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Corbellati showcased the Missile hypercar, which it says will be the world’s fastest car of its kind. Corbellati, a family that has been sculpting jewellery and fine art for the past 70 years, said the engine is a 9.0L twin-turbo V8, which produces 1,800 horsepower allowing the vehicle to reach top speeds of 498km/h — a speed that would officially place it on top of the hypercar speed rankings.
Citroen presented the third-generation of Berlingo. The load-lugger has been launched with air bumps, contrasting colour inserts and a raised ride – all features traditionally associated with youth-centric small soft-roaders. The new Berlingo utilises PSA’s EMP2 platform, also used by the Peugeot 308. In addition to a stronger chassis, it comes with many assistance technologies such as lane-departure warnings, adaptive cruise control, auto-emergency braking between 5 and 85km/h, a trailer stability control system and intelligent high-beam headlights. Engine choice is split between the PureTech 1.2-litre petrol engine (110hp and 130hp), and the 1.5- litre turbo-diesel (75, 100 and 130hp), both either paired to a 6-speed manual or 8- speed automatic. The dashboard is an 8.0-inch touchscreen with Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, and wireless smartphone charging. The market launch is scheduled for the second half of 2018.
The new car from David Brown Automotive, is the Speedback Silverstone Edition, a 600bhp ‘hardcore’ version of the Speedback GT. David Brown are calling the Silverstone Edition a high performance Grand Tourer. The 600 horsepower come from a tuned version of the 5.0-liter supercharged V-8 in the Speedback GT. The styling is inspired by 1950s and 1960s racing GT cars, and will be limited to just 10 cars.
The Italian design house Pininfarina unveiled the HK GT concept, drawn up on behalf of Chinese startup Hybrid Kinetic Group. The concept is a 792bhp 2+2 coupé with gullwing doors. Like the previous concepts, badged K550 and K750 for the two SUVs and H600 for the saloon, the HK GT has a microturbine generator acting as a range extender. The previous concepts’ ranges were quoted at around 1000km. The car’s top speed is claimed to be 250 km/h, and it reaches 100km/h from standstill in 2.9sec - the same as the Porsche 911 Turbo S and Lamborghini Aventador.
Volvo’s new electric performance line, Polestar, showed up, Polestar 1, is a 2-door coupe that looks like a Volvo S90. It is made from carbon fibre, and based on Volvo's SPA platform. The Polestar 1, while not a pure electric vehicle, is an electric performance hybrid GT capable of producing 600 horsepower. Capable of running 150 kilometres in electric mode, and has the longest electric-only driving range of any hybrid car in the world.
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