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Lancia Delta HPE



Lancia Delta is a small family car produced by Italian automaker Lancia with the first generation produced between 1979 and 1994, the second generation in use from 1993 to 1999, and the third generation of the Delta will be in production in 2008. It was the first time at the Motor Show in Frankfurt in 1979. Delta is best known for its World Rally Championship career in late 1980 and early 1990, when it dominated rallying. Lancia offered road versions of race cars - the Lancia Delta Integrale and HF4WD.

The first Delta was a five-door hatchback designed by Giugiaro and launched in 1979. During a period of time, was also sold in Sweden by Saab Automobile, dubbed the Saab 600. For several years after its launch, the Delta is one of contemporary cars of its kind in Europe and in 1980 was voted European Car of the Year. The Delta range was introduced in the United Kingdom in 1980 and remained virtually unchanged until 1986, when small changes were made to the shape of the car body, engine upgrade and all-wheel drive model instead.



Although the majority of Delta models were ordinary small family cars, the most famous model was the Delta HF Integrale, four-wheel drive hot hatch is a powerful turbocharged petrol engine. Tuned version of the HF dominated the World Rally championship points in 46 WRC victories overall and won the Constructors Championship a record six times in a row from 1987 to 1992 as well as champion drivers Juha Kankkunen (1987 and 1991) and Miki Biasion (1988 and 1989).

The Lancia Delta S4, whose team held immediately before the work HF Integrale 4WD models and the race world championship at the end of the RAC Rally 1985 season until the end of the 1986 season, while sharing the same name and appearance was a group of specially designed race car for rallying B, and it was completely different from the commercial Delta in terms of construction and operation.

Lamborghini Gallardo

Lamborghini Gallardo (Italian pronunciation: [ɡaʎʎardo]) (English pronunciation: / ɡuy-Yarr-do /) is a sports car built on a Lamborghini. Lamborghini Gallardo is the most produced in the model so far, more than 10,000 built in the first seven years of production. The car is named after a famous breed of bull. The Spanish word Gallardo becomes a 'brave'.

Gallardo offers two choices of return, conventional transmission (H-Box) six-speed manual, and an advanced six-speed electro-hydraulic semi-automatic, automated manual, which Lamborghini abbreviates to 'E-gear. 'E-gear' allows the driver to make changes much faster than the manual would be. Driver moves up and down through the paddles behind the steering wheel, but it is also automatic.



For MY2006 (launched in late 2005) Lamborghini introduced many changes to the car to respond to some criticism by the press and won the owners. They are derived from the limited edition Gallardo SE. The exhaust system has been changed to a more sports (including a component to make it quieter around town), was suspended revised and a new rack is fitted, has been the engine power has increased by 20 hp to a maximum of 512 brake horsepower (382 kW), the biggest change has been an overall reduction in leverage, especially in the first 5. The result was a much better car to handle and turned in a better, sounded better in full throttle and the extra power and lower prepares a car already turned quickly into a serious fast.



Audi R8 sports car, launched in early 2007, is based on the Gallardo platform, and uses a 4.2-liter V8 instead of the Gallardo's V10 to avoid competing directly with the Gallardo. In December 2008, revealed a V10 Audi Audi R8, with a detuned version of the Gallardo engine, positioned between R8 and Gallardo V8. For the 2008 model year Gallardo added features to include an onboard computer iPod connectivity with USB, heated mirrors, Q-citura stitching that originally could not be found on the Nera model, and a beige coat on the Spyder.

Kia VG Sedan

New spy photos of the Kia VG sedan is the 2011 area on the web today. The last set of pictures showing a heavily camouflaged spy VG painted white prototype sedan parked in a parking garage. Kia's flagship sedan is scheduled for a variety of effective cylinder and six-cylinder engines with four, including a 2.4-liter Theta II and revised Lambda V6 engines. Engine 2.4-liter four-cylinder Kia will introduce the new gasoline direct injection (GDI) and the technology of generating 201 horsepower.



In the latest rumors suggest, Kia will be following the route of reducing and replacing the engine with the 3.8 L V6 all-new 3.5-liter. This particular engine has been introduced into the LV beautiful concept car that debuted at the Seoul Auto Salon earlier this year.

Combined with modern engine line-up, Kia will also introduce a brand new 6-speed automatic sedan VG. 6-speed automatic is first applied in 2010 Sorento, which goes on sale in January next year, state, and soon find their way to other mid-size Kia vehicles. Reportedly, the new generation Sportage Kia Optima and 2011 both have.



Another interesting information on the AG 2011-Kia is that Kia will probably put the model to Europe and try to steal some sales of luxury cars such as Audi and BMW. To succeed in Europe, Kia VG will offer a diesel engine powerful but fuel efficient and loaded with luxury features. For Europe, the Korean automaker probably choose between a very powerful engine of 2.2 L four-cylinder with 197 horsepower 3.0L V6 to 250 horsepower.

On its luxury features, we learned that the next Kia VG will be equipped with LED technology in the headlights and taillights at once! It will also feature ventilated front seats, parking guidance system, heated rear seats and panoramic sunroof. European (and American) the sale is scheduled to begin in the second half of 2010, while sales of Korea will start this year.

Jeep Patriot

Jeep Patriot (MK74) is a compact crossover SUV introduced in early 2007 for the 2007 model year by Chrysler's Jeep brand. He made his public debut in April 2006 New York Auto Show and the slots between the compass and freedom in the Jeep line. Market-wise, is the SUV in North America and one of the cheaper standard crossover SUV to date.

Compass and Patriot are both based on the DaimlerChrysler / Mitsubishi GS platform. These vehicles are to differentiate the design and marketing: The Patriot is a traditional wagon-style four-door Jeep, while the percentages of the bush-urban seems more volumes, the same terms and conditions as the Dodge Caliber. In a press conference on 4 November 2009, Chrysler LLC, now less than 20% owned by Fiat, said both the Patriot and Compass would change in 2010 but abandoned in 2012, can be replaced by one of Fiat models.




Patriot and Compass are both based on the / GS platform DaimlerChrysler. These vehicles are to differentiate the design and marketing: the Jeep Patriot is a traditional four-door wagon, like Cherokee, which was discontinued in the United States in 2001, when the Jeep Compass is designed for a sporty crossover, but more capacity to deal with the road surface and bad weather than competitors like the Pontiac Vibe. Dodge Caliber, is also based on the GS platform is a direct competitor to the Pontiac Vibe and Toyota Matrix, and there are more than a small sedan anyone jeep. Patriot manufactured in DaimlerChrysler Belvidere, Illinois assembly plants as well as the Dodge Caliber and Compass.

The Patriot uses a four-cylinder 2.0 L or 2.4 L GEMA I4 gasoline engine. In the U.S. The base car has front wheel drive, but the choice of two electronic control systems for four-wheel drive is optional. One, the Freedom Drive I is a full-time road use. Freedom Drive II is designed for off road use with variable torque between speeds of 25 mph (40 kph) and 65 mph (105 km / h) for optimal treatment. The 2.0 L GEMA I4 is an option for the 4X2 model Patriot.

Europe and Australia is 2.0 L (1968 cc, 120 CID, 140 hp) Volkswagen-made diesel engine is equipped with both a 6-speed manual transmission. All cars have the EU standard four-wheel drive version and the Freedom system unit, which is tuned to different versions of the United States, but similar ability to control the brake FDII traction, and three are related to electronic stability control and settings tranction or use off-road.

Jaguar XF



Jaguar XF is a car midsize luxury / sport sedan from Jaguar Cars, to replace the Jaguar S-Type.
Jaguar C-XF (for Concept-XF) is a concept car that was designed to showcase the style elements of the next preliminary Jaguar XF. Bill C-XF was led by Jaguar design director Ian Callum and Head of Advanced Design Julian Thomson. It includes a 4.2-liter V8 engine compressor, a 6-speed automatic transmission with Jaguar Sequential Shift, one wedged slim projectors that have evolved from the twin-lamp motif seen on past Jaguars, interior inspired performance, Gearshift Jaguar Dual View display and a sound system Bowers & Wilkins.

Styling of the final production XF range from the C-XF, especially around the headlights and nose, which includes an oval-shaped grille reminiscent of the original XJ of 1968 and is intended to be part of future Jaguars. The trunk lid has retained knife Chrome S-Type on board, but now sports a 'jumper' as well. Boot space and practice is much better than its predecessor, with the possibility of a repair kit instead of a spare wheel to create extra space, although this feature is not available in certain markets.

The body was developed using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) before the car I saw a wind tunnel. Each area of the outer skin lightly, the wheel of compounds for the cooling airflow (even the shape of the exterior mirrors) was optimized through this process. In addition, the square tail is more aerodynamically efficient with a smaller, rounded roof and coupe for the XF and lifted the trunk lip improve airflow over the rear of the car. Accordingly, the XF has the best aerodynamic performance, in terms of strength of production Jaguar ever and is better than the race-bred, limited edition XJ220 supercar.