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Ford S-Max is Car of the Year

By Phil McNamara Motor Industry 14 November 2006 08:54 Ford's S-Max MPV has been crowned European Car of the Year, by a panel of journalists. Is it a victory for originality, or yet another duff decision from Europe's motoring journalists? The shortlist for the award comprised: • Citroen C4 Picasso • Fiat Grande Punto • Ford S-Max• Honda Civic• Peugeot 207 • Skoda Roomster • Vauxhall Corsa • Volvo C30 The panel of 58 writers selected those eight contenders for the 41 cars eligible for the award.

VW Golf GTD (2009) first pictures

By Chris Chilton First Official Pictures 27 March 2009 12:30 Volkswagen UK hasn’t even delivered its first new Golf GTi but is already showing us this: the GTD, its diesel alter ego. Powered by a 168bhp version of VW’s ubiquitous common rail 2.0-litre turbodiesel four it sprints to 62mph in just 8.1sec compared with 7.1sec for the 207bhp petrol GTi and its 136mph top speed falls 12mph short. But with 256lb ft of torque (the GTi makes do with 207lb ft) on hand, the diesel should have the upper hand in mid-range performance.

Hennessey HPE700 Twin Turbo Corvette to bow in Boca

If you saw the 455-hp Chevy Corvette Stingray and thought, “I’ll hang on to my money for something faster,” and then you saw the 625-hp Corvette Z06, and said, “It’s a little too wild-looking for me,” the Hennessey HPE700 Twin Turbo Corvette might be just right The Texas-based tuner will reveal its latest, surprisingly tasteful offering at the Boca Raton Hangar Party that kicks off the Boca Raton Concours on Feb. 21. Hennessey claims 707 hp at 6,400 rpm along with 661 lb-ft of pavement-shredding torque in this new modified ‘Vette.