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The Astra Ecoflex landed

admin — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 20:17:08 +0000

Announced at the launch of the Astra range, the cheaper version Ecoflex comes only now in grants Opel. Between the announcement and the arrival in series, no change, but now a price.

The Astra Ecoflex therefore adopts the engine 1. 3 CDTI developing 95 hp and 190 Nm is associated with a 5-speed manual transmission with a top speed of 175 km / h and a 0 to 100 done … 14 “5. Consumption is the real reason for the model with 4. 1 l/100 km combined cycle announced approval or 109 g / km of CO2. Opel does not therefore 99g of Focus ECOnetic or a Golf BlueMotion and password for the time Stop & Start system. But the Astra adopts all other existing revenue to save the precious grams of CO2 tires with lower rolling resistance, aerodynamic optimization, driven shutters on the grille … The price: 19 . € 390 in Germany.

F1: Mercedes signed his first triple since 1955 …

admin — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 14:22:11 +0000

this morning the Grand Prix of China has kept all its promises. Suspense, fighting, overtaking, strategy, all the ingredients were on hand to offer a superb spectacle. But remember also that race for its final result, the first hat-trick of a Mercedes engine for nearly 55 years. 1955. That year the great Juan Manuel Fangio, participates in his second season in the invincible armada of silver arrows. The previous year he won the second of his five world titles driving a Mercedes but had started the season with Maserati. The German team had made a sensational debut in the championship by crushing the competition in Reims. On June 16, 1955, the Grand Prix Great Britain is the penultimate race of the season. Fangio arrived at Aintree in a solid lead in the championship. The Argentine has won three races and has 13 points ahead of his young teammate Stirling Moss. In tests, the British signed the first pole position of his career before his illustrious elder. In race two men are not going to leave an inch above and ironing repeatedly. Under the checkered flag, Moss has an advance of 0 2 on Fangio. It was his first success in Grand Prix. As Fangio, this result gives him a third title of world champion. The podium is completed by a third person in Mercedes driver Karl Kling. The firm will offer himself to the star even quadrupled thanks to Piero Taruffi. After the arrival, Moss Fangio ask if he has been won but the latter, a gentleman, he will otherwise until his death. For Mercedes, this raid a bitter taste. Even though this was his first hat-trick (and a fortiori quadrupled), the feast is overshadowed by the tragedy that rocked the 24 Hours of Le Mans four days earlier. Surprised by a maneuver Mike Hawthron Pierre Levegh, driver of the Mercedes SLR No. 20, faces the Austin-Healey Macklin. His car was thrown against the wall and disintegrates. Several body parts and the engine of the car will finish their race in the public spreading death in their wake. Pierre Levegh and 82 spectators lost their lives in this accident remains the worst ever known motorsports. Following the disaster, Mercedes will pull out of F1 and not return in 1993 powering the Sauber team. He will then have had to wait 55 years to place three of its top three drivers in a Grand Prix as Button, Hamilton and Rosberg did today. Also read: 75 years of For Mercedes Silver Arrow and Hermann Lang would have been 100 years.

Audi A8, now the long version

admin — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 21:06:27 +0000

Like the previous generation, and like its rivals, the new Audi A8 will also be offered in a longer version. An extra place is accompanied by specific interior, and also a sole engine, the W12. It should make its debut at Beijing, China is destined to become one of its main markets.

Extended 13 inches, its wheelbase is only 3. 122 mm, the A8 long now reached 5. 267 mm and arises as the most runs in its class. A new variant that will be available soon on all current drives the A8, but will first be launched exclusively with the W12. It also differs from other plebeian A8 by its horizontal grille bars slightly different, chrome mirrors his or her trapezoidal exhaust. Besides course W12 logos dotting his body on the grille and the trunk. For his entry under the hood of the new A8, the W12 is changing. It now displays a displacement of 6.3 liters and equip itself with direct injection. His power now comes to 500 hp and torque to 625 Nm, 450 hp cons on the previous model. At the same time, consumption has been reduced from 13. 6 to 12 l/100 km. If the A8L is in its standard version with a three-seater, it could also receive two individual seats separated by a center console in line with that separating the front seats. Both places offer great comfort: adjustable seats, heated, ventilated, massaging … Other equipment is available as a tablet or a footrest built into the front passenger seat and the adjustable tilt LCD (electrically) or a refrigerated compartment between the seats. The passenger seat is also precisely controlled since the rear seats, which is especially useful in the case of a vehicle driven by a chauffeur. Audi A8L