FORD FOCUS FOR WOMEN

Posted by admin | Autos | Saturday 9 July 2011 1:36 am

It will be very surprise to u to know that a woman is like everything else with an interest in large cars. Cars are not more than one choice only of men. Women also have options and I love cars and cars attractive, stylish and modern than before them. Women usually like those cars that are not only fashionable, but also easy to drive automatic and commensurate with the highlands. This is why today we will discuss here the top 6 cars for women in 2011.

1. Ford Focus

Ford Focus is the car that suits most women. It’s stylish, modern and very spacious living room, where women usually like to drive on the smooth and sleek that it can pay easily, and should catch the eyes of the road climbing plants. It gives women the experience of good leadership and the leadership of women have this car.

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Renault Twizy

Posted by admin | Autos, Celebrity Corner | Tuesday 17 May 2011 12:13 am

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It certainly stand out in the streets of the city with his position, a long, narrow and open sides, but Twizy is definitely the trend for this type of movement of cars to the safety and confidence of the car with the ease and cost of the scooter to start combining.

Twizy and fitted with a 17bhp electric motor, a top speed of around 50 mph, whereas the full charge - which is about three and half hours - it gives a range up to 62 miles. Light weight and center of gravity of the commitment to strong acceleration, secure, stable and acquisitions offer.

Both models - Urban and £ 6690 £ 7400 Technic - a function to prevent movement, and the driver airbag safety of the driver and four points for a normal three-point passenger, while the most expensive version adds wheels and metallic paint. Half of the doors to stop spraying the cabin entry, and Bluetooth communications and rear parking sensors are optional. A huge range of colors and pictures are available to help customers customize their Twizy.

At the top of the purchase price, there is a £ 40/month rental fee for batteries over a period of 36 months. The idea is that Renault has the batteries is very expensive for the owner of the car does not have to worry about replacing them or the possible means have no value if they fail.

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2011 Ford Fusion Hybrid

Posted by admin | Autos | Thursday 24 March 2011 11:49 am

While the interior of the Fusion and conventional dash layout would not get mistaken for a luxury car, the price of the Hybrid is a few notches above. Only this one takes the group of Ford SmartGauge instrument LCD. Electronic calls and display of information is almost as fun as it is functional. There are several different ways to help drivers keep tabs on the environmentally friendly (or not) of their car usage and a battery meter, electricity generation and more typical readings as a tachometer and a temperature gauge engine. The SmartGauge can show even the history of fuel economy.

Apart from the gauge cluster, the interior is essentially the same as any other Fusion, with few exceptions. There is a 110-volt outlet and all the seats covered with a friendly fabric made from post-industrial, 100-percent recycled materials. In front, these earth-friendly seats are deep and comfortable, and the rear living room has enough space for passengers. Several useful storage containers are easy to conceal items like a wallet sunglasses, and keys. voice-controlled Ford Sync system is standard; a sound system from Sony, navigation and Sirius Travel Link is available as options.

Badge of quiet pride

It is difficult to distinguish a hybrid Fusion from a gas model only. But there are some exterior design tweaks that stand out. Some automakers feel the need to plaster the word “hybrid” throughout their gas / electric cars, but the only Fusion uses subtle badging, with a little green leaf at the bottom of both front doors and trunk. Fusion Hybrids also get 17-inch alloy wheels that are not available for the remaining range.

The car looks good because it does not advertise its presence. Consumers looking for an autonomous hybrid might not like it - will not get “credit” for green ways by friends and neighbors. For those who want a hybrid sedan that just gets on with the Fusion Hybrid works perfectly.

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The Fusion Hybrid is rated by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) at 41 miles per gallon in the city. Hybrids typically do better in this test, because low-speed drive motors allows to take more often it means using less gas. With a combined city / highway EPA rating of 39 mpg, the Fusion Hybrid beats the Camry Hybrid for fuel economy, which is expected to get 33 mpg in combined driving.The combination gas and electric motors: the Fusion Hybrid is faster than the line with more muscle left in reserve for poor thirst passing.The Fusion Hybrid is almost identical to that of the smaller Honda Insight. One reason for this is that the Fusion Hybrid can run on electric only mode at speeds up to 47 mph. Is it possible to “trick” the car running for a while the batteries by lifting off the accelerator and then again pressing gently. This is especially easy to be on major highways where the speed limit is 35 or 40 mph.

However, Ford engineers not only focused on the large economy. The Fusion Hybrid also has excellent dynamic behavior. This is mainly due to the fact that the Fusion is a light and nimble, even somewhat fun to drive. The extra weight of hybrid components such as batteries and electric motors could squash the fun of any car, but fortunately, the Fusion Hybrid retains the nimble personality gas only brother. There is also plenty of power when needed. The combination of gas and electric motors: the Fusion Hybrid is faster than the line with more muscle left in reserve for passing.

Not all hybrids are created equal

There are less expensive than this hybrid Fusion (MSRP: $ 28.100), but this is hardly the point. Smaller cars like the Honda Insight less expensive (from $ 19.800), but is less car for the money. The Camry Hybrid is cheaper ($ 26,400), but the Fusion Hybrid is more fun to drive and has features such as rugs, mats, Bluetooth, voice control for a connected phone and iPod, and a six-disc CD changer as standard.

An alternative to the Fusion Hybrid comes from a different brand of Ford. The Lincoln MKZ is also available in gas / electric format, but is much more expensive (from $ 34,225). The most obvious competitor is the Toyota Camry Hybrid, despite a marked difference between the two. Fusion is more pronounced and the handling is definitely more style than the Camry. Altima’s Nissan Hybrid (26.780 dollars) is slightly more spacious inside, but, like the Camry Hybrid, is a very impressive 41 mpg in the city of fusion and 39 combined mpg.

When choosing a hybrid, fuel economy is usually a primary concern. Hybrid SUV can not do much better than 20 miles per gallon or so, but it’s good enough for a large vehicle. Medium-sized hybrid sedan should have an estimate on the high EPA at least 30 years. The ability to run on all electric-mode is also crucial because it will no longer clean fuel. Because hybrids are usually more expensive than non-hybrid counterparts, a search with many standard features. Big-ticket items like a navigation system will still be optional, but better looking wheels and an upgraded electronically as part of the standard hybrid package.

It is rare to find a car that combines performance, style and excellent fuel economy so effectively, but this is what the 2011 Ford Fusion Hybrid does. It’s great looking, handles better than most other hybrids, but it offers when it comes to sipping fuel. For those who really enjoy driving, but still want more miles per gallon, the 2011 Ford Fusion Hybrid is the best of both worlds. Never before has the fun and simplicity blended so well.
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Brian Moody is an automotive writer and presenter for over 10 years. He has contributed to such media, like CNBC, the Fox Business, the Today show, Speed ​​TV, Edmunds.com and KTLA in Los Angeles. He currently covers the automotive industry and reviews new cars for the national syndicated radio show Car Concerns.

Fiat 500 TwinAir

Posted by admin | Autos | Saturday 27 November 2010 1:15 pm

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For a smooth, eager engine, distinctive sound, style and finish, a low CO2 emissions

Against the poor economy, gearing limits traceability, sometimes choppy ride, price

Fiat has promised a major new version of the 500 per year because this character full modernization of the 1957 Cinquecento appeared in 2007, and duly delivered with the Abarth-branded 500s, the convertible 500C and now this radical two-cylinder model called the TwinAir.

That it is driven by a piston engine with the same count as the ‘57 500 is a coincidence, but a happy.

The goal was to create a Fiat engine of the lowest CO2 emissions of developing, and established that a turbocharged, downsized, 875cc vertical twin was the solution. And indeed, this all-new engine scores the lowest CO2 emissions and fuel economy numbers of all petrol cars currently for sale, according to official EU measurements. And it meets ultra-strict standards for pollutants EU6 2014, too.

Fiat is the pitching TwinAir above the 1.2-liter four-cylinder model, prices start at £ 10,665 for the Pop and rising to £ 16,065 for the 500C TwinAir by Diesel (fashion brand). Tested here is the roof closed, £ 12,065 TwinAir Lounge.
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Ferrari 458 Italia

Posted by admin | Autos | Monday 30 August 2010 6:56 am

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There has always been a sort of paradox about the concept car Ferrari novices. However, with a few notable exceptions, and this is how the cars in the mid-engined V8-powered from Maranello was known. So it was with the GTB 308, and a queue of cars that followed.

Now, although things are changing in a Ferrari. In California, has a fourth model line designed to meet that desire to experience the simplest to the softness of a horse jumping of their own.

Italy has given the 458, another Ferrari V8, the license to move into more dangerous territory. There is nothing far from the 562bhp beginner or a top speed exceeding 200mph.

In fact, as you will see, and 458 is, in many ways, compared with the larger 599 GTB. Not only does it exceed the brothers in for V12 60mph 100mph but, as shown in our test car, with the price of the options by £ 169,546, 458, Italy is also a car that can cost more than 200,000 £ easily.

The figures are one thing, though. What we are here to find out whether it is the smaller of the new not just move on the game,

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Volkswagen Touareg

Posted by admin | Autos | Monday 30 August 2010 6:41 am

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This is all new Volkswagen Touareg, we’re testing for the first time in the United Kingdom. Like the previous model it developed in conjunction with the Porsche Cayenne, with which it shares a large number of machines. Cars and personalities are very different, however, looks different visually.

Therefore, similar to Porsche, the Touareg and the new all new and promising, comes high quality, superior on the road capacity and enhance performance, as well as improvements in the economy caused by the weight savings are more useful than the previous model.

See the pics test for Volkswagen Touareg V6 3.0 TDI in the work

It does not get some of the Cayenne SUV in a gasoline engine, V8, though, even if the same system of hybrid petrol V6 is in the list.

The options will be diesel, and both flies and eight cars, to be the mainstays, though: 1 Audi guaranteed by turbodiesel V8 4.2-liter turbodiesel V6 3.0-liter test here.

In fact, it is difficult to envisage a scenario where they will not be satisfied with the diesel V6 engines, the other two.

In the 38.2mpg average fuel consumption, helped along by a system of preventing the commencement of the standard, and compares well with 34.5mpg for the hybrid. Two tons of the car feels fast is very useful, being smooth and strong right through the long review.

Box and eight-speed auto ‘and also considered brilliantly descent, and aiding and abetting the ability of the Tuareg in excess and flexibility in all parts of the city. In addition to the system to prevent the start is one of the more tried to smooth.

Will the current owners of the Tuareg noticed a mite more agility in this one, and improve the accuracy of direction, but if you carve through the corners is a priority, then the Cayenne or BMW X5 will work best for you.

Unfortunately, not for Volkswagen to differentiate superior ride quality. Even with our car bullion standard test to measure 18 inches, it did not take a lot of the airport runway in Britain broke jiggles and ripples in the cabin, but at least you feel it is also tied down more than big waves.

One of the disadvantages of the Volkswagen Touareg and Porsche with the generation that there is no option of seven seats, is fast becoming the standard for large SUV. However, if you can live with five perches there are a lot of space.

Luggage as they are generous and can be used as is the case in which the possession of the family and the rear seats tilt and slide forward to allow for a more to be preserved.

In the line of attack, and the driving position, comfort, and blamed as well. I’d recognize most of the controls and switches of golf, mind you, which does not make it look shabby bond to some extent. But there is little debate that it is high quality enough even in a car 40k pounds. It’s also easy to use.

If you’ve got any ambitions to take the new Touareg off-road you need to be 39,505 £ V6 model escape TDI. This is the only version that comes with a two-speed transfer case, with the promotion of follow-up cover to prevent being clouted.

What is more, it has completely locked center and rear diffs and control in five stages, four-wheel drive system. All other models make the relationship a hill descent assist and control, which prevents access and benefit-sharing, and control of the stability control off-road.

There is no doubt that there has been a significant improvement over the one and another is a good price, and a provocative and wide when powered by a diesel V6. We were not likely to walk past the Porsche, BMW or get a Land Rover one, though.
Shas Hallett

Volkswagen Touareg V6 3.0 TDI S

Price: £ 38,255; Maximum speed: 135mph; 0 - 62mph: 7.8sec; economy:; CO2 38.2mpg: 195g/km; Engine: V6, 2967cc, turbodiesel; power: 237bhp at 4000rpm; torque: 406 £ feet at 2000rpm; gearbox: 8 spd auto

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Renault Wind 1.2 TCe Dynamique

Posted by admin | Autos | Thursday 19 August 2010 7:54 am

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Renault is a strange wind attractive appearance Coupe Cabriolet, which will seat and two in the test this car is powered base 99bhp 1.2-liter gasoline engine turboprop. Power is sent through the five-speed manual transmission speeds, whether you opt for this model, or 1.6 stronger.
What it is like?

Wind 3.8 m long with a promising start in life that is based on the Twingo, which involves guidance in any of its manifestations. Can not, unfortunately same can be said of the wind.

It retains the hatchback grippiness of brotherhood, but on the numbness, and guide the rubber means that the veiled joy that can be taken from the chassis of living by the command. This engine is 1.2 liters and also less than encouraging. Nice normal, daily driving, but from a lack of torque means that you must have worked hard to make any progress more quickly.

Address some of the typical ways the British and it was clear that there are some praise continues, although the short wheelbase and kerbweight light means it’s not too bad and certainly better than many of the biggest focal points in the market.

For all body stiffness is acceptable, it never settled on a car drive. There is a hidden uneasiness over most road surfaces, slots and the largest pot and ripples can cause some concern disharmony and panic.

In fact, the finer points of the dynamics of the wind is unlikely to be of interest to those thinking of purchasing it. More importantly, it will dash a sleek appearance, the external non-traditional, low operating costs.
I would like to buy one?

Wind is a cheap way out of reach, but well equipped with cruise control, climate control and sports seats, steering wheel control audio extra security of a hard-top roof.

So it is easy to see why some will be Wind - It was a car loved, and factor scarcity will win it advocates. In view of the semi-sports, there are two design direct competitor a few, but we propose to sacrifice hard-top and dig a little deeper for Abarth 500C deaths or Mini Cooper.

If you must be a folding tin-top, and makes the wind and one of the most attractive in this price range simply because it avoids cutting hatchback, it seems that most of its competitors. It’s not a standard, but for the target audience has the right to factor in the desire parts.
Vicky Parrott

Renault Wind Dynamique 1.2 T ABS CI

Price: £ 16,400; Maximum speed: 118mph, and the economy, - 62mph: 10.5sec:; CO2 44.8mpg: 145g/km; Kerbweight: 1131kg Engine Type;: 1149cc, 4 cyl, turbocharged gasoline; Power: 99bhp; torque: £ 112 feet, Gearbox: five-speed manual

Mercedes E350 Cabriolet

Posted by admin | Autos | Thursday 19 August 2010 7:43 am

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The road and when tested CGI E250 Cabriolet Not long ago, our criticisms to rest other than this, and refined, soft-top cruiser focused on the relative lack of power from 1.8 liters, gasoline engine with four cylinders, the somewhat slow-witted, the nature of the automatic gearbox of five speed.

This, then, to France for the E350 Cabriolet, with a diesel engine 3.0-liter Mercedes mating ‘7 G - TRONIC seven-speed ‘box (associated with standard oil consumer V6) to comprehensively address our concerns earlier.
See the pics of the first drive of the Mercedes E350 Cabriolet body
What it is like?

Taken on the basis of merit of their own, and France for conversion of the E350 is a good example of the breed. Dynamically, it suffers a little to remove the ceiling, with the chassis only occasional protests to detect when it paid more than rough surfaces. In comparison with the Consultative Group for Indonesia E250, it had improved significantly.

And the E350 offers only 27bhp more over the E250 (228bhp to 201bhp), but diesel fuel 3.0-liter provides a whopping 398 £ submitted to the feet of gasoline 2.0-liter 229 £ and the boom of linear torque is now in a better position to mail the class nature, which makes it easy for, and unwind with a cruising range of difficult and more overtaking and spirited driving when the mood takes.

Box and seven-speed ‘very superior, with barley to detect changes both up and down. The only drawback is the reluctance of the now familiar to respond to throttle movement at low speeds and under certain circumstances. It is difficult to determine exactly when this may or may not happen, and it is this contradiction in behavior that makes the most annoying feature.

We are aware of the rest of the qualities as the latest e-class convertible. The cabin is roomy and comfortable, and leather upholstery with a bunch of optional memory seats and power-adjustable, almost luxuriously appointed as well.

System Mercedes Aircap wind distortion helps to maintain the air troubled out of the plane - and the hair on board ‘- the speed, while the Airscarf (option £ 320 which should be installed according to standards) draws warm air from the bottom of the front seats’ headrests and on the driver and passenger neck to further improve the comfort of the roof in less than ideal conditions.
I would like to buy one?

If you’re in the market for a transfer quality with a premium badge and then France for the E350 should be on your shopping list. Certainly in the 3.0-liter V6 diesel guise, and for the CGI E250, it feels like a more complete car, with performance to match, rather than reduce the sense of, their vitality.

Of course, straightline extra muscle to go and torquey diesel does not come free, with the price base for the E350 full £ 5k higher than it was in the E250. It is still the driver that involves most - a convertible 3-series does a better job of it - but as a form of effort and comfortable luxury and semi-open transport, and E350 makes a strong case for itself.
Tim Dixon

Mercedes-Benz E350 CDI Sport cabriolet BlueEfficiency

Price: £ 40,780, as tested price: £ 51 030; 0-62 mph: 6.9sec; Maximum speed: 155mph 1845kg Kerbweight;; economy:; CO2 40.4mpg: 189g/km; Engine: V6, 2987cc, turbodiesel ; power: 228bhp at 3800rpm; £ 398 feet torque at 2400rpm - 1600

Nissan Micra

Posted by admin | Autos | Wednesday 18 August 2010 7:34 am

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Although the Nissan Micra in the launch of the new world to provide with a single engine, which is three times the 1.2-liter, and after six months and will be joined by the Super version. Great engine, not only for the Micra, but within the wider fleet of April.

With direct injection, the engine produces 97bhp and made super £ 105; 23 percent of energy consumption and 31 per cent of the torque of a conventional engine, but to achieve this figure is less than 95g/km CO2.

What it is like?

Bearing in mind the efforts of our test did not last long, and the model pre-production, and initial impressions are positive. While the engine is still in the thrum and unambiguous three-cylinder, and the supercharger is all but unheard of. Only at the top courses, under hard acceleration is there a distant moan.

While the performance is more than enough fast (April, after announcing any official figures) and the supercharger does not mean you should not rev the engine to get moving Micra respectable pace. As much as it is in the interest to refine the year as performance. There despite the warning, is that engineers recognized that the supercharger in the production of cut in at 2000rpm instead of 1300rpm of this form.

This is still a number of CO2 95g/km impressive - in practice as any decline in the engine, not diesel is mixed. Only double-drive Fiat new air cleaner, and only then in conjunction with manual gearbox and the mechanism. Although the technology gets Micra Super sporadic, according to the criteria (the first of April we’ve tested intermittent), unfortunately we have a short essay did not provide an opportunity to try this.
I would like to buy one?

As we have said before the new Micra is not about to challenge the participation of the feast of the driver, or the Fiat 500 of the method, but if the pricing is right, can offer a proposal for a decent value. As long as the premium for the super drive is not very large, and will be the one to go for.
Jamie Corstorphine

April Micra 1.2 Super

Price: to be announced later, Maximum speed: TBA; 0 - 62mph: to be announced, and the economy: 69mpg (est); CO2: 95g/km; Kerbweight: 960kg (EDT); type of engine, and a copy of: 1198cc, 3cyl in line, super; Power: 97bhp; torque: 105 £ feet; Gearbox: 5-speed manual

Posted by admin | Autos | Tuesday 17 August 2010 7:22 am

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Such as Volvo and you think these are not simple, such as the replacement for-such as the salon in S60 outgoing. Is, and we confirmed, nothing less than the Volvo’s most dynamic, driving force in the history of the company 83 years.

To some extent, we have been here before. 850 of 1992, which heralded the arrival of each of the Volvo that was front wheel drive, and the five-cylinder engine browser (template mirror is still here today), I came back and delivered a dynamic more than was expected from Volvo.

However, as a car and matured in the S70 V70, was in practice, and the solidity of its appeal to companies in the long term. At a time step up to the dynamic queue is not the possibility of gravity, it’s one that will, it is assumed enthusiasts, and hope that was not at the expense of traditional Volvo power.

S60 will have a range of engines, in line with the compact dimensions of the Executive once full scale. Only three are available at the present time: 1 161bhp 2.0-liter diesel (as tested here), and the 202bhp diesel and all-wheel-drive 3.0 T6 Turbo gasoline.

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