Tuesday, April 29, 2008

Interesting CAFE Implication

Part of the new proposed CAFE rules is that they will be applied on a scale that varies with a vehicle's "footprint", which is defined as its wheelbase x track. Vehicles with larger footprints will be allowed to have lower fuel economy than vehicles with smaller footprints; this is a way to (sort of) account for vehicle size. The NHTSA decided to use a sort of s-shaped curve called a constrained logistic curve, to map the footprint to the fuel economy target.

For cars, here is the proposed set of curves for 2011-2015 (copied from here, the NHTSA Notice For Proposed Rulemaking, p. 278). To get some idea of what this curve does to actual vehicles, I calculated the footprint of four vehicles and put them on the chart.























I think a possible side effect of this regulatory pressure could be that carmakers will increase the wheelbase and track of their vehicles, particularly vehicles with poor inherent fuel economy such as sports cars.

For example, if the BMW added added about 1.5" to its track and 2" to the wheelbase of the 328, it would go from a footprint of 44.8 ft^2 to 47 ft^2, and therefore from a 2015 CAFE requirement of about 37MPG to about 33MPG, or about a 10% reduction.

Thursday, April 24, 2008

Shocking news for the black London cab


In 2009, the TX4E will join its diesel counterparts on the roads of London.

Black cab maker Manganese Bronze will work with British commercial electric vehicle maker Smith Electric Vehicles to develop the TX4E, which is said to have a range of 100 miles and top speed of 50mph. It will use lithium ion batteries and, claims Manganese Bronze, will cost around 4p per mile to run.

Pricing is yet to be announced but it will cost more than the usual TX4 which starts from £28,000 which will put some cab drivers off.

A conventional TX4 is exempt from emissions-based charging such as London's congestion charge, despite the automatic model emitting more than the 225g/km limit above which drivers must pay £25 to enter central London.

Dodge Journey to launch in China (CN)


Chrysler LLC will introduce 2 new vehicles to the Chinese market. First will be the Jeep Wrangler and secondly will be the Dodge Journey. The Journey will join the Dodge line-up in 2009 alongside the Caliber, Avenger and Caravan. Locally, the new crossover will be known as the JCUV.

The JCUV will open up a new market segment to Dodge in China and straight away claim best-in-class power, torque and safety features. The crossover seats 5+2 with plenty of storage space.

“This product offensive, together with an expanded and strengthened dealer network, is allowing us to continue our sustainable profitable growth in this critical market for our Company,” said Phil Murtaugh, Chief Executive Officer – Asia Operations. Four of the Chrysler Group cars are built in China, namely the Chrysler 300C and Sebring by BeijingBenz-DaimlerChrysler Automotive and the Chrysler Grand Voyager and Dodge Caravan are produced at Southeast Motor in Fuzhou.

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Saturday, April 19, 2008

Honda CS1 (City Sport)



Honda CS1 (City Sport) his name is curiously.
Several weeks later in the TV often put forward this mysterious motor advertisement.
Mysterious because the motor noose was not put forward fully but took the form of silhouettes,
Discounts body and red shadowed gradations




Honda apparently tried to make public curious against this new product.
Including me, really waited also like whether the shape from the mysterious earlier.
Just finally kepenasaran this was answered.
Trans the TV presented launching Honda CS1.
I would few comments that not too much details (the motor tabloid and automotive will discuss more).
The complete noose of Honda CS1 was last week seen by me in the Ototrend Tabloid.
In the tabloid, the photograph of the motor was not seen too good.
However after seeing Tran TV was good-looking enough also.
Spresifikasi his foundation was Hyperunderbone.
The term previously the person mentioned him the Rooster.
As a family with Suzuki Satri FU 150, Honda Nova Sonic, Yamaha Tiara (still in remembered or not?
), Suzuki Raider.
The machine that was used it seems was the machine of Honda Nova Sonic with the capacity 125 cc with liquid water cooling system.
The manual clutch, monoshock, the digital speedometer and disc brakes in the two wheels.
That was most unique from Honda CS1 was body that was rather strange.
Initially I thought Honda will issue the guy's Honda Megapro motor of the same class or Honda Tiger.
Honda CS1 was the blend between the duck motor and the motor laki.
His rear rather resembled Suzuki Satria with the sharp tail-light and fender was separated like in Honda Tiger.
However the face part was rather seen strange.
On the whole this motor apparently really quite appropriate was bought.
If I was not wrong the range har him was approximately 16-17 million.
More expensive than Honda Supra X 125 most sophisticated.
In accordance with his name, this motor was the city motor that was drafted to be used the daily came home went beraktivitas.
Be enough the style and even really the style.
Definitely him was also very effective was used bent-liuk menerabas the Jakarta impasse when working hours.
Everything of Honda was moderate enough to choose the machine capacity 125 cc instead of 150 cc

Honda CBR1000RR 2008


for you the track rider this cylinders almost always will win compared to twin.
Many of his reasons like burning efficiency, heavy the piston, etc..
Rule of thumb increasingly few cylinders were increasingly big torque.
However Horsepower increasingly small.
If in track great speed the motor 600cc 4-cylinder I only the difference around 20-30kph compared to v-twin 1000cc like suzuki SV1000 or Ducati 999.
The dream motor to street in fact was enough one cylinder, 500-600cc.
Love was not except KTM that recently this dismissed the small version superduke (single 650cc).
To street riding torque more useful than the MOBILE PHONE (except if speeding) he.. he..
Back to syling Honda, how come it seems the model 2008 this nanggung very much.
Like 1098 but blunt.
CBR most good-looking it seems still the model 2004.




Motor impian untuk street sebenarnya cukup satu silinder, 500-600cc. Sayang tidak ada kecuali KTM yang baru2 ini mengeluarkan versi kecil superduke (single 650cc). Untuk street riding torque lebih berguna daripada HP (kecuali kalau kebut-kebutan) he..he..

Kembali ke syling Honda, kok rasanya model 2008 ini nanggung sekali. Seperti 1098 tapi tumpul. CBR paling cakep rasanya masih model 2004.

bmw new concept today


BMW gets its design mojo back with the a sexy new four-door that just redefined the luxury performance category. The low-slung beauty has some of the finest lines we've ever seen on the outside, and a stellar driver-oriented interior. BMW is being mum with what's under the hood, but we're sure Maserati is already sweating.
Do you know that now BMW showed off an updated Concept CS at the New York International Auto Show on Wednesday. the marked the four-seater's North American debut since it was shown off at Shanghai last April in much more concept-like form.



and BMW has taken the wraps off the Concept CS — a new "four-door-coupe" designed to tackle the Mercedes CLS, Porsche Panamera, and Maserati Quattroporte. The car is likely a preview of the recently rumored 8-Series revival, or alternatively a four-door 6-Series. Either way, it points to BMW's future design direction for the company as a whole.




Now The debut of the Concept CS follows a report by German car magazine Auto Zeitung that claimed BMW would launch a four-door coupe using the 8-Series designation, starting with a new 850i.

In June 2006, Germany's Auto Bild ran a cover story on BMW's planned rival to the Mercedes CLS. The magazine claimed the vehicle was the next-generation 6-series, which it says will be offered in two- and four-door variants under the same nameplate.The car's dimensions add fuel to the 8-Series argument. The CS is 200.8 inches long and 78 inches wide — compared to the 7-Series sedan's 198.4 inches of length and 74.9-inch width. The CS is also extremely low — just 53.5 inches high compared to the 7-Series' 58.7 inches. The CS is even shorter than the low slung Mercedes CLS, which is 54.7 inches tall.

Ford motor news : Ford weighs third China plant to meet demand

it is said from the ford motor company that "We're exploring opportunities to add to our capacity," John Parker, executive vice president in charge of Ford's operations in Asia,

said late on Friday ahead of the Beijing auto show.

Friday, April 18, 2008

Thursday, April 17, 2008

2010 Taurus Spy Photo

This photo is making the rounds on the net as a purported spy shot of the 2010 Taurus redesign.
Assuming it is, this a sharp looking car, and portends for a much livelier Ford in the future. From this view it looks like very little sheet metal is carry-over from the current Five Hundred/Taurus, although the pronounced arch of the roof line is still there.

It also signals that the tightly packed vertical grilles with large amounts of chrome are going away, and that Ford will go more towards its European design style, which is not a bad thing.
I do see a bit of Honda in the front end, and also, and maybe some Lexus. The shape is sharp, but somewhat generic. One good thing about the current 3-bar chrome grille that Ford is using is that it is a unique design.

It is amazing, to compare the 2010 with the 2008, how bland the 2008 looks.

Update: Someone pointed out to me, that this is probably not a concept car, but is probably a clay styling model. That is, a life size model of a proposed design made from clay and painted to look like a car. One hint is the "glass", which is painted glossy black. Also notice what appears to be another clay model, still clay colored, in the distance.

The point is, this car may be nothing more than a proposal by one group of designers, competing with other proposals. The final car may look very much like this, or it may look not much like it at all!

The next Taurus? (Courtesy of Edmunds.com)
















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Styling dead end? The Interceptor concept


Sunday, April 13, 2008

Tasting 3.5 Year Old Budweiser

So Passover is coming up and my wife says to me, "Are you finally going to get rid of the old cans of Budweiser you keep saving for beer-can chicken? They must be stale by now". As I am sure you know, beer is chametz, and as such, must be consumed, destroyed, or sold to a non-Jew before Passover.

In the past, I had "sold" the Budweiser ceremonially by putting it in with our other non-discarded grain products. I could never drink the stuff, being a certified Beer Snob, and somehow I kept forgetting to use it to make beer-can chicken. Every time I needed beer for chicken, I reached for whatever I was drinking at the time.

So, as a zymurgilogical* experiment, I decided to crack open and consume one of my Budweiser cans, which according to the handy "born-on date" stamp, was 3.5 years old. It had been stored on the floor of my basement, in a plastic crate, at a near constant temperature of about 70 degrees.

Here are my observations:

The pour:
Fizzy, lots of head. Good straw color, perfectly clear. Fierce bubble formation (dirty glass?)
Nose:
Hardly any smell at all. Slight notes of rice. Surprisingly, no metallic odor.
Taste:
Hardly any. The good news is that the can did not impart any noticeable flavor to the beer (I think the cans are plastic coated these days). Any trace of hops that was in the original beer, which would have been very little, is now completely gone. The stuff tasted just a little bit more beer-like than Zima. There is a hint of malt, some sweet rice, and a bunch of carbonation. Lots of mouth fizz.
Finish:
Slight rice sweetness. Very little aftertaste.

Overall, I was surprised and pleased with the results of my experiment, and I can offer this conclusion: if you don't like beer that tastes too much like beer, cellar some Bud for a few years to take the edge off. Serve cold, with a slice of lemon.

The other can was used to make beer-bread.

*Zymurgy is the science of beer.

Friday, April 11, 2008

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Sunday, April 6, 2008

Kalendar | Sirkuit GP Formula 1 Musim 2008

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Tanggal Seri Sirkuit
16 Maret 2008 GP Australia Melbourne
23 Maret 2008 GP Malaysia Sepang
6 April 2008 GP Bahrain Sakhir
24 April 2008 GP Spanyol Catalunya
11 Mei 2008 GP Turki Istanbul
25 Mei 2008 GP Monaco Monaco
8 Juni 2008 GP Kanada Gilles Villeneuve
26 Juni 2008 GP Prancis Magny-Cours
6 Juli 2008 GP Inggris Silverstone
20 Juli 2008 GP Jerman Hockenheim
3 Agustus 2008 GP Hongaria Hungaroring
24 Agustus 2008 GP Eropa Valencia
7 September 2008 GP Belgia Spa-Francorchamps
14 September 2008 GP Italia Monza
28 September 2008 GP Singapura Singapura
12 Oktober 2008 GP Jepang Fuji Speedway
19 Oktober 2008 GP Cina Shanghai
2 November 2008 GP Brasil Interlagos



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Friday, April 4, 2008

orion ford gt 2008



when we are blogwalking we found new 2008 ford falcon-orion,
it is the new 2008 ford type,the design is great, stylish and powerfull here are the spesifications of the cars
the ford orion story : Orion Mark I

In the early 1980s, Ford's model line-up and image was changing. The company's older saloon line-up was replaced mainly by hatchbacks, from the Escort to the Granada and the new Sierra (which replaced the Cortina). The Orion was designed to fill the market demand for a traditional four-door saloon, left by the demise of the Cortina. The Orion looked similar to a contemporary Escort at the front, but the rear of the body was totally different;Ford initially offered the Orion in only GL and Ghia trim levels, missing out on the very lowest specification levels available on the Escort. Only 1300 cc and 1600 cc CVH engine options were available (though with both carburettor and fuel injection options on the 1.6 Ghia). A lower specification L model was introduced in 1984 as was the option of a 1.6 diesel engine on L and GL models.
The Orion Ghia 1.6i standard features included central locking, sunroof, front sport seats, electric windows, rear head restraints, tachometer and an information binnacle informing the driver when the vehicle needed maintenance. All of these features were rare equipment on a small family car in the 1980s, giving the Orion upmarket pretensions. Other cars in the small executive saloon class competing with the Orion included the Volkswagen Jetta, Mercedes-Benz 190, Rover 213/216, Vauxhall Belmont, Daihatsu Charmant, BMW E30 and the Volvo 360.

The Orion 1.6i shared the same engine as the Escort XR3i and offered similar performance and handling without the insurance unfriendly tag that the XR badge started to command in the late 1980s. The 1.6i was topped by a luxury limited edition called the 1600E in 1989, the 1600E name harking back to the Mark II Ford Cortina 1600E as both were considered as decent performance and well-equipped saloon cars for the working person.

Eventually though, as the years went by, Ford brought the styling and engineering of the Orion closer to the Escort's. Lower-specification models crept into the range.

Orion Mark II
Ford Orion Mark II
Ford Orion Mark II

In 1986, the Orion received the same facelift as the rest of the Escort range. The Mark II brought the option of anti-lock-brakes (ABS) and a heated front windscreen to the range. The CVH engines were upgraded and were now 'lean burn units' and various models in the range could run on unleaded fuel without modifications to the cylinder head or to the fuel system. Improved locks were fitted across the range, and a number of other improvements were carried out.

Orion Mark III

The third generation Orion had its début in September 1990, but received the similar media criticism that the Escort endured for its lack of design flair as well as the disappointing refinement of some of its engines — particularly the low powered 1.3 OHV and 1.4 OHC petrol units.[citation needed] As with the Escort, the arrival of the Zetec 16 Valve engines and suspension changes in 1992 improved the Orion's dynamic qualities. The range topping Orion Ghia Si (sports injection) had 130 bhp (97 kW) out of its 1.8L DOHC Zetec unit, making this the fastest production model Orion that Ford produced through the cars 10 year life.

Saloon versions of later Escort series

In September 1993, Ford dropped the Orion badge in most markets (excepting Argentina) and simply used the Escort trademark for all body styles; amongst other things this kept the Escort in its traditionally commanding position high in sales charts. The Escort saloon was discontinued in 1998, when production was pruned back on the launch of the Focus.

Sales of the Escort-badged saloon were not as strong as those achieved by the Orion, as saloons of this size continued to fall in popularity throughout the 1990s.

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Thursday, April 3, 2008

Chery to export 3 models down-under (AU)




Chery is now invading the Australian market with 3 new models. The vehicles won't be imported directly by Chery but Ateco, the exclusive importer for Ferrari, Citroen, Peugeot, FIAT, Alfa Romeo and Maserati for Australia. The deal has been three years in the making, with a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed in November 2005.

Sales figures stand at 261,000 in China last year with 120,00 exports. Chery is set to introduce 38 new vehicles within the next 5 years. The QQ (Chevrolet Matiz clone), QQ6 (Chevrolet Matiz sedan) and the Tiggo SUV (2nd generation Toyota RAV4) will arrive this year.

Chery started producing cars back in 1999, in August 2007 they built their millionth car. Chery has a production capacity of 650,000 units and plans to lift that number up to 1 million annually.
“We believe that China represents the future as a source of automotive products which makes this association with Chery a very exciting development for Ateco,” Mr Neville Crichton, Ateco Governing Director had said.

So that got me thinking, will Chery come over into the UK anytime soon despite them testing their cars here? Another thing I forgot to mention, they were right-hand-drive cars.

Tuesday, April 1, 2008

Hyundai i800 on sale in June (UK)


Updated: 24/04/08

Forget about the popular Volkswagen Caravelle, if you want value for money, then this is just your type of MPV.

The Hyundai i800 (H-1 in oversea markets) is a 8 seater minivan and will go on sale in the UK with a starting price tag of £17,000 rising to £20,000, so expect to see value for money. High grades will see a satellite navigation system, leather seats, parking sensors, ICE for rear passengers and multi-zone air conditioning.

Under the hood will be a 2.5-litre turbodiesel engine developing around 168bhp and 289lb ft of torque. Expect a 5.1 metre mono-cab commercial variant called the i50M later on in the year.

Dear readers, please excuse my hiatus. During the last 16 days, the PC I’m using has become unresponsive. Please bear with me as I’m sorting out the problem

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