Peugeot 207 SW Outdoor Facelift Scooped with New Face?

The Pug-lovers over at 'Feline-207' have caught an undisguised prototype of what initially appears to be the facelift version of Peugeot's 207 SW Outdoor small crossover. However, there is a strong possibility that the car seen here is the SW Outdoor variant of the 207 99g that was shown for the first time in Geneva this past March. We say this because the only visible difference between the current 207 SW Outdoor and the prototype seen here concerns the modified fascia with the 'less smiley' lower grille which is identical to the one featured on the eco-friendly version of the 207 hatchback that's powered by a tweaked 1.6-litre diesel engine with 90HP emitting under 100g/km of CO2 per km.

On the other hand, Peugeot could be readying to change the front fascia on the entire range of the 207. Guess we'll have to wait and see.

Photos: Feline-207

Mazda Updates JDM RX-8 with New Colors and Standard Features

The Japanese market Mazda RX-8 sportscar has been updated for 2009 with new standard features and two additional exterior body colors that appear for the first time and are called 'Aluminum Metallic' and 'Metropolitan Gray'. The equipment upgrades for the JDM RX-8 include rain-sensing windshield wipers, auto-light system, water-repellent coating on the front door windows and door mirrors and Mazda's keyless entry and engine start system that now come as standard on all model grades.

Pininfarina 'Golden Ferrari' Revives Fantuzzi's 1965 Ferrari 250 GT NART Spyder

The retro-styled Ferrari you see pictured above was snapped by a reader over from our Dutch friends at Autoblog.nl. There's no official information on the Pininfarina-designed Prancing Horse model other than it's named 'The Golden Ferrari'. Though it looks that it could be based on the Ferrari 599 GTB, we can't be sure about its underpinnings. However, what we can tell you is that it's styling revives the 1965 Ferrari 250GT NART Spyder that was designed and built by Modena coachbuilder Fantuzi for Ferrari's North American importer, Luigi Chinetti.

This car, that was based on the Ferrari 250 GTE was shown for the first time to the public at the 1965 San Francisco Sports Car show and it later appeared at the New York and Miami Auto motorshows.

A golden version of the 250GT NART Spyder was featured in a short film called "Toby Dammit" that we've never heard before but apparently inspired Pininfarina in the creation of this mysterious Ferrari.

We thank Vincent from Autoblog.nl for the photos

For Photos of the orig. 1965 Ferrari 250GT NART Spyder Click here: Prancing Horse Farm / Supercars