Mercedes-Benz C-Class Sports Coupe Hothatch up from 2016

Mercedes-Benz C-Class Sports Coupe Hothatch up from 2016

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There's a lot going on with the Design of Mercedes-Benz Cars right now .. after a first "preview" of the upcoming Mercedes-Benz GT here another Car, a C-Class Hothatch! It will combine the features of a coupe, wagon and sedan and will be released in late 2016, maybe during the Paris Motor Show and also maybe already revealed at the Geneva Motor Show 2016.

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Gallery: Suzuki Swift Sport in Ablaze Red Pearl metallic

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Here the Picture Gallery of my latest Test Car, a Ablaze Red Pearl metallic Suzuki Swift Sport. Review follows very soon!

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Concorso d'Eleganza Carspotting: Ruf CTR-3 Club Sport

Ruf Porsche CTR-3 Club Sport

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Finally again some proper Carspotting, last Weekend at Concorso d'Eleganza - the Ruf Porsche CTR-3 Club Sport. Twin-turbocharged 3.8 litre flat-six cylinder engine with 750 hp (552 kW) 960 Nm torque @ 4000 1/min, top speed at 370 km/h and well, a combined fuel consumption of 13,5l/100 km (lol) .. enjoy the Pictures and a relaxing Saturday!

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BMW Zagato Roadster Concept at Villa d'Este 2013

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Besides the Debut of the BMW Pininfarina Gran Lusso Coupe and the Concorso for Concept Cars I also found the BMW Zagato Roadster Concept in some corner. This Concept Car was once designed by Zagato and BMW for last years Concorso d'Eleganza and was present this time as well.

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Concorso d'Eleganza 2013: 60 Years Corvette at Villa Erba

Concorso d'Eleganza 2013, Villa Erba: Chevrolet Corbette

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Corvette is celebrating their 60's Birthday this Year and so they celebrated it at the Concorso d'Eleganza's Villa Erba during the past weekend as well.

On Saturday morning there have been, unfortunately, not that many Cars, so just these few Pictures :-(
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Cars at RM Auctions at Villa Erba 1/2

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Here Part 1 of 2 of the Cars being auctioned at the "RM Auction" at Villa Erba. I haven't been live at the Auction as I would have cried all the time as all the Cars were going to other garages and not to mine ..

Which ones of these should wander into your garage?
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Photos: IMM 2013 Mugello - Part 2

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Classic Mini and New MINI all over .. just at the International MINI Meeting (IMM) in Mugello this past Weekend. They say that there were about 2200 Mini and MINI.

Here now the 2nd of about 6 Parts of Photos, enjoy them and stay tuned for some Mille Miglia Impressions later today!
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Photos: IMM 2013 Mugello - Part 1

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Here some first Pictures taken yesterday at the IMM 2013 (International MINI Meeting) in Mugello Italy.
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Roadtrip to IMM 2013 - Day 2

Riley Elf IMM 2013

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After a sun-rain-snow-rain first Day the second didn't start better: Rain, of course! When we arrived at Lake Garda, after 150 km driving, the rain finally stopped and after our Lunch-Break, when it was my turn again to drive, even the sun came out and Nicole and I opened our MINI Knightsbridge Roof!

A more detailed Review of the Car will follow the next Days, but what I really liked while driving our little MINI - everyone is SO friendly and positive about the Car!
After Lake Garda we switched from small roads to the Autostrada and soo many Truck Drivers gave us signals while driving by (It wasn't because of weird driving, definitely not!) or so so many heads turned around when they overtook us as we were driving chilly with 100 - 130 km/h on the right lane. Normally I'm one of those People always driving on the left lane, if I have a suitable Car, but this time I haven't even missed driving fast, overtaking anyone, making time good etc. The almost 8 hours of driving passed by so quickly that I haven't even time to complaint about anything. We had cassettes (!) with cool Music, sang and danced to them while listening songs like "Move on up" by Curtis Mayfield .. LOUD.

Sometimes I was really sad for the Car because of bumps on the Street. But Knightsbridge was always loyal!
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Renault Twizy by Pioneer and Elia at TUNING WORLD Bodensee 2013

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Everyone who ever said "the Twizy sucks" should please shut up now ... as HERE is a TUNED Renault Twizy. Yes, you read right!

Renault Twizy + Pioneer + Elia = Tuned Renault Twizy.
It's so easy so I'm wondering why this is the first TRT (Tuned Renault Twizy)  I ever see?!
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BMW Baby Pram / Buggy by Maclaren

BMW Pram by Maclaren

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Combining luxury, elegance, and sporty styling, the BMW Buggy captures engineering excellence and innovative materials to deliver a high performance strolling experience. Weighing just 5.7 kg/12.4 lb, the buggy’s lightweight and compact design makes it simple to manoeuvre, carry, and store. Available in Black, Silver, and Blue!

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Classic Car Meeting in Langenargen at the Lake of Constance

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What else to do on a sunny Sunday than going to a Vintage Car Meeting? Right, there's nothing better to do!

So, here some of the Cars at the Classic Car Meeting today in Langenargen, hope you like them ;)

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Your favorite Convertibles!

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To be able to participate in the 'Petrol Money Giveaway' in cooperation with transparo you had answer one simple question: What's your favorite Convertible?

After announcing the two lucky winners on Sunday - Peter and Lisa - I've started to create an Overview of your most loved Convi's. As OpenOffice wasn't working the way I wanted (-.-) I did it by hand ... hope you can read what I've been writing!

List of your FAVORITE Convertibles:

1. Mercedes-Benz E-Class
2. Audi TT
3. Opel Cascada
4. Mercedes-Benz CLK - BMW 1-series - Renault Wind - Porsche Boxster 981 - Toyota MR2 - Ford Mustang - Peugeot 207 CC

Congratulations again to the Winners and stay tuned for some upcoming GiveAway's! ;-)

Lisa

BMW i8 Testing Vehicle spotted in Munich by William Soda

BMW i8 Hybrid Testing Vehicle

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After spotting the MINI 'Hybrid Testing Vehicle' today again at the same Place as the last time (Spotted: MINI Mule - Hybrid Testing Vehicle?) I was kinda sad that I haven't seen the i8 this time .. such a perfect Car ... and then one of you wrote me "I've just took Pictures of the BMW i8 on the Autobahn. Interested in some Pictures?" - Hell, yeah!
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Carspotting in Munich: Mercedes-Benz SLS Roadster

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Have you been enjoying the sun today as well?

After visiting the Deutsche Museum in Munich (Post coming tomorrow!) in the afternoon I've decided to go for a walk to the Maximilianstrasse and Spotting Cars. On my way there some Bentley Continental GTC and Maserati Spyder as well as some Porsche Convertibles drove by and the only nice one at the whole Maximilanstraße was this silver Mercedes-Benz SLS Convertible... Unfortunately not open :(

Lisa

Car of the Week: Vintage Porsche 911 (901)

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Kinda a Surprise, but a vintage Porsche 911 was never the "Car of the Week" before, so, let's change that!
(There have been the Porsche 356 and Porsche 997 GT3 RS as well as the Porsche 550 Spyder)

But No kidding, my heart immediately skipped a beat when I discovered this Maisto Model Car at the €uroshop (you get there everything for just 1 Euro). Of course I had to give this sparkling blue dream on 4 wheels a new home and bought it!

You might ask yourself why I used a flash everytime I shot the Pictures above and beneth … the nice sparkling effect just comes out in the dark when light hits it. That's why ;-)

Well, the Porsche 911, is there any more ICONIC Car? Okay, the VW Käfer, maybe, but a Vintage 911 is definitely on every wishlist of Car enthusiasts all over the world.

Introduced back in autumn 1963, and built until 1989, the 901, as it was internally called, was designed by Ferdinand Porsche, son of Ferry (Ferdinand) Porsche. Erwin Komenda, leader of the body construction department, was in involved in the Design as well. In comparision to its Predecessor, the Porsche 356), the 911 was more powerful, larger and more comfortable as well. Even it had 4 seats it's more or less a 2+2 for 2 adults plus 2 weekender-bags and a little Dog. The first 911 featured a 130hp (96 kW) flat-6 engine (air-cooled, rear-mounted).

In 1966, with the even more powerful 911S (160 PS / 120 kW) the famous Fuchs alloy wheels were offered for the first time. Even my model car has wheels in a 3-leaf design (5 are original)! In 1967 the first targa-(shield in Italian)-911 followed. There have been a few models of the 911, the entry level was always the T, the midrange E and the top line S.

The maybe greatest 911 of all time is the 1973/1974 Porsche Carrera RS with its "ducktail" rear spoiler. In total there were 1580 models of the Carrera 2.7 RS made. The Carrera RSRS turbo entered the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1974 and became second.
Also in 1974 Porsche introduced the first turbocharged 911 - Porsche turbo in Europe and Porsche 930 in North America. A 2.1 L RSR turbo even won Le Mans in 1974.

In 1980 Porsche offered a "Weissach special edition" (Porsche's research center is located in the Swabian City Weissach, near Stuttgart). The 911 SC was available in two colors, including a whale tail and front chin spoiler. And of course the fuchs alloy wheels on top!

Even today the 911 (neunelfer in german) is more than a classic and collectable masterpiece! (..but just when you have your mid-life crisis, are a doctor, or both :P)

More Posts about Porsche:

• Porsche Macan 2013
• 2014 Porsche 911 GT3 spied by 9 Magazine 
• Porsche 911 GT3 Cup: New edition of the world’s most successful race car 
• Spot of the Day: Porsche 997 GT2 
• Facebook Timeline Car Wallpaper in 851 x 315 
• new 2012 HARIBO Jelly Bear Commercial 
• HALDENHOF REVIVAL: orange/green/white Porsche 
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• SPY: 2012 Porsche 911 Carrera Testing-/Development Mule 
• Spot of the Day: Porsche Speedster

Lisa

Munichs love to drive Convertibles .. + Petrol Money Give Away

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Have you noticed the little bright thing outside? Yep, the sun is finally back, the birds start to beep and do you know what the best thing about this certain time is? Driving a Convertible! Yiha! \o/

Transparo (you might remember them from the 1st Parking Championship in late 2012) just released a study on which german cities love to drive their Convertibles the most. And here is the result:

With a total 4,6% Munich is definitely the Convertible-Capital of Germany. Right behind there is Cologne with 4,5%. On the rhird place is Hamburg with 3,6%. Frankfurt and Bremen both like Convertibles for 3,3% of all total vehicle registrations. Behind there are Essen (2,7%), Stuttgart (2,6%), Dusseldorf (2,3%) and Berlin (2,1%).
(Considering contracts that were sought via transparo.de.)

Results by Region

Hamburg 3.61
Saarland 3.26
Rhineland-Palatinate 3.01
Hesse 2.95
NRW 2.94
Bavaria 2.88
Bremen 2.84
Baden-Wuerttemberg 2.72
Lower Saxony 2.52
Schleswig-Holstein 2.47
Berlin 2.08
Mecklenburg-Vorp. 1.3
Saxony-Anhalt 1.2
Brandenburg 1.03
Thuringia 1.02
Saxons 1.0

Nice to know, the insurance costs for convertibles are approximately 5 % higher than for regular "closed" Cars like Coupés or Sedans.

Give Away

Now to the GiveAway: In the cooperation with transparo I'm giving away each 100 € petrol money for two lucky ones of you. All you have to do is to write me an E-Mail with the Convertible you like the most to info@the-car-addict.com until April 21th 12:00 CEST and to cross your fingers. Afterwards I'll announce the winner and publish a List of your favorite Topless Cars ;)

Note: This GiveAway is only open for People from Germany, sorry!


So, hurry up, write me the E-Mail, share this site with your friends and win! ;)


Lisa

Today: #SDX13 Suzuki Driving Xperience

Suzuki Driving Xperience

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Today I'm learning to drive, wuhu! ;)
With nice Suzuki Swift Sport we are .. driving. I'll tell you more about what I have experienced through the Day tomorrow.

Till then, here what the other Blogger and I are tweeting and Instagramming:

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Lisa