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Jason Castriota

will head Saab Automobile’s design team to help the Swedish carmaker

Mercedes Maybach 2016

Huracán LP 610-4 Lamborghini is taking its purist, unmistakable design language to a whole new evolutionary level.

From the family of the S-Class, the highest-quality vehicle in the world, comes a new level of hand-crafted refinement.

Aston Martin DB9 The “biggest product offensive” in its history as it looks to reinvent itself as a supercar manufacturer.

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Audi is busying expanding its SUV lineup like never before...

And from 2017, we can reveal that the Audi TTQ - the TT Offroad concept made real - will join the 4x4 range.

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Jason Castriota

will head Saab Automobile’s design team to help the Swedish carmaker.

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Mercedes Maybach 2016

From the family of the S-Class, the highest-quality vehicle in the world, comes a new level of hand-crafted refinement. Pag.4-5

Aston Martin DB9

The “biggest product offensive” in its history as it looks to reinvent itself as a supercar manufacturer.

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Huracán LP 610-4

Lamborghini is taking its purist, unmistakable design language to a whole new evolutionary level.

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Audi TTQ

Audi is busying expanding its SUV line-up like never before... And from 2017, we can reveal that the Audi TTQ - the TT Offroad concept made real - will join the 4x4 range.

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STOCKHOLM (Bloomberg) -- Jason Castriota, the U.S. designer known for creating the Ferrari P4/5 and Maserati GranTurismo, will head Saab Automobile’s design team to help the Swedish carmaker take on BMW and Audi.

Saab, sold by General Motors Co. to Dutch supercar maker Spyker Cars NV in February, aims to become profitable by 2012. The turnaround strategy includes releasing premium models more distinct and sporty in their design than when Saab was under GM, The first assignment for Castriota’s design according to Spyker CEO Victor Muller. firm is to create an upscale version of Saab’s current 9-3 model, scheduled for release in Castriota will play a major role in fashion2012, the 36-year-old said in an interview. ing the new 9-3 and other models, said Eric Aerodynamics will be a focus of the new de- Geers, a spokesman for the Trollhaettan, sign, he said.

Sweden-based Saab.

“It’s absolutely vital we get this car right,” Castriota said from New York late yesterday. “This is Saab returning to its roots, not having to worry about being part of a much larger machine that they were before in the GM organization.”

“The 9-3 design as made by him is basically done, and I can tell you it is spectacular,” Muller said by telephone, adding that the design will be completed within weeks. “It is truly aircraft-inspired and Swedish-clean.”

http://www.autonews.com/article/20100618/OEM03/100619855/saab-hires-ferrari-designer-castriota-to-speed-post-gm-turnaround

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Mercedes Maybach 2016 From the family of the S-Class, the highest-quality vehicle in the world, comes a new level of hand-crafted refinement, personalization and prestige: the allnew 2016 Mercedes-Maybach S600.

Coming in April 2015, the Mercedes-Maybach S600 takes the perfection of the S-Class and soars to new heights. The interior is eight inches longer than the standard S-Class, and rear passengers will especially enjoy the generous legroom. Unparalleled comfort and sophistication awaits throughout, highlighted by hand-stitched Nappa leather throughout the interior—including the headliner, pillars and entire seats—with optional seat buttons, pil-

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lows and pillow stitching on the dashboard. All in all, the Mercedes-Maybach will offer seven unique designo interior packages to choose from.

The broad spectrum of personalization options does not end there, though.

In addition to a palette of 14 standard designo Manufaktur exterior paints developed using a special process, the Mercedes-Maybach S600 will feature eight additional exclusive paint colors.

Step into a world of unprecedented exclusivity and individuality—a world beyond superlatives.

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• 6.0-liter V12 biturbo engine • Nappa leather appointments, including the headliner, pillars and entire seats • designo interior trims, plus additional options • designo Manufaktur exterior colors, plus additional options • Two standard Executive Rear Seats (outboard) with electronically adjustable calf support, 43.5-degree incline angle, rear seatbelt airbags and active belt buckles

• Standard champagne flutes • Standard 20-inch wheels • MAGIC BODY CONTROL suspension with ROAD SURFACE SCAN • Standard Rear Seat Entertainment Package • PRE-SAFE® Brake with Pedestrian Recognition • PRE-SAFE® PLUS rear-end collision protection • BAS PLUS® with Cross-Traffic Assist • Touchpad • Head-up display

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Huracán LP 610-4

Lamborghini is taking its purist, unmistakable design language to a whole new evolutionary level. The design is bold and edgy, with beautifully sculptural forms. The starting point of the design process was the Huracán’s silhouette.

The objective was to define the car with a single line stretching from the front end over the passenger cell to the rear.

The side windows take on a hexagonal form that looks like a gem set into the profile of the Huracán. At night, too, it is utterly unmistakable: All lights, including the main headlamps, beam in LED technology - an absolute first in the super sports car segment.

The next-generation VH architecture, which is currently being engineered, is said to have been created by Lotus Engineering when Aston was under Ford ownership. It is based on the same principles as the current VH platform but is being completely reworked to accommodate Mercedes’ engines and technology. Aston’s current V8 and V12 engines are built by Ford under contract at its An innovative cockpit dominates the Cologne plant. This deal ends in 2016, interior. The 12.3-inch TFT display can just as the new AMG engines come on be configured in a number of different modes and provides the driver with all stream. key information in a virtual format. The The VH structure, which is claimed to slender lines of the instrument mounts be especially light and stiff, is made up and the center tunnel are indicative of of fairly small-scale components made the lightness of the interior design. Fine from either stamped, cast or extruded materials distinguish the interior, which aluminium. This approach is cost-effec- can be extensively individualized, while tive because tooling costs are kept low the extremely detailed craftsmanship and is ideally suited to small-scale pro- delivers a highly refined sense of quality. duction (Aston sold just 4200 cars last The newly conceived hybrid chassis of the Huracán LP 610-4 is a technical year). work of art that unites carbon-fiber and Components such as the front suspen- aluminum components. The ultralight sion strut towers are made from cast chassis forms the basis for the vehicle’s aluminium, while the windscreen sur- low dry weight of 1,422 kilograms; with round is made from pressed and formed its excellent stiffness, it guarantees the aluminium. These can then be shared handling precision of a racing car. across the various models. The floor and centre tunnel construction is also com- The new V10 engine in the Huracán generates its phenomenal propulsion mon across today’s sports car models. from a displacement of 5.2 liters. It proThe new-generation VH architecture will use the same principle but will be more of a clean-sheet design able to accommodate a more diverse range of body styles and styling. While today’s Astons are hampered by having to share a core structure, which results in a similar appearance, the new VH construction is likely to be much more flexible.

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With its power-to-weight ratio of just 2.33 kilograms per hp, the Lamborghini Huracán achieves absolutely breathtaking performance. The top speed of more than 325 km/h and the acceleration figures - zero to 100 km/h in 3.2 seconds, zero to 200 km/h in 9.9 seconds - offer an indication of its dynamics. Thanks in part to the Stop & Start technology, ECE average fuel consumption has dropped to 12.5 liters per 100 km (290 g CO2 per km).

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Audi TTQ Audi is busying expanding its SUV lineup like never before. And from 2017, we can reveal that the Audi TTQ - the TT Offroad concept made real - will join the 4x4 range.

CAR recently reported how Audi is running out of Q badges, as Fiat’s Alfa Romeo owns the Q2 and Q4 nameplates, disrupting Ingolstadt’s plan to neatly order its soft-roaders from Q1 to Q9 with Teutonic logic.

Hence Audi’s next mid-sized sporting SUV was to be badged Q4, but the spat has encouraged a repositioning to spin off a TT crossover.

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