The parent company of Mercedes Benz, Daimler and BMW are like the German equivalent of General Motors and Ford Motor Company. Both these companies are fierce competitors for superiority in the luxury car segment. Meanwhile, electric cars are creating an imbalance in their profit making journey in the automobile sector because of the zero emission features.
An electric vehicle is being made today not only by a multinational corporate company but by a small enterprise...
The redesigned Mercedes SL 550 is back in the United States of America with an open air comfort. It is back to remind that it is a status symbol for the stylish people. The 4.6-liter twin-turbo V-8 engine has a seven-speed automatic transmission. It gives an output of 429 horsepower and 516 pound-feet of torque.
It goes from 0-100 km/h in 4.5 seconds. It is a two-door hard top convertible and was originally designed as a sports car.
This SL Class roadster is now...
The Athos is blending a quad and a bicycle. The extra ordinary quad-cycle will stun people with its four wheeler pedal power as an off-road phenomenon. Contes Engineering had launched the Athos in September last year and displayed it at the Interbike Show in Las Vegas. Contes Engineering is quite serious about bringing the Athos into the market and developing it.
At the Interbike show, the audience was spellbound to see the quad cycle in action. It had defied gravity....
People have been brooding about distracted driving but neglect of turn signals has turned out to be more dangerous. A study has revealed that neglecting to show proper turn signals has been responsible for over two million accidents every year and that figure is more than twice that of the accidents that are due to driving in a distracted way. The survey was done by the Society of Automotive Engineers and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
There is...
Vauxhall and Opel have made an announcement that they will collaborate to produce their new series of engines within the next year.
The first engine to come in production is going to be a turbo-charged 1.6-liter four-cylinder unit. It will involve a direct injection system with a stop/start technology. It will be codenamed, `Sidi Ecotec’. It will have various output channels and will be offered by late 2013.
The full details on specifications are yet to be announced....
The 500X, like the 500L, is going to use a wide version of Fiat’s smaller car designs. This new crossover SUV is going to be made at Fiat’s Turin plant, Mirafiori. Almost one billion Euros were invested for the expansion of the Mirafiori plant.
The 500X will replace the Sedici which looks somewhat like a Suzuki SX4 crossover. Taking the lessons from Fiat’s 500X, even Jeep, Ford Motor Company and Renault are getting busy with the SUV surge.
500X is sharing the same...
The latest presentation from Lotus is the Evora GTC. This car is lighter than its GT4 Enduro. It has the GT4 Enduro’s 4.0-liter V6 engine with 450 horsepower and 460 pound-feet of torque. It has an XTRAC six-speed sequential type paddle-shift gearbox.
Lotus has always been associated with the racing world. The GTC carries carbon fiber panels on its body instead of the fiber glass. It has Plexiglass windows and all this has helped to shed about thirty kilograms off...
Honeywell Turbo Technologies have come out and announced that their latest turbo technology is going to offer consumers of cars an affordable solution to tackle the rising fuel economy problems across the globe. The turbo sales, in China alone, are estimated to double up from four million to eight million in the next five years. Honeywell took the opportunity at the Beijing Auto Show to announce this. They have confirmed their projects with car manufacturers all over...
Nissan has given some visual upgrades for the new top car in its range, the Juke Shiro. The price for the Shiro Special Edition Juke is thirty seven thousand and five hundred dollars. It is a top model and an all wheel-drive system. It has an XTronic CVT- M6 automatic transmission.
The details of this new Juke Shiro were released by Nissan last month when the orders for deliveries started to take place. It is replacing the Kuro edition Juke. `Shiro’ in Japanese means...
At the 2012 SAE (Society of Automotive Engineers) World Congress, announcements were made last week about a set of experiments on a single-cylinder petrol test engine that were done by research engineers in their pursuit of improved mileage and lower carbon emissions. These tests were done by Delphi in collaboration with the Hyundai America Technical Center, the Wisconsin-Madison University and Wisconsin Engine Research Consultants. These research programs have got a...
It has become a challenge to make consumers purchase electric cars. The electric cars are not really enjoying their sales phase right now. General Motors had to stop production on the Chevy Volt for a period of over a month. The sales for Chevy Volt or the Nissan Leaf are not that hot at this moment. Changing the mindsets of drivers to shift from petrol or diesel to electric cars is going to be very tough.
The change, however, is unavoidable. It has to take place some...
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