Monday, December 29, 2008
Jaguar XF Sporting Luxury
Jaguar XF 2, originally uploaded by Marc Voyageur.
The Jaguar XF is a mid-size luxury sedan sports car made by Jaguar Cars. It was launched in the UK in 2008 and replaced the S-Type range of the company. The production version of the XF made its debut at the Frankfurt Motor Show in 2007, [1], and customer deliveries began in March 2008. In January 2008, the XF has received the prestigious What Car? Car of the Year award, and to remove the prize in the category of car steering. The XF was also awarded Car of the Year 2008, What Diesel? magazine.
The XF was developed at Jaguar's Whitley design and development HQ in Coventry, UK and is built in Castle Bromwich, Birmingham, UK.
The Jaguar XF fuses sports car styling and performance with the refinement, features and space of a luxury saloon. XF embodies the Jaguar philosophy of creating beautiful, fast cars and defines a new driving experience: Sporting Luxury. [via] [via]
2008 Infiniti G37 Coupe
2008 Infiniti G37 Coupe Journey 2dr Coupe (3.7L 6cyl 5A) MSRP of Test Vehicle: $37,300
The Infiniti G37 Coupe's refined platform and chassis includes an available advanced 4-Wheel Active Steer (4WAS) system, while braking and handling is targeted to be among the best in the luxury sport coupe class. The discs are 13 inches in diameter all around.
The Infiniti G35 coupe, was in desperate need of becoming bigger or better. With a 293-horsepower, 3.5-liter V-6, a stout front-mid (FM) platform, and sheetmetal so arousing you can throw away the Viagra, the G35 coupe wasn't only a standout player in its segment but also a huge hit for Infiniti. In fact, since it arrived for the 2003 model year, the G coupe has averaged annual sales of nearly 26,000, numbers that account for nearly 40 percent of all G sales. And with just over 20,000 sold in 2006, Infiniti moved more G coupes than BMW did 3 Series coupes (slightly under 15,000, not including convertibles).
Infiniti G37 Coupe New Cars
Infiniti G37 Coupe Luxury Cars
The Infiniti G37 Coupe's refined platform and chassis includes an available advanced 4-Wheel Active Steer (4WAS) system, while braking and handling is targeted to be among the best in the luxury sport coupe class. The discs are 13 inches in diameter all around.
The Infiniti G35 coupe, was in desperate need of becoming bigger or better. With a 293-horsepower, 3.5-liter V-6, a stout front-mid (FM) platform, and sheetmetal so arousing you can throw away the Viagra, the G35 coupe wasn't only a standout player in its segment but also a huge hit for Infiniti. In fact, since it arrived for the 2003 model year, the G coupe has averaged annual sales of nearly 26,000, numbers that account for nearly 40 percent of all G sales. And with just over 20,000 sold in 2006, Infiniti moved more G coupes than BMW did 3 Series coupes (slightly under 15,000, not including convertibles).
Infiniti G37 Coupe New Cars
Infiniti G37 Coupe Luxury Cars
Friday, December 26, 2008
2009 Hyundai Genesis Sedan
2009 Hyundai Genesis Sedan, originally uploaded by Allen Qu.
Hyundai Genesis Sedan Performas :
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4,627 cc 4.6 liters V 8 front engine with 92.0 mm bore, 87.0 mm stroke, 10.4 compression ratio, double overhead cam, variable valve timing/camshaft and four valves per cylinder Tau
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Premium unleaded fuel 91
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Multi-point injection fuel system
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20.3 gallon main premium unleaded fuel tank 16.9
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Power: 280 kW , 375 HP SAE @ 6,500 rpm; 333 ft lb , 451 Nm @ 3,500 rpm
Thursday, December 25, 2008
2008 Cadillac CTS
2008 Cadillac CTS, originally uploaded by labadieauto.
The 2008 Cadillac CTS offers sporting performance and unique styling. Its cabin tech options include navigation that warns you about traffic and a premium audio system with the most intelligent digital music options we've seen.
Cadillac CTS Sedan Luxury Cars
One bit of news we passed over on the way out the door of COBO Hall on Tuesday was the winners of this year's EyesOn Design Awards at the 2008 Detroit Auto Show. There are four awards given away each year, including Best Concept and Production Car and Best Concept and Production Truck. Cadillac sweeped the car side of things with the CTS-V being honored as Best Production Car and the CTS Coupe Concept named as the Best Concept Car. The BMW X6, meanwhile, was named Best Production Truck and the Chrysler ecoVoyager Concept nabbed the Best Concept Truck award.
Cadillac CTS Sedan Luxury Cars
One bit of news we passed over on the way out the door of COBO Hall on Tuesday was the winners of this year's EyesOn Design Awards at the 2008 Detroit Auto Show. There are four awards given away each year, including Best Concept and Production Car and Best Concept and Production Truck. Cadillac sweeped the car side of things with the CTS-V being honored as Best Production Car and the CTS Coupe Concept named as the Best Concept Car. The BMW X6, meanwhile, was named Best Production Truck and the Chrysler ecoVoyager Concept nabbed the Best Concept Truck award.
Bentley Arnage Final Series
In Crewe, England, Bentley Motors produced Bentley Arnage. The Bentley Arnage Final Series is a luxury new cars. The Arnage and Rolls-Royce brand-sibling, the Silver Seraph, were introduced in spring 1998 and were the first entirely new designs for both brands since 1980.
Another break with the past is under the hood for decades at home even 6.75 L V8, an engine that could trace its roots back to the 1950s. The new Arnage would be powered by a BMW V8, with Cosworth-engineered dual turbo installation, and Seraph was to employ a BMW V12.
The Arnage is over 5 meters (200 inches) long, 1.9 meters (75 inches) wide and has a curb weight of more than 2.5 metric tons. For a brief period, it was the most powerful and fastest four-door sedan on the market.
In September 2008, Bentley announced that the production model will cease in 2009
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Another break with the past is under the hood for decades at home even 6.75 L V8, an engine that could trace its roots back to the 1950s. The new Arnage would be powered by a BMW V8, with Cosworth-engineered dual turbo installation, and Seraph was to employ a BMW V12.
The Arnage is over 5 meters (200 inches) long, 1.9 meters (75 inches) wide and has a curb weight of more than 2.5 metric tons. For a brief period, it was the most powerful and fastest four-door sedan on the market.
In September 2008, Bentley announced that the production model will cease in 2009
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2008 Audi A4 Special Edition
2008 Audi A4 Special Edition
Oliver Jarvis in the Audi A4 Sports Cars Team Phoenix Best Buddies Audi A4 DTM 2007 @ DTM @ Brands Hatch 2008
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BMW Concept X6 ActiveHybrid
The close and direct link of concepts combining the new Sports Activity Coupe with innovative BMW ActiveHybrid technology ensures an authentic match of design and technology in every respect. The potential of BMW’s ActiveHybrid system develops its optimum effect in the unique concept of the Sports Activity Coupe,” said press materials.
What makes it tick? In short, it’s another hybrid vehicle: this X6 has General Motors and the artist formerly known as DaimlerChrysler coursing through its veins, which isn’t a bad thing. The automakers combined their hybrid efforts to develop the system G.M. calls its Two-Mode hybrid, bringing a new approach in piston-engine/electric-motor combinations into the market. Driving this Concept X6 is a gasoline V-8, a battery and a BMW-tweaked version of the two-mode hybrid system that G.M. has rolled out for its big S.U.V.’s (and Chrysler did, too, but only for an eye-blink).
How much, how soon? The X6 starts at $53,000. This X6 would cost more. For consumers, there could be a thick line between going green and having green
2010 Ford Mustang
What makes it tick? For the GT, a thirsty 315-horsepower 4.6-liter V-8 that was previously the uprated engine in the souped-up Bullitt special edition. For maximum power and torque, this V-8 slurps premium unleaded at the rate of a gallon every 16 miles in city driving (23 m.p.g. highway). A thriftier alternative is the base Mustang V-6, with 210 horsepower and 17/23 economy on regular unleaded.
What they didn’t say: A faster, louder Mustang may not be exactly the most politically correct new product to introduce, considering the auto industry’s troubles, but it is nevertheless one of Ford’s two core products (along with the new, more-of-everything F-150 pickup, also due out soon). Redesigning the Mustang now also brings it current with the Dodge Challenger and the at-last-to-be-introduced Chevrolet Camaro.
As sales of the popular current model, essentially unchanged since its 2005 introduction, wind down expect the new Mustang to make its appearance in early spring 2009. Prices will hew pretty close to the current range of $20,000-$30,000 for the coupes. A convertible versionh should cost $4,000-$5,000 more.
Volkswagen Red Bull Touareg TDI Trophy Truck
Is it real? It is, if you’re racing in the Baja 1000. This purpose-built Touareg with a VW clean diesel was designed for gravel roads. Its spare tires block out any rear view, but it’s set to take 40-foot jumps and land on its feet.
What makes it tick?
The production Touareg uses a V-6, 3-liter clean diesel producing 221 horsepower and 407 pound-feet of torque.
For the off-road version, a modified 5.5-liter V-12 TDI clean diesel generates 550 horsepower and 625 pound-feet of torque. Sponsored by Red Bull, the vehicle looked so crazed I wondered if executives might have dropped a few cans of the caffeinated stuff into with the fuel.
The production Touareg uses a V-6, 3-liter clean diesel producing 221 horsepower and 407 pound-feet of torque.
For the off-road version, a modified 5.5-liter V-12 TDI clean diesel generates 550 horsepower and 625 pound-feet of torque. Sponsored by Red Bull, the vehicle looked so crazed I wondered if executives might have dropped a few cans of the caffeinated stuff into with the fuel.
2009 Nissan 370Z
Yes, it’s a sixth-generation redesign, with two models for the taking, the Z and the Z Touring
What they said: The Z-car is the “greatest performance value in the world,” said Al Castignetti, vice president and general manager of the Nissan division. But the “most powerful Z ever” hype was followed (all too closely) by, “In these trying times, we see a need to return to our roots,” with a pitch for the 34-mile-a-gallon, $9,990 Versa.
Starting at $29,930, with the coupe on sale in January and a roadster in the 2010 model year.
2009 Ferrari California Spyder
Yup, if unobtainable. It’s not simply an existing model given a special-edition name — this is an all-new model joining the Ferrari lineup — although it does borrow nomenclature from the ’60s California Spyder..
How’s it look? While this economy may leave many of us driving 200,000-mile beaters, at least we’ll enjoy the view of this stunning convertible-only specimen as it blasts by.
What makes it tick: A new direct-injection V-8 that’s mounted in mid-front position — a Ferrari first. The engine makes 460 horsepower, blasting the car from zero-to-60 in less than 4 seconds.
2009 Porsche Boxster and Cayman
Is it real? Well, Jerry Seinfeld was in the audience at the reveal. And he wouldn’t come to a show about nothing.
What they said: Porsche pulled the wraps off the two cars in Los Angeles because it is “by far the city with the highest population of Boxsters and Caymans,” said Detlev von Platen, president and chief executive of Porsche Cars North America.
What they didn’t say: No date was mentioned for introduction of hybrid models that are expected to arrive. Porsche doesn’t really see the point at this time, since it can accomplish its fuel-efficiency goals by tuning the existing engines.
What they said: Porsche pulled the wraps off the two cars in Los Angeles because it is “by far the city with the highest population of Boxsters and Caymans,” said Detlev von Platen, president and chief executive of Porsche Cars North America.
What they didn’t say: No date was mentioned for introduction of hybrid models that are expected to arrive. Porsche doesn’t really see the point at this time, since it can accomplish its fuel-efficiency goals by tuning the existing engines.
New boxer engines are the headliners; there’s the base 2.9-liter (it makes 255 horsepower in the Boxster and 265 in the Cayman) and a 3.4-liter with direct fuel injection for the S models (310 horses in the Boxster, 320 in the Cayman). Borrowed from the motor sports world is Porsche-Doppelkupplungsgetriebe — you can wimp-out and call it PDK; even the Porsche people do — an optional twin-clutch system that made its production debut in the 2009 911 series.
Leopard 6 Liter Roadster,
Leopard 6 Litre Roadster is a classical sport-style luxury car designed by Polish designer Zbysław Szwaj. The car is produced by Swedish company Leopard Automobile AB in the Polish city of Mielec. Szwaj is the company cofounder and also the designer of the Gepard car. The company headquarters is situated in Trelleborg (Sweden).
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2 Technical Data
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4 Interesting facts
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2 Technical Data
3 Launch
4 Interesting facts
5 External links
6 References
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MERCURY MARINER
It begins with contemporary, flowing lines. The prominent grille, side repeater lamps, headlamps and taillamps plus distinctive rear bumper give Mariner a confident stance. Attractive and functional roof rack side rails are available; standard on Mariner Premier I4 and Mariner Premier V6 models and available on Mariner Hybrid, the roof rack side rails feature satin-aluminum inserts and black crossbars.
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