Ferrari 458 Italy, an authentic thoroughbred

Ferrari's new toy has everything, I design, potency and the incorporation of the most advanced technologies in his construction. It comes to substitute the mythical one F430 and it is going to do it leaving the pavilion of the mark in the highest thing. It is sure that for our world bichampion, Fernando Alonso, it would not be important that his chiefs were giving him one.

Ferrari 458 Italy is a supersports one of rear haulage and engine of 8 cylinders in V with 4.500 c.c. of displacement in rear central position. The above mentioned propellent produces 578 CV of pure potency, with him, overcomes 325 km / h of speed top and raisin of stopped 100 km / h in less than 3,4 seconds. His excellent stability and his elegant suspensions do that it flies to soil evenness. The engineers of the Italian mark have achieved that his acceleration to wing gone out of curve is 32 % minor than that of his predecessor.

More I chatter and breadth that the F430, his height nevertheless is minor, it consumes 13,7 liters, one codes more than reasonable for so much horse. His chassis is made of aluminum and his pieces are joined by means of resins exposídicas and not with weldings.

Designed by Pininfarina, 458 Italy, it presents esthetics aggressive and very sharp, similar to that of Enzo, The front optical groups are lengthened and the round bottoms, they all include the technology LED and have exits to favor the airflow. In his rear he emphasizes the triple central exit of gases and a spectacular diffuser with which it obtains 140 kg aerodynamic support when it circulates at speeds superior to 200 km / h.

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Ferrari 458 Italy moves on a few 20 inches rims with tires 235/35 ahead and 295/35 behind. His enormous disc brakes are capable of stopping his 1.380 kilograms in only 32,5 meters when he travels at a 100 km speed / h.

In his interior sportsmanship and luxury is breathed to equal parts. Flying multifunctionality lodges all kinds of control panel (flashing signals, lights, windshield …), after him, emphasizes the enormous central clock that indicates us the speed that Ferrari takes. There arranges of technology Bluetooth, Navigator, an exclusive multimedia system with central screen TFT, in addition to, rear camera for the help to the parking.

His price is about 200.000 euros.

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Granite, the compact one of the future as GMC

General Motors has presented in recently celebrated Motive Show of Detroit what, according to them, will be the compact one of the future. With very American esthetics that combines the urban thing and the industrial thing, the GMC Granite, young man is directed to a public that bets for the functionality and who needs a vehicle with load capacity.

Although it is not excessively long for what it is habitual for those grounds, the Granite has been designed by a very big and flexible cockpit, which allows him to adapt itself easily to the needs of any consumer. Following the line of the last creations of GMC, this new concept combines capacity, materials of high quality, finished of authentic luxury and the last thing in technology. His exterior of marked industrial tendency, it gets together to the perfection with a wide interior and a very precise mechanics, which they do of the Granite an extremely versatile vehicle.

The engine that General Motors has arranged for this prototype is a 1.4 liters turbocharger that belongs to the new family of small propellents with four cylinders that the North American mark has just developed. Connected there goes to him an efficient change of six relations of double clutch that helps to increase the yield of the propellent and provides a major gentleness in his handling.

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The entire length of this concept belongs to some more than contained 4,1 meters, with a distance between 2,6 meters axes. His size gives him an exceptional maneuverability, even circulating along streets of few width. If we add to this scarce length a 1,7 meters entire breadth and a height of 1,5, we obtain a vehicle, which in spite of his esthetics, moves away from the traditional American style and design.

The idea of General Motors is to plant face on the market to models like Kia Soul or Nissan Cube, for it he has designed this prototype that is provided with inverted doors opening and lacks central prop, what facilitates the access to the vehicle both of his occupants and of the load.

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New Audi R8 Spyder

Audi keeps on betting for making the really only cars, if recently we were presenting to you his compact one A1, the spectacular electrical concept E-Tron, or the renewal of his flagship the A8, now we you bring to this blog of the engine his new convertible, the R8 Spyder, a car of daydream that unfortunately is within reach of very few.

The mark of the hoops has just delivered the first units of his spectacular model, at a price that is about 157.000 euros. Presented in several lounges of the motorcar, the open version of the R8 has caused sensation between the assistants, and it is not for less, since Audi proposes to us to fly over 300 km / h with the sky as roof on board of one of the sports most sophisticated and most powerful of the market.

His propellent is provided with 10 cylinders arranged in V and has a 5,2 liters displacement, it is fed by means of direct injection and is capable of generating up to 525 horsepowers with a much raised turning moment of 530 Nm. His scarce weight and his low height do of the Audi R8 Spyder an authentic missile that demolishes clinging to the soil without offering a big resistance to the wind.

Connected there goes to the engine a manual change of six relations, perfect to feel how the engine is delivering progressively all his horses, or there fits the possibility of mounting the automatic one also of six speeds. Quattro proper of the mark has the integral haulage, and a powerful system of braking entrusted to stop the racing car without any difficulty.

Thanks to this set the R8 Spyder, a two-seater cigar, top is capable of reaching 313 km / h of speed, going on of stopped to 100 km / h in only four seconds.

The roof made of canvas, weighs 30 kilograms and it is capable of being opened and of closing in only 19 seconds. Once gathered, it is located in a space completely covered on the vain one of the engine, of this form, the esthetics of the R8 Spyder does not break, preserving these lines that more impactantes of last times have turned into one of the convertible.

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The scale SEAT, rewarded in Europe

SEAT is one of the marks that has begun the year 2010 of more active form, publicity, events and different awards like that demonstrate it. In this blog dedicated to the engine we do to ourselves echo of the last achievements obtained by several models of the Spanish signature in the European continent.

The models Exeo and Ibiza Cupra have received recently prestigious awards that confirm the success that these Spanish motorcars are having on different European markets, simultaneously that they reward, the design, the personality and the sports spirit that SEAT prints on all his creations.

The SEAT Ibiza Cupra has been chosen “Sports of the Year” in Portugal for the members who have composed the jury of the “Car of the Year – Flying Trophy of Crystal”. It is not the first time that the Ibiza obtains an award in the nearby country, already in 2009 it was done by that of “Small car of the Year”, now his most sports new version obtains it again after overcoming several rivals. The Ibiza Cupra mounts a propellent 1.4 TSI capable of delivering 180 CV of potency governed by a change DSG of seven relations.

For his part, the SEAT Exeo has begun the year 2010 also in good form, after being chosen by the specializing magazine Tuulilasi like Car of the Year 2010 in Finland. The award got for the magazine of major throw in that country demonstrates the good reception that is having the most comfortable and elegant berlin of the Spanish mark from his throwing.

The editors of the magazine placed the Spanish model first of all with six advantage points on the classified second and third one, two hard rivals, who were not different that the Mercedes Class And and the Volkswagen Pole.

Of excellent this news can qualify for the Spanish mark, since to overcome in a voting out of our country models of marks so confirmed like Mercedes or Volkswagen supposes a big success and an assertion of which they are right in the things.

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New Volkswagen Passat Bluemotion

Volkswagen keeps on betting for cleaner and cleaner, efficient and thrifty vehicles. The German mark throws to the Spanish market his most ecological berlin, the Passat Bluemotion, with a consumption approved in mixed circuit of only 4,4 liters by every 100 covered kilometers.

The comfortable Volkswagen berlin turns this way into the most efficient of his segment, since to the limited obtained consumption a level of pollutant emission is necessary to join him especially down for a car of his dimensions. Passat Bluemotion, in addition to not coming to 4,5 liters of average in fuel consumption, expresses only 114 grams of CO2 per covered kilometer. The Volkswagen engineers have introduced in his design different aerodynamic progress and in his mechanics they have applied the last advances in ecological technology, the set allows to this big berlin to cover almost 1.600 kilometers without having to refuel.

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You code really spectacular all of them for a car of his dimensions and weight. His secret, he hides under the hood, a propellent turbocharger diésel from injection, with four cylinders and capably of delivering up to 105 CV of potency, which is equipped with the technology Common Rail and which allows the Passat to reach a 193 km maximum speed / h more than sufficient to move with ease for a few highways which authorized maximum speed is 120 km / h.

Volkswagen has introduced in his berlin a system of recommendation of change, of march, which helps the driver to obtain these spectacular numbers of consumptions and emission. Following the indications of this device, we will have always put the relation that optimizes the number of returns of the engine so that this one is employed at the best possible conditions. Also, it mounts tires of low resistance to the rolling and the system Stop and Start with recovery of energy of braking.

New Passat Bluemotion is already to the sale for 25.830 euros.

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Innovations for the BMW X5

BMW renews his todocamino of high scale with light esthetic finishing touches, more equipment and a new scale of engines that improve his behavior in highway and take care more of the pocket of his owner.

On the outside we will distinguish him for his new paragolpes, optical groups and rear pilots. BMW offers his X5 in versions of five and seven squares, the above mentioned will have a third seats line completely escamoteable. The new model grows only 3 mm along (4,857 meters) and 10 mm high (1,776 meters), supporting his width in some more than respectable 1,993 meters. His porter is provided with a capacity of load equivalent to 200 liters if it mounts three seats lines, 620 liters if the car is formed for five squares and up to 1.750 liters if we knock down two rear seats lines.

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The new scale of engines is composed by two versions of gasoline of 408 and 306 CV, named xDrive50i and xDrive35i, with 4,4 liters displacements and 3 liters respectively; and another two diésel, both of 3 liters, with 245 and 306 CV, calls xDrive30d and xDrive40d respectively. All the propellents have associated an automatic change of eight relations with converter of hydraulic pair. Also, BMW includes in his new ones X5 the system EfficientDynamics that reduces the numbers of consumption thanks to a few tires of low rolling, aerodynamic progress and an ideal relation of marches.

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The new one X5 is provided with the widest quantity of optional elements with which to obtain an entire personalización of the vehicle. The list includes different elements of safety of last generation like active speed programmer, it is alert of involuntary change of rail or an automatic device to change the lights of long to fellings. As for the comfort, we can include an independent air-conditioner for four areas, seats with heating and ventilation, rear large door with electrical opening and closing or a team of multimedia entertainment for the rear squares.

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New Toyota Auris 2010

Toyota only has waited three years to renew the image of his compact Auris and to support thus the competition in one of the hardest segments, but also to try to attract a public younger who saw in the Japanese car a too serious model.

The esthetic changes center on a few new optical groups, paragolpes forward with a more marked retake of air, re-designed hood and frontal broiler lightly retouched. The flashing signals now integrate into the rear-view mirrors, the rims can be 16 ó 17 inches with new design and the rear is provided with optical piece of news, paragolpes and embellecedores. New Auris de Toyota has grown 25 millimeters, but so much his distance between axes as the capacity of his porter (350 liters) they remain unaltered.

Inside the Auris, Toyota, includes a new one flying multifunctionality, incorporates new lighting into the clocks picture, improves the quality of the materials of the dashboard and puts at his disposal a new hangings game.

At the moment the family Auris is provided with four motorizaciones until in the middle of year there should come such an awaited hybrid to complete the family. The moved ones by gasoline are the only ones that they enjoy the system Stop-start. The 1.33 with 99 CV, has a 5,9 liters authorized average consumption every 100 kilometers for his part, the 1.6 is provided with the system Valvematric and 132 produces CV, with a 6,3 liters consumption. The diésel take as a basic option 1.4 D-4D of 90 CV that spends only 4,7 liters, while 2.0 of 126 CV consumes 5,2 liters every 100 kilometers.

The engines 1.6 of gasoline and 1.4 diésel they offer the possibility of associating a sequential change ConfortDrive of six relations governed by a game of levies placed in the frill as alternative with the manual change of series also with six speeds.

Other innovations are an improved power steering that offers a major handling facility, and a suspension lightly retouched to improve his dynamic conditions. His equipment is very finished and the possibility of finished is located in four: Live, Activates, Advance and the most sports TS.

As for prices the most basic gasoline model (1.33) part in 16.000 euros, the 1.6 with ConfortDrive costs 21.630 euros, while the diésel divide of 16.850 euros of 1.4 D-4D to 22.150 euros of the model 2.0 D-4D with the finished most finished.

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New Opel Corsa IV

Opel improves his small Corsa with new more powerful, less pollutant engines and more thifty persons, who accompany to a very effective chassis and a direction. The esthetic changes are minimal, this way they do not penalize the production expenses, let's not forget that Opel crosses one of the biggest crises of his history.

All the engines of gasoline of the new Corsican family spend of the order from 5 to 5,5 liters every 100 kilometers of average, what supposes a reduction of up to 13 % on the previous ones. Opel reckons to equip his second model most sold with the system Stop-start before ends of the same year, with what the consumptions might still go down a little more. What if they already incorporate from new Corsican IV sound a new system of management of the engine (models Twinport 1.2 and 1.4) that improves the distribution so much in the admission phase as in that of leakage, what increases the efficiency of the engine reducing his pollutant emission and improving the consumption.

Between Opel Corsa equipped with propellent diésel there stands out the ecoFLEX 1.3 CDTI, that it incorporates a turbo-compressor of variable geometry into the one that reaches the 95 potency CV with a spectacular consumption of only 3,7 liters to 100 kilometers and a few emission of CO2 of 98 ó 99 grams per kilometer depending if the bodywork is three or five doors.

The structural progress centers on the stabilizing bars, the wharves, the shock absorbers, the rear axis and the power steering. The version ecoFLEX is provided with a more sports chassis, with more progress in his rear axis and direction.

As for prices, Opel throws the rest, and offers a discount for 1.700 euros in all the versions cumulative to that of the Plan 200E or the Plan RenovOpel for those versions that do not expire with the requisites marked by the Government, with which the minimal discount with which it breaks is 2.860 euros in the final buy invoice.

The prices without reducing discounts but if with registration, transport and the Bluetooth they divide of 11.620 euros of the 1.0 of 65 CV up to the 23.040 of the OPC of 192 CV. The ecoFLEX 1.3 of 95 CV costs 15.470 euros and that of 130 CV with engine CDTI of 1.700 c.c. goes away to 17.870 euros.

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On what does the insurance of the car depend

As in everything, the price that you have to pay for a service depends on several factors. In case of the car insurance it could not be different. From this engine blog we have wondered on what the insurance of the car depends.

The first thing that you have that knowledge is the relative thing to the price, which is always what more worries us. In the price that is paid for the insurance of the car, several factors depend:

- Age. All that less years have, more expensive is the insurance of the car. The insurers base on the statisticians, who say that the young people from 18 to 25 years has more traffic accidents.
- Sex. The women pay less for the insurance of the car that the men, on having been involved in a minor number of accidents, as there indicates the information that the insurance companies handle.
- Antiquity of the driver. The experience is a grade, that's why all the more years have of card less insurance pays, since they do more discounts to you.
- Area of habitual circulation: city or village. In this point they are fixed in a siniestralidad map. If you buy a car in a metropolis with a high accidents index, the insurance works out for you more expensive. That thing about to try to change the domicile place to a lost village, is not going to tipple.
- Potency of the vehicle. All the more horses have the car, more you are going to pay of insurance.
- Bonuses and/or penalizations. If you are a period of time and the company does not give part of accident be able to reward you with a reduction in the final price of the invoice of the insurance. On the contrary, if you give several continuous reports, they are going to penalize you and you are going to pay more.

Sometimes, to be able to save in the insurance of the car not always is to our scope, since they influence external factors that do that the final price is major or minor, and that at last, they give answer to asked formulated: on what does the insurance of the car depend.

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Principal Mazda engines for 2010

Inside the news that we might declare how interesting of beginning of the present year 2010, it is of showing the bodyworks availability in 4 and 5 doors, although it turns out to be probable for many that also a familiar variant appears, although this is not sure really.

Be as it is, the technological offerings will begin with the system ESP available for all the variants of series, what openly is quite positive news for those that they think of acquiring in October one of these flaming models.

The manufacturer Mazda, like not mentioning the model MX-5, yesterday sports outstanding figure that they have delivered any more than one satisfaction to many to the being relatively easy to obtain and to deliver a good performance shapes the value that is cancelled. This way the model in question has a finished face wash with changes that they affect principally to his front, which is much showier than the original.

For whom they should be missed of the wash of face of the aforesaid model, it will be enough to remind to them that it is a question of the excellent convertible which the Asian manufacturers have from his beginning, therefore hardly we might see it dying in a programmed abandonment.

In spite of everything, there are great the innovations that from beginning of the present year 2010 the Mazda mark has prepared to us, and is for this reason that many surprised more green initiatives, it shapes what competes, which seems to become absorbed frankly in a contest without equal for doing the most ecological car as soon as possible, what is good in every respect.

Without detriment to the newly aforesaid comment, it is necessary to think about any form that Mazda for the time being is playing at renewing his scale of big level of sales, namely the Mazda 3, the CX-7 that is tied up enough and the Mazda 2, who needs in an urgent way an update to confront the new face challenges for 2010, and for these reasons, it is not possible to do another thing any more that to be useful of the existing battle nowadays on the market of the cars to buy minor I boast.

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Delta Wing, special prototype for the IndyCar

Today we you bring to this blog dedicated to the engine an impressive prototype conceived to compete in the IndyCar of 2012. With the aspect of a fighter for combat, the Delta Wing, it has been presented recently in the Lounge of the Motorcar of Chicago.

The sports motoring has always been characterized for a step went further away as for design, services and technology in general. The designers and engineers prove his ideas in the competition then to apply them, if this is possible, to the street models. These cars, authentic rolling laboratories, always include the last innovations in a search for making them more rapid and insurances. This has provoked impressive evolutions, and that of the Delta Wing is one of the proposals most radical and advanced for the future of the single-seater of competition.

His main lines are: a completely aerodynamic design and a weight of the very limited set. At first sight there attracts attention the absence of ailerons and the design of the front, very sharp and narrow knob. His length is much major than that of the current cars in competition and his impressive rear in the shape of hang glider is finished off by a leeway similar to that of any plane.

Constructed almost in its entirety in carbon fibre with recycled polyethene, the weight of the set does not come to 500 kilograms. If to this we join a propellent of four cylinders with a two liters cylinder capacity, the Delta Wing is capable of reaching 385 km / h.

His spectacular forms are necessary to offer the minimal possible resistance to the wind. The front is lighter and it takes in, while in the rear it is where there settles the whole aerodynamic load of the car and provides stability to the vehicle, finally she is the manager of that this prototype circulates clinging to the soil and does not go out flying.

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Ford Focus will release platform

At the beginning of 2011 Ford reckons to initiate the commercialization of the new generation of the Focus. The idea of the American signature is to encompass his production, that is to say, that the Focus commercialized in the whole world share platform and a big number of elements. Thus the car will show a very similar design in the whole planet, with solutions shared on all the markets what will be translated in a cost saving and a major efficiency at the time of making it.

The new platform will be shared even by ten different models, including a sedan of four doors, which will form the base of the new generation of cars of the mark of the oval. The designed model joins the tastes of the American client and of the European, for it Ford's engineers have started a strategy named One Ford that optimizes to the maximum his products.

The strategy that is going to carry out the North American signature is possible thanks to the change that is experiencing the market in that part of the world, the American drivers already do not look for big vehicles, now they choose for more efficient, respectful models with the environment and with a more moderate consumption.

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The present changes in the new Focus we will find them both in his exterior and in his interior. He emphasizes an increase in the number of multimedia devices of last generation with included tactile screen. Some of his mechanical components also have been re-designed to provide to the car of a better dynamic behavior.

The propellents with which the new Focus will be equipped will be completely respectful with the environment, of low consumption with technology included EcoBoost and direct injection. Finally, in spite of being at present a modality as for behavior on the market, the new Focus will be provided with all the technological advances necessary to adapt it to the new requirements of the user of the future.

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A1; the new Audi bet

Audi already has prepared his new compact one destined for a dynamic and juvenile public. The A1 comes to compete with the Mini in a segment increasingly in heyday. His character is eminently urban but he does not resign the big displacements.

The A1 does not stop being an Audi and as such he stands out for the quality in his finished ones, his sports spirit and his comfort on board. The designers of the mark of the hoops allow to personalize multitude of details of the car, including the arch of the roof, with what we can compete for an A1 everything exclusive that let's want. The strong point in his equipment will be the multimedia entertainment system.

His esthetics remember that of a child coupé, they emphasize his big steps of wheel and the typical Audi broiler with four hoops. It will go on sale at two levels of basic equipment: Attraction and Ambition. If we add the bundle Style to any of them, we will enjoy in our Audi A1 of a high level of systems of entertainment, thanks to the MIMI Navigation bonus, a head office mediática that includes desplegable monitor, bundle Connectivity for the navigation and I equip of sound signed by the prestigious mark Bose with Sorround Sound System and a 465 watts potency.

As for the way of promoting it, it will be possible to choose between four engines of four cylinders, two of gasoline TFSI with direct injection and two diesel TDI, with a status of potency that moves between the 86 and 122 CV. Of between all of them 1.6 TDI of 90 emphasizes CV capable of consuming only 3,8 liters every 100 kilometers and of expressing 99 grams of CO2 per covered kilometer.

All the motorizaciones of the A1 take of series a system of recovery of energy to the braking, and they all include the system of stop and self-starter. Of series they mount a system of stabilization ESP with electronic transverse blockade. As option, Audi allows to incorporate a transmission S Tronic, of double clutch and seven relations, into the possibility of handling it by means of a game of levies placed in the frill.

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SEAT Ibiza FR TDI; sports with heart diesel

The Spanish mark SEAT has put on sale the Ibiza more sports moved by a diesel engine. The child of the family receives a new propellent that places between urban diesel more powerful than the market. Also, do not consume very much and it is respectful with the environment, therefore SEAT has baptized him like the ECO-GTI.

The Ibiza FR TDI is the whole sports one moved by 143 potency CV that there consume only 4,6 liters every 100 kilometers and whose level of emission is located in 119 grams of CO2 per kilometer, what liberates him from paying registration tax. All this for less than 20.000 euros.

The secret of the new sports - urban one of SEAT is under his hood, the new motive block TDI CR, which has gone on to 2 liters of displacement, incorporates the technology “common rail” (the pressure of the injection is programmable) and a particles filter. The turbo-compressor is of variable geometry what the wished sobrealimentación assures and every moment and the intercooler that mounts (smaller and light) obtains the ideal admission temperature.

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Connected there goes to the engine a rapid and precise manual change of six relations that allows to extract the whole juice to the propellent. With this set the SEAT Ibiza FR TDI obtains a maximum pair of 320 Nm between 1.750 and 2.500 returns, a speed 210 km top / h and it is capable of spending from 0 to 100 km / h in something more about 8 seconds.

SEAT has achieved a very dynamic car thanks to an excellent share-out of weight (the battery has been displaced to the porter to achieve it), a few suspensions reduced in 15 mm with regard to his predecessors and to the electronic autoblocante DXS that mount of series all his versions.

His series equipment is very high. Of him we will stand out: the control of stability, of haulage with assistant of braking, witness of loss of pressure in the tires, airbags of last generation, speed control of cruise, rims of alloy, optical groups of double parable, column of adjustable direction in height and depth, this way up to completing a practically endless list thanks to the new politics of SEAT to equip his vehicles to the maximum.

New Ibiza FR TDI can be acquired by the version SC of three doors from 19.650 euros or by the bodywork of 5 doors from 19.900 euros. If we want to give even more personality to our vehicle we can include finished Bocanegra for the bodywork SC of three doors for 827 more euros.

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It chooses your conduction course

Given the interest of some of you in the courses of conduction, in this post we give you some information of interest that you will be fine very much at the time of choosing the one that more is convenient for you for price, characteristics or geographical situation.

School PTC:

It has his head office in the circuit A Pastoriza, in Lugo, this school offers courses of safety, of sports conduction, motorbikes. during the whole year from 230 euros.

I contact: www.circuitodeasturias.com

AAA:

The Real Motor Club of Spain has a long list of courses of conduction, which includes all kinds of possibilities: from improving, safety, emergencies, police officers, scooters, industrial vehicles … and this way up to a length etc. It is possible to improve in the conduction of tourisms, motorcycles, todoterrenos … and SUV. The courses can be for individuals or for companies, for disabled and even for foreigners. Distributed by all the national geography his prices set off from 175 euros. If you are a sure associate that they do discount to you.

I contact: www.race.es/seguridad_vial/formaci¾n_vial

RACC:

It offers courses of sure and efficient conduction, relies on with an itinerant school, which moves there where the client needs it to develop the course. His price, from 480 euros. Also it offers discounts for associates.

I contact: www.racc.es

Dog Padró:

In Barcelona, it offers different options: for inexpert drivers, sports conduction, improving, four for four, in adverse meteorological conditions … From 377 euros.

I contact: www.canpadro.com

Emilio de Villota:

The school of the pilot Emilio de Villota offers courses for new drivers who want to become strong of the managers of a car, others of improving and even of piloting. It is possible to give one of these courses with the offer I give 10. From 235 euros.

I contact: www.emotorsport.es

School of Conduction Luis Climent:

The courses are realized in the circuit of the Valencian Community. There is a big offer between which to choose: todoterrenos, tourisms and competition (go-carts, formulae, rallies …). From 195 euros.

I contact: www.escuelacircuitvalencia.com

School of Conduction TAC:

The most economic, his courses set off from 100 euros and develop in the circuit of Albacete. It gives courses for tourisms in four levels: conduction, master's degree, derrapaje and stage. Also there is hollow for the motorcyclists with courses of improving, piloting and todoterreno.

I contact: www.tac.es

I hope that it should have served to you as help and that you should enjoy them.

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Nissan Juke; beyond the common

The Nissan philosophy seems to have changed in the last times, now the Japanese signature wants desmarcarse of the competition offering different, more versatile models and whose aspect does not make anybody indifferent. It comes to this blog of the engine the Juke based on the concept Qazana, his appearance is foreseen on the market next autumn.

Made of England and of his fatherland, Japan, Nissan Juke offers robust esthetics, with a big free distance to the soil, a few spectacular rims and a few tires that attract attention for his width. His cockpit is decorated in very showy tones, offers multitude of hollows to keep objects and presents a versatility worthy of praise. His showy design and his personal sports air are directed to receive a public who flees of the conventional thing.

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His suppressed dimensions are: 4,135 meters long, 1,76 meters wide and almost 1,6 high one, with a distance between axes of 2,5 meters something more. He will have an entire or front haulage, very similar both to the proposals for the Qashqai. 4×4i the Juke will count the system All Mode for with a new development and it will provide to the vehicle of a major agility, limiting the subturn to the step along curve. Also, the Nissan engineers, have achieved that the weight share-out comes to the perfection with one 50/50 for axis, also, this one can be distributed now to the wheels of both sides of the later axis.

The scale ceiling will mount a propellent of 2.500 c.c. gasoline with direct injection and turbo-compressor, capable of delivering up to 190 potency CV. Also, the family Juke will count with another gasoline engine again development of 4 cylinders, 4 valves for cylinder and 117 potency CV, and a diesel engine that includes technology “common rail”, it has 1.500 c.c. and 110 offers potency CV.

Nissan reckons to equip him with hangings of leather, camera of rear vision, intelligent key and Dynamic Control System, which thanks to a central control and a screen integrated to the dashboard, allows to the driver to change several parameters of functioning of the vehicle.

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New engine for the high scale of Volvo

The Swedish mark extends his offer of propellents moved by gasoline in his higher scale of vehicles. The newly arrived person receives the denomination of 2.0 GTDi, and it is a question of an engine with 1.999 c.c. of cylinder capacity, overfed by a turbo-compressor, with system of direct injection of fuel and variable opening of the valves, which turns the models of Volvo that mount it in more efficient and ecological cars.

The models chosen in the beginning to incorporate this new propellent are: Volvo S80, V70 and XC60. He announces a maximum potency of 203 Cv to himself to 6.000 returns, with a turning moment of almost 300 available Nm between 1.750 and 4.000 revolutions per minute. Volvo has provided to his new engine with the well-known function as overboost that in short periods of time can increase the turning moment up to 320 Nm.

The engineers of the Swedish mark compare the yield of his engine of four cylinders 2.0 GTDi to that of a 2.5 liters engine and 5 cylinders. To him they can mate so much a manual change of six speeds, as the automatic one of double clutch Powershift also with six relations.

Following a clear market strategy, the Swedish signature will commercialize first this engine in those countries that are provided with a current legislation on motoring that 2.000 should gather a series of incentives for models with engines of minor cylinder capacity to c.c., thus the first places where they will have access to the same one will be Holland, China and Japan.

Let's do a revision on the services that the different Volvo models will have with the arrival of this new engine:

Volvo S80 will be capable of going on of stopped to 100 km / h in 7,9 seconds (8,5 if he has automatic change), with a 7,9 liters authorized average consumption in mixed circuit (8.3 liters the automatic one) and a few emission of 184 grams of CO2 for kilometer covered (193 with automatic change).

Volvo V70 will be capable of spending from 0 to 100 km / h in 8,3 seconds (8,9 if he has automatic change), with a 8,1 liters authorized average consumption in mixed circuit (8,4 liters the automatic one) and a few emission of 189 grams of CO2 for kilometer covered (195 with automatic change).

The Volvo XC60 will be capable of going on of stopped to 100 km / h in 9,6 seconds, only available with automatic change, with a 8,6 liters authorized average consumption in mixed circuit and a few emission of 199 grams of CO2 for covered kilometer.

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León Twin Drive; the SEAT hybrid

There has been celebrated recently in San Sebastian a meeting, of informal character, of the ministers of Competitiveness (Industry and Investigation) which principal interest point, for the world of the engine, has been the debate on the future of the electrical vehicle in Europe. The Spanish mark SEAT has taken part of active form in the event presenting his hybrid model Twin Drive, based on the León.

The palace donostiarra of the Kursaal has turned into a perfect shop window so that many of the top marks present his most ecological bets, under the attentive look of the different European delegations. The Spanish minister of Industry, Miguel Sebastián, was accompanied during his visit by the president of the ANFAC (National Association of Manufacturers of Motorcars and Trucks), Francisco Javier García Sanz, in turn president of the Council of Administration of SEAT and vice-president of the consortium Volkswagen.

The SEAT León Twin Drive presented by the president of the Spanish signature James Muir, is a hybrid vehicle, which according to the proper mark is the previous step towards a vehicle impelled only by electricity. The SEAT model combines the traditional propulsion by means of an explosion engine with the electricity company, which allows the use of the last one in urban trajectories and that of internal combustion for inter-city trajectories.

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The system Twin Drive allows an autonomy in 50 kilometers electrical way, with a maximum speed limited to 100 km / h, thanks to an electrical engine capable of delivering up to 47 CV of maximum potency fed by a few batteries of ión-lithium located in his rear axis. The SEAT hybrid is capable of reaching up to 195 km / h of speed top when the one that works is the combustion engine. The Spanish mark hopes to be able to commercialize a completely electrical version in the year 2014.

The future of the electrical cars, like the SEAT León Twin Drive, happens for obtaining a network of denser reload and for a decrease of the costs in key devices for this type of cars, as there are the batteries entrusted to provide the energy so that the vehicle rolls.

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Why does Ferrari of Alonso and Massa, fly?

Once presented and I dress as it evolves in the track, every time we have more information on what it does Ferrari different from his partners of World cup. The Italian racing team has presented a racing car with an aspect more traditional than the majority, without incorporating, her for my taste, horrifying fin of shark and centring more on the engine and on a very developed rear diffuser.

At the moment Ferrari F10 works perfectly, appears like a rapid car and especially trustworthy. As publishes the Italian sports newspaper Gazzetta dello Sport, this might owe to his novel inclination of the engine of eight cylinders arranged in V. Apparently Ferrari's engineers have modified the angle on which the engine and the gearbox are mounted in approximately 3,5 grades as regards the chassis.

This small modification allows to raise lightly the rear part of the single-seater improving significantly his aerodynamic yield. Also, the above mentioned elevation, it allows to increase the space available for the new diffuser of the F10, component in which Ferrari has used many working time and which waiting marks the differences with the rest of competitors.

Another evolution to which the Italian newspaper alludes in his interview with Aldo Costa, the technical director of the racing team, is the new system of leakage of the Formula 1, which has improved significantly his gas expulsion.

Yesterday, Alonso, was making to roll his single-seater for the Sherry track and it had the opportunity to verify how the F10 one handles on wet soil. The results were excellent, on having achieved the fourth best time behind cars that they had obtained his with the dry track. Yesterday Ferrari F10 released gearbox and suspensions, proving to be equal of trustworthy than in previous days. Fernando did not risk in the morning waiting for a day vespertina with more agreeable time, but it could not be, and kept on raining during the whole day by what the times could not be improved.

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Toyota FJ Cruiser; for any area

The Japanese manufacturer of motorcars Toyota has designed a vehicle to try to compete with the Hummer in its own area, the United States. For it it has overturned all his experience in todoterrenos and presents an attractive, powerful and different product. Although someone is seen by our highways the FJ Cruiser de Toyota it is thought for the American market.

With a very competitive price (24.180 dollars) FJ it is provided with a very attractive and juvenile design, his enormous vertical clearance to the soil, his high steps of wheel and the angles of his bodywork give us a very clear idea of why it has been constructed.

The propellent that there mounts the Toyota FJ Cruiser is a SFI of six cylinders arranged in V, four valves for cylinder, of 4.000 c.c., double camshaft in head (DOHC) and VVT-i. The 250 CV that it delivers, move without problem to the set, allowing him to roll about any area and granting a few good aptitudes to him for the climb. Toyota commercializes him with a manual transmission of six speeds or automation of five relations.

There exist three possibilities of haulage, one for every model of the family: automatic rear haulage in two wheels with differential that limits the displacement, entire haulage to four wheels perm (for the manual change) and entire haulage to four wheels partially for the model who has automatic change.

The FJ Cruiser is free with two bundles of finished, on the one hand the TRD with bodywork decorated in the exclusive color Iceberg, rims of 16 inches alloy, pneumatic special BF Goodrich and set of shock absorbers of high yield for difficult areas, and different is the bundle TT with bodywork decorated in a special color called "SandStorm" (included the roof), paragolpes, rear-view mirrors, frontal grill and manacles in black color, rims of alloy, active control of haulage and specific shock absorbers for climb signed by Bilstein.

The FJ of Toyota is the perfect vehicle to demonstrate your skills in any area, now well, he thinks that it is not created for lengths and comfortable travel round highway since s or deposit empties with supreme rapidity.

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The SEAT more familiar Ibiza

SEAT will release in summer his new familiar Ibiza. Based on the concept IBZ, the Ibiza ST will come to substitute to the familiar Cordova in the segment of the compact relatives. The Spanish mark begins the year loaded with innovations and good intentions, in this blog of the engine we will be revising each and everyone of his new models hoping that this should be his year.

New Ibiza ST grows up to 4,23 meters, what allows a major habitability and an increase in his load capacity. His porter is capable of lodging now 130 liters more than that of the normal Ibiza of five doors, with what it goes away up to 430 liters. Thanks to his new large door of vertical opening, to introduce the bundles in the car is now much easier and comfortable, also if we knock down the rear seats the load capacity increases greatly.

The ST therefore will be the perfect vehicle for those who need a car with space to travel in family loaded from baggage, or for that others that for his love (surfing, cycling, …) need a car with a good load capacity in a compact size.

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SEAT will put at his disposal the piece of news motorizaciones 1.2 TSI of 105 CV and the TDI CR of 75, to which it will be necessary to add four more engines with a potency status that there goes from the 75 to the 105 CV that will have the scale ceiling.

The Spanish mark reckons for three equipment levels for this new model: Reference, Style and Sport. Of series the Ibiza ST is counted with system of braking ABS, control of stability, system of control of haulage, assisted system of braking, help assistant to the starter in earrings, air conditioning, airbags, by witness of pressure of the tires, electrohidráulica power steering, radio Cd with reader MP3, anchoring Isofix in rear squares, suspension comfort … …

As more interesting option, that stands out of electronic XDS is able to be provided with the differential autoblocante in the engines which potency should place over the 100 CV.

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Nissan in 2009: cars for all the sectors

Nissan not only worried about preparing a calendar for the year 2009 that will be provided with sports versions and super sports, since also it is possible to observe how the urban, such models as Nissan Note, have a putting the day more than interesting, achieving a very attractive wash of face that does not make anybody indifferent.

Inside some of the changes that it is worth while mentioning on this matter, there is possessing an absolutely renewed hood and certain esthetic changes, although lighter enough than the hood, all this with the idea of supporting a young and competitive model on the world market. Thus we might mention also the suspension has been improved with the intention of supporting an interior comfort superior to the acquaintance in his original version.

Whenever the persons in charge of Nissan it has the idea of improving one of his cars, they look up to the most minimal details to do of them excellent exponents of the technology and the work dedicated who gather for many years, and really for this reason also it has tried to isolate itself or reduce all the noises that come on the part of the engine, for it one has been employed at the isolation of the boss, question that has managed in good form as the criticism.

From April it was possible to appreciate how the model Pixo provoked extraordinary comments, and the fact is that this small car of only 3.56 m, provides four squares and Suzuki Alto shares platform with the exaggerated good. This is undoubtedly one of the exponents most wanted by the persons in charge of put Nissan who to all lights is the model for all the markets.

Continuing with the review of the sports models for the year 2009, obviously that most waited for the average sector of the users is the Nissan 370Z, since the sports one of excellent front presents himself as an option more that accessible for a big part of those who have a good salary and one that another saving, this clear is if we compare it with the sports super version of the GT-R that costs much more than we might think it this one does.

Continuing with the innovations, there appears the model of replacement of the previous version known under the acronym of 350Z, and they do it of a simply extraordinary form, because in the tests that were done of the same one not only the experts indicated that to go to a perfect model for the highway and for the city, but also they praised of very good form the whole interior paragraph that had been mounted, due to the quality of the used materials and the perception that was generating non-using in excess materials of plastic type. It is of hoping that for the year 2010 it should be possible to be provided in the entire world with a version of this model, question that would come to break the schemes of those who still do not stop understanding how a car can exist so perfectly prepared like 370Z.

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Shakira; the big SEAT signing

Today in this blog dedicated to the engine we do a high place between so many cylinders, CV, engines, valves … and speak to you about something less technical. SEAT has recorded for this year the Colombian singing beauty Shakira to promote his new models. The agreement includes the esponsorización of the European tour of the star of pop.

The first result of this agreement will be an announcement that is provided with digital animation and that will be led by her along with the new SEAT models. The commercial, it has been rolled at the end of last year in Madrid and his final assembly has taken place in London, it is foreseen that begins to be expressed in March in the televisions with publicity.

The announcement is a trip to an animated and magic world, where the good of the life goes out to be re-shown thanks to the light that there express the lighthouses of the Seat Ibiza and Seat León Good Stuff. During the announcement we will be able to enjoy the rhythm and the voice of Shakira interpreting precisely his topic "Good Stuff" belonging to his new album “She Wolf“. The imaginary world is composed in turn by different thematic underworlds loaded with color and personages' full houses of fantasy.

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The Athletic department of marketing and communication of SEAT and the advertizing agency Internacional have been the managers of developing the creative idea and execution of the commercial, which shooting extended throughout two days. The postproduction of the same one ran to charge, during more than two months, of the prestigious British producer Superfad that was provided with the implication of the artist, who proved to be very interested in the different details of the creative process.

Shakira and SEAT already joined his ways in 2007, when the Spanish signature sponsored the European tour “Oral Fixion” that took the singer along the diverse European capitals with big success of criticism and publicly.

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SEAT wants that 2010 is his year

The Spanish mark wants that 2010 is his year and for it the exercise begins with a strategy based in giving more for the same money. SEAT reckons to throw new models and to improve the equipment of the already existing ones, without this supposing an increase in his price. In this blog dedicated to the engine we will give a revision for the principal innovations announced by the mark for this newly begun year.

The new SEAT weapon will be the Ibiza ST and FR diésel, the León Ecomotive and renewed Alhambra. For his part the models already in production of the Ibiza, León, Mallow and Alhambra incorporate a major series equipment in all his motorizaciones and finished without increase in the final price for the buyer.

Last year 2009 18 new variants joined to the scale SEAT between motorizaciones and bodyworks. The factory of Martorell hopes that this year also should be infested with innovations and progress, which do of his cars the most competitive products in one either of for themselves scolded market.

Let's revise in detail the introduced progress:

Ibiza

Now it includes of series, as finished: air conditioning (Ecomotive and Reference), disconnection airbag of the passenger (Ecomotive), Climatronic, dyed glazing and more sports suspension (Sport), and rear-view mirrows with position parking lot (Style, Sport and FR). Special new version Ibiza “Music“.

León

Finished Style, Sport, FR and Cupra incorporate now of series the sensor of rain, anti-glare interior mirror, automatic ignition of lights, connection Bluetooth, screen Dot Matrix and two additional loudspeakers. To finished Emotion adds a new special bundle called "Summer". The completion Reference for his part, includes now lighthouses fog with cornering function, exterior mirrors with heating, flying multifunctionality, speed control of cruise, port USB, radio CD/MP3 with six exits of sound and a few 16 inches new rims.

Alhambra

CV adds now the motorization diesel TDI of 140 to finished Reference Plus with seven seats and metallized painting of series. This year will be that of the renewal for this model and along the same one his new generation will present before herself.

Mallow

The completion Reference will be compared to that of the León, except flying multifunctionality in finished Emotion, what if they include there are the new folding rear-view mirrors electrically. Finished Style and Sport count a volumetric alarm. The bundle Summer also will be free in the Mallow Emotion.

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Innovations in the class E coupé of Mercedes

The mark of the star introduces innovations in his most sports models of the class E. The Coupé E release two new engines with direct injection of gasoline and diesel that they support a very suppressed emission level. In this blog of the engine we tell you something more about as Mercedes treats that all his models every time are more efficient and careful with the environment.

Two are the models that receive the engine Blue Efficiency, on the one hand the diesel E220 CDI Coupé with a propellent that delivers 170 CV of maximum potency, with which it obtains a few average consumptions in only 5,1 liters mixed circuit for every 100 covered kilometers and contains the harmful emission to 133 grams of CO2 per kilometer. The moved one by gasoline is the new CGI of 184 CV, with a 7,1 liters consumption and a few emission that are located in 164 grams of CO2 per kilometer.

Mercedes also, it has introduced a series of progress in the aerodynamics of the car that help him to reach a major efficiency grade. It is provided with the variable regulation of the bomb of the power steering and of that of fuel according to the needs for the vehicle, amount a few new tires of low resistance to the rolling and his engineers have managed to regulate the potency of the alternator as it is the tension needed in every moment.

The family SLK for his part, releases a new special series called Grand Edition, with a completion in gray color, rims of 18 inches alloy and five radioes, finished in skin for seats and panels of the doors, and a few new seats Airscarf calefactados.

The prices for the new models of Mercedes are:

And 200 CGI Blue Efficiency Coupé: 41.500 euros.

And 220 CDI Blue Efficiency Coupé: 43.500 euros.

SLK 200 K Grand Edition: 45.522 euros.

SLK 300 Grand Edition: 52.344 euros.

SLK 350 Grand Edition: 57.213 euros.

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Fernando Alonso excites already

Our bichampion of the world did not defraud the day of his presentation with Ferrari before his public, and it was the most rapid in the day of trainings that was celebrated yesterday in the Valencian Cheste circuit. Fernando marked the best time of three days of trainings on having stopped the crono in 1:11.470. They completed the magnificent day: Pedro Martínez of the Rose with the second encouraging position and Jaime Alguersuari with the quarter, to only a tenth of the German champion Michael Schumacher.

36.400 persons gave themselves appointment to see the Fernando's first evolutions with his new single-seater and Spanish he did not defraud. At 10 a.m. a recognition return met on the F10 and it returned to boxes. After the first capture of contact it went out again to track and in his first returns batch it was improving times in each of them, something beyond the common for someone who releases car.

The batches were 10 returns with rests not superior to 20 minutes between them, Fernando Alonso always rolled in times of 1:12 shallows, overcoming for six times the best time that his partner of racing team, Felipe Massa, had obtained the previous day. It was taking two hours in track when with a time of 1:11.409 it beat the best record of the Brazilian and as final auction almost two hours later reduced the already mentioned one 1:11.470, better time of the week.

During the day vespertina the pilots devoted themselves to prove the single-seaters with the full deposit, since this year the new regulation prohibits the refueling during the career. The type of conduction is very different with the loaded car, the pilots also, they must brake in a different way and it is convenient to become accustomed to this circumstance as soon as possible.

Ferrari and Alonso have given the first touch of attention to the rest of racing teams, but both Mercedes and sure McLaren that they keep some ace under the sleeve and they will not teach it until there does not begin a championship of the World of Formula 1 that promises to be of the most entertaining thing.

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Volkswagen L1: the car that less it consumes

From this engine blog we already analyze that the L1 was one of the most efficient cars of the market. In this occasion, and continuing with the pronounced line, we center the attention again on the Volkswagen L1: the car that less it consumes. Difficult it is going to be to find a vehicle that has a consumption of gasoline lower than 1 liter to 100 kilometers like this L1.

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It is the sign of identity of the ecological and efficient proposal that Volkswagen extracts to the market. A car that scarcely completes one liter of gasoline to 100 kilometers (in mixed consumption, they assure from the company) is a good bet for our pocket.

This way, and thanks to the TDI, the Volkswagen L1 combines the minimal consumption with the maximum autonomy in highway. The engine 0.8 TDI is the smallest diésel of all the Volkswagen to made. In addition to these characteristics, the L1 has electrical engine and automatic change DSG of seven speeds. It has a turbodiesel of two cylinders with direct injection Common-Rail (TDI).

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It is necessary to emphasize that the engine 0.8 TDI of the Volkswagen L1 is a derivative of 1.6 TDI that presents the Golf BlueMotion and Passat BlueMotion. It is a very silent engine that does not transmit anything of vibrations and contributes a comfortable conduction.

Therefore, the result most emphasized from all these aspects can be summed up in two basic questions of the Volkswagen L1: the car that less it consumes and his efficiency. For his position, also we can speak about the novel and risky design with futurist airs. Undoubtedly, to see a car like this one circulating along the highways will attract attention on the rest of drivers.

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Countryman; stretching the Mini

They do not stop surprising the Mini designers us. Now they are taken down by a version todocamino of the small vehicle. In this blog of the engine we already speak about the concept presented by Mini not long ago, called Beachcomber, well, being based on this prototype, Mini, spear the Countryman (the name can change depending on the country where it is commercialized).

The Countryman is the biggest of the whole family, it relies on with entire haulage and five doors. The new Mini model tien 4,09 meters long (20 centimeters more than the Clubman), a distance between 2,59 meters axes and it is higher than any of his brothers. Esthetically it is provided with a broiler and re-designed optical groups, his hood is more convex and is provided in his rear with a logo of Mini by means of which we open the trunk. The version Cooper S Countryman is provided with a proper completion that includes rear baffle, two exits of leakage and orifices of ventilation in the wheel steps.

His interior care allows us to choose a configuration for four or five persons, if we choose two individual seats or a stool for three in his rear squares (without cost between two options). Both the seats and the stool can move longitudinally if we need more load space, going so far as to obtain a capacity equivalent to 440 liters with the completely wrongly placed seats. If it was necessary, also they can swoop down, thus, the porter would grow up to 1.170 liters.

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Mini includes in his new model the called system of storage and connectivity Center Rail. In him we can place small objects (keys, glasses.) and electronic devices as MP3 or mobile phones. The above mentioned will be connected from the Centre Rail to the multimedia system of the proper vehicle.

The optional equipment of the Countryman includes xenon lighthouses with draft function in curves, a panoramic roof of big surface, a connection for iPhone or a windshield with heating. He will have a sports kit that John Cooper Works shares elements with that of the version and that is provided with a sports chassis of minor height.

The motorizaciones will be three of gasoline and two diésel, with a potency status that will go from the 90 to the 184 CV. The system of entire haulage will only be free for the versions Cooper S and Cooper D, the rest will be provided with front haulage. The system ALL4 distributes the haulage automatically and equivalent between both axes. Of series they all will be provided with a manual gearbox of six speeds. The automatic change is optional only for the gasoline versions.

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Smart Fortwo Electric Drive for 2012

Smart prepares the second generation of the electrical version of the Fortwo for 2012. Nevertheless, 1.000 units, they will be available the next year for some other clients selected by Smart in the different European and American capitals. The idea of the signature is that these vehicles serve like patrol to a production in mass of his small motorcar. An urban very attractive one loaded with technology and now free of pollutant emission.

The new battery of ión-lithium that Smart Fortwo will mount between his axes, neither penalizes the useful space of his cockpit, nor determines his safety. Fortwo Electric Drive has an electrical engine that produces 27 CV, although thanks to the function “overboost“ it is capable of increasing even the 41 CV (only in phases of maximum acceleration and for a maximum space of two minutes). The propellent is associated with an automatic change of two relations, one to circulate and other one for the reverse gear.

Smart promises a 135 kilometers maximum autonomy for his future model. Conceived to circulate only along city, Fortwo Electric Drive accelerates from 0 to 60 km / h in 6,5 seconds and has his maximum speed limited to 100 km / h.

The most important innovation that Smart proposes in his new model is the system of intelligent load. The vehicle can be recharged so much in a capture of normal current (2 hours), as in points of rapid load. The system manages an energy load in moments in which the electricity is cheaper (load programming with the car parked during a long period). If we need a rapid load because we are going to use the car immediately, the system is in charge of requesting the maximum quantity of possible energy in this moment. Also, the manufacturer allows to install an option to manage, from the mobile phone, the state of the process of load and the autonomy of the vehicle.

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The new drummer has a system of special management that protects it before any risk situation, supervises the tension, the intensity and the temperature. If some of these parameters will reach an extreme level, the electronics of the car diminishes the potency and avoids a surcharge of the system. Also, it supervises the load process and indicates the capacity level.

His equipment is very finished: it counts with servodirección electricity company, air conditioning over a distance, electrical window openers, frill of leather, rims of alloy, rear-view mirrors with heating and adjustable electrically. As distinctive detail of this version appears the green color, which decorates different parts of his bodywork like clear allusion to his condition of completely ecological vehicle.

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The tourisms registrations rose in January

It seems that the car sector continues with his improvement. This last January 70.130 new units registered, 18,1 % more than the registered ones in the same month of last year 2009. In this blog of the engine we analyze the evolution of a market that continues dependent on help on the Government materialized in the Plan 2000E and of how the different Autonomous regions will support the same ones.

Out-standing place they occupy the registrations of tourisms which level of pollutant emission does not overcome 149 grams of CO2 per covered kilometer, which are those who benefit from the said Plan 200E and that in this last January registered an increase of 53,8 %. For channels, the individuals' buys, supported by the plan of the Government have grown 18,5 %, while the companies of rent raise 27,9 %, after many months of registering important falls.

If we detach for segments, of tourisms (not included todoterrenos) 62.947 units registered in the last month, what supposes a growth of 16,9 % with regard to the 53.867 registered ones in January, 2009. The todoterreno, on the other hand, took into account 7.183 new registrations that, compared with January 5.518 of last year, there supposes an increase of 30,2 %.

For marks, Volkswagen places sales leader in January, with 6.715 units, continued very closely by Renault with 6.562, and Ford, who registered 6.093 vehicles. For models, Renault Megane is supported at the head with 3.376 units, followed by the Seat Ibiza with 2.863, and in the third place there comes the surprise of the hand of Nissan Qashqai that reaches 2.859 registered units.

The bad news comes for the luxurious berlins, which last January saw his number of registrations limited in 10,4 % with regard to the same period of last year, and for the biggest monovolumes with a descent of 18,9 %.

Those who climb with big force and in all his segments (small, average and big) there are the todoterrenos, with an average increase of more than 30 %.

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Subaru Outback releases gearbox

The manufacturer of motorcars Japanese Subaru has developed recently a new transmission that will mount in his model Outback 2.5 i. This new gearbox, named Lineartronic, is automatic, and it helps to improve the dynamics of the car and to the fuel saving. In this blog of the engine we reveal you like the above mentioned change, more rapid and effective, he contributes so that the todoterreno of the Japanese mark improves his services.

The change Lineartronic de Subaru is of variador continuously (automatically) and in turn he has pair converter. It turns, this way, into the first mounted transmission longitudinally of chain of constant changeability and that is connected to the haulage to four wheels. The advantages of this new device are different: a few more suppressed consumptions (8,4 liters of average per every 100 covered kilometers, 0,3 liters less than the version 4AT), an increase of the autonomy of the car and a progress in the emission of pollutant substances, which now are located in 194 grams of CO2 per covered kilometer.

This is a change more rapid than the traditional ones, with a time of answer lower than a tenth of second. His handling is soft and linear, being the very rapid answer of the engine. Also, it is possible to drive it in sequential way thanks to a game of levies that Subaru has installed in the frill of his model Outback 2.5 of injection. Subaru has confirmed that will equip with this new change the version of his todocamino moved by liquefied gas of oil.

Subaru Outback 2.5i equipped with the change Lineartronic costs 34.850 euros, this version being placed I joust over the equipped one with diesel engine of 2.000 c.c. (34.350 euros). They complete the family Outback: 3.6R (engine gasoline) with a price for 48.250 euros and the most accessible, also of gasoline, 2.5i with manual change of six relations for 32.850 euros.

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Subaru Outback releases gearbox

The manufacturer of motorcars Japanese Subaru has developed recently a new transmission that will mount in his model Outback 2.5 i. This new gearbox, named Lineartronic, is automatic, and it helps to improve the dynamics of the car and to the fuel saving. In this blog of the engine we reveal you like the above mentioned change, more rapid and effective, he contributes so that the todoterreno of the Japanese mark improves his services.

The change Lineartronic de Subaru is of variador continuously (automatically) and in turn he has pair converter. It turns, this way, into the first mounted transmission longitudinally of chain of constant changeability and that is connected to the haulage to four wheels. The advantages of this new device are different: a few more suppressed consumptions (8,4 liters of average per every 100 covered kilometers, 0,3 liters less than the version 4AT), an increase of the autonomy of the car and a progress in the emission of pollutant substances, which now are located in 194 grams of CO2 per covered kilometer.

This is a change more rapid than the traditional ones, with a time of answer lower than a tenth of second. His handling is soft and linear, being the very rapid answer of the engine. Also, it is possible to drive it in sequential way thanks to a game of levies that Subaru has installed in the frill of his model Outback 2.5 of injection. Subaru has confirmed that will equip with this new change the version of his todocamino moved by liquefied gas of oil.

Subaru Outback 2.5i equipped with the change Lineartronic costs 34.850 euros, this version being placed I joust over the equipped one with diesel engine of 2.000 c.c. (34.350 euros). They complete the family Outback: 3.6R (engine gasoline) with a price for 48.250 euros and the most accessible, also of gasoline, 2.5i with manual change of six relations for 32.850 euros.

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Subaru Outback releases gearbox

The manufacturer of motorcars Japanese Subaru has developed recently a new transmission that will mount in his model Outback 2.5 i. This new gearbox, named Lineartronic, is automatic, and it helps to improve the dynamics of the car and to the fuel saving. In this blog of the engine we reveal you like the above mentioned change, more rapid and effective, he contributes so that the todoterreno of the Japanese mark improves his services.

The change Lineartronic de Subaru is of variador continuously (automatically) and in turn he has pair converter. It turns, this way, into the first mounted transmission longitudinally of chain of constant changeability and that is connected to the haulage to four wheels. The advantages of this new device are different: a few more suppressed consumptions (8,4 liters of average per every 100 covered kilometers, 0,3 liters less than the version 4AT), an increase of the autonomy of the car and a progress in the emission of pollutant substances, which now are located in 194 grams of CO2 per covered kilometer.

This is a change more rapid than the traditional ones, with a time of answer lower than a tenth of second. His handling is soft and linear, being the very rapid answer of the engine. Also, it is possible to drive it in sequential way thanks to a game of levies that Subaru has installed in the frill of his model Outback 2.5 of injection. Subaru has confirmed that will equip with this new change the version of his todocamino moved by liquefied gas of oil.

Subaru Outback 2.5i equipped with the change Lineartronic costs 34.850 euros, this version being placed I joust over the equipped one with diesel engine of 2.000 c.c. (34.350 euros). They complete the family Outback: 3.6R (engine gasoline) with a price for 48.250 euros and the most accessible, also of gasoline, 2.5i with manual change of six relations for 32.850 euros.

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Detroit 2010: Tesla Model S

The young North American company Tesla presented, in recently celebrated Lounge of the Motorcar of Detroit, a new model that breaks with his previous philosophy. Tesla Model S 2010, which we you bring to this blog of the engine, is a vehicle of four doors, electrical, with esthetics and architecture that he reminds very much to the exclusive European marks models like Jaguar, Maserati or enclosed Aston Martin.

His lines are soft and elegant. Torn front optical groups, frontal broiler that he reminds to that of a Maserati Grand Tourism, wings of excellent design, proper of an Aston Martin and the set finishes in a proper rear of a Jaguar XF. In short, Model S is a clear wink to the most select of the most exclusive European signatures moving away from the traditional American style.

The autonomy that Tesla promises with his new electrical model is 257 Kilometers, although it might come to 483 kilometers according to the mounted batteries bundle. To obtain the maximum autonomy it must include the new batteries with 8.000 cells of 70 kWh. If we plug in the Model S to a capture of 220 volts current it will be completely loaded in 4 hours, if we use the system Quick Charge, the load time diminishes to 45 minutes.

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Made principally of aluminum, his entire weight reaches 1.730 kilograms, quantity more than reasonable for a car of almost 5 meters long, which he enjoys a distance between 2,96 meters axes. Model S 2010 is capable of spending from 0 to 100 km / h in 6 seconds and of reaching 193 km / h of speed top. He has entire haulage and a few enormous rims of 21 inches alloy.

In his refined interior they emphasize the seats upholstered in Italian leather, electrical solar roof, a 17 inches enormous tactile screen where from we can gain access to all the information of the car and govern the different systems like that of audio, air-conditioner, etc., detection of the user route RFID, connection 3G and electrical operation of opening of the rear large door.

The strategic Tesla plans place the sales of this model in 20.000 units a year, with a final price that will be about 49.900 dollars. The date foreseen to initiate his commercialization is that of the third trimester of the year 2011, perhaps too much time, it will be necessary to be attentive how the car market evolves.

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Innovations in the series 3 of BMW

If in previous post of this blog of the engine we have analyzed the innovations included in the series 5 and 7 of BMW, in this one, we give a revision to the new thing that the German mark has prepared for his models of the series 3. BMW wants to print major dynamism on his scale, and for it it improves his equipment and includes new engines more efficient that help to reduce the consumption and the harmful emission.

Chosen to renew his equipment there are the series 3 Coupé and Rafter, while the berlin and the Touring will enjoy new engines of the family EfficientDynamics Edition.

The series 3 Coupé and Rafter receive esthetic innovations with some re-designed hood, wings and rear. They incorporate optical groups again I design and his scale of colors is extended. His interior also will enjoy a new scale of finished in leather, an increase of the multimedia systems the ConnectedDrive that improves the integration of mobile devices like phones or breeding animals MP3 and the incorporation of the new system of control iDrive of BMW.

In the berlins we emphasize the new one 320d Efficient Dynamics Edition, with an authorized average consumption of only 4, 1 liters for every 100 covered kilometers, a maximum potency of 163 CV and a level of emission optimized to 109 grams of CO2 for kilometer.

The models 325d and 320d are provided with improved engines that raise his potency to 204 and 184 CV respectively, available for any of his bodyworks. 318d it sees like the progress got in his engine they allow him to improve the maximum pair of the same one and diminish his average consumption. For the scale ceiling, 335i, BMW arranges a new engine of 3.000 c.c. with 306 CV of maximum potency, new technology TwinPower Turbo of the German signature, direct injection of gasoline of high precision and the system Valvetronic thrown by the German mark in the year 2001.

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