Filed under: Audi, Lifestyle, UK
Goodwood Festival of Speed Audi Sculpture - Click above for image gallery of more GFoS sculptures
The Goodwood Festival of Speed takes place this weekend, and every year the Earl of March, who manages the 12,000-acre Goodwood estate that hosts the event, commissions a giant art piece honoring that year’s featured marque. Audi is the featured marque this year, which is timely since the Ingolstadt-based automaker is also celebrating its centennial.
This year’s sculpture that was commissioned for Audi is a big swoosh of tire tracks with a 1937 Auto Union streamliner and new Audi R8 V10 suspended at either end. Standing 135-feet tall and weighing 40 tonnes, as they say in Britain, the piece is made entirely of steel to support itself without braces or cables. Gerry Judah is the designer, as he has been for Goodwood’s featured art installations since 1997 when he first designed one for Ferrari. This is also the second time he’s produced a piece for Audi, the first one being back in 1999.
It goes without saying that we all want to stick this in the flower bed in our front yard, but unfortunately you’ll only be able to see it if you’re in West Sussex this weekend to enjoy the Goodwood Festival of Speed.
Check out more pics of this year’s Audi sculpture, as well as art pieces from prior years, in the gallery below.
[Source: Audi, Photos courtesy of Gerry Judah]
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Posted on July 2nd, 2009 under Latest Car News.
Nationwide have further reductions available in July on the 3 Series Saloon and Touring Estate range. Customers can now lease a brand new BMW 318i ES Saloon from just £269.95 plus vat per month with an initial deposit of £999.95 plus vat. The practical family estate starts from £284.95 plus vat per month for the same 318i ES. Alternatively the powerful and economical 2.0 litre diesel is available from £309.95 and £319.95 respectively. To get an instant quote on any BMW car click on the link below:
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Posted on July 2nd, 2009 under BMW, Latest Car Leasing Offers.
Nationwide have some tempting lease offers on the Mercedes A Class 5 Door range during July with lease rates starting from just £189.95 plus vat per month for the A160 Blue Efficiency Classic SE petrol or £199.95 plus vat for the diesel equivalent. Both offers are based on a 3 year contract with an initial rental of £799.95 plus vat. For more information and to get a quote click on the link below to view our latest price list:
Mercedes A Class Contract Hire Rates
Posted on July 2nd, 2009 under Latest Car Leasing Offers, Mercedes.
Filed under: Aftermarket, Time Warp, Tuners, Sports/GTs, Jaguar, UK
Arden AJ18 - Click above to view in high-res
The thing about limited editions is that there are bound to be at least a few customers disappointed that they couldn’t get their hands on one. That’s the whole point, keeping demand higher than supply and thus ensuring a high price. So it’s a little unusual to see an automaker or aftermarket supplier going back and reopening the supply lines, especially if the model in question has already been replaced. But that’s exactly what British tuning house Arden has done with the AJ18.
Based on the previous-generation XK, Arden debuted this limited-edition track-inspired Jag coupe nearly ten years ago at the 1999 Frankfurt Motor Show, pegging production at just 13 units. A decade gone by, Arden has announced the availability of an additional five examples, bringing the total run up to 18 pieces. What sets the AJ18 apart from the stock XK8 is the carbon-composite aero kit, custom grilles and bumpers, narrow wing mirrors, giant rear wing and 20-inch Sportline rims hiding 370mm brake discs with 6-piston calipers mounted to a lowered Bilstein suspension.
We’d just as soon go out and buy a new XK, dynamically superior as it is to its successor in just about every way, but if you’ve already got a previous-generation model in your driveway and still regret missing your chance to upgrade it to the Arden AJ18, this will probably be your last chance. Probably.
[Source: Carscoop]
In Tune With the Past: Arden re-issues limited-edition AJ18 XK originally appeared on Autoblog on Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Posted on July 2nd, 2009 under Latest Car News.
The Mazda CX-7 four wheel drive sports utility vehicle is now available from just £329.95 plus vat per month on a 36 month contract with an initial deposit of £989.85 plus vat. With a powerful 2.3 litre turbo charged engine and standard features including leather upholstery, bose premium audio with 6cd autochanger, and xenon headlamps the CX-7 offer fantastic value for money in the premium suv crossover sector. To learn more about the CX7 and get an instant leasing quote cliclk on the link below:
Mazda CX-7 Hire Offer
Posted on July 1st, 2009 under Latest Car Leasing Offers, Mazda.
Volkwagen have released a new R Line specification for the VW Passat Saloon and Estate. The R line offers 17 inch monte carlo alloys and sports style body kit. Leasing costs start from £249.95 plus vat for the 2.0 Tdi 110 R Line Saloon and £259.95 plus vat for the equivalent Estate version. Other R Line models include a 1.4Tsi  and 1.8Tsi and 2.0 Tdi 140bhp diesel model with optional Dsg automatic gearbox. For more details on the Passat range click on the link below to visit the VW section of the website:
VW Lease Offers
Posted on July 1st, 2009 under Latest Car Leasing Offers, VW.
The 2010 model year Skoda Octavia Hatchback and Estate car range is now available to lease from Nationwide with the best selling 1.9 Tdi S 5 Door only £199.95 plus vat per month on contract hire with an initial deposit of £699.95 plus vat based on a 36 month contract and annual mileage allowance of 10,000 mpa, other mileages available. To get a quote on this vehicle click on the link below to visit the Skoda leasing section of the website:
Skoda car leasing Offers
Posted on July 1st, 2009 under Latest Car Leasing Offers, Skoda.
Filed under: Government/Legal, Earnings/Financials, UK
The final days of MG were disastrous and disastrously expensive. The British government finally has an accounting of what happened, but it only adds to both sides of the disaster: the report took four years and £16 million ($26 million U.S.) for CPA firm BDO Stoy Howard to compile.
For now, various government figures are upset about the delay and the cost. BDO is reported to have spent more than £130,000 ($214,000 U.S.) on hotels and expenses, leading to charges of the firm “living like kings” while MG’s workers were living on government support. The report hasn’t been released yet, so no one knows what it says. When it is made public, if the MG story continues as it has, what’s actually in the report will probably be just as hard to swallow as the lead-up to it.
[Source: Sunday Mercury]
Findings from inquiry into demise of MG Rover finished… only took 4 years and $26M originally appeared on Autoblog on Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Posted on July 1st, 2009 under Latest Car News.
Filed under: Toys, Motorcycles, UK
Lego Triumph Daytona motorcycle - Click above to watch the video after the break
Further proof that you can literally fashion anything if given access to enough interconnecting Lego bricks is this Triumph Daytona 1200 motorcycle. The machine has apparently been on display for quite some time at Legoland Windsor in Berkshire, England and is obviously assembled from thousands of individual pieces. We especially like the detailed engine, which is complete with linkages for the carbs and throttle cables.
As cool as this creation is, how much better would it be with a fully functional Lego engine? Of course, having a full-scale building-block motorcycle would also require a matching helmet. May we suggest this one? Click past the break for a video of the LEGO Triumph Daytona on its display stand and click here for more automotive-themed Lego madness.
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Posted on June 30th, 2009 under Latest Car News.
Audi have replaced the older 1.9 Tdie in the A3 Cabriolet with a more economical and refined 1.6 Tdi diesel engine. Lease costs for the new 1.6 Tdi start from £259.95 plus vat per month for the standard model, £279.95 plus vat for the Sport model and £309.95 plus vat for the top of the range S Line edition. To learn more about the A3 Cab and get a quote on every version click on the link below:
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Posted on June 30th, 2009 under Audi, Latest Car Leasing Offers.
