Sunday, January 17, 2010
Friday, December 18, 2009
Jaguar XJ
Jaguar XJ is sleek, sporting and sophisticated car, that now doubt Jaguar XJ bringing a daring new spirit to automotive luxury. It offers a seductive mix of striking design, breathtaking performance and engineering without compromise.
The new Jaguar XJ is the epitome of fluid, contemporary automotive style. The elongated teardrop shape of the side windows establishes the car's silhouette and lies at the heart of its flowing design. And the new Jaguar XJ doesn't just look streamlined: it shares a drag coefficient of 0.29 with the Jaguar XF saloon, making them the most aerodynamic Jaguars ever.
A coupé profile cloaks a cabin that offers comparable levels of space to saloons with a more conventional style. There is generous accommodation for five occupants, while long-wheelbase models provide rear-seat passengers with even greater levels of comfort thanks to an additional 125mm of rear legroom.
The exquisitely designed interior has a strong sporting character throughout. A panoramic glass roof, standard on all models, dramatically enhances the sense of light and space inside the new Jaguar XJ. And in keeping with its status as the ultimate four-door Jaguar, the XJ introduces a new generation of interior technologies, pioneering the use of display and infotainment systems such as the innovative Virtual Instrument dials and optional 1200W Bowers & Wilkins premium surround sound system.
At the heart of the all-new Jaguar XJ's construction is a next-generation application of Jaguar's unique lightweight vehicle architecture. Primarily aluminium, but also using magnesium and composite alloys, this allows Jaguar to produce a significantly lighter and stiffer body - the lightest in its class. The new structure - which retains the same aerospace-based riveting and bonding processes - has been refined using these advanced materials to deliver improved strength, enhanced refinement and superior safety performance.
The new Jaguar XJ is the epitome of fluid, contemporary automotive style. The elongated teardrop shape of the side windows establishes the car's silhouette and lies at the heart of its flowing design. And the new Jaguar XJ doesn't just look streamlined: it shares a drag coefficient of 0.29 with the Jaguar XF saloon, making them the most aerodynamic Jaguars ever.
A coupé profile cloaks a cabin that offers comparable levels of space to saloons with a more conventional style. There is generous accommodation for five occupants, while long-wheelbase models provide rear-seat passengers with even greater levels of comfort thanks to an additional 125mm of rear legroom.
The exquisitely designed interior has a strong sporting character throughout. A panoramic glass roof, standard on all models, dramatically enhances the sense of light and space inside the new Jaguar XJ. And in keeping with its status as the ultimate four-door Jaguar, the XJ introduces a new generation of interior technologies, pioneering the use of display and infotainment systems such as the innovative Virtual Instrument dials and optional 1200W Bowers & Wilkins premium surround sound system.
At the heart of the all-new Jaguar XJ's construction is a next-generation application of Jaguar's unique lightweight vehicle architecture. Primarily aluminium, but also using magnesium and composite alloys, this allows Jaguar to produce a significantly lighter and stiffer body - the lightest in its class. The new structure - which retains the same aerospace-based riveting and bonding processes - has been refined using these advanced materials to deliver improved strength, enhanced refinement and superior safety performance.
Saturday, November 28, 2009
Toyota Will Fix More Than 4.3 Million Cars
Mr. Toyoda in October apologized aleady to the owners of the eight Toyota and Lexus models affected by the floor-mat recall and has previously acknowledged that Toyota has strayed from its core value of focusing on the customer.
"The safety of our owners and the public is our utmost concern," Toyota said in a prepared statement. "Toyota has and will continue to thoroughly investigate and take appropriate measures to address any defect trends that are identified."
Toyota plans to shorten the gas pedal by about 20 millimeters and change the flooring under the accelerator in some models. It also plans to install a new braking system in the affected Toyota Camry and Avalon models, as well as in the Lexus ES 350, IS 350 and IS 250 models, as an "extra measure of confidence."
Toyota declined to provide an estimate of the recall's cost. "We have not put a pencil to it," Toyota spokesman Irv Miller said during a conference call. "We really don't know what the costs are at this moment."
"The safety of our owners and the public is our utmost concern," Toyota said in a prepared statement. "Toyota has and will continue to thoroughly investigate and take appropriate measures to address any defect trends that are identified."
Toyota plans to shorten the gas pedal by about 20 millimeters and change the flooring under the accelerator in some models. It also plans to install a new braking system in the affected Toyota Camry and Avalon models, as well as in the Lexus ES 350, IS 350 and IS 250 models, as an "extra measure of confidence."
Toyota declined to provide an estimate of the recall's cost. "We have not put a pencil to it," Toyota spokesman Irv Miller said during a conference call. "We really don't know what the costs are at this moment."
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Honda Skydeck Concept
It seams that this futuristic six-seater car, the Honda Skydeck Concept, represented at the Tokyo Motor Show, can meet a wide range of ages and lifestyles, like a bridge between the extreme-sports crew and the shuffleboard set. Now, the Japanese carmaker have the biggest stand of all the exhibitors and have filled it up with an array of design studies that are brimful of new ideas, albeit eccentric in part. One of the design highlights of the show is bound to be the Honda Skydeck Concept.
This futuristic, airily named family van is clearly a long way removed from being a production-ready vehicle, yet it arouses more than just passing interest. With its windscreen blending into a glass roof, driver and passengers have an impression of unconstrained freedom. The seating too has been designed with leisure in mind. The front doors open upwards and the rear doors slide backwards. In other words, they're doors, Jim, but not as we know them. There is no B-pillar to impede ingress. And if you prefer to sit in the third row, you can push the second bench under the front seat. Under the bonnet, a hybrid PLUS engine provides an eco-friendly drive.
This futuristic, airily named family van is clearly a long way removed from being a production-ready vehicle, yet it arouses more than just passing interest. With its windscreen blending into a glass roof, driver and passengers have an impression of unconstrained freedom. The seating too has been designed with leisure in mind. The front doors open upwards and the rear doors slide backwards. In other words, they're doors, Jim, but not as we know them. There is no B-pillar to impede ingress. And if you prefer to sit in the third row, you can push the second bench under the front seat. Under the bonnet, a hybrid PLUS engine provides an eco-friendly drive.
Saturday, September 19, 2009
Frankfurt Auto Show
Frankfurt Auto Show has been opened to public by German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday with a speech defending the government's car scrapping scheme, its decision on Opel's sale and looking to the future of transportation with electric and hybrid cars.
"Electro-mobility, electric and hybrid cars, are very much the window of the future," she said in her opening speech. "But one can't hold their breath for electric cars now."
Merkel said the current estimate is to have about 1 million electric cars on the road by 2020, so "it would really take another generation of car buyers" before the trend is widespread in Germany.
Earlier this year, Merkel's government backed a series of financial incentives for electric cars that is to start in 2012.
Merkel defended the government's stance on German carmaker Opel, in which Canadian car parts maker Magna International Inc. and Russian lender Sperbank will take over a 55 percent stake -- a solution the government had long lobbied for.
The government -- which is providing some euro6 billion (nearly $9 billion) in bridge financing and loan guarantees to the new company -- was criticized for not considering other bidders.
The U.S. federal government also provided large amounts of capital to the former Opel parent General Motors Co., which will retain a stake in Opel.
"We thought it was important to give this company another chance," she said.
Merkel also said Germany's car scrapping bonus had done a lot to help the German economy in the difficult times over the last year.
She said 2 million Germans had taken advantage of the program in which they received euro2,500 toward a new car from the government if they traded in a car that was at least nine years old. The government allotted euro5 billion to the program and funding ran out earlier this month. There are no plans to renew it.
"We believe this bonus helped build a bridge to auto workers," Merkel said. "That we will sell less cars next year is obvious, but we think exports will pick up by then."
The program was partly intended to put more efficient cars on the road and make a positive contribution to the environment.
The auto show is open to the public from Thursday until September 27.
"Electro-mobility, electric and hybrid cars, are very much the window of the future," she said in her opening speech. "But one can't hold their breath for electric cars now."
Merkel said the current estimate is to have about 1 million electric cars on the road by 2020, so "it would really take another generation of car buyers" before the trend is widespread in Germany.
Earlier this year, Merkel's government backed a series of financial incentives for electric cars that is to start in 2012.
Merkel defended the government's stance on German carmaker Opel, in which Canadian car parts maker Magna International Inc. and Russian lender Sperbank will take over a 55 percent stake -- a solution the government had long lobbied for.
The government -- which is providing some euro6 billion (nearly $9 billion) in bridge financing and loan guarantees to the new company -- was criticized for not considering other bidders.
The U.S. federal government also provided large amounts of capital to the former Opel parent General Motors Co., which will retain a stake in Opel.
"We thought it was important to give this company another chance," she said.
Merkel also said Germany's car scrapping bonus had done a lot to help the German economy in the difficult times over the last year.
She said 2 million Germans had taken advantage of the program in which they received euro2,500 toward a new car from the government if they traded in a car that was at least nine years old. The government allotted euro5 billion to the program and funding ran out earlier this month. There are no plans to renew it.
"We believe this bonus helped build a bridge to auto workers," Merkel said. "That we will sell less cars next year is obvious, but we think exports will pick up by then."
The program was partly intended to put more efficient cars on the road and make a positive contribution to the environment.
The auto show is open to the public from Thursday until September 27.
Saturday, September 5, 2009
Ultra-Lightweight Manx Grand Prix
Delightful Carolyn Sells has won the Ultra-Lightweight Manx Grand Prix (i.e. the 400cc & 650cc twin class). If you rememeber she crashed last year out of second place in the Ultra Lightweight race (luckily not badly hurt). But? you see? this year, she smoked 'em!
So
Provisional Result Sheet of Rider Machine/Entrant Time Speed Replica
Tower Insurance Lightweight/Ultra Lightweight Race
MGP 2009
1 36 Carolynn Sells 400cc Yamaha / Martin Bullock & Paul Morrisey 01 25 24.51 106.022 Replica
2 39 Mike Minns 650cc Suzuki / Merlin Sidecars 01 26 26.31 104.759 Replica
3 66 Wayne Kirwan 650cc Suzuki 01 26 27.44 104.736 Replica
4 44 Brian Purdy 399cc Honda 01 26 38.71 104.509 Replica
5 64 Ivan Lintin 650cc Suzuki 01 26 43.98 104.403 Replica
6 68 Peter Simpson 400cc Kawasaki 01 27 41.08 103.270 Replica
7 50 Andy Cowin 400cc Yamaha 01 28 19.35 102.524 Replica
8 33 Tim Sayers 400cc Kawasaki / LoanCash.co.uk 01 28 33.61 102.249 Replica
9 42 Simon Perkin 650cc Suzuki 01 28 39.20 102.142 Replica
10 69 Adrian Kershaw* 400cc Kawasaki / Barton Bikesport M/C Centre 01 28 42.87 102.071 Replica
etc. you can find complite
So
Provisional Result Sheet of Rider Machine/Entrant Time Speed Replica
Tower Insurance Lightweight/Ultra Lightweight Race
MGP 2009
1 36 Carolynn Sells 400cc Yamaha / Martin Bullock & Paul Morrisey 01 25 24.51 106.022 Replica
2 39 Mike Minns 650cc Suzuki / Merlin Sidecars 01 26 26.31 104.759 Replica
3 66 Wayne Kirwan 650cc Suzuki 01 26 27.44 104.736 Replica
4 44 Brian Purdy 399cc Honda 01 26 38.71 104.509 Replica
5 64 Ivan Lintin 650cc Suzuki 01 26 43.98 104.403 Replica
6 68 Peter Simpson 400cc Kawasaki 01 27 41.08 103.270 Replica
7 50 Andy Cowin 400cc Yamaha 01 28 19.35 102.524 Replica
8 33 Tim Sayers 400cc Kawasaki / LoanCash.co.uk 01 28 33.61 102.249 Replica
9 42 Simon Perkin 650cc Suzuki 01 28 39.20 102.142 Replica
10 69 Adrian Kershaw* 400cc Kawasaki / Barton Bikesport M/C Centre 01 28 42.87 102.071 Replica
etc. you can find complite
Saturday, August 29, 2009
Biking Celebrities
Bicycle has become very popular transport facilities and that's no wonder at all. I would not even explane why, everybody knows that this is first of all green and that is the most important cause of. So all of us should follow celebrities's example.
Angelina Jolie
Madonna
Uma Thurman
Angelina Jolie
Madonna
Uma Thurman
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