thehitsandmissesof
thetuningworldlambourusbyabt
ABt likes nothingmore than
to fettlewithmainstream
AudisandVolkswagens
buttheGermantunerhas
turnedits attentionsto the
LamborghiniUrusandgiven
it a seriousperformance
upgrade.
Didit even needone? That’s
debatablesince theSUV
alreadymakes a whopping
640 horses.The upcoming
hardcore Performante by
thefolks fromSant’Agata
Bolognesewillhave more
butif you can’twait for that
to arrive thenABT’s version
is justtheticket (literally,
probably...) as they have
cranked up power to an eye-
widening700 horseswhile
torque climbsfrom850Nm
to 910!
The Lambo’s twin-turbo
4.0-litre V8hasbeenpoked
andproddedto reachthat
dizzyingnumber(sentto
thewheelsvia an untouched
eight-speedautomatic)andit
hasshaved off two-tenthsof
a secondfromthe0-60kph
sprinttime,whichnow takes
only3.4 seconds.Nonews
if its top speednow exceeds
305kph,butit reallydoesn’t
needto.
The cabinwillbe upgraded
too withsport seatsand
loadsof Alcantara upholstery
accents.customnews
All-new modelon salenow across Al-FuttaimToyota
showroomswith a startingprice of Dh71,2020 toyota corolla
on the safety front,the Corolla Hybridgets dualfrontandside
airbags,Vehiclestability Control, electronicBrake-force distribution,
Hill-start Assist andAnti-lockBrakingsystemhello hybrid!
ith over 47millionunitsdotted
aroundtheworld,it’s prettyclear
thatthere isa lotofloveforthe
Corollawhich,forthe 2020 modelyear, willbe
availableasa HybridElectricforthefi rst time
everintheUAE.
LaunchedbyAl-FuttaimToyota,theall-
newsaloonfeaturesa brandnewdynamic
exteriordesign,whilethehybridtechgives
it a staggeringlyimpressive fueleconomy
of3.62litresper100km.BuiltontheToyota
NewGlobalArchitecture (TNGA) platform,
it hasa lower centre ofgravity, a 60per
centmore rigidbodyshellandmulti-link
suspensionthatcontributetobetterhandling
andstability. Threepowertrainoptionsare
available;theseincludea newlydeveloped
2.0-litre four-cylinderDynamicForce engine
thatproduces 16 8 horsesmatedtoa new
10-speedSequentialShiftmatictransmission
anda 1.6-litre four-cylinderenginethat
produces 121 horsespairedwitha Multidrive
7Sseven-speedautomatic.Thenewelectrified
hybridpowertraincombinestwo power
sourcesconsistingofa petrolengineand
two electricmotorsproducing 97 horsesand
combinedpower of 121 horsesmatedtoCVT
transmission.
Thesmartinteriorisaccentuatedwithan
extensive rangeoffeatureswhichvarybased
onthetrimlevel. OccupantsbenefitfromAC
ventsfortherearseat,a one-touchmoonroof,
a 4.2 or7. 0incolourmulti-informationdisplay
(MID) intheclustergauge, seven-inchtouch-
screenmultimediainfotainmentdisplay,
reversingcamera,cruisecontrol,six-speaker
soundsystem,multi-adjustablepower driver
seat,and60:40split-foldingrearseats.
SaudAbbasi,ManagingDirectorofAl-
FuttaimToyota,said,“We are confidentthe
newmodelwillcarrythelegacyoftheCorolla
nameplateevenfurther.”
It’s onsalenowacrossAl-FuttaimToyota
showroomsstartingfromDh71, 900.w