Volkswagen’s two Italdesign Giugiaro concepts leaked

The Sneak peek
The Swiss auto market is abuzz with suggestions that Italdesign-Giugiaro studio under the hood of Volkswagen is about unveil its twin débutants in the upcoming Geneva Motor Show on March 2011. Rife speculations are pulsating that these two concept cars are probably of the league of the Volkswagen Golf and Volkswagen Polo. Following the May 2010 acquisition of Italdesign-Giugiaro studio owned by Giorgetto Giuigiaro, the Volkswagen Auto Group with these designs are all set to re-capture the hearts and market of auto-lovers around the globe.

First take
Even so, going by the elegance of the new concepts from Italdesign-Giugiaro, they completely suit the German auto manufacturer’s sophisticated and plush design techniques. Cameras instead of side mirrors speak volumes about its profound techno suaveness. The straight-cut structural lines, striking magnitude and futuristic LED headlights are sure to twirl automobile interests.
Speculations
Volkswagen being the first car manufacturer to apply ISO 14000 and based on its earlier talks to build more compact hybrid electric vehicles, optimistically the two new models would be of hybrid or electric concept.
Presently the designs available are computer-generated images so confirmed specific details are absent; but following the graphic exposé it can be said that the first design is that of a tall and slender five-door hatchback facade with a seating array for four, while the second one with a lower roofline, vibrant cuts appears more to be a sporty three-door model.
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The rumor mongers
Car advice
Although details are sketchy at this stage, the absence of exhaust guidelines in the photos might well suggest that these two concepts to be electric driven.
topspeed
The teaser images released to rouse up the interest in Italdesign-Giugiaro studio designed Volkswagen has not released any real details but they could well belong to the next generation of super cars going by the market buzz.
Car scoop
We cannot tell for sure, but it is possible that these two cars are roughly the same size as the Polo.
worldcarfans
All speculations await the actual unveiling of these two cars are at the Swiss motor show next month till then we are hopeful of the potential fiery consequences of the imaginative ideas of Italdesign-Giugiaro’s amalgamated to the specialized team of VW Group.

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Top 10 Free Windows Phone 7 Apps

No 5. Twitter

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No one can underestimate the importance of a PDF reader on your handheld now, can you? This official Acrobat app lets you open PDF files from web pages and email attachments and any that you’ve saved on the phone. You can pinch to zoom in and out and swipe to move from page to page.

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Top 10 Free Windows Phone 7 Apps

Released in October this year, Windows Phone 7 already has a strong list of apps which cover almost every popular category like Twitter, Facebook, Seesmic, Flixster, OpenTable, Yelp, IMDB, LastFM, Iheartradio, Slacker and Netflix. So, today we decided to give you a list of some of the best free apps available for this platform right now. All the apps featured here are available in the Windows Phone Marketplace. Here goes….

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