Friday, November 6, 2009

New generation of Outback de Subaru

The answer of Subaru al Audi A4 AllRoad or to the Volvo XC70, it has not made be waited. The new generation of the Outback that today we present to you in our blog dedicated to the engine grows in exterior size and in interior space. The new Subaru model is a completely new car to which they have given him a vertical clearance to the soil of neither more nor less than 20 centimeters and have covered the low part of the bodywork with a plastic without painting, like protection opposite to stones, branches and other objects that could beat to the car while it circulates along areas without asfaltar.

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These esthetic innovations get together with a wider and comfortable cockpit. New bigger and comfortable seats, a more spacious porter, capable of going on from 526 liters in normal configuration, to 1.700 liters if we knock down the later seats.

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His propellents are all of type Boxer with four cylinders, the moved one by gasoline it has a 2,5 liters cylinder capacity and it is capable of delivering up to 167 potency CV, for his part the 2 liters diésel delivers 150 CV. The scale ceiling mounts an engine of six cylinders and 3.600 cc that CV of maximum potency comes to the 260. The force of the engines is transmitted to the wheels by means of an integral haulage without reductora.
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The propellents of Subaru Outback move with ease his more than 1.500 kilograms for highway, his comfortable suspensions in addition to his size guarantee a comfortable and pleasant trip. Out of the asphalt, the elasticity and long trip of his suspensions, in addition to the big vertical clearance to the soil and the excellent haulage which he enjoys they allow him to be unrolled with big facility by slightly accessible areas for any other vehicle of his characteristics.

We can enjoy one of these todocaminos of Subaru for the competitive price for 34.350 euros (version diésel).

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Thursday, November 5, 2009

History of Mazda

The Japanese manufacturer who today visits our blog dedicated to the engine adopted his official name, Mazda, in 1984, although his origins go back 1920. Nowadays it makes cars and Japan sells them in addition to in his fatherland, in North America, South America and Europe.

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  • Mazda; Japan. Principal head office located in Hirosima.
  • Founded in 1920 as Toyo Cork Koygo.
  • Emblematic models: Carol, Family, Cosmo, RX, 323, 326, 626, 629.
  • Models in production: Mazda 2, Mazda 3, 5, 6, CX-7, MX-5, RX 8 …

His beginnings go back 1920 under the name of Toyo Kogyo, the principal activity in the beginning was the cork, later it began to make motorcycles and small tricycles dedicated to the transport of goods by the cities. In the year 1934 one of his shareholders, J. Matsuda, decided to begin the motorcars manufacture. Some prototypes were designed, but the World war ruined Matsuda's pretensions.
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It was not up the year 1960 that Mazda reappeared and did it with a child coupé promoted by the engine of a motorcycle of 360 cc. This small rafter of two squares and four speeds was the starting point so that the company will throw a finished scale of models and to come to the unit million only three years after initiating his production.

At the end of the 60s there came the international expansion of the Japanese manufacturer. The models Carol and Family they were registering a good sales level in his fatherland and in 1967 the first units were exported to Europe, three years later would come to the United States. The first Mazda were simple, strong vehicles and of simple maintenance, all this joined at a very competitive price they woke up the interest of the countries of the north of Europe.

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At the same time that he was constructing this type of cars, Mazda, it was investigating and developing a rotary engine. Invented by the engineer Félix Wankel, this type of engine was mounted in models as R-100, in the family Cosmo and in the sports ones of the famila RX, being the RX-7 most known out of Japan.

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In 1980, Mazda included the front haulage in one of his most successful models 323, thanks to which his relation began with the American giant Ford, so that this one was making 323 in Australia. From here on the bonds between two companies joined and identical models made on the part of both like the Mazda 121/Ford Holiday and the Mazda Tribute/Ford Escape.

Mazda has kept on investigating, developing and applying interesting technological innovations to his cars like; the engine of cycle Miller or four motive wheels and guidelines. The motive newspaper Wankel went so far as to gain 24 Hours of Him Mans in 1991.

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At present, Mazda has separated of Ford and keeps on investigating new propulsion skills for his cars like the hydrogen or the electricity.

Images: Logo, Mazda Carol, the Rest of vehicles.

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History of Porsche

Today in our blog of the engine we tell you of brief form the history of one of the German marks with more prestige inside the motor-car industry. Porsche stands out for designing and constructing exclusive cars full of force and sportsmanship, which are admired in the whole world. Recently to begun to be part of the Group Volkswagen.

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  • Porsche; Stuttgart, Germany.
  • Founded by Ferdinad and Ferry Porsche in 1931.
  • Emblematic models: 356, 550 Spyder, RSK Spyder, 912, 928, 959, 962, 968, 911 targa …
  • Models in production: Boxter, Cayman, 911, Cayenne, Panamera.


Before the second world conflict, Ferdinand Porsche realized a few sketches of a sports version of a model of Volkswagen. After two years spend prison, to his exit, I recapture the project that was much advanced thanks to the collaboration between his son Ferry and Karl Rabe. Once designed, they initiated his assembly in Austria on a Volkswagen chassis and with a more powerful engine. The fruit of that work was called Porsche 356. The car was a success, his beautiful design and his accessible price did of him the first big business of the German signature.

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Before the raw material scarcity in Austria, they decided to move the company to Zuffenhausen, very close to Stuttgart, in Germany. With the sales in good rhythm of 356, they were realized up to three versions of the same one: Coupé, Rafter and Speedster. Porsche made his first finished engine and developed the beautiful convertible 550 Spider, famous, for the death of actor James Dean when he was leading one of them.

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In the year 1964 Porsche would confront the evolution of 356, the car was going to be called 901, but the French mark Peugeot had all the numbers of three numbers registered with a zero in way for his models. Like that was born the Porsche 911, one of the most legendary cars of the history. Powerful and of demanding conduction, it has received numerous evolutions along his extensive existence and still in our days it keeps on being a reference inside the sports ones of higher scale.

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Other models of the German mark as 914, 924, 944 or the spectacular one 928 have always been in the shade of 911. One of the signs of Porsche identity has been his engine of four or six opposite horizontal cylinders, refreshed by air and placed after the rear axis. 911 it has mounted it during more than 35 years and has received numerous cylinder capacity increases and promotes, going so far as in the last versions to adopt the given liquid refrigeration the enormous potency that is capable of developing.

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After spending for serious economic problems in the 90s and losing his founder, Porsche has been able to go out forward thank you; to his engineering works for other companies of the sector and to the good reception that his models have between the most demanding public. Now it is part of the group Volkswagen and his future is promising, as his last creations demonstrate it; supersports Career GT, the impressive todocamino Cayenne and his new and fascinating berlin Panamera.

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History of Jeep

Today in our blog dedicated to the engine the American signature appears Jeep, mark specializing in the manufacture of todoterrenos, it gave his first steps constructing the most remembered military vehicle of all the times, the Jeep Willys.

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  • Jeep; the United States. His head office is located in Toledo, Ohio.
  • Founded in 1941 by Willys-Overland. Today it is part of Chrysler.
  • Emblematic models: Willys, CJ-3, CJ-4, CJ-7, CJ-8, Wrangler, Cherokee, Wagoneer …
  • Models in production: Wrangler Unlimited, Liberty, Compass, Comander, J8, Grand Cherokee, Cherokee Sport and Patriot.


In 1940 the American army summoned a contest for the manufacture of a small military, very agile vehicle, of easy repair, very resistant and with capacity for todoterreno. The above mentioned contest gained a small-scale enterprise called Bantam, to which, and after a few dark maneuvers he was snatched in favor of the giant Ford and Willys. The small military vehicle was baptized by the name of MB, although unceremoniously there was called he a Jeep. As soon as the war was finished, Willys Overland decided to adapt his vehicles to the civil life and continue this way with the production.

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There was created a new society called Kaiser Jeep Corporation, which would be the manager of developing the new vehicles for civil use. The changes in the vehicle were minimal, the street Jeep kept on counting; with a very austere interior, his characteristic round lighthouses, his rigid axes rested on elastic tapes, an engine of four cylinders on front position slightly antiquated but very economic and his entire haulage engranable with transference box.

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The versions Jeepster appeared, of much more sports design and Pickup. The signature raised then the development of a finished scale of vehicles. Versions appeared with automatic change, with different motorizaciones and new finished. The Jeep, under the denomination CJ (Civil Jeep), they turned into the todoterrenos excellently. Under the control of American Motors there appear two of his most prolific families; the Cherokee and the enormous Wagoneer.

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Renault bought American Motors in an attempt of selling its own cars on the American market, the attempt did not work and sold the mark to Chrysler. From this moment, Jeep made a higher number of vehicles and replaced the CJ with the Wrangler, soon there threw the new generations of Grand Cherokee and of the Cherokee.

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At present the American company collaborates with the group FIAT for the development and throwing of new models on the European market.

Images: Logo, Jeep Willys, Jeep Wrangler, Jeep Cherokee, Jeep Treo

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Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Peugeot completes his scale of familiar cars with 5008

5008 it is already to the sale, as we had already moved forward you in our blog of the engine, Peugeot was preparing a monovolume thought to transport the whole family with absolute serviceability. 5008 it goes on sale to more than interesting price for 21.400 euros in his most basic version. With him the French mark comes to close one more than successful family formed also by 308 SW and the most recent 3008.

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This new compact monovolume comes to cover the requirements of a public who demands space, versatility and serviceability. A vehicle where the whole family could move comfortably and for an accessible price. It is possible to acquire him with five or seven squares, with a subsequent cost of only 600 euros between both versions. His system of modular seats is very practical and simple to form, we can adapt the space of the car to our needs at all times of rapid and intuitive form.

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His panoramic roof provides to him a high sensation of largeness and of luminosity. The position of the driver is raised what favors his visibility, it relies on with a very sloping frill that increases the comfort of the conduction, much in the style of a berlin. 5008 it incorporates an information projection screen in the windshield (Head Up Display) that facilitates the visualization of all the information about the vehicle without having to remove the eyes of the highway. In the above mentioned information projected about the windshield we can know that distance separates us from the car of ahead, very usefully to support the safe distance.

All his engines move with ease to the new Peugeot monovolume, his brakes expire to the perfection and his worn out suspensions allow him a very big balance and comfort. THP arranges the most powerful versions of an engine of 1.600 cc with 156 CV of potency moved by gasoline and the impelled one by diesel oil counts with a propellent of 150 CV HDI of 2.000 cc. Also we can find another gasoline version with engine BMW of 120 CV and a diésel of 110 CV HDI. They all mount a manual change of six relations, being possible to decide in favor of an automatic change only in the diésel of 110 CV.

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For sin we can acquire a pack with two multimedia screens of 7 inches that are placed after the headrests of the front seats.

5008 it is provided with three finished possible ones: Comfort, Premium and Sport Pack. His prices range between 21.400 to 27.900 euros in the engines moved by gasoline and from 23.000 to 29.400 in the diésel.

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Analysis of Mercedes Benz

In addition to speaking about the well-known and famous Class And, it will be necessary to say also that quite entertaining result observing the version coupé that comes to be located on the acquaintance CLK, therefore already the users in the autumn 2009 can see the familiar version of the model earlier aforesaid. There does not discard the fact of being able to go out to the market a perfect copy of his concept known under the name of FASCINATION, therefore it will have to be expectant on this matter.

Mercedes Benz SLR Stirling Moss
The classes CLR and SLR of the Germans moved forward promptly in the year 2009 his proposals for the world public, and really for this reason we can find a model CLS Grand Edition who characterizes of good form for all finished dull color that it incorporates, in addition to there performs effective form a way of extending the commercial life of that model that since it appeared for the eyes of the users in the whole world has excelled itself repeatedly with sales that grow of the same way in which the car is used in question.

As a whole with the newly mentioned also it is necessary to remember the surprising way with which it left all the public amazed with the well-known version Stirling Moss of the SLR, model that comes to be a real homage of that one called 300 SLR that we all in his moment knew, precisely the one that delivered so many victories in the 50s to the German mark of the star.
Having a capacity of 650 horsepowers, it presents a speed top of 350 km/h where the first 100 km reach in scarce 3.5 seconds from the inertia. The production of this model finds limited to scarce 75 units that began to produce to themselves in June of the present year 2009, with an average value of € 750,000 approximately, what it leaves to many persons simply with the desire to a photo be extracted along with the model.

The technology known under the name of Bluetec, is presently what is known as the wash of face of the most refined line of the Germans, we refer to the ostentatious Class S, which would come to be the first hybrid vehicle made by the German engineers of the mark, having opportunity in addition to being who extends the catalog with propellents for the model GLK from April, 2009. Spent the summer, there come different proposals, inside which there can be recognized the versions Bluetec of the classes R, ML and GL, being this one more proof that not only the luxurious marks worry about the comfort, since also they demonstrate with good tests that the environment turns out to be important to them.

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The Citroën DS3 revolutionizes the market

For Citroën, his new vehicle is like this child of whom they want to take care because it has a promising future. In this engine blog we continue closely the steps of the new model DS who has just gone out to the market and that, despite taking a little time, have exhausted the first stock, therefore the Citroën DS3 revolutionizes the market.

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The Citroën bet is served. The new scale of models DS wants to conquer the market with distinctive designs like this Citroën DS3, the first model of this distinctive line, which it was already possible to see in the Lounge of Frankfurt.

The success of from the Citroën DS3 came even before his throwing. In less than 24 hours there became exhausted the possibility (available on September 15) of reserving prematurely across Internet 1.000 units of this model, which will be commercialized in Spain from April, 2010. Also, 1.000 Net users of 10 countries of Europe will have to confirm his reservation in a point of sale of the mark and there will be the first ones in rolling in DS3. The price of entry of this vehicle will be located in 15.100 €.

Citroën DS3

The Citroën DS3 is an interesting model. From a stylistic point of view, they are of emphasizing certain original creations like the "floating" roof, that it does not rest on any prop of the side street of the vehicle, a fin of shark, which invigorates the line of waist of the bodywork, or the lights of type LED, placed in his hood. Also, it is provided with the possibility of doing of the DS3 a vehicle to the image and to the taste of every owner, since there can be modified the roof, the bodywork, the casing of the rear-view mirror or the wheels. On the other hand, there are seven universes of personalización innovators and four subject-matters of decoration for the bodywork and the cockpit: Maori, Étnico, Wave and Fashion.

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