Nonetheless, the whole interior has got that touch of class. It really felt like Lewis gained enough confidence to successfully cope with the high dose of stress;clearly, he was also driven by the desire to repeat the success from 2007, when he got his maiden victory on Circuit Gilles Villeneuve. With the CLA Mercedes opened up a new segment of compact four-door coupes, and not without success! These vehicles form part of the Setra product segment for coach touring and occasional transport, and are the first ones to enter service in this Eurasian country. Neu-Ulm, Jun 11, 2008 - At the start of June, the Setra Bus and Coach unit - a Daimler brand - supplied the 10,000th coach from the Setra 400 series. In all, the Turkish key-account customer - a staunch business partner of the Ulm-based bus and coach brand for many years now - is adding 14 of these two-axle ComfortClass 400 touring coaches to its fleet.
It was back in 1981 that "Varan Turizm Seyahat A.S." bought its first Setra vehicle, a used S 215 H. The Istanbul company has operated a pure Setra fleet since 1984, and its founder, Nevzat Pekuysal, took delivery of his 100th Setra just eight years later in November 1992. The milestone model is also the 230th touring coach that Varan has purchased. Timing is still unclear, but it is believed the German-branded truck is at least two years away from launch, potentially giving it a 2018 on-sale date. The launch date of the all new C-Klasse Coupe approaches fast, although it is still 3 months away. Reports claim that the A-Klasse could turn into a little hatchback, a small coupe and an exclusive cabriolet, while its bigger brother, the B-Klasse, will continue to feature the current MPV body, shaped in a more appealing and agressive way along with the increase in the length of the car and the decrease of the ride height.
As a last important news, it seems that Mercedes-Benz has registered some names for its future small and compact models, but there is no further information on that issue(we can only speculate some names, such as 'CLA' or 'BLK'). Somewhere at the beginning of 2008 we were talking about MB's decision to build an entirely new technical platform for the next generations of its smallest models, the A- & B-Klasse. These then divulge into the quality wheelbase and DTS-L long-wheelbase models, the latter returning with an extra eight inches. Rated at approx 170hp, the 2.6 inline six's terrific powerplant requires little attention, with 0-60 coming in at 7.8 seconds; the 2.3, rated at 30 Hp less - will take almost 9.8; The added weight of the six cylinder makes the 2.6 feel bigger and more substantial - although build quality as far as trim, door fit are identical. I believe that circumstances point to the stupid regulations in the F1 and to the even more stupid manouevre of the one who turned the lights from green to red in such a queued situation, when the distance between the 4 cars involved was far from being safe.
Hamilton remains stranded on the 2nd position with 38 points, same with Massa, who comes on 3rd. Raikkonen is still far away on 4th, with 35 points. It remains neutral up to ridiculous swing speeds and never discourage you from playing. When the business was done, Raikkonen and Kubica came neck to neck on the paddock lane, but from nowhere, the red light lit up and the drivers were forced to stop. These illuminate on the side the car is turning towards to light up the verges as well as giving other drivers added warning of the 500L’s actual direction of travel. After Adrian Sutil had the misfortune to abandon due to the lose of control of his car, the drivers were forced to run under yellow flag conditions, and shortly after then, the Safety Car was deployed in order to help get Sutil's car out of track with a mobile crane and clean the race sector of debris.
Coaches are the main mode of transport in Turkey and are often deployed on long-distance routes. The aerodynamics of the C-Class are the mark of the bodyshell's efficiency. View our new Mercedes-Benz C-Class and E-Class models to get the head-turning luxury vehicle of your dreams. There is still little chance that we see a B-Klasse four-door coupe after 2010, but no one knows how Mercedes-Benz wants to surprise us. Besides the MPV body, the B-Klasse is likely to be offered in SUV shape, in order to compete with BMW X1(to be released in the end of 2008, after the presentation of the Concept X1 in October, at the Paris Motor Show). In the closing seconds of Saturday's qualifying, Lewis set a time of 1m17.886 and was more than six tenths of a second faster than Robert Kubica (BMW Sauber) in second place. Ferrari is still the leader with 73 points, BMW Sauber now scores 70 points in the Constructors' championship and has taken the lead in the Drivers' standings helped by Robert Kubica with 42 points. The great winner of Montreal GP was Robert Kubica, a devoted, talented and modest F1 driver that showed race after race a constant improvement in skills.
