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2016 Chevrolet Spark Revealed: GM Lights a Fire Beneath its Tiny Hatchback – Official Photographs and Information
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2 Nisan 2015 Perşembe
2016 Chevrolet Spark Revealed: GM Lights a Fire Beneath its Tiny Hatchback – Official Photographs and Information
2016 Chevrolet Spark Revealed: GM Lights a Fire Beneath its Tiny Hatchback – Official Photographs and Information
1 Nisan 2015 Çarşamba
12 Şubat 2015 Perşembe
2016 Kia Rio Sedan and Hatchback: They’re Nevertheless Here – Official Pictures and Information
2016 Kia Rio Sedan and Hatchback: They’re Nevertheless Here – Official Pictures and Information
23 Kasım 2014 Pazar
Aluminati: Official 2015 Ford F-150 EPA Fuel-Economy Numbers Released
There’s been no shortage of debate surrounding Ford’s selection to adopt aluminum construction for the new 2015 F-150 pickup, and now we have some essential metrics that will feed the fire: EPA fuel-economy ratings.
The headline quantity that Ford is keen to hang its efficiency hat on is for trucks equipped with the 282-hp 2.7-liter EcoBoost V-6 engine and 2-wheel drive, so we’ll start there. That truck has earned an EPA city rating of 19 mpg and a highway rating of 26 mpg. Combined fuel economy is rated at 22 mpg. Those numbers go head-to-head with the EPA numbers for the mid-size 2016 Chevy Colorado with the V-6 and 2-wheel drive, the Ford bettering Chevy’s smaller sized truck in the city rating by 1 mpg. But if wringing each and every final mile out of a gallon is your leading priority, the Ram 1500 EcoDiesel nonetheless trumps them each with its 20/28/23 numbers. Checking the box for a 4×4 drivetrain with the exact same engine drops the Ford’s numbers slightly to 18/23/20.
The 2-wheel-drive F-150 with the naturally aspirated 3.5-liter V-6 base engine knocks the numbers down a smidge, to city/highway/combined EPA estimates of 18/25/20. Stepping up to 4×4 capability reduces these ratings to 17/23/19.
Selecting the 385-hp 5.-liter V-8 accelerates the downward trend, but not as drastically as you may expect. It comes in at 15/22/18 in rear-wheel-drive versions and 15/21/17 in 4×4 guise.
Lastly, the optional 350-hp 3.5-liter EcoBoost V-6 2-wheel-drive F-150 checks in at 17/24/20, and 17/23/19 in the 4×4 version. Of course, your mileage will vary with the turbocharged EcoBoost engines depending on how typically you take advantage of the enhance element of the equation. Either way, it is kind of fascinating that the truck globe has finally discovered a set of numbers to argue over as voraciously as it does tow ratings. Pull up a chair, this could get great.
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22 Kasım 2014 Cumartesi
Aluminati: Official 2015 Ford F-150 EPA Fuel-Economy Numbers Released
There’s been no shortage of debate surrounding Ford’s selection to adopt aluminum building for the new 2015 F-150 pickup, and now we have some crucial metrics that will feed the fire: EPA fuel-economy ratings.
The headline number that Ford is keen to hang its efficiency hat on is for trucks equipped with the 282-hp 2.7-liter EcoBoost V-6 engine and 2-wheel drive, so we’ll start off there. That truck has earned an EPA city rating of 19 mpg and a highway rating of 26 mpg. Combined fuel economy is rated at 22 mpg. These numbers go head-to-head with the EPA numbers for the mid-size 2016 Chevy Colorado with the V-6 and 2-wheel drive, the Ford bettering Chevy’s smaller truck in the city rating by 1 mpg. But if wringing every last mile out of a gallon is your leading priority, the Ram 1500 EcoDiesel nevertheless trumps them both with its 20/28/23 numbers. Checking the box for a 4×4 drivetrain with the identical engine drops the Ford’s numbers slightly to 18/23/20.
The 2-wheel-drive F-150 with the naturally aspirated 3.5-liter V-6 base engine knocks the numbers down a smidge, to city/highway/combined EPA estimates of 18/25/20. Stepping up to 4×4 capability reduces these ratings to 17/23/19.
Choosing the 385-hp 5.-liter V-8 accelerates the downward trend, but not as drastically as you might expect. It comes in at 15/22/18 in rear-wheel-drive versions and 15/21/17 in 4×4 guise.
Lastly, the optional 350-hp 3.5-liter EcoBoost V-6 2-wheel-drive F-150 checks in at 17/24/20, and 17/23/19 in the 4×4 version. Of course, your mileage will differ with the turbocharged EcoBoost engines based on how frequently you take benefit of the boost part of the equation. Either way, it is sort of fascinating that the truck planet has ultimately discovered a set of numbers to argue over as voraciously as it does tow ratings. Pull up a chair, this could get good.
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1 Ekim 2014 Çarşamba
Decadence, Aston Martin–Style: Official Photographs of Production Lagonda Supersedan Released, Such as Interior
Aston Martin has made the first suite of photos of its beautiful Lagonda hyperluxury sedan in production form. This follows the release of images of a prototype test vehicle in Oman a couple of weeks ago, which followed an embarrassing photo drop of the exact same auto by Oman Air shortly after it arrived in the Middle Eastern country. Turns out the Lagonda is just as beautiful sitting in front of a glass wall (and next to its most current predecessor) as it is bombing by way of the Omani desert.
Substantially, these photos finally show most of the Lagonda’s decadent interior, which appears to borrow heavily from the Rapide, for better or worse. Like the Rapide S, a huge transmission tunnel separates the left- and right-side seats, which all have fixed headrests. The dashboard looks the identical, dull steering wheel, flip-up navigation screen, and all. An elaborate diamond quilting pattern covers all 4 seats, and we wouldn’t doubt it if the leather was coated with pure gold. It sure appears that way.
Even though Aston is nonetheless officially mum on the details of the car’s underpinnings and powertrain (both of which we anticipate to be closely related to the Rapide S), we were able to glean a handful of key information of the Lagonda from a spokesman, especially that its crisply tailored physique is made totally from carbon fiber, and that weight stays “neutral over the Rapide S.”
Oh yeah, and that it has seen speeds of more than 175 mph throughout testing. Initial deliveries to its fortunate customers will begin in the 1st quarter of 2015 unfortunately for us and most of the rest of the world, all of the planned 150-to-200-unit production run are bound for the Middle East. Lucky sheikhs.
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25 Eylül 2014 Perşembe
OMGCR-V: Honda Releases Initial Official Photo of the Enhanced-for-2015 CR-V Crossover
Right here is the 2015 Honda CR-V, which arrives just in time for the model’s 3-year mark since its last major redesign. We wish we could inform you far more about the well-known compact crossover’s midcycle update, but this is all Honda has provided us. A image, they say, is worth at least a brief blog post outlining an SUV’s cosmetic tweaks.
It is clear that Honda left every thing between the CR-V’s A-pillars and D-pillars completely alone, but the front finish gets a significantly-needed face lift, and we’ll go out on a limb and assume the SUV’s tail received nearly as much interest. (No images of the CR-V’s aft end have been released however.) Gone is the 2012–2014 CR-V’s somewhat ungainly mug, Honda getting streamlined the grille, headlights, and reduce fascia components. The chrome-ringed grille opening is sleeker than just before, its 2-bar design matching up nicely with the most recent Honda Fit and the upcoming Fit-based HR-V B-segment crossover.
Projector-beam headlamps lend the CR-V’s peepers a thinner and more contemporary appearance, even even though the light units’ outer dimensions remain more or significantly less the very same as the old ones. The thin-light theme continues with the fog lights, which reside in a pair of dashing chrome strips on either side of a vestigial skid plate. The wheel designs—at least on this apparently well-spec’d 2015 CR-V—are new, as properly.
Unfortunately, that is all we know about the 2015 CR-V for now Honda promises that full information—which we assume outlines any and all mechanical changes—will be released September 30. If you are an absolute CR-V nut, be sure to check back to this space for a lot more next week. In the meantime, compare the picture of the 2015 automobile with images of the 2014 CR-V.
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5 Eylül 2014 Cuma
2016 Audi A6/S6 Official Pictures and Info: Brilliance, Subtly Refined
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There wasn’;t much to repair with the outstanding A6.
Carmakers often use a vehicle’s midcycle update to appropriate glaring errors. Take the Mercedes-Benz E-class, which lately shed its boxy rear fenders, or the Volkswagen Jetta, that brand’;s entry-level sedan whose appear and feel ultimately matches its marketing and advertising.
But Audi appears happy with the way its A6 sedan appears and performs—and it ought to be, as the A6 has appeared on or final 3 10Best Automobiles rosters—and has performed a comparatively minor face-lift to the whole lineup. The new A6 is getting launched now in Europe, but it won’;t attain the U.S. market till the 2016 model year.
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The visual changes to the A6—one of the most conservative-looking Audis ever built—will take a seasoned observer to discern. The grille has been sharpened at the edges, the front bumper is slightly much more angular, and a horizontal chrome strip slashes across the trunklid. Some versions feature wide, rectangular exhaust pipes. Probably the most productive alter was created to the rear fascia, which has been reshaped to solve the taillights’; “overbite.” Audi also re-sculpted the innards of the head- and taillights, whose horizontal LED graphics now mirror the alterations executed on the refreshed A7 unveiled couple of months ago.
Beyond new color and trim alternatives, there are virtually no adjustments to the masterfully executed interior. We’re bummed, however, that Audi didn’t take the opportunity to better integrate the frame for the optional head-up display, which sits atop the dashboard like a tumor. But work has been carried out behind the surface: The navigation and infotainment method gets new and much better hardware that includes a faster graphics processor, and some of the help systems—such as lane-departure warning and blind-spot detection—have been a lot more completely integrated with 1 yet another.
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There are more improvements in the powertrain department. In Europe, the A6 lineup starts with a 150-hp 2.-liter diesel and a 190-hp 1.8-liter turbo 4-cylinder. We will once once more see a 2.-liter turbo 4-cylinder (possibly with a modest bump over the existing 220 horsepower) and a 333-hp supercharged V-6, despite the fact that that 1 has been extensively revised to increase efficiency. There are further diesel engines on the Continent, but we’ll only get a revised 240-hp 3.-liter V-6. So, no we won’t get the 326-horse—346 with a short-term overboost function—twin-turbo 3.-liter V-6 TDI. As well poor. Above the A6, of course, sits the S6, which now gtes 450 horsepower from its twin-turbocharged 4.-liter V-8, up from 420. The RS6 Avant, which (like every single Avant) will not come to the U.S., remains at 560 horsepower in simple spec, but Europeans quickly will be able to specify a 600-plus-horsepower derivative.
All gasoline-fired all-wheel-drive vehicles have a 6-speed dual-clutch transmission, although the diesel gets an 8-speed traditional automatic. In excellent news for enthusiasts, the CVT transmission has been taken out back and shot. It was previously the gearbox of selection for front-wheel-drive models, such as a 2.0T model in the U.S., but those automobiles will now get their personal all-new dual-clutch ’box.
The face-lifted A6 makes no breakthroughs, but it will support Audi stay at the prime of the game in a fiercely competitive market.
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3 Eylül 2014 Çarşamba
2015 Land Rover Discovery Sport Official Pictures and Information: A Return to (Off-Road) Type
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Correct grit.
We would, of course, recognize if you believe that the world currently possesses sufficient compact SUVs wearing premium badges. The majority of these seem to devote their time doing nothing a lot more adventurous than shuttling in between upmarket outlet malls. However the new Land Rover Discovery Sport, observed here for the first time, does stand out from its posh rivals for one easy and moderately compelling reason—it has been made to really go off-road, at least at times. The Discovery Sport arrives here early next year, priced from $ 38,920.
The clunky name is the outcome of Land Rover’;s policy of utilizing diverse branding in different markets. Outdoors the U.S. the LR4 is still named the Discovery (a badge that we last saw stateside in 2004), hence its smaller new sibling obtaining a spun-off moniker. The Sport is slightly longer than the aging LR2, with the distinction explained by the truth that it comes with 5-plus-2 seating as normal, the third row collapsing beneath the trunk floor.
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On the basis of these 1st photos you’;d have to say that it really is a handsome tiny beast. The Sport is reduced and sleeker than subsequent year’;s replacement for the aging LR4, and its architecture is closely related to that of the Range Rover Evoque, with the 2 cars sharing main components which includes the 4-cylinder turbocharged gasoline engine that will be standard in the U.S. This is really Land Rover’;s older-tech turbo 4, and we can count on an upgrade to the new Ingenium engine that is going to be launched in the forthcoming Jaguar XE within a couple of years. The company’s new 9-speed automatic transmission will be regular, and drive is shared with the rear wheels by way of a Haldex clutch on the rear axle. Very first gear is efficiently a part-time crawler ratio, and the Sport will typically start off in second.
The body shell is predominantly steel with the exception of an aluminum roof. More weight savings are realized by utilizing aluminum for the hood, front fenders, and liftgate, as well as a magnesium cross-automobile beam for the front structure. The claimed 3957-pound curb weight is barely far more than the LR2’s.
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As for wilderness-difficult ability, the Discovery Sport cannot match the ground clearance of the LR4, Variety Rover, or Variety Rover Sport, but the new SUV’s 73 inches is much more than respectable. Land Rover also claims method, departure, and breakover angles of 25, 31, and 31 degrees for the Sport, plus a wading depth of 23.6 inches. That is far better off-road capability than what’s supplied by a BMW X3, Audi Q5, or other “shopping-mall” SUVs, in other words. And here’s more proof: Land Rover advises that “In intense situations, reduced trim on the front bumper can be removed to boost the approach angle,” quite possibly by the obstruction itself if you overlook to unclip it in time. As with other Land Rover goods, there’;s a Terrain Response rotary controller to enable the driver to choose an appropriate driving mode (such as sand, snow, rocks, mud) for a certain on- or off-road situation.
In recent years, it has felt as if Land Rover has concentrated far a lot more effort on ramping up the desirability of its Range Rover items than it has showered on the LR2 and LR4. The Discovery Sport, which will ultimately supplant the LR2 here, appears to be a welcome return to kind for the grittier side of the brand. Let’;s hope it drives as excellent as it appears.
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11 Ağustos 2014 Pazartesi
Kia reveals first official photos of Third Generation Kia Sorento
(SOUTH AFRICA), 11 August 2014. First photos of the all-new Kia Sorento released today confirm that the third generation of the popular SUV will feature a new look, with bold, swept-back styling and sophisticated surface detailing.
Longer, lower and wider, with an extended wheelbase, the new Sorento builds on the success of the outgoing model, delivering a premium look and feel, with more space and numerous innovative features.
With the brand’;s hallmark design features and a more mature appearance, the new model is instantly recognizable as a Sorento. The new look is an evolution of the current vehicle, incorporating fresh visual elements inspired by the Kia Cross GT concept that debuted at the 2013 Chicago Auto Show, carrying over the long bonnet and the distinctive treatment of the wide D-pillars from the previous generation.
The exterior styling of the new Sorento was led by Kia’;s Namyang design studio in Korea, with significant levels of input from the brand’;s Frankfurt, Germany and Irvine, California design studios.
The front of new Sorento features a larger, more upright ‘tiger-nose’; grille, with a distinctive 3-dimensional diamond pattern, and long, swept-back headlamps. The lower roofline, higher beltline and more muscular, rounded shoulders at the rear give the car a dramatic appearance.
The sleeker look is enhanced by an increase in length (+95 mm to 4,780 mm)* and a 15 mm reduction in height (down to 1,685 mm), while the 80 mm longer wheelbase (now 2,780 mm) ensures more passenger space in all 3 seat rows.
Soon-Nam Lee, Vice President of Overseas Marketing, Kia Motors Corp., said, “While we have retained the name based on the tremendous success of the outgoing model, the all-new Sorento has been completely redesigned and re-engineered, and promises to surprise customers with its thoroughly updated styling, a host of new convenience and safety technologies, as well as enhanced space, driving comfort and handling response.”
The all-new Kia Sorento will be showcased in Korea in late August and make its European premiere on Thursday, 2 October, at the 2014 Paris Motor Show.
Kia reveals first official photos of Third Generation Kia Sorento
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