All-new Mazda3 Hatchbacks Complete 9,300mile Marathon Test Drive
The "Mazda Route3 - Hiroshima to Frankfurt Challenger Tour 2013" is complete after an epic journey of 9,300 miles. The convoy of all-new Mazda3 hatchbacks crossed the finish line at Mazda's European R&D Centre in Oberursel, outside Frankfurt.
Featuring a KODO exterior design as innovative as their SKYACTIV technology, all the new Mazda3's withstood the expedition fully intact, demonstrating their robust and dependable Mazda genealogy founded on outstanding build quality. Some of the Mazda3 tour cars will be exhibited at the Frankfurt Motor Show which opens tomorrow.
World Premiere of The Smart Fourjoy at Frankfurt
The Smart Fourjoy is the forerunner of a new smart generation and is celebrating its world premiere at the International Motor Show in Frankfurt. With no doors, no rear window and an open roof, the Smart Fourjoy dispenses with unnecessary ballast. This also gives viewers a good view of the futuristic interior with its striking rear seat bench in the style of lounge furniture.
With its compact dimensions (length/width/height: 3494/1978/1494 millimeters) and a turning circle of 9.1 meters the smart Fourjoy boasts the agility typical of the brand and is able to show off its strengths, especially in cities around the world. And thanks to the state-of-the-art electric drive with a 55 kW magneto-electric motor the zero-local-emission smart Fourjoy offers agile driving performance without any shift delays.
The Citroen Cactus Concept : A Vision For Future C-Line
Citroën has revealed the Cactus, a new concept car and a vision for future C-line models. The Citroën Cactus is a desirable, user friendly car that creates a unique harmony between the distinctive and the practical, offering comfort for all occupants with easy to use technology.
The Citroën Cactus' styling fuses the aesthetic with the practical, with the designers finding the right volumes and extending efficiency to the smallest details. With a shape that is both original yet familiar, the body styling of Citroën Cactus is easy to identify, with pure and smooth surfaces in pearlescent white, flowing contours, 'floating' roof and rear quarter panels, contrasting and functional detailing and a bright and airy cabin with a large panoramic sunroof.