John and Tina Dutton...
John and Tina Dutton, from Birmingham, pulled up at the booths on the M6 Toll in the West Midlands, and couldn"t believe what was queueing next to them. "From pictures I"d seen in Auto Express, I recognised it as the new Bentley," said John. "Tina handed me the camera while we were waiting in our line, and I took a photograph."
Auto Express has discovered...
Auto Express has discovered that when the two-seater Mazda appears at the Geneva Motor Show next March, it will boast a manually operated soft-top, as featured on the current car. That version will go on sale late next year, but a second model - a metal-roofed coup탩-cabriolet - will appear a year later. In profile, there will be no visual difference between the pair of roadsters.
The top-secret news leaked out at last week"s Paris Motor Show. Sources close to the "two cars in one" project told us: "The theory is that people want different things; some like the simplicity of manual latches and a roof you can throw back over your shoulder. But some also demand the coup탩 feel that a hard-top brings." Pricing for the soft-top will be in line with the current model, which starts at í‚á£15,000, with a premium for the CC version.
Our insider added the car will be an evolution of the existing MX-5, so as not to alienate owners. "It"s still front-engined and rear-wheel drive, but it will have a roomier interior, answering some of the criticism of the current car," he said.