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Editorial

A very Happy New Year to all of you. After the quiet holiday period it’s all action stations with two motor shows in the US (Los Angeles and the big NAIAS in Detroit) prompting the manufacturers to issue a raft of new models. Who’d have thought 2006 would see not only a four-door Aston Martin but also a modern look at the Miura?

They are both strictly concepts of course…but given the success of a) the ‘new’ Ford GT, and b) the Bentley Continental GT and Flying Spur, they have to be more than even money projects to make it into production. The British car has been in the public domain for the last few days and has already created tremendous interest and discussion, we can’t wait for the ‘reveal’ on Monday to see more details on this one – keep in touch with Classic Driver for all the latest news.

And if you can’t build a completely new car (or concept) why not take an existing model and make it into the ‘most powerful car in the xxx market’? There’s news of the Mercedes-Benz S65 AMG and Porsche Cayenne S below.

Don’t forget to put the Goodwood dates in your shiny new 2006 diary, both events are going to be good ones again.

Until next week.

Steve Wakefield
Managing Editor
sw@classicdriver.com

*THIS WEEK IN CLASSIC DRIVER*
	Aston Martin Rapide Aston Martin will be revealing a four-door saloon concept at Detroit next week utilising the flexible VH platform of the DB9 and V8 Vantage. The car will have a longer wheelbase and slightly increased weight, so the 6.0 litre V12 will be upgraded to produce more power to suit... read more...
	Lamborghini Miura Design Study for 2006 A design study based on one of the iconic automotive shapes of the 1960s will be shown at the NAIAS in Detroit next week. The concept is the work of Walter de’Silva, Head of Design at the Audi Group... read more...
	New 167 mph Porsche Cayenne Turbo S With its revised turbocharger system now producing 383 kW (521 bhp) at 5500 rpm, the Cayenne Turbo S second only to the Carrera GT in the company's model range as the most powerful Porsche homologated for road use... read more...
	Goodwood Events 2006 Goodwood have just announced the dates for two of the world's premier sporting events, the Festival Speed and Revival. As usual they are a 'must-do', and early details of the Festival reveal the usual line-up of jaw-dropping cars from the dawn of motoring time, to right up to date... read more...
	Mercedes-Benz S65 AMG The range-topping model of the brand new S-Class delivers 612 hp and 1000 Nm of torque - more than any other equivalent production luxury car... read more...
	Coys at Autosport International and Top Mobiel 14th January 2006 - Preview Coys are seeing the New Year in by holding two sales on the same day, one at the Interclassics show in the Netherlands, the other in the UK at the Autosport Show where one of the lots will be a 1990 Jaguar XJ220 Prototype, chassis # 002... read more...
	Volvo C30 Design Concept Volvo will debut a two-door concept car at the NAIAS in Detroit on 9 January, which will give a strong indication of the design of the new smaller Volvo C30 model to be launched at the Paris Motor Show in September... read more...
	Hamann Lamborghini Gallardo Swabian tuners Hamann Motorsport have announced an extensive aerodynamic component programme for the Lamborghini Gallardo. In addition, a new exhaust system boosts power to 528 hp... read more...