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Friday, August 6, 2010

Saab has shown the new car 9-5

Saab 9-5

The Swedish motor-car manufacturer Saab belonging to Koenigsegg Company, has carried out official presentation of new car Saab 9-5. As have informed in the company, this sedan has marked a new mark in history of design and technologies of Saab brand.

New Business Sedan by Saab

Hi-tech Saab 9-5 should become alternative to business class sedans. According to official press release, the car is executed in new style — more expressional and thought over, than before.

New Saab 9-5 2010

The model equipment has been expanded at the expense of adaptive headlights, the cruise-control and system of displaying of the information on a windshield. Also, modern Saab 9-5 has received the new chassis and system of start of the engine without the ignition key.

Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Citroen has shown photos of a new hatchback

Hatchback Citroen C4

Citroen Company has declassified the first photos of new hatchback Citroen C4 of following generation. The official debut of this novelty will take place in the autumn on a motor show in Paris.

New Citroen C4

Competitors of new C4, as before, will be: VW Golf, Renault Megane, Ford Focus and Opel Astra. As well as in a case with Citroen C3, new C4 will be issued only in a five-door variant and becomes direct replacement of model of the previous generation.

Citroen C4

Hatchback Citroen C4, Interior

Interior of Citroen C4

Details about technical stuffing of Citroen C4 are not advertised — but is now, the new hatchback became longer (+55 mm), are wider (+17 mm) and above (+32 mm). However the hatchback platform, apparently, has not undergone global changes. In Europe new Citroen C4 will appear on sale till the end of current year.

Hatchback Citroen C4 2011

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Saturday, May 22, 2010

Official photos of new Peugeot Hoggar

Peugeot Hoggar

French concern Peugeot has presented the first official photos of first pickup Hoggar — a vehicle for the car market of the South America.

Pickup Peugeot Hoggar

For the first time the new car has been announced in March of this year. Total length of the car of 4.49 metres, volume of a luggage compartment — 1151 litres, and load-carrying capacity — 740 kgs.

Peugeot Hoggar 2011

Peugeot Hoggar will be equipped with two power units: 1.4-l (80/82HP) and 1.6-l (110/113HP) with fuel system on gasoline/bioethanol (the 2nd value of HP is specified for the motor on bioethanol).

The French pickup by Peugeot will be made at the Brazilian enterprise of Port Real, and will go on sale already on May, 15th.

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There were official photos of the fastest Peugeot 308

Hatchback 308

Peugeot company has presented official photos and the information on the fastest updating of the hatchback 308 which have received the name «308 GTi». The "charged" car will be accessible only in five-door variant.

5-door Hatchback Peugeot 308

The novelty will receive the 200-strong engine in volume of 1,6 litres, 275Nm possessing the twisting moment in a range from 1700 to 4500rpm. The engine will be aggregated with a 6-step mechanical transmission.

Peugeot 308

Interior of Peugeot

Peugeot 308 GTi also will receive the suspension bracket (underestimated on 10mm), other options of shock-absorbers, and also 18-inch wheels (with tyres of dimension 225/40) and new brake mechanisms with 340mm disks in front and 290mm behind.

New Peugeot 308

The maximum speed of new Peugeot 308 — 237 km/h. The average expense of fuel — 6,9 l/100 km of a way. The novelty will be presented public on a motor show in Paris.

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Tuesday, January 12, 2010

The German magazine has declassified cabriolet Mercedes-Benz E-Class

Mercedes-Benz E-Class

German edition Auto Motor und Sport has published official photos and the first information about cabriolet Mercedes-Benz E-Class of new generation. The car, which world premiere will take place in the beginning of January of next year on a motor show in Detroit, will receive the soft developing roof developing in a special compartment in a luggage carrier for 20 seconds. And this operation can be carried out for the speed to 40 km/h. In the combined condition the top reduces useful volume of a luggage carrier by 90 litres — to 300 litres.

New cabriolet Mercedes-Benz E-Class

Also the four-seater cabriolet begins to be equipped with a special spoiler on an edge of a windshield which increases height by 20 centimetres and cuts running stream of air from passengers, besides, allows to lower aerodynamic noise. The corner of attack of a spoiler can be adjusted at own will.

Let's notice, that the novelty also will receive modernised system Airscarf special compartments in headrests of the armchairs, submitting at driving without a roof hot air to necks of passengers.

Cabriolet Mercedes-Benz

Cabriolet E-Class

Interior cabriolet E-Class

Interior Mercedes-Benz E-Class

Interior cabriolet E-Class

The scale of engines new Mercedes-Benz E-Class remains to the same, as at a coupe. Four-cylinder petrol turbo-engines enter into a ruler with direct injection of fuel. The price for cabriolet E-Class yet are not informed.

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Characteristics Porsche Cayenne are declassified

Porsche Cayenne

On the closed presentation in Germany company Porsche has declassified the first official information on off-road car Cayenne of new generation. Data have been given the press two months prior to a car debut on a motor show in Geneva.

New Porsche Cayenne

The novelty is constructed on a platform of car Volkswagen Touareg of following generation. The wheel base new Porsche Cayenne in comparison with the predecessor has grown on 40 mm — to 2,895 mm. The track of forward and back wheels, however on how many also has increased, is not specified yet.

In off-road car salon became more spaces for feet of back passengers, and the second row of armchairs can move now on 160 mm forward-back, backs can bend on a corner to six degrees. Besides, the luggage carrier volume at the lifted back seats has increased to 670 litres (by 120 litres more than earlier), and at combined — to 1,780 litres.

All cars of family Cayenne become easier on the average for 10%, even in spite of the fact that in the car will appear approximately on 70 kgs more than the standard equipment. For example, the off-road car weight in updating "S" will decrease on 180 kgs — to 2,065 kgs.

Porsche Cayenne 2010

Such indicators to engineers managed to achieve thanks to introduction of new production on punching of doors, modernisation of a skeleton of the body combining a high-strength steel with aluminium, installation of aluminium doors, luggage carrier and cowl covers, to introduction in the chassis of aluminium components (it has allowed to lower gross weight on 66 kgs), and also to application of other braid of wires (still a minus of 10 kgs).

Also the car will have 3-l 240-strong diesel engine V6 and a hybrid power-plant total power of 380HP. All units can work together with an 8-step automatic transmission. It is expected, that in the European car market the novelty will appear on sale in May of this year.

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Opel has declassified updated Meriva

Opel Meriva

Company Opel has shown the first official photos of completely updated minivan Meriva 2011 modelling years. Appearance of the car uses the same design receptions, as Opel Insignia, obtained an unanimous recognition of critics, and the new generation of the popular family car looks incomparably more gracefully previous.

Minivan Opel Meriva 2011

From the concept car of 2008 serial Meriva has inherited the unique back doors FlexDoors which is swinging open against a course of movement almost on 90 degrees. In a combination to a high line of a roof it is an innovation gives planting and an exit from the car very convenient.

New minivan Opel Meriva

minivan Meriva 2011

Opel Meriva EcoFlex

Opel Meriva 2011 the smaller expense of fuel, than at the previous generation will be equipped with a wide ruler of turbo-motors power from 75 to 140HP, having on the average on 15%. On a spring motor show in Geneva where the world premiere of a minivan will take place, will show ecologically pure version EcoFlex.

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Sunday, October 25, 2009

New BMW 5-Series — the most beautiful car BMW

BMW 5-Series

New generation BMW 5-Series is positioned as the most beautiful car of the Bavarian mark of our epoch. Show it time for now the camouflaged prototypes are tested in test arrivals can only.
The freshest photos show a radiator lattice, antifog headlights and new aluminium wheels.

New BMW 5-Series it is true traditions

Lines of a cowl and back lanterns show relationship with 3- and 7-Series. It is known, that the ruler of engines new BMW 5-Series will include 3,0-l petrol and diesel motors, 4,4-l 408-strong V8 with the double turbo-supercharging, a new four-cylinder turbo-engine, and also a hybrid power-plant. As an option the full drive xDrive will be accessible. The car will appear on sale in 2010.

Official release BMW 5-Series

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Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Official premiere McLaren MP4-12C

McLaren

Company McLaren Automotive has officially presented the road supercar MP4-12C which earlier known under code designation P11 and is the first car of firm since legendary F1.

The car name consists of several parts: index MP4 designates chassis by "Formula-1" of a McLaren team, since 1981; figure 12 — the internal rating of the company showing a parity of parametres own superpenalty with competitors; letter C — designates that in a model design carbon is applied. On it informs the British edition Car.

McLaren MP4-12C has received the carbon chassis to which aluminium and special plastic body panels fasten. In a motor compartment of a novelty the eight-cylinder 3,8-litre engine with a corner of a camber of cylinders of 90 degrees and two turbines is established. Its capacity makes about 600HP, and the maximum twisting moment is equal 595Nm (80 which percent well already about 2000 rpm).

McLaren supercar

The motor begins to be aggregated with seven-step robotised transmission Graziano with two "wet" clutches and possibility of a choice of drives underwheel petals. According to preliminary data, with 0 to 100 km/h supercar McLaren will be dispersed approximately for 3 seconds. The maximum speed of the car will make 320 km/h.

Besides, the novelty has received an active rear spoiler which can act in a role of an air brake, the adjustable absorbers supervised by electronics, a full set of modern systems of active and passive safety, carbon-ceramic brake plates (will be offered as an option), wheel disks specially developed for the supercar with tyre covers Pirelli and doors opening upwards in style of cars Lamborghini.

Supercar McLaren

Also driver McLaren MP4-12C can choose one of three modes of behaviour of the car, each of which in a complex changes reaction to pressing of a pedal of gas, sensitivity of a steering, adjustment of system of stabilisation, speed of a gear shift and ruggedness of a suspender.

On sale supercar McLaren MP4-12C which is planned to exhaust in the limited circulation in one thousand copies, will appear not earlier than 2011. The car will arrive on the markets of the USA, Great Britain, Germany, Europe, and also the Near East. In Great Britain car cost will make about 160,000 pounds sterling, and the novelty with Ferrari 458 Italia, Lamborghini Gallardo and Aston Martin DB9 will compete.

Formula-1 McLaren

Let's notice that company McLaren Automotive plans also include working out of two more models. One them them will make competition Porsche, and another will compete with BMW Z4 and Nissan 370Z.

Interior McLaren

Photo by: carmagazine.co.uk

Friday, August 28, 2009

To the USA have presented Jaguar XJ 2010

Jaguar XF

Company Jaguar has presented luxury sedan XJ 2010 modelling years to the USA.

The car has borrowed many lines at model XF. Dimensions Jaguar XJ 2010 became more, in comparison with previous XJ, is closer to BMW than 7th series and new Porsche Panamera.

The car will offer buyers with traditional or with the extended wheel base. Also on a choice of the buyer there are three variants of 5,0-litre engine V8 with direct injection. Base model — power of 385HP, updating with a turbo-supercharging — 470HP, and the most powerful Supersport — 510HP.

Jaguar

Cost Jaguar XJ 2010 in the USA will make from $72,500 to $115,000US.

Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Citroen has declassified the first serial premium-model

Citroen DS3

On Monday the British magazine Autocar has published the detailed information on first serial car Citroen from the future ruler of "bonus" models which will receive index DS in the name. The first car from this series — hatchback DS3 — will be presented general public on September autoshow in Frankfurt.

Outwardly serial hatchback practically does not differ from the conceptual working out DS Inside, for the first time shown on automobile show in Geneva in March of this year. The most appreciable difference between two cars are branch pipes of final system which at the serial car are located on the right side of a bumper, and at a prototype (one big branch pipe) — in the middle.

Hatchback Citroen DS3

Buyers Citroen DS3 can "decorate" the car under the taste at the expense of stylings-elements: on a choice it will be offered four variants of colouring of a roof (black, white, dark blue, red), stickers combined with set and wheel disks of various design and colour. Besides, rear-view mirrors can be chromeplated or painted in colour of a body, and for salon will be offered six variants of colouring of the central insert on consoles and five kinds of the lever of a transmission.

Speedometer Citroen

The length of hatchback Citroen DS3 constructed on the modernised platform of model С3, makes 3,95 metres, width — 1,71 metres, and the luggage carrier volume is equal to 285 litres. In scale of engines of a novelty will appear two 1,6-litre turbodiesels power of 90 and 110 horsepowers, and also 95 120 and 150-strong petrol "four". Depending on updating motors begin to be aggregated from five-or a six-step mechanical transmission.

Salon Citroen DS3

In Europe Citroen DS3 will appear in March, 2010 and will make a competition to cars MINI and Alfa Romeo Mi. To. Other premium-models of series DS — DS4 and DS5 — will be constructed with use of units of cars Citroen C4 and C5 and will appear in the market after 2011.

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Friday, August 21, 2009

Bentley has officially presented a new magnificent sedan

Luxury car Bentley

On Sunday at annual festival Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance company Bentley has officially presented new flagman sedan Mulsanne to California.

According to representatives of the British motor-car manufacturer, this car is not the successor, evolution or the simply deeply modernised version of model Arnage, therefore Mulsanne will be positioned as absolutely new and even more luxury car. About it it is spoken in official press release Bentley.

Sedan Bentley

The new flagman sedan Bentley which has received design of an ex-terrier in stylistics of classical cars of mark, such as R-Type and Continental Flying Spur S1 50th years of the last century, is constructed on absolutely new platform and equipped by the eight-cylinder petrol engine. Detailed characteristics of this motor in the company have not informed, having noticed, that all details about technical stuffing Mulsanne will be published in September after a car debut on automobile show in Frankfurt.

Luxury sedan Bentley

According to some information, under a car cowl there will be a modernised version 6,75-litre V8, completed almost all models Bentley. It is expected, that for Mulsanne the unit will be forced to 550 h.p. Besides, the car will receive system of a full drive and an eight-step automatic transmission of company ZF.

In sale in the European market the novelty will arrive in the middle of next year. As it was informed earlier, cost of sedan Bentley Mulsanne in the Great Britain will make about 200 thousand pounds sterling.

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Seat will bring to Frankfurt the most powerful version Leon Cupra

Leon Cupra

On Wednesday company Seat has officially presented the most powerful updating of "charged" hatchback Leon Cupra which will receive traditional prefix R in the name.

The world premiere of the car will take place in September of current year at the international automobile exhibition in Frankfurt. About it it is spoken in a communique "Seat".

The novelty has received a two-litre petrol turbo-motor power of 265HP which works together with a six-step mechanical transmission and corresponds to ecological requirements "Euro-5". It's necessary to notice, that more powerful versions of hatchback Leon Cupra — 310 Limited Edition (310HP) and Cupra Edition (282HP) — are issued by the limited circulations and are accessible only in Holland and Germany accordingly. Updating R will be on sale in all European markets, however exact terms of occurrence of the car at dealers are not specified yet.

According to the manufacturer, Cupra R with 0 to 100 km/h it can be dispersed for 6,2 seconds, and the maximum speed will make 250 km/h. Thus the average expense of fuel at such car will be equal 8,1 litres on hundred kilometres of run. Also the "charged" hatchback has received electronic imitation of blocking of interwheel differential XDS, powerful brake mechanisms with 345-millimetric disks in front and 286-millimetric behind and 19-inch wheel disks.
Novelty cost yet is not informed.

Hatchback Leon Cupra

Interior Leon Cupra

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Monday, August 17, 2009

Company BMW has officially presented serial hybrids 7-Series and X6

BMW 7-Series

On Thursday company BMW has extended official detailed characteristics and photos of serial hybrids 7-Series and X6 ActiveHybrid which in September of current year will present to general public on automobile show in Frankfurt. As they say in the press release, such cars will be for 15 and 20 percent is more economic, than the cars equipped only with petrol motors.

All-wheel drive crossover BMW X6 ActiveHybrid, according to representatives of the company, is the most powerful hybrid in the world — total return of a power-plant makes 480 h.p. (778 Nm). Such car has received 4,4-litre motor V8 with two turbines, two electric motors developing 91 and 86 h.p., the complete set nickel-metallogidridnyh of batteries and a seven-step automatic transmission. At work together with the petrol unit electromotors help the car on dispersal and can work as the generator at braking.

BMW X6

According to BMW, from zero to 96 km/h X6 ActiveHybrid it can be dispersed for 5,4 seconds, and the maximum speed of the car will be limited by electronics on a mark of 208 km/h. A stock of a course of a crossover at movement it is exclusive on electrodraught makes only 2,5 kilometres. The maximum speed in this mode — 60 km/h.

The hybrid version of a sedan 7-Series is equipped with the 20-strong electromotor, lithium-ionic batteries and more powerful version of the eight-cylinder biturbo-motor of crossover X6, developing 440 h.p. Also the car has received an eight-step automatic check point with support of function "stop start". Total power of a hybrid power-plant makes 455 h.p.

As they say in message BMW, the car is accelerated to 96 km/h for 4,8 seconds. The maximum speed — 240 km/h. In the USA novelties will appear on sale in the end of 2009. When such cars will enter other markets yet is not informed.

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Monday, August 10, 2009

There were photos of new universal Mercedes-Benz E-Class

Universal E-class

On Tuesday company Mercedes-Benz has published the first official photos universal E-Class new generation which will be shown general public in September of current year on automobile show in Frankfurt. On it informs German edition Autobild.

Mercedes-Benz E-Class

The novelty in comparison with the predecessor becomes longest on 50 millimetres, and the volume of a luggage coupe at the combined armchairs of the second row forming an equal loading platform, and at all remains former — 1950 litres. Besides, the door of a luggage carrier and the soft curtain hiding from extraneous eyes contents of a coupe, in all versions, including base, will receive the servo-driver.

Universal Mercedes-Benz

According to edition Autobild, originally the novelty will be accessible with five motors: three diesel engines power from 170 to 231 horsepowers, and also two petrol — 3,5-litre V6 and 5,5-litre V8, developing 292 and 388 h.p. Accordingly. Then at scale there will be also other units, including new "four" with direct injection and a turbo-supercharging and versions of universal with a full drive.

Salon Mercedes-Benz

The first copies of new universal Mercedes-Benz E-Class will be delivered owners in Europe in November. The prices for the car in Germany will begin from 44 thousand 804 euros and to reach 54 thousand 200 euros.

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Saturday, July 18, 2009

Company Audi has presented the big hatchback

Audi A5

Company Audi on Thursday has extended the first official details about the next novelty — the five-door hatchback Audi A5 Sportback constructed on a platform of model Audi A4.

The world debut of this car will take place in September at an automobile exhibition in Frankfurt. The five-door model will be on 36 millimetres below sedan A4, is hardly longer (4,71 metres against 4,7 metres at a sedan) and hardly more widely (1,85 metres against 1,82). The wheel base — too hardly is more (2,81 metres against 2,80 metres at a sedan), and forward and back than a bumper — is shorter.

The weight of the car with a two-litre turbo-motor will make 1500 kgs — approximately the sedan with the same engine as much weighs. Thus the forward part of body A5 Sportback will be executed from aluminium, and all doors of a novelty will be deprived frameworks — as on "real" sports cars.

Salon A5 Sportback has only 4 landing places — the back sofa is formed under two passengers. The sizes of a luggage coupe — 480 litres at the lifted back seats (almost as at versatile person A4), and at the combined backs — the volume increases to 980 litres.

Engines for Audi A5 Sportback it is provided while six — three petrol and three diesel motors.

Four-cylinder updatings can be equipped or two-litre petrol TFSI with power of 180 either 211 horsepowers, or a turbodiesel of similar volume and power of 190 h.p. Besides, for A5 Sportback two six-cylinder diesel engines (by volume 2,7 and 3,0 litres accordingly), and also 3,2-litre petrol "A6" power of 265 horsepowers are provided also. Transmissions — either six-step "mechanics", or seven-step robot S Tronic.

Audi A5 Sportback

Later, in 2010, at A5 Sportback there will be a "budgetary" version with the motor 1,8 TFSI (160 horsepowers).

By the tradition, new model Audi will be offered both with forward, and with a full drive quattro last generation (with active back differential), and front-wheel versions will receive the new version of system of stabilisation with function of imitation of interwheel blocking. Besides, all updatings Audi A5 Sportback in base complete sets will be already equipped with system of "absorption" of energy at braking, and model with mechanical transmission — also system "stop start".

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