HEICO HS7: Essen Show Premiere For HEICO Prepped Volvo V70 T6

HEICO SPORTIV and Volvo Car Germany will be hosting their first common trade fair appearance at the 40th Essen Motor Show which opens its portals from Dec. 1 to Dec.9. There joint stand will host the world premier of the Volvo V70 T6 AWD based, “HEICO HS7”. With HEICO SPORTIV tuning, Volvo's newly developed 3.0 liter 6-cylinder in-line turbo engine develops 330 bhp at 5600 rpm and accelerates the station wagon to 100 km/h (62.5 mph) in 6.2 sec while top speed is limited to 250 km/h (156 mph). -Continued

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 (Island of Evia), Halkidiki (northern Greece), Ioannina and Corfu (western Greece - Ionian islands), which were hit the hardest. Handover of the retrofitted vehicles is expected to commence in spring 2008.