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The Phone Car Crushed by Collapsed Roof - Front Side |
The world famous Phone Car created by Howard Davis was brutally damaged recently when the roof of the Avon Industrial Park collapsed due to snow build up. The Phone car will not be making any long distance calls anytime soon, but with a little TLC and some bondo it can be up running soon. Our best wished for a speedy recovery goes out to you.
The Phone Car Crushed by Collapsed Roof - Front |
The Phone Car Crushed by Collapsed Roof - Rear Side |
The Phone Car Crushed by Collapsed Roof - Side |
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Normal Mitsubishi i-MiEV, which is in Japan so far can only be rented, equipped with a 63-strong electric motor and with a fully charged battery can travel about 160 kilometers. In the masthead as modified machines will increase the range to 200 kilometers, and charge the batteries from ordinary household electrical MiEV takes about seven hours.
In addition, the model also appears and the hybrid modification, which will be presented this fall at MOTORSHOW in Tokyo and will be on sale within the next three years. It was expected that Mitsubishi i-MiEV in Europe can be purchased in the next year.
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2011 New Nissan Stagea wagon is available in Japan, They took the wagon Nissan M35 Stagea and imagine if it were a supercar GT-R.But what fun is reduced? At boring universal body simply a napyalili face of «Jit-era». True, Stagea not so broad in the shoulders, as a supercar, but imbalance quickly removed with the help of false weight.
But change looks not to the station wagon approached GT-R in terms of traction properties.
Nevertheless, in line engines Stagea is a nice way. For example, «turboshesterka» 2,5 VQ25DET output of 272 hp, giving a torque 407 Nm. However, on request tuners can squeeze under the hood and the cylinder bi-turbo «six» RB26DETT from the previous generation GT-R R34.
A relatively new Nissan Stagea wagon is available in Japan for 19 000 dollars, and for the body kit Kids Heart takes a further 10 000 dollars.
Nissan Stagea wagon produced from 2001 to 2007 in a number of modifications, and among them was even off-road touring. The car was built on a platform of V35, which, inter alia, based sedan Infiniti G35.
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Pickup Frontier 2011 in base XE King Cab (4-cylinder 2.5-liter engine, rear-wheel drive, ICIE) costs of $ 17.5 thousand Price Frontier with the 4.0-liter V6 engine starts from $ 22.3 thousand in Version SE Crew Cab (rear-wheel drive, ICIE).
Nissan Pathfinder Prices start from $ 27.4 thousand in complete FE + (4,0-liter V6, rear-wheel drive, Automatic), a version of LE (5,6-liter V8, a full drive, the ACPP) is $ 42.16 thousand Nissan Xterra is now worth from $ 22.45 thousand (4.0-liter V6, rear-wheel drive, ICIE). Full speed automatic transmission and raise the price to $ 24.5 thousand
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The main market will be a unique gig, of course, the United States. They sell new items will begin in the second half of next year. It's now known that in the cabin will be four comfortable seats (the good, the size of machine can do it), will not go anywhere and all-wheel drive with increased ground clearance.
"Murano CrossCabriolet represents a breakthrough in the concept of a car" - say in the Nissan. As reported, the third-largest Japanese carmaker Nissan Motor Co. plans to increase production capacity in China more than doubled. In September, Nissan will open a joint venture to assemble vehicles with Dongfeng Motor Corp. in Zhengzhou (Henan Province, eastern China).
The new plant is designed to produce 120 thousand cars a year, it is intended to relieve the production to an existing plant in Guangzhou, which collects cars Dualis and X-Trail.
2011 New Nissan Murano CrossCabriolet Concept, Sales of Nissan vehicles in China rose in July at 12% - up to 79.46 thousand cars.
In March this year, Nissan Motor Co. announced the withdrawal of 540 thousand cars worldwide because of problems with the brake pedal and fuel gauges. An appropriate statement was made today by representatives of Japanese companies. It is reported that the main countries in which the campaign will be revoked vehicles will be the U.S., Canada, the Middle East, as well as Russia.
Among recallable models with defects in the gas pedal specify Nissan Titan, Infiniti QX56, and Nissan Armada 2008-2010 years of manufacture, as well as the Nissan Quest 2008-2009 annual production. In addition, errors in the fuel sensors entailed reviews models Nissan Titan, Armada, Infiniti QX56, Nissan Frontier, and Pathfinder and Xterra 2005-2008 years of manufacture.
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2011 Mitsubishi Release Electric Vehicles The Electric i-Miev, Following the Subaru, announced release of electric Stella, Mitsubishi company announced early in the production of the auto show in Detroit (USA) in 2009, the electric i-Miev.
Both vehicles will be on sale in July, but, unlike the company's Subaru, which was originally intended to put on the market only 170 electric vehicles, Mitsubishi is planning to produce 1 400 i-Miev, native who could become only the businesses and government entities. Sales of electric vehicles for private individuals will begin no earlier than April 2010 on.
The company plans to put in the current fiscal year abroad 250 i-Miev - mainly in Britain and other European countries. In addition, Mitsubishi Electric intends to sell in China and the United States, but details have not yet been clarified. Overall, up to March 2012 automakers is going to sell in a year of not less than 15 thousand cars. Meanwhile, the production of i-Miev becomes profitable only when the conveyor for the year will go no less than 30 thousand cars.
I-Miev price of about $ 47 000, while the Japanese government intends to encourage compatriots who buy environmentally friendly electric vehicles, offsetting about a third of the cost of the machine.
i-Miev are supplied lithium ion battery and 47-kilowatt electric motor. On reloading the battery using the charger requires 30 minutes, from 200 V sockets - 7 hours. With the regenerative brakes, batteries recharged during the movement of automobiles.
Electric car is equipped with electric climate control with air conditioning, LED headlamps, navigation system with 7-inch screen and storage for storing road maps.
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With regard to modernization, one of the major improvements is the development, already became famous, the system start-stop, which is available for 1.3 liter. gasoline engine. Recall that the system disables the engine at all the stops and include it as soon as the driver pressed the clutch pedal to activate the first transmission.
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Saturday, January 29, 2011
The 4.4-litre eight-cylinder engine in the new BMW 650i Convertible develops a maximum 300 kW/407 hp between 5,500 and 6,400 rpm, and puts its peak torque of 600 Newton metres (443 lb-ft) on tap between 1,750 and 4,500 rpm. This unique engine, whose turbochargers are positioned in the V-shaped area between the cylinder banks, produces an instantaneous and sustained wave of power, making it a feast for the enthusiast driver. The new BMW 650i Convertible completes the sprint from 0 to 100 km/h (62 mph) in 5.0 seconds, and the engine electronics eventually step in to halt acceleration at 250 km/h (155 mph). This range-topping engine also boasts extraordinary efficiency for a model in its output class, as average fuel consumption of 10.7 litres per 100 kilometres in the EU test cycle (26.4 mpg imp) and CO2 emissions of 249 grams per kilometre clearly show.
The six-cylinder in-line engine under the bonnet of the new BMW 640i Convertible complements its BMW TwinPower Turbo technology and petrol direct injection with VALVETRONIC fully variable valve control. All of which enables the 3.0-litre unit to develop a maximum 235 kW/320 hp at 5,800 rpm and maximum torque of 450 Newton metres (332 lb-ft) between 1,300 and 4,500 rpm. This engine propels the BMW 640i Convertible from 0 to 100 km/h (62 mph) in 5.7 seconds and on to an electronically limited top speed of 250 km/h (155 mph). Its average fuel economy in the EU test cycle comes in at 7.9 litres per 100 kilometres (35.8 mpg imp), while CO2 emissions are 185 grams per kilometre.