Bentley finance

Bentley Continental GT V8

Bentley Motors has launched two finance products in Australia under the new name of Bentley Financial Services. The products, designed to be flexible enough to suit the varying needs of customers, is financed through Melbourne-based Porsche Financial Services Australia, trading as Bentley Financial Services, which is a credit representative of Macquarie Leasing.

Polo hits that perfect ‘beats’

Volkswagen Polo ‘beats’

Volkswagen and iconic US audio specialist Beats Electronics have teamed up to co-develop a limited edition Polo “beats”.

The limited-edition Polos will receive a production run of just 400 units from Volkswagen, and feature a 300W premium sound system that includes two tweeters, two woofers and an 8-channel amp, as well as a set of red beats Solo2 headphones.

Based upon the 1.2-litre Polo 81TSI Comfortline, the Polo ‘beats’ version is visually differentiated by contrasting door mirrors, two-colour ‘beats’ lower-body side decals and ‘beats’ badging on the B-pillar. Darkened tail-lights, high-gloss black radiator grille and 16-inch alloy wheels round out external changes.

Honda NSX stars at Crown Towers

Honda NSX at Crown Casino

The hybrid Honda NSX, has returned to Melbourne for a brief showing at Crown casino. The $420,000, before on-road costs, supercar will be on display at the Crown Towers until Sunday October 30.

The Crown Melbourne display is part of a national road-show for the supercar and it has already been on show at several dealerships nationally at Yarra Honda in Richmond, Austral Honda in Brisbane and Nordic Honda in Adelaide.

After it’s Melbourne stop-over, the car will be moved to Western Australia for its next stop at the Burswood Honda dealership in Perth.

Rockstar Santa Fe Concept

Hyundai Santa Fe concept

Hyundai Motor America and Rockstar Performance Garage have partnered for the SEMA show to develop a nitrous-powered Santa Fe SUV concept.

The concept will convey the iconic Rockstar design attitude with a nitrous-powered, Hyundai-based 3.3-litre Lambda V6 engine and a jacked-up Santa Fe off-roading setup.

Rockstar Performance Garage lead developer Nick Ashby said: “Our Rockstar Santa Fe Concept is simultaneously all-show and all-go, a non-compromising concept with tremendous capabilities and a confident demeanour to match.”

Toyota’s mini robot

Kirobo Mini

Toyota will bring its Kirobo Mini robot to market in 2017. Developed as a “communication partner”, Kirobo Mini can hold a basic conversation, make hand gestures, and respond to human emotions.

Measuring 10cm in height and weighing less than a kilogram, the small robot provides tailored companionship by remembering user preferences and past events. Kirobo Mini can gradually adjust the content of its conversations to make them more relevant to the user.

Sales will start at selected Japanese Toyota dealerships in Japan ahead of a more widespread roll-out next year.