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Bugatti Prepare Super Electric Car

Monday, May 31st, 2010

London – After preparing powerful 1200 hp supercar, exotic Italian car maker Bugatti seemed unable to put the brakes on innovation. Now, the electric-powered 800 hp supercar would be prepared. The plan, seemed at once will change the way we look at the electric car that had been underestimated just a matter of performance.

As reported by Autoexpress, Monday (05/31/2010) his prototype will be based on the chassis of the Bentley Continental GT, and will be shown to exhibit Bugatti technology. This electric-powered Bugatti will be pinned package advanced lithium-ion batteries and two electric motors that can generate up to 2200 nm of torque from zero RPM rotation.

But the problem to be faced Bugatti is managing the abundance of energy released during acceleration, while keeping fixed the battery is full, even when the acceleration re-charging batteries are just minutes away. According to sources in the British company, the electric-powered Bugatti This allows engineers to explore the highest performance available from
an electric car.

BMW 5-Series

Tuesday, May 25th, 2010

BMW has done a great job in improving their brand new BMW 5-Series model – as a result, according to a Bloomberg report, the maker sales projections have been exceeded for a long time. Started in Europe in March is the new five-F10 Series now flag team for the German manufacturer, which announced in 2005, took the crown of the premium car manufacturer Mercedes-Benz – and it does stand out as it would keep it to a some time now. According to CEO Norbert Reithofer, BMW plans to 1.3 million units sold this year, “and the new 5-series sounds like their best chance against recession.  Good job BMW.

Make a breakdown cover comparison to avoid frustration down the road

Thursday, February 4th, 2010

I have a friend who for the time being is using his motorcycle as the sole mode of transportation. Considering that we’re now in the dead of winter, I question his ability to continue to weather his circumstance. This predicament began when his Peugeot estate wagon failed and left him stranded roadside. Actually he was not stranded roadside at all, but in front of this home. Apparently his breakdown cover did not protect him for home start or any other type of difficulty within ¼ mile of his address. This is precisely the type information one must have in hand before choosing a breakdown cover company. And this is precisely why people use breakdownchoices.co.uk to compare breakdown cover options before they buy.

A basic breakdown cover comparison would have shown my friend that his cover was insufficient and in order to find a plan within his budget that did allow for home start he would need to switch providers and use Green Flag Breakdown. There are several different levels of established breakdown cover protection used. It is important to note that one company’s features at a given level and price structure seldom match up to their competitor’s features.

All Honda Jazz in the World Will Withdraw

Saturday, January 30th, 2010

Honda will pull all the Jazz cars produced in 2001 until 2008. Honda says there are problems that can trigger production of a fire. Withdrawal decision came after a Honda Jazz which claimed the lives of burning a two-year-old toddler named Vanilla Nurse in South Africa. Honda UK and then took out the policy to withdraw 171 thousand Jazzes in the country.

Honda UK, as reported by timesonline.co.uk, Friday, January 29, 2010, states will contact all owners of Honda Jazz. Honda says the car window can cause a short circuit and cause a fire if exposed to water. This condition is likely to impact on the 646 thousand Honda Jazzes in the whole world.

This withdrawal came in when users Toyota is also concerned about the number of cases of death due to production errors. In the United States, appeared 19 reports of death from the gas pedal.

Honda New Concept

Sunday, January 10th, 2010

Honda introducing a new compact car concept, just when Toyota introduced its Etios hatchback and sedan at the Auto Expo 2010. Honda doesn’t have a name for the car yet, but it’s confident that the concept will roll out from the production lines by 2011. Auto Expo staged the world premiere for the car (a global model, they say) which comes with special changes to meet the demand of the Indian customers. It has five-seats and three doors and has been designed on the principle of ‘Man Maximum-Machine Minimum’. Courtesy of the wide platform, this compact car concept offers plenty of cabin space.

Audi A3 TDI — Green Car of The Year 2010

Monday, December 7th, 2009

The financial crisis has changed people’s habits regarding cars that are more fuel efficient, so knowing what’s the green car of the year 2010 has a bigger impact than ever — but enough with the intro as I’m sure you already know that Audi A3 TDI has secured that title. Announced by the Green Car Journal, the “luxury car features an impressive EPA estimated 42 mpg on the highway – a 50 percent highway fuel efficiency improvement over the standard gasoline engine A3. Plus, this Audi’s quiet, clean diesel engine delivers loads of low-end torque and a fun-to-drive experience, all with the functionality of a 5-passenger hatchback,” says Ron Cogan.

BMW 5 series

Thursday, November 26th, 2009

There’s a new 5-Series and it’s looking good. BMW has finally taken all the covers off the new 5 Series after yesterday giving us a peak of what it’s been testing the last few months.

The new 5 is codenamed the F10 and unlike the E60 that went before it, the new one looks good. Let’s face it – when the previous one was launched everybody was appalled shocked by those freakishly long eyebrows and the design were sadly not Chris Bangles best moment. An indication that you shouldn’t be smoking what he was smoking when you design a car.

Lesson learnt.

The new 5 is a much more graceful, completely uncontroversial design and there is a lot of the 7 series’ design language integrated in the new 5, but you’ll see that for yourselves in the photos and the video.

The new 5 series will be launched during the first quarter of 2010 in Europe, but we’ll have to wait and see when it comes to SA.

See the press release below for additional details.

The world debut of the new BMW 5 Series Sedan once again marks the epitome of aesthetic design and supreme driving pleasure in the upper midrange segment. Through its sporting and elegant looks, driving dynamics typical of the brand, outstanding efficiency as well as innovative comfort and safety features, the sixth generation of BMW’s executive express convincingly reflects the supreme standard of the world’s most successful manufacturer of premium cars throughout the entire process of development.

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