Friday, December 16, 2011

New Brabus of Mercedes Benz CL800 Coupe


The Mercedes Benz CL600 is one of the best magnificence sports cars in the market today. Combining the signature luxury and toughness of the Mercedes Benz artifact line, this car is also known as one of the quicker luxury cars that you can find today.

They used this car as a template for creating possibly the world’s fastest luxury car. This re-tuned Mercedes Benz made its debut in the 2011 Dubai International Motor Show, and is arguably the best tuner sedan that appeared in that said show.

On the shell, it looks like your distinctive CL600. But take a closer look, and you are going to see a body kit that is both graceful and smooth at the same time.

Then in the interior, you are going to see a high superiority interior clad with leather, Alcantara, and carbon fiber, befitting of this car’s stature as a luxury sports car.

But of course, presentation is the name of the game for this car. 21 inch Brabus Monoblock wheels give superior grip for this monster car, and this enormous diameter enables this car to house massive disc brakes to provide better-quality braking.

These 2 factors are important, because the tuned version of the CL600’s V12 engine, now prepared with 2 turbos, provides a whopping 800 horsepower and 800 lb-ft of torque, enabling the 2012 Brabus Mercedes Benz CL800 Coupe to have a top speed of 350 kilometers per hour, making it the greatest luxury coupe on the globe today.

Monday, December 5, 2011

Nissan Released Sports Car Juke


Nissan has free pictures of its Sports car/SUV crossover Juke which will be actually unveiled at the forthcoming Geneva Motor Show in March.

The press release issued by the producer states that the Juke will be initially contrived at its UK plant in Sunderland with sales slated to begin in October. With the Juke Nissan aims to escort in its crossover attitude into the small car fragment.

From the pictures it is evident that the Juke closely incorporates design basics from the Qazana model.

The basic design thesis of the Qazana including the unique front end design with four dissimilar headlamps, high waistline, 370Z inspired rear end, oversized wheel arches, and funky interiors featuring a centre console that resembles a motorcycle fuel tank have been approved over to the Juke.

In the Press Release issued by the producer, Andy Palmer, Senior Vice President, Product Planning, Nissan, states that the Juke is a light, nimble, urban, reactive vehicle designed to grab a younger spectators.

He also stated that the Juke offers something entirely different to the conventional B-segment vehicles and cements Nissan as a car maker prepared to do amazing different.

Well, the most motivating aspect of the Juke is that it’s coming to India. The Juke will be manufactured at Nissan's Chennai plant and is expected to reach showrooms by late 2011.

The Chennai plant is predictable to be fully set-up by March this year. The Micra which is slated for a July launch is being artificial at this plant. Both the Micra and the Juke are based on the highly adaptable V-platform.

It makes immense sense for Nissan to launch the Juke too as the proposal will be shared for both vehicles. Along with the small car Micra, Nissan will also be contribution its new age crossover to the Indian car buyers.

Thursday, November 24, 2011

How the New Knight Rider Car Works


Hollywood has recently taken a liking to various 1980s television series with a strong emphasis on cars. In the summer of 2007, director Michal Bay took the children's cartoon series "Transformers" and updated it as a live-action blockbuster.

The film, about computer-powered cars with the ability to change into anthropomorphic battle machines and fight evil forces, was a big success, grossing over $700 million worldwide at the box office [source: Box Office Mojo].

The flashy special effects and movie stars were exciting, sure, but audiences most likely came to see the movie for the cars, each with its own personality and special attributes.

Television network NBC used a similar formula when it brought "Knight Rider," the iconic detective show from the '80s starring David Hasselhoff, back to the small screen with a two-hour made-for-TV movie based on the original series and an updated series of the show to network

TV in the fall of 2008. Hasselhoff wasn't the only star of the show -- in fact, some might say his non-human counterpart was the real star. In the story, K.I.T.T. (Knight Industries Two Thousand) is the supercar Hasselhoff drives to fight crime.

A black, two-door Pontiac Trans-AM, K.I.T.T. could drive around on its own, talk back to Hasselhoff's character, Michael Long, with snappy one-liners and provide logical detective work thanks to artificial intelligence.

The new "Knight Rider" updates the original series with a new story, new characters and more spectacular effects. K.I.T.T. also gets a makeover -- or three, technically. Instead of a Pontiac, K.I.T.T. is now a souped-up Ford Mustang GT500KR, and the car can morph into three different versions -- Hero, Attack and Remote.

With the Internet and DVD box sets keeping the cult status of "Knight Rider" alive, you can be sure there's a lot of debate and controversy over the choice of a Mustang. In this article, we'll see what the new version of the beloved K.I.T.T. can do and compare it with the original.

Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Teeny-Tiny Three-Seater is "World's Most Efficient Electric Car"


The “World’s Smallest Car” is now available in electric form. Actually, neither of them is available, but they do exist.

The T.27 from Gordon Murray Designs is a battery-powered version of his T.25 microcar, which can fit three people, driver seated in the center, even though it’s stands on a footprint that’s only about two-thirds the size of a two-seat Smart Fortwo.

The ultralight T.27 weighs just 1,500 pounds, a ton less than a Nissan Leaf. This being the case, it only needs a tiny 12 kilowatt-hour battery pack -- half the capacity of the one in the Leaf -- to deliver between 100 and 130 miles per charge.

Intended to be used mainly for urban transportation, its top speed is just 65 mph and accelerating from 0 to 60 mph takes “less than 15 seconds.” According to its creator, a former Formula One racing car designer, the T.27 uses 29 percent less energy per kilometer than a Smart Fortwo Electric Drive, making it the “World’s Most Efficient Electric Car.”