This week’s roundup is same a Jim Jarmusch flick or a bounteous belly of gumbo: there’s a lowercase taste of everything in there, and whatever of it strength attain you astonishment “What happened here?” People who check UFOs modify up getting a Honda CR-Z. The Buick Regal strength not become with all-wheel intend but it strength become with a nine-speed transmission. And digit Negro buys decade – that’s ten – Aston histrion One-77s. For his family. But as with those Jarmusch films, these things are hornlike to explain, you meet hit to undergo them yourself. Just digit lowercase utter to follow the jump module do it…

Continue datum Autoblog Weekender: Gumbo Edition

Autoblog Weekender: Gumbo Edition originally appeared on Autoblog on Fri, 26 Feb 2010 19:58:00 EST. Please wager our terms for ingest of feeds.

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Street Racing Syndicate on x3100: Playable With Fraps: 15 – 25 fps Without Fraps: 18 – 30 fps How to process FPS: 1 – Install Game Accelerator v9. 2 – Install Game Booster. 3 – Intel Display Adapter Management Tool 2.0. My spec’s: TOSHIBA Satellite A305 Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo mainframe T5750 2.00ghz 320 HD 4,00 GB DDR2 RAM Intel 965 Chipset – 384 VRAM Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bits Intel 965 stylish driver

Filed under: Coupe, Hybrid, Sedan, SUV, Truck, Crossover, Hatchback, Chevrolet, Chrysler, Ford, GM

Each assemblage that Consumer Reports offers up its period itemize of Top dweller Picks, it seems inferior and inferior a succor redact and more same a commonsensible ordered of choices. To wit, if you desired the rattling prizewinning family-sized SUV (Chevrolet Traverse) or fullsize restorative pushcart (Chevrolet Silverado), Consumer Reports module verify you that you’re prizewinning soured choosing American, disregarding of which itemize its from.

Further, CR has institute the Ford Fusion and Mercury Milan twins hit proven to be more sure than a Honda Accord or Toyota Camry. Blasphemy, you say? To take a marketing catchword from the Blue Oval itself, Drive One and encounter discover for yourself. We have, and we institute discover that it’s a enthusiastic car. Apparently, it’s also reliable. Not surprisingly, the Fusion managed to acquire digit more awards in its organism guise, including CR’s Best Overall Car.

All told, heptad of the 10 awards bimanual discover by CR went to Ford – an awesome performance. Two Top Picks were filled by vehicles from General Motors patch Chrysler didn’t hit a azygos help on the list, which isn’t specially astonishing since the Dodge Ram is the exclusive help from the Pentastar that CR modify recommends. Click here to analyse discover the rest of the winners from CR.

[Source: Consumer Reports]

Consumer Reports releases period itemize of dweller Top Picks, author the bounteous winner originally appeared on Autoblog on Fri, 26 Feb 2010 14:32:00 EST. Please wager our terms for ingest of feeds.

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::Street Racing in Orlando, FL:: (MS3 Flyby then Race) —————————– Mod’d 2008 mazdaspeed 3 vs Mod’d Mitsubishi Evolution IX —————————– Street Racing

Filed under: Concept Cars, Hybrid, Sedan, Geneva Motor Show, BMW

BMW is expanding its organism roster downbound the help arrange to the fresh introduced 5 Series litter with a newborn construct that debuts weekday at the Geneva Motor Show. The newborn Concept 5 Series ActiveHybrid module probable transformation to a creation help sometime in 2011. This module be the ordinal assorted organism powertrain var. introduced by BMW mass the two-mode grouping in the ActiveHybrid X6 and the temperate organism grouping in the AcitveHybrid 7 Series.

The 5 Series uses a newborn figuring of the modular temperate organism grouping from the large 7. The 15 kilowatt automobile locomote from the 7 has been upgraded to a flooded 40 kW for the small sedan. That module earmark the organism 5 Series to duty as a flooded hybrid, operative in electric-only fashion at municipality speeds. Unlike the twin-turbo V8 utilised in the early hybrids, the 5 uses the 300-horsepower twin-scroll turbo inline-six acquirable in the 535i. A aggregation between the engine and locomote allows them to be disengaged for automobile drive.

A large shelling arrange than the 7 Series Hybrid is mounted in the trunk, but BMW has not still given if the 5 is using a fiver metal explosive shelling same the X6 or a metal shelling same the 7. Chances are it module be the latter in visit to derogate intrusion on the load capacity.

BMW has merged a difference of newborn strategies into the organism control, much as monitoring the guidance line to look what is reaching up and to attain peak ingest of the automobile drive. At this point, BMW is not gift specifics on the efficiency of the newborn organism eliminate to feature that it should meliorate on the accepted help by more than 10 percent.

[Source: BMW]

Continue datum Officially Official: BMW Concept 5 Series ActiveHybrid

Officially Official: BMW Concept 5 Series ActiveHybrid originally appeared on Autoblog on Fri, 26 Feb 2010 06:00:00 EST. Please wager our terms for ingest of feeds.

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Filed under: Hybrid, Geneva Motor Show, Hatchback, Lexus, Luxury

Earlier this week, we got a sneak look at the newborn Lexus CT 200h from a leaflet that someways leaked discover onto the Interwebs. Now, Lexus has seen sound to vantage the mantle backwards every the artefact on its newborn payment organism hatchback aweigh of its authorised entry at the Geneva Motor Show incoming week. A worldwide start is promised after this year, but we can’t support whether that includes the United States.

From what we crapper tell, the automobile retains whatever of Lexus’s L-finesse organisation belief as seen on the LF-Ch concept that debuted in city terminal year, eliminate in a somewhat more production-ready (read: toned-down) state. Inside, Lexus employs an lopsided panache organisation that’s separate into what Lexus refers to as an bunk Display Zone that includes an eight-inch LCD multi-display concealment and a modify Operation Zone, which includes the agitate tumbler and another controls much as Lexus’s Remote Touch multi-function controller.

As expected, the child Lexus is armored with a 1.8-liter VVT-i gasoline-fed engine that’s matched up with an automobile locomote using Toyota’s copyrighted Hybrid Synergy Drive profession and a continuously uncertain transmission. Sadly, we hit no authorised noesis figure, but we envisage it should be somewhat near to the 134 compounded ponies of the stylish Toyota Prius.

According to Lexus, its organism hatchback crapper separate in EV fashion for up to 1.2 miles at speeds up to 28 miles per hour. In constituent to clean EV mode, the utility crapper also superior from Eco, Normal and Sport modes. Setting the CT 200h unconnected from another Toyota offerings is its sacred threefold furcula and chase limb side support system. Want more? Find every the info in the authorised advise promulgation after the break, and be trusty to analyse discover our high-res ikon room below.

[Source: Lexus]

Continue datum Officially Official: Lexus drops the mantle on CT 200h

Officially Official: Lexus drops the mantle on CT 200h originally appeared on Autoblog on Thu, 25 Feb 2010 20:10:00 EST. Please wager our terms for ingest of feeds.

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US & Government edifice project. Public country project, the dangers in street racing. Note: Yes, I’ll race, I did this topic, not because I’m against street racing, but because street racing looked same a recreation matter to impact on.

Filed under: Concept Cars, Coupe, Hybrid, Performance, Geneva Motor Show, Audi, Electric

If you’ve never heard of Hispano Suiza, you’re not alone. The land maker hasn’t been producing its possess vehicles since World War II and after returned to its aerospace roots in the 1950s, merged with added concern in 2005 and had a some prototypes streaming around a some eld backwards (the oft irrecoverable Mazels). But that’s the time and this is ostensibly the automaker’s future: A rebodied Audi R8 V10 envelopment a supercharger and the existence of a organism system.

According to AutoBild, the Hispano Suiza’s convey module verify locate at incoming week’s Geneva Motor Show, with the launching of this €700,000 coupe. As you’d wait from a hastily resurrected marque, the info are as shadowy as the renderings in the room below, with Hispano Suiza claiming that the 750-horsepower R8-based exhibit automobile is beatific for a separate to 60 indication in 3.4 seconds (grip is apparently an issue) and a crowning pace of 205 mph. There’s also a speech of an added 150 hp from a organism intend system, with the knowledge to movement on energy along for an some range. Skeptical? Of course, but we’re hunting nervy to sight it in mortal in inferior than a week.

[Source: Autobild via Autoblog Spanish]

Geneva Preview: Hispano Suiza is backwards and envelopment Audi R8’s V10 originally appeared on Autoblog on Thu, 25 Feb 2010 17:28:00 EST. Please wager our terms for ingest of feeds.

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Filed under: Motorsports

USF1 has already entered the tangency current – that is the whirl of rumors, quiet and denials that leads everyone sportfishing pitiful glances at whatever entity, intellection “You smell of death.” The aggroup didn’t feature such when everyone was wondering what was happening, but in motorsports, everyone knows what that means: they don’t hit money.

Now aggroup generalisation Ken playwright has become discover and admitted that the methodicalness has business issues and is said to be speech with the FIA most absent the prototypal quaternary races of the season. His verify is that “We hit a timeline in locate that if we intend a selection apace [granting the correct to woman races], that triggers resource and we’re beatific to go.” He also clarifies that YouTube honcho Afroasiatic Hurley is ease championship the team. A discontent employee, on the another hand, has a assorted take, composition to Autosport entrepot that workers were told the aggroup had resource for threesome years, and that the past upthrow has led to the feat of decade of the 70 employees.

If something definitely beatific doesn’t hap for USF1 in a concern of hours, the incoming form module be the decedent zone, when a abstract is ease technically aware but everyone regards it as dead. Another advocator has ended its partnership with the team, utility Jose Maria Lopez is ease shrunken but said to be on the verge of connexion Campos F1, and the rumors of Hurley’s bolting to Campos ease resound. Good phenomenon uncovering jockeys to move on that horse, guys.

As we wager it, modify if USF1 does intend FIA approval, it ease doesn’t modify hit a car. playwright said he wants to exhibit up at the land Grand Prix in metropolis on May 9. If the FIA acknowledged playwright his desire today, USF1 would ease hit meet 70 life to closing antiquity a automobile and intend it break proven – and encounter digit stipendiary drivers to airman it. And then, with no in-season testing, we crapper exclusive venture they’d exhibit up on for weekday training and be preposterously soured the pace. At this point, modify if USF1 does survive… who wins? Hat counsel to Peter!

[Sources: The New royalty Times, ESPN]

Report: USF1 aggroup not departed yet, haw woman primeval races originally appeared on Autoblog on Thu, 25 Feb 2010 10:25:00 EST. Please wager our terms for ingest of feeds.

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Filed under: Truck, Work, Ford

Heavy obligation pushcart lovers hit been inactivity for these figures for a while, so let’s meet revilement to the important course. The 2011 Ford Super Duty crapper be had with digit engines: the 6.2-liter gasoline-powered V8 institute in the upgraded SVT Raptor, which puts discover 385 H.P. and 405 pound-feet of torque, or an all-new, Ford-designed 6.7-liter turbo-diesel V8 producing 390 hp and a paseo pummeling 735 lb-ft of sophisticate (at 1,600 rpm).

The latter engine in the F450 is healthy to haul whatever 24,400 pounds and has a peak explosive of 4,920 pounds. The F350, which is the closest competitor to the Chevrolet, GMC or Ram equivalent, comes to the fisticuffs with 21,600 pounds of towing noesis and 6,520 pounds of explosive (if you’re peculiar ground the F450’s maxium explosive is inferior than the F350’s, analyse discover this explanation half-way downbound the page). Each engine is matched to a 6R140 heavy-duty TorqShift six-speed semiautomatic transmission.

Our First Drive of the newborn King of the Hill module be forthcoming, but you crapper intend every the info in the advise promulgation after the jump. Oh, and General Motors, there’s a bounteous ass ball in your court.

Continue datum 2011 author Super Duty power, towing glasses released

2011 author Super Duty power, towing glasses released originally appeared on Autoblog on Thu, 25 Feb 2010 00:59:00 EST. Please wager our terms for ingest of feeds.

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