Volvo C30 1.6 DRIVe (2010) long-term test review,car sale private,cars information,car sales information,information on car,Used Cars,Car Insurance,

Volvo C30 1.6 DRIVe (2010) long-term test review

By Sarah-Jayne Harrison

Long Term Tests

12 April 2010 17:00


No sooner had my new Volvo C30 long-term test car arrived at CAR Towers than I whisked it off on what will possibly be the longest road trip it may encounter in its lifetime: a quick jaunt to Austria and back via Frankfurt. We’re running the eco-friendly stop-start DRIVe version, with its saintly 99g/km of CO2 and 74mpg claimed economy. Perfect for saving money on a pan-European blast then.

The idea was to join the Volvo-sponsored Snowbombing event in Austria. So it was that I booked a week’s holiday and joined a mass exodus of C30s, XC60s, C70s, V50s – plus a rather strange Addams family car (complete with rooftop coffin), wonderfully kitted out Ghostbusters vehicle and various other cars.

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Audi S8 (2011) spied at the Nurburgring

By Tim Pollard

Spy shots

14 April 2010 09:48



Audi is preparing a high-performance S8 range-topper of the new A8 limo range. Caught in our new spy photos, the 2011 Audi S8 was on test at the Nurburgring circuit in Germany. Word is that the S8 is powered by Audi's take on the Lamborghini-derived V10. Audi started using a V10 lump in the last-generation D3 A8 and the new A8 is equipped with new tech to lift those all-important Top Trumps bragging rights.

So how powerful is the new 2011 Audi S8?

CAR's sources suggest the newly fettled 5.0-litre V10 will follow the RS6 forced-induction recipe. Expect direct-injection and twin turbos to swell power to around 620bhp and torque to a stout 553lb ft, according to insiders. That's considerably up on the old S8's 444bhp and 398lb ft. Combined with the ASF aluminium spaceframe technology and more rear-biased Quattro four-wheel drive, it could make the S8 a worthy adversary to the Merc AMG models and BMW 760i.