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“We’re putting the Q7 through just about every horror imaginable to a car driver,” says Martin Brand, Audi’s durability testing chief. The vehicle has survived everything from sub-zero cold to desert heat, along with performance testing on the Nürburgring. The 2007 Q7 makes its global debut next month in Frankfurt, and goes on sale in North America in mid-2006.
After several years of deliberation, Porsche has confirmed plans to build a new four-door sports sedan, the Panamera. Conceived as a “four-door coupe” in the mold of the Mercedes-Benz CLS, Bentley Flying Spur and a forthcoming Volkswagen model, the new Porsche joins the lineup in 2008 as a 2009 model.
Most of the Civic lineup will have a new 1.8-liter four that will make more power and offer a 6 percent improvement in fuel economy. Honda says the 1.8 offers the acceleration of a 2.0-liter and the fuel economy of a 1.5-liter engine. The 1.8 uses improved i-VTEC, drive-by-wire and variable-length intake runners to achieve its increased performance. Peak power is 140 hp and peak torque is 128 lb-ft, though there are suggestions a 155- or 160-hp version could be coming.
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We expect to see the Grande Punto for the first time at the Frankfurt Motor Show shortly before it goes on sale in left-hand drive. The Grande Punto will not hit the UK until early 2006. All engines at launch will conform to Euro 4 emissions and include two eight-valve petrol units: 1.2-litre (65bhp) and a new 1.4-litre with 77bhp; and no less than four turbodiesels: 1.3-litre 16v MultiJet (75bhp), or 1.3 MultiJet with a variable geometry turbine turbocharger (90bhp); and 1.9-litre MultiJet with either 120bhp or 130bhp.
What you see in this illustration is a fairly close rendition of what we can expect when the next-generation Pontiac GTO hits the market in 2008. The actual shots show a sleeker, wider, lower and, frankly, far more appealing car. 
Mazda is about to spring a few surprises on its all-new MX-5 roadster, the car that replaces the much loved Miata. In addition to the standard 2.0-liter gasoline engine, Mazda is planning to add a high-performance diesel option. A Mazda spokesman told U.K. magazine Auto Express: "There are people working on high-revving diesel engines at the moment, and I can see us using one in the MX-5." The new MX-5 goes on sale in Europe in November and in the U.S. early next year. Mazda is planning a special numbered launch edition of the car to kick off sales.
Toyota Motor Co. has said it is recalling 345,000 Sienna minivans to repair seatbelts that may become difficult to retract when unbuckled. The recall covers vehicles from model-years 2004 and 2005. Toyota said it has received 14 complaints, but no reports of accidents or injuries. According to the company, the shoulder portion of the middle-row seatbelt may get stuck in a plastic guide. Customers will be notified beginning in mid-August.