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Porsche Panamera
AFTER decades of speculation, years of scoop
photography, months of official pictures and weeks
of waiting impatiently to drive the car in the wake of
its flashy Shanghai debut, the moment of truth has
at last arrived for the Porsche Panamera.
Lexus RX450h
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LEXUS Australia will offer not just one version of its
redesigned RX hybrid SUV but three, when it goes
on sale in Australia from July 13.
The hybrid crossover’s aggressive new starting
price of $89,900, which is $7645 lower than the
$97,545 pricetag of the single RX400h model
previously available.
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Citroen C3
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A HUGE windscreen that extends well into the roof
is the defining feature of the new Citroen C3 light
car, scheduled to come to Australia in May 2010.
Citroen also revealed it will launch a new range
of environmentally-friendly three-cylinder diesel
engines in 2011.
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position and pops up the unique gearshift
controller when you turn on the ignition, as
well as the soft-feel dash, the chrome and
rubber steering wheel controls, the size and
shape of the wheel itself and even the attention
to detail with the Jaguar name embossed into
the chrome air-vent direction sliders.
The sloping roofline barely compromises
ease of entry to the rear seat and there is no
problem with headroom, legroom, visibility or
comfort once inside.
Jaguar makes much of its in-house active
differential development and its wide-ranging
‘Adaptive Dynamics’ suspension system –
which apparently monitors the body position
100 times a second and the wheels 500 times a
second to predictively improve damper control
– but unfortunately the launch drive was
anything but challenging.
Busy country highways are not the place to test
such a car, let alone analyse complex systems and
explore the limits of its capabilities, so we remain
in anticipation of a more thorough examination
over an extended time on local roads.
In the meantime, we can tell you that the XFR
is suitably grippy and rides well for such a car,
but suffers from sharp road irregularities, as you
would expect from low-profile performance
tyres, which also generate too much road
noise.
The fast electro-hydraulic rack-and-pinion
steering (electronic control, not electric power)
is hard to fault, being fast and direct, with a
lightness of touch at low speeds combined with
good feel, responsiveness and on-centre feel on
the highway.
Jaguar is certainly serious about its R brand
and has dedicated significant engineering
resources to revive the brand’s sporting heritage.
AMG and the M people may not yet be quaking
in their boots, but the XFR is undoubtedly a
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huge step in the right direction.
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