Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Mini XXL (2004) for milionaire??



MINI is both the name of a subsidiary of BMW, and a car produced by that subsidiary since 2001. The car is marketed as a "retro" redesign of the original Mini, which was manufactured by the British Motor Corporation and its successors from 1959 to 2000. To distinguish it from its predecessor (the 'classic Mini'), the brand name for the new car is MINI (written in capital letters). It is often called 'The BMW MINI', 'The New MINI', or simply 'MINI'. The MINI is manufactured in Cowley, Oxford, United Kingdom, in what was historically the Morris car plant.







Models




The MINI is available in seven models: the MINI One D, the MINI One, the MINI One Convertible, the MINI Cooper, the MINI Cooper S, the MINI Cooper Convertible and the MINI Cooper S Convertible. In Portugal, the MINI One is powered by a 1.4 l version of the Tritec engine but all other gasoline powered MINIs use the 1.6 l version. Since 2004, a soft-top convertible option has been available across the entire range.



There are numerous styling and badging differences between the models, perhaps the most obvious being that the Cooper S has a distinctive scoop cut into the bonnet to provide airflow over the top mounted intercooler. The Cooper S also has twin exhausts which exit under the center of the rear valance. The (non-S) Cooper has more chrome parts than the MINI One and has a single exhaust. The MINI One/D has no visible exhaust pipes at all.



In some markets, such as Australia and the US, only the MINI Cooper and Cooper S are sold because the MINI One's engine was considered to deliver insufficient power to run an air conditioner - a necessary feature in those climates. However, the only difference between the engines in the 'One' and the 'Cooper' models is a software change within the engine control unit which is tuned for optimum fuel economy on the MINI One and for a compromise between power and economy on the Cooper. Almost fifty percent of all MINIs sold in Australia and about seventy percent of those sold in the US are the top-of-the-range Cooper S model.
The names Cooper and Cooper S echo the names used for the sportier version of the classic Mini which in turn come from the involvement of John Cooper and the Cooper Car Company. The Cooper heritage is further emphasised with the John Cooper Works (JCW) range of tuning options that are available with the MINI.

Honda FRV (2004) with pictures and wallpapers




The Honda FR-V (Honda Edix in Japan) is a 6-seater compact MPV introduced by Honda in 2004. Alongside the Fiat Multipla, it is currently the only compact minivan with a 3+3 seating configuration available on the European market.
Engines
The FR-V is available with two gasoline and one diesel-powered engine.

•1.7 i VTEC - 125 hp at 6300 rpm and 154 Nm 4800 rpm

•2.0 i-VTEC - 150 hp at 6500 rpm and 192 Nm at 4000 rpm

•2.2 i-CTDi (diesel) - 140 hp at 4000 rpm and 340 Nm at 2000 rpm

Honda Odyssey Absolute Japanese Version (2004) with pictures and wallpapers



The third generation Japanese-built Odyssey was the first full redesign of the Odyssey since its introduction in 1995. Going on sale in Japan in late 2003, and in Australia and many other countries in 2004, it continued with a 4-door body style, with a much sleeker, lower, and more car-like appearance. The new Odyssey came with the Honda K24 engine, a 2.4 L unit producing 158 hp (118 kW); this is the same engine used in the CR-V and Accord. Curiously, the V6 engine was dropped completely. However, this has not stopped the new Odyssey from becoming a sales success. In Australia, the Odyssey achieved its best-ever sales year in 2005, and has outsold the Toyota Tarago for the first time.

Friday, October 22, 2010

Audi TTS closer look






Audi presented their latest sport car made for the Autonomous Audi TTS and the high-speed test up Pikes Peak in Colorado.


The new sport car has the Quattro technology and it marks 30 years on the automotive stage.
 
 


The Pikes Peak Autonomous Audi TTS is based on the Audi TTS sport-car and has a drive-by-wire throttle, a semiautomatic DSG gearbox and the computing hardware is complex, having two computers: one running safety critical algorithms using Oracle Java Real-Time System (Java RTS) and the other runs vehicle dynamics algorithms.
 



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