Posts Tagged ‘Show’

Land Rover LRX

For better, the LRX had to be on sale for a year, but we are not going to complain now that you have a date for its official presentation. According to Automotive News, the moment will be in October with the arrival of the Paris Motor Show, and soon after by the U.S. will drop on his U.S. debut. A sale, however, will not see it until well into 2011, so we can ensure good taste that first touchdown in the city of lights.

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The Nissan LEAF, new car 100% electric (5 doors / 5 seats), is currently under the spotlight at Tokyo Motor Show 2009. It will be released late 2010 in Japan, the United States and Europe.

The Japanese manufacturer has announced that after this event car, it would make a tour across North America from November 13, 2009 to February 14, 2010 entitled “Nissan LEAF Zero Emission Tower. It will traverse a total of 22 cities and 11 states! Read the rest of this entry »

At the Tokyo Motor Show 2009, the manufacturer Mitsubishi unveils two new concepts: the PX-MiEV embedding an engine hybrid and i-MiEV CARGO, utility derived from the i MiEV electric.

In this event the Japanese car, the i-MiEV Electric has also been awarded the Jury for the Car of the Year in Japan: it has won the trophy for the “latest technology”. Read the rest of this entry »

The 2009 Tokyo Motor Show surprises in store! It accommodates among others, a concept vehicle electrical tilt to 4 wheels, the Nissan Land Glider (2 seats in tandem).

Its dimensions? A length of 3100 mm, a width of 1,100 mm and a height of 1415 mm. It is equipped with two electric motors at the rear and lithium-ion batteries installed under the floor.

The advantages of this Nissan Land Glider put forward? He looks up to 17 degrees in the turns, it is easy to park in town, it avoids the congestion and it has an anti-collision to ensure maximum security. Read the rest of this entry »

Hybrid cars represent the immediate future of Toyota, which will be demonstrated at the Tokyo Autoshow where Sai presented, based on the Lexus HS250h, the elder brother of the successful Prius.

It is clear that Toyota has enough time betting on clean technologies in their cars. Its successful Prius led the way, but not alone. Japan’s brand has just announced another car with this technology. Sai and will be called the large sedan from Toyota in Japan.

Based on the tech-y enough in the design of the Lexus-HS250h, the hybrid car that Toyota’s premium brand sold in the United States. Under the hood, nothing new about the HS 250h: a propeller-type 2.4-liter Atkinson. This engine with electric drive power generated close to 190 HP.

The aesthetics, inside and out, it varies, but in a more noticeable in the cockpit, which opens the instrument panel and center console, steering wheel and upholstery is opting for a little less glamorous than his brother Lexus. Outside, the two are distinguished by a hood, fenders and headlights different though, as we say, the essence of both cars is similar.

The Toyota Sai be sold initially in Japan, next year, while North America would come in second place. There is a possibility that is also sold in Europe.

A singular and striking image is the defining feature of the Toyota iQ equipped with Accessory

Pack Sports, recently put on sale.

Thanks to this spectacular development, this small city was preparing to highlight a few of the town as city traffic, without losing the virtues of its compact dimensions.

Flared fins, spoilers, tires, rear diffuser … all that any lover of extreme customization may be desired, with manufacturer’s warranty.

The Toyota Auris, substitute at the time of the long-Corolla, account for the Frankfurt Motor Show with a version that expects the next hybrid model of the brand.

Although some of the familiar compact saloon, the eye is slight alterations guess it separated from other members of the Auris range, including the tires and special bumpers, more pronounced and aerodynamic.

Also, the panoramic sunroof, which have installed solar cells, distinguish this concept car close to the series and anticipates the direction announced by Toyota, which aims to offer hybrid vehicles in its range.

Since the arrival of Logan, the range of the Romanian manufacturer owned by Renault has not stopped growing, and now even dare niche versions.

The distinctive feature of the new Dacia, which arrived with the Logan, is to offer cars with current equipment and technology at very content. This formula, originally designed for emerging countries, has proved equally valid in other territories, where it has been very positively assessed the relationship between price and equipment that offer the products of this brand. Read the rest of this entry »

Of all the global developments presented in Frankfurt, the new versatile Frenchman is probably the most we see on our roads.

The turnaround, quality oriented, which is betting its range Citroen DS, seems to extend to the rest of the bid, as can be seen in the new C3.

This model belongs to segment B, where the cars will have to do with tradition rooted in Europe as the Peugeot 207, Ford Fiesta, Opel Corsa, Renault Clio or VW Polo, in addition to the SEAT Ibiza. Read the rest of this entry »

The first WRC equipped with an energy recovery system to increase power and reduce emissions.The system using the Citroen C4 WRC HYbrid4 part of an idea similar to the KERS employing some Formula 1 teams like McLaren, BMW, Toyota, or sometimes, Renault.

Taking advantage of the kinetic energy generated during braking, the system retrieves HYbrid4 part of it and stores, using a motor-generator, batteries that are at the rear of the car.

Later, that energy is used to increase power during acceleration, or for circular electric mode only. Thanks to this system, 40 km autonomy increases and consumption decreases by 30%.