New generation of Ford Explorer has been shown in the USA to a narrow circle of the elite. The VIP-representatives of the American car dealers of mark Ford have been invited to model demonstration.
New Ford Explorer 2011
From the middle of the eightieth and up to crisis of 2008 Ford Expplorer was one of the basic models of the company in the car market of the North America.
Ford Motor Co. has presented to car dealers new Explorer as model 2012. Earlier, Ford planned to start new model in the end of this year, but decided to begin manufacture at least since January, 2011.
Off-road Explorer
New Ford Explorer will receive absolutely new platform. The motor-car manufacturer will offer four-cylinder two-litre motor EcoBoost. Predictably, the six-cylinder motor will be offered also.
The dealers seeing the new car, notice: "The car became more roundish, than present model Explorer, with smooth lines and reminds the increased version of crossover Ford Edge."
On the largest North American motor show starting in Detroit company Audi has shown to general public new generation of flagman model A8. We will remind, that earlier a novelty already showed within the limits of the closed display in Miami but then admire on A8 the elite could only.
New Audi A8 in Detroit
Originally Audi A8 it will be equipped 6 and 8-cylinder turbodiesels in volume of 3,0 and 4,2 litres with power of 247 and 345HP accordingly, and also 4,2-l petrol V8 power of 366HP. As transmission the new automatic 8-step transmission of company ZF will act.
Also it is necessary to note occurrence of new generation of system MMI, system of balancing of energy of braking, and also the modernised system of a full drive quattro and chassis Audi Drive Select including a dynamic steering and electronic adjustment of rigidity of shock-absorbers.
Technical characteristics Audi A8
In the equipment list there will be new antiemergency system Pre Sense, adaptive cruise-control, the chamber of night vision, system of recognition of pedestrians, and also the newest headlights of head light executed on light-emitting diode technology.
Company Cadillac stand on a motor show in Los Angeles — one of the most popular, and to that is the explanation: the motor-car manufacturer has brought to California new CTS Coupe.
New Cadillac CTS Coupe
The serial version of a coupe which will go on sale in the spring of next year, is not too far cunning from the conceptual car shown in last year on the international motor show in Detroit. The model with the landing formula 2+2 has identical wheel base with sedan CTS, but the total length of a coupe is less on 51 mm. From the four-door car the novelty has borrowed only design of the instrument panel, the central console, head optics, a forward bumper and a radiator lattice.
The model calculated on a young audience, begins to be completed with the 3,6-l petrol engine with system of direct injection of fuel. Power of 304HP will join the motor with a six-step mechanical transmission, and in the list of options the buyer will find out a 6-high-speed automatic check point.
Sports brakes, the electronic monitoring system of chassis StabiliTrak, sports seats Recaro, satellite navigation have entered into standard equipment, Bluetooth, a rear-view camera, system of access to salon without a key. In the end of following to year Cadillac will show the "charged" version of a coupe under name CTS-V with the 6,2-l engine power of 556HP.
Company Land Rover has brought a special series of crossover Range Rover Sport Autobiography Limited Edition to Los Angeles where this week has begun the work the international motor show.
World premiere Range Rover Sport Autobiography
World premiere Range Rover Sport Autobiography Limited Edition has taken place in September of this year on a motor show in Frankfurt, but the company, counting to sell in the market of the USA of 250 copies Range Rover Sport Autobiography, is assured, that for advertising of the car by the superfluous will not show the car once again to North American buyers.
The crossover has received new bumpers, a radiator lattice, a back spoiler and 20-inch disks with a diamond dusting.
Crossover Range Rover Sport Autobiography
The model begins to be completed with 510-strong petrol installation in volume of 5 litres with a supercharger who is capable to disperse Range Rover Sport Autobiography to 100 km/h for 6 sec.
The German motor-car manufacturer of sports cars, has presented on the Californian salon, high-grade presentation of the novelty.
Sportcar Porsche Boxster Spyder
Novelty Boxster Spyder differs from sport car Porsche Boxster S not only other design of a body, but also lower weight. The car weighs on 80 kg easier, than Porsche Boxster S, thanks to installation of aluminium doors and covers of a luggage carrier, easier seats and a roof, to refusal of the conditioner and an audiosystem which can be ordered at additional expense.
Sportcar Boxster S
On sport car Porsche Boxster Spyder the 6-cylinder engine in volume of 3,4 litres with system of direct injection of fuel is completed. Power of the engine working with transmission PDK, makes 320HP, that on 10 units more than is under cowl Boxster S.
The model with the recustomized suspension bracket is dispersed to 100 km/h later 4,8 sec after start and is capable to continue acceleration up to 267 km/h. The average expense of fuel of a roadster in the mixed cycle does not exceed 9,3L. As informs Leftlanenews, the car will go on sale in February of next year at the price of $61,200.
On Monday in the USA the world premiere of sedan Audi A8 of new generation has taken place. This car hardly became larger than the predecessor (the car on 75 mm more long, on 55 mm is wider and on 16 mm more low), and a body executed from aluminium, — for 24% is more rigid.
New sedan Audi A8
Besides, all versions A8 already in "base" will receive all-wheel drive transmission quattro with interaxal differential Torsen. Occurrence of more accessible engines and powerful versions V10 and W12 is expected within next one and a half years.
The new sedan will be equipped with the whole set of new systems of safety and entertainments. In particular, the car will receive system Pre Sense which can not only prepare the driver and the passenger for inevitable collision, closing windows and pulling seat belts but also to supervise space round the car, warning collisions on small speeds and arrivals behind. Besides, A8 will receive system of night vision, system of recognition of pedestrians, adaptive cruise-control, light-emitting diode headlights of head light and so on.
Audi A8 new generation
On sale Audi A8 of new generation will appear in March, 2010. The base car with a 3-l diesel engine in Europe will cost about 59,000 euro, and the version with petrol V8 will manage approximately in 65,000 euro.
Company Renault has presented the sketch of model Twingo to complete sets Gordini.
New Renault Twingo RS Gordini
Display ready Renault Twingo RS Gordini will take place on November, 25th in Paris. After some weeks on the market also will arrive Renault Clio RS Gordini. As writes the edition, models are named in honour of the founder of sports division Renault Amedi Gordini.
In the sixties last century, cars Gordini repeatedly won race rally, including tournaments in cup Gordini. Serial cars Gordini in the last century differed firm dark blue colour of a body with two white strips.
At the disposal of Holland edition AutoWeek there was a first photo of car Peugeot 308 in a body "sedan". The car differs from a hatchback not only a new body, but little bit other registration of a forward part of a body, including other forward bumper with slightly changed air inlet, and also a new cowl.
Sedan Peugeot 308
According to some information, sedan Peugeot 308 will be offered with the same scale of engines, that the hatchback, and novelty manufacture starts in the beginning of next year at factory Dongfeng in China, in Argentina and in some countries of Eastern Europe. In this connection it is expected, that the car begins to be offered not only for the Chinese market, but also for Latin America and the European countries where sedans are especially popular.
Official release Peugeot 308
As specifies AutoWeek, in the spring of next year on a motor show in Geneva the premiere of updated hatchback Peugeot 308 will take place. Such car will receive the changed design of an ex-terrier with the reduced air inlet on a forward bumper, and also some elements borrowed at model 5008.
On the Frankfurt motor show company Peugeot has presented the supernumerary conceptual car BB1 which dimensional length makes only 2,5 metres.
Conceptual electrocar Peugeot BB1
Despite the small sizes of the car, in salon, taking into account that there there will be only a driver, it is possible to transport about 855 litres of cargo.
The four-seater novelty has received a carbon body in weight of 600 kgs. The stock of a course of an electromobile makes 121 kilometre, and dispersal with 0 to 30 km/h for 2,8 seconds. On acceleration with 30 to 60 km/h 4 seconds is required even.
Peugeot BB1 on Frankfurt Auto Show '09
Whether it is planned to produce the similar car in lots at present it is not informed.
On the Frankfurt motor show company Peugeot has presented special updating of sports coupe RCZ which will be received by the first 200 buyers who have ordered the car.
Technical characteristics sports coupe RCZ
The novelty will be painted exclusively in white colour, will receive carbon furnish of a roof, 19-inch wheel disks executed in black colour, and leather furnish of an interior.
For usual versions of coupe Peugeot RCZ which also debuted on the Frankfurt motor show, besides the 156-strong motor of 163HP and the 1,6-litre petrol unit developing 200HP will be offered a two-litre diesel engine by power. In a ruler of transmissions of the car — six-step mechanical and automatic transmissions. As it was informed earlier, the most powerful RCZ can be dispersed to 100 km/h for 7,6 seconds and reach the maximum speed of 225 km/h.
Release Peugeot RCZ in Frankfurt
Novelty sales in the European market will begin next year. The prices for such car will begin from 35,500 euros. For the first year of sales in company Peugeot plan to sell worldwide approximately 20,000 copies RCZ.
On September automobile show in Frankfurt company Porsche plans to present the racing version updated a sportcar 911 GT3 RS — Cup.
In a following season such car will take part in seven cups Porsche, including GT3 Challenges, Porsche-Mobil1-Supercup and Porsche Carrera in Germany, Asia, Japan and Italy.
In comparison with track Porsche 911 GT3 RS racing updating has received expanded on 44mm in a back part a body, the "underestimated" forward spoiler which settles down now on 15mm more low and increases clamping force on a forward axis, and also a back rear wing from faster 911 GT3 Cup S, intended for races of series FIA GT3 which width has increased with 1,46 to 1,7 metres.
The novelty, which weight makes 1200 kgs, also has received 18-inch wheel disks, racing final system, forward and back stabilizers of cross-section stability and carbon-ceramic brake disks which in comparison with the pig-iron composit brake disks used in cup Porsche Carrera, it is easier on 20kgs.
In a motor coupe of a racing car the 3,8-litre six-cylinder engine "is hidden" by power of 450HP which works together with a six-step transmission. Dynamic characteristics Porsche 911 GT3 Cup are not specified yet.
Novelty sales will begin in the end of October of current year. The prices for a racing car in Europe will begin from 149,850 euros.
On coming nearer international automobile show in Frankfurt German company Opel will present new Astra, equipped with a ruler of economic engines.
Opel Astra became the tenth generation of cars of a compact class and the Car slightly will be offered with wide scale of engines in a range from 95 to 180HP has grown up, thanks to what has received more capacious salon.
The ruler of engines Astra with a mechanical transmission allows to reduce consumption of fuel and emissions CO2 more than to 12% in comparison with current generation of engines. Average consumption of fuel of four diesel engines in a range from 95 to 160HP on which almost half of sales new Astra in Europe, predictably, will have, makes 4,6 l/100 of km.
Average consumption of fuel of a lineup of petrol engines makes 6,1 l/100 of km. The new petrol engine in volume of 1,4 l and power of 140HP replaces the current motor in volume of 1,8 l, allowing to improve efficiency of consumption of fuel almost with 18%.
Concern Daimler AG plans to present the most economic and ecologically friendly version Mercedes-Benz S-Class in Frankfurt.
Updating under name Mercedes-Benz S250 CDI BlueEfficiency will receive a 2,1-litre diesel engine which is put now on C-Class and E-Class. The first four-cylinder motor for S-Class throws out only 155 grammes СО2 on kilometre of a way and spends 5,9 l of diesel fuel for 100 km.
The company yet does not disclose dynamic characteristics S250 CDI BlueEfficiency, but it is necessary to notice, that the harmless diesel engine has power of 224HP — all on 11HP less, than V6 with which it is completed S350. More detailed information on an economic novelty will appear more close to a premiere.
BMW skilfully warms up interest to novelty X1: that suits tests of the camouflaged prototype a headlight will show a radiator lattice.
Today the Bavarian company has published a photo of not disguised crossover, the truth, having made the image indistinct.
On photo BMW X1 of white colour, it is parked on a beach. The car general view is already known on espionage photos. It is expected, that the German motor-car manufacturer will present high-grade official photos and all detailed characteristics next week. The premiere of a novelty is planned on autoshow in Frankfurt in September, 2009.
On London autoshow Salon Prive the premiere of the serial version of German sports car Veritas RS 3 has taken place.
Unlike the model presented in last year, the body and internal design of the car is reversed. It is underlined a horizontal cowl gives to shape aggression. Under a car cowl 507-strong engine V10 from BMW "hides".
Tuning studio Hamann has published the first pictures of "charged" version BMW of 5th series GT in spite of the fact that the official premiere of a production version of model BMW of 5th series GT will take place only in one and a half month.
In studio Hamann have worked over body improvement, have improved sports a bumper, have improved exhaust system branch pipes, have completed the car with carbon disks. In salon of model BMW of 5th series GT also there should be aluminium overlays, a sports wheel and seats though interior photos in studio yet have not published.
Power ruler BMW of 5th series GT will include one diesel motor power of 245 h.p., and also two petrol engines power of 206 and 408 h.p.
It is expected, that for "charged" version BMW of 5th series GT in studio Hamann will choose the 408-strong unit which after modernisation will give out, at least 435 h.p.
The world premiere of new British luxury car Grand Bentley will take place in some weeks in California.
In a novelty the technologies are provided, allowing to reduce consumption of fuel and emissions of carbonic gas. In particular, Grand Bentley will receive system of deactivation of cylinders depending on loading.
This technology saving up fuel is used by such motor-car manufacturers, as General Motors, Chrysler, Daimler and Honda. While it is not known, whether will equip the new car as well with is flexible-fuel system, as Continental SuperSports which premiere has taken place in Geneva.
