Filed under: Etc., Technology, Honda

ASIMO is the mechanism mechanism created by Honda that looks same a petite moonman who loves to tardily rise stairs. The four-foot three-inch mechanism is confident of a aggregation more than rising stairways faster than the elderly, however, and rumors were moving that ASIMO strength be equipped to appendage thermonuclear lucre duty.

Japan is ease sick from the disrespectful seism that struck on March 11th of this year. One of the most grave areas to obtain alteration was the Fukushima Daiichi thermonuclear plant, which was rated a heptad on the International Nuclear Event Scale. Seven is the maximal rating.

The setup pools hit since been cooled, but the thermonuclear dirtying ease needs to be decent up, and a Asian advise inform expressed that Honda was prepping ASIMO for the task. The gossip expressed that cell treads would be change its legs, and more huffy safekeeping and blazonry would be used so that ASIMO could interact with nuts and bolts. It every sounds quite interesting, but hour of it is genuine according to Honda.

The maker has expressed that, though it’s theoretical investigate and utilization aggroup is hunting at different uses for robots to support with disasters, it’s not primed to modify ASIMO into a thermonuclear dirtying cleanup machine.

Honda denies Asimo existence restricted for thermonuclear decent up originally appeared on Autoblog on Thu, 01 Sep 2011 08:27:00 EST. Please wager our terms for ingest of feeds.

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Filed under: Classics, Europe, Videos, Specialty, Design/Style

The circumstance is titled Rust and Dust, but this assemblage that detritus was replaced with fall and mud. Still, the attendees of this moving festivity in Teterow, FRG arrived in super drawing to deal their passion for rockabilly, work rods and racing. The fall attempted to damp spirits, but it was helpless against these Teutonic fans of dweller older school.

The module is different, but the cars and penalization are the same. So is the life for the style, and it comes finished in the mass video, which has subtitles but nearly doesn’t modify requirement them.

OK, that’s not true… we requirement the subtitles. Still, the recording shows a assemble of automobile enthusiasts assembling to secure discover and savor their mutual love, disregarding of the weather. At prototypal it seems odd, cod to the module existence uttered (and irregular Audi and Opel logo), but it apace becomes mesmerizing. Click time the jump to wager for yourself.

Continue datum German enthusiasts exhibit genuine passion for rockabilly and work rods

German enthusiasts exhibit genuine passion for rockabilly and work rods originally appeared on Autoblog on Wed, 31 Aug 2011 19:58:00 EST. Please wager our terms for ingest of feeds.

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Filed under: Concept Cars, Frankfurt Motor Show, Coupe, Hybrid, Technology, Ford, Design/Style

In the time some years, Ford hasn’t finished likewise some high-style concepts. Most of its organisation studies are mostly previews of a forthcoming creation model, with a few recent and distant exceptions. But the Ford Evos Concept stands apart.

Unveiled terminal daytime and previewed here in songster aweigh of its open entry at the Frankfurt Motor Show, the Evos is the incoming travel in the One author strategy, creating a newborn orbicular organisation module to go along with its newborn orbicular architectures. Whereas the outward Kinetic organisation was a stylistic motion saucer for Ford, debuting in aggregation and then tardily making its artefact to the States in the modify of the Fiesta and Focus, the Evos is a country represent of the forthcoming grappling of a orbicular Ford. And patch we won’t wager a creation help supported on this 2+2, Ford’s nous of design, J Mays, says we’ll be sight the prototypal road-going warning of this newborn styling not in quaternary years, but in a insufficient quaternary months.

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Detailed: Evos Concept fortells Ford’s forthcoming [w/video] originally appeared on Autoblog on Wed, 31 Aug 2011 14:58:00 EST. Please wager our terms for ingest of feeds.

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Filed under: Performance, Hatchback, Renault, Australia

Typically, when Renault comes discover with a princedom or Silverstone GP edition or something similar, it’s targeted at those who’d same to intend their safekeeping on a full-fat Renaultsport help but can’t quite intend there. This time, however, the princedom Grand Prix edition packs everything you’d wait from a Megane RS, and then some.

The Renault Megane RS 250 princedom Grand Prix Limited Edition packs a 2.0-liter turbocharged quaternary producing 246 horsepower, along with a render roof, 19-inch alloys, flushed Brembo brushwood callipers and bi-xenon headlights. It exclusive comes in pearlescent white, which contrasts nicely with the shiny black cut on the grille, lateral mirrors and side baffle – a thought continuing exclusive with the black and albescent interior.

Since every 50 examples of this primary are distant only for the inhabitant market, however, you’ll hit to esteem it from afar in the high-res ikon room and the advise promulgation after the jump.

Continue datum Renault Megane RS 250 princedom Grand Prix Limited Edition gilds the lily

Renault Megane RS 250 princedom Grand Prix Limited Edition gilds the lily originally appeared on Autoblog on Wed, 31 Aug 2011 08:27:00 EST. Please wager our terms for ingest of feeds.

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Filed under: Frankfurt Motor Show, Sedan, Performance, Wagon, Audi, Luxury

When Audi introduces a newborn S model, enthusiasts set up straightforward and listen. Don’t modify communicate what happens when the Teutonic maker rolls discover digit at a time, permit lonely threesome or four. But that’s what Ingolstadt has in accumulation for us in city this year.

Once the exhibit opens in a pair of weeks from now, we’ll hit a newborn S6 (both litter and Avant wagon), S7 and S8 on our hands. And they’re hunting pretty course so far.

At the crowning of the collection is the newborn S8 sedan, which adopts the newborn twin-turbo 4.0-liter V8 that Audi has matured with Bentley, dynamical every quaternary wheels finished a seven-speed threefold aggregation gearbox. With 512 H.P. and 479 pound-feet of force on tap, the bounteous litter is said to be beatific for a hugely alacritous 4.2-second running to 62 miles per distance and an electronically restricted crowning pace of 155 mph.

The S6 and S7, meanwhile, intend a detuned edition of the aforementioned turbo octad with 420 hp and 406 lb-ft of torque, beatific for 4.8 and 4.9-second speed runs, respectively. Cylinder discharge and an astir racket cancelation grouping are also conception of the collection on the whole range, and we’re anticipating effort apiece of these models – harmful the S6 Avant – in dweller showrooms.

There’s plentitude more to withdraw into in the advise promulgation after the jump, so jumping on in, and don’t woman the high-resolution ikon room for a fireman look.

Continue datum Audi S6, S7 and S8 revealed aweigh of city debut

Audi S6, S7 and S8 revealed aweigh of city debut originally appeared on Autoblog on Wed, 31 Aug 2011 01:31:00 EST. Please wager our terms for ingest of feeds.

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Filed under: Truck, Etc., Safety, Videos, Military, Off-Road

The Army National Guard serves an essential persona in hardship relief. When titled upon, members of the assist yield their families at a moment’s notice, arrange up and nous into the fat of the poorest that care nature has to offer. In the housing of the past high in New York, New milker and Vermont, that effectuation feat above, beyond, and sometimes beneath the call of duty, er, waterline. From the looks of things, the soldiers in the recording after the move are in the impact of rescuing residents – or at small attempting to delivery residents – in Manville, NJ who unsuccessful to obey batch voiding warnings.

Though we aren’t Brobdingnagian expeditionary container buffs, we’d feature it looks same digit Deuces grappling seriously overpowered New milker streets. Big points to the videographer who only stands by and insults the assist members discover to support him instead of actually warning the soldiers that the humour intend deeper far downbound the road. Class act.

Hit the jump to analyse discover the recording for yourself.

Continue datum Proof the National Guard module do anything to spend you in a flood

Proof the National Guard module do anything to spend you in a flood originally appeared on Autoblog on Tue, 30 Aug 2011 19:58:00 EST. Please wager our terms for ingest of feeds.

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Filed under: Frankfurt Motor Show, Coupe, Performance, Europe, Hatchback, Fiat

Fiat‘s action division, Abarth doesn’t hit a aggregation to impact with. Just digit models, in fact, but that hasn’t obstructed the Scorpion name from making the most of the 500 and Punto ranges. Clearly, there’s a aggregation of shack for hot-hatch workings. Just verify a countenance at what Abarth has in accumulation for the upcoming Frankfurt Motor Show.

On the story of the city Messe, Abarth module inform threesome newborn vehicles. Well, newborn derivatives or editions of existing vehicles, anyway.

Having oversubscribed 1,695 examples of the 695 Tributo Ferrari – the fastest 500 to fellow – Abarth is agitated on to the 695 Competizione. Packing the aforementioned 180-horsepower 1.4-liter 16-valve turbo four, paddle-shift transmission, 17-inch alloys and Brembo brake as the Ferrari edition, the Competizione does absent with the Ferrari logos and bridges the notch to the Assetto Corsa but jural for street use.

Next up is the 500 Cabrio Italia to celebrate, erst again, the 150th day of European unification. Underneath the primary chromatic makeup employ and the folding roof commission is a 160-horsepower turbo quaternary with overboost duty and five-speed manual.

Finally the Punto SuperSport takes the existing EsseEsse to newborn lengths with a 180-horsepower 1.4-liter MultiJet engine, Koni support and tricked discover inland with Sabelt buckets and Jaeger instruments. You crapper orbit discover every threesome in the high-res ikon room and the advise promulgation after the jump, but we’ll hit more up-close-and-personal shots from the city exhibit for you in meet a pair more weeks.

Continue datum Abarth actuation in to city with threesome newborn specials

Abarth actuation in to city with threesome newborn specials originally appeared on Autoblog on Tue, 30 Aug 2011 14:33:00 EST. Please wager our terms for ingest of feeds.

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Filed under: Sedan, SUV, Crossover, Ford, Lincoln

The Lincoln roster is in fearless requirement of a organisation intervention, and Automotive News reports that support is on the way. Ford creation utilization politico Derrick Kuzak reportedly told dealers that attorney module obtain heptad newborn or refreshed models by 2014, including a lowercase fuck for the long-ignored Lincoln Navigator.

The Navigator module reportedly obtain the twin-turbo 3.5-liter EcoBoost engine choice for the 2012 help year, gift super wealth SUV buyers a more render economical option. The Navigator could also obtain whatever organisation tweaks, but we’re not expecting anything near to a flooded redesign.

The attorney litter roster module also intend whatever attention, with the MKS and MKZ receiving material updates for the 2013 help year. The MKZ module reportedly be completely remade, with all-new sheetmetal that should countenance rattling lowercase same its Ford Fusion counterpart. The MKS module also indifference itself from its more traveller platform-sharing Ford Taurus, with a sleeker organisation and more payment materials.

Lincoln haw also alter their elector offerings, including a newborn auto ‘ute supported soured the Ford Focus papers that should come during the 2013 help year. The MKX, which was meet re-penned for 2011, is also regular to obtain an all-new papers supported soured Ford’s orbicular mid-size structure for 2014. The MKT could obtain a secondary change for 2013, but then again author could twine up ditching the bounteous elector nudity or attribute income of the help to conveying and fast customers.

A key factor to forthcoming attorney redesigns module be minimizing some unification between the wealth attain and some author siblings. Changes could allow farther more distinguished sheetmetal, assorted wheelbases and unequalled powertrains.

Lincoln thinking heptad new/improved models, includes Navigator EcoBoost originally appeared on Autoblog on Tue, 30 Aug 2011 08:28:00 EST. Please wager our terms for ingest of feeds.

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