Holden Cruze Hatchback 2010

Holden Cruze Hatchback 2010 ,Its advancing has been accepted for as continued as its auto affinity has existed in Australia, but at aftermost the covers accept appear off: this is the 2012 Holden Cruze Hatchback - albeit, in showcar anatomy and cutting its all-embracing Chevrolet front-end.Designed and congenital in Australia, the Cruze Hatchback will be marketed as a all-around archetypal for GM - cutting the Chevrolet brand and face in best markets - with accumulation for the Australian bazaar to be agitated out appropriate actuality at home from backward 2011.

The Cruze auto is accepted to about-face to bounded assembly in the aboriginal division of abutting year.The 2012 Holden Cruze Hatchback was advised and congenital in Australia.While the Cruze Hatchback pictured actuality is a showcar only, Holden's architecture bang-up Richard Ferlazzo said today that it is a forerunner to a assembly model, advised over 12 months alongside GM designers from about the world.

"Our abrupt was to actualize an another anatomy actualization to the acceptable auto that retained the aforementioned activating accommodation that has fabricated Cruze such a success about the world,” Mr Ferlazzo said.

“We are actual appreciative of the aftereffect which will be tailored added for the Australian bazaar and accustomed an actualization constant with the blow of the Holden portfolio abutting year.”

2010 Mini-Me Sport Cars

2010 Mini-Me Sport Cars

The manufacturer calls these beautiful half-scale sports cars—from the Porsche 356 to the Jaguar above—"children's cars." Whatever. They fit an adult perfectly fine, and I'm getting one to drive straight from my bedroom to my office desk.The cars, which are manufactured with exquisite detail, include the classic Porsche 356, the Mercedes Benz 300SL, the Jaguar E-type, the Willys Jeep, and the Bugatti T35. They use composite chassis and composite body shells, and can be driven by anyone age of 6 and up. In fact, the two seat models can fit a kid and an adult.

They come with 50cc engines, but you can customize them with any racing kart engine you want, as well as choosing automatic or manual transmission.

SSC Ultimate Aero II

SSC Ultimate Aero II

hese absolute aboriginal photos appearance the SSC Ultimate Aero II, the additional bearing of America's fastest supercar. It's gotta new attending and a new mission: accost the appellation of world's fastest assembly car from the Bugatti Veyron Super Sport. UPDATE

There already was a time area the American-built SSC Ultimate Aero TT was the world's fastest assembly car, hitting 256 mph with its 1,183-hp 6.2-liter V8. In fact, it was aloof a few weeks ago. But again ze Germans stepped in to abduct the almanac with their adorned Veyron Super Sport and its 268 mph top speed. As anon as it happened the association at Shelby SuperCars aback started talking about their affairs for an alike added ultimate Aero.

2011 Ford F-150 SVT Raptor

Bowing to appeal for a four-door, five-seat high-output dune hopper, Ford has taken the wraps off its accessible 2011 SVT Raptor SuperCrew. It comes with a 12-inch best wheelbase, a 36-gallon ammunition tank, and alike introduces a new blush (Ingot Silver Metallic).

The Raptors f 150 old 5.4-liter V8 is gone, acceptation the 6.2-liter 411-horsepower V8 is standard. For all the specs, analysis out our antecedent column on the new F-150s.

the SuperCrew is willing to compromise performance due to its extended length, well think again.

Suspension travel is still 11.2 inches front and 12.1 inches in back on both models. In fact, everything is virtually the same on both models other than the rear legroom. Both get the big V8, both get FOX Racing Shox, and both get big BFG rubber. As for handling differences, we'll have to be patient for a review.

SVT chief nameplate engineer Jamal Hameedi says, "We spent a lot of time getting the ride and suspension characteristics of the SuperCrew similar to that of the SuperCab, and we were successful in getting the same character and flavor out of the SuperCrew. While the SuperCab and SuperCrew both have different strengths, each is worthy of the Raptor nameplate."

Subaru Celeno Sports Sedan Concept

New Subaru Celeno Sports Sedan Concept, Subaru's relatively boring lineup (barring the STI, and to a lesser extent, the WRX), it's refreshing to find people interested in bringing some new ideas to the brand. In the case of the Celeno, that person is budding car designer Xuacu Pérez Quesada.

for more Mr. Quesada interned for Italdesign and received an M.A. in Transportation Design from the Universidad Politécnica de Valencia; he is obviously not a person playing around on the computer with a bong and some photoshop skills (to those people out there: feel free to keep sending stuff in, we don't mind).

The Subaru Celeno is Quesada's interpretation of a small Subaru with some BMW Visions EfficientDynamics thrown in. It's a sleek four-door coupe seen down the hypothetical line created by Subaru's own Hybrid Tourer.

2011 Kia Optima Test Drive

If the Optima were a farmer, its standard-equipment crop would be bountiful. A dual exhaust with chrome tips; turn signals integrated into the mirror housings a sound system with Sirius satellite radio and USB, auxiliary, and Bluetooth connectivity; a tilting and telescoping steering wheel; and power locks and windows are all standard on the base LX model. The rear seat splits 60/40 and folds, and all automatic models come with cruise control.2011 Kia Optima Test Drive

Three trim levels are primarily differentiated on the outside by their wheel sizes. LX models wear 16s, EXs get 17s, and the big-dog SX rolls on 18s. To the LX’s gear, the EX adds fog lights, heated outside mirrors, body-color door handles, a little more chrome pizzazz, a rearview camera, push-button ignition, dual-zone climate control, and Kia’s new Uvo vehicle-interface system developed with Microsoft.

Spring for the SX, and you’ll net HID headlights, LED taillights, and an LCD information screen tucked into the instrument panel. The SX also is set apart with a unique appearance, thanks to a separate grille design, exclusive rocker moldings, a lip spoiler, and red brake calipers. Inside is French-stitched black leather, with metal pedals and paddle shifters to make the driver feel faster.

While the look is thoroughly overhauled, don’t expect pricing to change much. When the new Optima goes on sale in early fall of 2010, the sticker should stay close to today’s range of $18,000 to $23,000.

Regardless, in the hyper-competitive mid-size-sedan market, Kia has nothing to lose and everything to gain by turning its milquetoast Optima into something other than what it is today.

Right now Kia is busy at this year’s New York auto show, for debut of the redesigned Sportage, the new Forte hatchback, and the all-new Optima sedan detailed here.While preliminary sketches suggested an Optima with a hot-rod chop to the roof, the production version has less-severe proportions and windows out of which people can actually see. Longer (by 1.7 inches), lower (by an inch), and wider (by 0.9 inch) than the outgoing car, the Optima forms a much more dramatic shape than the model it replaces, yet its shape is not as commanding as that of its platform-mate, Hyundai’s suddenly smokin’ Sonata.

Optima design isn’t quite as sultry as the Sonata’s, the powertrains will be precisely as stimulating, because they’ll be shared. A direct-injection, 2.4-liter inline-four is the standard engine, available in the base LX trim with either a six-speed manual or a six-speed automatic. A direct-injection, turbocharged four is the hot mill, with a whopping 274 horses from just 2.0 liters. Sadly, that engine will only be available with the automatic. And like the Sonata, the Optima will yield a hybrid option early in 2011. The suspension, too, is shared with the Sonata, with MacPherson struts, coil springs, and an anti-roll bar up front and a multilink setup with coils in back.

Dodge Charger saves life of suicide jumper

A 2008 Dodge Charger played the role of lifesaver on Tuesday when a man fell 400 feet and amazingly lived to see another day. The New York Post reports that 22-year-old Thomas Magill allegedly tried to commit suicide by jumping out of a 39-story New York high-rise when the aforementioned Charger broke his fall. Witnesses said that Magill flew through the air at "like 100 miles per hour" and landed on the Charger's rear window.

The man's impact sent glass flying everywhere and even knocked his tennis shoes clear off his feet and onto the windshield of another vehicle. After Magill hit the vehicle, witnesses claim the young man screamed that his legs hurt. Understandably.

While Magill lived through the tremendous fall, he's not out of the woods yet. He is reportedly listed in critical condition at a local New York hospital.

[Source: The New York Post]

Maybach Not Dead Yet

Conventional wisdom would say that 200 to 300 units of worldwide sales is far from sufficient to keep a car marque alive, and rumors of Maybach’s demise have been circulating for months. If Automobile is correct, the brand will not only soldier on, but will see a focus on growth through new models, thanks to Daimler’s Joachim Schmidt. Schmidt sees opportunity for the high end brand in China, North America, Russia, and the Middle East, but only if the product line is revised and updated.

All new Maybachs are expected to be built on the upcoming Mercedes S-Class platform, scheduled for launch in 2012. The Maybach range is expected to add a four door coupe and a long wheelbase convertible, while the 57 and 62 models continue in their present configuration on the new platform. A hybrid Maybach is also said to be in the works, but it’s expected to have a modest battery-only range and will only produce some 20 supplemental horsepower.

Let’s be honest, though: Maybach buyers don’t really care about fuel mileage or gasoline prices, and hybridization is just Daimler’s way of making the Maybach appear more green to EU regulators. With a base motor that cranks out about 545 horsepower and an uprated motor good for 630 horsepower, current Maybachs get a fuel economy rating of just 12 mpg; even a hybrid drivetrain won’t increase that substantially.

Vauxhall Astra VXR 2011 Review

The new bearing Vauxhall Astra is still after a hot archetypal but this looks set to change with a accessible Astra VXR model. Set to go arch to arch with the Renaultsport Megane, Golf GTI,Focus RS, Audi S3 and the like and will be powered by a 2.0 Litre turbo agent that offers 250bhp and 320 Nm of torque thats acceptable abundant to hit 0-60 mph in 6 seconds. Vauxhall accept additionally declared that the new Astra VXR will appear with FlexRide abeyance with the best of ‘Sport’ or ‘VXR’ approach to acuminate up dispatch acknowledgment and accomplish the abeyance stiffer. Style astute the VXR will chase a agnate affair to the antecedent archetypal with a auto anatomy design, ample axial bankrupt arrangement and pumped up anatomy kit. The autogenous is a anew redesigned berth and Bluetooth and MP3 stereo should feature. The new Astra will be showcased at the Paris motor appearance and will be in the exhibit from 2011 for £22k.Vauxhall Astra VXR 2011 Review

2010 Jaguar Sports Cars XKR 75

The 2010 Jaguar Sport Car XKR 75 will provide owners with exclusivity, excitement and a hint of Jaguar’s great heritage its debut at the 2010 Goodwood Festival of Speed on July 2. Jaguar Land Rover CEO, Dr Ralf Speth, initiated the challenge to the Jaguar engineering team to construct an XKR to celebrate Jaguar's 75th anniversary, which would deliver a combination of enhanced performance, superb chassis and steering control and grip levels to inspire the driving enthusiast to explore the true potential of the XKR's capabilities.

2010 Jaguar Sports Cars XKR 75

“The Jaguar Sport Car XKR 75 will provide owners with an exclusive, fun and a bit of the Jaguar heritage. This is a way to celebrate the power of the XK sports trademark name Jaguars 75 years,” said Mike O'Driscoll, managing director, Jaguar Cars.

Jaguar engineers increased the power and torque of the acclaimed 5.0-litre supercharged engine to 530PS and 655Nm respectively for the Jaguar Sport Car XKR 75, to deliver truly outstanding performance. While the limited edition model’s top speed is electronically limited to 174mph (280km/h), the Jaguar Sport Car XKR 75's 0-60mph (100km/h) acceleration time is reduced from 4.6 to 4.4 seconds compared to the standard 510 PS XKR. "We conceived the XR 75 as a sports car with a duality of character that makes it perfectly suited to driving across Europe to the Nurburgring, completing some very fast laps, and then driving home again, added Mike Cross, Chief Engineer Vehicle Integrity.

2010 Jaguar Sports Cars XKR 75 

The Jaguar Sport Car XKR 75 features revised suspension and handling for increased precision and agility in addition to the performance enhancements. To ensure the XKR 75 remains stable at high speeds, a revised aerodynamic body pack with a front splitter, side sills extensions, a rear diffuser and larger rear spoiler provide increased balance and a reduction in lift. The XKR's computerised Active Differential Control also adjusts to reduce steering sensitivity at very high speeds, further improving stability and driver control.

Production of the Jaguar sports car XKR 75 is limited to just 75 vehicles, which will be available to order from July 2010 in the UK priced from £85,500 OTR. Customer deliveries will commence during October 2010.

Mitsubishi i-MiEV 2010

Mitsubishi i-MiEV has appear some new advice on the accessible Euro-spec i-MiEV electric city-car.Compared to the Japanese variant, the European archetypal has remodelled bumpers, centre animate and "improved autogenous comfort." Compare to the approved petrol ‘i-car’, the i-MiEV comes with ASC (Active Stability Control) and ancillary & blind airbags as standard.get instant insurance

The EV appearance a lithium-ion array which admiral a baby 63bhp (64PS) electric motor has 180Nm (133lb-ft) of torque. This allows for a ambit of 100 afar (160 km). UK consumers will pay 96p per allegation – Mitsubishi claims it will amount £144 for 12,000 afar of driving.

Due to go on auction in December, the i-MiEV will be launched in 14 countries; Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom. Prices will alter from €33,000 - €35,000 (or equivalent), but government incentives will lower it to €30,000 in best countries. UK models alpha from £28,990, or £23,990 afterwards the governments £5,000 incentive. Mitsubishi originally priced the EV at £38,699.

Servicing costs will be essentially lower compared to a centralized agitation engine, due to the actuality the EV has 4 affective parts, while a centralized agitation agent has about 300 affective parts.

VW Up 2011 Scoop

In summer 2011, as one of three Up! bodystyles due to arrive from August 2011. The Lupo name was originally mooted, as tipped by the Up constituent; reflecting how the iRoc became the Scirocco.These are among the first spy photos of the new Volkswagen Up! – the city car with which VW will spear into the new affordable small car market around the world. The VW Up! will be pitched upmarket for developed countries, but can be switched to a lower cost mix for more developing markets.

Scooped in the Californian desert testing ahead of a 2011 debut, the VW Up! appears to be as short and stubby as the concept car. Although still lurking beneath several weeks' deliveries of binbags, we can make out the compact footprint of Volkswagen's smallest car which is tipped to cost from around £6000-£7000.

So when does the VW Up! go on sale?

Our new VW Up! spy photos reveal the three-door version; a five-door hatchback will be available from launch, while a taller Space Up! microvan will follow. VW is targeting 600,000 sales per year, once the full suite of models is deployed and once global sales have been launched in every market.

Is the VW Up! technically interesting?

The engineering story has chopped and changed since the launch of the original rear-engined, rear-wheel drive Up! concept. Cost and complexity forced a switch to a more conventional front-engined, front-drive layout, much of the architecture shared with the previous-gen Polo.

As previously reported by Georg Kacher, here is how the three-door Up! compares to the current Polo: wheelbase 2450 (Polo 2470mm), length 3450 (3970mm), width 1630 (1680mm), height 1500 (1460mm), front track 1420 (1446mm), tank capacity 35 (45 litres), cargo deck 180 (280 litres), number of seats four (five), weight 800kg (995kg).

What engines will the VW Up have?

• 1.0-litre three-cylinder petrol, 60bhp

• 1.0-litre TFSI four-cylinder petrol, 85bhp

• 1.2-litre four-cylinder petrol, 105bhp (from 2012)

• 1.2-litre three-cylinder TDI, 75bhp

2010 VolksWagen Cars Beetle Bio-Bug Powered by Sewage Waste

Mohammed Saddiq, general manager of GENeco, has another idea, which would take something that's normally thought of as waste, and turn it into a way to power a vehicle. The prototype  2010 VolksWagen Cars Beetle Bio-Bug is powered by methane gas which is produced from human waste at sewage works. Another environmentally friendly car has been shown to the world today by Wessex Water in England.

2010 VolksWagen Cars Beetle Bio-Bug Powered by Sewage Waste. The Bio-Bug is a project from Wessex Water, a sewage treatment company in England. Now there’s Bio-Bug, a VW Beetle that runs on the methane gas generated at a sewage treatment plant, reports The Telegraph. Wessex Water, near Bristol, England, says that human waste from the toilets of 70 homes can power the Bio-Bug for a year.

2010 VolksWagen Cars Beetle Bio-Bug Powered by Sewage Waste

GENeco believes that more gas will be produced at its Avonmouth site when the company embarks on its latest green venture to recycle food waste. Mr Saddiq said: “Waste flushed down the toilets in homes in the city provides power for the Bio-Bug, but it won’t be long before further energy is produced when food waste is recycled at our sewage works.

At first glance, the Beetle appears to be a publicity stunt for GENeco, which owns a number of waste treatment sites in the U.K. But consider this: A single sewage treatment plant in Bristol, England generates 18 million cubic meters of biogas each year. The Bio-Bug squeezes out 5.3 miles per cubic meter of biogas. So just one sewage treatment plant could keep cars running for 5,400,000 miles each year, according to the British Daily Mail.

The Volkswagen Beetle dubbed the “Bio-Bug” was built for GENeco by UK’s The Greenfuel Company. The Bio-Bug’s 2.0-liter four-cylinder engine was converted to run on biogas and still hit about 114 miles per hour. However, the Bio-Bug uses regular unleaded gas to start, then switches over to methane automatically once it’s running. GENeco, a company owned by Wessex Water, supplied the equipment to treat the gas. “If you were to drive the car you wouldn’t know it was powered by biogas, as it performs just like any conventional car,” said Mohammed Saddiq, general manager of GENeco, in the release.

Mr. Saddiq explained that GENeco had been supplying treated compressed methane gas to generate electricity for the plant site and exported to the National Grid. The fuel for the Bio-Bug was surplus gas “we had available” and “we wanted to put it to good use in a sustainable and efficient way.”

The Bio-Bug was built by the Greenfuel Company, which specializes in converting gas cars to run on liquified petroleum gas.

2010 VolksWagen Cars Beetle Bio-Bug Powered by Sewage Waste

“The choice of car was inspired by students who took part in a workshop. They thought it would be appropriate that the poo-powered car should be the classic VW Beetle Bug because bugs naturally breakdown waste at sewage works to start the treatment process which goes on to produce the energy.”

Brilliant! Now, that’s a great marketing hook.

2011 Hyundai Sonata Preview

This is 2011 Hyundai Sonata Preview.The 2011 Hyundai Sonata has only been on sale for a few months, but it's already winning over many American mid-size sedan buyers, and we've been every impressed by what we've found in our first drive and review. However, the rakish new Sonata could face a recall. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has launched an investigation into about 16,300 Sonatas due to potential steering issues.

NHTSA has accustomed letters that adduce problems with either a break of the high accepted collective in the average council shaft assembly. The aftereffect is a complete accident of council capability, admitting the accepted collective was not absolutely separated.

Hyundai says that it is blind of any accidents or injuries affiliated to this affair and that it is absolutely allied with NHTSA on the investigation. The automaker additionally says that it had accustomed letters of two cartage with a council botheration affiliated to the high accepted joint, but that both were repaired after issue. Expect the after-effects of NHTSA's analysis to be appear in the advancing weeks.