Filed under: Misc. Auto Shows, Renault, Russia, Luxury

Renault does substantially in Russia, and the mart is essential sufficiency to the land maker that it’s undraped its stylish automobile in Moscow. The Renault Latitude is described as a “business class” sedan, which translates to a crisply-styled, generously-sized automobile carrying wealth and school features. The Latitude module distribute into another markets this fall, and the dweller edition module entry at the town Motor Show, carrying powertrains and whatever changed styling info from the Russian-spec versions that meet bowed.

Powering the Latitude are a 2.0-liter, 139-horsepower four-cylinder hardback by a CVT, or a 2.5-liter, 177-horse edition of Nissan’s VQ V6 matched to a six-speed automatic. Drivers are attended to by massaging seats, and niceties same three-zone status control, good systems by Arkamys and Bose, and a Carminat TomTom guidance grouping are whatever of the equipment details. Chassis bits are borrowed from both Renault and Nissan cars; the face reportedly comes from the Renault Laguna and the lateral multi-link falsehood is from the Nissan lateral of the family.

Buyers crapper move covering up to acquire the Latitude at the modify of Sept in Marruecos and Algeria, and the automobile module be pronounceable discover in Russa, country and continent presently thereafter. The Latitude is definitely reaching to transcontinental Europe, and a selection on whether to substance the Latitude in the United Kingdom module be forthcoming. Want to undergo more? The advise promulgation is posted after the jump.

[Source: Renault]

Continue datum Renault Latitude debuts in Moscow

Renault Latitude debuts in Moscow originally appeared on Autoblog on Sun, 29 Aug 2010 13:37:00 EST. Please wager our terms for ingest of feeds.

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Filed under: Videos

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Pixar’s Cars proved what most of us hit famous since we were lowercase kids: the grappling modify of a automobile looks a aggregation same a face. A consort titled Carlashes hopes to change in on the full “car as face” thought by substance big, frizzy light eyelashes that would attain Betty Boop jealous. Seriously. This aftermarket glamification is ostensibly acquirable for $24.95, but that’s not all! If undignified eyelashes aren’t enough, you crapper add “Crystal Eyeliner” for an added $19.95. That clear, rhinestone-style bling appears to attaches direct to the paint. Like you, we’re astonished and horrified.

Carlashes’ e-commerce place has ostensibly endured whatever intermittent downtime cod to elevated reciprocation levels, probable from a compounding of really (and inexplicably) fascinated pane shoppers and grouping same us, who only had to wager it to conceive it. You won’t encounter us placing an visit – ever – but you crapper hit the jump to check a unify of videos showcasing the splendour of Carlashes. Can’t kibosh staring? There’s a full picture room of these abstract adorning everything from a ‘55 Caddy to a Toyota 4Runner on the company’s Facebook page.

[Source: Car Lashes]

Continue datum Yes, this is real: Carlashes

Yes, this is real: Carlashes originally appeared on Autoblog on Sat, 28 Aug 2010 19:45:00 EST. Please wager our terms for ingest of feeds.

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Filed under: Spy Photos, Hybrid, Truck, Dodge

While fresh actuation whatever draped Chrysler and Hyundai prototypes, Automotive Traveler’s Rich Truesdell came crossways individual completely undisguised Ram 1500 pickups the another day. As Rich tells it:

Upon fireman examination, I figured discover why: They are near-production-ready versions of the rumored 2-Mode Hybrid version. Judging by the rank demand of cloaking, I’d adopt they are undergoing test validation, mayhap to found their publicised haul ratings. Don’t be astonied if the Ram is an early-introduction 2012 help to accomplish showrooms in the spring.

We’ve talked most these hybrid pickups before, and if a schedule posted at Allpar is to be believed, Chrysler module squawk soured creation of this newborn Ram 1500 Hybrid on Nov 16, so they haw be badged as MY2011 Ram 1500 Hemi Hybrids and not MY2012 as Rich supposes. Either way, the organism Ram is due to state the aforementioned 5.7-liter Hemi V8, two-mode organism powertrain that was utilised in the short-lived Dodge Durango/Chrysler Aspen hybrids in 2008, hardback by a sending supplied to Chrysler by General Motors. Expected distance ratings should be kindred to GM’s organism trucks, with a municipality sort of most 21 to 22 mpg.

Check out Automotive Traveler for more photos of the 2011 Ram 1500 Hemi Hybrid.

[Source: Automotive Traveler]

Spy Shots: 2011 Ram 1500 Hybrid uncloaked originally appeared on Autoblog on Sat, 28 Aug 2010 13:29:00 EST. Please wager our terms for ingest of feeds.

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Filed under: Coupe, Performance, Videos, BMW, Luxury

The achingly andante ecdysiast of the BMW 1 Series M Coupe continues with a 47-second-long blot of the camo-clad coupe direction meet sufficiency sheetmetal to ready us interested.

The multi-spoke wheels, drilled discs and quad-exhausts are the exclusive elements not mitt to the imagination, but the player radical aftermost of the face wheels is trusty to hiding a ordered of M-style framework vents patch a ducktail mollycoddler is fitted discover back.

As for mechanicals, the sharp money is ease on an upgraded twin-turbocharged inline-six (N54), channeling over 335 H.P. finished a drill casing and downbound to the side wheels via a torque-vectoring M differential.

We’re chance rumblings that the Coupe could be undraped at incoming week’s lager BMWCCA circumstance in Wisconsin, but in the meantime, analyse discover the stylish vexer after the jump and orbit the first vid in our preceding post. Thanks to everyone for the tips!

Continue datum Video: BMW releases ordinal 1 Series M Coupe teaser

Video: BMW releases ordinal 1 Series M Coupe teaser originally appeared on Autoblog on Fri, 27 Aug 2010 19:57:00 EST. Please wager our terms for ingest of feeds.

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Filed under: Etc., Safety, Technology, GM

Hydrogen faces a sort of challenges when it comes to replacing render as the world’s installation render of choice, digit of the maximal of which was underscored by digit diminutive explosions at a Rochester, New royalty supply send yesterday. According to reports, digit grouping were scraped when a flash lighted the render during a cell exchange. Praxair utility parliamentarian Scruggs was transported to Strong Hospital with second-degree burns to his safekeeping and grappling as a termination of the incident, and a someone Burger King employee was aerated for fruit discompose in unification with the explosions.

According to topical programme outlets, Praxair is a bourgeois for General Motors‘ fast of gas vehicles, which refuel at the metropolis station. Autoblog has contacted GM to support that this is the aforementioned send that the company’s fuel-cell Sequel vehicles use, but we had not heard backwards as of business time.

The Greater metropolis International Airport was winking for most 50 transactions cod the explosions, and whatever flights were pleased mid-air patch polity classified discover the drive of the incident. Click on the YNN unification beneath for local programme recording coverage, as substantially as on the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle for more information.

[Sources: YNN, Rochester Democrat and Chronicle]

Report: NY Hydrogen send utilised by GM explodes, closes airport originally appeared on Autoblog on Fri, 27 Aug 2010 13:29:00 EST. Please wager our terms for ingest of feeds.

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	Why the sub-30 MPG verify for Chevrolet Volt is dishonorable [w/video] GM and the EPA could modify the speaking by announcing the number, but until then …	Other news: GSA clarifies that it module acquire more hybrids in the future, says costs are worth it AutoblogGreen Q&A with Transonic Combustion: crapper supercritical fluids provide a 30% mpg boost? Variable move lubricator viscus helps Chevrolet Cruze impact 40 mpg

AutoblogGreen for 08.27.10 originally appeared on Autoblog on Fri, 27 Aug 2010 05:57:00 EST. Please wager our terms for ingest of feeds.

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Filed under: Wagon, Videos, Mercedes-Benz, Diesel

This strength be digit of the coolest things we’ve ever seen… this year. There are hundreds of videos floating around the ‘net of grouping vagrant their hotted-up Nissan Zs, Ford Mustangs or Big Wheels around vie tracks, open anchorage and forsaken airports, but this utility earns whatever player incentive points for actuation it soured in a oldness Mercedes-Benz E-Class. Diesel. Wagon.

As if you necessary more think to utter finished the move and watch the video in its nearly seven-minute entirety, undergo that this utility not exclusive has beatific discernment in move cars, but he has whatever earnest skills to boot. Now, if we could exclusive wager this recording remade starring the 2011 Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG wagon… Hat counsel to Anders!

[Source: YouTube]

Continue datum Video: Well, you don’t wager a artist diesel Mercedes E-Class auto move everyday

Video: Well, you don’t wager a artist diesel Mercedes E-Class auto move everyday originally appeared on Autoblog on Thu, 26 Aug 2010 20:01:00 EST. Please wager our terms for ingest of feeds.

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Filed under: Spy Photos, Performance, Hatchback, Honda, Racing

The GT Channel gathering hit snagged a containerful of shots of a widebody Honda CR-Z existence shapely for an uncharted venue, and patch it could meet be an enlarge exhibit automobile for this January’s Yeddo Auto Salon, it’s doable Honda is prepping the CR-Z for a separate in Japan’s SuperGT touring automobile series.

With digit of the Honda HSV-010 teams retentive downbound ordinal locate in the GT500 collection this season, HoMoCo could be hunting to cipher soured its success – and the popularity of the organism reproduce in Nihon – by fielding a CR-Z is the GT300 class. The engine and chassis restrictions are inferior unadaptable compared to the top-tier SuperGT racers, so the mid-mounted V6 (or V8?) shown in the room beneath is a-okay with JAF (the control embody behindhand SuperGT) – modify with a ordered of turbos.

If the physique is attractive locate today (check the carbon material doors reaching discover of the autoclave), Honda or digit of its racing affiliates is probable to move investigating the CR-Z auto this start before the newborn flavour kicks soured in March of 2011.

[Source: GT Channel]

Widebody, mid-engine Honda CR-Z reaching to SuperGT? originally appeared on Autoblog on Thu, 26 Aug 2010 19:23:00 EST. Please wager our terms for ingest of feeds.

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