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Kia K9 Sedan introduced to South Korea

The Kia K9 Sedan was marketed on Wednesday in South Korea as the company’s first rear wheel drive equipped car, featuring an 8-speed transmission and a V6 engine. It also introduces some features for Kia which will trickle down to other models. It is based on Hyundai Genesis and is the largest sedan for rolling out of the company’s plant. The A-pillar and engine are pushed back, emphasizing the short front overhang and the long hood. According to Kia, it has a big prestige distance that’s the distance between the A-pillar and the center of front wheel. The Kia K9 Sedan is a large vehicle with large cockpit. Externally, it bests the Jaguar XF and the BMW 5-series in terms of width, height and length. Originally, motivation will be coming from a V6 engine that will churn out 286 horsepower.  [...]

Chrysler Ypsilon Black & Red Edition Announced

Limited Edition Chrysler Ypsilon Red and Black was launched for United Kingdom with prices beginning from £12,750. Chrysler just revealed the special edition Ypsilon supermini known as Black&Red, which will be marketed in February 2012 with red and black bi-color paint job, body colored side skirts and 16 inch alloy wheels. It will be available in three different engine choices, which include MultiJet diesel 1.3 liter, 0.9 liter TwinAir and 1.2 liter petrol. Standard features include upgraded audio system, red and black fabric seats, air conditioning, Bluetooth and door and dashboard linings. Prices for the Black & Red start at £14,950 for 1.3 liter diesel and £12,750 for 1.2-litre petrol model. It is more expensive as compared to SE trim diesel, which is available for the price  [...]

Honda Odyssey: A Smart Choice

Honda Odyssey Touring Elite was named, as one of the 2012’s most Smartest Family Cars by Parenting Magazine. It was voted smartest by its DVD RES system, ease of use, family friendly features such as Blind Spot Information System and technical aids. In the mean time, the Odyssey has won Driver’s Choice awards of MotorWeek for the sixth time in a past decade. The decision was made with its amazing fuel efficiency, impeccable fun to drive nature, best possible safety ratings via IIHS and NHTSA and family friendly features. High-intensity discharge (HID) headlights are standard on the Touring Elite model, and power side mirrors with integrated turn indicators come with both Touring and Touring Elite models. The Odyssey offers outstanding refinement to both third and second row seating with  [...]

BMW Delivers the Third M6

The E24 M635i, an original M6 was follow on to still desirable and much loved E9 3.0 CSL, which ran from 1979 to 89, at which point the M6 badge went into hiatus for more than a decade. Let’s begin with what carries into M6 from M5. Certainly that incredibly efficient and powerful S63TU mated to M-DCT dual clutch seven speed transmission and M specific limited slip differential is along for a ride. Together with anthracite headliner seats are specific to M6. The new M Multifunction seats not only provide both front passenger and driver high level of comfort over long distances, but also optimum lateral support while cornering. The lightweight seats with incorporated belt system feature M-specific design headlined by head restraints incorporated into back-rests, highly prominent backrest  [...]

2013 BMW Family Activity Sports Tourer

There are quite a lot of spy shots of new Bavarian automaker’s around, but this set of BMW’s first front wheel drive vehicle in more than 5 decades. It is the BMW Family Activity Sports Tourer and its name is the company’s code for the first vehicle in the lineup of front wheel drive vehicles, it is planning. This Tourer is a premium luxury hatchback, which is designed and engineered to compete with range topping multi purpose vehicles like Volkswagen Touran and Ford C-Max and Mercedes Benz B-Class. It is based on same platform like the upcoming Mini, which will be introduced next year. The company will designed and develop BMW Family Activity Sports Tourer models in conjunction with Mini. Its front wheel drive layout will provide plenty of boot and interior space as compared to  [...]

Top 10 Automotive Products at the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show

With over 40 years of success, the International CES (Consumer Electronics Show) reaches across international markets, enabled CE innovations and connects the industry for growing and thriving. The International Consumer Electronics Show is produced and owned by CEA (Consumer Electronics Association), a preeminent trade association promoting growth in $186 billion United States consumer technology industry. All profits from Consumer Electronics Show are reinvested into industry services like industry promotion, technical training and education, market research, legislative advocacy and engineering standards development. The CES (Consumer Electronics Show) is the largest consumer technology trade show of the world and in 2012; it was host to more than 2,700 technology firms. Many of these  [...]

2013 Ford Fusion NASCAR Sprint Cup Car Revealed

Ford revealed the 2013 Ford Fusion NASCAR Sprint Cup Car as a part of Charlotte Motor Speedway Media Tour. This model is a product of effort by the designers of Ford for bringing brand identity back to the sport. It reflects the currently revealed 2013 Ford Fusion production vehicle with fully redesigned fresh face and sleek silhouette. The Fusion Cup Car was engineered to be face of new era of stock car racing. Jamie Allison Director at Ford Racing stated that they needed Fusion to be the vehicle, which helped return stock car to NASCAR. It is for the 3rd time, the company simultaneously introduced NASCAR and production versions of new model. The first was launched in the year 1968 with Ford Torino, while the second in 2006 when newly launched Ford Fusion appeared on the track and in  [...]

Most Significant Vehicles Since 1966-2006

What are the Most Significant Vehicles of the past four decades? Our choices will cover years 1966 to 99, after which will be taking another look at some of the Most Significant Vehicles we have already chosen for model years 2000 – 2006. 2006 Pontiac Solstice With value oriented price, strong performance and gorgeous styling, the 2006 Pontiac Solstice is a very attractive package. However, those who are an enthusiast seeking the most driving thrills for your car-buying dollar, check out the MX-5 Miata before signing on dotted line. It offers gorgeous styling, grippy tires, plenty of legroom, strong brakes, low base price and agile handling. The first thing people notice about the 2006 Pontiac Solstice is the shapely body. Hyrdroformed body panels provide it seductive compound curves  [...]

2012 Dodge Challenger SRT8 392 Yellow Jacket Creates Buzz at LA Auto Show

The 2012 Dodge Challenger SRT8 392 Yellow Jacket was publicized shortly prior to the opening of 2011 Los Angeles Motor Show and as the show continues during this week, the viewers will have an opportunity to check the bright yellow muscle car personally. The all new Special Edition Dodge Challenger SRT8 gets exclusive Stinger Yellow interior and exterior appointments. Motivation for the Challenger comes from a HEMI 6.4 liter 392 cubic inch burly V8 engine, which is good for pulsating 470 pound feet of torque and 470 horsepower. The engine is paired with six-speed manual transmission and offers the fuel economy of 23 miles per gallon in highway driving. It gets adaptive damping, dual mode suspension that provides selectable suspension tuning and adapts automatically to driver and road inputs  [...]

Porsche’s All New Elise-fighter Might Get 1.9 ltr 4

Porsche apparently is still operational on a pristine small sports car, which has been designed to offer Lotus Elise something to dwell on, at least this is what the latest reports coming in from the automotive world is recommending. The project tentatively has been code-named Mimo, and the all new vehicle is being slated to enter the market under the Porsche Boxster and will be built on the frame of the whispered Volkswagen BlueSport convertibles and Audi R5. According to the latest reports, all the three new machines are presently entangled in the engineering viability stage of manufacturing, which means the entire lot can easily be binned at any instant. Nonetheless, the Mimo is supposed to enter the market with a brand new 1.9 ltr flat-4-cylinder engine pumping under its hood. The  [...]

Ferrari 458 Italia Spider Allegedly Will Be Priced At $257,000

As per the latest news coming in, we’ve heard that the Ferrari 458 Italia Spider allegedly will be priced at $257,000 when the car enters the US market in the model year 2012. But upon asking for a confirmation on the entire issue, we came to know that the news is not confirmed yet and the price reported is only an estimation. The 2011 Ferrari 458 Italia costs around $227,325 in US, and the price for the car includes a shipping charge of $2,000. According to the reports featuring the Ferrari 458 Italia Spider, the car which was first seen at the 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show, will enter the North American auto market earlier next year. According to the automotive analysts, the car will be significantly high priced when it enters the European dealership next month; as a matter of fact  [...]

Skoda Releases Volkswagen Up! Based Citigo

The image that you see here is the image of the all new Skoda Citigo, and if you are getting a bit of déjà vu looking at it then we don’t blame you, because the car has a familiar look. As a matter of fact the Volkswagen badged version of the same car debuted recently at the 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show. Yes, you read it right, the long-rumored Skoda variant of Volkswagen's new-fangled Up! city automobile has lastly arrived. If you are planning to buy the car then let us tell you that you will be having a choice of two 1.0 ltr 3-cylinder engines: the first engine will be generating maximum output power of 59 bhp, while the other engine will generate maximum power of 74 bhp and will be having a sweltering top speed of 106 mph. Both the engines here will be mated with a 5 speed manual transmission. Now,  [...]

2013 Mercedes-Benz CLC Sedan Will Be Released At 2012 New York Auto Show

The 2013 Mercedes-Benz CLC sedan would make its first global appearance at the 2012 New York Auto show says the company executives. The all new 2013 Mercedes-Benz CLC sedan will impersonate the "coupe" styling, which firstly was used by the CLS sedan. The launch of CLC will also mark the start of a move by Mercedes-Benz towards the high-volume, base luxury auto market, under the present C-Class. Speaking on the occasion the officials quickly emphasized that CLC won’t be a stripped, price lead model. One of the officials stressed that this would be just like an actual Mercedes-Benz. We didn’t have any confirmation on it, but it’s said that the launch of the 2013 Mercedes-Benz CLC sedan will soon be followed by the launch of a compact SUV, and that alleged SUV will be called GLC.  [...]

New Subaru Turbos To Arrive In 2012

Subaru will be launching two brand new turbocharged versions of their latest-genesis four-cylinder direct-injection boxer engine, in the model year 2012. The two proposed versions include a 300 bhp STI version as well. The all new FB engine architecture, which first was launched in the US in usually aspirated appearance in the 2011 Forester, will put in boosted 1.6-liter and 2.0-liter versions next year. It still to be known that whether the boosted variant will pave its way into the all new-fangled Subaru BRZ sport coupe or not. Up to now, Subaru only is talking about a usually aspirated variant of the all new 2.0 ltr boxer engine for the Subaru BRZ, a variation of the FB architecture experience as FA. The FA Engine in the BRZ is said to generate utmost power of 200 bhp and utilizes  [...]