Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Daihatsu e:S Abstraction Tokyo Alive 2009 Review
To accord you an idea, the e:S Concept’s 2,175mm wheelbase is absolutely alike beneath than the now-”extinct” Kancil’s 2,280mm wheelbase. It’s based on an absolute belvedere but had its wheelbase beneath so it should beggarly the development amount for a assembly car would not be badly high.
Weight accident techniques such as abbreviate and failing seats and ablaze abstracts accord the e:S a absolute weight of 700 kg. As a result, its 660cc agent with auto-start stop can booty it as far as 30km on a liter of ammunition beneath the Japan 10-15 drive mode. Look afterwards the jump for a alive photo arcade of the e:S.
Group Lotus hires new Director of Motorsport
Group Lotus’s new motorsports ambitions will be spearheaded by its anew appointed Director of Motorsport Claudio Berro, who will address anon to CEO Dany Bahar. Both Berro and his bang-up Bahar are ex-Ferrari men. Berro was ahead the Operations Antagonism Director for the Speedcar Middle-East International Race Series.
Before that, he captivated positions at Ferrari, Maserati and Fiat as Formula One Team Manager, Director amenable for all action activities for Ferrari and Maserati (excluding F1), General Manager Maserati Corse and Director of Fiat Group’s Motorsport Activities, and Antagonism Operations Director for Abarth. So he’s absolutely a man with experience.
“Lotus has a aces motorsport heritage, not aloof in Formula One, but we accept additionally won in sportscar racing, alehouse car racing, apple assemblage championships, Le Mans and the Indy 500. There is no added car aggregation in the apple which can lay affirmation to so abounding accolades and championships in such a advanced array of motorsport fields, and I am attractive advanced to re-introducing Lotus to aerial akin motorsport to not alone attempt and win but additionally to authenticate the aggregate technology amid Lotus sportscars and approaching antagonism cars,” said Berro.
Of course, Lotus is additionally in Formula One, except it absolutely isn’t. The new Lotus F1 Team is absolutely run by Litespeed in agreement of abstruse expertise.
Lotus Engineering is currently blame its Versatile Agent Architecture to any architect that wants to authorization it as a abject belvedere for approaching cars.
The Lotus Evora is the aboriginal assembly car to admission based on the VVA anatomy and ahead we’ve additionally apparent the Lotus APX Concept which was additionally congenital on the VVA. It’s absorbing how these two models could accept appear off the aforementioned abject belvedere as the APX is a advanced agent crossover SUV affectionate of affair while the Evora is a mid-engine sports car.
The VVA allows for the development of a ambit of cartage up to a gross agent weight of 1,900 kg. It is advised for low to mid aggregate applications and is an change of technology from the tub that forms the base of the Elise, Exige and Europa. The tub now allows for affluence of admission and departure from the agent (it’s not absolutely accessible to get in and out of an Elise), body modularity and improved, lower-cost repairability.
Tokyo 2009: New Toyota Mark X Review
As for the rear end, the car’s armlet base architecture has been bass bottomward a little and the appendage lamp architecture now stretches assimilate the car’s bootlid. Kinda reminds me of the Sylphy really. Look afterwards the jump for added alive photos of the Mark X at Tokyo 2009.
Click actuality to apprehend the blow of Tokyo 2009: New Toyota Mark X
2010 Renault Fluence: added hi-res photos released
Renault has accustomed its new Renault Fluence the tagline “Travel Upgraded”. When you allocution about cars advised for arising economies, acknowledgment to the Dacia Logan all that one can anticipate of is an badly credible B-segment hatch, or a B-segment auto that looks added like a bear with a cossack alert on.
C-segment cartage are usually “world cars” that are the aforementioned beyond the accomplished bazaar so you ability see a big amount jump amid a low amount car and the abutting admeasurement up. It’s not generally that you see a architect appear out with a C-segment car (and a big one at that) and say this babyish is advised to be accessible on your abridged yet action an upgraded akin of abundance at the aforementioned time.
The cost-down modifications are credible – A is the Megane’s aboriginal blue beat array while B is the Fluence’s added ‘regular’ design
The new Renault Fluence is about a Megane sedan, but Renault has advised it to be acceptable for markets like Turkey, Russia, Romania and the Mediterranean Basin. It will additionally be awash in Australia, the Middle-East and Europe.
The Renault Fluence best acceptable shares best if not all its underpinings with the Nissan Sylphy we accept actuality in Malaysia. It measures 4,620mm long, 1,479mm alpine and 1,809mm wide. It has a wheelbase of 2,700mm. That’s absolutely beyond than the Civic’s 4,540mm by 1,435mm by 1,755mm dimensions.
Renault Fluence Sport
A “sports” archetypal with a bodykit and ample auto will appear afterwards but there won’t be any able agent central – a best 140 horses is all you’re activity to get with this car for now. The agent choices top out at a 140 application 2.0 liter agent akin to either a 6-speed chiral or a CVT (you’ll apparently acquisition this is the aforementioned admixture in the Sylphy) but the majority of barter will apparently opt for the abate 110hp 1.6 liter petrol or one of the bristles Renault eco2 agent engines alignment from a dCi 85 up to a dCi 110 with agent chapped filter.
New Nissan Navara accepting 6-speed chiral chiral alternative in Malaysia soon
Instead of the 5-speed auto, you’ll get a 6-speed chiral gearbox, which is a aboriginal in the analeptic articulation in Malaysia. The agent is the aforementioned 2.5 liter YD25DDTi agent which is the best able agent in its segment, bearing 174 PS and 403Nm of torque. The agent is intercooled and has VGT.
The account of accessories will additionally be a decline from the accepted LE Automatic. The xenon headlamps will be replaced by halogens, the seats will be fabric, the rearview mirrors will lose its auto-dimming function, the CD banker will be replaced with a distinct CD, and the 6 apostle arrangement will be downgraded to 4 speakers.
Some artificial $.25 in the autogenous which acclimated to accept a argent accomplishment will additionally be replaced by the biscuit autogenous colour. On the outside, the aperture mirrors will accept their chrome accomplishment replaced by anatomy colour paint.
What the SE has over the Standard are ABS brakes and the bifold advanced SRS airbags, which the Standard adaptation lacks. So far no prices of the new chiral Standard and SE accept been appear yet, but apprehend them to of advance be lower than the RM105,800 that you accept to pay for the automated Navara LE in Peninsular Malaysia. With the accessories deleted off the Standard compared to the top of the ambit LE, it’d bigger be decidedly lower!
Honda design boss discusses changes to assembly CR-Z
Honda apparent an adapted abstraction adaptation of the CR-Z at the appearance that's alone a thinly-veiled adaptation of the assembly archetypal slated to admission at the Detroit Auto Appearance in January. The new abstraction remained on the appearance attic while the aboriginal 2007 abstraction was on affectation in the flat forth with two quarter-scale adobe models. One archetypal was of the aboriginal angle from aboriginal 2007, while the added archetypal was the 2009 concept. Both are the assignment of Motoaki Minowa, while the absolute abstraction that was congenital in 2007 was produced by Makoto Iwaki. Read on to apprentice added about the changes.
News:Opel auction on hold, GM asked to accept a chat with EU Commission
The EU's Directorate-General for Competition (EUDGC) is attractive at the Opel accord that should accept been assured already, and is allurement questions of Germany and GM. Principally it is aggravating to boldness the affair of accompaniment aid; it was appear afore that if Opel was purchased by Magna again the German government would accommodate banking assistance. However, if the applicant GM is said to accept preferred, Belgian advance armamentarium RHJ, won, again there would be no money advancing from the German authorities.
The EUDGC wants to ensure that Magna was called for complete business affidavit that had annihilation to do with politics. It additionally wants to accomplish abiding that money promised to Magna was additionally acutely fabricated accessible to added bidders. Lead GM adjudicator John Smith said "The German Government was asked by DG Competition to acquaint its position on costs availability to GM and the Opel Trust Board." And Germany's Economic Minister has asked GM to additionally acquaint the EU that it chose Magna based on acumen and logic.
Meanwhile, GM continues to assignment with Magna on finalizing issues apropos to the sale. No amount what happens with the EU, GM has to assignment with Magna appropriate now because Magna is authoritative decisions for Opel, such as whether to abutting bottomward an Opel bulb in Zaragoza, Spain. The EUDGC will appetite to complete its analysis in a appropriate manner, back accepting to disentangle -- or accommodate -- what has taken six aching months to put calm would be a massive draft to all involved.
Nissan recalls 26,000+ 2009-2010 Altima and Maxima models over strut issue
The 2009 and 2010 Nissan Altima and Maxima are actuality recalled over a abeyance issue. The botheration is the high advanced strut insulators on some cars, which ability not accommodated defined tolerances and accordingly crack. Nissan is advice owners this ages and the adjustment will be taken affliction of by dealers, who will alter the strut insulators on both sides. Follow the jump to apprehend the apprehension from the NHTSA. Hat tip to Art G
2009 Mini 'Countryman' crossover absence Detroit for Geneva?
Everyone is accepting accessible for the Mini Countryman -- including, perhaps, the WRC -- but anybody is activity to accept to wait, according to a address by those Mini-mad association at Motoring File. The bottleneck is the accessible BMW X3, which is BMW's foremost affair appropriate now as the little crossover is about as important to BMW as a Euro book bowl is to the European Central Bank.
The Mini will be produced at Magna's bulb in Austria, but aboriginal BMW has to complete the about-face in X3 assembly from that bulb to its ability in Spartanburg, South Carolina. Until that's done, Countryman assembly can't begin. That has assemblage addition that the assembly Mini crossover won't accommodated the accessible until abutting year's Geneva show, instead of Detroit.
The added Countryman-related account is that, like SH-AWD and Quattro and Symmetrical AWD, Mini affairs on a specific cast for its acidity of all-wheel drive. The name is said to be "All4." Yes, our minds are already afraid at the means in which Mini will be spinning that little monike
Honda Racing assuredly puts NSX out to affirmation as SuperGT tweaks regs momment
Based on the roadgoing supercar, the SuperGT-spec NSX-GT featured a heavily adapted anatomy that swapped the banal axle V6 for a 500-horsepower competition-spec agent acquainted by Mugen and army longitudinally. The car's been apprenticed to three drivers' titles and three teams' championships in the Japanese touring car series.
No chat yet on what, if anything, will accomplish the NSX – or the Toyota MR-S for that amount – but Japanese automakers bottomward out of motorsports like so abounding flies, we won't be captivation our breath.
2010 Maserati relabels GranCabrio as GranTurismo Convertible for North American market
When the GranCabrio goes on auction in the United States, Canada and Mexico – as able-bodied as Australia and New Zealand – it will be awash as the GranTurismo Convertible. Pricing has yet to be clearly announced, but dealers are already demography orders for the new cabrio in beforehand of its accession in time for abutting summer. Details in the columnist absolution afterwards the jump.
Thursday, October 22, 2009
New Manual Metro 2033 Game Luxury from Rusian Novel story
Sunday, October 18, 2009
2009 New Sony Ericsson Xperia X3 Pictures concept
Mobile phone manufacturers from Japan, Sweden, Sony Ericsson (SE) reportedly will soon release a new smartphone named Xperia X3 in November.
SEMC described in the blog that this cell phone plan to a sense of Android operating system version 2.0 and reinforced with 1GHz Qualcomm's Snapdragon chipsets.
Introduction of the Sony Ericsson itself is scheduled to arrive in early November. This will be an excellent introduction to the latest smartphone from SE great given the code name of Rachael. As the news circulated, SE Rachael is OS-based smartphone with Android. The phone has a touch screen for 4.0-inch WVGA touchscreen. Rachael will be equipped with a 8.1 mega pixel camera. For those interested are available two color options: Sensuous Black and White Luster.
Thursday, October 1, 2009
2010 Nissan Altima Coupe sedan Fotos | Review | Price Information
Nissan has delivered a bashful mid-cycle brace for its accepted Altima Auto for the 2010 archetypal year. A restyled advanced end, added accepted accessories levels and a renamed top-end archetypal highlight changes to the auto adaptation of the company’s aliment and adulate sedan.
Now in its fourth generation, with about 3.2 actor units awash worldwide, Nissan Altima provides a different aggregate of animating active pleasure, characteristic and adventurous architecture and aberrant affection and amount in the mid-size auto and auto classes.
Nissan Altima, ranked cardinal one in articulation in the 2009 J.D. Ability and Associates Initial Affection Study (IQS), enters the 2010 archetypal year with alpha exoteric styling, aesthetic autogenous treatments and a host of technology enhancements to its aeronautics and ball systems. Accessible in three audible models - Nissan Altima Sedan, Altima Auto and Altima Amalgam - the 2010 Altima will be accessible at Nissan dealers civic alpha Monday, October 5th, 2009.
Again in 2010, Nissan Altima is accessible in a array of well-equipped trim levels advised to address to a ample ambit of client needs and budgets, including 175-horsepower 2.5-liter inline 4-cylinder and 270-horsepower 3.5-liter V6 engine-equipped 4-door Nissan Altima Auto and adventurous 2-door Nissan Altima Auto versions.
The Nissan Altima Amalgam powertrain mates a specialized adaptation of Nissan's QR25 2.5-liter 4-cylinder agent and accepted electronically controlled CVT with an avant-garde electric drive motor/generator. Nissan Altima Amalgam is estimated to accept a amalgam arrangement net ability appraisement of 198 application (148 kW) while advancement low tailpipe emissions, earning Nissan Altima Amalgam an Avant-garde Technology Partial Zero Emissions Vehicle (AT-PZEV) rating. EPA ammunition abridgement is estimated at 35 mpg City and 33 mpg Highway. Combined with Nissan Altima's accepted 20-gallon ammunition tank, the Nissan Altima Amalgam has a projected active ambit of over 600 afar amid fill-ups.
Among the abounding changes for all 2010 Altima are a restyled hood, grille and advanced bumper, new caster designs, accepted Vehicle Dynamic Control (VDC) on all models, revised autogenous bolt and finishers, new exoteric colors and revised advantage amalgamation content. In addition, the antecedent Nissan Altima 3.5 SE appellation has been renamed the 3.5 SR.
2010 Nissan Altima Coupe sedan price:
2009 New Mitsubishi’s PX-MiEV Plug-In Hybrid Concept Pictures and fotos
System of Mitsubishi Plug-in Hybrid
The Mitsubishi PX-MiEV Concept's advanced and rear auto are powered by two abiding allurement ancillary motors and is additionally adapted with a 1.6L DOHC MIVEC gasoline agent which can ability the advanced auto as able-bodied as assignment as a generator. In addition, the agent comes with the newly-developed Mitsubishi Plug-in Hybrid Arrangement in which cyberbanking chip automatically switches to the optimum drive approach for altered active altitude and actual activity in the drive array to abstract best ability from the electric motors and from the gasoline engine. The Mitsubishi PX-MiEV Concept additionally utilizes the MiEV OS (MiEV Operating System) which selects the optimum drive approach through chip ascendancy of the EV apparatus and the gasoline agent as able-bodied as controls optimum electrical allegation and achievement in acknowledgment to actual array activity through connected ecology of the drive battery. The drivetrain arrangement appearance a 116HP 1.6 liter DOHC MIVEC gasoline agent (with 125Nm of torque) that is affiliated to two electric motors (one for anniversary axle, and both achievement 82HP and 200Nm of torque). As the name suggests, you can additionally recharge the array pack, via a 100-volt or a 200-volt calm accumulation or a high-power quick-charging station. The arrangement additionally incorporates a Wireless Charging Program affection that allows the buyer to alpha charging the array or alpha the air conditioner at a preset time alike back abroad from the vehicle.
Mitsubishi PX-MiEV Concept specifications:
Overall length: 4510 mm
Overall width: 1830 mm
Overall height: 1655 mm
Wheelbase: 2630 mm
Track F/R: 1570 mm / 1570 mm
Occupants: 4
Motors (front and rear): Permanent allurement synchronous
Max. output: 60 kW (front and rear)
Max. torque: 200 Nm (front and rear)
10-15 approach EV canoeing range: >50km
Engine: 1.6L DOHC MIVEC (gasoline)
Max. output: 85 kW
Max. torque: 125 Nm
Generating capacity: 70 kW
10-15 approach ammunition consumption: >50 km/L
Drive train: E-4WD
Tire size: 245/45R20
2010 Subaru Exiga 2.0GT Turbo car Reviews
2010 Subaru Hybrid Tourer Concept with gullwing doors Pictures
Taking a cue from the 5-Series GT, the Subaru Hybrid Tourer seats alone four. With these new ‘tourer’ cartage the seats are bound but anniversary bench is declared to do its job absolutely able-bodied – we’re talking about the best padding, legroom and ball that money can buy (in whatever pricerange the car is in of course). Subaru takes the driver’s abundance one footfall advanced by absolution the top of the dashboard be adaptable up and bottomward according to the driver’s wants.
Wanna apperceive what the latest fad in Japan is back it comes to abstraction cars? Putting absolutely blue doors on what are about actual beautiful bodies movers.
The Honda Skydeck had scissor doors in accession to its rear sliding doors, and this new Subaru abstraction alleged the Subaru Hybrid Tourer has accompanying gullwing doors! Apparently the designers bound the abstraction afterwards apperception “wings of freedom” giving its disciplinarian and his ancestors a activity of abandon and aplomb in active the vehicle.
New 2010 Scissor doors of Honda Skydeck MPV Reviews and Pictures
Apart from absolution images and capacity of the CR-Z Abstraction 2009, Honda has additionally appear that it will advertise an MPV concept, alleged the Honda Skydeck at the abutting month’s Tokyo Motor Show. Just like the CR-Z, this abstraction is additionally powered by a amalgam drivetrain. We don’t accept capacity apropos the drive system, but we do apperceive that the array backpack is placed about aural the centre console, instead of ascent it below the rear floor.
Honda’s new SKYDECK abstraction can bench 6 bodies in a three-row commuter agreement (2+2+2). Honda’s aftermost 6-seater was the Honda Edix which has now been phased out, but that MPV had its 6 seats in a two row configuration, similiar to what Fiat did for their Multipla.
The administration cues are absolutely acutely aggressive by the CR-Z, which leads me to accept this affectionate of attending ability become absolutely commonplace on approaching Hondas. The advanced doors accept a scissor articulation like a Lamborghini while the rear aperture is of the rearward-sliding variety. The powertrain is of advance a amalgam but no added capacity accept been revealed.
As you can see, the abstraction MPV appearance scissor doors upfront and has sliding rear doors. It has a third basement row, appropriately it can calmly bench six. Another absorbing affection it has, are additional row seats that can accelerate forward, and beneath the advanced seats.
More will apparently be appear at the Tokyo appearance abutting month, so break tuned, but for now you can attending afterwards the jump for hi-res images.