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Car of the Year: the final shortlist

December 13, 2006
It was our most ambitious idea ever: 11 cars, a full Bollywood set and an undisclosed quantity of Cobra beer. The Top Gear Car of the Year Awards 2006 was the most glamorous, opulent and downright decadent event this side of the Oscars - and we've got the film to prove it.

Watch our roundup video

Over the past week, we've been revealing our category winners, and today you can find out the final three cars that made it on to our shortlist.

There can only be one overall winner - but we're not going to tell you who it is yet. To find out which one of our category winners scooped the coveted Top Gear Car of the Year Award, you'll have to buy the new issue of Top Gear magazine, which is on sale today.

Here's our Sports Car, Executive Car and Limo of the Year, plus a full round-up of this year's winners.

Sports Car of the Year: BMW Z4 Coupe
It's ugly as sin. Genuinely ugly. The soft-top version of the Z4 is striking, sure, but at least it mellows with age. The Coupe doesn't. But that's part of what makes it great. It sits belligerently on the road, giving a two-finger salute to conservative styling.

The performance is equally distinctive. It gives you more power than you'll ever need and sounds like an ogre trying to digest a nuclear warhead. Yes, the suspension's a touch hard and the steering could do with a bit more feel, but we don't care: the Z4 Coupe is as much fun as you can have for 30 grand.

Executive Car of the Year: Citroen C6
Citroen doesn't play by the rules. As other manufacturers ruthlessly shave millimetres and milligrams off their exec barges in pursuit of glacial perfection, Citroen has happily pursued its own decadent, artistic and utterly unique vision with the C6.

The C6 won't beat BMW round the Nürburgring, or out-clever Lexus, but it just looks and feels right. With its curving, concave glass, pop-up rear spoiler and dramatic overhangs, the C6 is an event to look at - even when it's sitting still. No other executive car talks to its driver in the same way.

Limo of the Year: Lexus LS600h
A five-litre, four-wheel-drive V8 stretch limo with hybrid drive? Hmm. As an eco-friendly proposition, the LS600h doesn't make sense, but it's an astonishing bit of kit and more relevant than you might think.

Lexus/Toyota is so far ahead of most other manufacturers that we could well be looking back on this limo as an eco-pioneer in years to come. And in its own right, the LS600h is astonishing - quiet, endowed with almost limitless power and stuffed with toys. No, it's not going to save the planet, but it might be a step in the right direction.

And here's the rest of our award winners:

Dream Car of the Year: Lamborghini Gallardo Spyder
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Brash, ostentatious and incredibly loud, the Lambo Gallardo Spyder is a proper supercar. We love it.

SUV of the Year: Land Rover Freelander 2
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The Freelander 2 is more sophisticated and comfortable than ever, and it still rules the off-road roost.

Small Car of the Year: Mini Cooper S
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It's not easy to tell apart from its predecessor, but the new Mini Cooper S is the most fun car we've driven this year.

Supercar of the Year: Ferrari 599 GTB
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Blisteringly fast but beautifully behaved on the road, the Ferrari 599 GTB is a near-perfect supercar.

Roadster of the Year: Mazda MX-5 Roadster Coupe
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We knew Mazda would do a good job with the MX-5 RC. But we didn't expect it to be even better than the soft-top.

GT of the Year: Jaguar XK
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Stunning to behold and great to drive, the Jag XK stirs the soul like no other GT out there.

Coupe of the Year: Audi TT
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The Audi TT has always been a looker, but now it has the performance to match.

Big Car of the Year: Ford S-Max
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A sport-flavoured MPV? It sounds improbable, but the S-Max somehow adds up.

Family Car of the Year: Citroen C4 Picasso
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Citroen's brilliantly original C4 Picasso is clever enough to keep the whole family entertained.

Ehhh, JC favorite cars

baje bo TT tud dizl med drugim 2.0 170km in pa še en od V6

podkrepi drugic s clankom...

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tnx za povezavo, sicer je pa biv ;lank tud na avtobildu, zravn pa je bila se anketa, kako zanimiv se vam zdi diesel v tem vozilu, rezultati so bli zlo visoki in so presenetl se mene

nekaj slik glede tt s + led žarometi

Članek o TT-S in TT-RS.

Audi TT S Spied with LED Headlamps
Here are the latest spy images of the Audi TT-S. With the same 2.0 liter TFSI engine from the Audi S3, but bumped up to 280hp, the TT-S will be available as Coupe and Roadster. The TT-S will visually differentiate itself from its “lesser” equipped variants with a new front bumper fascia, 4 exhaust pipes and new LED headlamps similar to those recently seen in the new RS6 Avant. In these photos the LEDs are located along the lower front edge, seen in the Red TT-S, but on the Roadster TT-S is covered with a white strip. Also expected are larger brakes. Hopefully,the TT-S will receive sportier looking wheels.

Sources indicate a Geneva debut in March 2008 for the TT-S. However, good things come to those who wait. Expected a year later is the Audi TT-RS with its twin-turbo 3.6 liter V6 engine which will produce approximately 350hp.

Novi Audi TTS bo prisel na trg v drugi cetrtini 2008 in bo imel 2.0 TFSI z 270KM in Quattro pogonom. Na voljo z rocnom in DSG menjalnikom.

TT TDI
Dokaz? Nalepka! (Meni deluje bolj kot PS. Si jih je kdo privoščil?)

Worldcarfans je napisal/-a:It has been rumoured Audi have been working on a diesel engined version of the TT coupe, and now for the first time we have photographic evidence to confirm these rumours are true. Likely to be badged as the Audi TT TDi, this test car was caught in northern Sweden and fortunately our spy was able to get a shot of the interior complete with a warning sticker saying Achtung diesel-Fzg (Attention diesel version) .

The TT TDi will use Volkswagen's 168bhp 2.0-litre turbodiesel which we have already seen in the Audi A4 and VW Tiguan, we should see it launched sometime in 2008.

Mogoče je res fotomontaža. Sicer pa, zakaj bi naj voznik imel nonstop na očeh opozorilo, da vozi tdi?

Dodajam še eno slikco, kjer nalepka zgleda bolj resnična

Tole naj bi bile ukradene uradne fotografije TT-S z 272 KM. Najbolj očitne razlike so LEDice, alu vzratna ogledala, izpušna cev in številne oznake.





and many more...
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Čakam da ga vidim na cesti, prednji odbijač mi deluje čudno.

2.0TFSI??

...in okoli 270 ponijev.

Meni deluje všečno, notranjost zelo všečna (razen tistega "naslona za roke" ali kakorkoli bi tisto poimenovali, ki deluje precej hecno).

Zadnja testiranja TT-RSa po Skandinaviji. Predvidevano je da bo imel 3.2 V6 turbo s priblizno 340-370KM. Na voljo z rocnim in DSG menjalnikom. RS se bo rahlo razlikoval od Sa in sicer sprednij in zadnji odbijac ter vecja platisca.
Na voljo od Avgusta 2009.

se še komu zdijo te felgne na tem zadnem črnem TTju nenormalno dobre ?