During the Motor Show Plovdiv 2009, BMW introduced the first audience to his new home models X1 and 5-Series GT, which sparked huge interest among visitors who came to see them a few days after their world premiere in Frankfurt. With the introduction of 5-Series GT, BMW launches a totally new segment – Sports Activity Sedan, or cars designed for people seeking a combination of personality, elegant and modern style, luxury and practicality, consistent with the needs and demands of an active lifestyle life that lead. 5-Series GT is available with two petrol and one diesel engine equipped with the most modern technologies of BMW EfficientDynamics, maximizing fuel economy. The 8-stage gearbox is automatic, previously available only in luxury limousine 12-cylinders BMW 760i. Particular attention is paid to the new six-cylinder in-line petrol engine, which will combine turbocharging, direct fuel injection (High Precision Injection) and VALVETRONIC, thanks to which the vehicle can boast a fast and accurate response when you press the accelerator.
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Many cars will attract the eyes of visitors during the exhibition in Frankfurt next month, but there is one in which rapture is guaranteed. The open version of the Maserati GranTurismo, which is called GranCabrio, will debut at the upcoming Motor Show, but sales in Europe will start in spring 2010. To acquire this jewel will have to pay at least 121 300 EUR. Maserati GranCabrio is equipped with 4.7-liter V8 engine of the GranTurismo S, whose power is 440k.s. and it is combined with six-speed robotized transmission MC-Shift. The company claim the car accelerates from 0-100 km / h. for 5.4 sec and develops a speed of 290 kilometers per hour (compartment in these indicators are 4.9 sec and 295 kilometers per hour). The open version of the Maserati GranTurismo is about 100kg. higher weight, which is convertible to the underlying cause is far more cumbersome than the passenger compartment.
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