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    Chinese GP winning McLaren and more news from Shanghai and New York ...

    In a remarkable turn-around performance, Lewis Hamilton took a well deserved win with his McLaren MP4-26 Mercedes in yesterday's Chinese Grand Prix. In one of the most exciting races in recent history, the 2008 World Champion made the most of a cunning strategy and put in a stellar drive to grab the lead in the final laps of the race. This victory came barely a month after the final official tests ahead of the season, which had been close to disastrous for the British team. The MP4-26 lacked both speed and reliability, and very few believed that the silver and red machine would be a force in the opening races. A plethora of new parts fitted to the MP4-26 turned McLaren's fortunes around ahead of the opening Grand Prix, where Hamilton clinched a surprise second.
    Less than 24 hours after the checkered flag was shown, the local motor show opened its doors for the gathered media. PSA grabbed headlines with the Citroen DS5 and the Peugeot SxC Concept. The former is the third model in the popular 'DS' line-up and is powered by a hybrid-diesel drivetrain that produces a combined 200 bhp. The Peugeot show car has been completely designed in China; by the Peugeot Style Studio of the China Tech Centre in Shanghai. Like the DS5, it features a hybrid system but this time combined with a petrol engine. This very potent configuration is good for an impressive 313 bhp.
    In a few days the New York Auto Show will also kick off and the latest preview we received is this Nissan Leaf Nismo RC. As the Nismo reference suggests, this is a competition version of the fully electric Leaf. Not built to a specific set of regulations, the car will be demonstrated at a variety race meets in the coming months.

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    2011 Citron DS5 - Images, Specifications and Information

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    What in the world is the point of the racing Leaf??? Are they trying to one up Toyota since they made a racing Prius? If they did then a top speed of 93 mph and a running time of only 20 mins in between charges isn't really a step up in anything. Maybe it wouldn't be completely pointless if they competed in a Leaf Cup or something like that but if not then NISMO wasted a tremendous amount of time on this.

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    That DS5, is it brilliant?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ferrer View Post
    That DS5, is it brilliant?
    it is a diesel with a sort of autobox, so for you, no.
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    Quote Originally Posted by henk4 View Post
    it is a diesel with a sort of autobox, so for you, no.
    Actually except for the automated manual, which is a poor attempt at an automatic gearbox, it has the makings of a great grand tourer.

    The engines are a bit small though.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ferrer View Post
    Actually except for the automated manual, which is a poor attempt at an automatic gearbox, it has the makings of a great grand tourer.

    The engines are a bit small though.
    Is it that different from your Delta?
    Don't think so. Size, engines, maybe even the boot, they all seem just about the same.
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    Well, the Delta is on a slope which makes rear headroom pretty much inexistent. I guess this car doesn't have that problem.

    Besides, unexplicably I like driving the Delta, which may somewhat I explain why I also like this.
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