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Critics style Aston Martin are few. Just can you blame the brand a "too large" coherent range of products with sometimes difficult to distinguish from each other for an untrained eye. However, some designers believe they can make a more personal touch to the creations of Gaydon. This is particularly the case of Ugur Sahin Design, which presents a concept version of the Gauntlet "coachbuilt" of the Aston Martin DB9. In this dream menu designer, you immediately notice the headlights folded more than usual, the massive grille reminiscent of Aston Martin One-77 as the two paths of the air intake supervisor. The traditional side scoop has also been revised to adopt a form that is reminiscent of the Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione. The back playing with the codes established by the Aston Martin Vanquish and new versions. The exhausts are built to high and grill overlooking a broadcaster. Boomerang headlights evoke without identically reproducing the stern of current English. T...

Over 500,000 copies sold worldwide since 2002: the Volkswagen Touareg developed in collaboration with Porsche will remain one of the great successes of the brand. But at the time of economic crisis and the blacklisting of the 4X4, the sport utility vehicle over 2.3 tonnes must be a severe weight loss. Volkswagen has not really played on the template (+ 41 mm in length, width + 12 and -17 in height) but the engine / box / transmission to win 208 pounds. A feat as all engines revisited consume on average 25% less. This applies to the 240 horsepower V6 TDI Volkswagen Touareg our testing shows that 7.5 l in mixed cycle and not more than 11 liters in reality. A result achieved through the introduction as standard across the range of a new automatic transmission in eight outstanding reports. The diesel range is completed by the V8 TDI 340 hp (it replaces the V10), while in essence, one can choose between 3.6 FSI V6 280 hp version and a heavy hybrid / electric 380 horsepower but with relative...