Ferrari prepares his renewal

The renewal of the scale of the Cavallino is completely structured and it will support his calendar of due dates. The models to be replaced are: 599 GTB Fiorano, Enzo and 612 Scaglietti. In our blog dedicated to the engine we advance you for when there will be ready the substitutes of these emblematic models and other innovations that one of the signatures presents with more prestige in the world of the motorcar, Ferrari.

As he admitted there does not do greatly the manager of Ferrari, Amadeo Felisa, one of the innovations that prepares the Italian mark is a version descapotada of one of his most recent models, Ferrari 458 Italy. With the surname Spider, the supersports one will be prepared in the year 2011.

Presented recently in the Lounge of the Motorcar of Frankfurt, Ferrari 458 Italy captivated all the assistants to the event. The substitute of the F 430 presented himself as one of the most advanced and innovative models of Ferrari in the last years, with a price near to 200.000 euros, the first units will be delivered at the beginning of next year.

As the coupé, the version Spider, will be promoted by the fantastic one V8 of 4.500 cc capably of generating up to 570 Cv of potency that impel to Ferrari from 0 to 100 km / h in only 3,4 seconds and with the one that is capable of reaching up to 325 km / h With the whole technology inherited from the competition, his change of double piloted clutch, to he allows to change the relations in 0,06 seconds. He has a control of haulage of last generation who allows him to improve the acceleration for the exit of a curve in 32 % with regard to previous models.

Amadeo Felisa revealed also the dates in which there will be ready the spares of 612 Scaglietti, which, the light saw in 2004 and it will be replaced in 2012; and of 599 GTB Fiorano that will lengthen his life for another six years. Enzo for his part will be withdrawn from production in 2012, date for which the throwing of his successor is foreseen.

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Ford's history

There comes to our blog of the engine the history of the American builder of cars excellently, Ford. Founded more than 100 years ago by Henry Ford, the American signature was the first one in initiating the massive motorcars production. A model, the T, went out for 18 years without rest of his chains of assembly, turning into one of the models most sold and acquaintances of the history of the motorcar.

• Ford; the United States.
• Founded by Henry Ford on June 16, 1903 in Detroit.
• Emblematic models: T, A, 8 HP, Escort, Mustang, Granada, Taunus ….
• Models in production: Ka, Holiday, Merger, Kuga, C-Max, S-Max, Mondeo, Focus … …

The company was founded in 1903 with the capital contributed by twelve investors, 28.000 dollars, between which there was Henry Ford who named the company. In his beginnings, Ford, was producing small cars quantities with components made of other companies and a limited number of workpeople was employed at every unit up to his final assembly. Ford began here his unstoppable growth up to turning into one of the biggest companies of the world.

In 1908 the model appeared T, the success of the vehicle was such, that forced Ford to move his production to a bigger plant to be able to satisfy the enormous vehicles demand. Already in the new plant of Highland Park and 5 years later, Ford had already developed all the skills necessary for the production in mass and had created the line of mobile production. With these advances in the way of constructing cars, the American signature managed to reduce the time of assembly of the chassis from 12 hours and a half until only 100 minutes.

Thanks to this new production skill, Ford T, was the most sold car of that epoch, only in his first year more than 10.550 of these vehicles were mounted. In 1921, the model T, was representing 56,6 % of the whole world production of motorcars.

Other one of the big ideas of the mark, was the massive publicity, Ford, he was making sure that his product should promise to be in every newspaper, first in Detroit and then in the rest of the world. His concessionaires' system, it was allowing to him the motorcar to be ready to be sold in every city of the United States. The owners of the above mentioned concessionaires saw that that was a big business and helped to expand the motoring fever throughout the country. In that epoch the first car clubs were born.

Ford also thought about the old continent and designed a model, 8 HP, I specify for Europe. At present it supports this philosophy, in his plants distributed all over the world, creates motorcars being based on the tastes and local needs.

In 1926, the model T began to be already obsolete, his sales began to fall down and this convinced Henry Ford that was the moment to create a new motorcar. The same one embarked in the project and with the help of his son Edsel they designed Ford To. Ford's new model appeared in December, 1927 and he was constructed until 1931 with an entire production of four million units. In this epoch the company adopted the system of annual modification of the product that lasts until our days.

At present Ford keeps on being one of the biggest corporations of the world and Ford remains directed by the family from his foundation. Ford Motor Company includes also Mercury, Lincoln, Mazda and Volvo.

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Triumph Rocket III; a missile on two wheels

Triumph updates one of his most famous and praised models, Rocket III, his new and radical aspect removes it from his traditional territory cruiser to put it directly in that of the streetfighter. In our blog dedicated to the engine we present to you one of the motorbikes that delivers a few higher numbers of turning moment of between all those who take place in series.

The British mark supports the original extract of the model; an image impactante, a high manageability and an enormous engine of three cylinders of 2.294 cc. Nevertheless, the progress got in the propellent does of new Rocket III Roadster a more powerful and flexible motorbike. The engine is capable of reaching the 148 CV of maximum potency, nine more than the previous version. Also, the new adjustments carried out by the engineers of Triumph in the set of the engine and in the exits of leakage increase the maximum pair 15 %, happening from the previous 194 Nm to current 224 Nm to 3.250 returns.

The new version of the Rocket arranges of series of a sophisticated system of braking anti-lock, being this the first occasion in which one of the members with the family Rocket is equipped with the system ABS. Triumph has increased his equipment and lists of progress in relation to other editions.

His new seat improves the conduction position, since it raises and moves forward the position of the pilot, with what the distance comes down to the handlebar and makes easier to handle and to control the machine.

New Triumph Rocket III Roadster will be free in two black's tones: the traditional metallic Phantom or the most aggressive dull black. His date of commercialization is foreseen for February, 2010 and his starting price will be 17.995 euros, what turns it into the most accessible of the family Rocket III.

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Mercedes and Michael Schumacher?

Daimler Mercedes announced not long ago the buy of the racing team Brawn, current champion of the world of builders and pilots, that it will dispute the championship of Formula 1 under the name of Mercedes Grand Prix. The German group with the help of another investor was done by 75,1 % of Brawn GP, racing team to which it already provided the propellents last year. In our blog dedicated to the engine we move forward to you a rumor that every time takes more body, one of the pilots of this new racing team might be Michael Schumacher.

At first and after the fall of Rubens Barrichelo, the idea was to support the structure of last year with the incorporation of promising Nico Rosberg in his place, but the emulation on the part of Jason Button to gain more money has taken as an answer of his chief of lines, Ross Brawn, his exclusion of the team. Now there takes force the rumor of which seven times champion of the world, M. Schumacher, might return to the tracks with the racing team of his fatherland.

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Mercedes has already prepared a work plan so that the Kaiser returns to the Big Circus in the best possible form. Behind there seem to stay the cervical problems caused by an inopportune motorcycle accident that the German champion suffered last year. After more than four months of treatment and according to the doctor Johanes Pleis, taken charge of his recovery, Michael Schumacher is always healthy and in form.

The economic aspect does not seem to worry the German pilot although one speculates on one s ueldo near to seven million euros a year. In January, 2010 Schumacher will be 41 years and will begin to prepare itself along with his future team-mate, with the target to put to point his body in the mountains and in the clinic of Hesse. The same month, Mercedes, it will present his racing team in the central Daimler head office in Stuttgart.

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History of Nissan

There comes to our blog of the engine other of the Japanese giants, Nissan. At present and of the hand of Renault, which was done by 44 % of his actions, it faces with optimism the future. His president, Carlos Ghosn, named by the French multinational helped to revitalize it after the crisis of the 90 and Japanese presided by a foreigner turned it into the first car company.

• Nissan; Japan.
• Founded in 1931.
• Emblematic models: Datsun 240Z, Silvia, Patrol, Terrano, Altima, Skyline, the First, Bluebird, Almera, 200SX ….
• Models in production: Murano, Qashqai, Notices, 370Z, Pixo, Micron, Tiida ….

To the beginning of his history Nissan he devoted himself to construct trucks, engines and planes for the Japanese army. During the 2nd World war when the country of the nascent sun invaded small stone, Nissan moved his production to that country until the plant came across. After the signature finished the conflict there looked an associate who will help her to start again with the production of new models and to gain access to new technologies. The elected one was the British mark Aston Martin. It started for importing partially mounted cars, it was stopping assembling them in Japan and they were commercialized under Austin's name. At the age of three, Nissan was already making entirely Austin of his plant of Japan.

Thanks to the help of Aston Martin, Nissan could gain access to the necessary technology to be able to make its own engines “To series” that would use later his line Datsun. The Datsun were small vehicles designed to satisfy the increasing demand that existed for these vehicles both in Japan and in the United States and Australia. At the end of the 50 it founded “Nissan Motor Corporation in USA” and began with the sale in that country of the model Bluebird, whom Datsun Fairlady would follow, both more economic than his European rivals.

In 1966 it fused with the signature Prince Motor Company, to make luxurious models, of this collaboration there were born Prince Skyline or the Glory, which later adopted the name of Nissan. One year later, Nissan, presented new and motive forward position of four cylinders OHC that promoted the Datsun 510, a sedan that reached a good number of sales on a global scale.

At the beginning of the 70 the S30 or Datsun 240Z, one presented before himself sports with an engine of six cylinders that revolutionized the market and raised the category of Nissan as manufacturer of motorcars. In 1974 there would appear the scale Silvia who with different variants was made until 2002.

In the 80s the model most representative of the Japanese mark was the Skylinte GT-R. The increasing interest of Nissan in the competition turned out to be captured of the creation of his branch NISMO, which was the manager of preparing the different models for the competition.

In 1986 there appeared an old acquaintance, Nissan Terrano, this model came to revolutionize the market of the todocamino and even Ford made it under license with the name of Maverick. Other models as the Patrol did of the Japanese mark a modality in this segment. In 1989 it founded Infiniti, his division of luxurious vehicles. In the 90 as many other companies, Nissan crossed economic difficulties that finished with the sale on behalf of the signature to the French multinational Renault.

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Mercedes ESF, fortitude on wheels

Mercedes has made the ESF, a special model designed for the study and development of different systems of safety both active and passive that will be able to be included in future models of the mark of the star. Today we you bring to our blog dedicated to the world of the engine this armoured limousine that the last thing assembles in technology applied to the safety.

The first thing that they try to avoid in Mercedes is the catastrophe, for it the Mercedes ESF is provided with a system of communication that exchanges information with the rest of vehicles, warning of the possible incidences that it could find in his way, being alert before coming to the dangerous area.

At his structure there stay a few metallic reinforcements that "get conceited" in case of impact and that reduce the intrusion of the cockpit. If the frontal shock is inevitable, the engineers of Mercedes have designed a device that minimizes the damages, it is a question of an air bag placed in the soil of the car, called “Braking Bag“, which opens in case of emergency braking to help to stop to the vehicle. If on the contrary the shock is side, the seat of the driver of desplazará towards the interior of the car, the system “Pre-Safe Pulse“, avoiding possible damages.

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The optical groups of the ESF possess lights type LED, with the peculiarity of which these can be always activated like full-beam headlights, being reduced his intensity automatically, if the auxiliary camera detects another vehicle to which we could dazzle. 100 devices Led that form every lighthouse can be activated or deactivate of individual and automatic form, also if infrarojo a pedestrian detects the device, the intensity of the light rises and makes it more visible for the driver.

The ESF 2009 of Mercedes is provided with a few reflecting bands in the wings of his bodywork, which although during the day they are not appreciated, in the night help to make the car more visible and can go so far as to avoid some side scope on the same one.

In the rear squares where it is not possible to install a conventional airbag, the German mark has mounted the called airbag of belt, system that helps to avoid damages in the breast of the occupants of the above mentioned squares.

Therefore the Mercedes ESF is the whole test bench for the safety systems and one more step to improve the protection of the occupants.

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Advance of new Dacia Duster

This summer we were publishing in our blog of the engine a post related to Dacia Duster, the Rumanian mark chose this name for a concept (model of the image) and now he makes use of it for his new todocamino, which will come to the market in the spring of next year. Since you can observe there are enough differences between the model of the photo and the one that will be commercialized in 2010 that appears a little further on in a video.

The Duster arranges of a vertical clearance to the 20 centimeters soil what facilitates very much his transit to him for dirt roads, mud or little prepared in general. The Dacia vehicle incorporates the last technology in transmission, which Nissan and Renault apply in his models Nissan X-Trail y Renault Koleos.

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His haulage system offers three possible functioning ways: 2WD (only front haulage), the Edict (the device is in charge of distributing the force as the needs for adhesion) and the Lock (in this use way, the force is distributed to 50 % between every axis). The most economic model of the scale will enjoy only the front haulage.

Dacia will mount in the Duster propellents of his house counterfoil Renault, and at first the scale of motorizaciones will be composed by an engine of gasoline of 1.600 cc with 110 CV of potency and two impelled ones by diesel oil called dCi with potency of 85 and 105 CV.

The aspect of the Duster allows to know by intuition that he will have a big interior space and his external lines give him a light sports touch, that joined to his more than presumable low price, they will do of him a very valid option for those who want a car that moves well for all the areas without big pretensions. The Duster will be presented by Dacia in the next Lounge of the Motorcar of Geneva and the Rumanian mark hopes with his model to revolutionize the market of the most accessible todocamino.

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