Wednesday, September 16, 2009

"Charged" VW Polo will receive the 200-strong motor

Volkswagen Polo

Company Volkswagen has started tests for a Nurnburgring of the "charged" version of hatchback Polo GTI which will appear at the European dealers in the spring of next year.

The car will receive aggressive design of a body with new the spoilers increased by air intakes and other radiator enclosure and will be equipped with the 1,4-litre petrol motor with double forced aspiration (a turbocharger and the compressor) which capacity will make about 200HP.

The head of department of working out of concern also has informed that company VW intends to expand scale of versions of model Polo at the expense of the off-road version which will receive name CrossPolo, a universal and a cabriolet. As he said, the final decision about release of similar cars for the present is not accepted. It is expected that the motor-car manufacturer will inform on what of these versions will go to a series, within the next several months.

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Audi develops four-door coupe R7

Audi R7

Autocompany Audi develops magnificent four-door coupe R7 which will make competition Porsche Panamera. Serial version of the future novelty will receive magnificent furnish, an all wheel drive, the powerful ten-cylinder engine and a gear box with double clutch.

Audi R7

Sales of coupe Audi R7, possibly, start not earlier than 2011, and the official premiere of the car should take place within 2010.

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Very limited series of supercar Trevita

Koenigsegg

The Swedish autocompany Koenigsegg has presented the new supercar Trevita.

Trevita is the limited release of model Koenigsegg CCXR with a body from exclusive carbon plastic with diamond processing.

New unique method of manufacture of a carbon fibre named The Koenigsegg Proprietary Diamond Weave. On each fibre put a diamond covering.

The car will receive doubled a spoiler, an exhaust system from a special alloy inconell, ceramic brakes (from ABS), safety pillows, underwheel switches of drives, information-entertaining system and system of monitoring of tyres.

In total will assemble three cars Trevita.

Dolce Vita for Frenchwomen

Dolce Vita

Company Renault has exhausted the special version of hatchback Twingo under name Dolce Vita.

The car addressed to women, equip with two engines — 1,2-litre "four" capacity of 75HP and diesel dCi 65. The novelty differs special appearance and interior registration.

Door handles, B-pillar and partially front bumper were made golden, by wheel disks — black, and lateral mirrors and wells of fog lights — black. In an interior there was a set of the chromeplated elements, and also a new audiosystem with an USB-input and Bluetooth, a driver's seat adjusted on height and adjustable rear seats.

The car will sell exclusively in France, at the price from 11,75 thousand euro.

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Official premiere McLaren MP4-12C

McLaren

Company McLaren Automotive has officially presented the road supercar MP4-12C which earlier known under code designation P11 and is the first car of firm since legendary F1.

The car name consists of several parts: index MP4 designates chassis by "Formula-1" of a McLaren team, since 1981; figure 12 — the internal rating of the company showing a parity of parametres own superpenalty with competitors; letter C — designates that in a model design carbon is applied. On it informs the British edition Car.

McLaren MP4-12C has received the carbon chassis to which aluminium and special plastic body panels fasten. In a motor compartment of a novelty the eight-cylinder 3,8-litre engine with a corner of a camber of cylinders of 90 degrees and two turbines is established. Its capacity makes about 600HP, and the maximum twisting moment is equal 595Nm (80 which percent well already about 2000 rpm).

McLaren supercar

The motor begins to be aggregated with seven-step robotised transmission Graziano with two "wet" clutches and possibility of a choice of drives underwheel petals. According to preliminary data, with 0 to 100 km/h supercar McLaren will be dispersed approximately for 3 seconds. The maximum speed of the car will make 320 km/h.

Besides, the novelty has received an active rear spoiler which can act in a role of an air brake, the adjustable absorbers supervised by electronics, a full set of modern systems of active and passive safety, carbon-ceramic brake plates (will be offered as an option), wheel disks specially developed for the supercar with tyre covers Pirelli and doors opening upwards in style of cars Lamborghini.

Supercar McLaren

Also driver McLaren MP4-12C can choose one of three modes of behaviour of the car, each of which in a complex changes reaction to pressing of a pedal of gas, sensitivity of a steering, adjustment of system of stabilisation, speed of a gear shift and ruggedness of a suspender.

On sale supercar McLaren MP4-12C which is planned to exhaust in the limited circulation in one thousand copies, will appear not earlier than 2011. The car will arrive on the markets of the USA, Great Britain, Germany, Europe, and also the Near East. In Great Britain car cost will make about 160,000 pounds sterling, and the novelty with Ferrari 458 Italia, Lamborghini Gallardo and Aston Martin DB9 will compete.

Formula-1 McLaren

Let's notice that company McLaren Automotive plans also include working out of two more models. One them them will make competition Porsche, and another will compete with BMW Z4 and Nissan 370Z.

Interior McLaren

Photo by: carmagazine.co.uk

Company SEAT has filled up family Ecomotive with new versions

SEAT Ecomotive Leon

The Spanish autocompany SEAT will present on the Frankfurt motor show new versions Ecomotive of models Leon, Altea and Altea XL Kombi.

Novelties will fill up family Ecomotive, into which models Ibiza (blowout CO2 — 98 g/km) and Alhambra (159 g/km) enter. Capacity of 77 kw/105HP have equipped 1,6-litre engine Common-Rail TDI with the filter. As a result blowout СО2 at Leon managed to be lowered to 99 g/km, at Altea/Altea XL — to 119/km.

Buyers of such cars will get tax advantages in many European countries. For example, in Spain from them will not levy the tax to car registration.

Altea consumes in the commixed cycle of fuel of 4,5L on 100 km, and Leon Ecomotive — 3,8L.

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BMW Z4

BMW Z4

Presented on the Motor show in Detroit 2009 model BMW Z4 will replace with itself BMW Z4 Roadster and BMW Z4 Coupe.

New BMW Z4 it is allocated by a long cowl, the big wheel arches. It distinguish unique appearance with a flat front part, an effective humeral line and a wide rear. The cowl coming on side panels, black windscreen pillars, a planimetric roof and tail lights with innovative light engineering place characteristic accents.

By the time of an exit on the market new BMW Z4 on a choice three six-cylinder engines will be offered. Their capacity will make from 204HP to 306HP. All variants have the best parity of indicators of dispersal and fuel consumption in a corresponding segment. Serial use of measures BMW EfficientDynamics depending on model provides use of system of travel adjustment of valves VALVETRONIC, direct injection High Precision Injection, steering of auxiliary units as required, the oil pump with electronic resetting, the indicator of the moments of a gear shift, the aluminium cylinder block, optimised aerodynamics, the intellectual facilitated designs. All variants of engines correspond to requirements of the standard "Euro-5".

Cabriolet BMW Z4

Interior BMW Z4

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