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Concept 2011 SCION TC Receives Five Axis
NEW YORK (March 31, 2010) – Scion today unveiled a Five coalition customized edition of the all-new 2011 Scion tC at the 2010 New York International Auto Show (NYIAS). The special Five coalition Scion demonstrates one of the many ways in which the all-new tC can be customized with internal and aftermarket accessories.The Five coalition tC carries a high–performance, racing theme with the installation of a four-inch wide-body conversion and a unique House of Color bespoken formulated exterior makeup that is befittingly named, Bloodshot. Performance was enhanced with the installation of a Tein adjustable coil-over suspension, a TRD bespoken Big Brake kit, and 20-inch Yokahama Advan Sport tires mounted onto fivesome AD R5:F wheels.
The inland complements the exterior performance and look with unique Five coalition trim and color appointments and material specifications by Zing Design
. Comfort is provided with bespoken leather-trimmed seats with Ultrasuede® EcoDesign™ inserts. Additional inland enhancements include Chilewich floor mats, and upholstery by Little John’s Interior Concepts.
Founded in 1995 by Troy Sumitomo, Five coalition is most noted for their concept cars and high-end showcars ofttimes seen at major international machine shows and trade shows like SEMA. Their direct customers are machine manufacturers such as Toyota for whom Five coalition supports many of their internal R&D programs. Five coalition also has their possess line of wheels and aftermarket products, which are designed and created using the same methods and technology to create their high-end concepts and show cars.
NEW 599 GTO - THE FASTEST EVER ROAD-GOING FERRARI
Maranello, Now available on www.ferrari.com are the prototypal photos and aggregation on the newborn 599 GTO, an extreme V12 berlinetta developed to a specific performance-oriented brief. The 599 GTO is, in fact, the company’s fastest ever agency car. It is an inner limited edition special which, in genuine Ferrari tradition, is a completely newborn concept, albeit inspired by a production car. In fact the 599 GTO is based on the 599XX, the advanced experimental road car, and crapper be considered nearly a road-going version.The 599 GTO is reserved for just 599 clients who essay the peak expression of high-performance driving
. The 599 GTO benefits directly from the technological transfer from racing and ordered a record travel instance at Fiorano in 1’24”.
The Fiorano travel instance provides just one communication of the possibleness of this car. Just as momentous are the technical specifications – 670 hp in a 1495kg automobile represents a weight-to-power ratio of just 2.23 kg/hp, and ensures a 0-100 km/h acceleration instance of just 3.35” as well as a crowning speed of over 335 km/h.
Fundamental to the GTO’s action is the innovative approach to chassis development which, for the prototypal instance on a production car, saw the combining between a handling set-up adjusted for a level of sensitiveness that is near to the limit and highly sophisticated electronic controls. The result is the nearly complete absence of understeer and a truly communicative chassis.
As is Ferrari’s policy, every newborn Ferrari features newborn solutions for a agency car. Thus the 599 GTO is equipped with the latest, second-generation carbon-ceramic brushwood which are lighter and offer better performance, newborn aerodynamic innovations, such as the wheel doughnuts which increase aerodynamic efficiency as well as improve brushwood cooling, and the Supersport tyres developed by Michelin allow a wider face tyre for greater roadholding. The driver-car interface is also newborn with the adoption of the Virtual Race Engineer (VRE) which provides the utility with fast aggregation on performance.
The 599 GTO’s more aggressive case is also manifest in a number of styling elements that recall the 599XX and from the powerful good of the V12.
The GTO (Gran Turismo Omologata) moniker instantly calls to mind digit Ferraris that have entered the collective imagination as symbols of performance. After the 1962 250 GTO, which swept the boards in GT racing categories in the 1960s and is now a highly prized collector’s car, came the iconic 1984 GTO, which basically invented the entire modern supercar genre.
The web special includes photos, videos and interviews on the newborn car, while an inner preview for a small number of Ferrari clients module be held on April 14th at the Military Academy in Modena. The public debut of the 599 GTO module instead be at the Beijing International Motor Show at the end of April.
599 GTO TECHNICAL CONTENTS
ENGINE AND GEARBOX
The 599 GTO’s engine is directly derived from the 599XX unit implementing, however, the necessary modifications for road-going homologation. It thusly complies with Euro 5 and LEV 2 standards. The 5999 cc 65-degree V12 engine punches out 670 CV at 8250 rpm with peak force of 620 Nm at 6500 rpm and there is a smooth, unceasing festinate of noesis all the artefact to the redline with no loss of flexibility modify at medium and low revs. This result was obtained by working on the fluid-dynamics and components to turn internal exertion and by adopting, amongst another things, the 599XX’s redesigned crankshaft. The automobile also has a racing-type intake grouping with a newborn increase with diffuser-type intake geometry and short inlet tracts designed to improve noesis delivery at broad revs and turn losses. To maximise volumetric efficiency per cylinder, a connection between the digit plenums at the face compensates for variations in the volume. This is how the engineers managed to achieve peak action at broad engine speeds. The engine good inside the automobile is carefully controlled to equilibrise the intake good with the exhaust, which features a 599XX-derived 6-into-1 manifold.
The 599 GTO features the same, lower 60 ms shift times and the possibility to make multiple downshifts as on the 599XX.
VEHICLE DYNAMICS
One of the most momentous innovations on the 599 GTO is the near correlation between the chassis set-up, which is near to the handling limit, and the input from the electronic controls which are developed to increase overall levels of performance.
Since the very earliest states of the digit cars’ development, Maranello’s engineers worked to ensure that these digit areas of the automobile would be seamlessly desegrated thusly pushing sensitiveness to the limit. The result is, of course, superlative dynamical involvement as well as faster travel times. Apart from newborn springs and a stiffer rear anti-roll bar, the automobile also features a ordinal generation magnetorheological suspension curb grouping (SCM2). The suspension entireness in tandem with the VDC (Vehicle Dynamic Control) and latest-generation F1-Trac traction control. This makes the automobile extremely responsive to utility inputs - thanks in conception to the adoption of a very direct steering ratio – but also very stable low braking, sharper on turn-in, more precise in cornering and quicker out of corners.
WEIGHT REDUCTION
The 599 GTO inherits much of the development impact - using the aforementioned principles as employed in F1 - that went into making the 599XX such an extreme action car. Reducing coefficient was a vital objective and the result was the widespread use of composites and components manufactured with technologies more akin to racing specifications. The areas participating allow the bodywork and edifice (with thinner gauge aluminium and thinner glass), the brakes, sending and wear system. The result is a dry coefficient of 1495 kg and a weight-to-power ratio of just 2.23 kg/hp, a very momentous figure that underlines the GTO’s action potential.
AERODYNAMICS
The 599 GTO’s aerodynamics have benefited significantly from Ferrari engineers’ experience in F1 and with the 599XX which allowed downforce to be greatly increased without impacting on drag. Thanks to solutions transferred from the road automobile to the road-going version, the GTO generates downforce of 144 kg at 200 km/h. The entire automobile was honed, including the front, the sides, the flat venter and cooling flows. In the latter instance, the GTO crapper count on reinforced ducting to the brushwood discs and pads, and the adoption of wheel doughnuts – a disc positioned outside the brushwood disc that ensure that hot air exiting the wheelarch stays as near to the body of the automobile as possible to turn drag.
Work on the nose of the automobile was aimed at reducing the width of the wake generated by the face and thusly turn drag. The face spoiler incorporates a separate lower wing that increases downforce at the face of the automobile and increases the flow of cooling air to the oil radiator. On the flanks there’s a newborn stone design with a more pronounced leading edge that improves the efficiency of the central section of the underbody. The venter itself incorporates a new, lower face section with diffusers ahead of the face wheels to optimise downforce, and a newborn double-curve rear diffuser.
Audi reveals R15 and 2010 Porsche 911 Turbo Facelift
Audi seeks to reassert its ascendency in the image collection with its new diesel auto – the new R15 TDI. The new car, known internally as the “R15 Plus,” will make an appearance at the 24 Hours of Le Mans this year.This racer, the latest of Audi’s diesel endurance image cars, will have upgraded mechanicals. It can be recalled that when Audi’s R10 TDI first arrived at the Le Mans circuit, the FIA changed the regs to make it easier for the gasoline and ethanol-fueled cars to compete. Since that time, Audi has had a tougher job at it but its team of exceptional drivers and the automobile as well have proven to be highly competitive. This weekend, Audi Sport Team Joest will be at the season opener in Le Castellet ahead of the Big Race in Le Mans on June 12-13. Ralf Jüttner, Technical Director of Audi Sport Team Joest, said that the Le Castellet vie is considered to only be a test in racing conditions. Jüttner added that Le Castellet offers a chance for the consort to deepen its experience with the R15 at the early possible time. The Sport Team Joest includes drivers, Dindo Capello, Tom Kristensen, and Allan McNish. However, it is unconfirmed if all three will take to the road at Le Castellet.
This is 9ff’s DR700 package for the Porsche 911 (997) Turbo. This package is slotted above the DR530, DR580 and DR640.It features an adjustable wear (controlled via a cabin-mounted switch), 9ff tailpipes, sport catalytics, a high action air filter, new intercoolers, revised wear headers, a unique intake manifold and a modified ECU. It also comes equipped with 9ff turbochargers, a new camshaft, revised connecting rods, and an optimized transmission (manual or PDK). As a result of these modifications, the DR700 Porsche Turbo delivers 700 PS (515 kW / 690 hp) and 870 Nm (642 lb-ft) of torque. The car is able sprint from a standstill to 100 km/h (62 mph) in 3.2 seconds, 0-200 km/h (0-124 mph) in 9.4 seconds, and 0-300 km/h (0-186 mph) in 23.0 seconds. There has been no authorised announcement of the pricing or availability but it is due that the DR700 package has a price tag of more than €17,980 ($24,230 / £15,905).
GM shutting down its Hummer brand for good and New Alfa Romeo Giulia coming in 2011
General Motors announced today that it will shut down its Hummer SUV sort for good. After the deal to sell the sort to Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machinery failed to receive Chinese government approval in February, GM announced that it will consider other offers for the iconic American sort but it appears that now GM has decided to advise forward with closing the brand. In order to sell the remaining 2,200 new Hummers still in stock, GM will run incentives through the end of Apr and is offering $4,000 off 2010 H3s and H3Ts, $5,000 off 2009 H3Ts and $6,000 on 2009 H2s or H3s. Also, a new advertising campaign with “Last modify to buy a Hummer” message, will run in 20 key markets promoting the discounts.
Later this year, Alfa Romeo’s Giulia is due to arrive. The new model, which will change the aging 159 range, appears to be a larger version of the Giulietta.This new car will ingest a modified form of Fiat’s C-Evo platform that’s used in the smaller Giulietta (and another upcoming midsize Chrysler models). The platform, which will be longer and wider, is set to make the Giulia a true D-segment sedan. The car will ingest the same suspension arrangement, with MacPherson struts in front, two-link setup in back, as the Giulia.
Audi RS5 reportedly coming to the United States and Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Black Series previewed by GT3 version
As the US market shows signs of recovery, Audi is digit of the carmakers that are rethinking their strategies and product launches slated for the next several years. Audi is considering whether to bring the fresh introduced RS 5 in the US.According to Automobilemag, Audi RS5 is likely to arrive in the US. However, Audi has yet to make any indication that this will be the case. The Audi RS5, which was first presented at the Geneva Auto Show last March, is powered by a 4.2-liter V8 powerplant that delivers 450 horsepower and is mated to a seven-speed S-tronic transmission. When it comes to performance, the car is healthy to sprint to 100km/h in only 4.6 seconds. It has an electronically-limited peak pace of 250 rate (155.3 mph). But to customers who poverty more power, they may opt for an player package that brings the top pace to 280 rate (173.9 mph).
As you may know already, 4WheelsNews was the first website to report about the sulphate AMG Black Series (you can feature the place here). Today we found out boost details about this newborn model: it appears that the upcoming car will share the same body shape with the newborn sulphate AMG GT3 unveiled this week at the New York Auto Show. The sulphate AMG GT3 features a newborn body kit consisting in a newborn front apron with larger expose intakes, newborn side sills and an awesome side spoiler to generate extra downforce. The newborn sulphate AMG Black Series is expected to be produced in a limited program and will hit the dealerships in 2013.First pre-production Chevrolet Volt plug-in hybrid rolled off the line and Aznom SASSICAIA takes the Fiat 500C a step further
Last Wednesday at the Detroit-Hamtramck assembly plant, the first pre-production Chevrolet Volt plug-in hybrid rolled off the line, according to a statement from General Motors Co.But don’t expect to wager these pre-production versions at the dealerships as they won’t be sold there and module instead be utilised as test cases, which ensure that the quality targets by the Volt engineering team module be met. In the incoming few months, workers module be producing more pre-production Volts. The manufacturing engineers would then be examining these vehicles as the plant prepares to produce retail models. The Volt has a range of up to 40 miles on battery power. The Volt module go on sale in November and for the first year, GM expects to sell up to 11,000 units.
The tuning specialists from Aznom undraped their edition of the Fiat 500C – dubbed as the Aznom Fiat 500C SASSICAIA. The tuning collection features vegetation interior and outdoor styling accents and comes with a two-tone outdoor finish and a beige mat fabric hood.The study of this model originates from the Italian wines of Tenuta San Guido; the vegetation is used to capture the ikon of the brand. For this car, Aznom utilized vegetation for the door mirror caps, the appendage of the luggage compartment and the lateral moldings. The automobile also has a difference of badges prefabricated from lustrous brass. For its interior, we see that the Aznom Fiat 500C SASSICAIA features full-grain leather on the door panels, control wheel, console and seats. Pricing for this edition has yet to be revealed. Aznom said that the automobile will be built upon request.
2011 Saab 9-5 Combi coming to Geneva and Former general manager of Hummer, Mike DiGiovanni, to retire on May 1
According to the latest reports from the Nordic media, it appears that the new Saab 9-5 Combi will make its official debut next year, at the Geneva Motor Show. And this is not all: Saab is also thinking a crossover based on the 2010 9-5 dubbed 9-5X which is due to come by the end of 2011. solon details to be revealed!
On May 1, Mike DiGiovanni, General Motors Co.’s chief income analyst and a former generalized manager of Hummer, module be retiring. The career of 62-year-old DiGiovanni started in GM in 1979.His most recent position is as executive director of the company’s forecasting and mart research group, Global Market and Industry Analysis. This job entails overseeing income and production forecasting along with mart and industry analysis. DiGiovanni describes his stay in GM to have “been a daylong run.” He said that he isn’t Bob Lutz and he has no intentions to work until he’s 78. DiGiovanni’s leaving coincides with GM’s plan to split up the forecasting group. Under the reorganization, long-term thinking and strategy module be placed under Vice Chairman Steve Girsky, a former Wall Street auto analyst who also serves as one of the board’s directors. DiGiovanni has reportable to Girsky since March 1, when he became vice chairman. The psychotherapy group’s short-term-forecasting division, which handles monthly income and influences production, module report to Steve Carlisle, who was ordained vice president of US income operations this month, and Jim Bunnell, generalized director of network support. Market effectiveness module be merged with the US marketing team, which is led by Vice President Susan Docherty.
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