VAUXHALL JUNIOR SPIED
Vauxhall Junior spied New MINI battling is set to accomplish its admission at the Geneva Motor Show in March 2011
A new MINI battling from Vauxhall is binding anytime closer. A abstraction which previews the affluence archetypal will admission at March’s Geneva Motor Show, giving a aftertaste of how the assembly car will attending if it goes on auction in 2013.
Codenamed ‘Junior’, the exceptional three-door supermini will be based on the front-wheel-drive belvedere from the next Corsa, although it’ll be hardly smaller. Disguised prototypes accept already been bent by our spy photographers.
As able-bodied as a adventurous shape, the Junior will angle out from its MINI, Fiat 500 and Citroen DS3 rivals by traveling absolute on personalisation, with a appear 10,000 variations of acrylic and autogenous trim schemes. “You won’t see two akin on the road,” an cabal told us.
Further emphasising its exceptional status, the Junior will be awash in a abstracted allotment of Vauxhall showrooms. Power will appear from a ambit of baby petrol and agent turbos from the Corsa line-up, as able-bodied as a new three-cylinder engine.
Set to become a sub-brand, the newcomer will aswell be accessible as a VXR hot hatch, a cabrio and an electric car. Currently it has no able name, though. Junior can’t be acclimated on a assembly Vauxhall as Alfa Romeo owns the rights.
The cabal told us: “We accept no ancestry in this area, as BMW had with MINI, but the new name will absolutely bout the car, which will be fun to drive and stylish.” It will amount from about £10,000.
Early next year, Vauxhall will barrage the Ampera ambit extender and Astra GTC hatch. A Qashqai-rivalling SUV is due in autumn.
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VAUXHALL JUNIOR SPIED
Vauxhall Junior spied Our spies bolt the Vauxhall Junior testing for the aboriginal time
Vauxhall’s MINI battling is advancing – and these spy shots accord us the aboriginal glimpse of the newcomer, currently codenamed Junior.
The archetypal is set to mark a change in administration for Vauxhall, with its clear styling, comfortable abstracts and exceptional amount tag. It’s anticipation to be based on a beneath adaptation of the Corsa belvedere and will admeasurement in at 3.7m in breadth – the aforementioned admeasurement as the MINI hatch.
Like its retro-inspired rival, the Junior will focus on alms a huge ambit of customisation options, as able-bodied as a fun and agreeable active experience.
While these pictures don’t accord too abundant abroad about how the Junior will attending if it hits the road, assembly say Vauxhall’s double-bar grille and beam headlamps will both feature.
The engine agency will abide of a ambit of next-generation units developed by ancestor aggregation General Motors. Among them will be an ultra-efficient direct-injection 1.0-litre petrol unit, able CO2 emissions of beneath than 100g/km and accumulated abridgement of about 80mpg. Production is due to alpha next year, with the ambit priced from £11,000 at barrage in 2013.
While the Junior won’t accomplish an actualization at the Frankfurt Motor Show in September, Vauxhall is able an ‘experimental’ abstraction with a focus on active fun. There will aswell be debuts for the Astra GTC, Zafira Tourer and Ampera hybrid.
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