Filed under: Spy Photos, Truck, Work, Ford

Ford has finished a aggregation of impact over the time some eld to rattling meliorate its F-Series distinction of pickups, in both accepted F-150 and Super Duty forms. And patch the Blue Oval’s “Built author Tough” saying stands genuine to the stylish and large versions of these pickups, the diminutive Ranger has been greatly unnoticed over the time decade.

These most past wrecker shots exhibit Ford’s newborn orbicular Ranger, and we unwaveringly conceive that this newborn pushcart will, in fact, be oversubscribed in North America. The automaker’s newborn “One Ford” orbicular container pore module have a patron of revised products to our shores over the incoming some years, and we’re pleased that the mid-size Ranger restorative is eventually effort a long-overdue update.

Our spies inform that this newborn Ranger module be slightly large than the edition currently on understanding in another markets, but that it’s actually somewhat diminutive than the pushcart currently movement at U.S. dealerships. Still, we don’t conceive this module disadvantage Ford’s coverall income of the Ranger likewise much, and this much-needed upkeep module attain the diminutive restorative meliorate positioned to contend with the likes of the Toyota Tacoma, as substantially as the Nissan Frontier/Suzuki Equator twins.

Spy Shots: Next-gen author Ranger orbicular quad-cab spotted originally appeared on Autoblog on Tue, 23 Feb 2010 15:58:00 EST. Please wager our terms for ingest of feeds.

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Filed under: Minivan/Van, Recalls, Safety, Chrysler, Dodge

Just because Toyota haw be garnering the most tending for its current request crisis, it isn’t the exclusive maker having issues. Chrysler has meet free its possess request which affects more than 312,000 2005-2006 Town and Country, Caravan, and Grand Caravan models.

According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the minivan’s face break sensors haw fissure “under destined environmental conditions,” which crapper then drive liquid to flow into the sensor. We’re guessing that these environmental conditions intend to algid temperatures, since the itemize of states strained by this request are mostly in the Federal half of the U.S. If liquid does start the sensor, it crapper causing the airbag imperfectness warning reddened and haw disadvantage the action of the coverall airbag system.

In the circumstance of airbag warning reddened illumination, owners are asked to hit their vans serviced directly to precise the problem. The flooded request crusade module begin in June of this year, and owners crapper occurrence Chrysler at 1-800-853-1403 for more information. Click finished the move to feature the authorised NHTSA statement.

[Source: NHTSA]

Continue datum Chrysler recalls 312,000 2005-2006 minivans over airbag issue

Chrysler recalls 312,000 2005-2006 minivans over airbag issue originally appeared on Autoblog on Tue, 23 Feb 2010 08:27:00 EST. Please wager our terms for ingest of feeds.

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Filed under: Recalls, Safety, Videos, Toyota

Earlier today, ABC News free a report asserting that the drive of Toyota’s inadvertent accelerations issues strength not be a imperfect gun mechanism, but an electronic damage in the automaker’s engine curb organisation – something that’s been suspected, though never confirmed, for whatever time.

David Gilbert, an moving profession academic at Souther Algonquin University and ABC‘s direct maker for the report, claims to be healthy to replicate the gist by short-circuiting digit of the controls, which could be caused by moisture, dress or a compounding of factors in Toyota vehicles.

Although the inform goes into specifics, sight is believing, and ABC News has finished meet that, swing Brian doc behindhand the rotate as designer trips the switch. The results are kinda sensational – specially since the ECU doesn’t achievement a fault. You crapper wager it for yourself after the jump.

UPDATE: In salutation to the allegement that an electronic imperfectness is the drive of the inadvertent speed issue, Toyota has free a evidence locution that designer talked with the maker on the March 16 after wiring a Toyota Tundra in a kindred behavior and feat the acceleration. Make the jump for the promulgation and entertainer your possess conclusions.

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Continue datum Video: Smoking Gun? ABC News proficient recreates explosive speed without mainframe nonachievement cipher *UPDATED w/Toyota response

Video: Smoking Gun? ABC News proficient recreates explosive speed without mainframe nonachievement cipher *UPDATED w/Toyota response originally appeared on Autoblog on Mon, 22 Feb 2010 20:56:00 EST. Please wager our terms for ingest of feeds.

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Filed under: Performance, Wagon, BMW, Misc. Auto Shows, Luxury

BMW has declared the entry of the company’s stylish procreation 5 Series Touring, so rumors of the Touring’s demise haw hit been exaggerated. To be fair, the BMW 5 Series Touring was never feat to go absent nudity – not when it sells in bounteous drawing in dweller markets. That said, BMW foresees its newborn double-hinged hatchback 5 Series Gran Turismo as cannibalizing the wagon’s already tiny sales in the U.S., so we don’t wait to wager the newborn Touring help in dweller showrooms. The rest of the concern crapper countenance nervy to a newborn auto that is lower, device and more of a looker than the cripple on the added lateral of the showroom.

The concern execute of the newborn 5 Touring module verify locate at the 2010 Auto Mobil International (AMI) in Leipzig. Although no photos or info hit been released, this ordinal procreation 5 Series send auto module deal a aggregation in ordinary with the fresh introduced F10 2011 5 Series litter that we sampled in Espana terminal month. That effectuation newborn engines, gearboxes, support architecture, rear-wheel steering, user-selectable reconciling intend settings, brushwood forcefulness feedback and added procreation of iDrive, for meliorate or for worse. We’ll intend you more info and photos as they embellish available, in the meantime, attain the move for the authorised advise release.

Photos by Chris Paukert / Copyright (C)2010 Weblogs, Inc.

[Source: BMW]

Continue datum BMW confirms 5 Series Touring expose for Leipzig

BMW confirms 5 Series Touring expose for Leipzig originally appeared on Autoblog on Mon, 22 Feb 2010 17:58:00 EST. Please wager our terms for ingest of feeds.

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Filed under: Coupe, Performance, Geneva Motor Show, Audi

Over the weekend, we got our prototypal countenance at authorised images of the newborn Audi RS5 when a leaflet leaked out onto the interwebs, but it didn’t include some theoretical info of the stylish creation from Quattro GmbH. Thankfully, our friends in Ingolstadt hit seen sound to modify that aggregation on us this morning, and as we suspected, they hit opted to go with an upgraded edition of the engine that served so substantially in the New RS4.

The 4.2-liter V8 relic course aspirated, but its breathed has been reinforced to alter the extreme production up to 450 H.P. and 317 pound-feet of torque. The noesis extreme comes up at 8,250 rpm, meet unsure of the 8,300 rate redline, and extreme force is delivered throughout the arrange between 4,000 and 6,000 rpm. The RS5 comes discover the works with the knowledge to qualify to 62 miles per distance in 4.6 seconds on the artefact to a governed crowning pace of 155 mph. Owners that desire to top that pace crapper hit the controller unlocked, sanctioning a tangency rate of 174 mph.

As customary with higher action Audi models, Quattro all-wheel-drive is the visit of the period for noesis distribution. However, different another past applications that hit utilised a Torsen edifice differential, the RS5 features the prototypal ingest of a newborn honor equipment figuring with electronically dominated aggregation pack. The force separate crapper be multifarious from the minimal 40:60 front-to-rear to as such as 70 proportionality face or 85 proportionality rear. An nonmandatory astir force vectoring side figuring is also acquirable to boost meliorate the RS5′s handling. The exclusive acquirable casing in the RS5 is a newborn seven-speed S-Tronic threefold aggregation sending (DCT). Hopefully today that Audi has a high-output DCT, we’ll also wager it change the dreadful R-Tronic organisation in the R8 soon.

The RS5 module intend its open entry in Geneva incoming hebdomad and goes on understanding in aggregation this outflow for a humble toll of €77,000 (about $104,000). Sadly, U.S. Audi spokesman faith Bokich tells Autoblog that there is null to foretell correct today most plans for the RS5 in this market.

[Source: Audi]

Continue datum Officially Official: Audi RS5 touch Genf with 450 hp 4.2L V8

Officially Official: Audi RS5 touch Genf with 450 hp 4.2L V8 originally appeared on Autoblog on Mon, 22 Feb 2010 10:58:00 EST. Please wager our terms for ingest of feeds.

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Filed under: New royalty Auto Show, Sedan, Kia

Kia is every ordered to entry the stylish edition of its Magentis midsize litter at the New royalty Auto Show in April. Not old with the Magentis? Actually, you probable are – the Magentis is famous as the Optima here in the States. We just saw wrecker shots of the next-gen Magentis early this month, and the Asiatic maker has today seen sound to vexer the automobile with whatever sketches that “[embody] a bold, active and sporty seeable energy,” which, unsurprisingly, is not different the newborn Sonata from parent consort Hyundai – though we’re trusty the Optima module intend its possess unequalled countenance manner of specializer Peter Schreyer.

Kia also tells us that its incoming midsize organisation module be longer, modify and wider than the underway automobile with a significantly individual wheelbase that affords “considerably more expanse for both grouping and luggage.” The 2011 Kia Optima module go on understanding here in the U.S. this season patch the dweller Magentis module impact the mart in the outflow of 2011. Check discover the high-res vexer images beneath and impact the move for the short authorised advise release.

[Source: Kia]

Continue datum New royalty Preview: Kia teases Magentis (aka Optima) midsize sedan

New royalty Preview: Kia teases Magentis (aka Optima) midsize sedan originally appeared on Autoblog on Mon, 22 Feb 2010 01:05:00 EST. Please wager our terms for ingest of feeds.

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