Showing posts with label s. Show all posts
Showing posts with label s. Show all posts
Sunday, March 29, 2015
2009 Maserati GranTurismo S Automatic
MASERATI GRANTURISMO S AUTOMATIC
Maserati GranTurismo S in Shanghai 2009, The price for the Gran Turismo S Automatic As part of the China-presentation of the new Maserati Gran Turismo S Automatic at the Shanghai Motor Show gave the Italians also announced the price for the Nobel-athlete: he is expected to cost € 121 240 and be available immediately.
So far, the sports car with 4.7 liter displacement and 440 hp output volume can be ordered only with manual transmission.
The biggest change at the newly launched Maserati GranTurismo S is the six-speed automatic transmission with wet sump lubrication. Previously, there was the 405-hp Gran Turismo only with automatic transmission. The design of the Maserati changed only in minor details. Small door sills and 20-inch aluminum wheels with Trident optics to emphasize the elegance of the model. Skyhook suspension with adaptive shock absorbers and a new generation of air bags are designed to provide more comfort and safety of passengers.
The new Maserati GranTurismo S Automatic will cost 121 240 € including VAT and is available now on the market.
China is becoming increasingly used for the Italian luxury car manufacturer in importance. Last year, Maserati 350 here could be delivered to customers, representing an increase of 70 percent compared to 2007. Following its world premiere at the Geneva Motor Show celebrates the Maserati Gran Turismo S Automatic now be China debut.
Saturday, March 28, 2015
New Honda Concept C and Concept S
At the auto show in China, Honda has presented two concept cars that will be shortly go into production.
Honda in China has presented two concept cars that will mainly affect the taste of the Chinese. The Concept C is a midsize sedan that is tailored to the Chinese market.
The "C" stands for "Cool", "Challenge" and "China", the design of the Concept C is said to have been inspired by a dragon. The sleek mid-size Honda could with his design but also the tastes of other countries make good.
With its aggressive nose design and the coupe-like rear end would have been the most dynamic Honda anywhere in the world with good opportunities in its segment.
However, the Concept C is to go next year exclusively for the Chinese market and in series of Guangqi Honda Automobile Co. Ltd.. be built for and in China.
The second concept car is the Concept S, however, start an international career. Although the Concept S and for the market in China was designed, Honda will adapt the "Passenger Mover family van but also called for other countries.
When Concpet S is the "S" for "Stylish", "smart" and "Surprise." Despite the extremely sporty design, the compact van include a generous amount of space and thus bring driving pleasure and the space requirements of a family under one roof.
The drive for the Concept S is a hybrid engine is planned, to give it a "green" rating. As early as 2013, the production version in China Dongfeng Honda Automobile Co. Ltd.. be made, other countries will follow at a later date.
Read more »
Honda in China has presented two concept cars that will mainly affect the taste of the Chinese. The Concept C is a midsize sedan that is tailored to the Chinese market.
 |
| Honda concept C |
The "C" stands for "Cool", "Challenge" and "China", the design of the Concept C is said to have been inspired by a dragon. The sleek mid-size Honda could with his design but also the tastes of other countries make good.
With its aggressive nose design and the coupe-like rear end would have been the most dynamic Honda anywhere in the world with good opportunities in its segment.
However, the Concept C is to go next year exclusively for the Chinese market and in series of Guangqi Honda Automobile Co. Ltd.. be built for and in China.
The second concept car is the Concept S, however, start an international career. Although the Concept S and for the market in China was designed, Honda will adapt the "Passenger Mover family van but also called for other countries.
When Concpet S is the "S" for "Stylish", "smart" and "Surprise." Despite the extremely sporty design, the compact van include a generous amount of space and thus bring driving pleasure and the space requirements of a family under one roof.
The drive for the Concept S is a hybrid engine is planned, to give it a "green" rating. As early as 2013, the production version in China Dongfeng Honda Automobile Co. Ltd.. be made, other countries will follow at a later date.
 |
Friday, March 27, 2015
2012 Aston Martin V8 Vantage S
ASTON MARTIN V8 VANTAGE S
The 4.7-liter V8 engine has been optimized to deliver 430HP and 490 Nm of torque, an increase of 10 hp and 20 Nm, respectively. The Vantage S also sports a new transmission box 7 Sportshift II, with a shorter gear ratio and shifting 20 percent quicker than the standard 6-speed box offered on the V8 Vantage. Astone has not disclosed details on the 0-100 communicating only on the top speed: 305 km / h.
Tuesday, March 24, 2015
2015 Aston Martin Rapide S Specs Performance Price Review
2015 Aston Martin Rapide S Specs Performance Price Review - Shop British automaker Aston Martin is the most suitable known for its sporting machines, models such as the Vantage, DB9 as well as Vanquish. These motor vehicles offer exotic seems to be, supercar performance and all of the exclusivity of owning a condo on Mars, but the company also offers a four-door vehicle that provides customers wanting something more practical.
2015 Aston Martin Rapide S Specs Performance Price Review
Plus the qualifier there is usually “little, ” because despite having a quartet of accessibility portals, rear buckets as well as a trunk the Rapide S fails pretty miserably being a sedan. Simply placed, its aft-most seat designs are incredibly cramped. Steerage is dominated by a significant tunnel that divides its duet of perches. Presumably this covers portions of the car’s drivetrain, which must be larger than this triple-expansion steam engines of the Titanic. Also, the seats independently are awkwardly shaped and narrow. Adding be mean to to injury, brain and legroom is usually severely lacking. Overall the Rapide S is usually a sedan in title only.
2015 Aston Martin Rapide S Design Review
Somewhere else inside theres a wealth of sewed cowhide and other quality materials. The Rapide S is a really persuading ultra-extravagance vehicle and luckily its front seats are a great deal more neighborly than its back facilities; I had no genuine protests about solace while leaning back in top notch. Unfortunately, the auto and its manager are both let around a couple of awful oversights. Like other Aston Martins the Rapide S is saddled with a lamentable infotainment framework. Its woefully out of date and hard to translate. Additionally the core stack is ruled by an odd game plan of as well little catches, abnormally oversized handles and a ultra-low-determination show. Except for its push-catch transmission and clever ignition this allotment of the auto seems as though it was angled out of a supplier organizations markdown canister loaded with extra innovation from 1998. Wheres the MiniDisc player?
Notwithstanding these disillusionments the Rapide Ss instrument group additionally offers a couple postage stamp-sized presentations that have fantastically low determination. Past the greater part of this the turn-sign and wiper stalks feel weak and wobbly, absolutely strange in a machine costing as much as this one does. The sun visors are additionally pointless. Theyre far excessively little for their proposed reason and they dont swivel to the side. On the off chance that you drive a Rapide S make a point to store a couple of caps in the storage compartment so the suns cancer-causing beams can be kept in. However none of this keeps individuals from staring as you drive by. This auto earned a bigger number of looks than an outsider riding the New York City tram at hurry hour. Come to consider it, that may not make New Yorkers take a second look. You get the thought…
Its body work is dazzling, with a protracted hood, wind-cleared mirrors and profoundly etched back bumpers; shes a supermodel OK. Indeed Californias pessimistic drivers and spectators considered this machine, all the more so than the splendid blue V12 Vantage S I drove on that.
Its body work is dazzling, with a protracted hood, wind-cleared mirrors and profoundly etched back bumpers; shes a supermodel OK. Indeed Californias pessimistic drivers and spectators considered this machine, all the more so than the splendid blue V12 Vantage S I drove on that.
2015 Aston Martin Rapide S Performance and Price Review
Obviously the Rapide S is a ton more brawny, upscale and exciting than Chevys A-portion Spark to think about these two perfect inverses again; its likewise almost 16 times more extravagant. To a degree supporting its galactic $207,820 base value (counting both gas-guzzler and conveyance charges) is its thundering 12-chamber motor. With 6.0-liters of firepower this auto packs a punch, 552 horses to be exact; torque times in at 465 lb-ft. Also those figures are not by any means the 50% of it. The sounds this powerplant produces are completely evil; they essentially make you feel like a RAF military pilot amid the Battle of Britain. The chattering song this motor sashs out infers a Supermarine Spitfire high over Dovers white bluffs. Jerry aircraft at 4-oclock!
Presently before you leave a brisk message in the remarks area underneath I understand this current air ships V12 was composed and fabricated by an alternate prestigious English automaker; they should go anonymous in this audit however youre sufficiently smart to Google "Merlin" so you can make sense of the rest for yourself. Obviously perhaps youre not as nostalgic as I am and that is OK; not everybody cares at all about history or the Second World War and if that is the situation Aston Martin has you secured, as well. The enormous news with the Rapid S for 2015 is the expansion of a new gearbox. The auto picks up a progressed Touchtronic III eight-rate programmed transaxle that was co-created with ZF. Its introduced at the back of the auto for better weight dissemination, the first run through this specific unit has been mounted in such a fashion.This transmission replaces a six-proportion unit and is as far as anyone knows three percent lighter and a superior fit in the auto. Aston Martin guarantees the eight-velocity can change proportions in only 130 milliseconds and Id be slanted to accept that measure; its truly quick, particularly in game mode.
Presently before you leave a brisk message in the remarks area underneath I understand this current air ships V12 was composed and fabricated by an alternate prestigious English automaker; they should go anonymous in this audit however youre sufficiently smart to Google "Merlin" so you can make sense of the rest for yourself. Obviously perhaps youre not as nostalgic as I am and that is OK; not everybody cares at all about history or the Second World War and if that is the situation Aston Martin has you secured, as well. The enormous news with the Rapid S for 2015 is the expansion of a new gearbox. The auto picks up a progressed Touchtronic III eight-rate programmed transaxle that was co-created with ZF. Its introduced at the back of the auto for better weight dissemination, the first run through this specific unit has been mounted in such a fashion.This transmission replaces a six-proportion unit and is as far as anyone knows three percent lighter and a superior fit in the auto. Aston Martin guarantees the eight-velocity can change proportions in only 130 milliseconds and Id be slanted to accept that measure; its truly quick, particularly in game mode.
Obviously the preferences of this bleeding edge gearbox are not lost on you, the AutoGuide.com crowd. It gives drastically enhanced execution and lessened fuel utilization. The Rapide S can hit 60 miles an hour in only 4.2 seconds, down a large portion of a second from a year agos model. Top rate is 203 MPH, which is crazy for an auto of this size.When it comes to utilization the Rapide S stickers at 14 miles every gallon in urban driving and 22 on the expressway. Consolidated it ought to normal around 17 MPG, which is very noteworthy provided for its enormous force and the way that wounding its quickening agent pedal is everything except overwhelming. Motors are best when the barrels can be checked by the dozen, right?
2013 Tesla Model S P85 Performance Review Not A Very Range Limited Car On A Range Limited Island
But what if the Tesla was just a car made by any other conventional automaker? What if we stopped thinking of its electric propulsion system as a sacrifice, or ignored its unique means of generating thrust? And what if we recognized that, because of the company’s desire to operate unconventionally and because it’s plugged in and not fuelled up, no such comparison test can be validated?
| THE GOOD • It looks so good • It goes so fast • It handles so well • Its huge inside • It ignores gas stations | THE BAD • Wind noise • Some quality concerns • Almost too capable • Lots of other cool stuff at $100K+ • Superchargers are rare in Canada |
My friend, who we’ll call Rob, recently acquired this black Model S P85. He isn’t a wealthy environmentalist; he is a true gearhead. Last time I saw him he was driving a previous-gen Nissan Pathfinder, having for years shuffled through performance cars before discovering married life with children. He wasn’t cross-shopping the Model S with an S-Class or a Panamera or a Jaguar XJ or really anything at all. He wanted this car, and not just with a little bit of desire.
Thankfully, he also wanted me to drive it.
Before even acquiring the all-electric Tesla, Rob had a few advantages not available to residents of, oh, I don’t know, Rawlins, Wyoming. Rob lives in Canada’s smallest province, Prince Edward Island, a bona fide shrinking sandbar in the Northumberland Strait.
2013 TESLA MODEL S Base Price * (CDN): $78,970 As-Tested Price * (CDN): $127,370 Battery: 85 kWh Li-ion Motor: AC permanent synchronous electric Transmission: direct drive Horsepower: 416 @ 8600 rpm Torque: 443 lb-ft @ 0 rpm Curb Weight: 4647 pounds Drive Type: rear-wheel-drive Length: 196.0 inches Width: 77.3 inches Height: 56.5 inches Wheelbase: 116.5 inches Passenger Volume: 2662 litres Rear Cargo Volume: 745 litres Front Cargo Volume: 150 litres Max. Cargo Volume: 2278 litres EPA City: 88 MPGe EPA Highway: 90 MPGe EPA Range: 426 kilometres L/100km EPA Equiv. City: 2.7 L/100km EPA Equiv. Hwy: 2.6 L/100 km * includes destination/delivery. MPGe fuel economy ratings from the Environmental Protection Agency. |
So Rob’s range, especially if he decides not to cross the Confederation Bridge to the mainland, is as much (if not more) limited by the size of his island as it is the capacity of his Tesla’s battery.
Not that the top of the line Model S is particularly range-limited, but once range anxiety is removed from the equation, a Tesla owner is simply left with the benefits of low energy costs and always available torque. After a brief tutorial from Rob – the car is on because you got in it, align your personal settings at the top of the screen where it says Rob, open the glass roof by virtually sliding it open here, check Tesla’s share price via the free-for-life web browser – he encouraged me to suspend the speech of my passengers with firm prods of the accelerator, such is the capability of all that right now torque.
Rob headed back into work; I left Summerside for greener pastures and emptier roads. Veering away from an awkwardly-designed roundabout between Summerside and Kensington with the right pedal set to loud and the Model S not really leaning at all through a fast, getting faster, really fast, almost too fast right-hand sweeper, my mother-in-law was in fact silenced. My father-in-law, who’s ongoing root canal left him half-high on Tylenol 3, may have clenched his teeth tight enough to need an extra visit to the dentist. These folks are used to passenger rides in fast cars, and I’m accustomed to driving them.
But electric torque is different.
 |
| All Photo Credits: Timothy Cain ©www.GoodCarBadCar.net Click Any Of These iPhone Images For A Larger Slideshow View |
• Historic Monthly & Yearly Tesla Model S Sales Figures
• 2014 Cadillac CTS V Sport Driven Review
• 2014 Audi S4 Driven Review
• 2013 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Driven Review
Up to cruising altitude, Tesla has effectively hushed the aggressive 21-inch 245/35ZR Michelin Pilot Sports. Wind noise, particularly around the driver’s side A-pillar, is another matter. It’s likely that a conventional car may overwhelm that swshh with a vibrating V8; the Tesla has no such powerplant to drown out the sound of the wind. Nevertheless, the future of silent propulsion will necessitate an even greater focus on noise and harshness, if not vibration, of which there is none.
The P85’s straight-line performance (416 horsepower, 443 lb-ft of torque, quarter mile in the low 12s) doesn’t stop impressing, especially on an island full of two-lane roads with tourists who need overtaking, but in daily driving I have to believe that the car’s balance and rough-road composure will provide greater satisfaction. 48/52 weight distribution, particularly when that weight is settled way down low with a centre of gravity of just 17.5 inches, makes for the kind of tossable handling you’d never expect to find in a car that weighs around 4700 pounds. Ride quality is certainly no worse than what youd expect in a five-passenger car that costs this much, perhaps better given its roadholding skills.
There are certainly no complaints with the brakes, which I hardly ever used. Somewhat more normal braking with less regen is available by way of a simple settings change, but leaving the brakes in Tesla’s standard mode, and thus backing off the throttle, is distinctly more pleasant in town. It also provides a more performance-like sensation when the car’s being driven with gusto.
The interior, however, centres around the vertically-mounted 17-inch screen. I found myself grateful for the simplicity of the controls. After all, I wasn’t going to have a week with Rob’s Tesla as I typically do with manufacturer-supplied press cars. The ease with which I shuffled between menus, read TTAC readers’ disagreeing comments on last Friday’s Impala story, and operated the always-visible climate controls speaks to the lack of complexity in the system. Yet I was more fond of the speed with which the screen operated. All too often, current vehicle-installed infotainment systems possess none of a modern computer’s speed. The Tesla’s device never required a wait. The big screen’s one letdown? Rob told me a system reset would be required if we left the browser for an extended period on any page other than Tesla’s own website, as other websites tend to cause the screen to freeze.
Speaking of freezing, Tesla’s fortunately going to take care of Rob’s leaking cargo area before winter temperatures set in by flying in a technician to solve the problem. This is symptomatic of Rob’s overall service experience. I asked him whether he put up with the car’s (admittedly few) faults just because he loves the car so much, noting that a flooded trunk in a new Honda Civic would have consumers up in arms. “No,” he said, “it’s the service experience.” If problems are resolved this efficiently, the problems which should seem substantial become trivial, even forgotten.
To a certain extent, the Model S transcends “car” to function in a broader consumer marketplace as the next best thing. After an extended test drive in Rob’s Model S, I’d argue that the Model S transcends “car” because it’s better than other cars, regardless of its place in popular culture alongside advancements like the iPhone, Google Streetview, and gourmet burgers.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)