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Sunday, 11 January 2009

Lotus Esprit, possibly additional periods for 2011, you can hybrid hard drive

The original Lotus Esprit was one of the most important sports car ever, in written form and the continuous production over a number of updates for 28 years. A new spirit was prematurely from the fans of Lotus for a certain time and, more recently, for the beginning of 2010. The final plan from the spirit of the platform of the new Evora, but with a lot of energy. Most rumors on the use of energy 4.4l V8 BMW 5.0L V10 or possibly the M5. The latter is unlikely because BMW shows the small turbo direct injection and distribution of electricity.

ESPRIT was extended by one year (until 2011), which is probably a good thing, because the problems that other high-end cars on the market. The delay seems partly due to the addition of a hybrid of the Lotus Esprit unit. Lotus is in fact, if he sees the 4.4l Turbo V8 BMW X6 and the new 7 Series, the most likely scenario would be that the British company, the hybrid system may, for its beginnings in the 7-series and Mercedes S - Class for the summer. The mild hybrid adds relatively recently that the capacity of the start-stop, to reduce losses and parasitic electric propulsion and regenerative braking.

Detroit 2009: Volkswagen turbo Blue sports concept right

The term "performance diesel" is an oxymoron, that the majority of public opinion, but when blue Volkswagen is the sport that these two concepts are, in contrast, could be a new meaning.

Later today at the Detroit Auto Show, Volkswagen Blue surrounded the idea of a sports roadster two packaging in the mid-mounted 2.0-liter four-cylinder turbo with 180 hp and 260 lb-ft torque. With approximately 2,600 books to motivate Blue Sport, VW estimates 0 to 60 in 6.2 seconds with a speed of 140 and no less, 35 mpg in the entire EU.

Can since mid-mounted diesel is at a six-speed manual gearbox with dual-clutch gearbox on the front of the vehicle and a 45:55 front to rear weight distribution. The total length is more than 13 feet, with a wheelbase of 96 inch, a 58.5-inch wheels on the front and rear 60 inches. Two warehouses - frunk either behind the engine - from 182 liters in the hold.

Detroit 2009: Ford Taurus in 2010 was part of 1986

Last month, the president of Ford Americas, Mark Fields said that he, like 1986, when the new Ford Taurus 2010. The original Taurus, began the era of Reagan was definitely innovative, not only because of its aerodynamic design that is unique in the mid-size sedan segment of the day, but with very great competition. Whoever is the best selling passenger vehicles in the U.S. in the first 90 years a number of adaptations were successively the worst case, by the grace. They will be without interruption for 21 years until the end of 2006, when a ball outside the assembly of the company's assembly plant in Hapeville in Georgia. At that time, the sales to the public, and had only for the Ford Taurus and marketing of the fleet of rental, that was the most important car of the customer more and more families bought Camry and agreements.

Then came Alan Mulally. Bill Ford Jr. replaced himself as CEO of Boeing with the former leader and a boy Honcho this race in Kansas in the first action was again called Oval blue Taurus. New large sedan from Ford, the five, does not sell well, and he thought that the name of the Taurus hit things. No, despite some improvements in the car, the new Taurus v2.0 beaten a reputation as a good car, but not big enough for the sale of its existence.

The new Taurus 2010 was totally new, and Ford, the hopes of all the changes to the outside, inside, the platform and transfer are available in more than a full-size car, as in the Taurus name. When he became best-selling vehicle in the U.S.? It is unlikely, but there is a new halo car for the Ford brand is filled with the best technologies and the state of the art of the engine.

Detroit 2009: Dodge EV Circuit, with now in the form of a cross

Although the big Dodge brand EV was in the car when it was released last autumn, it was clear to everyone that it is just a Lotus Europa. Despite the seemingly incessant Chrysler for bankruptcy in recent months, the engineers and designers in Auburn Hills continue to try to find the optimal use of time left with a check paid. Electric sports car now known by the name of the route was VE Auszuzeichnenden of the Cross, the nose is really an improvement over the original Lotus. The tail was also improved and the pins were in the front passenger side of the driver's side flank.

The specifications have not changed, so that the circuit still somewhat slower than a Tesla Roadster with a 0-60 in less than 5 seconds. The route will be 150-200 km. Is to guess what the real world, but is reached, as they are outside of Chrysler or Lotus, the route at this time. I assume that the other is whether Chrysler LLC is about as long to sell the circuit to the customer. Perhaps we should start a company that is already swimming, Chrysler or Tesla?

Detroit 2009: Ford 3.6L EcoBoost V6 beginnings Flex

Ford finally the first of its EcoBoost engine market in 2009 and one of the first vehicles will be in Flex. The Ford Flex 2010 is offered with a 3.5L EcoBoost V6, with two turbochargers and management for the injection of 355 bhp (@ 5700 rpm) and 350 lb-ft torque (@ 3500 rpm). Not only EcoBoost V6 is powerful, but it is also quite effective fuel Opinion 22 mpg on the highway and 18 combined in the Flex. Please note, however, that IT is a prerequisite for the EcoBoost engines or in the SEL and Limited. And the combination of Ford is not the only vehicle with the EcoBoost V6, the new size of the Lincoln MKS and MKT three ways of switching engine in 2009.

Detroit 2009: Mercedes-Benz Concept BlueZero previews next generation of Class

For a location outside the reception tonight, the morning before the opening of the Detroit Auto Show, Mercedes-Benz has established itself as a new face BlueZero concept. The car is an example of a technology and an overview of the format of the next generation of the Mercedes B-Class. As the Class A and B, the models, it uses the concept of a sandwich-to-ground and is a modular system of energy. The car is to be expected with three options for food, depending on the range of needs. The E-Cell BlueZero with a 35 kWh lithium-ion batteries for a range of 120 miles, while the F-Cell BlueZero variant is 90 kW hydrogen fuel cells of 240 miles. The efficiency of fuel cells is limited to the equivalent of 81 mpg (U.S.).

The third is the good taste and Mobile E-Plus adds 67 HP three-cylinder Smart ForTwo on the floor again sandwich between the layers, where the spare tire normally. The EV-ER variant short stack in the middle and the only electric. The product line extension, but the success of the entire range of 360 miles.

Mercedes has also announced that it begins to small scale for the mass production of fuel cell-Ba-class, later this year and with a small production scale a series of batteries for electric vehicles the 2010th

International 2009 car and truck of the year showed

The 13th Annual International Car and Truck of the Year was on this evening, a long tradition of price differentials even journalists sense in a sea of other Coty ... one month late.

The winner is the Nissan GT-R and Dodge Ram 1500, the recognition of the excellence of the design of their technological superiority. "We can not discuss the floor of the vehicle or for the selection, but also the GT-R is a style of case study as follows function.

The Earth, Wind & Power Car prize went to the Volkswagen Jetta TDI, while the Ford Escape Hybrid, the EWP truck of the year. Honda has a price around the Earth more Angel "progressive environmental cars," the second time that he had the honor.

Detroit 2009: Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren than at the beginning of Stirling Moss

At an event to come tomorrow, Detroit Auto Show launch, Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren, the new Stirling Moss to a group of journalists. The company offers only 75 Roadster, the current owner close SLR supercar of the earth, so that when the windshield costs 650 hp monster, it is for the SLR. This is a race to examine SLR V8 engines of 5.5 liters and 217 mph speed of the head outdoors. Goofy, crazy old aviator glasses and are sold separately.

2010 Mercedes-Benz E-Class showed upcoming Geneva

According to various reports and photos of leaks, MB has the cover of 2010 Mercedes-Benz E-Class in a case in Detroit. While the new E will not be open to the public, which until the beginning of March at the Geneva Motor Show, some of Motown to get the information directly from the company that Karl Benz.

We have already a lot about the new e-conservative and outdoors, including ConceptFASCINATION inspired front-end and peace, without inspiration grupa. According to the specification of the new E-Class foglamps dual role or LED or wrinkled, or recommendations trapezoidal tailpipe oval and a selection of wheels. The total length of half an inch in less than 16 feet, while the width by 1.26 inches, the wheelbase 0.8 inches high and half an inch longer the model. The torsional stiffness increased by 30% and the new aerodynamics-E is the standard packaging 11 airbags.

The model from 2010 shows a promise from the inside, with an interior is the C-Class and GLK perspective of aesthetics, and attempts to test the pump Benz believe that it is in the past. Selection of transmission can be found on the console or the steering column, the wing S-Class, with the command in the middle separated and some of the transition on the coast, along the transmission tunnel.

The new E characteristics of the equipment to soothe the tired CES participants, with a new standard called help healthcare monitoring the steering angle of the Board of Directors and to warn the driver when they receive a dream and an acoustic coffee in the cup of the script. Warning path starting point is optional, and the adaptation to high subdued light when the traffic is baladée radar control, supervision and the blind spots of infrared night vision.

If the E-Class 2010 is on sale this summer, customers can decide whether a direct injection, 292 hp 3.5-liter V6 (E350) or 388 hp, 5.5 liter V8 (E500), the two coupled with a seven-speed automatic gearbox. 4MATIC models later, with the variant E63 and 211 hp, 3.0-liter diesel variant Bluetech injection of urea is planned for the sale, later this year.

Detroit 2009: Jaguar XKR 2010 wild, this cat has claws

Performance and efficiency. These are the two attributes, the Cardinals are the creators of all vehicles, with the aim of these days, Jaguar and not otherwise. In recent years, the last XK automotive industry has relied heavily on the work of his Schufterei and aluminum fixed intensity of Architecture at the achievement of low weight, the first necessity of the sporting activities of the government. For 2010, Jaguar's success and the formula by increasing its energy by a concretization of the V8 AJ. The direct injection, variable valve timing and rigging with variable intake manifold geometry, all of this to an increase in output of 510 hp, while the effect of improving energy efficiency. Of course, an impressive machine is only a small part of the whole, whether a new car, and the Jaguar XK, he had on his line, in a portfolio and uplevel R-model for model year 2010, a cold. So, what are they about? Frequency, as it seems. Further.

Detroit Preview: 2010 Chevy Spark proposes a path on the Web

On the afternoon before the wind of the Detroit Auto Show 2009 at last into the early morning hours, the vehicles are leaks by the embargo on the networks manufacturers. The last entry in the list of 2010 Chevrolet Spark, mock earlier this week, in time, GM Honcho Design Ed Welburn. The spark was the production of the Chevrolet Beat concept, which made his debut on the side of the Trax and Groove, in New York two years ago. Beat was the winner of a poll to find out which of these three concepts Microcar for production. We also know that Beat / Spark 's will return to the stage like a character in this summer of more Transformers.

Itsy-Bitsy new "car of the World" has a second door of crop production, but not his style remains faithful to the Beat Auto ads. Roof rails on the way to practice in the real world, and the fact that GM is the best choice to the Detroit suggesting that maybe, just maybe, we'll already be here. We know that the spectacle officially underway, but we can say: It is interesting that the car should be replaced, probably in other markets. We have a lot more if we look closer.

78 years Nissan Pulsar held after the race with the African Union, rue Skyline

In 78 years, the people in Australia that the speed of the vehicle, after it caught in the career of 170 km / h (105 mph) on a winding road from Melbourne is the day on the. It seems that John Belfield, the elderly at the center, is a member of a local-Datsun Nissan sports car club. The association was the lead with a length of its members on 1 January, and Mr Belfield was with his sporty Nissan Pulsar.

If so by the unit for a period of 36 years, the other members of the association in a Nissan Skyline, Belfield not only himself and the prosecution. Although it was not clear at the top, when the police intervened, the space is not Constabulary nab two drivers and their vehicles quickly on the basis of Victoria's "hoon laws" (a series of laws in relation to certain types of speeding, burnouts , the street racing, grinding of brakes, etc. ..). The injury, according to the files of the police, it is the older John Belfield person entered his vehicle on the basis of the law ... Praise of the class. In his defense M. Belfield says he was an expert, the drivers race cars. We doubt that this is the hook, because he has never worked for us when we are in our pulsars.

CES 2009: Navigon Routing staff

Navigon and Rand McNally have joined forces to new and interesting features that GPS users customize their trips.

Landmark View 3D is its $ 40 for the update from Navigon 2200T model and the ability to North America 600 buildings in 3D to solve ... or at least a little new in your browser. In agreement with the topic of tourism, scenic routes and manuals are available for $ 20 each. Proposals long weekend, travel and tours picturesque regions. Altogether more than 1400 will be the leaders and the routes can be tailored to their interests. And for another $ 30 per year, Navigon warned owners can now places the red light cameras.

Under the leadership abroad? Adding maps of 38 European countries at its Navigon for $ 130 The update is already on an SD card and covers 4.5 million kilometers of roads and millions of points of interest. The new features are available for download on the website of the Navigon Fresh software in the spring.

Sunday, 11 January 2009

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