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Hyundai Blue Will unveiled at Seoul
The Hyundai Blue Will was officially introduced today at Seoul’s Motor Show. Developed by Advanced Design Studio the Hyundai Blue Will features promising capabilities that will hold as a platform for future ideas. Powered by its 1.6 liter petrol engine coupled with a 100 Kw electric motor Hyundai Blue Will will be able to cover an estimated 1050 Km (652 Miles) while fuel consumption is of 2.2 liters/100 Km (106 mpg) if it runs only on its electric technology, or 4.7L/100km (55mpg) driven in Pure HEV-Mode. Helping the new Hyundai Blue Will hybrid achieve such an impressive autonomy are also its various power generating systems. To be exact these refer to the exhaust…
2010 Chevrolet Equinox price
Price for the 2010 Chevrolet Equinox, was announced today and the company says the car will go on sale in the States this June. Numbers show that the basic 2010 Chevrolet Equinox FWD LS equipped with a 182 hp (135 kW) 4-cylinder, 2.4-liter Ecotec engine will hold a price tag of $23,185 MSRP officially making it $1,800 cheaper than the model it will replace. There is also an 264 hp (190 kW) 3.0L DOHC direct injected V-6 available for the 2010 Equinox Chevrolet and both engines are estimated to cover more than 500 miles (800 km) on one fill-up. Although the 2010 Chevrolet Equinox price is lower GM offers more, with standard features like more airbags, 17 inch wheels and power lumbar support …
Audi A8 new Sport Plus and Comfort Plus packages
Audi announced that starting today, there are two more equipment packages available for order for the Audi A8, which are the Audi comfort plus style package and the Audi sport plus style package along with a new Panter Black body color. The Audi A8 comfort plus will cost between 4,200 Euros and 14,500 Euros and will include 19” forged aluminum wheels, silk beige Valcona leather, a leather-trimed center console, heated front and rear seats with massage functions plus the LED daytime running lights.As for the Audi A8 sport plus version price will vary from 2,100 Euros to 9,600 Euros and the vehicle will feature 20” S desgin aluminium wheels…
Vorsteiner BMW E90 M3 Sedan
Californian based engineers from Vorsteiner have recently introduced a new aero package for the BMW E90 M3 Sedan. Fitted with new lightweight components the Vorsteiner BMW E90 M3 Sedan features a dry carbon fiber front spoiler and as well as a rear diffuser with integrated fins. The Vorsteiner BMW E90 M3 Sedan has also received a new trunk lid that as the company mentions gives the E90 M3 superior stiffness and strength as well as improved down force, made entirely from the same dry carbon fiber material. Details referring to the Vorsteiner BMW E90 M3 Sedan price were not given…
2010 Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG
Daimler has officially revealed the 2010 Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG today, ahead of its scheduled debut at the New York Auto Show this month. Powered by a 6.3 liter V8 engine the 2010 Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG can unleash 525 hp (386 kW), 11hp more than the previous version, and 630 Newton metres of torque and has been fitted with the AMG SPEEDSHIFT MCT 7-speed sports transmission that can also be found on the SL 63 AMG. Helped by this kind of transmission that allows gearshifts to be performed in 100 millisecond the 2010 Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG takes 4.5 seconds to go from 0 to 100 Km/h while top speed is electronically limited to 250 Km/h. Even though the new model didn’t get its power…
GM Daewoo Veritas price
The GM Daewoo Veritas priced at KRW 50,300,000 for the base model and reaching KRW 60,300,000 for the top of the line version will start sales from tomorrow (April 1) on the Korean market. Equipped with a 3.6 liter SIDI engine that outputs 277 PS, the same that is also powering the Cadillac CTS, the 2009 GM Daewoo Veritas is an ultra low emission vehicle that achieves an 8.7 Km/liter fuel efficiency. The GM Daewoo Veritas is available with a 6-speed automatic transmission and also borrowing from GM are the Active Select and Sport Shift technologies that enable customized and sporty driving. Trim levels are the only feature that differentiate the GM Daewoo Veritas price…
Help reduce traffic video
These days traffic is something that we have to face pretty much anywhere and everywhere. It doesn’t really matter on what part of the planet you are driving because sooner or later this urban virus is going to catch up with us all. In US for example a study showed that people that live in 68 urban areas spend an average of 35 hours a year stuck in traffic, and of course these numbers are only going to get worse. Even though most of us wait for some kind of new technology to come and save us like flying cars or maybe teleportation, this Norwegian clip is to show us that sometimes we do have a choice in making things better in terms of traffic…
Porsche reports huge profits
Today, Porsche Automobil Holding SE Stuttgart reported their profits for the first half of the business year, witch refers to 6 months of the current 2008/09 and (August 1, 2009 to January 31, 2009). According to Porsche the company registered profits of 7.34 billion Euros before tax, that represents a dramatic increase compared to the 1.66 billion Euros profit made last year during the same time-frame. What influenced this huge increase was the fact that Porsche can participate in changes in the stock exchange price of Volkswagen shares, resulting in cash-settled share option transactions. For the last six months Porsche’s contribution increased from 850 million Euros…
2010 Ford Shelby GT500 details and photos
The 2010 Ford Shelby GT500 was revealed today along with details and plenty of photos that you can feast your eyes on. The company sais that the 2010 Ford Shelby GT500 and its supercharged and intercooled 5.4-liter DOHC V8 engine that spits out 540 horsepower and 510 ft.-lb. of torque is the most powerful SVT-tuned performance Mustang ever. The numbers to back this statement up are 4.3 seconds taken to accelerate from 0 to 60 mph and the 12.5 seconds needed to cover a quarter-mile. Designed to cope with the more powerful engine is the six-speed manual transmission that incorporates a twin-disk clutch system, and while the one through four gears are more…
Last Volvo S60 produced
The Swedish manufacturer announced that today March 31, at 4.15am the last Volvo S60 rolled of the production line. The vehicle was assembled at Volvo’s plant in Ghent and will be on its way to Taiwan to meet its customer. Volvo Ghent started building the S60 in 2000 and by 2008 they came close to a grand total of 600,000 units produced. This last special Volvo S60 model features a 5-cylinder engine and Sapphire Black paint and marks the end of one of the longest running Volvo models. For the future, managing director of Volvo Cars Ghent said that they will focus on the new S60 for which production will start in 2010…