Posts Tagged ‘family car’


Paris 2008: Ford Kuga is the Individual

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

As three weeks ago, the forthcoming Paris Motor Show will see the new Ford Kuga Individual, provided alongside the Fiesta and Mondeo, whose presence had already been confirmed a few days earlier. By the time the house dell’Ovale Blue will also introduce the most powerful crossover, which will be driven by five-cylinder turbo 2.5 of the Focus ST, however, limited to 200 hp and 320 Nm.

The Individual Pack will include a grid “to the Iosis, a special aerodynamic kit, try to find 20″ and leather interior is particularly valuable and high quality materials to identify the cockpit. The Individual Kuga will be available at the beginning of 2009 becoming the fifth model in which you can apply these special customizations, as well as S-Max, Galaxy, Fiesta and Mondeo.

Jaguar Car: After the C-XE also the C-XJ

Wednesday, September 24th, 2008

The confirmation of the continuing vitality of the Jaguar car brand, after the initials C-XE, probably for the concept that anticipate the new spider “small”, was also registered the name C-XJ: logical to think that this will be the concept car awaited for the unprecedented and historic luxury sedan, aged suddenly when the XF (preceded by the concept C-XF) came on the market. Waiting for 2011, the XJ has been developing and have been sighted several prototypes camouflaged with the shape of the model.

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New Audi Car S4 sedan and Avant

Wednesday, September 24th, 2008

For once, for the first time, nell’iper-competitive battle among the three German premium brand, a new high-performance model has a lower power (though only slightly) than to substitute: the premium brand seems to have joined the dogma professed climate of respect from everyone except themselves. In short, it has already begun to descend the peak reached with the RS6 with the S4, saloon and Avant, Audi decided to place the first “base camp” for a much lower.

The new car sport of the four rings is driven by the same 3.0 TFSI V6 already seen on the A6 restyling, even if the values are increasing vital in reassuring the power reaches 333 horses (43), paid in 5500 rpm, The pair touched the 440Nm (+20) constant from 2900 to 5300 rpm. Equipped with a manual transmission to six reports (the dual clutch S-Tronic asetti grafting is provided as an option), the S4 reached in just 5.1 seconds (5.2 to Avant) the hundred kilometers per hour, before you settle for canonical and self-250 km / h.

Volkswagen Golf: Paris opens the chapter “sports Car”

Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008

Warn well in advance about the exact scope of the enemy heavy artillery: a pernicious tactic if it were not implemented by Volkswagen Car. All and everything can be granted. Also have two models in the range of characteristics (more or less) are used: one, the Scirocco is a pure sport, and the other, the Golf is a bad result. The latter, declined in performing its jargon - GTI, GTD and R - is anticipated a few months after the release of the new generation.

The renewed hatchback, in fact, will be presented at the Paris Motor Show - the sales will begin in mid-2009 - in its most celebrated, marked by distinctive red piping: the GTI will be equipped with the new 2.0 TFSI petrol from 211 horses, capable to sling over the wall of one hundred per hour in about seven seconds.