Cadillac Urban Luxury Concept

If some seek more evidence that Cadillac once abandon its motto "bigger is better" to keep pace with time, then there he is: Urban Luxury Concept is a design studio, a small city car ( similar to the Aston Martin Cygnet), whose world premiere will be held at a motor show in Los Angeles.

"While it is of small size, this conceptual model gives an idea about how cars will look like the Cadillac in the future. The company continues to focus on rethinking the standards for the production of cars associated with the modernization of their design and integration of new technologies, "said Don Butler, vice president of Cadillac.

Conceived and designed in the Los Angeles area car has a typical current Cadillac design language of many angular lines and vertical front and rear lamps. To give it a more conceptual look, designers have equipped the car with Lift-up doors (making an impression of their specific rotation)

Length of Urban Luxury Concept is only 3835 mm and wheelbase - 2467 mm. The car is attached to a 19-inch wheels. From Cadillac argue that the model can boast enough space in the interior, the width 1730 mm, and height - 1446 mm. Although legroom for passengers is small, the company believe that the three-door hatchback to travel comfortably.

Urban Luxury Concept is equipped with developed by engineers at General Motors version of the hybrid powertrain, which consists of a 1-liter three-cylinder engine using technology "electric assist technology", start-stop system technology for the recovery of braking energy and transmission with a dry dual-clutch. The company says that combining these technologies is expected to fuel a car of this size is 4.2 l/100 km when driving in the city and 3.62 L/100 km driving in the suburban cycle.

"The model may not resemble the modern road representatives of Cadillac, but with comfort and high tech elements characteristic of traditional luxury sedan," said Frank Sausedo, chief designer of the company. " "As more customers are looking for luxury features and small car model as Urban Luxury Concept could be the right choice for them."

Renault Gordini shall write on the Twingo

After the Twingo and the Clio RS earlier this year, it was the turn of the Twingo short to benefit from Gordini. Renault opens this week orders for its Twingo Gordini in blue livery barred from the famous white stripes.

Unsurprisingly, the Twingo Gordini dressed in a blue body Malta lined with two white stripes of the famous brand. Alloy of lamps, mirrors and rear spoiler also features a color matched.

Inside, the upholstery is mixed (leather and fabric), black and blue with embroidered "Gordini" and white topstitching. This "French Touch", says Renault, is also found on the steering wheel, leather-wrapped blue with double white stripes, the tachometer (strapping and white background), the shifter knob (blue metal siglé Gordini), the pedals (aluminum), or the center console (black lacquer).

The radius of the equipment, the manufacturer offers standard air conditioning (manual or automatic, depending on the country), the limiter / cruise control, radio CD/MP3, the kit Bluetooth hands-free calling, voice recognition, and independent rear seats.

The Twingo Renault Gordini is marketed in France from 14,800 euros in petrol version 100 bhp and 16,550 euros with the dCi 85 hp (500 euro bonus ecological).

As a reminder, Renault Gordini, named after the famous trainer Amédée Gordini, were formerly distinguished by their sport and finish their blue tint. Several models were well received their mythical Gordini declination, as the R8, recognizable by its four round headlights, his body blue and white stripes on the hood. In total, over 200,000 Renault Gordini had been sold at the time.

Relaunched early 2010, the Gordini represents about two-thirds of sales Twingo and Clio RS third sold in Europe.

new car registrations in the European Union

In March 2010, new car registrations in the European Union rose 10.8% over the same month the previous year according to a statement released by the ACEA. They are also up in the first quarter of 2010 of 9.2% compared to 2009.

These increases were due primarily not government incentives thrown at the most important markets such as scrapping. This represents for March registered 1,637,478 new cars.

In March, the United Kingdom is the largest market of the European Union with 400,000 new cars, or 26.6% more than in 2009 and is Spain which has one of the applications have jumped more (63.1%). Registrations in Italy increased by 19.6% and rose by 17.9% in France.

However, registrations in Germany shrank by 26.6% to 294,375 units, due to stop its program of scrapping. The results in other European countries have been more mixed, with an increase of 40.6% in the Czech Republic and a decrease of 53.3% in Hungary.

Throughout the first quarter of the year, there were 3,671,871 new cars registered. Again, Germany fall (-22.8%), but in absolute terms, the country ranked first (670,410 units), followed by Italy (666,231 units), the United Kingdom (611,548) France (594,720 units) and Spain (286,167 units). This is still Spain who knows one of the largest increases (+44.5%).

Mini One minimalism 2010

At a time when gasoline is scarce at the pump, a car that consumes less is really welcome. Precisely, here's one Mini minimalism, a new mini powered by a more efficient and less polluting that allows it to display a reduced consumption of 5.1 l/100 km and emission of 119 g CO2 per km.
This result is due to improved aerodynamics and the use of eco technologies usual, as the indicator for passage of reports, the Stop & Start, recovering kinetic energy, ... As for performance, we calms down a bit. 75hp version and revise its figures: she swallows now 0-100 in 13.2 seconds. Series, the Mini One Minimalism has a 6-speed manual gearbox and elements (mirrors, grille) of the body color, Pepper White.

BMW announced the end of production of the current generation of the M6, which was built in coupe and convertible versions.The model was introduced in the European market in 2005, initially in the coupe body, and was quite successful in markets like the United States, Germany and England. Since his arrival, the coupe has sold 9,087 units, while the convertible version recorded 5065 vehicles sold in the last four years, since the car was launched in 2006.Both were equipped with an engine 5.0 V10 that generates 507 hp and maximum torque of 53.03 kgfm. The coupe accelerated from 0 to 100 km / h in 4.6 seconds, while the convertible reached the same speed in 4.8 seconds.The bad news is that with the end of the M6, the V10 engine will also be discontinued. A new generation is to be launched in 2012, equipped with a propeller 4.4 V8 with two turbochargers and power estimated at 578 hp.

Volkswagen has many new features to the Frankfurt Motor Show, and shows images of the model that more special Lamborghini Reventon. He is an upgraded Murcielago, but we can say that it's really improved in every way. By price, highest.Only 20 units were made Lamborghini Reventon. The price is $ 1,000,000 euros, and all 20 units have been sold. The V12 engine power increased by about 20 horses in addition to the power of the Murcielago LP640. Have to be rich without having to put the money where it, because I personally do not think it's worth a million.

Porsche considering mass produce the 918 Spyder

The president of manufacturer Porsche said that the summit of the automaker is fully committed to enabling the mass production of the Porsche 918 Spyder convertible hybrid that was introduced by the mark in the International Motor Show in Geneva.According to reports by a car magazine, the receptivity of the concept has been extremely positive from the sides of Stuttgart."There is nobody who works at Porsche that is contrary to the manufacture of hybrid 918 Spyder. He is the answer for those who feared for the future of sports. Many say that these models are doomed to extinction, but the Spyder 918 shows that it is not so. We had a wonderful acceptance and are thinking of opening the first orders soon, "said Chairman of the mark.
The 918 Spyder displayed on the Geneva Motor Show combines a 3.4 liter V8 propelling gasoline to 500 horsepower with two electric motors (installed in the front and rear axles), resulting in a total power of 718 horses.According to information from Porsche itself, the concept would be able to complete one lap around the track of Nurburgring Nordschleife in less than 7 minutes and 30 seconds, less than the time recorded by the Carrera GT supercar.According to sources connected directly to the company say the Porsche 918 Spyder can begin to be commercialized within five years.