Is long time now since we first heard about Alfa Romeo switching to RWD platform, but now it seems they want to borrow this platform from Jaguar! The decision to switch to RWD platform came after the company trued to compete with German brands, but all their models are on FWD platform. But as developing a whole new RWD platform will be too costly for Alfa one solution would be to use existing technology from another carmaker. This is where Jag would come in and with a decent RWD set-up (...)
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Piston Heads 
The Changan Ford Racing Team is looking forward to the 2008 China Circuit Championship (CCC) series and the opportunity to build on the outstanding success of the Changan Ford Racing Focus race car in its 2007 season. The Changan Ford Racing Focus delivered a strong performance throughout the 2007 season, winning the annual champion of CCC 2007 and the racer’s annual runner-up title. The excellence performance of Focus racing car is fully demonstrated to consumers through the (...)
Volkswagen has announced that due high demand the production of the Tiguan Crossover will be doubled from 220 cars a day to 400 or 450. In only one month Volkswagen sold 100.000 units and any client needs to wait at least 10 months to get its Tiguan. If demand will keep growing Volkswagen might increase production to 600 units a day. Tiguan is currently sold at a price starting $22,490. Tiguan is being offered with three new TSIs – direct injection engines with turbocharging or (...)
The new Lamborghini Murcielago SV -a more powerful, lightweight, rear-wheel-drive edition- will be launched by the end of the year and will be based on the current LP640. The Murcielago SV is named after the Diablo SV, which also lost its four-wheel drive system in favour of rear-wheel drive. The SV will have more power than the 641bhp V12 Reventon, and should lose at least 100kg over the 1660kg LP640. Power output is expected to be around 680bhp. Weight will be cut by losing the front (...)
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AutoCar
The Walt Disney Studios unveiled a diverse and ambitious slate of 10 new animated feature films from Walt Disney and Pixar Animation Studios to be released through the year 2012 at a New York press conference held today by Dick Cook, chairman of The Walt Disney Studios, and John Lasseter, chief creative officer for Walt Disney and Pixar Animation Studios. In the summer of 2011, Pixar's "newt" marks the directing debut of multiple Oscar(R)-winning sound designer Gary Rydstrom. Christmas (...)
Volvo's most exclusive cars guarantee discreet Scandinavian luxury designed to appeal to all one's senses. For model year 2009 the aura is reinforced still further through a unique combination of massage and ventilation functions in the front seats along with a range of enhanced materials and trim details. The engine alternatives in the Volvo S80 and XC90 Executive encompass a wide range of powerful and energy-efficient power-plants that provide a high-class driving experience. There is (...)
What better way to mark the 150th anniversary of Rudolf Diesel's birth than a brand new generation of four-cylinder diesel engines from Mercedes-Benz which outstrip all previous benchmarks for performance, torque, emission properties and, most notably, fuel economy in their segment? In its most powerful variant, the new four-cylinder unit musters up 204 hp from its 2143 cubic centimetres, meaning that it delivers around 20 per cent more power than the engine it replaces. At the same (...)
Conceptul CLK Shooting Brake este de fapt o prefigurare a designului viitoarei E-Class ce va fi lansat in 2009. CLK Shooting Brake isi va face debutul la salonul Auto de la Paris in Octombrie. CLK Shooting Brake este o combinatie intre un Coupe si un Shooting Brake ce va prelua în mare parte detalii de ordin atât estetic cât și tehnic de la viitoarea E-Class. Partea frontală spre exemplu, va renunța la blocurile optice rotunde duble, acestea fiind înlocuite de unele cu forme angulare, considerate (...)
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Auto motor und sport
Dupa cum stiti deja Subaru si Toyota lucreaza impreauna la o viitoare masina sport ce va fi lansata in 2010 si va costa undeva in jur de £10,000 in Japonia, dar preturil in Marea Britanie ar putea urca pana la £20k si pana la £25k pentru varianta turbo. Modelul va fi construit in doua variante diferite: una pentru Toyota si una pentru Subaru, fiecare cu design diferit, dar ambele vor fi propulsate de un motor Subaru de 2 litri; fiind astfel primul motor Subaru ce propulseaza un model Toyota. (...)
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AutoCar
Cei de la Progetto955 (blogul official al lui Mito) au venit cu o noua idee asupra designului viitorului MiTo GTA. Si trebuie sa recunoastem acesta arata cel mai credibil din tot ce am vazut pana acum pe piata. Designul conceput de ei este puternic inspirat din cel al lui 8C Competizione. MiTo GTA va fi propulsat de un motor supra-alimentat de 1.8 litri ce dezvolta 230 CP. Designul sportiv va fi accentuat si de jantele de 20 " si de elementele din carbon. (...)
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Progetto955
Hyundai will unveil at the Beijing Auto Show (April 20 to 28) the facelift version of the Elantra Sedan. The Chinese Elantra features a completely restyled front end inspired from the i30 / Elantra Touring models while changes in the rear-end include the new bumper, taillights and the slightly redesigned trunk. No news about a North American debut at the moment, but will follow soon for sure! (...)
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Carscoop
Gemballa revealed the GT380 tuning kit based on the 997 Carrera. The tuning kit gives the 911 a sportier and a more aggressive look. The GT380 features: Front Skirt GT, Front Bonnet GT, Side Skirts GT Rear Skirt GT, Rear Spoiler GT, RACING 20"BLACK MAGIC. .
Two historical racing cars from the collection of the Mercedes-Benz Museum in Stuttgart will be participating in the 2008 Goodwood Festival of Speed. The 120 hp Mercedes manufactured by Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft (DMG) was one of the last original designs by Wilhelm Maybach. And the 120 hp Benz from Benz & Cie. competed in the French Grand Prix in Dieppe exactly 100 years ago. For the 1906 racing season, DMG for the first time developed a racing car with six-cylinder engine. Wilhelm (...)
Mazda Australia today whipped the covers off its brand new Mazda3 MPS rally car ahead of its motorsport debut at next week's Targa Tasmania. Australia's top-selling importer will unleash two Mazda3 MPS rally cars on the country's pre-eminent tarmac endurance event, held from April 15-20. Professional rally drivers Rick Bates and Alister McRae will spearhead the company's eighth Targa campaign. Built under the watchful eye of Mazda Motorsport chief Allan Horsley, the 190kW Mazda3 MPS (...)
Saturn will unveil the next generation Astra at the Frankfurt Motor Show in September 2009 and sales will begin at the start of 2010. Pricing will start from £15,500 ($30.500). The new Astra will feature downsized and turbocharged engines, Insignia-inspired styling both inside and out. The future Astra will feature much more prominent lower air intake. The rear profile of the five-door will be more upright and practical than its coupe sibling, though the roof still slopes away steeply (...)
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CarMagazine
Here's a new rendering (most credible of all) of the future Alfa Romeo MiTo GTA. The GTA features a more dynamic design inspired by the 8C Competizione. The MiTo GTA will be powered by a 1.8-liter turbocharged engine delivering around 230 hp. The sporty design is completed by 20" wheels, and roof, the spoiler and the front bumper made out of carbon. .
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Progetto955
Ford is actively addressing drivers’ demands for increased visibility with the introduction of two new features, the Blind Spot Mirror and the Cross Traffic Alert with Blind-Spot Monitoring System, arriving in 2009. “Ford is delivering innovative features aiding in a better drive experience for the customer,” said Derrick Kuzak, Ford Group Vice President, Global Product Development. “The Blind Spot Mirror and Cross Traffic Alert with Blind Spot Monitoring System are enhancing the (...)
The current Vauxhall VXR8 is powered by a e 6.0-litre V8 engine. But this is not enough to target sports-cars like Audi RS6, BMW M5 and Mercedes E63 AMG. And this is why Vauxhall will launch a new version of its VXR8, this time powered by a 7.0-litre version of the Corvette engine. The new model will be badged the W427 and will arrive at the UK dealers in September with price tag of around £55,000. The W427 will be based on the Australian Holden HSV unveiled at last month's Melbourne Motor (...)
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AutoExpress
With the CLK Shooting Brake study, Mercedes is offering a preview of how the design of its future E-Class will look like. The new E-Class will debut in 2009, while the CLK Shooting Brake study will be unveiled in October at the Paris Motor Show. The CLK Shooting Brake is a mixture of a Coupe and a Shooting Brake, but also a combination of design with the future E-Class. For example, the CLK features a heavily revised front end with four angular headlights (replacing the four round (...)
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Auto motor und sport
Alfa Romeo announced today the winner of the "MiTo logo competition", and the winner is... well check the main image! We will just have to wait and if the new logo will be actually used on the car. After all the "Furiosa" name (the winner of the Junior naming contest) was not used! The Alfa Romeo MiTo is 4.06 meters long, 1.44 meters high and 1.72 meters wide. Great performances are guaranteed by a range of 4 engines, all Turbo (petrol and diesel), that currently range from 90 hp up to (...)
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