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Audi TT RS Plus unveiled

There’s a new, more powerful TT – the Audi TT RS Plus The Audi TT RS Plus – a mode powerful and focused TT RS – has been revealed ahead of its debut at the Geneva Motor Show. At the end of January we reported that the Geneva Motor Show would see the debut of a more powerful Audi TT and a new RS4. So it’s no surprise that we now get news of the more powerful TT – the Audi TT RS Plus – ahead of its debut next month.

Volvo V40 Cross Country & V40 R-Design: Paris 2012

Volvo has revealed the V40 Cross Country and V40 R-Design at the 2012 Paris Motor Show, and both are convincing. The sporty take on the new V40 is the V40 R-design, a cosmetic update for the already good-looking V40 that manages to bolt on go-faster bits without wrecking the good lines of the normal V40. We would like to have seen the Volvo V40 R-Design get the sports suspension as standard, but Volvo obviously feel that most R-Design buyers want the looks rather than the more dynamic ride the sports suspension offers, so it stays as an option. And as the R-Design option is available across the new V40 range – from the D2 to the T4 – it’s probably the right decision.

This week in 1963: N

Safety is a priority for drivers, teams and courses. Over the past century automobile safety has been slowly evolving (or rapidly evolving, if Ralph Nader has had anything to say about it). Needless to say, it is unusual for a safety feature that performed its function to make news.