Is your car longing for a make over?
We all want to announce our arrival in style, that's why when it comes to cars, we want technology at its very best. The alloy wheels are the latest craze to add glamour to the automobile world.
BBS Alloy wheels - Unbeatable performance
When it comes to style & elegance, just one name enjoys the lion's share in the world of automobiles.
BBS alloy wheels , is the most trusted brand for its unbeatable technology & unmatched styling. The wheels are extremely lighter than its counterparts and the first choice for F 1 Racing stars.
If you desire to push performance to the zenith, BBS light alloy wheels are the best bet. With a glorious past in the world of auto racing, BBS brings the best craftsmen with the finest engineering expertise, to produce immaculate alloy wheels. BBS provides a wide range of alloy wheels, are also available in high luster diamond silver and chrome.
New Hyundai Xenith special edition SUV
Hyundai has added a special edition Tucson Xenith to its SUV range.
The six-speed 2-litre common-rail turbodiesel Xentih features the full leather interior, heated front seats, ABS with EBD, remote locking with alarm and air conditioning with climate control of the Tucson CDX and adds a range of exclusive extras.
The New Hyundai Tucson Xenith includes colour-coded side mouldings and bumpers; rear privacy glass; two-tone leather and Alcantara upholstery; birds-eye black maple wood effect trim; leather and alloy sports gear knob and 19” multi spoke alloy wheels with polished rims.
The Xenith is priced at £20,670 OTR this highly equipped model is in the showrooms now.
New Skoda Fabia Supermini
The new Skoda Fabia Supermini goes on sale on the 17th May and Skoda have just revealed the cost of the new car - £7990.
The bottom of the range Fabia Supermini is a 1.2 litre 6v car and costs only £400 more than the old version of the car despite having new and improved technologies installed.
The new models are named 1, 2 and 3 according to the level and optional extras that you are looking for. All the new models come with front and side airbags, a height adjustable steering wheel, central locking, electric front windows, CD player and MP3 socket as standard.
The Fabia 2 comes with 15 inch alloy wheels , remote central locking, halogen lights, extra speakers and electric door mirrors as standard. The Fabia 3 (top of the new range) comes with 16 inch alloy wheels , climate control, cruise control, front fog lights and rear parking sensors.
Prices for the new Fabia range from £7990-£13,015 and it will be available from May.
NEW FORD FOCUS
With the end of production of the Ford StreetKa in 2005 and the Escort Convertible in 1997 Ford have not had a presence in the growing coupe-cabriolet market.
All that has now been remedied with the two-door, four-seat, Ford Focus Coupe-Cabriolet which is now in dealer showrooms.
Sales officially started at the beginning of this year with some 600 units already with customers but it is only now that he models are becoming readily available in time for Summer.
Prices start at £16,795 for the 1.6-litre, 100PS (99bhp) CC-1 version. The Focus CC-2 with a 2.0-litre 145PS (143bhp) petrol engine is priced at £17,795, the CC-2 with a 2.0-litre, 136PS (135bhp) diesel engine costs £19,270.
Higher specification CC-3 versions are available with a 2.0-litre petrol or diesel engine and cost £18,795 and £20,270 respectively.
Petrol models have five speed manual transmissions and the diesel version uses a six-speed unit. An automatic transmission will become available for 2.0-litre petrol models at the end of this year.
As a launch promotion Ford is currently offering the £1,000 luxury pack that consists of dual electronic temperature control and full leather trim free for all CC-3 models. All models have air conditioning as standard.
Most volume manufacturers now offer coupe-cabriolet models and these range from the Vauxhall Tigra, the recently launched Peugeot 207 CC, the Megane Coupe Cabriolet, the Peugeot 307CC, Vauxhall Astra Twin-Top, the VW Golf Eos and the new BMW 3-Series Convertible. All these follow the current design trend of having a folding metal roof which brings added security and all the year round practicality.
The Focus Coupe-Cabriolet is Ford's first power-operated retractable hardtop car and they say it is better equipped and approximately £350 cheaper than an entry level Astra Twin-Top and a whopping £2,900 cheaper than the entry-level VW Eos, which is a purpose built coupe-cabriolet rather than a saloon or a coupe with the retractable roof.
Ford admits, because they have not been in this growing market sector for a number of years, they are unsure of the sales potential for their new model but they estimate that around 6,000 cars will be sold this year with only around 10 per cent of these being to fleet or business user-chooser customers, although these drivers account for 70 per cent of all Focus sales annually in the UK.
The Focus has been Britain 's best selling range of cars since it was launched in 1998 and last year 138,000 of them were sold in the UK .
Ford said this week that the 1.6-litre petrol CC-1 models were expected to account for 20 per cent of sales with CC-2 and CC-3 each taking a 40 per cent share of registrations.
The best selling models will have the 2.0-litre 145PS (143bhp) petrol engine although they acknowledge that with the current increasing interest from the fleet and business market sectors their 10 per cent prediction for diesel sales might be underestimated – only time will tell they said.
Ford also said they have no plans to introduced their 2.5-litre, 225PS (223bhp) turbocharged, five-cylinder petrol engine from the Focus three and five door ST hatchback range to the Coupe-Cabriolet line-up.
Who will buy the Focus Coupe-Cabriolet? Ford say their research into this growing sector shows there is a 50/50 split between male and female buyers although more females tend to drive these cars than males. Around 70 per cent of owners are married and 30 per cent have children.
The coupe-cabriolet styling attracts 57 per cent of buyers to this segment and 32 per cent of customers will come from the C-sector where the Focus range is already the market leader.
All Focus Coupe-Cabriolet models have alloy road wheels, active roll-over protection system, four seats with sculptured rear bench seats, electronically operated and heated door mirrors a Thatcham Cat 1 alarm, CD player and air conditioning.
The CC-2 derivatives have larger alloy wheels, leather steering wheel and a Sony MP3 player. Top of the range CC-3 models have leather seats, a different style of 17 inch alloy wheels, cruise control, a Sony six CD player, automatic lights and wipers, front fog lights and a distinctive grill surround.
Toyota has recently released details of the new Yaris SR 1.8 to the Yaris range. The new model will be at the top of the Yaris range and will have 130 horsepower making it capable of 0-60 in 9.3 second - on average, the new Yaris does 39 miles per gallon.
The new Yaris comes with 17 inch alloy wheels, fog lights, roof spoiler, sports seats, leather wrapped steering wheel and aluminum interior trim. The new Yaris also comes with either three or five doors. No details yet as to the costs.
New Vauxhall VXR8
The new Vauxhall VXR8 has been unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show and will go on general release in the UK in July.
The car comes as a practical four door car, however, has a top speed of over 170mph and can go from 0-60 in 4.9 seconds, comes with 19inch alloy wheels, (20inch alloys are an additional extra) and four chrome exhausts. Other optional extras include an automatic gearbox. The new VXR8 also comes with electronic stability and traction control, leather upholstery and sports bucket seats.
The new Vauxhall VXR8 will go on sale for £34,995, and the supercharged version will go on sale nearer Christmas at a cost of £40,000.
Alloy Wheel Thefts
Over the last three years, thieves have been targeting cars with alloy wheels in Kenilworth in Warwickshire. The thieves have taken around 120 sets of alloy wheels, some of which had cost nearly £1000. The thieves jack up the cars and remove the wheels – some of the thefts have even been from people's driveways.
The police are recommending that if your car has alloy wheels, to purchase locking wheel nuts which prevent the wheel from being removed and then store the key to the wheel nuts in a safe place away from the car. McGuard alloy wheel security locking nuts can be purchased from topgear and they come in a variety of sizes depending on the car wheel size.