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Aston Martin DBS Ultimate Edition mooted as run-out special

Aston Martin DBS Ultimate Edition planned The Aston Martin DBS is to be refreshed at the end of 2012 and AML look set to produce a run-out model – the DBS Ultimate Edition. There’s no doubt that Aston Martin likes a variation on a theme, and has a real penchant for a limited edition car whenever a suitable occasion can be found. So a run-out model for the current DBS is a given.

Bugatti Veyron L’Edition Centenaire revealed

The Limited Edition (just 4) Bugatti Veyron L'Edition Centenaire [ad#ad-1] We’ve known about this for a couple of weeks, but we gave our word we wouldn’t spoil the party. But the news has now found its way on to the Interweb, so I guess we may as well run with it! The Blue Centenaire Veyron we saw recently at Geneva is just a glimpse of what the Bugatti Veyron L’Edition Centenaire is about.

Bentley Hybrid setup works across Bentley’s range of engines

You’ll be able to have a hybrid powertrain across Bentley’s range of engines With car makers increasingly hidebound by ever more stringent economy targets, even makers of the world’s most expensive, luxury cars are having to play ball. Which explains why Bentley has decided to go the hybrid route for their cars, with the debut of the Bentley Hybrid, a Mulsanne with the 6¾ litre V8 under the bonnet aided by an electric motor and a bank of batteries, at the Beijing Motor Show. It seems the Bentley hybrid solution – which is claimed to increase power by 25 per cent and improve emissions and economy by 70 per cent – is very similar to that used across the VW Group range, with an electric motor between the engine and transmission fed by a bank of batteries.