Automotiv: Maret 2012

Senin, 26 Maret 2012

2013 MAZDA CX-5 NAMED TOP SAFETY PICK

(Richmond Hill, ON): The all-new 2013 Mazda CX-5 compact crossover SUV was recognized today as a “Top Safety Pick” by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS). The CX-5 received the organization’s highest possible crash safety rating of “Good” in all four tests conducted.

“The 2013 CX-5 is Mazda’s first production vehicle to receive the full suite of SKYACTIV Technologies, which focuses not only on fuel efficiency but also on safety and stability,” said Don Romano, President of Mazda Canada Inc. “Earning a ‘Top Safety Pick’ distinction from the IIHS further exemplifies Mazda’s dedication for creating products that offer the best of everything that consumers want: fuel economy, performance, handling and, most importantly, safety.”

Vehicles receive ratings based on results from the Institute’s evaluations on front, side, and rear impact crash tests as well as a roof strength test (implemented in 2010), which measures occupant protection in the event of a rollover. Each vehicle’s overall evaluation is based on measurements of intrusion specific to each crash angle and the injury impact on crash test dummies positioned within the vehicles at the time of collision.

The CX-5 starts at a competitive $22,995 MSRP. Paired with the SKYACTIV-MT six-speed manual transmission, the entry-level GX is equipped with a high-level of standard amenities such as push-button start, a tilt-and-telescopic steering column, steering-wheel-mounted audio and cruise controls as well as auxiliary and USB connection ports. The CX-5 offers the best highway fuel economy of any SUV sold in Canada at 5.7L/100 km, outperforming many hybrids.

Available options for CX-5 models include a SKYACTIV-Drive six-speed automatic transmission, Bluetooth® hands-free phone and audio connectivity, a 5.8-inch color touch screen monitor, rearview camera, leather seats, a TomTom technology-based in-dash navigation system, a Bose® Surround Sound System, a Blind Spot Monitoring (BSM) system, and bi-xenon auto-leveling headlights with a pivoting Adaptive Front-lighting System (AFS).

All CX-5s are equipped with the all-new SKYACTIV-Body and SKYACTIV-Chassis, which ensure a vehicle structure as reinforced and quiet as it is rigid and absorbs impacts. The SKYACTIV-Chassis weighs less than current Mazda platforms and includes a front strut suspension and a multi-link rear format along with an assortment of design changes for added ride comfort. The SKYACTIV-Body is comprised of 61 percent high-tensile steel, creating a lighter, stronger body with superior handling. The all-new CX-5 also is the first production vehicle to utilize 1,800MPa ultra-high tensile steel, which is utilized in the front and rear bumper beams and results in parts that are 20 percent stronger and 10.6 pounds lighter than previous generation bumpers.

Other standard safety equipment includes six airbags (front, side, and full side-curtain airbags with rollover sensors), four wheel disk brakes, Anti-lock Braking System with Electronic Brake Force Distribution and Brake Assist, Hill Launch Assist, Dynamic Stability Control (DSC), a Traction Control System (TCS), a fold-away brake pedal assembly, front and rear crumple zones, three-point safety belts for all seating positions, front seatbelt pretensioners, second row ISOFIX child seat tether anchors and a tire pressure monitoring system (TPMS).

Founded in 1959, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety is an independent, non-profit, scientific and educational organization dedicated to reducing deaths, injuries and property damage that result from crashes on the nation’s highways and roads. The Institute, along with affiliate the Highway Loss Data Institute (HLDI), supports highway safety efforts and accident prevention through vehicle crash safety tests as well as consumer education, such as driver behavior and roadway designs.

Mazda Canada Inc. is responsible for the sales and marketing, customer service and parts support of Mazda vehicles in Canada. Headquartered in Richmond Hill, Ontario, Mazda Canada has a nationwide network of 165 dealerships.

Selasa, 20 Maret 2012

Mazda CX-9 Review

The 2012 Mazda CX-9 ranks 1 out of 23 Affordable Midsize SUVs. This ranking is based on our analysis of 58 published reviews and test drives of the Mazda CX-9, and our analysis of reliability and safety data.

If you’ve decided to trade in your sporty car for more cargo and passenger space, but don’t want to lose too much fun-to-drive performance, test drivers say you’ll be especially happy with the 2012 Mazda CX-9.

Reviewers say that the Mazda CX-9 is one of the sportiest crossovers on the market, but that’s not all it’s good at. It also has a good number of standard features, and its first and second rows are roomy. Auto critics note that its sleek, standout styling will turn more heads than most traditional-looking SUVs, and that adults will fit in its third row, which can be rare in this class.

If you’d rather have a surpassingly smooth ride that coddles you and your passengers, some of the CX-9’s competitors may be worth looking at. But most test drivers say that if you need a seven-seat family vehicle that’s comfortable, well-equipped and fun to drive, it doesn’t get any better than the 2012 Mazda CX-9. In fact, the Mazda CX-9 does such a good job of combining performance, interior space and value that it earned our 2012 Best Affordable Three-Row SUV for the Money award.

Other SUVs to Consider

The Ford Flex has a third row that’s a better fit for older kids and taller adults than the one in the CX-9. Test drivers add that the Flex is moderately sporty as well. It’s in the same price range as the Mazda CX-9, but offers lots of family-friendly features that the CX-9 doesn’t, like an optional refrigerated console and a power-folding third row.

To save some cash, consider the Kia Sorento. Test drivers say its base trim is well-equipped, and it comes standard with features that the CX-9 offers as options even on its highest trim level, like Bluetooth audio streaming. Though its optional third-row seats aren’t quite as comfortable as the Mazda’s are, if you don’t intend to squeeze adults into the way-back, the Kia’s cost savings might be worth it. The Sorento also starts a lot less than the CX-9 does.

TG's first drive of the Honda Brio

If you watched Top Gear's excellent festive India special, you will have learnt at least two important things. Firstly, never order your lunch from Clarkson. Secondly, if you regularly had to travel 12-up along an apocalyptically unpleasant Indian dual carriageway aboard a tuk-tuk, you too would be falling over yourself to get in a Tata Nano. It must seem like the apex of automotive excellence.
Apparently, the Indian new-car market grew by more than 30 per cent last year. Yes, 30 per cent. So while mainstream car dealers in Western Europe weep rivers of salty tears and Renault, to name one big player, has axed half its British range in the face of crumbling sales, there's a veritable gold rush going on in the emerging markets. Honda thought the Jazz would do the trick in India, but was hopelessly optimistic with its pricing. The Brio is its new ‘sub-compact' riposte, measuring a fairly tiny 3.6m in length, and manufactured with a high degree of localisation in Honda plants in India and Thailand. Prices start at £4,700 (approx).

It's rubbish, right? Nope, I really enjoyed it. Granted, I had the world's shortest test drive at Honda's Motegi track, but it was enough to establish it as a clever and robust little car. Mine was in Thai-spec: no heater, just cold air ventilation. Imagine. The base model also does without ABS or airbags (but then so does a tuk-tuk), although you do get them and other niceties like electric mirrors, keyless entry and USB and aux inputs further up the food chain. In our fantastically over-specified world, it's a strangely welcome wake-up call.
Otherwise, this is a proper little shrunken Honda. The cabin is overwhelmingly beige, but perfectly well made, it's roomy enough (apart from the tiddly boot), the ride is OK, and the 87bhp, 1.2-litre VTEC (the Jazz unit) makes light work of the Brio's 920kg kerb weight. It'll average 53mpg. I can imagine dodging the potholes quite happily in one of these, though I'd have the airbag and anti-lock, thanks.
Remember, Honda hit the jackpot selling the original Civic in the post-oil crisis USA of the early Seventies. The Brio suggests it hasn't lost its common touch.

Top Gear in the new Porsche 918 Spyder

Top Gear has had a ride in the Porsche 918 Spyder. Not the concept car that arrived at the Geneva Motor Show in 2010 like lightning and earthquake. But the first test prototype of the production car. Now this really is what you'd call an early ride. The first customer doesn't get their car - in exchange for about £650,000 at today's exchange rate - until late 2013.
Given it's so early in development, you can forgive it looking like an absolute shed. The only vaguely production-shape panels are the doors. The rest is a mash-up of hack-sawed 911 panels and gaffer tape and naughty naked nudeness. The engineers don't even call it a prototype, but a ‘rolling chassis'.

Even so, now it's up and running, with the major systems on board, the engineers tell me they're confident of what this astounding car will do. Which is to meet or beat all the extravagantly purple performance claims their PR people invented for the show car.
We'll have the full story in the next issue of Top Gear Magazine. But here's the executive summary for all you time-poor internauts.
The performance headlines are this. Acceleration from 0-62mph in ‘less than three' seconds. Zero to 125mph in a time that almost matches a Bugatti Veyron. And a Nürburgring lap time (so far verified only on Porsche's supernaturally accurate simulators), of 7.22. That's 10 seconds faster than the old Carrera GT, and 10 seconds, to the sort of people who obsess on 'Ring times, is an entire geologic era.
But it's a hybrid. What Porsche calls, with admirable understatement, a ‘performance hybrid'.
Sure it can bumble along in electric mode for 15 miles, provided you charge the battery from the mains and then drive like you're on the way to court. And sure, in the very oddball conditions of the EU fuel cycle test, it emits just 70g/km of CO2 while doing 94mpg. But that isn't the point. When I ask if people would buy it to drive it like that, the engineers just smirk.
The point is when the V8 gets cracking. It's a 4.6-litre job that revs to 9000rpm and makes a crazed 570bhp. Where the concept car had its air intakes - just behind and above your head - the real car has its exhaust tips. It sounds beyond awesome. Even though in my ride they were rev-limiting it, the noise was bouncing around my cranium for hours after.
And then, on top of that, there are the front and rear electric motors. In the ‘race hybrid mode' their power is amped up so that between them these electric motors make 270bhp, which is more than the flat-six of an original 911 Turbo.
I can't begin to imagine the complexity of integrating these two motors with the V8 and a PDK gearbox, and getting it all to work smoothly in concert. But the engineers say there are 55 electronic controllers around the car. All I know is, to get into the passenger seat, I'm slipping my feet past enough cables to hold up a stadium roof.
We start off in electric-only mode and as promised the acceleration is smooth and swift. We get to about 60mph without a pause. The engineers say the final car will do an electric 0-62 in under 9.0 seconds, and go to 90mph-plus.
But the fun starts when we switch to the engine-plus-motors mode. That'll get you 800bhp in the production car, they now claim. The V8 cracks to life and the engineer slows right down before ragging it up through the seven-speed PDK transmission. When he lifts, I get some sense of what 0.5g of regenerative braking feels like (a figure AFAIK no other car has ever had).
We career up a test-track runway, and then peel off at 90 degrees down a second, wide straight, where the driver decides to demonstrate the steering fidelity. He saws at the wheel, I'm crunched by my harnesses, and breakfast nearly comes back to decorate his wiring loom. This is an extremely wide car, and it's so low your backside is barely higher than the paint of the lane markings. It grips like mad and doesn't roll a bit. It feels agile and light, even though the weight is the one statistic that's gone the wrong way since the concept car. Still, it's been held at below 1700kg.
Some more spec titbits from the production car... Carbon tub and panels. Carbon ceramic brakes. Four-wheel steering for better handling and stability. Aero with four separate moving aerodynamic devices. And, because it's Porsche, options that include a track chassis and lighter magnesium wheels.
With typically literal German humour, the production run is limited to 918 units. When one of those cars gets its Stig lap, we'd advise you to stick by your telly.
Meantime, sate your 918 appetite by buying the next issue of Top Gear Magazine.

The new Mercedes Benz SL65 AMG, presented here for your delectation, weighs 170kg less than its predecessor. Using our patented Animal-To-Cars-Analogiserer, that's the equivalent of Benz removing a newborn baby elephant from the old SL65.
And there's more, too. Specifically, more power. As expected, the new SL65 AMG - Mercedes' flagship roadster - gets an uprated version of the twin-turbocharged 6.0-litre V12. It gets a new internal codename, fact fans (M279), and features new exhaust gas turbochargers with an increased spiral cross-section, new manifolds and wastegates, optimised cylinder heads and a new ECU.

As such, it boosts power by 18bhp, so you're looking at 630bhp and 737lb ft of torque (1000NM). The new AMG exhaust system, together with a better catalytic converter and revised AMG seven-speed gearbox helps reduce fuel consumption and lower emissions, too. For the "small but loyal community" of SL65 fans, the headline green stats are 24.4mpg and 270g/km of CO2 (down from 333g/km). Though we doubt you'll be too concerned with such nuances. See more pics of the new Mercedes-Benz SL65 AMG
What you will be concerned about though, is speed. Despite the SL's fancy new aluminium bodyshell allied with carbon fibre parts, the 65 AMG still weighs 1950kg. But that bombastic V12 promises a 0-62mph time of four seconds dead (two tenths quicker than the outgoing model) and a limited top speed of 155mph. This, if you're unaware, is actually quite a fast way to spend your life.
It comes with three stage ESP, an AMG rear axle diff and AMG braking system, and active body control that comes with just two modes: Sport and Comfort.
As on the more sporting SL63 AMG, the 65 gets lots of CAPITALISED assistant stuff, such as attention assist, parktronic, keyless go and Merc's airscarf system. The interior appointments are what you would expect of a V12 Benz (lavish) and Merc says the styling has mirrored the SLS supercar.
First deliveries are expected in Autumn this year, with prices announced closer to the date. Have a click through the gallery, and then tell us below what you think of the new Mercedes Benz SL65 AMG. Wonder what the Black Series version might look like...

Ferrari F12XX rendered

A gentleman named Jacek Kolodziejczyk has fired a salutary salvo to Ferrari's XX track-programme with his take on how a harder, faster, ventier and totally unobtainable F12 would look like.
And it looks like that evil-eyed hunk of carbon fibre, above. But of course, it's not made of carbon fibre, because it doesn't exist, because it's definitely not real*. But it looks every inch a new pin-up track monster from Ferrari.

Because Maranello has only just released the new F12 Berlinetta - which you can read about here - this take on how a future XX model is utter conjecture. And thus, a good time to remind you what happened to the old 599 when it was fed through the track-mill.
The V12 was boosted to 700bhp after stripping weight from components and using carbon fibre where possible. Ferrari also spent hours playing in the wind tunnel: the 599XX can increase downforce and cut drag depending on cornering conditions thanks to a porous material in the diffuser and two fans in the boot channelling air flow from under the car.
As such, the 599XX can generate 280kg of downforce at 200km/h and 630kg at 300km/h. That's like having four fully-grown male cheetahs sitting on top at 124mph, or a large adult polar bear at 186mph slumbering on the roof. A bear!
Have a look through the gallery at Jacek's work, and let us know what you think below. In particular, the F12XX rendered in black makes us believe it is displeased with our lack of faith...

New Citroen DS9 teased

Citroen wants to accommodate Chinese motorists. They are, after all, Citroen's second biggest set of consumers outside of Europe. And Chinese motorists like the biggest cars. So, budding Sherlocks, meet the new Citroen DS9.
You'll no doubt deduce from the silhouette above that it'll take the shape of a ‘shooting-brake' (read: estate), and follows the styling of the Metropolis concept revealed at the Shanghai World Fair in May 2010.

That car was actually styled at Citroen's Shanghai studio and reflected "China's extraordinary development"; as such, it was a huge luxury limo, measuring 5.3 metres long using a modified C6 platform. That's the same length as a Rolls-Royce Ghost and bigger than a Mercedes S-Class.
Citroen is remaining as tight-lipped as a lip-tightened tightener, so there's no word on engines or performance or anything, really. So we'll look back at that concept for clues: the Metropolis used a 2.0-litre V6 producing 272bhp mated to a 95bhp electric motor, driving all four wheels via a seven-speed auto ‘box.
Naturally, your mind will wander back to a litany of big, luxury French saloons littering history with poor UK sales figures, but in China, well, this DS9 could be quite the catch.
We'll have more on it as soon as the squirrel peeps, but until then, give us your most expert deductions on the DS9, below.

Datsun is back!

People of India, Indonesia and Russia, we bring you some news: Datsun is back!
People of the UK, we bring you some more news: it probably won't make a return to Blighty!
Nissan's CEO Carlos Ghosn today made a speech in Indonesia where he revealed the news that the Japanese car brand - Datsun! - would be revived for "up and coming customers in high-growth markets", providing a "sustainable motoring experience". For that, simply read: budget motors.
It will form the third of Nissan's global brands, alongside Infiniti and, erm, Nissan, with production in India, Indonesia and China starting in 2014. It's like Renault's sub-brand Dacia, who of course, produce one of May's favoured cars.
"Nissan is bringing new jobs and new vehicles to Indonesia", Mr Ghosn said. But before you get waves of nausea about a new army of Sunnys and ungainly Bluebirds and old Cherrys, remember they rolled out some good ‘uns too.
The company collaborated with Pininfarina in the early 1960s to produce the 410 (ok, still a Bluebird), and it also built the 240Z - a car that helped the brand's presence in America and sold by the bucketload. And don't forget the Datsun/Nissan Silvia would morph into one of the best drift machines on Earth as the 200SX.
And yet, and yet... Datsun. It's been over 30 years since the name appeared as a standalone before it was swallowed by the Nissan mothership (reportedly because Nissan then wanted a single global name to increase its presence). Are you ready to see it return?

Watch the new Ferrari 599XX Evo

Money, love and happiness cannot make your life serene and complete. Only DRS can. DRS can make you a god. And thus, you need the new 599XX Evo in your life.
Revealed last December at the Bologna motor show, the 599XX Evo is, naturally, the hardest 599 ever built, and we've just got our hands on this video footage of the bewinged monster doing some rather brave laps at the Suzuka circuit. It was there as part of a track session for Ferrari customers - the ‘Ferrari Racing Days' programme - which saw over 300 owners run their cars, followed by a hot lap demonstration from Mika Salo in the F2008 F1 car. Why brave? Because it's quite wet.

That active rear wing apparently adds 330kg of downforce at 124mph when the flap is open, rising to 440kg with the flap closed. Using qualified Top Gear Maths, that's roughly the equivalent of having a large, fully-grown Bengal TIGER sitting on the rear.
Also, that glorious 6.0-litre V12 has been pumped up to 740bhp and torque swells to 516lb ft, meaning that on a dry Fiorano test track at least, it'll lap in 1m 15s. Adenoids twitching? Yup, that's two seconds off the original 599XX's lap time, and is a whopping nine seconds faster than the 599 GTO.
What's the fastest road-going Ferrari at Fiorano?
Of course, the XX Evo is only available to drive on track as an R&D tool, but what a tool.

Senin, 19 Maret 2012

Jaguar to confine turbine-powered C-X75 to track use?

By Noah Joseph

We can appreciate a good track car as much as the next enthusiast, but we're beginning to bemoan their creation as a way out for automakers to charge wealthy customers obscene amounts of money for cars they're not even legally allowed to drive on the road. (As least, not in countries were homologation can't be circumvented with a sufficient bribe to the right bureaucrat. Which we're not entirely sure includes these United States.)
It's the road that Lamborghini is expected to take with the "production" version of the Sesto Elemento concept, and it appears to be the way Jaguar plans to bring its C-X75 concept to production. At least, the jet-powered one, anyway.
The C-X75, as you may recall, bowed at the 2010 Paris Auto Salon with an awesomely innovative powertrain: two micro-turbines acting as range-extenders to electric motors. Reports then began to surface that Jaguar intended to build the supercar, only that the commercially available version would pack a 1.6-liter turbo four being developed with the Williams Formula One team and packing about 500 horsepower instead of the turbine setup. (Not too shabby, but still no turbine.)
Then parent company Tata invested in a turbine outfit called Bladon Jets near Jaguar's headquarters in Coventry, leading to the development that a limited quantity would be offered with turbine power like the concept's. The latest reports, however, indicate that even those would be confined strictly to the track.
Now don't get us wrong, we applaud Jaguar and Tata pursuing the technology of getting this experimental powertrain into a "marketable" car, however much it may cost. We're just not sure that keeping it confined to the race track, given the prices they'll be bound to charge, is the right way to go about it. Agree or disagree? Cast your vote in the poll below.

Selasa, 06 Maret 2012

Geneva Motor-Auto Show 2012 : 2012 Volvo V40 takes aim at A3, 1-Series

By Damon Lavrinc RSS feed

With the S40 gone and the C30 on its way out the door, Volvo has a few holes in its line that Audi and BMW are happy to fill with the all-new A3 and 1-Series, respectively.

Enter the V40, a five-door hatch that's one of the most attractive designs from Sweden since the Ikea Skürg. It's a svelte bit of kit, with an organic fascia bleeding into a subtly sculpted hood and capped off with a sloping roofline that can be had in full panoramic glass.

Like the exterior, the interior is a mild evolution of Volvo's current design ethos, with a minimalist, floating center stack situated beneath a large touchscreen display.

Power is provided by Volvo's ubiquitous 254-horsepower turbocharged five-cylinder mated to either a six-speed automatic or manual gearbox, good for a 6.7-second run to 60 mph. Start-stop tech and regenerative braking are standard, along with Volvo's usual suite of safety features.

But alas, the V40 is not for U.S. consumption. Which is a shame, because the States could benefit from an alternative that slots in with the entry-level Germans. Check out the complete press release below.

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We'll admit when we saw drawings of the McLaren MP4-12C as tuned by Mansory we thought it just another Mansory moment. Perhaps it was the dull grapefruit color, muddy black contrasting bits and burnt yellow wheels. However, seeing it in person at the Geneva Motor Show, we'll admit it has our attention. Yes, it's overdone. But that crimson starfire metallic paint, properly glossy carbon fiber and muted gold ten-spokers are something we'd rock for at least one night.

Mansory's take on Woking's baby is wider and more powerful, goes faster, stops quicker and gets better gas mileage. And it looks like a solar flare. On wheels. And that's all right with us. See what you think of it in the gallery of high-res photos or take a peek at the official press release below.

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Geneva Motor Show 2012 : Ruf gets to work on the 991 Porsche 911, reveals new CTR 3

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The all-new 991 variant of the Porsche 911 has only been on sale for a few months, but renowned Porsche tuner Ruf is already hard at work applying its patented blend of power, handling and braking to the latest 911.

On hand at the Geneva Motor Show are two new 991-based Rufs, the Rt 35 Anniversary (green, above) and the RGT 8 (yellow). The Rt35 is a rolling celebration of Ruf's 35 years in business and beats Porsche to the punch by offering a twin turbo kit for the Carrera S, outputting 621 horsepower and an equally astounding 608 pound feet of torque through a standard seven-speed dual-clutch gearbox. Ruf isn't citing a 0-60 time, but claims the Rt35 tops out at a little over 205 mph.

The original RGT 8 debuted here in Geneva two years ago and shocked Porsche purists by packing a race-derived V8 where the flat-six would traditionally reside. This updated version based on the 991 uses a similar 4.5-liter V8 good for 543 hp and 368 lb-ft of twist, all routed through a proper six-speed manual gearbox.

Finally, Ruf has updated its flagship CTR 3 in a new Clubsport variant, with copious quantities of carbon fiber both inside and out and powered provided by a twin-turbo flat-six outputting 740 hp and 708 lb-ft of torque. A six-speed sequential gearbox puts the power down, further ensuring its status as a track machine that's barely suitable for a run to the corner store. Bonus Ruf porn in the video below.

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So, you find the Mercedes-Benz SLS Roadster a bit too demure for your tastes. You're either high enough to play hopscotch in the clouds or suffering from some sort of psychosis. Maybe both. You're likely also the target demographic for the red sled you see above.

Hamann has given the convertible Mercedes-Benz supercar a little more of everything at the Geneva Motor Show. Wild bodywork, heaps of carbon fiber, massive 21-inch wheels and a peak output of 636 horsepower are all part of the Hamann Hawk package.

The vehicle is more than just a body kit and a little extra horsepower, however. The droptop has received a few suspension tweaks in the form of a new set of coilovers complete with progressively wound springs. All told, the car can sit as much as 1.18 inches lower than stock.

Jump inside, and you'll enjoy a full custom interior swaddled in plenty of suede, leather and other rich materials. Hey, it's not our cup of tea, but that doesn't mean it can't be yours. Hit the jump for the press release.

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Geneva Motor Show 2012 : Koenigsegg Agera R is a matte blue streak of lightning Koenigsegg Agera R

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Sure, you could likely satiate your lust for speed with any number of mind-blowing and reality-bending supercars... but if you really want to break away from the pack with something that's as fast as it is different, we direct your attention to the matte blue machine above.

For 2013, Koenigsegg has updated the Agera R with more power – a staggering 1,140 when the tank is filled with E85 – one-piece hollow carbon fiber wheels, nano-surfaced cylinder sleeves, a so-called Triplex suspension setup co-developed with Öhlins Racing, standard stability control (which certainly sounds like a good idea considering the number of horses at its disposal...), a new exhaust system and downforce-adding front winglets.

We'd say that counts for a pretty thorough refresh of the Agera R for 2013. Have a look at our high-res image gallery of live photographs from the floor at the Geneva Motor Show to take in the 273-mile-per-hour goodness, and then click past the break for the full rundown from Koenigsegg.

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