Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Top 5 Station Wagons we’d Love to Own & Drive

While I figure that I still have a few years in front of me until I settle in, open up a house, get two or three dogs, make a couple of kids and if all goes well, get married too (…), I’ve spotted a few station wagon models out there that I wouldn’t mind at all owning right here, right now. First of all, it goes without saying that just because you want a practical station wagon model, it doesn’t mean that it has to look like your uncle Tom’s Buick Roadmaster…

With that said, I picked out the two most beautiful SWs in my opinion: the Audi A4 Avant and the Alfa Romeo 159 SportWagon. While both models are available with punchy V6 gasoline engines, I’d opt for a diesel version and in particular, the 240 Hp 3.0 TDI quattro for the A4 Avant and the 200HP 2.4 JTDM Q4 (AWD) for the utterly sexy Alfa 159 SW (in Ti spec).

If money isn’t an issue, then all roads point to the trio of German powerhouses: the 507 Hp V10-powered BMW M5 Touring; the 580 Hp twin-turbocharged V10 Audi RS6 and the 453 Hp 6.3-liter V8-powered Mercedes-Benz C 63 AMG Estate (it looks so much better than the E 63 AMG). Now, would you have a problem tying the knot if your future father in law promised you one of these supercars dressed in sheep’s skin? That is, unless you have reasons to beleive that the bride is in fact a wolf dressed in a sheep's clothing... (Pics edited by Carscoop)

Audi Builds 1 Millionth 2nd-Generation A3

About five years after the current-generation A3 entered the market in 2003, and Audi announced that the 1,000,000th model rolled off the production line at its factory in Ingolstadt. The anniversary car is a Brilliant Red, 140 hp 2.0 TDI Audi A3 Sportback intended for a customer in Franconia, Germany.

Since the market launch of the first-generation A3 in 1996, more than 1.9 million units of Audi’s premium model have been manufactured and delivered to customers. The second generation A3 model has been in production since June 2003, with the five-door A3 Sportback being added in 2004 and the A3 Cabriolet in 2008.

Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Alfa Romeo Spider Mille Miglia Special Edition

If you’re searching for the rarest version oAlfa Romeo Spider then look no further; in all, Alfa will build a mere 11 units of the Spider Mille Miglia that was unveiled today at the “Mille Miglia 2008” race in Italy. The extremely limited special series was built to mark Alfa Romeo’s 11 victories in the Mille Miglia race.

Based on the Spider 3.2 V6 260Hp, each special edition model is equipped with a silver plate bearing details of one of the victories won by Alfa Romeo between 1928 and 1947. Other features that distinguish the 2-seater roadster are the exclusive body color ‘Rosso 8C’ and a ‘Quadrifoglio’ logo on the wing, while inside, the Alfa Spider Mille Miglia cars boast special interiors trimmed with black leather with red top-stitching. -More images after the jump