The German tuning studio G Power specialising on operational development of cars of mark BMW, has created the fastest version of coupe M6. According to the studio data, the maximum speed of a sport car makes over 370 km/h. G-Power M6 Hurricane CS is completed by the same 10-cylinder engine V10 SK III RS with double forced aspiration, as M5 Hurricane CS. Let's remind that the last was possible manage 367,6 km/h, for what last year it has been awarded ranks of the fastest sedan in the world. Exact maximum speed tuning M6 yet is not informed, however it should be above, than at M5, as M6 Hurricane CS has the best aerodynamic characteristics. Besides, it is known that the maximum twisting moment of the engine is equal 800 Nanometers at 5000 ob./minutes. In studio have reduced weight of a sports coupe at the expense of a new exhaust system, seats and a suspender. Tuning M6 is equipped by 19-inch wheel disks from light-metal alloys with tyres Micheline Pilot Sport PS2. The speedometer on a sport coupe is marked to 400 km/h. Car cost will begin from 360 000 euros.
Again there was an information that concern BMW will officially present in September on a motor show in Frankfurt the distressful budgetary roadster Z2. In spite of the fact that we have till now only the most general data on this car, there are bases to believe that it will be based on the same platform, as following generation of the first series. Constructed with use of last achievements in the field of creation of easy materials, this roadster will weigh less than 1000 kg and can brag of excellent profitability.
As a power-plant to buyers for certain will suggest to choose one of four-cylinder engines, engaging those 1,6-litre motors which are established on MINI. Besides it the newest will be accessible also two-litre bi-turbo engine capacity not less than 250 horsepowers, and also hybrid and electric motors. Predictably, to dealers BMW new Z2 will arrive in 2013, and its base price will make about 30 000 dollars.
Mercedes is working towards having stop-start technology fitted on all its engines, according to one of its senior engineers. Christoph Spengel, head of engine development for Mercedes' latest six-cylinder diesel, said: “I won’t name a year when we will achieve this goal, but it is a priority for Mercedes. We are pushing hard, and there is the possibility to jump ahead of BMW.” Mercedes will introduce stop-start for the first time on a four–cylinder petrol engine, the 181bhp turbocharged E200 CGI, from the middle of next year, but engineers aren't happy with the way the system works on automatic models yet. By 2011, however, Mercedes expects to have overcome the problems of fitting stop-start to automatics. The technology will then be rolled out on all V6 and V8 models, which have automatic gearboxes fitted as standard. “Fitting the system to any engine and gearbox is not a problem, we can get reliability quite easily,” said Spengel. “Achieving the smoothness of the start is the real problem. Engaging the starter takes a little time, and then firing the engine takes a little time, and it is important that our system does not disturb the driver.”
Chrysler is filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, President Barack Obama has confirmed. The decision has been made at the behest of the US president, after Chrysler failed to meet his administration's deadline for turning itself into a viable business. Announcing the decision, Obama, who famously owned a HEMI-powered V8 Chrysler 300C before taking office, said: "The necessary steps have been taken to give one of America’s most-storied companies a new lease on life." Obama also announced that the US government will give additional aid to GMAC so that it can take over lending to Chrysler's customers and dealers from Chrysler Financial, which the government has said is no longer viable. The Canadian government will also provide financial aid in return for a two per cent stake in the restructured company. The president also stressed that Chrysler will continue to operate as normal while it is under Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, with no imminent job cuts planned until the restructuring is complete. Chrysler did confirm it would cut the number of dealerships it had, though, but did not say how many or when. For more details click here.
Our favorite cool car at the moment has to be the Morgan Aero Supersports. An old-school 4 wheeler with an aircraft-quality aluminum body is the car to be driving.
Designed to celebrate Morgan’s 100th birthday, the new Aero SuperSport is based on the company’s Eight GT3 and packs a BMW-sourced 4.8-liter V8 engine.
Although the British supercar is focused on amazing performance, the stylish interior and its wooden furnishings and hand stitched leather shouldn’t be neglected in any way.
Priced at some £127,000 ($185,000 at today’s rate), the exquisite Morgan Aero SuperSports will be produced in early 2010, but you can already reserve one for £25,000 (some $36,000)
The SsangYong C200 soft-roader will go on sale in the UK early next year. The Nissan Qashqai rival, which was shown as a concept model at this year's Seoul motor show, will be available in front- and all-wheel-drive versions, according to the company's UK boss, Paul Williams. There will be a choice of a 1.8-litre turbocharged petrol engine and a 2.0-litre diesel unit. There will be six-speed manual and five-speed automatic gearbox options. A hybrid diesel version is under development, but no on-sale date has yet been set. The arrival of thr C200 depends on the outcome of Ssangyong's current receivership battle. In Korea, receivership works in a similar way to US Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. As a result, Ssangyong is preparing a restructuring plan, which will then be presented to the courts on 22 May. As part of this plan, Ssangyong is proposing to introduce five new models in the next five years.
WHAT: Audi’s aluminum flagship sedan is restyled for the first time since 2003. A 350-hp V-8 carries over, while a 420-hp twin-turbo V-8 will debut later.
WHY: Continuing up the luxury ladder, Audi needs a new A8 to compete with the Mercedes S-class and BMW 7-series.
WHEN: Arrives in 2010; sportier S8 debuts in 2011. Priced from $75,000.
Students of MGTU "MAMI" within the limits of the curriculum have executed projects of the truck crane for known Russian mark "Ivanovec". The task has been given pupils of the fourth year of chair "Design". We represent you the most interesting projects. First of all it is necessary to notice that before students there was a problem only to modernise present crane KS-8973 and not to bring changes in configuration of the basic knots. The primary goal was to develop driver's cabs and the crane operator, plus to replace the basic facing panels for increase of competitiveness of the base crane. One of unpleasant features ŠŠ”-8973 – a radiator sticking out on the left side of the truck crane while at any competitors, whether it be Liebherr LTM 1100-4.1 or even Chinese XCMG QY 100K, such it is not observed – a motor compartment behind a driver's cab goes flush with it. The given feature of 100-ton "Ivanovec" should be beaten somehow by means of various style decisions.
Certainly, work on the project has begun with preparation of the technical project with studying of existing competitors, and then on the basis of the done work students have created new images for KS-8973.
Crisis has generated total mania of small economic machines in brains of journalists, if to trust the press now practically each brand prepares compact unless Bentley yet don't touch. Company Audi which marry off micromobile E1 became the next victim of a mass journalistic psychosis.
Ostensibly in its basis- the platform from Volkswagen Up should lay down, on which there will be a ten-other engines as Audi love. Will be both petrol, and diesel, and hybrid, and, probably, there will be absolutely new micromotors: 1.2-litre with three cylinders and 600 cubes with the turbine. Gossips assert that the machine will start up on the conveyor of Slovak factory VW that will help to lower its price even more low, roughly, to 13 500 dollars in the homeland. Despite cost, Audi do not prepare to refuse the premium features like LED-lanterns, the navigator, mp3-radio tape recorders or possibility of connection of phone so three passengers on whom the car is calculated, will be surrounded by care, as in Q7. If the is the truth pre-series concept we can see in 2011.
The new generation of revived model Fiat Uno will be such. Appearance of the car which now takes place tests definition on Brazilian roads, and reminds while a design far from a final stage, has been developed by George Fernadezem. On creation of shape revived Uno the designer was inspired by appearance of one more legend: Fiat 500. Fiat Uno 2011 modelling years (now car working out takes place code-named the Project 327), will arrive in manufacture next year. It is informed that the South America and, in the first Brazil where production Fiat uses a great demand becomes a commodity market of new model. For the European market the Italian developers have provided the friend version Fiat Uno in other design of an interior.
About revived Uno company Fiat yet does not inform technical details, but it is a matter of time. The spread rumours assert that the car is constructed on the same platform, as model Fiat Panda. In sale the novelty leaves in a variant of three- and five-door a compact hatchback.
While all automobile public watched victorious debut Porsche Panamera, the German motor-car manufacturer has had time to roll out on test lines the camouflaged version high-speed Boxster, known under name PorscheBoxster Speedster. That fact that on espionage photos is shown Speedster, confirms design of the car and characteristic for given versions Boxster the reduced windshield, narrower lateral glasses and snubber arches located behind headrests of seats.
Concerning power "stuffing" of new model of the exact information is not present. But presumably, under cowl Boxster Speedster the six-cylinder 3,4-litre engine by capacity of 303 h.p. Possibly will be established, then a ruler of engines will expand with the optimised four-cylinder motor equipped with the turbine.
Date of start of assembly of serial version Porsche the motor-car manufacturer while keeps a secret, as well as the official data concerning technical characteristics.
Bajaj Pulsar 150 cc as part of 2009 pulsar series, it will launched a new upgraded version of pulsar 150cc. The changes are design cosmetic and it comes with the same 150cc engine. The new pulsar gets New tank scoops borrowed from the pulsar 200cc and in all black theme. Also the headlight now gets power directly from the battery.
Kalau Mobil kita Test Drive , sedangkan motor maka kita test ride,we received news from India that bajaj auto has managed to file a road test report of the much talked about 2009 Pulsar 180 UG IV .
"It wouldn’t be wrong to say that the Pulsar twins were responsible for changing the face of motorcycling in India. And I am not just talking from the performance point of view, but also the affordable ‘real’ biking that the Pulsar 150 took charge of. Its elder sibling, the good old classic 180, took care of enthusiasts who wanted raw power and macho looks at an affordable price. The 150, in the meantime, served the masses with performance that stood out in its segment and yet delivered exceptional fuel economy that is ever so important in the Indian motorcycling industry."
The author, Bunny Punia, also states the following 1. 0 to 60km/h acceleration : is under 5 seconds 2. Top speed is around 114-115km/h (speedometer showing more than 120km/h)
Will the new 2009 Bajaj Pulsar 180 beat the yet to be announced TVS Apache 180 Menace ?
original post http://bhp-india.blogspot.com/2009/04/new-2009-bajaj-pulsar-180-ug-iv-road.html
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It's been 28 months since we watched Bob Lutz drive onto the stage at Cobo Hall in Detroit and step out of the Chevrolet Volt concept. In the intervening period, a corporate drama of epic proportions has transpired as Lutz has gone into semi-retirement, Rick Wagoner has been ousted as CEO and the U.S. government and the UAW are about to take a 90% ownership stake in General Motors.
In the midst of this corporate chaos, a dedicated group of hundreds of engineers, scientists, designers, technicians and drivers have tried to keep their heads down and out of the line of fire as they worked to make the Volt a production reality. From the time we first saw the original concept, GM has selected a battery supplier (LG Chem), defined the final powertrain configuration and released the production design, among countless other tasks. After more than a year of pestering GM, the call finally came to get behind the wheel of a Volt prototype. We arrived at the design building on GM's tech center campus in the middle of a torrential downpour where we were escorted to the executive garage. There we found two of the 30+ second-generation Volt mules that are running around in Warren, Milford and other locations undergoing testing and development. Like their four-legged namesakes, mules are a cross-breed of different vehicles, and because of the lead times and testing required to bring a mass production vehicle to market, development is done in parallel on multiple paths. Automakers build these prototypes by taking an existing vehicle and adapting new components to road test the systems before the complete vehicle is ready for production.
For the Volt program, the first-generation powertrain mules were built using previous-generation Malibu body shells with the Voltec (E-Flex) powertrain -- the so-called Mali-Volts we first saw about a year ago. Those vehicles originally ran in late 2007, with the engine-generator and electric motor as well as a small hybrid battery to start development of the powertrain control system. Later, the full Volt T-shaped battery pack was installed and in 2008, the second-generation mules were built using the body of the new Chevy Cruze. Unlike the larger mid-size Malibu, the Cruze is based on the same Delta global compact platform as GM's plug-in savior, which is closer in size and weight to the Volt and was used throughout winter testing in 2008-2009.
Volt Vehicle Line Executive Tony Posawatz rode with us in the Cruze-Volt and discussed the current state of development. The prototype we drove had a powertrain that was about 80% representative of the final specification, and while the full powertrain was in place, including the 1.4-liter four-cylinder range extender, our time was spent in EV mode only.
Since the Cruze is close to the Volt, packaging the powertrain was less of a challenger than it would have been on a completely different platform. These cars were built up from early Korean-market Cruzes (hence the different grille) and are remarkably well finished. Setting aside the Volt powertrain for a moment, the Cruze seems like it will be an excellent competitor in the compact sedan segment. The interior is attractive and well laid out, and it's exceptionaly quiet inside.
In the garage, the cars were already running, sitting silently with the gear selector in park -- one of the wonderful things about electric drive -- and even though the Volt, like most other EVs, uses a single-speed reduction gear transmission, the shifter is still there to enable park, reverse, neutral and drive. The mules use the stock Cruze instrument cluster, but since the wiring harness was modified, some of the warning lights remained lit throughout our drive. Once we adjusted the seats and mirrors, and verified the warning lights weren't a problem, we moved the shifter into drive and "motored" off.
Out in the rain, we had to crank up the window defogger which, like all other accessory systems in the car, was electrical. Even though electric cars are considered to be quiet, older examples tended to produce whine from the drive motors (see: Dodge Circuit). GM and others have addressed this issue, and to our surprise there was no audible squeal inside the prototype.
The electrically-assisted steering has a nice heft that should make the production version an entertaining steer, although we couldn't judge it extensively on our wet "route" which consisted of two-mile laps on the tech center campus. The braking hardware, based on the system found in GM's two-mode hybrid SUVs, has a similarly firm and communicative pedal feel with no noticeable transitions between regenerative and friction braking. There were a few of minor glitches when we hit a major bump in the pavement while braking, but these will undoubtedly get sorted out as the final calibrations are completed over the course of the next year.
Power delivery is seamless and when the time comes to slow, lifting your foot off the accelerator yields a small amount of regen braking to simulate the coast-down on a conventional vehicle. The transmission shift lever also has a low gear position that induces more aggressive lift-off regen, about 0.25-0.30 g of deceleration -- equivalent to the braking most drivers regularly perform. When driving in stop-and-go traffic drivers could select L and just drive with one pedal much of the time, maximizing regenerative braking and range. According to Posawatz, future generations of electrically-driven vehicles could offer drivers different braking options, allowing them to select the amount of regen they want, but this won't be available on the first run of Volts.
Overall, the electric drive system in the mules performed as advertised and GM appears to be well on its way to meeting a November 2010 Job 1 date. We drove about ten miles in the rain on electrical energy only with plenty of accessories running and no significant problems. However, it's obvious there's a great deal of work to be done between now and the latter half of 2010. Right around May 27, GM will start final assembly of the Integration Vehicle Engineering Release (IVER) prototypes of the Volt; the final prototype stage where the production body work will be joined with nearly all the production-tooled compenents. These vehicles are used for final calibration and validation of all systems.
The bodies-in-white for the 75 IVER prototypes have largely been completed and once these vehicles are built, the engineers will start the final push toward finishing the first-generation Volt. Posawatz promised to have us back for another drive to sample the range-extender in action. Let's just hope that the Volt doesn't become a victim of the financial apocalypse currently afflicting General Motors.
According to MotoringFile, internet keepers of all things MINI, BMW's cutest brand plans to launch a new Special Edition Cooper to coincide with the first Formula 1 racing car ever created by legendary British racer and company namesake John Cooper. To stand out from the rest of the already crowded MINI pack, the Special Edition F1 Cooper will be painted up in a new non-metallic British Racing Green, which will be offset by black hood stripes plus a contrasting white roof and mirror caps. The factory JCW aerokit will also be fitted along with a slew of F1 badges.
Underneath the car's pretty exterior will be the stock powertrain from the MINI Cooper S JCW, including the 1.6-liter turbocharged and intercooled four-cylinder engine with 208 horsepower and 192 lb-ft of torque. Expect the new edition to make an appearance at the MINI United event on May 22nd in Silverstone, England.
According to a report by Bloomberg citing the usual unnamed sources, President Obama will announce tomorrow that Chrysler will file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy while continuing to work on its alliance with Fiat.
Bloomberg's source made it clear that the there are still several loose ends and the plan "is not finished yet," but it will likely involve Chrysler's strongest assets being bundled and sold to a new entity. In that scenario, Fiat would become a 20% owner of the Auburn Hills-based automaker, the UAW retiree health-care trust would take a 55% percent stake and the government would gobble up the rest. Essentially, it's the same out-of-court deal initially proposed, but now, with all the benefits (and hurdles) of bankruptcy protection.
No surprise then that Fiat's CEO, Sergio Marchionne, was right in his assessment (see below), nor is it a shocker to anyone that's been following Chrysler's trials and tribulations over the last week and beyond.
The Ford Fusion Hybrid we talked about yesterday, the one that had as of our last report cleared 1,000 miles on its hypermiling publicity stunt, has finally reached the end of the road its fuel supply. The final number: 1,445 miles on a single tank of gas.
For the high-mileage odyssey, the Fusion hybrid was pushed to an average of 81.5 mpg. Even considering that hypermiling techniques were employed to reach these numbers, we're quite impressed, as the event took place on city streets and public freeways, not on a closed course. Better still, the entire 69-hour event raised $8,000 for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. You can read the details of how the driving teams managed the 80 mpg in the official press release after the jump – and no, they didn't find a thousand-mile downhill road.
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