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2011 New Model Audi TTS Coupe

The new AUDI TTS gets a mild facelift highlighted, complemented by revised chrome accenting on its grille and redone foglamps and housings. Other exterior change include dual chrome exhaust tips,a distinct front and rear fascia as well as LED driving lights and a set of slick 18 inch wheels. Xenon headlamps with LED daytime running lights join a tastefully sporty front end design that is high-tech, fun and yet serious in appearance.

Inside, the new model is available as a four-seat coupe and a two-seat roadster. Audi Navigation System Plus displays 3D map graphics on a 6.5-inch LCD screen, also equips with MP3 memory card slots and a six-CD changer. The Audi Magnetic Ride system uses shocks filled with magnetically charged fluid. Computer controls change the damping rates to match the driving situation, and the driver can choose between Normal and Sport modes for soft comfort or stiff fun.
Coupled with this power output is great fuel economy; the Environmental Protection Agency has estimated that the Audit TT with this engine option will return twenty-one miles per gallon in the city and twenty-nine miles per gallon on the highway. The engine employs a sequential fuel induction engine to feed the premium unleaded gasoline to the dual overhead cam valve train.
Another feature that differentiates the TT from its competitors is the standard all wheel drive system. This system, called the “quattro” system by Audi, is held over from the last model. Audi has been perfecting the system since the early 1980′s, and the system helps the car have superior grip and road-holding capabilities. All of this power is delivered through a 6 speed “Tiptronic” transmission. This transmission was first employed by Porsche in its vehicles, and allows the driver to switch between manual or automatic modes when driving.

WaterCar Python Offends All 5 Senses on Land And Water

A California company has combined a Corvette with a luxury speedboat and thrown in some jet ski to create a holy trinity of awesomeness it calls the WaterCar Python. For around $170,000, you can pick up a Python rolling chassis and install a General Motors LS series engine of your choosing — from a used LS1 to the same mind-bendingly powerful LS9 found in the Corvette ZR1. Choose that level of insanity and WaterCar estimates the engine and transaxle installation should run an additional $30 to $50K.
Once installed, the Python will make short work of your trip to the boat launch with an average 0-60 time of 4.5 seconds. Once you get to the yacht club, stun your high society friends by driving the Python straight into the water, pressing one button to retract the wheels and another to start the jet. You’ll be gliding on a bright blue highway in seconds. Far from a glorified Amphicar, this baby can do 60 mph on the water.
In addition to being one of the absolute coolest toys we’ve ever seen, we can imagine high-speed police chases in L.A. might get a bit more interesting if suspects choose a Python as their getaway car.
On land, the Python is a custom-built hot rod that looks like a cross between a Chevy Avalanche and a Corvette. Out on Lake Havasu, where you just know one of these will show up, it’s a 20 foot luxury boat appointed with a polished wood dashboard and a leather wraparound bench seat — just like the Chris Craft you keep at your house in the Hamptons. Sadly, air conditioning, an automatic transmission and a hardtop are not currently available.
We’re especially amused by the dual set of safety and regulatory guidelines that apply to an amphibious motor vehicle. Headlamps and turn signals are to be used on land but green and red nautical lights are for use on the water. Not only do owners of the Python need to register their vehicle as both a car with license plates and a boat with marine stickers, but special amphibious vehicle insurance must be purchased unless owners want to buy both a car and boat policy.
On paper, the Python appears to be twice as fast on the water than its closest competitor, the Gibbs Aquada. We wonder how long it will be before someone smashes Sir Richard Branson’s record of crossing the English Channel in an amphibious automobile that he set in his Aquada back in 2004.

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Porsche Cayenne

 

MSRP: $48,200 - $107,100
Invoice: NA
Fuel Economy: 15 mpg City, 22 mpg Highway

Days To Turn: 13

Porsche, like BMW, has never been one to over-supply its dealers. Thats why you pretty much never see crazy over-the-top sale prices advertised for Porsches.

The Cayenne has been hugely successful for Porsche. And the redesigned version that came out last year is not only lighter and more fuel efficient, but there is even a hybrid version to make owners feel a bit better about driving a big SUV.

It really is the vehicle to have around Beverly Hills these days. And if you are looking for a driving experience more rugged than the parking lots on Rodeo Drive, it is a very capable SUV worthy of competing against Range Rovers and Jeeps on rock crawls and trail driving.