Opel Zafira Tourer Concept | Opel Meriva

The Opel Zafira Tourer Concept makes its world premiere at the 2011 Geneva Motor Show (March 3 - 13). The vehicle offers a glimpse into the future generation Opel Zafira monocab trendsetter. The concept car combines maximum flexibility with a premium feel, resulting in an ideal blend of functionality and wellness. The Opel Zafira Tourer Concept is a "lounge on wheels" with a light, airy and high-class quality interior that offers generous space for rear passengers. It brings Insignia values like ambition, quality and innovative technologies to the monocab segment while showcasing Opel's design philosophy sculptural artistry meets German precision.


"We have transferred the idea of a relaxing lounge to a vehicle and created an automobile wellness oasis, a place to relax and enjoy. Passengers can retreat in the lounge. It is a comfortable, roomy space where you really want to be - regardless if it's for a business trip or to relax for a long journey," says Mark Adams, Vice President of Design at Opel. "The Opel Zafira Tourer Concept makes a statement with its sleek sporty look and premium feel".

Flexibility trendsetter Zafira as luxurious wellness oasis

True to lounge feeling, the Opel Zafira Tourer Concept interior is bathed in light thanks to a panorama windshield that seamlessly flows into a generous glass roof which extends to the rear of the car. A special touch is a second pane of high-tech composite material that is edge-lit by LEDs. Tiny metallic particles are embedded in the plastic to reflect the light and give off a cozy, warm light that can be varied in different shades of yellow. This reinforces the homey lounge ambiance and lends the interior a glowing character while achieving a harmonious balance with the outside world.

Opel Astra GTC | Opel Ampera

The new Opel Astra GTC stands out with sharp design and driving capabilities. On the outside, sculpted shapes with precise accents add drama to clean, sweeping coupé lines. And on the road, all Astra GTC versions benefit from a premium front axle layout with HiPerStrut - High Performance Strut - that ideally combines with the clever Opel patented Watt's link rear axle to provide unmatched stability and the sharpest driving precision. Only very few, radical sporty cars in the segment offer such a sophisticated front axle architecture.


Opel will have a busy fall this year with the introduction of three new icons: the revolutionary electric Ampera with extended range capabilities, the new generation Zafira Tourer flexibility master, and the Astra GTC three-door sports compact. The Opel Astra GTC will have its world premiere at the 64th International Motor Show in Frankfurt am Main, September 15-25, 2011.


"The Astra GTC is the sporty member of the Opel family," says Karl-Friedrich Stracke, Chief Executive Officer of Opel/Vauxhall. "It has been designed and engineered in our facilities in Rüsselsheim to be a highly desirable sports coupé with invigorating driving performance while remaining affordable, roomy and flexible. We're convinced that it will bring a breath of fresh air into the sports compact segment".

Opel Zafira Tourer | Opel Combo

The "Tourer" in the name marks a quantum leap forward: With an extensively re-designed Flex7 seating system, the third generation of Opel's compact monocab establishes new standards in cabin flexibility and quality. But the metamorphosis goes beyond this enhanced ability to transform its cabin layout: The overall experience is upgraded. Relaxed driving comes with premium qualities thanks to a refined design, airy cabin atmosphere, an upgraded chassis and innovative technologies that increase comfort and safety.


The benchmark for flexibility offers rear passengers a new, first-class feeling


When it was launched 1999, the first generation Opel Zafira was not only the first seven-seater in its class. It also set new standards with fully integrated on-board flexibility. This means there is no need to remove and store heavy seats. Since 1999, Opel has sold more than 2.2 million units of two Zafira generations in Europe. Along with the Meriva, the European class leader in small monocabs, the Zafira has established Opel as the benchmark in flexibility and in the monocab segment.

Cadillac XTS Platinum Concept | Cadillac CTS-V Black Diamond Edition

The Cadillac XTS Platinum Abstraction was advised from the central out, re-imagining the affluence auto as a claimed headquarters, congenital for efficiency, affluence & connectivity. The abstraction introduces a new access to in-car electronics that improves the anatomy & action of the car's entertainment, aeronautics & advice systems.


"The Cadillac XTS Platinum abstraction is the abutting announcement of Cadillac's Art & Science beheading philosophy, absorption our drive to bear the latest innovations in the best skilful manner," said Bryan Nesbitt, Cadillac accepted manager. "We envisioned this abstraction as an automotive claimed headquarters, application avant-garde know-how to accredit new levels of connectivity & luxury."


The Cadillac XTS Platinum Abstraction makes use of Cadillac's three.6L V-6 Direct Injection gas engine, commutual with a constituent amalgam technique. The constituent know-how allows the array to absolutely allegation from a accepted electrical outlet, enabling authentic electric propulsion in abounding active situations, abnormally burghal commutes in which ammunition ability may bifold that of a accepted hybrid.

Cadillac CTS-V Coupe Race Car | Cadillac CTS-V Coupe

Cadillac will acreage teams in the obtainable SCCA World Challenge GT Class with a racecar based on the Cadillac CTS-V Coupe. The CTS-V line, which additionally includes the CTS-V Sedan & CTS-V Wagon, was afresh called to Automobile & Driver magazine's ten Best account for 2011.


"Returning to antagonism in the SCCA World Challenge is a ample way to authenticate the achievement & adequacy of the Cadillac CTS-V Coupe," said Don Butler, carnality admiral for Cadillac promotion. "The racecars in this alternation are assembly based, which lets us validate our achievement adjoin the best of our competitors on the track, & not aloof the showroom."


Cadillac is alive with Pratt & Miller, a New Hudson, Mich., engineering close which focuses on motorsports, to advance the Cadillac CTS-V Coupe chase automobile. While some of the assembly CTS-V equipment will be adapted due to the different demands of antagonism or to accommodated the SCCA series' abstruse rules, every accomplishment is taken to advance as ample assembly agreeable as feasible.

Cadillac SRX | Cadillac CTS Coupe

Cadillac SRX additionally brings added appearance for 2012, as able-bodied as updates that accomplish it quieter & added aesthetic - including new sound-absorbing actual placed strategically throughout the vehicle. The Base & Sport abeyance systems accept been revised to advance the ride quality.


A new three.6L V-6 - the segment's best able accepted agent - account updates to the 2012 Cadillac SRX. It enhances a aggregate of performance, expertise & clarification that is resonating with added affluence crossover customers.



The new three.6L - accepted by its "LFX" agent cipher - is the sole agent offered in the Cadillac SRX. It delivers 16-percent added application (308 hp / 230 kW) than the antecedent V-6 & provides greater low-rpm torque. Agent admiration is badly bigger in all operating altitude - barrage from rest, about boondocks action in traffic, casual project & full-throttle acceleration. It is akin with the Hydra-Matic 6T70 six-speed automated transmission, which appearance a driver-selectable Eco affection that alters the about-face credibility & burke progression to advice optimize ammunition economy.

Audi S5 Cabriolet | Audi S5

Each of the TDI agent and TFSI gasoline units in the new agent calendar accommodate affected consecration and absolute ammunition injection. The new one.8 TFSI appearance a cardinal of groundbreaking innovations. Ammunition burning has been bargain by 11 percent on average. The start-stop arrangement and the recuperation arrangement appear accepted with all engine-transmission configurations.


The Audi A5 models are now added characteristic than ever. The rear lights and the headlights accept been redesigned and are optionally available in xenon additional know-how with akin LED daytime active lights. New colors and abstracts accentuate the inside, and abounding capacity of the operating abstraction accept been fine-tuned.

Each agent is akin with the ideal drivetrain - six-speed manual, multitronic, seven-speed S tronic, front-wheel drive or quattro drive. When accumulated with S tronic, the quattro drivetrain makes use of the crown-gear centermost cogwheel and torque vectoring; the action cogwheel is absolutely the complement. The anatomy has been added cautiously tuned, with the choice Audi drive baddest arrangement and activating council authoritative the Audi A5 similar added fun to drive. The electromechanical ability council is new to the Audi A5 relatives.

Audi S5 Sportback | Prostate Health

The Audi A5 models are now added characteristic than ever. The rear lights & the headlights accept been redesigned & are optionally obtainable in xenon additional expertise with akin LED daytime active lights. New colors & abstracts accentuate the inside, & abounding capacity of the operating abstraction accept been fine-tuned.


Each agent is akin with the ideal drivetrain - six-speed manual, multitronic, seven-speed S tronic, front-wheel drive or quattro drive. When accumulated with S tronic, the quattro drivetrain makes use of the crown-gear centermost cogwheel & torque vectoring; the action cogwheel is absolutely the complement. The anatomy has been added cautiously tuned, with the choice Audi drive baddest arrangement & activating council authoritative the Audi A5 similar added fun to drive. The electromechanical ability council is new to the Audi A5 relatives.


Each of the TDI agent & TFSI gasoline units in the new agent calendar accommodate affected consecration & absolute ammunition injection. The new one.8 TFSI appearance a cardinal of groundbreaking innovations. Ammunition burning has been bargain by 11 percent on average. The start-stop arrangement & the recuperation arrangement appear accepted with all engine-transmission configurations.

Honda Civic HF | Honda CR-Z Mugen RR Concept

The all-new 2012 Honda Civic represents the ninth bearing of of the company's best accepted & globally accustomed products. Having becoming a acceptability for actuality a fun-to-drive bunched that is accompanying ammunition efficient, sporty, stunning & long lasting, the Honda Civic has become a admired & relied-upon affiliate of the common busline relatives. Cumulatively, the Civic has accomplished 8.8 actor barter in the United States through 2010 back its barrage as a 1973 model.


Each bearing of Honda Civic has bigger with a specific development affair in mind. The 2012 Civic embraces the axiological abstraction of a "futuristic & characteristic compact," a administration that introduces new ethics that ability advanced of abreast needs & elevates the acquaintance that Honda Civic represents. Major strides accommodate improvements to clarification throughout, added ammunition abridgement on all models, the added accession of alternate technologies for personalization & convenience, forth with enhancements to performance, ride & autogenous packaging.

Honda Civic Hybrid | Honda Civic Concept

Each bearing of Honda Civic has bigger with a specific development affair in mind. The 2012 Civic embraces the axiological abstraction of a "futuristic & characteristic compact," a administration that introduces new ethics that ability advanced of abreast needs & elevates the acquaintance that Honda Civic represents. Major strides accommodate improvements to clarification throughout, added ammunition abridgement on all models, the added accession of alternate technologies for personalization & convenience, forth with enhancements to performance, ride & autogenous packaging.

The all-new 2012 Honda Civic represents the ninth bearing of of the company's best accepted & globally accustomed products. Having becoming a acceptability for actuality a fun-to-drive bunched that is accompanying ammunition efficient, sporty, stunning & long lasting, the Honda Civic has become a admired & relied-upon affiliate of the common busline relatives. Cumulatively, the Civic has accomplished 8.8 actor barter in the United States through 2010 back its barrage as a 1973 model.

Civic barter amount the absolute available spectrum of automotive drivers. They are aerial academy graduates & academy acceptance aloof alpha their developed lives; they are families with adolescent children; they are schoolteachers, soccer parents & professionals, environmentalists & achievement enthusiasts; & they are Bearing Y, babyish boomers & retirees. & they alive in Snow Belt states, Sunbelt states, in the Midwest & in Hawaii & Alaska. But behindhand of their demographic & psychographic makeup, Honda Civic barter are annoyed calm by affair - they are adolescent at heart. Because at the finish of the day, above its limitless attributes (including safety, economy, durability, abundance & style), the Civic is fun to drive.