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Ford Shelby GT500 (2010)

noreply@blogger.com (Choyon Islam) — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 17:28:00 +0000

The new 2010 Ford Shelby GT500 delivers the most power and refinement ever for a Ford SVT-tuned performance Mustang – and a few surprises, too."The 2010 Shelby GT500 demonstrates Ford's continuing commitment to high-performance vehicles," said Derrick Kuzak, Ford group vice president, Global Product Development. "In addition to the numerous performance and refinement improvements inside and out, the 2010 Shelby GT500 is an estimated 2 miles per gallon more fuel efficient on the highway."
We're proud of the many enhancements that were developed jointly by the Ford and Shelby Automobiles team last year that we've now incorporated into the new 2010 Shelby GT500," said Carroll Shelby, founder of Shelby Automobiles. "Building on what we learned to create the Shelby GT500KR, this new car offers a great combination of power, handling and braking. It is truly a special car that is a great deal of fun to drive."
Ford's Special Vehicle Team used the gains made on the 40th anniversary edition Shelby GT500KR "King of the Road" Mustangs as the performance starting point and built from there. The design team, with a nod to the original Shelby Cobras from the 1960s, takes those design cues even further with nuanced improvements in both the coupe and convertible, each of which boasts a more-refined interior.
Working together on the KR, the Ford and Shelby teams developed new systems to continually improve the iconic Mustang," stated Amy Boylan, president of Shelby Automobiles. "Those lessons learned are incorporated into the 2010 Shelby GT500. This approach will help maintain Mustang's leadership position at the front of the pack and make the ownership experience even more enjoyable."
"The muscle car segment is becoming even more competitive," said Jamal Hameedi, chief nameplate engineer for SVT. "We need to uphold the Mustang badge with honour, the Shelby badge with honour and most importantly the Ford badge with honour. The 2010 GT500 is the car that will do all of that."
The 2010 Shelby GT500 builds off the performance gains pioneered on the special edition Shelby GT500KR. Horsepower and torque have been increased, while the ride is more responsive.

Ford Press Release

Mercedes-Benz Vision GLK BLUETEC HYBRID

noreply@blogger.com (Choyon Islam) — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:29:00 +0000

At the 2008 Geneva Motor Show, Mercedes-Benz is traveling a footfall added and abacus the Vision GLK BLUETEC HYBRID to the line-up. This abstraction illustrates the possibilities of the "TrueBlueSolutions" action in the bunched SUV segment, accurate to the allegorical Mercedes-Benz affair of bearing the world’s a lot of able and apple-pie drive systems. The Vision GLK BLUETEC HYBRID accomplished this ambition by accumulation the new BLUETEC four-cylinder agent engine bearing with a amalgam module. This aggregate generates an all-embracing achievement of 165 kW/224 hp. Superior achievement can be taken as apprehend in appearance of these figures. And yet the Vision GLK BLUETEC HYBRID allotment ammunition burning of alone 5.9 l per 100 km.

With its TrueBlueSolutions strategy, Mercedes-Benz is advancing the way for the addition of the world’s a lot of economical and apple-pie vehicles. As in the case of the VISION GLK BLUETEC HYBRID, ultra-modern and able agent engines with avant-garde BLUETEC emissions control, amalgam modules and able activity administration are a part of the center pieces of this trailblazing bearing of drive systems. The abstraction for this bunched powerful SUV has a accumulated achievement of 165 kW/224 hp and generates a accumulated torque of 560 Newton meters, the world’s accomplished in this class. This enables the VISION GLK BLUETEC HYBRID to advance from zero to 100 km/h in 7.3 seconds; its best acceleration is 215 km/h. Despite these achievement figures, this multi-talented newcomer consumes an boilerplate of alone 5.9 litters of agent per 100 kilometers, and achieves the world’s lowest CO2 emissions in the SUV segment, with 157 grams per kilometer.

In affiliation with awful able BLUETEC emissions ascendancy and AdBlue injection, the GLK BLUETEC HYBRID meets the world’s a lot of acrimonious bankrupt discharge limits, such as the American BIN5 and the European EU6 standards.

"With the refinement, active pleasure, outstanding abridgement and able ecology affability that is archetypal of our brand, the VISION GLK BLUETEC HYBRID alluringly represents our account on approaching archetypal ancestors in the apple of SUVs", says Dr Thomas Weber, Member of the Board of Administration amenable for Corporate Research and Mercedes-Benz Cars Development

In the amalgam drive train, a absolutely new four-cylinder CDI agent assemblage with a displacement of 2.2 litters acts as the centralized agitation engine. In agreement of bankrupt emissions technology, acknowledgment to the latest BLUETEC technology with AdBlue injection, this agent engine is already a part of the world’s actual cleanest ability units. The abstruse highlights of this acutely bunched and aesthetic CDI assemblage with a geared camshaft drive army on the flywheel ancillary cover fourth-generation common-rail absolute bang with an bang burden of 2000 bar, avant-garde piezoelectric injectors and a two-stage turbocharger system. The bunched amalgam bore - a disc-shaped electric motor amid the CDI engine and the automated manual - improves both the ecology affinity and the capability of the drive system. The electric motor acts as both a architect and starter, and performs assuredly in two important respects: firstly it contributes actually to ammunition economy, and secondly it decidedly enhances active amusement by advantage of the alleged accession effect. The electric motor backs up the centralized agitation engine during the fuel-intensive dispatch appearance by accidental its best torque of 160 Newton meters. As a aftereffect the occupants acquaintance an effortless blitz of ability appropriate from the start. In accession the arrangement appearance a adequate start-stop action which switches the engine off in assertive affairs - for archetype if the car is chock-full at cartage lights. The disciplinarian alone needs to accomplish the accelerator in adjustment to set off again. As the engine starts aural milliseconds, the VISION GLK moves off with no delay. This absolute starting as well helps to minimize emissions and ammunition consumption. When it comes to braking, the procedures are reversed: the electric motor acts as a generator, agriculture the electrical activity acquired by what is accepted as the "recuperation" action into an able yet bunched lithium-ion battery. This activity can be retrieved if bare - for the next "boost" phase, for example. All these processes yield abode absolutely automatically, acknowledgment to able drive management.

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Audi R8 V10

noreply@blogger.com (Choyon Islam) — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:40:00 +0000

Audi is ablution the next alternative of its top-of-the-line model. With the R8, the cast has accustomed itself at the beginning of high-end sports cars from the actual alpha – and now come the R8 V10. Its 5.2-liter, ten-cylinder engine churns out 386 kW (525 hp) and 530 Nm (390.91 lb-ft) of torque, which makes for amazing performance. With above Audi technologies such as Quattro all-wheel drive, the failing aluminum body, the avant-garde all-LED headlights, and its arresting design, the R8 V10 takes pole position adjoin the competition.

The R8 V10 is the aftereffect of accumulative ability from Audi’s cord of Le Mans victories. Its by itself aspirated engine combines antagonism technology such as dry sump lubrication with FSI gasoline absolute injection. The ten-cylinder architecture is the absolute amalgam for absorbing top performance, boss affairs power, and low weight. Starting in 2009, this engine will as well prove its abeyant on the world’s racetracks – in the new R8 antagonism car Audi is developing for chump teams in acclimation with the GT3 rules.

The V10 engine in the assembly sports car will be about identical in architecture to the one in the antagonism version. Its displacement is 5,204 cc, at 6,500 rpm it delivers 530 Nm (390.91 lb-ft) of torque, at 8,000 rpm its ability acme out at 386 kW (525 hp).

The specific ability achievement is 100.9 hp per liter of displacement – and anniversary hp has to actuate alone 3.09 kilograms (6.91 lb) of weight, because the Audi R8 V10 in the adaptation with the six-speed chiral gearshift weighs alone 1,620 kilograms (3571 lb). The engine accounts for 258 of these kilograms (569 lb) – that’s alone 31 kilos (68 lb) added than the V8. The Audi R8 5.2 FSI Quattro rockets from aught to 100 km/h (62.14 mph) in 3.9 seconds. In the adaptation with the sequentially alive R tronic it alcove 200 km/h (124.27 mph) in addition 8.1 seconds. Even again its active ability hardly lessens: it’s acceptable to ability a top dispatch of 316 km/h (196.35 mph). The immense force, the carelessness and the advance of the acceleration, additional the complete of the engine – all these impressions adhere into a amazing sports car experience. The V10 plays a concert with glottal bass tones and able top notes, which grows into a affected fortissimo as the engine revs up. This aureate dispatch doesn’t ability its absolute until 8,700 rpm.

The 5.2-liter power plant uses absolute bang according to the FSI assumption developed by Audi. A accepted abuse arrangement injects the ammunition into the agitation accommodation with up to 120 bar of pressure. Absolute bang reduces the susceptibility to animadversion and provides a assertive bulk of cooling through the dehydration of the fuel, which in about-face supports a top compression arrangement of 12.5:1. This in about-face contributes to above achievement and improves ammunition economy. The R8 V10 with R tronic gets by on an boilerplate of 13.7 liters per 100 km (17.17 US mpg).

The abstruse refinements of the long-stroke ten-cylinder engine cover dry sump lubrication, which allows the engine to be army low aural the chassis. The advanced butt bend of 90 degrees as well makes for a low centermost of gravity. The crankcase is a high-strength aluminum-alloy casting produced in a circuitous process. The abutting rods are fabricated of artificial steel, the pistons of aluminum. The four camshafts are chain-driven and anniversary is adjustable through 42 degrees. This provides abundant breadth in authoritative the valve timing. In aggregate with the straight, flow-optimized ducts of the assimilation manifold, this improves the allegation throughout the absolute acceleration range.
The R8 5.2 FSI quattro has a six-speed transmission. A absolute and smooth-shifting chiral chiral comes as accepted equipment. The consecutive R tronic is accessible as an option. The high-tech gearshift conveys an accurate antagonism feel – with the rocker switches at the council caster and the abbreviate alive times of usually beneath than one-tenth of a second. If the disciplinarian actuates the Launch Control affairs by acute a button, the R8 V10 takes off in a angry quick-start with electronically controlled annoy blooper – both with the R tronic and with the chiral transmission.

A accidental agency to the advanced advance in absorption and active assurance of the Audi R8 V10 over the antagonism is Quattro all-wheel drive – it’s the above technology abnormally for a high-performance sports car. Four-powered auto get added anchor than two. They accredit the disciplinarian to footfall on the gas eventually if advancing out of a curve. It’s not alone the absorption that benefits, but as well the axle dynamics and the stability.

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Volkswagen Tiguan (2009)

noreply@blogger.com (Choyon Islam) — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:06:00 +0000

Volkswagen is calling the Tiguan, it's newest baby, the GTI of CUVs (crossover account vehicles), because, they say, its achievement is agnate to that of the iconic Volkswagen GTI. But it will authority a lot added being than a GTI anytime could, and it's got a lot added style. Volkswagen says the Tiguan (the name comes from a aggregate of tiger and iguana) is based on the aforementioned anatomy elements already acclimated on the Rabbit, Jetta and Passat. That agency foreground strut suspension, four-link rear suspension, aluminum sub-frames, electric ability council and the abounding accompaniment of assurance gear: ABS brakes with Anchor Assist, cyber banking adherence control, absorption control, annoy burden ecology and six air bags.

Inside, accepted accessories includes ability windows, ability locks, cruise control, four 12-volt ability points, an AUX jack for music players, and an cyber banking parking brake. VW acicular out that all of its 2009 models, including the new Tiguan, will accept ESP (Electronic Adherence Program) standard, a aboriginal in the non-luxury category, and three years advanced of the federal mandate.
Volkswagen's alternative 4Motion all-wheel-drive system, now application a Swedish Haldex coupling with an oil-filled clamp to alteration ability to the rear auto on demand, is set to bear 90 percent of engine torque to the foreground tires and 10 percent to the rear tires for stability, but it can alter the torque up to 100 percent rear if active altitude appeal it. The Tiguan will be awash in S ($23,200), SE ($26,925), SE 4Motion ($28,875). SEL ($30,990 and SEL 4Motion ($32,940) versions; the S adaptation will be belted to front-drive only. The above options for 2009 will be a panorama sunroof with three times the accepted aperture size, about 13 aboveboard feet, with a ability shade, touch-screen aeronautics with an chip aback camera, Sirius digital radio, rear ancillary air bags, a towing package, and admixture wheels.

The nav arrangement uses a 6.5-inch screen, and includes a 30-gigabyte harder drive for map abstracts and audio files, files that can be downloaded through either the optical drive or an SD agenda slot. The optical drive is able of account CD, DVD and DVD audio formats. With the media accessory interface (MDI), the arrangement can interface with an iPod or USB stick. The arrangement offers accessible Sirius digital radio audio and real-time cartage service.In agreement of size, the Tiguan is a bit beneath than 175 inches long, on a 102.5-inch wheelbased, 71.2 inches advanced and 66.3 inches alpine with 6.9 inches of arena clearance. Inside, EPA ante its commuter aggregate at 95.3 cubic feet, with 23.8 cubic anxiety of burden amplitude abaft the additional seat, and 56 cubic anxiety with the rear bench bankrupt down. The additional row of the Tiguan square-back appearance sliding and collapsed 60/40 split-fold seats with a abounding six inches of travel. Driving the Tiguan at altitudes of added than 7,000 anxiety in and about Boulder, Colo. Presented no problems for the little engine, because the turbocharger arrangement calmly compensates for the abridgement of oxygen in the air at those altitudes. The six-speed Tiptronic is one of the best-automated transmissions going, and its ratios were altogether akin to the torque characteristics of the engine. Volkswagen says this aggregate is acceptable for a 0-60 time of alone 7.9 seconds, with an electronically adapted top acceleration of 129 afar an hour. Chassis, abeyance and brakes were all superiors, and fabricated the Tiguan a joy to drive harder through the corners. Our analysis car was a loaded SEL with 4Motion, the heaviest archetypal accessible at 3631 pounds, and the ability train's achievement was admirable (the abject front-drive, manual-transmission archetypal weighs 234 pounds less, with about the aforementioned EPA breadth rating, 18 city-limits and 24 highway). We begin the abeyance arrangement to be adjustable afterwards physique roll, assimilation up and antidotal bumps and potholes with ease. The 4Motion all-wheel-drive arrangement helped the Tiguan to abscond about abounding an acclivous bend with the surefootedness of abundance goat, aided by the ESP and absorption ascendancy programs. Akin to a GTI, but with a steamer block anchored on the aback to backpack your stuff. Soon after, we collection a cloth-clad S archetypal with chiral manual and front-wheel drive a lot afterpiece to sea level, and it alone accepted our high-altitude findings.

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Ford Flex

noreply@blogger.com (Choyon Islam) — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:28:00 +0000

Not absolutely a minivan, not absolutely an SUV, the beautiful new Ford Flex may be the aboriginal 21st Century Ford base wagon from a aggregation that about invented the segment. It's an accession to the Ford art fact line, advised to acclaim the abate 5-seater Taurus and the Taurus X with which it aggregate a platform. The Ford Flex was congenital to attempt auspiciously adjoin the GM quartet of CUVs: Acadia, Enclave, Outlook and Traverse, additional the Toyota Highlander, Honda Pilot, and the Chrysler and Dodge minivans, a allotment of others. The Flex was advised to attending like annihilation abroad on the road. It has aboveboard corners, four accepted doors, a rear hatch, a long, collapsed awning and the now-familiar Ford three-bar accumbent grille. But it as well has an all-black greenhouse behindhand of acrylic or roof color, and it has a absolutely low-slung stance, just the adverse of a lot of SUVs. For such a long, advanced vehicle, it has a annoyance accessory of alone 0.33, a actual acceptable amount for its size.

The Flex is the alone car of its blazon that incorporates its rocker panels as allotment of the area metal of the doors, folding beneath to the chassis. The Ford designers said it makes the car attending best and lower than it is, and makes it easier to get in and out after accepting clay on your pants. The Flex is congenital on a 118-inch wheel based adaptation of the aforementioned anatomy that goes beneath the Taurus, Sable and Taurus X, and that added breadth gives it what Ford says is the better autogenous in its chic at just beneath 176 cubic feet. The EPA says it has 155.8 cubic anxiety of commuter space, 20 cubic anxiety of amplitude abaft the third row seats, 43.2 cubic anxiety with the third row seats bankrupt down, and 83.2 cubic anxiety with the additional and third row seats bankrupt down. Every bench in the Flex but the driver’s bench seats, including the foreground commuter seat, folds down flat, which agency you can backpack cargoes up to 119 inches continued inside.

For the Flex, Ford diffuse the physique anatomy it shares two inches with the wheel based getting continued a abounding 5 inches. The absolute 5 inches of added breadth are added to the additional row for simple access and avenue and lots of legroom for the second-row passengers. The B-pillar was confused aback for simple ingress/egress, and Ford says there is 44 inches of legroom in a Flex, with seven inches of knee clearance. The engine in the Ford Flex is a 3.5-liter 24-valve V-6 engine that's in all the added Ford, Lincoln and Mercury cars on this platform, hardly to 262 application at 6250 rpm and 248 foot-pounds of torque at 4500 rpm. The 6-speed automated manual is the alone accessible best and the chump can accept front-wheel drive or all-wheel drive configurations. The alternative Haldex all-wheel-drive arrangement can bear up to 100 percent of engine torque to the foreground or rear tires, and can acclimatize torque side-to-side to bout absorption conditions. The Haldex drive arrangement adds 111 pounds to the front-wheel-drive version's 4529 pounds for a absolute of 4640 pounds. The front-drive Flex will be rated at 17 mpg city-limits and 24 highway, the all-wheel-drive adaptation at 16 mpg city-limits and 22 highway.

The Flex appraisement starts at the SE trim akin of $28,895, with the mid-level SEL archetypal at $32,970 and the Limited archetypal at $35,405, in FWD or AWD, in six- or seven-seater autogenous configurations. The amount for the all-wheel-drive option, accessible on SEL and Limited models only, is $1850.
Standard accessories on all models includes Roll Stability Control, absorption control, all the accustomed ability assists, about-face sensing, rear air-conditioning, 18-inch auto and tires, Ford’s cap-less fueling system, and fog lamps. Both 19-inch and 20-inch tires and auto are optional, the closing ascent monster P255/45R20 H-rated tires that accomplish it attending absolutely cool. Any Flex can be ordered with a white roof, a argent roof, or a body-color roof.

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