FAB Design Cloaks the Mercedes-Benz E-Class Convertible in a Wide Body Kit

Over the years, we've seen some pretty crude creations from Swiss tuning house FAB Design including an atrocious-looking Cadillac Escalade for a North African client.

But once in a while, FAB Design comes up with a tune that we could live with such as its new offering for the latest Mercedes-Benz E-Class Convertible series.

The Swiss firm has developed a wide body kit for the open top model that includes a new front bumper featuring different openings along with wider front and rear fenders, matching rocker panels with air vents, a boot lid spoiler and a restyled rear bumper housing a diffuser and the new exhaust pipes.

The four-seater Merc is also fitted with new 20-inch alloys wrapped around beefy tires while hardware changes are limited to a lowered sports suspension and a new exhaust system with an integrated valve control that allows the driver to choose between a sonorous and a discrete sound.

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2013 Cadillac XTS in the Flesh

Today's news was the presentation of the brand new Cadillac luxury sedan XTS full-size, and we have some new pictures and two new videos, including one that looks like a car on the road (although not the best quality) to share with you.

It has been some confusion as to which segment they belong to the XTS, as it will replace two models of the Cadillac STS rear-/all-wheel disk and front-wheel drive only DTS.

While the new XTS sedan is Cadillac's most important and as such should be the model of the brand of Saloon, it is not the purpose of suffering from the BMW 7 Series or Mercedes S-Class

Instead, it is in the size of the Mercedes-Benz E-Class and S-type models, and is probably much lower price than the other two cars. In other words, the confusion caused by the same current CTS, which slots between the BMW 3 - and 5 series models.

You can learn more about our post XTS detail here, but remember that the new Cadillac offered a 300 hp 3.6-liter V6 coupled 6SP automatic transmission, and the possibility of either front or all-wheel drive.

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2013 Cadillac XTS gets 300HP V6 and Available AWD

The most recent addition to the range of Cadillac sedan, 2013, XTS has been fully revealed on Wednesday, before his first public appearance was in Los Angeles Auto Show during the day.

The XTS takes its place as the largest model Cadillac DTS and STS replacement. And it's important to 202 in. (5131 mm) long, with 72.9. (1851 mm) wide by 59.1. (1501 mm) high.

The XTS mounted on a hefty 111.7-in. (2837 mm) wheelbase Cadillac with the requirements of 40 inches (1016 mm) of legroom in the rear, which is about four inches longer than the BMW 5 Series and Mercedes-Benz E-Class and about two inches more than the Audi A6. It also has a spacious trunk with 18 cubic feet (509 liters) of space.

Exterior styling Cadillac has more enthusiasm than the DTS / STS models, and almost identical to the prototype last year XTS Platinum.

The interior is also a step in the right direction, but the Cadillac is installed in the number of electronic gadgets as CUE highlighted the automaker a new infotainment system, which comes with 8 inches, and the center console, and 12.3 inches convertible available in the cluster, which provides a driver selectable four subjects, a minimum of complete information.

There is more technology under the skin like the XTS comes with GM's Magnetic Ride Control, rear air suspension, strut front suspension and Brembo brakes HiPer series. In addition, the larger Caddy is also available with a drive system optional Haldex all-wheel drive with electronically controlled limited slip differential.

The XTS is powered by a GM 3.6-liter V6 with direct injection technology produces 300 horsepower at 6800 rpm and 264 lb-ft (358Nm) of torque at 5,300 rpm up very high. The LFX V6 linked to a Hydra-Matic 6T70 six-speed automatic transmission with shift takeover.

Cadillac says the front-wheel drive model returns an estimated city fuel economy and 17mpg highway 28mpg while the AWD version is 17mpg and 27mpg do with respectively.

The 2013 Cadillac XTS will be built at GM's plant in Ontario, Canada, North American sales to begin in the spring of 2012.

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2012 Nissan Versa Sedan Unveiled At The Cost Of A Small Amount Of $10,990

It seems that our first reaction to link the Chinese market Nissan Sunny, revealed in December 2010 in North America in 2012 Versa, was responsible, as these photos clearly show. New entry in the Nissan sedan segment is a proposal for affordable small clumsy looking (to say the least ...), which probably stems from the fact of the Versa / Sunny platform is based on the Micra-V architecture, where the proportions the foreign body.

"The new Versa sedan stands out as the only animal in search of car in the segment - with great power of the mind," said Al Castignetti, vice president and general manager, Nissan Division, Nissan North America.

"The proportions of sculptured dynamics are modern without apparatus, projecting a much higher value of design as you might expect in a vehicle with a starting MSRP of $ 10 990"

We disagree with the outside Castignetti Versa evaluation, but please do not hesitate to express your own opinion in the comment box below. Now go inside, the dashboard Versa seems to be lifted directly from the Micra supermini with only minor changes in the layout of the dashboard and switchgear.

While retaining the same 102.4-inch wheelbase and 66.7 inches in width as the Versa sedan generation ago, newcomers Nissan is 1.2 inches lower in height (59.6 inches) and 0 , 6 inches shorter overall length (175.4 inches). The Nissan Versa has more space than some medium and large sedans like the Lexus LS460, BMW 5 Series and Mercedes-Benz E-Class, so that the bag of a volume of 14.8 cubic feet.

Power comes via the new Versa HR16DE a second-generation 1.6-liter 4-cylinder rated at 109 horsepower at 6000 rpm and 107 lb-ft of torque at 4400 rpm. Buyers can choose between a 5-speed manual transmission (1.6 S model) and a new generation Xtronic CVT.

Nissan says the fuel consumption of the 2012 Versa Sedan is a city of about 30 mpg, 37 mpg highway and 33 mpg combined with a CVT transmission and 27/36/30 mpg with 5 speed manual.

As mentioned earlier, the 2012 Versa hatchback from $ 10 990 price (about € 7,700 at current exchange rates), with sales set to start this summer.
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