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Hyundai not heading to the Tokyo Motor Show, Lotus and Alpina the only foreign brands to be present
It was revealed that Korean auto maker will not attend this year’s Tokyo Motor Show in Japan, that is happening between October 24th and November 4th. The auto maker, which has just revealed the long wheelbase version of the Equus luxury sedan in Korea, gave the news to the organizer of the motor show via telephone. In fact, Hyundai paid US$122,000, in nonrefundable fees for a 4,300-square-foot exhibition area at the show. From the foreign front, only Lotus and Alpina are expected to be seen.
The event, which is the 41st, has even been shortened to 13 days, from 17 days. Domestic brands like Subaru, Toyota, Honda, Mitsubishi, Mazda, Daihatsu, Nissan and Suzuki will showcase their cars, and the Lexus LF-A V10 supercar should steal the limelight. Subaru is also expected to reveal the new Justy.
507HP BMW Alpina B7: leaked image!
What you see above is a leaked image of the F01 BMW 7 Series-based Alpina B7 which is set to make its Geneva debut in a couple of days. Thanks to the Alpina exterior treatment, the B7 looks wider and lower, which gives it a more aggressive stance.
The BMW tuner will release more details regarding the up-rated luxury sedan along with its launch, but thus far we already know that the B7 is powered by a tuned 4.4 liter V8 with twin turbos which enables the Alpina to hit the 100 km/h mark in 4.7 seconds and to hit a top speed of 278 km/h.
This is thanks to a total 507HP and 700Nm of torque under the hood of the high performance 7 Series, which is very much considered as an M7, but without the stamp from M GmbH.
