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2013 BMW X6 M

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BMW has announced the new facelifted version of X6 M. The Sports Activity Coupe comes with the same engine and performance details, but with some exterior and interior changes.

Outside the new X6 M features different front grille and new LED headlights. The interior will now feature better choice of new leather upholstery.

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2012 Nissan Note Receives Modest Updates for New Model Year

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Presented in Europe in March of 2006, the Note is Nissan’s offering in the popular mini-MPV segment (think Opel Meriva). In Britain alone, the Note has sold more than 100,000 units while total production at Nissan’s Sunderland plant in UK has reached 427,985 vehicles since its introduction.

While there’s no replacement planned for this year, Nissan has polished up the Note for 2012 with a new trim level and select styling and equipment upgrades on certain grades.

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2012 Hyundai i30 5-door – Price £14 495

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Hyundai has released the full price list for the new Generation five-door i30 hatchback. The car will hit the UK market in March. 2012 i30 5-door is priced from £14 495 OTR for the entry level Classic model.

The new generation Hyundai i30 will be available in four main trim levels including Classic, Active, Style and Style Nav.

The engine range includes 1.6 CRDi manual with Intelligent Stop & Go Technology. It is available in outputs of 110PS and 128PS.

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Test Drive: Holden Caprice V Series II with 6.0-liter V8

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The car that most Americans know as the Chevy Caprice PPV (Police Patrol Vehicle) owes as much to the Australian designed and built Holden Caprice luxury sedan reviewed here as the latter owes to business decisions Ford Australia made a couple of decades ago.

In the early 1970s, Holden – GM’s Australian subsidiary – introduced two new models to compete with local rival Ford. The first was the Statesman, a vehicle with no Holden badging whatsoever, designed as a direct competitor to Ford’s Australian-built Fairlane and as a replacement for the unloved Brougham sedan.

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Rolls Royce Phantom Drophead Coupe Gone Wald

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While not many in numbers, Wald International believes that some owners of the Rolls Royce Phantom Drophead Coupe would like to give the luxurious convertible a more bespoke tuner look.

The Japanese firm’s offering is a styling package is named “Black Bison Edition”, which starts off with an assortment of aero parts made of carbon fiber.

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