New Leon CUPRA – completely new lookThe Leon CUPRA 2009 features revamped interior and exterior styling XDS self-blocking mechanism as standard on both models With the arrival of the 2009 version of the Leon, the SEAT range’s most powerful and spectacular car now features even more impressive looks thanks to several elements introduced on the interior and the exterior, making it the perfect extension of the Leon that is making phenomenal strides at the WTCC World Touring Car Championship.The most obvious is the new silhouette, featuring sophisticated, innovative black honeycomb cooling vents at the front beneath the central grille. The front bumper houses two further black highlights, one at each side, with the word CUPRA immediately visible on the left.
Saturday, April 25, 2009
Seat Leon Cupra Facelift
New Leon CUPRA – completely new lookThe Leon CUPRA 2009 features revamped interior and exterior styling XDS self-blocking mechanism as standard on both models With the arrival of the 2009 version of the Leon, the SEAT range’s most powerful and spectacular car now features even more impressive looks thanks to several elements introduced on the interior and the exterior, making it the perfect extension of the Leon that is making phenomenal strides at the WTCC World Touring Car Championship.The most obvious is the new silhouette, featuring sophisticated, innovative black honeycomb cooling vents at the front beneath the central grille. The front bumper houses two further black highlights, one at each side, with the word CUPRA immediately visible on the left.
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
The Car Club
Alfa Romeo Alfa SpiderIn Summary, MPH06 was a brilliant show offering live action, an opportunity to get up close to some great supercars, and a chance to see some of the latest car releases first hand. The UK motor show scene used to be very quiet outside of the summer period, but then along came the brilliant Autosport show to start the year off in style in January, and now the equally fantastic MPH series has become established as the ultimate way to round off the car show scene late in the year. MPH07 is expected to take place in November October 2008, and as soon as the dates are known it will be going in our diariesFord, and their various subsidiaries, were well represented at the show. There was also a Volvo stand showing a number of the company's recent vehicles, including the XC90.
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The live show is a great experience; If you're a fan of Top Gear then you will absolutely love it; all of the best bits of Top Gear that could possibly be transferred to a very large stage are packed into the show. The major theme of the humour this year was the missing Richard Hammond, who is still recovering from the high speed accident sustained in York. Within the humour it's clear that they're so incredibly relieved that it is something they can joke about, rather than being the tragedy that it so nearly was.
The live show is a great experience; If you're a fan of Top Gear then you will absolutely love it; all of the best bits of Top Gear that could possibly be transferred to a very large stage are packed into the show. The major theme of the humour this year was the missing Richard Hammond, who is still recovering from the high speed accident sustained in York. Within the humour it's clear that they're so incredibly relieved that it is something they can joke about, rather than being the tragedy that it so nearly was.
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Mission accomplished CarMax!The fourth-quarter's numbers show those efforts bearing fruit. Gross margin jumped to 15.7% for the quarter, from 12.6% in the year-ago period and from 12.8% in the third quarter, and CarMax returned to operating profitability. Bottom line, the company ended the quarter with a 2.6% net profit margin ($0.17 per share) and about 0.8% net margin ($0.27) for the year.
Meanwhile, the company generated its first actual free cash flow in seven years. Thanks to inventory liquidation and cuts in capital spending, CarMax pushed through $78.9 million in free cash flow for the year. Looking forward, with the capital budget slashed to just $20 million for fiscal 2010, I think it's safe to say we'll see far more cash roll in this year as well.
So CarMax is doing better than the people who build the cars it sells. But is relative outperformance reason enough to own the stock? Need some help answering that question? Take our Motley Fool Inside Value newsletter out for a free test-drive and get the team's latest thoughts on CarMax, which they first recommended to subscribers in 2008.
Meanwhile, the company generated its first actual free cash flow in seven years. Thanks to inventory liquidation and cuts in capital spending, CarMax pushed through $78.9 million in free cash flow for the year. Looking forward, with the capital budget slashed to just $20 million for fiscal 2010, I think it's safe to say we'll see far more cash roll in this year as well.
So CarMax is doing better than the people who build the cars it sells. But is relative outperformance reason enough to own the stock? Need some help answering that question? Take our Motley Fool Inside Value newsletter out for a free test-drive and get the team's latest thoughts on CarMax, which they first recommended to subscribers in 2008.
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