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2012 Peugeot 207 CC & 308 CC Roland Garros Special Edition

Sunday, May 20th, 2012
2013 Peugeot 207 CC

2013 Peugeot 207 CC

PEUGEOT ON THE BALL WITH ROLAND GARROS SEs

Extra features served up for the return of popular SE
Value is high on the SE’s points score
Luxurious features give the match point

Peugeot has served up a double with the announcement of two highly-specified ‘Roland Garros’ Special Edition Coupé Cabriolet cars.

Perfectly timed to be enjoyed for the Summer (while the ‘Roland Garros – The French Open’ is on) and equipped, should the weather turn wet, such that the roof can be deployed within seconds, so that play can continue.

The Roland Garros SEs are distinguished by their bespoke Black or White paintwork on both the popular 207 CC or 308 CC.

The 207 CC Roland Garros is available in either Onyx Black or Bianca White. There is a choice of either the 1.6-litre VTi 120 petrol or 1.6-litre HDi 112 diesel engine.

The enhanced specification represents a great package with£1,235 worth of features but for just £650 above the Allure trim level, representing an advantage of £585.

Key features over the 207 CC Allure include Roland Garros luxury trimmed leather seats, Roland Garros branded windstop and Roland Garros embroided carpet mats.

Other high-level distinguishing features include Aluminium door sills, 17″ Melbourne alloy wheels, Bi-Zone air conditioning, an electrochrome rear view mirror, auto headlamps, cruise control and speed limiter, Peugeot Connect with Bluetooth, rear parking aid, electric folding door mirrors and tinted rear windows.

The 207 CC Roland Garros SE is now available to order priced from £18,795.

The larger 308 CC Roland Garros is also beautifully distinctive and with pearlescent paintwork inNera Black & Pearl White. Powered with a wider choice of serves, it is available with the 1.6-litre THP 156 or THP 200 petrol, or the 2.0-litre HDi 163 diesel engines. The specification delivered is again of high value, with £550 worth of features scoring just £300 from the regular Allure model, saving £250.

Key features over the regular Allure model includeRoland Garros Luxury Blue/ Grey leather seats, 18″ Dark Storm alloy wheels (as GT Hatchback), Peugeot Connect with Bluetooth, front and rear parking aid, automatic headlamps, rain sensing wipers, Roland Garros embroidered carpet mats and a Roland Garros branded windstop. The 308 CC Roland Garros is now available to order priced at £25,845.

An online brochure is viewable at; http://www.peugeot.co.uk/special-editions

All models carry the much sought-after Roland Garros exterior badging.

2012 Peugeot 207 CC & 308 CC Roland Garros Special Edition

2012 Peugeot 207 CC & 308 CC Roland Garros Special Edition

2013 Peugeot 207 CC

2013 Peugeot 207 CC

2012 German Special Customs Mercedes CLS 63 AMG breaks cover

Sunday, May 20th, 2012
Mercedes CLS 63 AMG

Mercedes CLS 63 AMG

German Special Customs Mercedes-Benz CLS63 AMG

Inconspicuously conspicuous!

The world of beautiful and rich people is as fascinating as the popular documentary soap “Die Geissens” – a reality show aired on television every week. Wherever money rules, it is not unusual to pick cars from
the shelf since cars in this case are the perfect status symbol. Bentley Continental, Rolls-Royce Phantom, Maserati Grand Turismo or even Mercedes-Benz CLS63 AMG, you name it: only absolute High-End- Products of the automobile value-creation chain are permitted a space in the domestic garage.

Stealth version à la German Special Customs!

Finishing specialists of the German Special Customs offer a completely newly developed aerodynamic assembly kit with the designation “Stealth” for the current CLS63 AMG generation. Without any impact on the sportive and elegant bodywork lines of the AMG version, they nestled all additional accessories into the outer casing like a second skin. The front looks clearly broader and much more aggressive thanks to a new bumper with an integrated LED daytime running light. The black radiator grill was fitted with the exclusive coat of arms of the German Special Customs as its emblem. A new engine hood with broad shaft ensures appropriate discharge of hot air from the housing of the 5.5 liter V8 Biturbo. The optical broadness is additionally accentuated by a set of new mud guards and new side skirts with shaft.

Like the front side, the rear also looks more aggressive than in the serially produced version because the designers of German Special Customs built a completely new bumper with integrated carbon fiber
diffuser and air outlets on the sides. A four-pipe sportive exhaust system made of high-grade steel with angular end-pipes was integrated in the diffuser.

A clear message: 750 HP & 1.150 Nm!

In addition to the perfectly showcased new aerodynamic components, the GSC CLS63 AMG was also given a special performance package. In the aftermath of laborious efforts, technicians were thus able to
create a remarkable 750 Horse Power (proven on test platform) and a maximum torque of 1,150 Nm from the 5.5 liter engine displacement of the V8 Biturbo. In contrast to the serially produced version of the CLS63 AMG, this makes up after all, an additional performance power of 225 HP!!! To achieve this immense power boost, the technicians gave the V8 Biturbo an additional water cooler for the charge air intercooler in addition to a set of bigger turbo-chargers as well as an exhaust system, which runs backwards from the chargers. The GSC CLS63 AMG is able to achieve the classical sprint from 0 to 100 km/h in just 3.7 seconds thanks to this brute power and attains a maximum speed of almost 350 km/h. To convert the power into propulsion without any major loss of traction, another set of elegant 20-inch rims was provided in addition to a KW coilover with adjustable suspensions on the front axle. The GSC
rims on the front axle thus rotate in 8.5×20 inches with a 255/30R20 Continental tire and on the rear, in 10×20 inches with 295/25R20.

Conclusion: This cannot be said to be a stealth technology. Any stealth conversion of this CLS63 AMG will be anything else but unnoticed. The CLS couldn’t be more potently designed! You might get the impression it could be a fictitious Black Series version. The brute power of 750 HP or the perfectly adapted aerodynamic components, you name it: the GSC CLS63 AMG is simply a masterstroke in every aspect!

2012 German Special Customs Mercedes CLS 63 AMG

2012 German Special Customs Mercedes CLS 63 AMG

Mercedes CLS 63 AMG

Mercedes CLS 63 AMG

2013 Volkswagen Golf GTI Black Dynamic breaks cover

Sunday, May 20th, 2012
Volkswagen Golf GTI

Volkswagen Golf GTI

Black, dynamic, unique: The Golf GTI Black Dynamic
Nine Volkswagen apprentices create a black-and-red powerhouse

World premiere at 31st GTI Festival in Reifnitz on the Wörthersee in Austria

Black as the night, with a black-and-red interior, 360 PS (265 kW) TSI engine and a lowered sport suspension, the GTI Black Dynamic makes a lasting impression. Nine Volkswagen apprentices from four professions produced this custom Golf in only seven months. One of the special features: GTI lettering in the doors and hatch with handmade characters. Another highlight is the 1,800 watt sound system installed in the boot and visible beneath a specially manufactured plexiglas sheet, with nine loudspeakers. The team of four women and five men between the ages of 18 and 23 chose the motto “sporty driving” for the customisation of the production GTI.

One of the things that future automotive mechatronics technician Martin Schmidt (22) took care of was the stamping the GTI lettering in a deep-drawing process. “For our team, the GTI Black Dynamic is the high point of our training,” he said. “The amount that we have learned is incredible, and we have developed our own ideas and implemented them in ‘our’ car. Where else do you get an opportunity like that?” he added enthusiastically.

The custom features of the Black Dynamic were all produced by the apprentices: the sport seats upholstered in black-and-red Alcantara and leather, interior door trim with decorative red seams, the Deep Black Metallic exterior finish combined with flat anthracite film trim, the engine and gearbox management tuned to produce and transmit an extra 150 PS, the oversized exhaust system and the eight-piston brake system.

Under the guidance of their trainers, Detlef Weiner and Björn Schallhorn, the apprentices, who are among the best in their classes, planned the entire design and created the respective project plans. Furthermore, they selected the appropriate parts from the Volkswagen model range, negotiated with suppliers, and performed their own work on the car. Finally, the future paint technicians, vehicle mechatronics technicians, interior constructors and process mechanic gave “their GTI” its name: Golf GTI Black Dynamic.

“We are proud of the creativity and achievement of our apprentices,” declared Professor Heiko Gintz, who heads vocational training at Wolfsburg. Volkswagen gives its best apprentices an opportunity to extend their knowledge with projects such as the GTI Black Dynamic.

The Golf GTI Black Dynamic is celebrating its world premiere from 16 to 19 May before roughly 150,000 Volkswagen and custom-car fans at the 31st GTI Festival at Wörthersee in Austria.

Other special car projects conducted within the Volkswagen training programme have already premiered at previous GTI festivals at Wörthersee and at the Idea Expo in Hanover, Germany.

2013 Volkswagen Golf GTI Black Dynamic

2013 Volkswagen Golf GTI Black Dynamic

Volkswagen Golf GTI

Volkswagen Golf GTI