Showing posts with label future. Show all posts
Showing posts with label future. Show all posts
Saturday, May 22, 2010
New Opel Calibra will made by 2013
The car will receive special system FlexRide which will provide an optimum mode of movement. The car plan to equip this new Opel by 1,6/2-litre turbodiesel (with 157 and 170HP). Also will be a petrol motor, V-2 litres and the engine power more than 200HP.
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Audi develops four-door coupe R7
Audi R7
Sales of coupe Audi R7, possibly, start not earlier than 2011, and the official premiere of the car should take place within 2010.Related Posts: Audi
Monday, September 7, 2009
Alfa Romeo prepares competitor to BMW X5
2011 Alfa Romeo
Concern Alfa Romeo, entered into the agreement on partnership with Chrysler, is full determination to use workings out of a North American motor-car manufacturer for release of the first crossover.According to the Internet resource information 4wheelsnews, future crossover Alfa Romeo will construct on a platform of new generation Jeep Grand Cherokee. If Italians nevertheless dare to finish a crossover to the conveyor, the model becomes the terrible competitor for such cars, as BMW X5, Volkswagen Touareg and Audi Q7. Rough terms of the first public display of a crossover from Alfa Romeo — 2010-2011.
AlfaRomeo Crosswagon 4x4
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Sunday, August 30, 2009
Aston Martin Volare by James Trim
Aston Martin Volare
Design Volare is executed more likely in futuristic style, rather than in traditional, but has not lost spirit of luxury British mark.Photo by: media.photobucket.com
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In Germany have invented a new type of transport
German designer Christian Fyorg has developed magnetic transport of the future.
Speedway Transport System it is created on the basis of idea of a children's toy — lines with contact lines energised which current collectors of the machine with the electric motor concern. And the author suggests to move the engine under a road cloth. The network of linear electric motors creates a magnetic field which pushes away the mobile part of system located on a vehicle.The designer offers two modes of movement: city, with use of the small electric motor, and country, by means of contactless technology of linear motors.
In a city the car height increases, and the width — decreases. In the country, for the purpose of decrease in aerodynamic resistance the car as if "lays down" on road.
At driving on a hi-tech cloth accumulators also can be charged, therefore at frequent country trips the electromobile will be always ready for inclusion of the usual electric motor in a city.
In what sum re-equipment of 1,000 km (as a matter of fact will manage — creation anew) high systems, is not mentioned.
Friday, August 28, 2009
BMW Vision EfficientDynamics
Company BMW has published the first video-teazer devoted to the new conceptual car which in the middle of September will be presented on the international automobile show in Frankfurt.
The prototype has received name Vision EfficientDynamics and, predictably, begins to be equipped with the systems, allowing to lower emissions of carbonic gas and to improve fuel profitability.As it was informed earlier, the new concept car will represent double sportcar with a carbon body and the aluminium chassis. It is expected, that the car will receive the powerful petrol engine with direct injection of fuel, system of an automatic stop and motor start, and also system of regeneration of energy at braking.
Earlier in some western mass-media there were espionage photos of a certain car which presumably and was new concept car BMW. However a little bit later representatives of the German company have declared, that the car is only the breadboard model of five years' prescription intended for testing of new aerodynamic elements.
Under the preliminary information, the serial version of prototype Vision EfficientDynamics will appear in the end of 2012 and the car circulation will be limited.
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Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Crossover MINI Cooper will take part in WRC
MINI CROSSOVER CONCEPT
However with the advent of new model in a ruler the situation can change. Sources inform, that crossover MINI under name Countryman can take part in the World championship on rally in 2011.New crossover by John Cooper Works
Let's remind, the conceptual version of model has been shown for the first time on a motor show in Paris last year. And the premiere of a production version should take place on the future the motor-show in Frankfurt. Also it is expected, that next year there will be a "charged" version of a crossover from division John Cooper Works on which the car for participation in rally will be based.Friday, August 21, 2009
Updated BMW 6th series will show in September
In the autumn in the European shows-rumah of the Bavarian mark there will be new "six" which will differ richer equipment in a base complete set.
As writes edition Аutocar, a number of engines of model remains invariable, however, now each updating can be ordered in complete sets SE, Sport and M Sport.The navigating system, professional radio, communicative technology BMW ConnectedDrive are registered in base equipment of the car, Bluetooth and function of management by a voice.
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Monday, August 17, 2009
Ford represents coupe Kuga
Company Ford plans to make the version of crossover Kuga, writes British magazine AutoExpress.
According to the edition, three-door Kuga can superficially resemble coupe-crossover BMW X6, essentially differing on the price. Presumably Kuga Coupe in a base complete set will receive under a cowl a 1,6-litre turbo-engine power to 178HP, transmission with double coupling Powershift and a full drive. For the first time before public the model can be shown on one of world motor shows in 2011.Related Posts: Ford
In Frankfurt will show Trabant with the electromotor
On a motor show it will be exposed conceptual working out New Trabi with the electromotor which batch production will begin in 2012. According to representatives Herpa, the car will receive the solar battery on a roof for battery additional charge on which full gymnastics Trabant can pass 250 km. Thus, the weight of the car will not exceed 1000 kg.
Friday, August 14, 2009
Volvo creates an electromobile on the basis of С30
As writes the edition referring to press-service Volvo, electromobile Volvo C30 will be presented at an exhibition «to the Innovation for a life» which will take place in Sweden after a motor show in Frankfurt. For a basis electric С30 was the conceptual working out Recharge, shown is taken one year earlier, — have informed in the press-service.
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- The diesel engine-electric hybrid Volvo will replace model V70
- Tata Motors it's full determination to get well-known studio Pininfarina
- Volvo in search of an ideal: SC90 Concept
Monday, August 10, 2009
BMW develops electrocar Megacity
Concern BMW after competitors has started working out of own model of an electromobile.
As the chief executive of company Norbert Reithofer has informed in interview The Wall Street Journal, electrocar with working name Megacity will be allocated in a separate subbrand within the limits of BMW (like a sports M-series). Any details about a novelty are not disclosed yet, however it is already known, that ionic batteries will deliver Bosch, creating for this purpose joint venture with BMW. Megacity promise to make serial by 2015.Related Posts: BMW
The American scientists have thought up a diesel engine-petrol the engine
The group of the American scientists of Madison's university has developed an internal combustion engine which can work on a diesel engine-petrol of a fuel mix.
Proportions of each of fuel kinds are compared depending on loading on the motor, for example, at driving uphill the gasoline share in a gas mixture can reach 85% whereas at at movement on equal road volumes of both kinds of fuel will be equal. As informs Science Daily, the efficiency of this engine for 20% exceeds indicators of usual petrol units.One of the basic advantages of the motor is decrease in working temperature for 40% that has led to smaller losses of heat. It became real thanks to more flexible regulation of structure of a gas mixture. As an example scientists have presented a pre-production model of modified diesel engine Caterpillar with the EFFICIENCY equal to 53% whereas the best indicator among internal combustion engines belongs to a duple ship turbodiesel — 50%. At petrol automobile motors of EFFICIENCY makes all about 25%.
According to Rolf Reitz project, these engines can be used both in cars, and in lorries. Exact terms of occurrence of serial samples of such motors are not informed.
By calculations of scientists if all cars in the USA have been equipped a diesel engine-petrol by engines consumption of oil by America would decrease on third or on four million barrels a day. Now the USA consume 21 million barrels of oil daily.
Saturday, August 1, 2009
Rubber firm Kumho has developed an off-road car
South Korean company Kumho has presented the project of own off-road car received name Fortis and equipped with an electric power-plant.
As they say in the official press release, appearance of the car has been developed by designer Kumho and the former employee of the Turin design centre of Italian concern Fiat — Rob Dolton.Bumpers, doors, a cowl, lobbies wings and a back part of a body of the car are made of the processed rubber, and movement an off-road car is carried out at the expense of four electric motors by power of 100 horsepowers everyone which are located in wheels. Energy electromotors receive lithium-ionic of the accumulators located under a floor in the central part of the car from the complete set.
Plans of manufacture of own off-road cars at company Kumho are not present.
The car has been created for demonstration of experimental tyre covers, drawing of a protector at which can change at will of the driver, button pressing in salon. For the best coupling with a covering on impassability the central part of a protector will fall slightly, opening metal "teeth". On an asphalt covering thorns to hide back.Thursday, July 30, 2009
In Frankfurt universal Mercedes-Benz E-Class debuts
Concern Daimler AG has confirmed, that on the Frankfurt motor show in September of this year the world premiere new Mercedes-Benz E-Class in a body universal will take place.
Espionage photos E-Class Estate have already appeared on the Internet, and official pictures and characteristics are promised in August. Nevertheless already now it is possible to assume, that universal will receive the same set of engines, as a sedan, including the newest representatives of series Blue Efficiency power of 136HP (diesel engine) and 184HP (gasoline).Simultaneously with it Daimler AG has reported about sales of new sedan E-Class: made this year, car sales have made 40 000 copies. Thus it is expected, that the updated business sedan from Mercedes-Benz will be even more popular, not looking at all on world financial crisis as, the next months start car sales in the USA and China.
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Tuesday, July 28, 2009
The hybrid Utopia becomes a reality
All are already familiar with autocompany Tesla and two models: Roadster and representation sedan Model S. Now one more new company tries to declare itself — Velozzi which is going to begin manufacture of hybrid cars loudly.
Velozzi the State of California — a place very successful for start of the hi-tech project is based in Los Angeles. We will remind, to California on emissions of exhaust gases the most rigid ecological standards are entered into environment.
In the young company there are scientists, engineers and designers who are engaged in working out of transport ecological technologies. The company purpose is the batch production and bulk selling of ecologically safe, powerful, beautiful and functional hybrid cars.Today Velozzi shows the working out — crossover Solo. Unlike other hybrids is an easy and spacious car. The majority of modern electric and hybrid cars are under construction on the same a principle. As old kind cars with traditional petrol motors, using, by and large, the same design. The general director of new company Roberto Velozzi considers, that manufacture of new effective vehicles with use of out-of-date methods of building is impossible.
For effective, ecologically pure car it is necessary to use easy materials to improve the fuel expense, to reduce environmental contamination and to increase safety of passengers.
Velozzi now has developed modular technology with use of modern easy materials that allows engineers to think freely not adhering to technical restrictions traditional for automobile branch. Under statements of experts of the company the new technology allows to simplify assemblage of the car and to reduce industrial expenses. As a result, the end production will cost more cheaply, and in the car it will be possible to use more expensive and powerful engines.
Besides, cars Velozzi in the world will use for the first time high-strength hydrocarbon. At the heart of a new material carbon with cylindrical structure, so-called CNTs is used.
Velozzi mechanical durability of a material which on 40% is more effective, than used is necessary today, first of all. Besides hydrocarbon very easy also gives in to secondary processing.
Crossover Solo, will use still set of hi-tech decisions, including, come and from the Formula-1. But the principle of work of hybrid installation becomes the main feature of the car. For gymnastics of super condensers and lithium-ionic of batteries onboard Solo fuel microturbines will be used some.
That is cars Velozzi are the normal electromobiles which electromotors receive a food at the expense of a combination lithium-ionic of the battery and super condensers which, in turn, are charged from several onboard fuel microturbines or the usual city electric system.
Microturbines Velozzi can use fuel any kind, including, gasoline, diesel fuel, ethanol, biodiesel fuel and natural gas. If it is necessary, the car can work as a diesel engine-generator and to feed with the electric power the whole house with all house electrodevices.
By calculations, the car will be constructed only in 2011.
Solo it will be capable to reach speed in 210 km/hour, to be dispersed to hundred for fantastic for an off-road car of 6 seconds, and to spend 2,4 litres of fuel for 100 kilometres. Utopian for today figures, nevertheless, can define success of the new company in the future.Except crossover Solo in plans at Velozzi building of the hybrid super car. For realisation of plans Velozzi already has now involved in working out of 17 future suppliers of components of the serial car.
High-speed Audi S1 will present in Frankfurt
In October of this year in Belgium starts a batch production of the new car Audi A1, which German concern is intended to show on the international motor show in Frankfurt.
Some editions, not waiting the official premiere of a novelty, on the basis of hearings and the data have ventured creation of preliminary design of the "charged" version of compact model. While in Audi officially have not confirmed the information on an exit of the charged version of a novelty that has not stopped designers who have decided to simulate a prospective image of car Audi S1.As writes Topspeed, most likely, under a car cowl there can be 1.4 l the motor from Volkswagen Polo GTi Cup Edition. It is not excluded, that power of the 178-strong engine will be increased in Audi to 200 h.p. that will allow model to be accelerated to 10 km/h for 6 seconds, and the maximum speed of the car will make an order of 250 km/h.
From standard Audi A1 the sports version will differ not only the engine, but also some details in an ex-terrier. So, the car should receive wider wheel arches, 19-inch disks, a back spoiler, little bit other registration of a forward part of a body.
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BMW presented a new coupe-crossover
Autocompany BMW presented a new coupe-crossover of 3 series GT for manufacture.
Under the preliminary information, the car will appear on sale in 2011. The premiere of the conceptual car should take place this autumn on the Frankfurt motor show.The harmonious combination of the versatile person and classical 3-series will open a new segment of market Progressive Activity Coupe. The Back row of seats with separate backs is capable to contain three passengers. The car equip with the newest turbo-engines with 6 cylinders (N55), and also diesel motors and 4-cylinder hybrid power-plants.
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Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Audi can present in Frankfurt cabriolet R8
As writes the edition, in the same interview the representative of autoconcern has denied the information of the German and Italian mass-media, that in Frankfurt there will be a debut of version R8 to the electromotor and the block of storage batteries.
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Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Volvo in search of an ideal: SC90 Concept
Despite change of the owner, main priorities Volvo Car Corporation remained former — safety of all participants of movement and convenience of the car to the driver and passengers. So, the Scandinavian firm began to care and of ecology. However year before engineers from the Geteborg have changed the important approaches to a design of cars.
In May, 1998 the Swedish company Volvo has stopped manufacture of cars of classical configuration S90/V90 (a series 940-960 till 96th year) and has completely started the production cars with a cross-section arrangement of the power unit and forward (or full) a drive.
So the decisive step has been dictated by the weighty economic and technical reasons. Front-wheel cars with a cross-section arrangement of the engine have lower cost of manufacture. To consumers their operation more cheaply manages.
But besides it front-wheel cars possess also the best stability, than the cars having a drive on back wheels. More precisely so affairs were for that moment when managers Volvo Cars made it fatal the decision, at a characteristic level of development for this time of automobile electronics.
And here traditional advantages, characteristic for cars of classical configuration, remained at them. After all only similar configuration allows to counterbalance in regular intervals weight of the car on axes. And this circumstance, along with absence of traction effort on forward wheels, helps to achieve the best controllability of the car.
Thus, if extremely to simplify the description of a today's situation both to the manufacturer, and the consumer needs to choose between size of expenses and comfort and controllability level. With reference to the automobile company it, in particular, means the following: if you wish to make the high quality car use classical configuration. Japanese firms Lexus and Infiniti, followed Germans, have well acquired this true.
And for compact and, especially, inexpensive cars the best configuration will be that at which the engine will take places across a motor coupe (that took less places), and the drive was carried out on forward wheels.
Volvo today
Designers Volvo use such configuration on all models without an exception already more than ten years. But just absence of exceptions also creates problems.For car Volvo C30, S40 and V50 the similar layout scheme is more than pertinent, and the platform from car Ford Focus corresponds almost ideally. Swedes only needed to choose parametres of adjustment of the chassis (it is a problem for experts in marketing) and to correct a suspension bracket according to them (a problem for engineers).
Models Volvo S60 and XC60 already are as though "boundary", both on a class, and on the sizes. In the sense that at their designing it would be possible to use any of the mentioned schemes and to achieve thus the relatives almost identical, results.
And here above on a class the picture any more does not look so iridescent. Versatile person V70 is still, all right. But sedan Volvo S80 and crossover XC90 (the biggest car Volvo) from the point of view of designing and engineering are perceived by "wrong".
Certainly, these cars go, and it is rather quite good. But engineers from the Geteborg had to do the big work to compensate a consequence once the made choice — the layout scheme.
It is necessary to notice, that a design of transmission Volvo with a drive of all of 4 wheels when back wheels are connected to some extent in case of proslipping of lobbies, here not in attention it undertakes intended, because it is a separate theme and also full of compromises.
Probably, one of consequences of excessive propensity of designers Volvo Cars to compromises is refusal of German manufacturers to enlist the Swedish company in the elite club. For the same reason sharp motorists on language have thought up for Volvo a personal class — "pseudo-premium".
Thus nobody challenges the main priorities of the Scandinavian firm, as well as achievements in recognised areas.
Feeler
If to take into consideration the above-stated reasonings conceptual project Volvo SC90 which has appeared in this year will cease to seem so unexpected. And value, on the contrary, will increase and will be beyond the student's work made during training of the author in the Californian studio of design of company Volvo. Young designer Nufon Bansasin (Nouphone Bansasine) has drawn very beautiful car.Certainly, the lattice of a radiator of the six-coal form forces to recollect conceptual car Volkswagen Iroc. But this unique loan which can be found in the project. And it is harmoniously entered in an obverse part of new car Volvo. Though there is also one more. But this similarity of absolute other sort.
In image and forms of a new coupe that power of the compressed spring which so is well familiar on cars BMW any more one generation is felt. Actually, Volvo for a long time to aspire to something similar. But only in work of designers Volvo this energy is felt so powerfully. And it is surprising. Because both the general form of the car, and separate elements of design have with cars of the Bavarian firm no anything the general. Though, is not present: a back part of the car, it is accurate in a profile, in that drawing on which there is east beauty, gives rise to very thin associations with BMW. But it only associations. It is necessary to look at the same element under any most insignificant corner, and similarity there and then "evaporates".
Sides of a body of coupe SC90, combining convex and concave surfaces are interestingly executed. These surfaces as if are imposed on a pure silhouette of the car, creating an additional visual image.
As to an ex-terrier on level of stylistic study the given project can successfully argue with the most expensive supercar of a planet — Aston Martin One-77, something imperceptible reminding last.
Very important that, as in shape of the car, and in salon firm lines Volvo is guessed absolutely definitely.
Only it is absolutely new — young, dynamical, resolute, impudent and extreme Volvo!
The new classics
Thus the external beauty sports Volvo SC90 not only speaks for itself, but also informs other extremely useful and important information.After all a small forward plumb of a body and long, but a low cowl in the forward part eloquently I testify that on the car is planned to use the engine of great volume which not only is located along a longitudinal axis of the car, but also it is strongly shifted for a forward axis.
It is available — classical configuration of the car in a combination to a back drive and ideal distribution of weight on axes. The made assumption confirms also the computer videoclip applied on the project. In this video film the author of the project not only shows a class and character of the car, but also directly shows configuration.Most likely, developers used motor Yamaha with which crossovers XC90 are completed now by working out of the project. After all it is unique engine V8 which company Volvo Cars has for today. Besides the car is rather advanced on a design — very easy, compact and giving in to modernisation. It is enough to recollect, that on supercar Noble power of this motor at equipment by a turbo-supercharging reaches 600HP.
In too time concern Ford at the moment finishes working out of wide scale of motors V6 and V8 which are equipped with pressurisation already initially. And among them there are the engines possessing power sufficient even for such car.
The foggy future
Actually the destiny also depends on the further development of relations with "Ford" not only the given project, but also all company Volvo.Certainly, a stumbling-block is not the problem of motors, and huge debts Ford Motor. And not looking that within approximately year their "Ford's" managers successfully reduce, shareholders of the American concern demand to sell the Swedish firm, to accelerate this process.
Itself Volvo Car Corporation by and large in this situation it is not guilty. The car, of course, is today unprofitable but who has today profit? Though, in all honesty, it is necessary to admit that last ten years Volvo Cars was far not successful though and concerning the safe company.Supercar Volvo SC90 is a project which is capable to approach Volvo to an ideal. But only in the event that money, and Volvo — time will suffice "Ford".
Who knows, perhaps, the project of new coupe Volvo SC90 is that counterbalance which will overcome bowls of scales in the necessary direction therefore the Scandinavian company remains as a part of concern Ford.
And though the common sense prompts, that hardly it is necessary to expect a great demand on expensive cars in the foreseeable future, and the logic of crisis especially demands to reduce costs and to make the cheap cars, above described example BMW and Mercedes-Benz says that sometimes it is not necessary to run together with all.
Sale Volvo Car Corporation to Chineses can become the nominal transaction of this century. By and large the transaction is not favourable any of three companies. Including to Chineses. Unless only Ford will receive the money. And that the reputation can suffer more.
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- Volvo creates an electromobile on the basis of С30
- Tata Motors it's full determination to get well-known studio Pininfarina
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