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And because the ÷£200...

And because the ÷£200 optional extra technology has been fitted to the car"s glovebox - or the rear centre armrest in the Q7 - it"s out of sight from thieves. Sound comes through the car"s speakers and the driver decides what they hear via the Multi Media Interface (MMI) cabin control set-up.



Auto Express can reveal...

Auto Express can reveal Pagani is planning to produce a baby Zonda, which will use Mercedes power in a bid to teach its Italian rival a thing or two about exotic performance. Talks are underway with the German firm"s in-house tuner AMG about donating the supercharged V8 from the SL55 to the newcomer. The Zonda already uses a 7.3-litre version of AMG"s V12 powerplant, tuned to produce 555bhp. In the new model, the smaller V8 is likely to provide at least 490bhp and a sub-4.5-second 0-60mph time.


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Safety experts are dismayed...

Safety experts are dismayed that last December"s law banning hand-helds hasn"t proved more effective. "The message has not got through that using them reduces safety," said a spokeswoman for the Royal Society For The Prevention Of Accidents. "People have to learn it"s unacceptable to risk lives just to make a call."

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The Patent Office says...

The Patent Office says the Traveller name isn"t currently signed to any car manufacturer. Yet it is owned by a variety of other firms, including makers of electrical goods and bicycles - and this would make any attempt to use the badge very difficult. BMW has yet to confirm the newcomer"s name, but given that the show cars at the Frankfurt, Tokyo and Geneva expos in the past year have all been referred to as Traveller concepts, it would be logical for the company to try to capitalise on public awareness and take the name through to production.

Other famous classic Mini models include the Countryman and Clubman. BMW does own the rights to these, having acquired them through its purchase of Rover. "The Traveller name may be something we are investigating getting hold of," said a MINI spokesman. "There is history attached to it, but we may decide to give the newcomer a fresh badge."

Whatever it"s called, the production car will arrive in 2008, after the launch of the second-generation MINI next year.




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