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aily Record, June 13, 2008ROAD RECORDXC60 order
bookopensBentley up
to SpeedV
OLVO have opened the
o
rder book of their new
X
C60 crossover vehicle,
which goes on sale here in
November.The entry model is the
2.4D S which comes in
at 16324,750,while the
r
ange-topping
T6 is
pr
iced at 16334,495.
The new
comer will
be available in three
trim levels of S,SE and
SE Lux and with a
choice of three
engines comprising
a
turbocharged T6
producing 283bhp and
two variants of the D5 turbo-
diesel generating 185bhp and
163bhp.
The S model comes with
17in allo
y
wheels,
fog lights,
roof rails and rear spoiler plus
Roll Stability Control.
SE trim adds extras such as
Hill Descent Control,electric
dr
iv
er
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s
seat with memor
y
and
plusher upholster
y
,
while the
SE Lux also includes leather
upholstery,light oak wood
trim,active headlamps,power
tailgate and r
ear par
k-assist
.THE most powerful four-
door Bentley ever to be
p
roduced has been
revealed by the famous
British car maker.The new 200mph Bentley
Continental Flying Spur Speed
is po
w
ered by a 600bhp
12-cylinder engine 8211 the same
as in the C
ontinental GT Speed
8211
resulting in a zero to 60mph
spr
int time of 4.6 seconds.
S
ince its launch in 2005,
the
Flying Spur has become the
most successful 12-cylinder
luxury saloon in the world and
has play
ed
an
important role in
the r
evitalisation of Bentley,
now part of the Volkswagen
G
r
oup.
Sales are now running at
about 10,000 a year 8211 record
production figures for the
C
rewe-based company.
The latest F
lying S
pur has a
r
estyled fr
ont gr
ille and r
ear
bumper designed to produce a
more aggressive and sleeker
stance.
It also has a lowered
r
ide height and uprated
suspension.
P
r
ices ar
e
still to be
announced.Lambo name their priceMUCH
RUSH
OVER SPEEDSlowdown over 20mph
residential limits urged D
riven byMORE
haste,less
speed is needed
when it comes to
implementing
20mph zones
,
it8217
s
claimed.This was one of the key findings
at a confer
ence examining speed
management.
B
ut Elizabeth Dainton, research
dev
elopment manager at the
Royal Automobile Club
Foundation, said more research
was needed before 20mph zones
are comprehensively rolled out
acr
oss the countr
y
.
The expert warned that policy
development should not speed
ahead of understanding, local
considerations and public
acceptance
.
A
new study found that 95 per
cent of all pedestr
ian casualties
and 92 per
cent
T
r
affic calming measur
es ar
e
needed if existing speeds ar
e
high,
but these are unpopular.
8220
P
hysical enforcement is the
only option av
ailable due to lo
w
lev
els of traffic police and a lack of
camera enforcing technology.
8220While three-quarters of the
public suppor
t
20mph zones in
r
esidential ar
eas, no research is
av
ailable to assess whether a more
compr
ehensive network of zones
would be w
elcomed,
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she added.
Physical traffic calming
measur
es w
ere disliked by 57 per
cent of the public, she said, while
cameras were also a bone of
contention for many
,
which was
likely to make the introduction of
average speed cameras to enforce
20mph z
ones difficult.
Roads for movement are also
needed: 20mph z
ones may r
educe
casualties in some cir
cumstances
,
but the economic vitality of an
ar
ea also needs to be consider
ed.
The expert stressed: 8220Reducing
road casualties in the UK must
r
emain a pr
ior
ity
,
and speed limits
have an important role to play.
8220It does not follow that 20mph
z
ones should be implemented
without adequate consider
ation
being giv
en to local cir
cumstances
and public opinion.
8221
of cy
clist casualties were killed or
injured on built-up roads with
speed limits under 40mph.
But speed was not the only
factor which leads to these
accidents, as driver behaviour and
speeding w
er
e
r
esponsible in only
26 per cent of all cases.
Failing to look remained the
biggest cause of collisions, being
to blame for nearly 68 per cent of
all accidents
.
It was argued that driver
training and education were as
important as reducing speed
when it came to improving UK
casualty figur
es
.
Ms Dainton outlined the aims,
objectiv
es and histor
y
behind
20mph zones.
She highlighted the finding
of one of the most extensiv
e
studies into the subject,
which r
ev
ealed that
average speeds fell by
9mph and annual
accidents b
y
60 per cent
in select 20mph zones.
Y
et while casualty
reductions for current
20mph z
ones w
er
e
impr
essive, there were
limits to their overall use she
said.
8220These include enforcement.D
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.THE price of the br
and new
L
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LP560-4 has been announced.The car,first shown at the Geneva
M
otor Show in March,replaces the
or
iginal G
allar
do C
oup233 which was
launched in 2003.
With 40hp more power than the
previous car,enhanced acceleration
from 0-62 mph of 3.7 seconds and a
top speed in excess of 200 mph,the
new
comer is priced at 163147,330.
With its extr
a
power and a 20kg
r
eduction in w
eight
,
the power-
w
eight r
atio has been impr
o
ved to
2.5kg per hp
.
The LP560-4 comes with a new
5.2-litr
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V10 direct fuel injection
engine and despite its incr
eased
po
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,
fuel consumption and CO2emissions hav
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been r
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18 per cent.With its new engine,
per
manent four-wheel-drive
tr
ansmission and new suspension,
the G
allar
do C
oup233 deliv
ers
significantly enhanced per
for
mance
and dynamics.
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will be available to view from late
J
une at Lamborghini dealerships in
London,
Birmingham,Manchester
and E
dinbur
gh,
while deliv
eries will
star
t
later in the summer
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