Citroen’s DS3 to make UK deput in the MPH & Performance Motor Show

Citroen’s DS3 is going to make its UK deput in the MPH and Performance Motor Show in November. The viewers will be seeing the live Top Gear Show with their favorite hosts like Hammond, Clarkson and May on stage as a part of Performance Motor Show. The whole London is desperate enough for this new model to be unveiled.The company is going to launch DS3 in spring 2010. This five seater super mini cabin car provides extreme luxury and comfort.
The new Citroen will be available with five engines and impressive fuel efficiency and low emissions. Further details will be disclosed to the public on MPH Show.

Citroen's DS3

Citroen’s DS3 pre-orders available:

Citroen has released its 100 examples of its new Citroen’s DS3 prior to its launch in the spring 2010. The first 100 orders will be the first in the buying list to have the new Citroen as soon as it is released. The price for these models range between £12,985 to £18,745. Customers applying for these preorders will be in benefit with the ultra luxury equipped features like six speed manual gearbox, parking sensors, HiFi system, USB with Bluetooth connectivity and some other features at lower rates. Get more details on Citroen official website and be the first to get yourself in first hundred buyers.

2009 Mazda Kiyora to deput in the Tokyo Motor Show

Mazda is going to deput its new eco friendly next generation Mazda Kiyora Concept in the coming Tokyo Motor Show this year. The new Kiyora is aerodynamically engineered (seems to be like an aerofoil) keeping in view a better power to weight ratio. The car is 100 kg less in weight as compared to other Mazda models of the same category.The front lights and the air intakes are shaped in a similar fashion. The new concept car has the tremendous fuel consumption of 75 mpg, so you can drive it on long routes without caring much about refilling. The tail lights look like boomerangs.

Front End View

This 3-door concept is powered by 1.3 L direct injection engine with some promising features like i-stop, the idle start/ stop feature, regenerative braking and six speed light weight automatic transmission.

 

Rear End View

Mazda i-stop idling system has improved the fuel economy by 10 percent. The Mazda i-stop controls the position of the piston when the engine is shutdown and brings the engine back to idling speed in just 0.35 secs when engine starts again. Mazda claims to improve the fuel economy of its vehicles by 2015.

GM starts the production of new Opel Ampera from 2011

GM has released the new Opel Ampera in the 79th Geneva Motor Show this year with the stylish exterior and an upgraded interior. Though the car was released a couple of months ago but many people may not have seen it before. The company intends to start its production by 2011.

Owing to the increased energy demands, this car has plug-in hybrid technology. The car has 40 mile plug-in range (it can be driven upto 40 miles without using a single drop of oil) and 300 mile total extended range. Lithium ion battery is used in the new Opel Ampera which makes it run upto 60 km. The car can go upto 500 miles via internal combustion engine that drives the generator which further runs the electric motor.

Front End View

The head lights are beautifully designed giving it a unique front look. The new Opel Ampera is a four door passenger car with a hatch back. The car has got enough luggage capacity. The narrow tail LED lights are properly aligned giving a new Ampera a well composed look.

Rear End View

The new Ampera has two LCD screens, one just behind the steering and the other one above the button panel. What unique in this car is that the rear seats are completely separated like the front seats. Like the other plug-in cars, it can be charged from the sockets beside the side view mirrors.

2009 Bridgestone Ecopia EP150 offers 15% less rolling resistance

With the more concern on global warming and CO2 emissions, new eco friendly products are seen in the market everyday. Ecopia, a Bridgestone brand, works for the promotion of environment friendly atmosphere. Its aim is to reduce the CO2 emissions globally.

Aiming to achieve the same goal, Bridgestone has recently unveiled its new eco friendly tyre, ECOPIA EP150 in the Frankfurt Motor Show 2009.
The company claims that EP150 is capable to offer less rolling resistance that would result in better vehicle performance, low CO2 emissions, efficient braking performance and an enhanced fuel economy. The rolling resistance is reduced upto 15% as compared to the other currently used Bridgestone tyres with the 3% increase in fuel economy and 3% decrease in CO2 emissions.

Ecopia EP150

Thanks to NanoPro-TechTM which has a lower rolling resistance coefficient. This technology has been properly employed in this tyre to have the optimum results. The new EP150 is best suited for small and medium sized vehicle users.

Visitors Pour into Frankfurt Motor Show on the Last Weekend: Exhibitors Are Delighted

FRANKFURT, Germany - September 26, 2009: "The 63rd IAA Cars has greatly exceeded all our expectations. The world’s most important trade show for mobility has proved to be a crowd-puller even under very difficult circumstances. We will have around 850,000 visitors at the IAA, far exceeding our own target of 750,000,” stressed Matthias Wissmann, President of the German Association of the Automotive Industry (VDA), at the International Motor Show, which runs until 27 September.

It does not make much sense to use the IAA 2007, which took place during an economic boom, as a guide. “The general conditions have changed completely,” Wissmann emphasized. But even as compared to the record IAA in 2007, the fall in visitor numbers was “only just about half of what we expected.” The drop was mostly due to the fact that for reasons of cost the exhibiting firms were “extremely cautious” when it came to inviting customers to the IAA. “If you look at the general public that buy their admission tickets on the door, you see that attendance has gone down by only 5 per cent. People are just as enthusiastic as ever about automobiles, the halls housing the 100 world premieres are attracting huge numbers of visitors, and some of them are full to overflowing,” Wissmann said. The “regal weather” was also pulling in the IAA guests to the open-air site with its varied program of events ranging from the off-road circuit to test drives.

The Delighted Visitors

This distinguishes the IAA from other motor shows that this year have suffered falls in visitor numbers in the upper double-digit range or have even been cancelled altogether.

“The old equation ‘congestion on the roads means a well attended IAA’ lost its validity a long time ago. We have continued to work with the city and the police to optimize the management of parking lots for the IAA, and this time we reserved a sufficient number of spaces right close to the trade show. This has benefited the visitors to the IAA – they have more time for going round the exhibition. Even the police are surprised that everything is going so well,” Wissmann explained. There was more “congestion” in the exhibition halls, he added. All the halls at the IAA were popular with visitors, especially the new Hall 11 occupied by BMW, which forms another major focus in the west part of the IAA.

“Our exhibitors – manufacturers and suppliers alike – are also very satisfied with this IAA, as the stand managers have told me in great and varied detail during my extensive tours. The public is very knowledgeable and interested. And our survey has shown that one IAA visitor in four wants to buy a car in the next six months,” the VDA president emphasized.

The IAA is open to the public until 7.00 p.m. on Sunday, 27 September 2009.

 Source:www.theautochannel.com

GM announces the establishment of the new Science Lab at Shanghai

GM, being the second world leading automakers, has decided to establish its Science lab in China at Shanghai. GM on becoming a victim of the Global recession is now poised to make such decisions. This science lab will bring the new innovations and technologies in the market. 100 staff members are expected to become a part of this institution under the supervision of John Du who has 20 years of management excellence. This is the first largest project being started by GM in China.

The lab is expected to resolve many problems related to the auto industry like Global warming, transformation from fuel energy to electric energy, making green technologies even more common, use of batteries, pedestrian safety concerns, light weight cars and much more. This lab will work in collaboration with the universities and government of China.

China Science Lab

Alan Taub, GMs new Vice President of Global Research and Development says:
“Our vision for the China Science Lab is to be recognized as a world-class R&D organization that will help drive GMs automotive business into the future. Our aim is to develop breakthrough technologies that will differentiate GM vehicles in the marketplace and build on GMs long history of industry firsts. The China Science Labs opening demonstrates that GM is moving aggressively to maintain leadership in breakthrough technological research globally.”

2009 Top Gear World Tour starts

Clarkson, Hammond and May departed for the Top Gear World Tour on hot air balloon yesterday. The journey will cover eight cities of the world of which Sydney, Cape town, Aukland and Holland are prominent. The three presenters left London’s Royal Geographical Society on 25th of this month.

The show will start with two UK performaces at two different destinations, Bermingham and London where they will be a part of Performance Motor Show and MPH The Prestige.

2009 Top Gear World Tour

Nearly one lac (95000 for now) auto enthusiasts are expected to capture the real thrilling moments and stunts from these presenters live. This Auto Show will be the source of some automakers to make their deputs like Aston martin, Lamborghini, Peugeot, Pagani and Volvo. Many other worldwide automakers will be the part of these shows which would include Porsche, Ferrari, Jaguar, Lotus, Maserati, Bugatti, Caparo, Mclaren, Spyker and the list goes on and on.

Tickets cost for these shows range between £42 to £99.

Volvo brings the new Pedestrian Safety System

Volvo brings the new Automatic Braking Technology in the market in its upcoming models. This improved intelligent system will certainly reduce the on road accidents. Previously, the safety system was for vehicle-vehicle collision but now this system makes the human life even safer than it previously was. Automatic Braking System detects the pedestrians in front of car and the full brakes are applied if the car’s speed is below 24km/h. At greater speeds, the impact speed is reduced and this intelligent system tries its best to minimize the collision impact. The reduction in collision impact can save many precious lives. The fatality risk can be reduced upto 80 percent as claimed by Thomas Broberg, safety expert at Volvo cars.

How the Automatic Braking System works?
This is a very general question that how this system works in harmony with the driver? In an emergency case, the audible sound is heard to make the driver alert along with the emergency signal light in the head up display. If the driver does not responds and the accident seems to be certain, then full brakes are applied automatically and hence the accident can be completely avoided for speeds less than 24 km/h.

State-of-the-art technology opens the new world of AI
This new artificial intelligent system is composed of a dual mode radar unit which is installed in the car’s grill, a high resolution camera at the back of the rear view mirror and CCU (Central Control Unit). Radar detects the onroad objects and their distance from the car where as the camera detects the type of the object and the pedestrians moving patterns. This system deserves appreciation especially for monitering the pedestrians early who are about to step on road.
Thanks to Volvo who bring this advanced system in their vehicles and ensure the safety of the pedestrians.