HEICO HS7: Essen Show Premiere For HEICO Prepped Volvo V70 T6
November 30, 2007
HEICO SPORTIV and Volvo Car In terms of appearance, the HEICO HS7 has a re-designed front grill, a front skirt with more prominent spoiler flaps, enlarged air vents and a better dimensioned charge air cooling system. At the rear, the modified skirt surrounds the four round tailpipes while the car also sits on new alloy wheels. Finally, HEICO has adorned the V70’s cabin with pedals, foot rest and door pins finished in aluminium along with stainless steel HEICO SPORTIV entry-strip logos which are illuminated in an exquisite blue tone when the doors are opened.
Mazda Donates BT-50 Fire-Unit Pickups to Greece
Mazda Europe has announced it will donate 35 Mazda BT-50 pickups outfitted as Quick-Response Fire to the Greek Ministry of Interior and Relief Agency for deployment in the communities that were devastated by massive fires this past summer. The 2007 Greek fires broke out in several areas this summer destroying some 2,700 square kilometres (670,000 acres) of land, forest and houses. From the end of June 2007 to early September 2007, over 3,000 forest fires were recorded across the nation resulting in 68 confirmed fatalities as of September 21.Mazda’s Greek distributor, ELMA S.A., will retrofit the new pick-ups with a fire-fighting superstructure designed especially for mounting on light commercial vehicles. It includes a steel frame, an 800 litre tank of water, a high-pressure centrifugal pump, 25-metre hoses with special nozzles and other fire-fighting equipment. The vehicles will probably be donated to communities in the areas of Ilia and Messinia (Peloponese), Southern Evia (
Video: Toyota’s Massive Driving Simulator
November 29, 2007
