Audi dealers Premium Motors is dangling the new-grilled A6 Audi saloon (below) at Ocean Terminal this weekend. The marque's 4.2-litre, 355-brake-horsepowered answer to the BMW 5-Series and Mercedes-Benz E-Class will cost 'below $800,000', the dealer says. The 2.4-litre, 177bhp V6 version will be 'below $500,000'. The marque says the more-spacious A6 is 'set to overtake all its competitors as the most progressive car in the luxury performance segment [with] 'control ease far superior to the competition'. Gavin Conway of Britain's The Sunday Times says that, although the A6 is a 'superbly refined cruiser', it lacks the 'sort of lively feedback through the steering and chassis that comes as standard with the BMW 5-Series'. The A6 has a tough job when test drives begin next month.
Porsche Centre Hong Kong winched a new Porsche 911 Carrera S ($1.488 million, right) into its launch pad at the Lookout Restaurant, on the Peak, this month, says spokeswoman Mabel Wong. She says the cost of adding a Tiptronic to the new model is $40,000, including tax. The new 911's other extras include Porsche Ceramic Composite Brakes ($77,000), Sport Chrono Package ($7,300), and a Navigation module for Porsche Communication Management ($18,100).
Finally, Zung Fu will display 30 used Mercedes-Benzes for sale at its Hunghom Service Centre, at 50 Po Loi St, Kowloon, between 10am and 6pm today and tomorrow. Inquiries: 2764 6919 or 2389 6102.