FERRARI 599XX

Ferrari will be giving its 599XX its world debut at the Geneva Motor Show this week. The vehicle, which will be finished in a colour matching the F2008, is essentially a technological laboratory aimed at a select group of clients much like the FXX was, and will incorporate technological solutions being used for the first time and developed exclusively for the car.

Now with more letters - the 599 GTB Fiorano HGTE.

The show will also premiere the Handling GT Evoluzione (HGTE) Package for the 599 GTB Fiorano, and items in the HGTE pack are stiffer springs, thicker anti-roll bars, a retuned exhaust system as well as new 20-inch wheels and a new front grille. The promise here is of course a sportier, more dynamic drive experience, and the vehicle on display at the show will feature a new three-layer metallic Rosso shade.

Source : star-motoring.com/blog/permalink.asp?id=392

LEXUS RX 450h

Lexus will be presenting the new RX 450h crossover at the Geneva Motor Show this week.

Big, but effiecient, that's the go with this one.

Powered by a series/parallel hybrid system employing a 3.5l V6 petrol block and two powerful electric motors working in tandem to provide the juice for the four-wheel drive vehicle, the RX 450h will have 295bhp on call, a top speed of 200kmh and a 7.8sec 0-100kmh acceleration time for basic figures.

Meaty, in every sense of the word.

The other initial figures for the vehicle are in the areas of efficiency; the revised Lexus Hybrid Drive system in use here offers a significantly lower CO2 emissions level of 148g/km, a figure that bests the competition in the premium crossover class, including the best-performing diesels.As for fuel efficiency, it offers a 28% improvement in combined cycle consumption compared to the RX 400h.

Source : star-motoring.com/blog/permalink.asp?id=391