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Saturday, June 26, 2010
New 2010 Opel Astra | AUTO WORLD
The 2010 Astras will be revealed with the diesel and petrol powertrains with GM’s, an all-new 1.4-liter turbocharged petrol engine that will be presented with outputs ranging from 120 hp to 140 hp and torque standards between 175 and 200 Nm. Also will be available more performance a supercharged version of this engine that will give out 180 horsepower. For diesel version, probably a 1.7-liter turbocharged engine with a 110 horsepower.
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As probable, the new Astra‘s outdoor styling echoes that of the well usual Insignia with facts such as the smooth of the headlamps, the roofline and the dipped sprouting on the doors all pointing towards the superior Opel. Overall, the new Astra highlight looks sportier and more dynamic in an upscale variety of way compared to the modern generation brand.
While Opel has yet to relief photos of the interior, before spy shots bare that the Astra’s interior is acutely inspired from the Insignia with the dash featuring four deeply positioned instrument dials in front of the driver and a swoopy essential console with a high minor part.
All three variants of the Astra are based on GM‘s new front-wheel-push Delta platform that is also found on the Chevrolet Cruze and Chevy Volt models. However, from what we learned, the bodywork has been modified by Opel’s engineers to submit more dynamic treatment to Opel’s trio.
The 5-door hatchback versions of the newly urbanized Astra will find their way to Opel showrooms across Europe by the end of the year, while the GTC sedan and the Estate variants should result by mid-2010.
Friday, June 25, 2010
Mazda Taiki Concept
The exterior design is inspired by flowing robes and carp streamers. The Taiki has scissor doors and a very impressive drag coefficient of 0.25. Even the wheels and tires were designed with aerodynamics in mind.
The interior colours are inspired by Yin and Yang . The driver's side of the cabin is black, while the passenger side is white.
Thursday, June 24, 2010
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Exhibition Cars 2010 Luxury Cars Bugatti Veyron
The Veyron from the house of Bugatti is expected to come in the 16 cylinder W16 engine mounted in separate two banks of eight cylinders. The engine features with the 4 turbochargers and displaces 8.0 liter with the stroke and the bore of 86 mm and the 86 mm respectively. The vehicle is designed by Ricardo.
The transmission in the vehicle consists of Direct Shift gearbox with dual clutches, manual gearbox controlled by the computer with the 7 gear ratios, magnesium paddles next to the steering wheel and has the shift time of 150 Ms. The vehicle uses the Haldex traction system and provides the 4-wheel drive. The new Veyron uses the flat tires from the Michelin, which are specially designed for the Veyron to provide the maximum speed. The curb weight of the vehicle will be 2034 kilo grams.
The wheel base of the Veyron is about 2710 mm, while the length, width and the height of the model are 4462 mm, 1998 mm and 1204 mm respectively. The Bugatti Veyron has 10 radiators in total - 1 hydraulic oil radiator for the spoiler, 3 radiators for the engine cooling system, 1 engine oil radiator, 1 heat exchanger for the air-to-liquid intercoolers, 1 differential oil radiator, 2 for the air conditioning system and 1 transmission oil radiator.
The engine in the vehicle produces 746 kilo watts of power and a massive 920 lb ft of torque. The maximum speed of the vehicle is about 400 kilo meters per hour, and the most fascinating part of the story is that the Bugatti Veyron is capable of reaching the speed of 200 kilo meters per hour in just 7.3 seconds.