FORD DURATORQ TDCi diesel engine

FORD DURATORQ TDCi diesel engine Latest technology provides superb refinement, efficiency and performance

The new engines will be offered as a premium diesel option in the best selling Ford Focus and Mondeo, alongside the respective 1.8-litre and 2.0-litre Duratorq TDDi direct injection turbo dieselThe engine develops 175 HP and has a maximum torque of 400 Nm (295 lb-ft) at 1750 rpm, which can be increased 20 additional Nm for shorts periods of time.

In New ford FIESTA proven 1.4L DURATORQ diesel engine for superior mileage is used

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Mercedes Benz unveiled the new B-class Fuel-cell model in Germany

 Mercedes Benz. It unveiled the new B-class Fuel-cell model in Germany recently. The car, which is a zero emission car, is the first model in the series of Hydrogen fuel cell cars from Mercedes.
Its performance is quite comparable to a 2.0-litre petrol car and is fully suited for everyday driving. The zero-emission drive system consumes the equivalent of 3.3 litres of diesel per 100 kilometres in the NEDC (New European Driving Cycle)
The new model does not compromise on boot space or leg room either. It is fully equipped with all the safety features and comfort as other fossil fuel models. Apart from the luxuries, the new model has been designed such that the customer does not have to compromise on driving experience due to its electric motor which delivers peak performance of 100 kW and a maximum torque of 290 Nm.

The car has an extremely efficient and high performance fuel system where gaseous hydrogen reacts with atmospheric oxygen at 700 bar to generate a current for the electric motor. The car even has cold-start capability.

The brand new Ferrari 458 Italia stills

As you may know already the brand new Ferrari 458 Italia will be unveiled at September’s Frankfurt Motor Show but, prior to this premiere, the Italian manufacturer revealed today some details and photos with the interior of the new car.

5.0-liter V10 engine in the Bmw Z4

The car tuning engineers at Manhart Racing have revealed a powerful version of the BMW Z4 with a 5.0-liter V10 engine producing 550 horsepower.

BMW Z4 M powered by the 5.0-liter V10 engine from the BMW M5. This means that the Manhart BMW Z4 M V10 develops 550 hp rather than the standard 343 hp, allowing the car to accelerate from 0 to 100 km/h in 3.9 seconds.

Also featured are a catalytic converter and a modified DME electronic control unit. The Manhart BMW Z4 M V10 has been fitted with an M5 E60 6 gear manual transmission, a Fichtel & Sachs clutch and an M5 E60 differential. It also comes with an AC Schnitzer stainless steel exhaust system and HJS racing catalytic converters caters.

Bmw Vision EfficientDynamics Concept

BMW released today the official details and photos of the Vision EfficientDynamics Concept, a “new revolutionary concept car with BMW EfficientDynamics technology.

the new concept uses a a three-cylinder turbodiesel and two electric motors and the total output is 262 kW/356 hp, maximum torque 800 Newton-metres/590 lb-ft. All-wheel drive featuring an electric motor on both the front and rear axle. The sprint from 0 to 100 km/h is made in just 4.8 seconds while the top speed achieved is limited at 250 km/h (155 mph). Fuel consumption is impressive: 3.76 litres/100 km (equal to 75.1 mph imp), CO2 emissions 99 grams/kilometre. As a plug-in hybrid, BMW Vision EfficientDynamics is able to cover the entire fuel consumption drive cycle under electric power alone. Taking the sources of energy used for generating the electric power consumed into account (EU electricity mix), this reduces the CO2 emission rating to just 50 grams per kilometre. Electric power is generated without the slightest increase in fuel consumption through a particularly efficient concept of Brake Energy Regeneration. Energy is stored in 98 lithium polymer cells. The car is able to cover a distance of approximately 50 km/31 miles in the electric mode alone. The impressive performances are also available due to the drag coefficient optimised to just 0.22. 

Maruti Suzuki India launches Estilo with K-series engine

Maruti Suzuki India Limited, country's leading car maker, launched the Estilo with all-new overall looks and advanced technological features at a glittering ceremony 

The Estilo represents Maruti Suzuki matching pace with the changing taste and lifestyle of 'Vibrant India'. The bolder new Estilo, designed to meet the aspirations of the Indian customer, is a heady-mix of sculpted features, bold designs, new exciting colours.

Leading the advanced technological features on the new Estilo are a new engine and a transmission system. Equipped with the popular 998cc K-series engine, the Estilo delivers a superior fuel efficiency of 18.2 kmpl (ARAI test results). This BSIV compliant engine makes the Estilo the second car in Maruti Suzuki stable that meets the BSIV norms much ahead of the effective date, April 2010.

The new Estilo comes with new efficient transmission technology and advanced 'Detent pin' gear shift mechanism for smooth and precise gear shift feeling for the customers.

Logitech G27 Racing Wheel delivers definitive sim racing experience

Logitech G27 Racing Wheel is designed to deliver the definitive sim racing experience for the PC and PLAYSTATION 3. The Logitech G27 Racing Wheel features a powerful, dual-motor force feedback mechanism that smoothly and accurately delivers high-fidelity force effects to the hand-stitched leather wheel, so you can feel traction loss, weight shift, and the surface of the road. The helical gears deliver exceptionally quiet steering action, virtually eliminating noise and unwanted vibration. A six-speed gated shifter lets you choose exactly the right gear for the turn, while new RPM/shift indicator LEDs let you know just when to up- or down-shift.

The clutch pedal makes heel-and-toe downshifting possible, keeping your gear changes quick and your RPMs high all the way around the track. The Logitech G27 Racing Wheel Works with PC, PlayStation 2, and PLAYSTATION 3 racing games, including Gran Turismo 5 Prologue 

Genaral Motors launches new variant of Chevrolet Spark : Spark Muzic

General Motors India today launched a new variant of Chevrolet Spark called Spark Muzic. The model is a special edition consisting of 2,500 units and is priced at Rs 3.27 lakh. 
The new Spark Muzic boasts
The Chevrolet Spark - present you the latest and most compact model Chevrolet international family. The Chevrolet Spark 5-door hatchback class debuts in spring of this year in Geneva, and replaced the least interesting one predecessor, more than 1.3 million cars made in seven years off "circulation" 
In the intererior
- Integrated 2-DIN audio system head unit, with a high-fidelity 4-speaker package
- Sport seat fabric
- Remote keyless entry
- Refreshed interiors.

In the Exterior
- Side body graphics
- Limited edition badging
- Body-coloured door handles
- ORVMs with turn indicators
- Four exciting paint colours

Special edition comes with the economical yet powerful S-Tec engine, which was developed exclusively for the Spark. The four-cylinder 1.0-litre petrol engine delivers peak power of 63 ps @ 5,400 rpm and peak torque of 90.3 Nm @ 4,200 rpm. Power and torque are maximised at lower speeds, making the Spark ideal for commuting in congested city traffic as well as on open highways. The peak power per engine displacement volume is the highest in the Spark’s segment. A reduced curb weight and more aerodynamic styling further improve the Spark’s low drag co-efficient of 0.342, giving it the best fuel efficiency of any vehicle in the market.

Honda launches new civic sport

Honda today launched a new variant of civic called civic sport. The new Civic sport is powered by the same
After the Hybrid now its turn for the Sports version of Civic. Honda has crossed the three lakh customers milestone in the country and is introducing a limited edition sports variant of its sedan Civic priced at Rs 12.36 lakh (ex-showroom Delhi) to mark the occasion.
The Civic Sport is a limited-edition variant to commemorate Honda selling 300,000 cars in India. It is powered by the same 1.8-litre engine that the regular Civic possesses, but it gets skirts all around that lower the car visually, along with a rear wing to add to the ‘go faster’ appearance. The gear knob will have a number on it to further authenticate the model’s limited edition credentials.


The new features are


* Honda new Civic sport gets underspoilers at the front and the sides

* Honda new civic sport gets trunkspoiler at the rear and rear under

* White alloy wheels to give a sporty look for the Honda civic sport

* Interiors of the new civic sport come with auto climate control option AC and integrated 2-DIN, 6 CD changer

* It also features a sport serial number plate.

The third new technology from Honda for today is the world's first i-SRS airbag for the driver.

The third new technology from Honda for today is the world's first i-SRS airbag for the driver. The new Honda i-SRS airbag manages to continuously stage the volume of airbag-inflating gas which reduces the impact with the occupant in case it deploys. The Honda i-SRS airbag will be launched in November this year.

The new Honda i-SRS airbag offers three key features: a faster deployment, a longer period of inflation and protection and a reduced impact with the driver.

Honda Motor Co., Ltd. announced that it has developed the world's first driver-side i-SRS airbag system that continuously stages the volume of airbag-inflating gas, thereby combining enhanced occupant protection with reduced occupant impact. Honda plans to implement the new continuously staged inflation i-SRS airbag system on the driver's side of the Life minicar to be released in Japan .
A Honda innovation, the new i-SRS airbag system features a spiral-shaped seam structure and gas release control valve to control airbag deployment and pressure for faster deployment, reduced occupant impact and a longer period of inflation and occupant protection. As a result, the new system accommodates a broad range of occupant positions and potential collision situations.

G-Force Safety Control Technology

G-Force Safety Control TechnologyThe Insight body is reinforced in key areas with an extruded-aluminum frame that helps protect its passengers from different kinds of impacts.

Upper lower-frame members project forward and to the rear of the central passenger compartment and absorb impact energy by progressively collapsing
Lower side sills, crossmembers, A-pillars and windshield frames surround the passenger compartment, forming a rigid structure that resists deformation

At the heart of this design is a newly developed Honda technology called G-Force Control Technology, or G-CON. G-CON optimizes each part of the Insight's aluminum body and frame to best absorb a specific type of impact. The cabin floor, for example, forms a strong and rigid foundation, designed to minimize deformation in an impact. Outside of this area, the surrounding aluminum frame members have been tailored to control impact forces.

.The HYBRID SYNERGY DRIVE

A hybrid system combines different power sources to
maximize each one’s strengths, while compensating for each other’s shortcomings. A gasoline-electric hybrid system, for example, combines an internal combustion engine’s high-speed power with the clean efficiency and low-speed torque of an electric motor that never needs to be plugged in.

The HYBRID SYNERGY DRIVE power unit integrates the advantages of an electric motor and a gas/petrol engine.
It is not merely a package that has an electric motor and a gas/petrol engine on board.
Toyota applied cutting edge technologies based on latest research to integrate dual power sources in the most ideal way.

Ordinary powertrains waste energy at stoplights, during braking, and all other times the engine is not running at optimum speed under ideal load conditions. By reducing energy wastage and applying energy more efficiently, a hybrid system can simultaneously double fuel economy, slash emissions, provide quiet operation and deliver “fun to drive” performance.
New-generation Prius,
This contains an inverter that converts DC from the battery into AC for driving the motor. Its high-voltage power circuit raises the power supply to 500V, up from 274V in Toyota’s first-generation hybrid system.

Maruti-Suzuki’s 1 Lakh car : Suzuki Cervo

Suzuki Cervo
Maruti-Suzuki has been denying the fact that its looking forward to compete with TATA motors on the Nano project. But it seems they have changed their mind, considering the fact that competitors are giving out better vehicles. They recently organized a rural car fair in Singur smack in the heart of TATA Nano’s national production base. The idea was to simply put on show the company’s vast product portfolio and shell out the good deals to hook buyers picking up on the strong loyalty base it has built up over the past few decades. Interestingly, In the three day fair, Maruti-Suzuki sold 20 cars.

TheCivic comes equipped with G-CON Technology

Trust the Honda safety standards to let your exhilaration stay uninterrupted. The Civic comes equipped with G-CON Technology, an advanced passive shielding that offers the occupant a survival zone in case of an unavoidable collision.
In 1998, Honda first announced that it will be pursuing a new vehicle collision safety technology called G-Con, short for "G-Force Control." The standards incorporated into G-CON are constantly updated to benchmark against many of the world's toughest crash safety regulations as well as against data collected from real-world accidents. G-CON’s purpose is to control the impact energy (‘G-Force’) of a collision and reduce injuries to the vehicle occupants. Since then, all Honda vehicles developed from a new platform is designed with G-CON technology for optimum passive safety performance.As of to date, the G-CON test includes:
a) 55km/h full frontal collision
b) 64km/h frontal offset collision
c) 55km/h side collision
d) 50km/h rear collision

Honda's G-CON technology has come a long way since its inception in 1998. In the early days of G-CON, most crash tests are done in a controlled laboratory environment, against static objects and thus many variables that affect a vehicle's real-world crash performance are not evaluated. One of the main problems with real world collisions is the huge disparity between weight, dimensions and body types of different vehicles on the road. When vehicles of different weight and size collide, the vehicle's passive safety features may not work as intended. Differences in vehicle designs may cause the colliding vehicles to either under-ride or over-ride, limiting the vehicle's frames to properly absorb / disperse impact energy. This is particularly serious in a collision between a small hatchback and a large sedan / SUV. Even on a collision between two exactly same vehicle models, the differences in their ride height due to the number of occupants on board / vehicle's actual weight is sufficient to cause the two vehicle's crash members to be out of alignment with each other, causing under-riding / over-riding.

Toyota to launch its hybrid sedan, Toyota Prius in India

Toyota has now confirmed that they are most certainly going to launch their Prius model in the Indian market in the coming years, making it the second hybrid car in India, first being the Honda Civic hybrid.
The Prius is completely redesigned into a mid-size liftback which is between the Corolla and the Camry in size. The new Hybrid Synergy Drive (HSD) uses an all-electric compressor for cooling. Air conditioning is operated independently of the gasoline engine, an industry first. The Prius is the most fuel efficient car that Consumer Reports has tested giving a real-world fuel consumption of 5.35 L/100 km. The Prius’ onboard GPS navigation system (as well as other models, such as the Lexus, which use the same technology) is designed so that destinations cannot be entered while the vehicle is in motion. According to the owner’s manual, this is done for the driver’s own safety

The safety features include, Driver and front-passenger Advanced Airbag System, Driver and front-passenger front seat-mounted side airbags and front to rear side curtain airbags, Anti-Lock Brakes (ABS) with Electronic brakeforce distribution (EBD) and Brake Assist, Traction Control (TRAC), Engine immobilizer, Rear-seat Child Restraint System (CRS) lower anchors and top tether brackets (LATCH), 3-point front outboard seatbelts, Front seatbelt pretensioners with force limiters

Honda after launched the new Accord v6 said its ‘Jazz’ hatchback would hit the Indian roads by middle of this year,

Honda after launched the new Accord v6 said its ‘Jazz’ hatchback would hit the Indian roads by middle of this year, though the compact car would trail the “Honda City” sedan in terms of sales volumes.
The Jazz will be a premium segment hatchback and we do not expect that it will overcome the sales numbers of the City sedan in India. The Jazz is priced higher than the City in many foreign markets, including Thailand, but still manages to sell more. He said he was not worried about the premium tag associated with the Jazz. The price or premiumness will be determined by the customer. We are confident that the model will be well accepted in IndiaThe company also launched the advanced version of its premium sedan Accord with a 3.5 litre i-VTEC engine, priced between Rs 24.8 lakh and Rs 25.35 lakh (ex-showroom, Delhi).

Jazz will sport a 1.2-litre petrol engine and will be competitively priced for the Indian market and get the premium tag due to the company’s focus on making it luxurious and safe by adding features like
- Airbags,
- ABS (anti-lock braking system)
- G-CON Technology (an advanced passive shielding that offers the occupant a survival zone in case of an unavoidable collision).

EcoBoost The New Engine Technology of Ford Motor Company

Ford to equip half a million vehicles with ecoboost engine technology for upto 20% fuel economy

EcoBoost is Ford Motor Company’s new high-volume, affordable engine technology slated for a range of global vehicles – from small cars to large trucks.
EcoBoost uses gasoline turbocharged direct-injection technology for up to 20 percent better fuel economy, 15 percent fewer CO2 emissions and superior driving performance versus larger displacement engines.
The new technology will be available in half a million Ford, Lincoln and Mercury vehicles annually in North America during the next five years – beginning with the new Lincoln MKS sedan in 2009.
Ford Explorer America concept at the North American International Auto Show showcases EcoBoost combined with other sustainability actions; together, they deliver a 20-30 percent increase in fuel economy, depending on engine selection, versus today’s mid-size utilities

BMW Working on Collision Prevention System

BMW is developing a system to bring a car or truck to a complete stop (safely) if the driver loses control because of health-related problems.

BMW isn’t the only company fast-tracking advanced collision-prevention systems. Volvo is working on a system called City Safety (which we tested at the New York auto show in April), and Mercedes-Benz will soon offer Attention Assist, which makes sure the driver isn’t losing attention, as a standard feature in new E Class and S Class cars. Attention Assist, said Robert Moran, a Mercedes spokesman, “monitors parameters based on steering behavior, use of controls and other measures that will tell” if the driver is losing attention.

Telescopic Forks Suspension

A motorcycle fork connects a motorcycle's front wheel and axle to its frame, typically via a pair of triple trees. It typically incorporates the front suspension and front brake, and allows the bike to be steered via handlebars attached to the upper triple tree.

The fork and its attachment points on the frame establish the critical geometric parameters of rake and trail, which play a major role in defining how a motorcycle handles and dives during braking.
A motorcycle fork connects a motorcycle's front wheel and axle to its frame, typically via a pair of triple trees. It typically incorporates the front suspension and front brake, and allows the bike to be steered via handlebars attached to the upper triple tree.
1968 BMW R60US with conventional telescopic fork
The fork and its attachment points on the frame establish the critical geometric parameters of rake and trail, which play a major role in defining how a motorcycle handles and dives during braking. [

Combi Brake Technology in Honda Activa

Combi-Brakes will apply the front-brakes in the correct amount whenever rear brakes are applied, so it will apply both brakes when you apply only rear one. This means that the scooter rider need not worry about using front brakes, they will be used in correct amount automatically when the rear brakes are used. See the image above, the highlighted green area shows how they have put an extra-cable to brake lever control of Honda-Activa 2009 to make combi-brakes work.