The Audi A7 Sportback has been with us for a few months now and it's a firm favourite with the Motoring team at The National. Here is one of the first spy shots of an undisguised S7, which should be unveiled at this year's Frankfurt motor show. Rumour has it that an RS7 Sportback might debut alongside it, complete with a 580hp V10 engine. As for the car spied here, there are larger air intakes at the front, a larger wheel and tyre package, bigger brakes and quad exhaust pipes. The S7's engine is said to be a 4.0L V8, which will also be fitted to an entry-level Bentley Continental GT in the future. Audi will be trying to stay in the limelight in 2011 with a number of high-performance models (the S6 and S8 models are rumoured to debut at Frankfurt, too) because BMW's awesome new M5 is almost here. We can't wait.
COMPANY PROFILE
Name: Kumulus Water
Started: 2021
Founders: Iheb Triki and Mohamed Ali Abid
Based: Tunisia
Sector: Water technology
Number of staff: 22
Investment raised: $4 million
Europe’s rearming plan
- Suspend strict budget rules to allow member countries to step up defence spending
- Create new "instrument" providing €150 billion of loans to member countries for defence investment
- Use the existing EU budget to direct more funds towards defence-related investment
- Engage the bloc's European Investment Bank to drop limits on lending to defence firms
- Create a savings and investments union to help companies access capital
Formula Middle East Calendar (Formula Regional and Formula 4)
Round 1: January 17-19, Yas Marina Circuit – Abu Dhabi
Round 2: January 22-23, Yas Marina Circuit – Abu Dhabi
Round 3: February 7-9, Dubai Autodrome – Dubai
Round 4: February 14-16, Yas Marina Circuit – Abu Dhabi
Round 5: February 25-27, Jeddah Corniche Circuit – Saudi Arabia
Five ways to get fit like Craig David (we tried for seven but ran out of time)
Start the week as you mean to go on. So get your training on strong on a Monday.
Train hard, but don’t take it all so seriously that it gets to the point where you’re not having fun and enjoying your friends and your family and going out for nice meals and doing that stuff.
Think about what you’re training or eating a certain way for — don’t, for example, get a six-pack to impress somebody else or lose weight to conform to society’s norms. It’s all nonsense.
Get your priorities right.
And last but not least, you should always, always chill on Sundays.
