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The Honda Civic SE+ comes with an enhanced exterior styling that includes body-colored skirts, 16-inch alloys, and spoiler.

Powered by the 1.4-litre i-DSi engine, The Honda Civic SE+ is priced at 14,900 pounds and sold on the British market.

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CRACKING NEW CIVIC KICK-STARTS THE YEAR

A new variant of the Honda Civic goes on sale in the UK today with enhanced exterior styling that represents excellent value for money.

Called the SE+, the new model’s distinctive 16-inch alloys, body-coloured skirts and spoiler
give it sporty looks, designed to appeal to the Civic’s increasingly youthful customer. It is powered by Honda’s 1.4-litre i-DSi engine and costs just £14,900 on-the-road.

“The market has responded well to the new Civic, and the 5-door is drawing a younger audience than ever before, but customers wanted a higher spec, entry level model that looked even more sporting,” said Tom Gardner, Head of Marketing, Honda (UK). “The SE+ looks great, offers fantastic value for money and represents the success of our UK manufacturing plant at Swindon, where all European Civics are built.”
In 2007, Honda of the UK Manufacturing (HUM) reached its full production rate of 250,000 units per annum, of which 140,000 were Civics. Last year in the UK, 30,772 Civic 5-doors were sold.

On top of the standard SE grade specifications, the new Civic 1.4 i-DSI SE + includes:

- 16-inch Atlas alloy wheels
- Image pack - which includes painted front, rear and side skirts and painted rear spoiler
- Metallic paint

The Honda Civic SE + is available in Vivid Blue or Alabaster Silver. Only 1,000 units will be made.

BMW announced its premieres for the 2008 North American International Auto Show:

- the production version of the BMW X6 Sport Activity Coupe
- BMW 1 Series Convertible
- BMW Concept X6 ActiveHybrid

The BMW X6 Sport Activity Coupe will hit US showrooms in spring and will be offered as an X6 xDrive35i equipped with a 300 hp twin-turbo 3.0 liter inline 6-cylinder engine and as an X6 xDrive50i equipped with a new 400hp 4.4 liter twin-turbo V8 engine.

The BMW 1 Series Convertible will go on sale in the US in the spring and will be offered as both
a 128i equipped with a 230hp Valvetronic inline 6-cylinder engine and as a 135i equipped with a 300hp twin-turbo 3.0 liter inline 6-cylinder engine.

The BMW X5 xDrive35d and the BMW 335dm, two new versions of the BMW X5 will be introduced by BMW for the US market.

The BMW X5 xDrive35d and the BMW 335d will make their debut at the 2008 Detroit Auto Show and both new versions are equipped with the BMW Advanced Diesel with BluePerformance.

With no pricing information being released yet, the BMW X5 xDrive35d and the BMW 335d will hit the showrooms in the fall.

BMW Advanced Diesel technology is being introduced into the US market in the form of the 3.0-liter inline-six featuring Variable Twin Turbo Technology – an engine widely acknowledged as the unchallenged benchmark for sporting performance, motoring refinement and superior efficiency in other markets around the world.

At the 2008 NAIAS, BMW is presenting this 265-hp high-performance diesel engine in both the BMW X5 xDrive35d and the BMW 335d. To ensure full compliance with the demanding emission standards in California and other US states, BMW uses SCR technology to reduce nitric oxides (NOX), enabling nationwide introduction of BMW Advanced Diesel with BluePerformance as a 50-state model (BIN5).