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Harder, faster, stronger: BMW unleashes the 600hp M5 Competition Edition
All the car-related news you need to know this week – including the limited edition BMW M5, SEAT Ateca and van-tastic offers from Fiat.
EVERY WEEK, WE bring you all the latest news you need to know from the motoring world. The big car news this past week involves a powerful BMW, SEAT Ateca finance and Fiat Professional updates.
Harder, faster, stronger – the new BMW M5 Competition Edition
BMW M Division has developed an exclusive special edition, which is limited to just 200 models worldwide. There are 100 Competition Editions available in Carbon Black metallic and 100 in Mineral White metallic.
They will sit on 20-inch forged and polished double spoke M light alloy wheels finished in Jet Black. The car features M Performance parts in carbon such as the rear diffuser, the gurney on the boot lid and the mirror caps and there are high-gloss black kidney gills and side gills bearing the lettering M5 Competition.
The interior is finished in full leather Merino Black trim with contrasting Opal White stitching. Both driver and front passenger sit in M multifunctional seats with M5 embroidered on the headrests. Carbon interior trim strips bear the logo “M5 Competition 1/200” indicating the fact that the BMW M5 Competition Edition is just one of the 200 that have been built.
At the heart of the Competition Edition is the familiar 4.4-litre, high-revving V8 engine with BMW M TwinPower Turbo technology. Modifications to the engine turn the wick up by 40hp over the standard BMW M5, to a whooping 600hp and torque has been increased by 20Nm to 700Nm. The engine is mated to the M dual clutch transmission featuring Drivelogic and sprints from 0 to 100km/h in just 3.9 seconds and goes on to a top speed of 250km/h, electronically limited.
The BMW M5 Competition Edition is available from €187,520 OTR.
SEAT Ateca PCP offers announced
The much-anticipated SEAT Ateca SUV hits our shores this month and SEAT Ireland has announced its PCP finance offers, which are available through Volkswagen Bank.
The SEAT Ateca is available in three trim levels; S (priced from €24,750); SE (priced from €26,450); and XCELLENCE (priced from €31,120). The finance offers available are: 4.9% PCP on Ateca S models and 3.9% PCP on Ateca SE and XCELLENCE models.
This means the Ateca S can be had from €279 per month, the Ateca SE from €299 per month and the XCELLENCE from €329 per month.
Neil Dalton, Head of Marketing and Product at SEAT Ireland commented:
It’s extremely important to us at SEAT that we continue to offer motorists the best quality and value. We have worked extremely hard to ensure our first ever SUV model provides the best value for money in the mid-sized SUV segment and with extremely low finance PCP rates, we are confident that our new Ateca will be even more affordable for customers.
Euro6 engines for Fiat Professional range
Fiat Professional has introduced new Euro6 compliant diesel engines to its range. To mark this, Fiat Professional is offering a discount of up to €3,400 between now and the end of September.
If ordered before the end of September, the Doblo with updated 1.3-litre MultiJet II 95hp diesel engine can be had for €12,050, which is a discount of €1,600.
The larger Ducato 40 XLWB H3 with 2.3 MultiJet II LPEGR Power 180hp engine is €24,930 until 30th September.
The little Fiorino with 1.3-MultiJet II 80hp engine is €10,995 until the end of September, while the Adventure version is priced from €12,295.
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