Citroen C4 Coupe
2009 Citroen C4 Coupe has made some judicious styling tweaks to strengthen the car’s successful design, which has been a hit with the public right from the start. 2009 Citroen C4 Coupe restyle focused on the front end, emphasising its elegance, strength and energy. The 2009 Citroen C4 Coupe interior has also been redesigned. 2009 Citroen C4 Coupe Engine-wise, the Citroën C4 is now available with two new petrol engines co-developed with BMW. The VTi 120 and THP 150 units bring 2009 Citroen C4 Coupe even more on-road pleasure and significantly reduce fuel consumption and emissions. The HDi diesel engine used by 2009 Citroen C4 Coupe range has been further enhanced, with many powerplants qualifying for the Airdream® eco-signature. The 2-litre HDi diesel engine is the first to comply with the future Euro V standard in this family. Through the use of new technology (such as low-rolling resistance tyres), several versions with the HDi 92 or HDi 110 paired with a manual or EGS6 gearbox can limit their emissions to 120 g/km of CO2. The new Citroën C4 boasts a richer array of telematics equipment, notably a new-generation navigation system – MyWay – which comes with a Bluetooth® function and can be connected to portable equipment. 2009 Citroen C4 Coupe restyled Citroën C4 retains all the features that have made it a trailblazer in the segment on driving pleasure and safety, including Xenon dual function directional headlamps, the lane departure warning system, the 2009 Citroen C4 Coupe fixed-centred controls steering wheel and hill start assist.
The sQuba
Eco friendly seems to be the automobile industry’s new moto. As environment awareness is growing into the mainstream, more and more car companies are developing green cars which have excellent designs and performance. The sQuba is the world’s foremost car that can be driven on land as well as under water. It is developed by Swiss company Rinspeed. The sQuba is a zero emission, all-electric vehicle which uses 3 electric-motors, one for land and two for water. On land, it is powered by its electric, rear-wheel drive power-train to speed of 80mph, using rechargeable lithium-ion batteries. Upon entering water, it is powered by twin electric-powered propellers with two Seabob water jets and can be submerged to a depth of 10 meters. On the water surface, the speed is 3.7 mph and underwater it is 1.9 mph. It is almost out of your budget but is a real Bond car.
Yugo rides again – as Fiat
The scramble of car manufacturers to get a foothold in the low-wage countr5ies of Eastern Europe has almost come to an end but there is one old Communist factory still ripe for development : Zastava. This was the national car company of Yugoslavia until the break-up of that country and now falls in Serbia. Zastava was established in 1950s to produce Yugo versions of Fiats, which were sold in western markets at rock-bottom prices. That was just as well because the quality was appalling. Recently the factory has been bombed by NATO forces but managed to resume production of the old model Fiat Paunto. The Serbian government made it clear that it was looking for a foreign investor to take over the factory in Kragujevac. Volkswagen showed interest but the Serb’s orginal collaborator Fiat seems more likely to make a deal. On 30 April, Fiat signed a memorandum of understanding with the Serbian government to acquire the Zastava business
Nissan GT-R
The Nissan engineers aimed to meet the objective of producing a car to challenge performance and dynamics of the Porsche 911Turbo, which would need a unique platform. This fifth generation GT-R is built on a new platform named Premium midship. It is hybrid structure including steel, die cast aluminium and carbon fibre and has to incorporate complex drive line, a twin turbo 3.8 liter V6 engine with dual clutch, six speed semi automatic gear box ahead of rear axle and variable four wheel drive. This layout requires the GT-R to have top prop shafts one made in spun carbon fibre running at engine speed and the other two-piece in steel, transmitting torque forward to the front wheels. It is heavy and weighs 1740 kilograms which is 200 kilograms more than a 911 turbo. Its engine produces 480bhp which makes its performance more remarkable. It is absolutely stylish and a sports beast, has a sexy interior and meets almost all requirements of a sports version.
Porshe cayenne hybrid
Porsche’s first SUV bowed in 2003, and it’s been the company’s top-seller ever since. Cayenne came about after Porsche nearly died of a sales meltdown in the early 1990s, an experience suggesting the need for a hedge vehicle against future downturns in sports-car demand. Apparently the pickets don’t know that Porsche sports cars are considerably more fuel-efficient than the cars they compete with. And they must not realize how close Porsche engineers are to releasing hybrid technology into the market in not one, but two cars: the Porsche Cayenne sport-utility and the Porsche Panamera sedan. Unlike any other gas-electric system currently on the market, our Cayenne S Hybrid tester has an additional mechanical clutch that decouples the engine entirely, temporarily removing it from the drive line equation. Doing so means the V6 is not a source of parasitic drag, and the modestly-sized 52-hp electric motor can nudge the Cayenne gently along as it does its inertial thing unencumbered.