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Auto
Africa 2004
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Broadcast
dates : 31st October 2004
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Hot Orange.
That’s the exclusive colour for the Mini Cooper
Convertible, which is guaranteed to blow your hair back,
baby. It’s available in both standard Cooper and
supercharged S form, and early next year you’ll be
able to let the dogs out in one of these. The top is
unique in that it incorporates a sunroof option too.
Don’t expect much in the way of legroom, but enjoy the
contrasting interior trims, which are available in
combinations of silver, anthracite, aluminum and wood.
The S-version is quick, with a two-hundred-and-fifteen
kilometres-per-hour top-speed and a
seven-comma-four-second nought to one-hundred.
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LFS. That
stands for Lexus Future Sedan and this concept car from
Toyota’s luxury division points the way the brand will
be heading in the next few years.
Over the past decade, Lexus has built its reputation on
luxury, discreet styling and an amazing reputation for
quality.
The LFS concept says that these attributes will be
enhanced by a definite move towards performance. The car
is interesting in that it has all-wheel-drive and a
potent V8 motor.
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It
also has pre-collision detection radar to sense
obstacles ahead, working in combination with yaw sensors
and steering angle sensors to determine if the driver is
able to avoid an accident.
If a collision is likely, the seat belts are
automatically tightened, and Brake Assist is enabled. If
there is a collision, the airbag system, including knee
airbags for driver and passenger are deployed according
to impact severity.
Toyota has taken the lead as far as environmentally
friendly cars are concerned, and the Prius is a runaway
success worldwide.
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The Toyota
CS and S showcar is a hybrid sports car with a
mid-mounted petrol engine and an electric motor powering
each wheel.
The Toyota CS and S was first shown in Tokyo last year
but this is its first visit to South Africa.
Toyota call this system E-Four, for Electric
Four-Wheel-Drive, and the aim with this car is to prove
that ecological awareness and driving pleasure don’t
have to be mutually exclusive.
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