The 2012 Maserati GranCabrio Sport comes with a new upgraded 4.7 L V8 engine, generating nearly 445 horse power and 510 Nm of torque, with 11 HP more than the standard car. 100 km/h is reached in 5.2 seconds before reaching a top speed of 285 km/h. The engine is coupled to a 6-speed transmission. For a more responsive suspension, the Skyhook active suspension system was upgraded.

The advanced Audi A6 is about to add more brawn to complement its highly sophisticated electronic ‘brain’ as the third generation A6 allroad quattro with its customarily tougher stance and four-level adaptive air suspension makes its world debut. Due to become available to order in the UK next month priced from £43,145 OTR, the A6 allroad quattro will reach its first customers here in the spring. The first two generations of the allroad quattro, launched in 2000 and 2006, enjoyed considerable success, and Audi hopes to build on this in the latest car by combining their outstanding versatility with even greater efficiency that is reflected in fuel economy improvements of up to 20 per cent. At 4.94 metres long, 1.90 metres wide and 1.47 metres tall, the latest A6 allroad quattro sits six centimetres higher than the Avant. Like the saloon and ‘standard’ Avant, it has been constructed using the latest Audi ultra lightweight construction principles, with aluminium components making up roughly 20 percent of its body.

The new Jaguar XF is set to go on sale equipped with a brand new 163 horse power 2.2 L 4-cylinder diesel engine. Based on the existing 190 HP model, the new 2.2 L engine costs from 29.950 GBP OTR. Besides the price, XF 2.2D offers outstanding equipment including leather seats, screen-touch mounted display and electronic climate control.

The new Aston Martin showroom opened in Pudong district, Shanghai, offers Aston Martin merchandise display and sales area, Jaeger-LeCoultre time-pieces and Bang & Olufsen audio/visual displays, fully equipped service centre. The showroom can display up to 18 Aston Martins.

With a first, second and sixth place in the overall truck ranking, Iveco dominated the 33rd Dakar, the world's most important rally, where most of the European and Asian Truck OEMs participated. The Petronas De Rooy Iveco team won the rally with the Dutchman Gerard De Rooy, driving an Iveco Powerstar, a vehicle produced and sold by Iveco in Australia. The Iveco Powerstar was equipped with an FPT Industrial C13 engine, with more than 900 horsepower, and Magneti Marelli parts. Behind De Rooy, the other pilots of the team, Stacey and Biasion drove two Iveco Trakker Evolution 2s, also equipped with the same engine. The three vehicles, while adapted to the extreme conditions of the rally, were standard trucks optimised for best-in-class energy efficiency.