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2013 Maybach Concept

2011-07-14T21:29:00.000-07:00

2013 Acura Sports Car

2011-07-12T19:51:00.000-07:00

2013 Acura TSX has got everything you want to see in an ideal sports sedan. The four-door, front-wheel-drive sports sedan has got powerful engine specifications along with superior convenient features. The car has been priced at $27,890. The standard specifications available with the 2012 2013 Acura TSX are Xenon high-intensity discharge headlights, automatic climate control with interior air filter, power glass tilt and slide moonroof, power windows, power locks with remote anti-theft system, power steering, power disc brakes, 3-funciton HomeLink universal garage door opener, Acura premium sound system with 6-disc CD changer and XM Satellite Radio, cruise control and trip computer. You can also opt for A-Spec package comprising of lightweight 17-inch alloy wheels wrapped with Michelin Pilot all-season performance tires, high-performance shocks and springs etc.

The optional aero kit contains side skirts, air dam and chin spoiler. The sports sedan also comes with optional GPS navigation system with voice activation. The 2012 2013 Acura TSX has been assembled in Japan. The car is available with the basic warranty of 4 years/50,000 miles. Let's not forget the engine specifications of the 2012 2013 Acura TSX. Acura TSX is equipped with 2.4-liter dohc 16-valve inline-4 engine capable of delivering 205 horsepower at 7100 RPM and 164 pound-feet of torque at 4500 RPM. The powertrain has been bolstered with 6-speed manual transmission facility. You can also opt for 5-speed automatic transmission system as well. The car offers decent fuel economy - 21 miles per gallon in the city and 30 miles per gallon on highways.

2012 Chevrolet Silverado 1500

2011-07-11T22:43:00.000-07:00

2012 Lincoln Concept

2011-07-09T21:57:00.000-07:00

Mercury plans to create a concept car C-segment for the year 2012
Mercury took a few cars Focus sedan and five-door hatchback from the Detroit Auto Show 2009 and C C-Max and Grand C-
Max minivans from the Frankfurt Auto Show. And one sister who will work on options is Lincoln Concept-C.
This is expected not only be a badge-bad job, but it really gets amazing results. Let us view Photos Car of the Lincoln Concept-C below:

2012 Porsche 911

2011-07-08T22:28:00.000-07:00

2012 Mitsubishi Sports Car

2011-07-06T23:02:00.000-07:00

2012 Mitsubishi Eclipse Spyder is a peppy convertible with sleek, retro styling and a number of luxurious extras for driver and passengers, all at an affordable price tag. Mitsubishi has announced that 2012 will be the last production year for the Spyder with production ceasing in August 2011, so this model year represents the final curtain call for this reasonably priced two-door sport convertible.

Engine power in the Spyder is definitely nothing to write home about, with a measly 162 horsepower available on the base and GS Sport models and a respectable 265 horses under the hood of the GT. The Mitsubishi Eclipse Spyder’s moderate weight allows it to provide reasonably brisk acceleration and decent pickup, but the four-cylinder models may have difficulty with uphill grades or heavy loads in some instances. The small turning radius and sturdy suspension provide adequate handling under most city driving conditions.

There’s nothing quite like a convertible. The Spyder capitalizes on this truth with a host of features that make this vehicle even more fun to drive, from the available leather seats in the GT model to the cruise control and rear-view backup camera that come standard in every trim level. Power windows and locks, power folding top and the Bluetooth hands-free interface provide added convenience and push-button ease for drivers. Eighteen-inch alloy wheels and heated front seats are available on some models.

While high performance is sadly lacking even in the GT models, the 2012 Mitsubishi Eclipse Spyder is fun and easy to drive. Best suited for city driving, it offers respectable gas mileage at 20 mpg city and up to 27 mpg in highway testing. Handling is about average for its weight class with some difficulty in acceleration when coming out of a hard turn. The suspension is adequate to provide a smooth ride, but is best suited to the urban environment rather than off-road escapes.

The 2012 Mitsubishi Eclipse Spyder will be sorely missed when production stops on this iconic convertible. While the Spyder never lived up to its sports car exterior, its price and features made it a favorite among style-conscious drivers and passengers. Even without the performance and pickup of more powerful vehicles, the Spyder is a bargain at the price and offers solid transportation in a sleek and sporty package.

2012 Ford Mondeo

2011-07-02T21:38:00.000-07:00

Face released ceremony of the 2012 Ford Mondeo was happened in the year 2011. It is also much up to date model than previous models. The designers have changed the overhaul bumper design in this latest model. The light style has also been changed. In case of inside designs of the car, it has been modified to make the door trim and LED design of ambient lighting. This model of car is also carrying 203 PS of advanced engine designs and EcoBoost of 2.0-liter and 240 PS. The 2012 Ford Mondeo is also having 6speed transmission of power shift option for the users. In case of the 2012 Ford Mondeo models the designs have been much focused on the fuel efficiency and better performance features. The advanced engine characteristics of the 2012 Ford Mondeo are helping the designer to progress fuel economy. However, the advanced features like the alert drivers, auto-beam lights, and a speed limiter are offering good experience to the driver to run this car on road.

The new 2012 Ford Mondeo has four or five door hatchback and as the estate, on engine, and upgraded Mondeo with new EcoBoost, 2.2-liter TDCi will make 200bhp and new 2.0liter gasoline engine will make 240bhp mixing with the power shift transmission as well as gives provides 179 g/km of CO2. The new Ford Mondeo has also revised the exterior and the interior electric trains with improved safety features. The 2012 Ford Mondeo type has the diesel, and cars with the diesel fuel will sound the harsh engine sound.

Main reason to buy the diesel engine is cutting the fuel consumption. Most of the owners can just use around 6 to 8 liters hundred kilometers in the country running & on the low speed motorways. The consumption is not likely to go above 9 to 10 liters hundred kilometers even while doing the hard commuting work at heavy traffic. And for interior features the new 2012 Ford Mondeo is very elegant, with six transmission manual, and dashboard design is the multi Botton & stirs right position making that simpler for a driver in maneuvering.

2012 Loutus Concept

2011-07-01T23:12:00.000-07:00

2011 Ferrari 599 GTO

2011-06-28T21:19:00.000-07:00

Three years ago, I would’ve told you it would be near impossible to improve upon the 2007 Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano. After all, the V-12 berlinetta proved quicker to 60 mph than even the vaunted Enzo, taking just 3.2 seconds. But that was before Ferrari invited us to test out the new 2011 599 GTO at Autodromo del Mugello, a 3.3-mile ribbon of undulating asphalt located in a lush green valley not far from Florence, Italy.

In producing the 599 GTO—the fastest-ever Ferrari road car, at least in terms of lap times around Ferrari’s home track (Fiorano)—the engineers in Maranello, Italy, focused on four key areas: increasing power, decreasing weight, reducing understeer and improving downforce. Tall orders, yes, but Ferrari learned great lessons with its track-only 599XX, and the 599 GTO you see here is the result of a marriage between the 599XX and the 599 GTB Fiorano.

Ferrari says the GTO’s 6.0-liter V-12 is “about 90 percent of the 599XX’s engine.” Internal friction was reduced by 12 percent compared to the GTB. Besides adopting the 599XX’s crankshaft and intake system, the GTO V-12 has new connecting rods and pistons, raised 11.9:1 compression (up from the GTB’s 11.2: 1 ratio) and the 599XX’s lighter (and 8-decibel louder) exhaust—with catalytic converters, of course. The result is 661 bhp at 8250 rpm and 458 lb.-ft. of torque at 6500 rpm, which make the 599 GTO the most powerful road-going Ferrari ever.

Compare those figures to the GTB (611 bhp at 7600 rpm and 448 lb.-ft. at 5600) and you’ll note the power has moved up the tachometer. In other words, you need to rev the GTO, but this certainly isn’t a problem; as with all Ferraris, the 599 GTO is designed to be wound out high and hard, allowing you to bask in a glorious, hair-raising cacophony that’s accompanied by the most wondrous snap, crackle and pop from its exhaust with each shift. Ferrari says upshifts from the 6-speed single-clutch F1 gearbox have been reduced to just 60 milliseconds and downshifts take just 120 milliseconds. The 599 GTO can also perform multiple downshifts by simply holding in the left carbon-fiber paddle shifter (just as on the 599XX). The downshifts are always perfectly timed, accompanied by soul-stirring throttle blips.

Besides being more powerful, the 599 GTO is 220 lb. lighter than the GTB (which weighed 3865 lb. on our scales). But the GTO is no stripper—the interior remains as fantastic and exotic as ever (a notable change being the exposed aluminum floor) and still retains creature comforts such as air conditioning and power windows—it probably has a stereo, too, but why would you listen to that when you have a wondrous V-12 soundtrack?

Nearly every area of the car was put on the chopping block in an effort to shave pounds. The transmission is 18 lb. lighter, and the exhaust has been trimmed of 29 lb. thanks to hydroforming technology that allows thinner tubing and fewer welds. Brembo also managed to take almost 7 lb. out of its carbon-ceramic brake system, adding ceramic pads for the first time on a road car. Ferrari says these brakes were absolutely required to cope with the 599 GTO’s increased performance level.

Items such as thinner windows, an aluminum trunklid and a lighter aero underbody contributed to a further 68 lb. savings, while the interior is some 73 lb. lighter due to highly bolstered, carbon-fiber-backed seats with grippy (but very un-Ferrari-like) fabric inserts, lots of matte-finish carbon-fiber trim and a lightweight suede material in place of what would usually be leather.

2012 Ford Focus

2011-06-27T22:48:00.000-07:00

Engineered primarily by Ford of Europe in Germany, the 2012 Ford Focus is available here in both four-door sedan (as tested) and five-door hatchback configurations. Sharing nothing with its immediate predecessor in North America, it is essentially an updated and reconfigured version of the outgoing Euro-spec second-generation Ford Focus. Buyers in North America missed a generation, instead receiving a badly warmed-over version of the first-generation model. It was bad. Really bad.

But things are off to a good start with this car, which bears little in common other than a name and a general place in the market with its predecessor. We like to be surrounded by nice things, so we anted up for a well-equipped Focus Titanium sedan, the range-topping model in the U.S. Although buyers here want four doors, Ford realized that the two-door coupe Focus it briefly offered here was a flop – so a hatchback is also available once again.

At $25,805 as tested, the Focus Titanium is at the opposite end of cheap. But Ford is banking on buyers moving en masse to compact cars as gasoline prices continue to climb, so it felt the need to offer more luxe than is normally associated with the compact class. It’s a theme we encountered first, arguably, with the Focus’ Mazda3 platformmate, and it’s something we’re also seeing from the Chevrolet Cruze and the Hyundai Elantra.

2012 Cadillac Escalade

2011-06-23T22:21:00.000-07:00

The Escalade lineup features integrated powertrain, chassis, safety and interior systems that deliver some of the most powerful, efficient luxury SUVs in the segment, led by a 6.2L all-aluminum V-8 engine with variable valve timing technology delivering 403 horsepower and 417 lb-ft of torque (565 Nm). The 6.2L engine is also a flexfuel engine and can run on renewable E85 ethanol.

The Escalade and Escalade ESV are available in AWD and RWD configurations. The Escalade EXT sport-utility truck features standard, full-time AWD. A strong frame and chassis support the Escalade's robust powertrain and enable exceptional responsiveness and smoothness.

Four-wheel disc brakes and an ABS system help ensure braking performance. ABS works with the StabiliTrak stability control system's rollover mitigation technology. This software algorithm technology uses sensors to proactively predict vehicle "tip-up" and apply appropriate brake force to help prevent such events.

A roster of advanced features reinforces Escalade's position as technology leader, designed to bolster comfort, convenience and safety. They include:

* Side blind zone alert
* Power retractable assist steps
* Automatic headlamps with IntelliBeam automatic high/low beams
* Ultrasonic rear parking assist
* Rear vision camera system
* Bose AudioPilot active noise cancellation technology, which continuously adjusts the music in response to background noise
* Fully functioning LED headlamps (exclusive to Escalade Platinum)
* Heated and cooled cupholders (exclusive to Escalade Platinum)
* Magnetic Ride Control
* Power-titling and heated steering wheel
* Eight-inch navigation radio with new CompactFlash memory and auxiliary jack
* Rear-seat, DVD entertainment system
* Heated and cooled front seats
* Adaptive remote start
* Power liftgate

Also available is an advanced navigation system with real-time traffic, expanded voice prompts and 3D imaging of major landmarks.

Escalade also has a full array of safety features: Front row-dual stage airbags, head curtain side airbags for all passenger rows, front row thorax airbags, and front row seat pretensioners.

2012 BMW M5

2011-06-22T17:11:00.000-07:00

2011 Chevrolet Equinox

2011-06-20T21:31:00.000-07:00

For 2011, the Chevrolet Equinox's optional V6 now has E85 capability. Enhancements include heated cloth seats on 2LT models and a compass on LS models. A USB port, a leather-wrapped steering wheel and Bluetooth connectivity are now standard on 1LT models, and OnStar service has been upgraded to standard Directions and Connections (providing access to OnStar's navigation and information services) for a six-month trial period.
Introduction

Roomy and graced with an available snappy V6, the previous-generation Equinox had its charms, but it didn't shine brightly enough to surpass its rivals. As a result, Chevy's capable but undistinguished hauler was left to linger on the lots as shoppers flocked to more popular choices from the likes of Honda and Toyota. But thanks to a full redesign last year, the latest Equinox has vaulted up to be a top pick in the small crossover SUV segment.

The 2011 Chevrolet Equinox boasts character and refinement two traits that were missing in previous-generation models, and indeed many small crossovers in general. With a rear seat that slides back to create an expanse worthy of a prom-night limousine, the Equinox easily counts rear legroom among its strengths. Ride quality is another plus, with the Equinox delivering a stable, well-planted ride. In terms of equipment, the Chevy is fully competitive, with plenty of standard features and some nice upgrades like a hard-drive-based navigation system.

Under the hood you'll find a choice of either a 182-horsepower inline-4 or a 264-hp V6. Both of these engines deliver respectable acceleration, and the four-cylinder is notable for its above-average fuel economy (even though we've found it doesn't quite meet its lofty EPA estimates). Another Equinox selling point is its upscale good looks; the cabin is attractive and expensive-looking and features interior materials quality that's finally competitive with other choices in this segment.