Tuesday, October 23, 2012

New Luxury Car - Honda Jazz Twist

Japanese car manufacturer, Honda showcased the latest variant of its flagship hatchback, the Honda Fit or Honda Jazz Twist 2013 in the event the Sao Paulo Motor Show 2012, Brazil.

Reported by Autocar.co.uk, Tuesday, October 23, 2012, this car has more sporty look with a touch of crossover style design.

It is seen from the number of changes from the standard version, such as a new grille, roof rails usage, underbody protection, and new wheels.

For the cabin was also not spared from the new touch, one of which uses a proprietary material in the seat.

Fit Twist was developed by Honda R & D team of Brazil, and is scheduled to go on sale to the Brazilian market at the beginning of next month.viva







New Luxury Car - VW Taigun

Based on the underpinnings of the up! hatchback, Volkswagen has revealed the Taigun concept at the Sao Paulo Motor Show in Brazil










Sunday, October 14, 2012

New Design Luxury Car - New VW Beetle Design

VW Beetle is a compact car manufactured by Volkswagen. This car has many names in many countries, such as the frog (Indonesia), Bug (UK) Käfer (German), Vocho, Coccinelle, fusca and Maggiolino. VW Beetle was first produced in 1938 in the Nazi era. In 2012, Volkswagen re-produce the third generation of the VW Beetle. Although the number of modifications made to this product, but the typical VW Beetle still looks strong. viva






Monday, September 24, 2012

Luxury Multipurpose Car - Foton Tunland

Chinese car manufacturer, Foton, provide an alternative double cabin light truck products at a slant. In the car show Indonesia International Motor Show 2012, Foton 4x4 Tunland brought directly from the bamboo curtain country.

Flagship is a 2.8-liter turbodiesel engine with a power 161 hp at 3600 rpm and torque of 360 Nm at 1800-3000 rpm. This high-tech engine commonrail pressure and direct injection.

Although almost the same engine capacity other competitors, Foton put relatively cheaper prices, which exclude taxes Rp215 million, or about Rp235 with taxes. Much cheaper than other products that are marketed in over 300 million.

This car has dimensions 5.310x1.880x1.870 mm with a wheelbase of 3105 mm. Tunland is equipped with security features antilock braking system (ABS) and electronic brake distribution (EBD).

Indonesia is a market double padded cabin. The number of mining and plantations is the reason car manufacturers looked at this segment. In this year alone row of double cabin car new birth, such as the Ford Ranger, Mazda BT-50, Toyota Hilux, and Chevrolet Colorado. viva






 


Sunday, September 23, 2012

Powerful Luxury Car - Toyota FJ Cruiser

The Toyota FJ Cruiser is a retro style SUV with styling and off road performance reminiscent of the original Toyota FJ40 Land Cruisers. Introduced as a concept car at the February 2003 Chicago Auto Show, the FJ Cruiser was approved for production after positive consumer response and debuted at the January 2005 North American International Auto Show in final production form. The FJ cruiser is built by Toyota subsidiary Hino Motors in Hamura, Japan since 2006 and shares many structural underpinnings from the Toyota Land Cruiser Prado.

By the time the production of the original FJ40 ended in 1984 Toyota had shifted towards increasing the size and luxury of the Land Cruiser line. The idea of a new FJ with rugged capabilities of the FJ40 originated in the mid 1990s with Toyota Product Planner Dave Danzer and then Vice President of Sales and Operations Yoshi Inaba.

Danzer worked secretly with Akio Toyoda to set up a special shop at the NUMMI plant to test the feasibility of a new FJ40 by combining Tacoma underpinnings with the bodies of Toyota Bandeirante, an FJ40 based vehicle still in production in Brazil (as a diesel model only) at the time. Akio Toyoda returned to Japan to join the board of directors giving high level support to the project. Toyota's flagship design studio Calty was then brought on to deliver a fresh interpretation of the FJ40.

In the summer of 2004, Toyota began extensive off road evaluations of the FJ platform by driving development mules on many of the most difficult trails in North America including Moab, Utah, the Angeles National Forest, the Mohave Desert, and the famed Rubicon Trail. Despite each one off mule costing hundreds of thousands of dollars, the development team was determined to push the capabilities of the prototypes in order to deliver reliable off road performance in the production model. Changes to the A-TRAC traction control system and suspension tuning came as a direct result of the prototype testing.







 


Thursday, September 20, 2012

Luxury Car - Nissan GT-R

The Nissan GT-R is a sports car produced by Nissan released in Japan on December 6, 2007, Canada and the United States on July 7, 2008, and the rest of the world in March 2009.

Between 1969 and 1974, and again between 1989 and 2002, Nissan produced a high performance version of its Skyline range called the Nissan Skyline GT-R. This car proved to be iconic for Nissan and achieved much fame and success on road and track. The Nissan GT-R, although no longer carrying the "Skyline" badge, has heritage in the Nissan Skyline GT-R. Like the Skyline GT-Rs R32 through R34, the Nissan GT-R is four-wheel drive with a twin-turbo 6 cylinder engine; however, the evolutionary, incremental changes between Skyline models R32 through R34 have been done away with. The four-wheel-steering HICAS system has been removed, and the former straight-6 RB26DETT engine has been replaced with a new V6 VR38DETT. Because of the GT-R's heritage, the chassis code for the all-new version has been called CBA-R35, or 'R35' for short (where CBA is the prefix for emission standard), carrying on the naming trend from previous Skyline GT-R generations. The GT-R has also retained its Skyline predecessor's nickname Godzilla, given to it by the Australian motoring publication Wheels in its July 1989 edition.

The production version of the GT-R debuted at the 2007 Tokyo Motor Show, launching in the Japanese market on December 6, 2007. The U.S. official launch was 7 months later on July 7, 2008. Universal Nissan in Los Angeles provided a customer with the delivery of a new GT-R, fresh from the production line at 12:01 a.m., on July 7, 2008. The Canadian launch was also in July 2008. Europe became the third consumer market, where it launched in March 2009. The large disparity in initial marketing between these regional releases is due to Nissan having to build GT-R performance centers where the car is serviced. Also the engine and rear-mounted dual-clutch gearbox are built by hand, thus limiting production to around 1000 cars a month.






 


Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Luxury Car - Jeep Compass

The Jeep Compass (MK49) is a compact crossover SUV introduced for the 2007 model year. The Jeep Compass, along with the Patriot both slot below the Jeep Wrangler as Jeep's entry-level sport utility vehicles, and is one of Jeep's first crossover SUVs.

For 2011, Jeep redesigned the Compass to more closely resemble the Grand Cherokee, while keeping its own identity. The 2011 Jeep Compass also receives a revised suspension for better handling, a revised interior with more standard equipment, and more option packages including a Freedom Drive II Off-Road Package which includes a continuously variable transmission fitted with a low-range setting, all-terrain tires inside 17-inch aluminum wheels, skid plates, a four-wheel-drive system, and an increase ground clearance of a full inch.

A special edition Compass model commemorates Jeep’s 70th anniversary in 2011, and includes various upgrades, special interiors, badges, wheels, and is available in only three exterior colors: Bronze Star, Bright Silver, and Black.