s econds . The G ran Tur is mo reac hes a to p s peed of 2 92 km/h while t he S por t Turismo to p s out at 2 89 km/ h. The ir except ional per fo rma nc e is ac hieved w ith mo d erate cons ump tio n o f jus t 10 .3 l/10 0 km (S por t Tur is mo: 10.6 l/10 0 km); it has a C O 2 emis s ion level o f 235 g / km (S por t Turismo : 242 g/km).

Act ive four-w he e l drive w it h elec tro nic a lly cont rolled mult i-p la te clut c h The Panamera GT S a nd Panamera GT S S p o r t Tur is mo deliver p owe r to t he road v ia t h e Po r s c he Tract ion Manag e ment (PTM) f unct ion - a n act ive four-w hee l drive s y s -tem with an elect ronically co ntro lled, map-bas ed multi-p la te clut c h. Depend ing o n t he dr iv ing s it uatio n, t he mult i-plate c lutc h s preads t he eng ine’s power bet ween the fro nt and rear ax les to a c hieve opt imum per fo rmanc e at all t imes . Th e P TM s ens or s cont inu o us ly monitor t he w hee l s peeds , t he long itud inal and t r ans ver s e ac c e lerat ion forces , and the s teering angle. The P TM

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d e l i ve r s p er fect per forma nce, regardl e s s o f wh eth er th e road s are dr y, wet o r c ove re d in snow.

C has s is an d c h as s is s ys te ms A s fo r t h e overall Pana mera concept , t he c h assi s in th e new GT S m odels al s o c o m - bines th e comfor t of a lux ur y s al o o n wi t h th e p er formance of a s p o r ts c ar. However, it h a s been given an ex tra d ynamic m akeover to ac hieve t he h a l l m ark GT S response. T h e ad ap ti ve air susp ension u sed in ot her Pana m e ra d erivatives is also ins t alled as stand ard in th e new GT S models .

W i th i t s th ree- c h a mber tec h nology, t his s usp e n- s i on system p rovid es flex ible co ntro l and good sp ring rate spread.

Lar g e br akes su pp or t th e longit udinal d y nam i c s. Wh at’ s more, th e integr ated

Por-s c he 4 D C has s is C ont rol func tio n analy s es and s y nc hronis es all c has s is s y s tems in real t ime to ens ure o ptimum vehicle res pons e. The new Po r s c he Panamera GT S models can de liver an even more dy namic per for manc e with innovat ive opt ional s y s tems , s uc h as Por s c he Dy namic C has s is C ontro l S po r t (PDC C S por t ) including Por s c he To rque Vectoring Plus (PT V Plus ), Po r s c he C eramic C ompos ite Br ake (PC C B ) , and rear ax le s teering.

Adapt ive air s us pens ion w ith three c hamber tec hnology fit ted as s tand ard The Panamera GT S and Panamera GT S S por t Turis mo are equipp e d w it h an adap-t ive t hr ee-c ham b e r air s us pens ion as s t andard. This s y s tem has rais ed t he bar, par -t icularly when it comes to comfor t . The s y ste m is Cont inued to p ag e 74

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robo-vehicle equipped with level 4 autonomous driving capability.

B y Sameer Sh a h C o i ntri buting Writer Re nau lt E Z - U LT IM O, p ro no u nced “E A SY U LTI M O”, is an alle l e c tri c, connected , au to no mous rob ove h i c l e. It is intend ed to b e of fered as a s e r v i c e for a single t r i p , a circu it or a d ay

booking. Available on-demand, EZ-ULTIMO is ideal for ex panding premium of fer ings by t ravel companies and res or t s , to enhance a s pecial moment t hrough a private t rip in a cit y or a premium tour is t ex per ience.

Renault EZ-ULTIMO f ully embodies

Renault ’s her it ag e Fr enc h Des ign and Eas y Life principles . It s des ign is an ele ment t hat s et s it apar t w it hout s acrificing f unct ionalit y.

Produced in t he s pirit of a “coac h 2.0”, t his vehic le is a cozy cocoon in whic h

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up to t h r e e p assenger s v i ew th e c i t y or th e road f ro m a novel p er sp ective d uri ng th e i r rid e. Its p ri va te spa ce is a sor t of c o nte m p o rar y fir st- cla ss l o ung e th at is accessib le to al l . I t s r efined interior i s t ai l o r - m ad e from up sc al e m aterials su c h as ri c h wo od , marb le and l e ath e r, a llowing p asse ng e r s to enjoy a re l ax i ng and immer sive d ri ve w h i l e ta k ing ad vantag e of onb oard se r v i c e s and sp ecific c o nte nt fo r a p rem iu m ex p e ri e nc e .

Re nau l t EZ - U LT IM O is

a robo-vehicle equipped with level 4 autonomous d riv ing capabilit y. It can connect to urban env ironment s and h ighway inf ras t r uct ur e, suc h as going to an airpor t or f rom a hotel to a touris t s ite. Ins pired by t he s ame ambit ion to bring s us t ainable mobilit y to all, t his trilogy of 10 0 % elect ric and s hared mobilit y solut ions ex pand and complete Groupe Renault ’s v is ion for a fu ture-f r iendly mobilit y sys tem.

Renault EZ-ULTIMO

is an all-elect r ic , connected, auto no mo us robo-vehicle. T his hig hend robo-vehicle is intended to be o f fered as a s er v ice for a s pec ific t r ip, a circuit or a d ay booking. Us er s c o uld acces s it in vario us way s .

S pecialis t comp anie s s uc h as five-s t ar hote ls or airlines could o f fe r t his s er v ice as an adjunct to an exis ting premium s er v ic e.

They could of fe r their client s a tot ally unique, branded, prem ium travel ex perience. Ride -hailing and mobilit y ope rato r s

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c o u l d al s o c onsid er o f fe ri ng th e ir clients th is service.

D e si g n: a novel vision fo r s hare d m ob ility Re nau l t ’ s elegant and we l c o m i ng Renau lt EZ- U LTI M O c oncep t will s e d uc e c a r l over s. It f u ll y e m b o di es Rena ult’ s h eri t ag e Fre nc h Design and E asy Li fe p rinciples.

It s d e si g n i s an element t h at sets i t a pa r t with out s ac r i fi c i ng f unctionality.

It s f uturi s t i c features and l ux uri o us materials ad d th e c r uc ia l e m ot i o nal aspect th at defi ne s th e p rem iu m s i d e o f t h e experience.

At 1 . 3 5 m eter s h igh , it bl e nd s i n to th e city with e ase .

A re a l c ar with an exci ti ng d e sign U nl i ke th e b ox- like ap pe aranc e of rob ove h i c l e c o nc ep ts i ntro duc e d e lsewh ere, Re naul t E Z - ULT IM O b o asts a se nsual a nd exci ti ng M P V bod y t h a t fi t s th e world of p re m i um c ar s. It is a car t h a t c o nc e al s a rob ove h i c l e f unc t ion, wh ile o f fe ri ng i t s u ser s th e c h arm and a dva ntages o f au to no m ous te c hno l o g y togeth er with t h e c are f r e e p leasu re o f h and i ng over full d ri v i ng r e sponsibilities to t h e c ar. I t is a long, s t a tu e sque veh icle, with t wo - to ne b o dywork : deep

b lac k w it h a gr een t inge for the lower s ect ion, c h ampagne for t he up p er s ect ion. It s cabin is out fit ted w it h noble mate r ials s uc h as wood, marble and leat her and to reduce weight , all t he p ieces ar e ex t r emely th in.

A tot ally private s pace Renault EZ-ULTIMO of fer s an ent irely private interior t hanks to t he tec h nical f acet ing of th e upper s ect ion of its body work . Tr eated in th e s ame way as a one- way mirror, t hes e facets produce a s light ly trans parent ef fect , but more impor t ant ly t hey ob scur e t he v iew of th e vehicle interior to p rotect t he privacy of it s occu pant s .

Uni que: an exclus ive on- d emand s er v ice Once on board E Z - U LTIMO, t he up - market ex per ience goes way beyond t he route driven. It s t ar t s at the point of booking, th a nks to an exclus ive inter f ace and concierge ser vices . The vehicle’s ap p roac h and t he new p ass enger boarding p rocedure als o help to make t his s er v ice t r uly unique and exclus ive.

B ooking omay be accomplis hed v ia s mar t p h one or t ablet , t he d edicated EZ-ULTIMO ap p . On a marbled

bac k ground r eminis c e nt of t he vehicle’s interio r, t he us er can acce s s his route planning and informat ion a is no ordinar y robo-vehic le.

It is a lux urious and f ut uris t ic vehicle t hat breaks t he larg e s aloon mold,bout his des t inat ion. A s t ylis h cloc k dis play s t ime o f ar rival. fit ted Approac h Renault EZ-ULTIM O s et t ing t he tone as it elegant ly arr ives a t t he pic k -up s ite. At 5.8m long it is v i s ua lly s t riking, and yet remains dis creet t hanks to the quiet nat ure of elec tric vehicles . At fir s t s ig ht it appear s to be dee p blac k in color. The c hampagne color o f the f aceted s t r uct ur e that s ur rounds t he upper s ect ion of t he cabin has a war m, ric h appe aranc e t hat s et s of f t he liv ing s pace in w hic h t h e pas s enger s are g etting ready to t ake t he ir s eat s .

B oar ding Making cus tomer s ’ lives eas ier is t rue Renault s pirit , as ev idenced by t he Renault EZ-ULTIMO’s boarding procedure.

As if cont rolled by a v ir t ual but ler, the majes t ic s ide doo r o pens automat ically w hile t he upper glas s sec tio n

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o p e ns l i ke a bu tter fly.

Wi t h no B - p illar in th e c ar, th i s w id e op ening i s an o bv i ou s invitation to g et o n boa rd . B oard i s m a de even easier by a rotating seat th at c o m e s to th e pa ssenger so th a t h e/ sh e can take o ne s p l ac e. Ad ditionally l um i no us sign on th e fl o o r i n f ront of th e door, we l c o m e s pa ssenger s.

O n b o ard : an immer sive, p e r so nal experience O nc e i n Renau lt E Z - U LTI M O , th e

pas s enger s can enjoy a vas t , welcoming and comfor t able s pace t hat has been out fit ted like a r eal liv ing room. In a highly ef fect ive neo-ret ro ambiance, t hey enjoy onboard s er v ices for a premium ex perience.

They ar e of fered s pecific content to immer s e in during t he ride. Armc hair and benc h s eat - Wit h a large armc hair for one bac kwar ds -f acing pas s enger and a deep benc h s eat for t wo pas s enger s f acing t he

direct ion of trave l.

Onboar d s er vic e s EZ-ULTIMO’s o nb o ard s er v ices als o inc lude a concier ge s e r v ic e tha t can be acces s e d v ia the dedicated applic atio n ins t alled on the tab let.

For example, p as s eng e r s can book a h ote l ro o m or a res t aur ant fo r the res t of t heir exp e rie nc e .

They can als o find s o me ref r es hments in the fo rm of a vacuum flas k s to red under t he s ide tablet o f t he cabin.

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he owners manual and jack are included in the sale.

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1 971 Porsche 911t C ur re ntly p osted on E b ay fo r $26, 500.

T h i s c ar was recently ac qu i re d from th e l o ng te rm owner in M i ssi s s i p p i, He p arked i t ye ar s ago und er h is c ar po r t and it h as not d ri ve n since.

A l t h o ugh h e claimed it d i d run not long ago, I h ave not tried to fire it up . Th e engine d oes tu rn T h e e ngine is nu mber s m atc h i ng a nd is c o m p l ete and original i t h as a 5 sp eed m anu al t ransm ission and th e tra ditiona l Fu c h

w heels .

Over all t he body on this car is exceedingly st r aight and t he door s clos e w it h eas e.

T he f ront end us ed to have a f ull br a, it was r emoved for t he photos and you can s ee the out line, t he hood appear s to have s ome cr ac king but on t he under s ide I do not s ee ev idence of any bending or damage.

The inter ior looks to be all original, and in f air condit ion w it h t he s eat s being in gr eat condit ion

The ow ner s ma nual and jac k are includ e d in the s ale.

T he under s ide has s ome rus t , mo s tly fro m water accumula tio n w hen at s ome po int it was lef t uncove red , it is in t he floor s and fro nt pan.

T he f ront s p are tire ar ea looks s o lid a s well as t he bat ter y boxes .

You can buy it now o n Ebay for $26,500 o r bid on it unt il t he deadline . https://www.ebay.com/ itm/123544605342

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t hat use the ic o nic body w ith s o me s or t of kic k -as s motor und er the hood, like the Bec k 550 S py de r s and ot h er s tha t have put s o me s erious mo ney into t he moto r s o C ont inued o n p ag e 72

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he most powerful, agile and extreme performance Jaguar road car ever."

J aguar XE SV Project 8

B y Sam eer Sh a h C o ntrib uting Writer J ag uar Land Rover Special Vehicle Op e r ations ( SVO) h as revealed t he m o st power ful, a gile and ex t r eme p e r fo rmance Jagu ar roa d car ever

- t he 2 00mph, 6 00PS Jaguar XE SV Project 8 s edan. The s e c o nd C ollector’s Edit ion by SVO, fo llowing t he s ucces s f ul F -T YPE Pro je c t 7 of 2 014 , Project 8 is a hand -built four-door s edan w it h s upe rc ar per formance des igned to thrill

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dri v i ng e nth usia sts, wi t h a n ex tr aord inar y c o m b i nati o n of exp losive powe r, d y namic agility and al l - w h e el- drive t rac ti o n. To ensure excl usi v i t y, no more th an 3 0 0 exam pl es will b e c re ate d , e ac h assem b led at SVO’ s Te c h nical Centre i n C ove ntr y.

J ag uar X E SV P roject 8 excl usi ve l y featu res th e m o st h i g hl y tuned ver sion o f J ag uar Land Rover’ s 5 . 0 - l i t re Sup erc h arged V8 p et ro l p ower train.

T h e 6 0 0 P S p ower unit, wh i c h h a s a T itanium Vari ab l e Ac t ive E xh aust, i s c o m p l e m ented by J ag u ar ’ s Al l - W h eel D ri ve (AWD ) system and m oto r spor t- d erived aero d y nam i cs to d eliver a 20 0 m p h top sp eed and 0 - 6 0 m ph in 3. 3sec, m ak i ng P ro j ect 8 th e f as te st ac c e lerating J ag u ar yet.

To e nsur e op tim um per fo rm anc e on road or t r ac k , P ro j e ct 8 end ows t h e X E ’ s do ub le- wish bone f ront a nd I ntegra l Link re ar susp e nsion with s t i f fe r sp ri ngs and m anu al l y adju sta ble Co nti nuo u sl y Variab le D am p e r s (g i v ing a 15m m l owe r ri de heigh t for t r ac k u se ), d eb uts a new Carb o n C e r amic B rak ing s yste m , an i nd u str y - fir st

use of Formula 1-s t y le silicon nit ride cer amic wh e el bearings on a road car, and incorpor ates a rea r Elect ronic Act ive Dif ferent ial (EAD) w it h oil cooler - a fir s t for XE . . The eight -s peed Qu ic ks hif t t rans mis s ion can eit her be operated by aluminium paddle sh if ter s behind t he steering w heel or by a cent ral Pis tols hif t lever anot her fir s t for X E. Body Des ign and Aerody namics J ag uar has a ric h his tor y of producing s t unning, aerody namically ef ficient car s and t he standard X E is t he mos t aerody namic Jaguar ever. The X E SV Project 8 takes t hat t r adit ion of uncompromis ed form and funct ion to t he nex t level, with purpos ef ul body work revi s ions by SVO’s des ign and engineering ex per t s to meet t he car ’s 2 00mph p er formance t arget .

P roject 8 ’s ex ter ior body p anels emphas is e t he d ynamic cab-r ear war d p ropor t ions of t he X E’s d esign, w it h only t he roof and f ront door s kins unaltered. And, t here ar e a number of rev is ions to the light weight alu minium-intens ive m onocoque it s elf too.

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Interior For client s looking to f ur t her indiv idu alis e their Project 8 , t he Bes p o ke

by SVO team can o f fer t he oppor t unit y to c ho o s e f rom 10 ,000 exterio r paint hues , plus d if ferent accent colour s fo r b rake caliper s , f ront g rille s ur round, aerody na mic par t s and mir ror c ap s , as well as unique ra c ing ins pired decal pac ks , anodis ed paddle s hif te r s , per s onalis ed Tre ad P la tes and C ommis s ioning Plaques .

Reflect ing t he purpos ef ul nat ure o f Project 8, t he i nte rio r is des igned to emp has is e t he feeling of c o nnec tio n bet ween t he dr i ve r and t he car, w it h minimal dis t r ac tio ns or embellis hme nts .

As a r es ult , Pro je c t 8 is of fered in t wo derivat ives : a fo ur-s e at s pecificat ion as s tand ard , or a more circu itfocus ed t wo-s eater when s pecif y ing t he op tio nal Trac k Pac k . The s tand ard four-s eat s pecific atio n feat ures Jaguar’s late s t magnes ium-f ram e d fro nt Per formance s e ats with unique Oy s ter c o ntras ts t it c hed Premium Jet leat her bolster s and Miko s uede c loth cent res . Project 8

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l o g o s are stitc h ed i nto t h e h eadrests.

T he re ar seats, for two o c c upa nts only, ar e re d e signed with ad d i t i o nal lateral sup p o r t b uilt in to th e se at squ ab s and b o l s te r s.

E ng i ne At t h e h ea r t of Jaguar X E SV P roject 8 is th e l ate st evolu tion of J ag u ar ’ s well p roven 5 . 0 - l i tre Sup erc h arged V8 m o di fied to give a ta rg ete d p ower ou tp u t o f 6 0 0 P S and 700Nm - t h e h i g hest outp ut o f any J agua r road c ar. To ac h ieve th e o utp uts requ ired for a 2 0 0 m ph p er form ance se d an, SVO engineer s h ave t uned th e engine c al i br ati on sof tware and e nab led better b re ath i ng on both air i ntake a nd exh au st si d e s o f th e engine.

T he ai r i nta ke system i s uni que to P roject 8 and i s op tim ised to i nc r e ase air flow e f fi c i e nc y and red u ce ai r c i rc ulation a nd p re ssur e d rop with in th e a i rb ox. It’ s fed by d u c ts in th e front C arb o n Fib re B ump er m o ul di ng. P roject 8 u se s a uniqu e l i g h twe i g h t T itaniu m Vari ab l e Active

E xhaus t des igned to p rov ide cons is tent p e r formance during extended per iods of trac k us e. The vent in t he C arbon Fibre B onnet play s an act ive p ar t in managing under b onnet temperat ur es too. Located in a low p re s s ur e ar ea, t he vent has a dual benefit

Drive s y s tem. C ap ab le of s elect ing gear s in jus t 2 00 millis eco nd s , and s hif t ing nons equent ially, s uc h as f rom 8 to 2 in ex t r eme s it uat ions , it helps deliver out s t anding precis io n and confidence w ith a s t rong torqueric h s hif t qualit y

of reducing dr ag and h elping manage t he air flow t hrough t he engine compar t ment by suc king hot air out .

Trans mis s ion To max imis e t ract ion and deliver y of t he 5. 0-lit re S uperc harged V8’s r ecord levels of p ower and torque, P roject 8 ut ilis es a re-calibrated ver s ion of Jaguar ’s eight -s peed Quic ks hif t All- Wheel

unique to t his car.

Jaguar X E SV Projec t 8 als o int roduces an Elect ronic Active Dif ferent ial (EAD ) for t he fir s t t ime o n Jaguar’s s mallest s por t s s aloon, w hic h works w it h t he Intelligent Drivel ine Dy namics s y s tem to precis ely manag e torque deliver y to eac h of t he rear w heels . In conjunc tio n

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wi t h e nh an ced large d i am ete r front and re a r d ri ve sh af ts, th e E A D e nsu res op tim um ab i l i t y to p ut power and tr ac tion to th e ro ad i n all situ ations and c o ntrib utes to th e exc e p t i o na l lap times ac h i evable by P roject 8.

Ve hi c l e Dynam ics Susp e nsi on and Steering Wi t h d o ub le- wish b one f ro nt a nd Integra l Link re a r susp ension, P roject 8 o f fe r s outsta nd ing p e r fo rm ance with

per fect pois e, deliver ing confident handling on all road s ur f aces .

Complement ing t he power t rain and AWD sy s tem is an ex tens ive range of c has s is and s us pens ion enhancement s developed through an intens ive tes t programme at t r ac ks including Nardo and t he N Ăźr burgring Nords c hleife.

This is t he mos t t rac k bias ed programme SVO has ever carr ied out . Incr eas ing later al

s t if f nes s is key to P ro je c t 8’s r ange of fro nt and rear ax le modific a tio ns , w hic h combine to deliver except ional pre c is io n, cornering cap ab ility and confidence.

St if fer s us p ens io n bus hes comp le ment the new knuc kle s , while t he r ear uppe r c o ntro l ar m as s emb ly us es ball joint s ins tead o f bus hes . Front and rear ant i-roll bar s are fine t uned to maximis e g rip and t r act ion, while the

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E l e c t ri c Power A ssisted Ste e ri ng ( E PA S) system h as b e e n reca lib rated wi t h vari able damping to o f fe r e asy low sp e e d m anoeuvrab ility and p re c i s e d river fe e d b ac k on trac k .

Fo r u l t i m ate trac k p e r fo rm ance, Jaguar XE SV P ro j e c t 8 featu res h e i g ht- adju sta ble sp ri ng pl atform s with m oto r spo r t- specification c o i l spr i ngs a nd al um i ni um - b odied C o nti nuo u sly Variab le D am p e r s and a c h oice o f t wo ri de h eigh ts: standa rd for road and - 1 5 m m fo r trac k use.

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B y M i ke Web er E d i to r T he D i ab lo Road ster c o nc e p t fir st saw th e l i g h t o f day in 1992, at th e G e neva M otor Sh ow, wh e re Lam borgh ini unve i l e d an ea rly p rototy p e ‘ b arc h etta’ model.

T hi s ve hicle was, h oweve r, a long way f ro m b eing a v i a bl e prod uction p ro p o s i ti on at th is p o i nt L amb orgh ini sh ot th e m s e l ves in th e foot.

Wh i l st th ey bu sied th e m s e l ves d eveloping th e p rototype, af te rm arket conver sion c o m p ani es su c h as K ö e ni g o f Germany we re c re ating open- top D i ab l o ’ s for a growing l i st o f c ustom er s wh o se app etite h ad be e n wh etted

by L am b o rgh ini’ s h and so m e sh ow car.

Le g al ac tion was eve ntua l l y taken by Lam bo r g hini to stop th is p rac ti c e and th e p ub lic o nc e ag ain awaited th e Ro ad ste r.

T he l e ngthy d eve l o p m ent tim e of Lam bo r g hini’ s own ro ad ste r was d ue to its c o m p l ex engineering.

N o si ng l e b ody p anel was c a rri ed over f ro m th e stand ard D i ab l o C o upé,

whils t addit ionally and probably more impor t ant ly, muc h of t he res earc h and d evelopment team at Lamborghini were p reoccupied w it h t heir work on t he fourwheel drive Diablo V T. Uns urpr is ingly, th er efor e, t he t wo p roject s became inter t w ined and t he Roads ter was event ually releas ed s haring th e V T’s mec hanical component s .

The s ides of t he V T Roads ter dr ew inspirat ion of t hos e t he SE30 s pecial edit ion model, us ing an almos t id ent ical des ign air intake for t he power f ul rear brakes . New too were t he f ront and rear b umper unit s ; t he r ear was again s imilar to t he SE30, w it h it s integral rever s ing lamp and fog light and ex it holes for two pair s of oval t ail p ipes .

The f ront s poiler was unique to t he V T Roads ter and feat ured t wo round aux iliar y lamps and t wo rect angular fog lamps , ra ther t han t he s t andard Diablo’s four s quar e ite ms . Addit ional air vent s wer e als o ins er ted into t his new panel to c h annel addit ional air towar ds t he f ront brake unit s .

When not in us e , the light weight car bo n fibr e ‘t arga’ roof was s towed behind the driver and pas se ng e r s eat s . This act i o n neces s it ated a rede s ig n of t he engine cover and als o meant that t he engine could not be acces s ed for eve n t he s imples t ins p e c tio n w it hout t he roof b e ing replaced above the coc kpit . Lamborg hini had a mind to o f fer a n elect rically operate d roof s y s tem, develo p e d in conjunct ion with S w is s Lamborgh ini impor ter and t uning hous e Af folter, but the concept never g ot o f f t he ground.

As w it h s o many o f the indiv idual Diabl o , the V T Roads ter wore whe e ls w hic h were unique to t he model – 17 ” ro lling diameter, f ront and rear, and manufac ture d as a t hree-piece unit by OZ Racing.

Als o des igned s o lely for t his par t icular model, t he s eat s were re-s haped and carrie d dif ferent uphols ter y to t hos e in t he V T C o up é, w it h leat her s el ec te d s pecifically for b etter res is t ance agai ns t rain and direct s unli g ht – for w hen t he hard to p was not in plac e .

The remainder o f the inter ior was s ou rc ed

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f ro m i ts h ard - top sister.

A f te r t h r e e lengthy ye a r s o f d evelopment, t h e V T Ro ad ster was unve i l e d by Lam b orgh ini i n Bo l o g na, in Decem b er 1995.

T h e c o m p any instantly fou nd th e mselves ta k ing ord e r s fo r t h e welleng i ne e re d road ster, w hi c h bo asted almost i d e nti c al p er form ance fi g u re s to t h e stand ard C o up ĂŠ , and su f fered from no ne o f t h e tor siona l ri g i d i ty pro b lem s no rm al l y associa ted with op e n- to pp e d variants.

The V T Roads ter cont inued to s ell well unt il it was r eplaced by an improved evolut ionar y model in 1999, at t he same t ime t hat t he SV and V T models under went a mid-life f acelif t .

The 1999 model year V T Roads ter made it s debut in Paris t he pr ev ious October, at t he Motor Show, alongs ide an updated SV model and V T CoupĂŠ.

By t his t ime, work on t he s ubs t ant ially m odified Diablo V T 6.0 was well progres s ed

and alt hough it was not know n at t he time, the 1999 model D iab lo s pointed t he way a head in terms of overa ll d e s ig n.

The mos t obv io us c hange f rom the fro ntal per s pect ive of the c ar was t he headlamp units , w it h t he older retrac tab le unit s s ubs t it ute d fo r mo re modern s loping g las s lamps , giv ing the c ar improved aerod y na mic s t han w hen t he o ld po p ups wer e in t he rais ed pos it ion.

The s imple ac t of replacing t h es e

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h e ad l amp s af ford ed th e ‘ 9 9 Diab lo a m uc h c l e ane r ap p earance, wh i c h was carried across th e e nti r e car.

T h e i nterior was a lso g i ve n a m ake- over, wi t h a new d ash b oard i nc o rpo rating a p asse ng er airba g as standa rd and red esigned i nstrum entation in th e m ai n c o nsole.

M e c h anica lly, too, th e ’ 9 9 V T Roa dster was i m proved ; sh ari ng t h e Coup é’ s m o d i fi e d p owerp lant, wi t h i t s Valve T iming M anag e m ent system , wh i c h provided th e c ar wi t h 530 bh p , u p f ro m 4 9 2 bh p on its p re d e c e ssor.

To c o p e with th is extra p e r fo rm ance, th e alrea dy p owe r f ul brak ing system was f ur t h er enh anced wi t h l arger d rilled Bre m bo d iscs.

T h e se larger units ne c e ssi t ated an increase i n th e siz e of th e D i ab l o ’ s wh eels went f ro m 17 ” to 1 8” diameter ri m s .

Anot h er major i m p rove m ent is th e ad d i t i o n of a Kelsey Hays A BS sy s tem for safer h i g h- s peed b rak ing.

T hi s 1 999 mod el car was to have a ver y sh or t

life; w hen t he brandnew 2000 Diablo 6 .0 model appeared at t he Det roit Motor S how, Lambor ghini announced t hat bot h t he SV and V T Roads ter variant s would be deleted f rom t he model range, s ave a ver y limited edit ion roads ter, dubbed t he Millenium

Met allico Road s ter, o f w hic h jus t thir ty wo uld be cons t r ucte d.

Look for a p hoto es s ay of t he Diabl o 6.0, s hot bac k in Augus t 2002, in a f ut ure i s s ue o f this magazine.

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Fe r r a r i D ay ton a Rep l i c a - c on t i nued from page 5 9 i t can c a sh th e c h ec k s th e body wi l l al ways write. Wh ile t h i s To m Mc B u rnie Daytona re c re ati o n h ere on craigslist i s stunni ng , it reta ins a f air l y o rd i na r y Cor vettede ri ve d 3 5 0 u nder th e h ood and i s l i ste d for $34, 999. i m ag e : h ttp s: / / ba rnfinds. c o m /wp - c o ntent/ up l o a ds/ 2 01 8/ 1 2/ d aytonare a r- 6 3 0 x 3 9 0. jpg T h ank s to Barn Find s re ade r Pat L. for th e find .

T h e D ay to na rep lica rose i n f am e af te r p lenty of s c re e n- t i m e in th e M ia m i Vi ce te l ev i si on series ( h e nc e th e vanity p late) .

Ac c o rd i ng to th e seller, t h i s m o de l was ab and oned due to Fe rr ari tak ing issue wi t h a re p l i c a gaining so m u c h p ro m i nence, wh ic h ac t ua l l y wo rked out well for D o n J o hnso n since h is next c ar was a g e nuine Ferrari Te s t aro s s a. Th is Daytona s h ow s no v i sib le flaws, unl i ke th e T V car wh ic h was destroye d.

Th e i nte r i o r s a re a h igh poi nt, as th ey do a pp ear qui te exoti c and fitting o f a c ar as sp ecial as t h e o ri g i nal Daytona. T h e prop o r t i o ns of th e b od y ar e n’ t b ad e ith er, and yo u’ l l at l e ast be d riving a r e pl i c a th at a pp ear s to be f ai r l y we l l constru cted .

If we ar e to believe th e s e ll e r, To m M cB urnie was t h e g o - to ex per t for Daytona re p l i c as, b ut I’ m sure t h e r e ’ s so m e one ou t th ere wh o ’ d a rg ue anoth er sh op

built a more s y mpat het ic recreat ion.

Here’s w here t hes e replicas alway s f all dow n for me: t he engine compar t ment . Will it s ound g ood? S ur e. Will it prov ide decent acceler at ion? Yes .

Is it going to be c heap to ow n? Mos t likely. But w it h suc h a s t unning body, it ’s like dat ing a s upermodel wit h an element ar y s c hool vocabular y.

Sur e, it lo o ks g o o d and is f unct ional, b ut is it any dif fer ent fro m a ll o f t he ot her s up e rmo d els ?

OK, perhaps not the be s t example, b ut ho pe fully yo u get my point. W hat wo uld you s wap unde r the ho o d t hat ’s way mo re exotic than a r un-of -t he-mill 350?

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Fe r r a r i i n A r t - c on t i n u ed f rom page 7 i nc lud i ng th e Speedtail and 7 2 0 S Sp id er.

M c Lar e n C h ief E xecu tive Of fi c e r M i ke Flewitt is bul l i sh o n 2 019, saying “ We b e l i eve we’ re wellpl ac e d i n 2 019 with a gl o b al m arket sp rea d and di ve r s e p ro d uct p or tfolio.

Ou r o p ti m i s m is b u oyed by t h e f ac t th at we alread y h ave stro ng order b ank s i nto th i s ye ar and excitin g prod uc t l i ne d up alongsid e t h e p ro s p e c t of seeing our new i n- ho u se develop ed 7 2 0 S GT 3 race car h it t h e tra c k wi t h cu stomer te am s fo r t h e fir st tim e as we s e e k to strength en t h e l i nk s b etween ou r fo u nd e r’ s rac ing h istor y and o ur pro d uction ca r s. ” M c Lar e n prod ucts ca n be fo und i n m ost ma jor m arkets i n th e U S and over s e as wi t h sh owrooms i n t he N ew York , Ch ica go, Lo s Ang e l e s , Sea ttle and oth e r ar eas. Overall, t h e c o m pany boa sts over 8 0 d e al er s in 30 m arkets wo rl dwid e.

7 0 ye ar s o f Fe r r ar i in A r t C o u r te s y N ewspr ess M ark D i c ke ns in Co l l a bo r ati o n with Ke ith Su tto n A sp e c i al exh ibition c o m p ri si ng o f th e 25 excl usi ve p ai ntings c e l e b rati ng seventy yea r s o f Fe rr ari w i l l b e lau nc h ed

at the pres t igious Royal Au tomobile C lub Pall Mall clu bhous e on Tues day 5 Februar y 2 019. ‘ Fe rr ari in Ar t – T h e Spor t ing Legacy ’ celebr ates ever y t hing Ferrari. The car s , t he d rive r s , t he his tor y and most impor t ant ly of all, th e PAS S ION! Fer rar i has an u nrivaled, unbridled p osition in t he automot ive world and s it s in a unique p lace embody ing t he ver y es s ence of beaut y, d esig n, s peed, s t y le, class and w inning.

T h e new ly commis s ioned serie s of ar t works

by Mark Dic kens in Collabor at ion w it h Keit h Sutton encompas s es all

t hes e lauded feature s .

Keit h S ut ton r e lentles s ly t r ac ked dow n all the influent ial indiv id ua ls as s ociated w it h Ferrari to get involved.

For eac h paint ing , driver s , ow ner s , fans and motor s por t per s o nalitie s as s ociated w it h Ferra ri wer e as ked to exp res s in t heir ow n hand writte n wor ds w hat t he name ‘Ferr ari’ means to the m.

Over 1 2 5 hand written (never been s ee n b e fo re ) quotes were obta ine d direct ly f rom t he indiv iduals and trans ferred on to t he 25 piec es o f ar t work w hic h ar tis t Mark Dic kens wo rked t ireles s ly on to cre ate .

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P or s che P a n a mera GT S - c on tinued from page 37 e qui pp e d with th ree ai r c hamb er s p er stru t, e ac h o f w h ic h can b e ac ti va te d individ ually, th u s p roviding a wid e ar ray o f sp rin g ra tes.

Fo r i nstance, driver s c an set th e c h assis to a l ow b asic sp ring ra te , w h ic h en su res exc e p t i ona l levels of c o m fo r t, b ecau se th e sp ri ng rate can be electro ni c al l y ad ju sted in a f r ac ti on of second wh e never needed - su c h as wh e n accel- erating, b rak i ng or red ucing ro l l i ng motion.

Re ar axle steering i m p rove s la teral d y nam i c s and l o ng i t ud inal stab ility Th e new Pana mera GT S m o dels can be e qui pp e d with op tional re ar ax l e steering.

At l ow sp eeds u p to aro und 50 k m/ h , th e re ar wh eels steer - at a var i ab l e rate b ased on t h e ve h i cle sp eed - in t h e o pp osite d irection to t h e f ront wh eels up to a m aximum steering ang l e o f 2. 8 degrees.

Th i s c o rr esponds to v i r tual s h or tening of t h e wh e el- base. T h e ad vantages of th is i nc l ud e a m ore dynamic s te e ri ng response in c o rne r s, significantly e asi e r manoeu vring, and b etter p ark ing in t i g ht spots. At h igh er

speeds , t he rear w heels steer in t he s ame direct ion as t he f ront ax le, again depending on t he s peed. The wheelbas e is t her efor e vir t ually lengt hened, ther eby increas ing st abilit y, for example when c hanging lanes on t he motor way.

Rear ax le s teering allow s for a more direct s teering r at io on t he f ront ax le, s o the s teering res pons e feels incredibly s por t y.

Rear ax le s teering als o generally improves act ive s afet y, ride dy namics and comfor t .

Por s c he als o of fer s an opt ional load compar t ment management s olut ion for t he Panamer a S por t Tur is mo. The variable sys tem is des igned to s afely t rans por t object s of all s hapes

and s izes and inc lud e s t wo s ecuring rails integrated into the luggage compar tme nt floor, four las hing eyes , and a lug g ag e compar t ment p ar titio n.

A flex ible luggag e compar t ment b lind is included as s t and ard.

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2 017 Audi Q5 Bl a c k on blac k , AWD , 3 7 ,9 0 0 m i l e s .

Tro y Har t , 801- 6 4 1 -6 4 0 0 . $ $ 2 8 ,5 0 0 .

2 012 McLaren MP4-12c Well it's that time to start looking for a 675 or 720 and need to sell my beautiful 12C. I have owned it for about a year and half now. The car has been fantastic and have loved every mile I have put on it. I have recently wrapped the car in 3M white satin vanilla, under is a deep factory blue. Loved the blue, just a pain to keep clean. Also added FabSpeed cat-less down pipes and a DME tune, still have the factory pipes and option to go back to factory tune if needed. Car currently has 23K miles and still counting as I try to drive the car every Friday. The 20K service has performed and car needs nothing other than another smiling face to keep driving it. The asking price is 115K, no current factory warranty. Please call me directly for inquiries/questions or more pics. Jeremy at 505-215-9079.

1977 Jaguar X J12L, Fai r c ondit ion, r uns, and dri ves, but needs i nj ectors c leaned or r eplaced.

I drove i t around i n my yard br ief ly, but it sounds l i ke the i nj ectors got pl ugged. Decent int er ior wit h ori gi nal bl ack l eather i n goo d condit ion.

C al l D erek. (775) 200-8618. $2500 A S IS , W H E R E IS .

2002 Mercedes E-Class This Mercedes Benz E-class (GOLD IN COLOR) runs great.

I have listed it at a blowout price. This is a clean title vehicle.

The Carfax is hand. Feel free to call or text me at anytime if you are interested to come see the vehicle.

B arter Holdings. 801-205-0934.

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L amborghini Huracan This Raging Bull is finished in stout Grigio Lynx and has just 8,813 miles registered from new and has a clean Carfax car with all accessories (Books, keys, Tools, Cover, Tender) included. The front clip is protected by a clear bra and additional factory options include: Navigation - $3,200 - Carbon Ceramic Brakes - $1,300 - RVC with Parking Sensor - $3,900 - Lifting System - $6,900 - Rims Forged 20' $5,600 - Dynamic Power Steering - $2,400 - Contrast Stitching - $700 Electric and Heated Seats - $2,800 - Style Package - $1,800 - Branding Package - $1,000 - TEB and Forged - $7,000 - GGT - $1,700 C all 877-873-1269. MSRP $285,045.

PRICE REDUCED! Beautiful Bus! $45k or best offer.

2 005 Setra S417 in very good condition, runs strong, recently painted, Detroit Diesel Series 60 Engine, Allison B500 Transmission, 56 passenger recently new upholstered seating, very comfortable and very luxurious, new AC compressor, new front brakes, rotors and calipers, aluminum polished wheels, carpet on seat backs, carpet on sidewalls, enclosed parcel racks, servo controlled vents on ceiling, fabric on rear interior enclosure panel, fabric on sidewalls, fabric under parcel racks, A/C, Cruise control, DVD, Engine Brake, fog lights, heated mirrors, keyed locks, A/C, P/A, AM/FM/, video system including (6) monitor video system.

Passed 2018 DOT and emissions.For Sale by Owner. Call Omar 801-673-9603.

2007 Mercedes-Benz S-Class 550 4Matic Custom Wheels, Pck 1, Like AMG, 55k miles. Available at: TNT Motorlot, LLC - 801-447-1849.

This Mercedes turns heads everywhere I drive it. If you do not like attention, this is not your car. It has Heated and Cooled Seating in the front, Upgraded Steering Wheel, 22 inch wheels with tires that look new.

The AMG package has offset 255 front and 275 rear and is 5600 dollars.

With the P1A package and Upgrades tires and wheels, this car stickered at almost 100k dollars when new. I just had the following changed: oil, transmission fluid, air filters (2), cabin air filter, starting battery and accessory battery in the trunk. Eurosports Automotive 1940 S Fremont Dr. Salt Lake City, UTAH 84104. 801-770-2277.

I have recently purchased a home in the SLC area and will drive this car there on Jan 24 so it will be available to see starting Jan 25.

626-262-6499. $34,900.

This is a dream car. The MSRP (sticker price), just a few years ago, was $103,000. The VIN is WP0AB2A75CL061868. This is the Porsche Panamera S, with Sport Plus Package, so it is better and more expensive than the Panameras you're used to looking at. As you'll see in the video linked below. The "S" is a cut above others Porsches because you get more power, more features, and an overall better ride, as this has the SPORTS and SPORTS PLUS package. This car has a clean title, and at time of this listing, 80,500 miles. (I will add a few hundred miles by the time I arrive in SLC).

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1 974 ROLLS-ROYCE GHOST with a Clean Title and only 83K. original miles. This classic car runs and drives very good.

Minimum rust. Few scratches here and there. Please call or text for more info or schedule a test drive at (801) 369-2728 or (801) 513-6629.

2 0 14 B M W X 1 (BLA CK I N CO LO R ) ru n s g re a t. T h i s i s a n A L LWheel -Dr iv e v ehic le . I h a v e l i s te d i t a t a b l o w out pri ce . This is a c lea n ti tl e v e h i c l e . T h e C a rfa x i s hand. Feel f r ee t o c a l l o r te x t m e a t a n y ti m e i f you are i nter es t ed t o c ome s e e th e v e h i c l e .

C a l l D anis h or Z ac h . (8 0 1 )2 0 5 -0 9 3 4 . $ 9 ,5 0 0 .

1991 B MW Z1 R oadster C onve r t ible, Thi s R are 1991 Z1 has Incredi bly Low M iles and w as produced i n the fi nal pr oduct ion year of the Z1. Thi s roadster i s C OLL ECTO R Q ualit y i n E xcepti onal C ondi ti on. Onl y 8 , 000 Z1's w ere ever produced. S eri ous B uyer s O nly. All D ocumentati on, C anadi an car, 25 , 048 km ( 18, 550 mi l es).Must be S een to be A ppreciat ed.

954-629-6080. P ri ce: $55,000 .

2003 Jaguar X -type 3.0 Thi s Jaguar X -type (GOLD IN CO LO R) r uns great. Thi s i s an A LL-W heel -D rive vehicle. I have l i sted i t at a bl ow out pri ce. This is a clean t it le vehi cl e. The C arfax i s hand. Feel f r ee t o call or text me at anyti me i f you are i nt er est ed t o com e see the vehi cl e. (801)205-0934 .

C al l D ani sh or Zach. $2,400.

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