Friday, March 30, 2012

Luxury Concept Car - Lamborghini Madura

Dream cars made in Indonesia became the world's products may not be achieved. But at least the names of Indonesia managed to attract the world's leading automakers.

Names are used cars from Indonesian into a pride and honor in itself. Because of global product generally used Latin, Spanish, Japanese, and others.

Indonesia names were considered sufficient to sell and easily remembered by consumers. In addition to representing the character of the car. Students are Munich University, Slavche Tanevsky, which made ​​the name of the island in Indonesia, Madura, as a variant name for the new Lamborghini.

Tanevsky designers collaborate with Lamborghini Lamborghini and Audi makes Madura. According to him, choosing a name taken from the island of Madura is famous for its culture karapan cow, bull bearing fits this car.

According Tanevsky, Madura is a proposal for the project Lamborghini's first hybrid car that is scheduled for release in 2016.

So what Madura lamborgini greatness? The design resembles a glimpse of Lamborghini Reventon and display the Estoque concept car. However, the overall design more streamlined and aggressive Madura.

The front of the Lamborghini Madura, brings light to reinforce the impression of a slim width of the car, decorated with large air holes and the hood has a unique curve.

The stern section, the position of hybrid machines that are in the front, making Tanevsky can create intricate lines that help make the look of Concept Lamborghini Madura has a very unique, interesting and sexy. viva






 


Thursday, March 29, 2012

Trendy 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.

During a press conference on November 4, 2009, Chrysler LLC, now 25% under Fiat ownership, announced that both the Patriot and Compass would get modifications for 2010, but will be discontinued by 2012, to be replaced by a single Fiat-based model.

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.





 


Luxury Car - BMW i8

German-made cars, BMW, announced the launch of their advanced hybrid cars, the BMW i8, 2014. Model to be presented is believed to have a design concept better than that exhibited in the movie Ghost Protocol MI.

Reported by Inautonews, Monday, March 26, 2012, though it was a shadow of its model, BMW is still doing testing and development of the car.

BMW i8 expected to have the original design better, compared with a concept that was introduced to the public years ago, in September 2011 at the Frankfurt Motor Show.

BMW i8 will come with hybrid technology engines with total power 393 hp, and one of them stem from an electric motor that produces 170 hp and 550 Nm of torque. The big secret power generated is supplied from a 3-cylinder turbocharged 1.5-liter capacity newest.

Powerful engine and is mated to an environmentally friendly four-speed transmission, where there is a version of "i" that uses a single-speed transmission.

For the price, BMW i8 will go on sale with a tag of Rp1, 2 billion and is targeted sale of at least reach 10 thousand units. viva








Thursday, March 22, 2012

Magic Luxury Car - Ford B-MAX

American car manufacturers, Ford, finally announced the price of the car "magically" flagship, Ford B-MAX. Cars without a B pillar (pillar in the middle of the car) is priced at Rp191 million, or 15 950 euros in Germany.

Reported by Inautonews, Monday, March 12, 2012, Ford B-Max was officially introduced to the public in the event the Geneva Motor Show 2012. Car-based Multi Purpose Vehicle (MPV) has received a positive response from the world of automotive lovers. Why this car is spelled 'magic' can click here.

Ford B-Max will be available in showrooms in Germany in July this year. Lowest car series is powered by Duratec engine, 1.4-liter petrol, which produces power 90 hp.

Standard active safety features Ford B-Max has been equipped with brakes Anti-lock Brake System (ABS), Electronic Brake-force Distribution (EBD), Electric Stability Program (ESP) with traction control, Ford Easy Fuel (with the fuel tank cap that is easy and protected).

Not to forget, features Intelligent Safety System (ISP) including front and side airbags for driver and front passenger safety. Then the airbag on the driver's legs, and neck to protect the head in front and rear.

On the passive safety systems, Ford supported the tire pressure monitoring system, monitoring incurred by the engine torque, and many other interesting things.

Ford said, for the B-Max 1.0 liter engine with EcoBoost engine, which produces 100 horsepower released at a price 17 350 euro or about Rp207, 7 million. While the 120 horsepower version released 18 350 euros, or about Rp220 million. Both versions are spending an average of 4.9 liters of fuel per 100 km.

1.5-liter TDCi engine with a power output of 75 horsepower, priced at 17 250 euros, or about Rp206 million, and the B-Max 1.6-liter TDCi engine with 95 horsepower, sold 18 750 euros, or about Rp224 million. viva





 


Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Luxury Car - Toyota WISH

The Toyota WISH is a Compact MPV produced by Japanese automaker Toyota since 2003. It is available as a six and seven-seater, equipped with either a 1.8 or 2.0-litre gasoline engine. It is positioned below the Sienna and above the Verso in Toyota's minivan range.

Apart from Japan, the Wish is also assembled in Thailand (for Thailand, Malaysia, and Singapore only) and Taiwan (for Taiwan only).

The Wish was developed under code name "760N" by the team, led by Chief engineer named Takeshi Yoshida and was introduced to the public for the first time at Tokyo Motor Show in October 2002 (Commercial vehicles & welcab show) and then launched in Japan in January,20th 2003, under a massive publicity campaign with Japanese singer Hikaru Utada. The TV commercial features her song Colors, which coincides with the launch of her new CD-single. The car was marketed under the "Wish Comes True" slogan.

Codenamed ZNE10G (FWD) and ZNE14G (4WD), it uses a 1.8 L 1ZZ-FE engine, producing (JIS) 132 PS and 170 N·m (125 lb·ft). It is only available with four-speed automatic. A 2.0 L version (codenamed ANE11W for the six-seater version and ANE10G for the seven-seater version) was launched in April 2003. Equipped with the 1AZ-FSE direct-injection engine, it has (JIS) 155 PS (114 kW) and 192 N·m (142 ft·lbf). Variants with the 2.0 D-4 engine are only available with a CVT gearbox.

The WISH was extremely successful in its home market, and is frequently seen on the Top 5 on the 30 bestseller list each months. It has also made shockwave to its competitors, such as the Honda Stream & Mazda Premacy or Mazda 5 to changing its market positioning.






Luxury Car - Toyota MR2

The Toyota MR2 is a two-seat, mid-engined, rear wheel drive sports car produced by Central Motors, a part of Toyota, from 1984 until July 2007 when production stopped in Japan. There are three different generations of the MR2: 1984–1989, with angular, origami-like lines, 1990–1999, which had styling that some compared to Ferrari sports cars, and 2000–2007, which somewhat resembled the Porsche Boxster. It was designed to be small, with an economical powerplant, but sporty in style and handling. Basic design elements, such as McPherson strut front and rear suspensions and transverse-mounted inline-four engines, are common to all three generations of MR2, though each generation differs greatly from the next in particulars.

The MR2's life began in 1976 when Toyota launched a design project with the goal of producing a car which would be enjoyable to drive, yet still provide decent fuel economy. Initially, the purpose of the project was not a sports car. The actual design work began in 1979 when Akio Yoshida from Toyota's testing department started to evaluate different alternatives for engine placement and drive method. It was finally decided to place the engine transversely in the middle of the car. The result was the first prototype in 1981, dubbed the SA-X. From its base design, the car began evolving into an actual sports car, and further prototypes were tested intensely both in Japan and in California. A significant amount of testing was performed on actual race circuits such as Willow Springs, where former Formula One driver Dan Gurney tested the car.

Toyota made its SV-3 concept car public in October 1983 at the Tokyo Motor Show, gathering a huge amount of publicity both from the press and the audience. The car, scheduled to be launched in the second quarter of 1984 in the Japanese market under the name MR2 (which stands for "midship runabout two-seater"), was to become the first mass-produced mid-engined car to come from a Japanese manufacturer. In France the name was shortened to MR due to the similarity in pronunciation of MR2 with the French word "merde".







Luxury Car - Toyota Venza

The Toyota Venza is a mid-size crossover SUV (CUV) produced by Japanese automaker Toyota and unveiled at the 2008 North American International Auto Show in Detroit. Based on the Toyota FT-SX concept car unveiled at the 2005 North American International Auto Show, the Venza was primarily engineered at Toyota Technical Center in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and designed at the Calty Design studios in Newport Beach, California. It is currently slotted in size and price between the RAV4 compact crossover SUV, and the Highlander mid-size crossover SUV that has third-row seating. However, the Venza is an inch longer than the Highlander and for the 2009-2010 model years, the base Venza's MSRP was $1000 USD higher than the base Highlander.

The Venza is built at Toyota Motor Manufacturing Kentucky (TMMK) in Georgetown, Kentucky, production having commenced on November 10, 2008.

The Venza is based on the Camry chassis (Toyota K platform) and is similar to Mark X Zio in concept. Venza is powered by either Toyota's 3.5-litre 2GR-FE V6 or all-new 2.7-litre 1AR-FE I4 engine, both mated to a 6-speed automatic transmission. Front-wheel drive and all-wheel drive is available as an option. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency estimates fuel economy of 21 mpg-US (11 L/100 km; 25 mpg-imp) city /29 mpg-US (8.1 L/100 km; 35 mpg-imp) highway with the four-cylinder engine. The Venza uses an electric power steering system.