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The Chinese company FAW declared that it soon will begin sale by all interested person of the smartest car which ever was issued in Heavenly Empire. Its price will make 586 000 dollars! It is a question of model Hongqi HQE («the Red flag») which was accessible only to the higher persons of the state earlier – for today it is assembled only such 17 cars.

According to representatives FAW, creation of the new car has taken about two years. The main feature of the car are its dimensions – the length of "the Red flag» makes 6400 mm. It is appreciable more than at Rolls-Royce Phantom which even in the extended version has only"6084 mm, and Maybach 62 (6165 mm). The weight of the car exceeds 4,5 tons (so big weight speaks reservation presence).



It is interesting that in movement Hongqi HQE is resulted by the newest 12-cylinder engine in volume of 6,0 l which has been developed directly in China (it is considered that heads of such country as China should go by completely Chinese car).

Volkswagen has established a new world record, having got to the Guinness Book of Records. Car Caddy Maxi 4MOTION has managed to pass from Silent to Atlantic ocean all for 8 days of 13 hours and 30 minutes. And, drivers during travel at all did not do any stops (refuellings are not considered) and alternately slept directly in the car.

Crew Volkswagen included drivers Matthias Gottenauer and Andreas Renz. They have begun the travel to midday on the West European time on October, 2nd, 2009 in Portugal. Within first two days the command has passed through Portugal, Spain, France, Germany, Poland, Latvia and Lithuania. On October, 4th Caddy Maxi 4MOTION has begun the way on territory of Russia. In the morning on October, 11th, 2009 at 01:30 on the West European time (13:30 local time) Gottenauer and Renz have arrived to an appointment terminal point – the city of Magadan.



The Transeuroasian way is the longest route passing on territory of one continent: its extent makes 15 408 kilometres from Kabo yes Fate (Portugal) at Atlantic ocean to the Pacific port Magadan which are a terminal point of the Russian network of highways.

The first piece of way Caddy Maxi 4MOTION has passed on highways and highway that has provided fast and comfortable movement. In process of advancement on the east the surface of roads became more and more bumpy, and the last of 5 000 kilometres were special test both for the car, and for drivers. The broken roads with deep ruts, difficult gravel sites, water a track with scars from wheels of auto trucks...

Two travellers establish a similar record not for the first time. Ten years ago they have made the longest travel across the North America, having passed line PanAmericana on car Volkswagen T4 Multivan Syncro. Travel which 15 days and 14 hours lasted, has been skidded in the Guinness Book of Records and has brought glory T4 and to its drivers. This record while and has not been beaten.

Usually the people, wishing to get the stylish computer, turn the looks on production Apple, however its creations – only one of possible directions of design. For example, PC Rides offers absolutely other on execution updates just for who in the history of browser visitings has mainly automobile sites.

No, under a cowl of this car is not Hemi, in PC Rides have preferred to equip Charger SRT8 with processor Intel Core2Duo. In a front bumper the tray of an optical drive gear, and a car rear the most different interface sockets disappears, engaging DVI, HDMI, audio, a network and VGA.

One of interesting features of the computer - head lights lighting up at inclusion and specifying in hard disk work blinking tail lights. The personal computer price varies from 1850 to 2495 dollars, depending on a hardware configuration.

One of those things for which we so love drift as a whole and Formula D in particular is a variety of cars. Where still it is possible to see, how converge face to face Dodge Viper and Toyota AE86 Corolla? Or Ford Mustang with R33 Skyline? Pontiac Solstice against RX-7? In what else place it is possible to see Scion with the engine from bolid NASCAR?

Now this list has joined also new Camaro SS, constructed BR Racing for Conrad Grunewald. You already for certain know that this car descends from factory, having the motor capacity 426 h.p which twisting moment makes 570 Nanometers. However, for drifting it is not enough . For this reason engineers BR Racing have hoisted pressure of forced aspiration in the motor therefore it began to give out more than 600 h.p. on wheels and about 700 h.p. on cardan to a shaft. Tyres too corresponding - Hankook Ventus R-S3. Looks promise!

Company Saab carries out again action Saab Performance Drive in which frameworks command of pilots Saab Performance Team will act in Moscow. Arrivals for the press will take place at 11:00 on September, 19th, 2009 on the Hodynsky field, in territory of the former airdrome of a name of Frunze. Show Saab Performance Team will pass in Moscow already in the fourth time. Admirers of cars Saab will receive chance to take pleasure in gripping show: pilots of command Saab Performance Team will show to visitors receptions of extreme driving: from synchronous maneuvers to a sharp turn on 360 ° on full speed and braking «a bumper to a bumper» at an oncoming traffic.

For demonstration of extreme receptions of driving and possibilities of cars Saab it is chosen Saab 9-3 SportSedan 2.0t BioPower. This time company Saab promises to bring 4 racers of a command and 5 cars is 4 sedans and specially prepared cabriolet on which it will be shown master class driving on 2 wheels. Command Saab Performance Team has been created in honour of 40 anniversary Saab in 1987. It long time consisted of five drivers-professionals, and now - from six. It is remarkable that drivers of a command - regular employees of various divisions companies Saab at leisure going on tour on the world both showing the experiment and possibilities of cars Saab 9-3 SportSedan.

Company Ford has opened access to the unique online configurator, allowing to pick up and order to itself such Mustang which is not present at anybody in the world more. To potential clients suggest to begin with a choice of the colour scheme of registration a body then to pass through set of various menus, as a result to receive the car on which that cowl is established, radiator lattice, an air intake and other accessories about which the one who just prepared dreamt to buy a new toy.

Having finished choice procedure, it is possible to load to itself the list of the established spare parts, together with instructions where they can be got. Additional plus – possibility to keep the car in special gallery where other users can estimate it.

Link: Mustang Configurator

German edition Auto Motor and Sport has published the rating of the fastest and slow cars which can be bought in Europe. And among the fastest cars on first two places there are absolutely different cars. One of them is small and brisk Ariel Atom 500 which weighs only 456 kg. And in many respects thanks to the weightlessness this model is capable to be dispersed 0-100 km/h of all for 2,5 sec, even in spite of the fact that it has the 3,0-litre motor capacity only"500 h.p. And here Bugatti Veyron is required for the same dynamics already 1001 h.p.



Closes a three of prize-winners SSC Ultimate Aero. Further there are two more rare cars: Gumpert Apollo and Radical SR3. And only on the sixth place is Lamborghini Murciélago LP 670-4 SV.






If to look at 10 the slowest cars this rating heads Volkswagen Multivan 1.9 TDI which types 100 km/h for infinite 23,6 sec. Hardly faster Peugeot Expert Tepee 1.6 HDI (21,1) and Citroen Berlingo HDi 75 (20,4 sec). There also cars Mercedes, Renault, Opel and even russian Lada!

Each time when company Volvo Cars exhausts new model, she creates also its strongly reduced copy. Now, for the first time for all time of creation of such toys, the decision and on release of scale model of concept car Volvo S60 was accepted. The tradition regularly to exhaust an accessible copy in two colour variants of each new model has been put in 2002, and since then such toy machines in scale 1:43 accompany a debut of each new car of the company.

For today one of the most popular toy models are Volvo C70 and Volvo C30, their sales only through own trade channels Volvo have made 24 000 and 17 000 pieces accordingly. Besides, exhausted in 2008 Volvo XC60 by the present moment already has time to disperse in circulation in 16 000 copies. Process of creation of models is very exact, thus all works are conducted in cooperation with design division Volvo Cars. As much as possible close to the original manufacturers try to make colours, design, the form of cars, and also their interior.

One of novelties of summer of 2009 is radio-controlled Volvo XC60, reproduced in scale 1:14, and also created firm Mattel black Matchbox Volvo C30. The Same company has some years ago constructed Volvo V70 for Barbie, and the Swedish manufacturer of toys Viking Toys with success exhausts models Volvo C30 made of strong plastic, XC70 and XC90 with which the small children can play even.

Seven years on end importunate paparazzi try to catch and photograph the mysterious participant of a popular transmission. Once it was possible to them, and on the Internet hearings have spread that under a helmet the well-known British racer Perr McCart disappears. Organizers of drive, certainly, have not reacted in any way to messages and have deduced from the program of the mysterious racer, casually having drowned it in the sea on Jaguar XJ-S. But not killed character has appeared again.

Then suspicions have fallen on one more British — Ben Kollins, on what corporation BBC has given the official evasive answer: «We do not make comments on conjectures or hearings about the one who Stig» or that is.But the happiness has come on June, 21st this year when the racer in white overalls the next time has set up a record of a track and has been invited in studio where has to the applause removed a helmet, and all have seen that under it the owner of seven champion titles in a class Formula-1 disappeared.



However disputes concerning, whether really Michael Schumacher is Stig, are not ended. Fans of the program and simply interested persons result set of arguments for a refutation of the given fact. Well, time an intrigue proceeds, we will wait for details!

Those who have the guts to paint their cars all over are gathering in Moscow for the Aerograph 2009 exhibition and contest, where masters of the airbrush are showing off some 500 custom-painted cars and other vehicles.

LONG BEACH, CA – Fontana, CA-based Falken Tire, well regarded for its high performance tires, officially entered the 2009 American Le Mans Series’ highly competitive GT2 class by competing at Long Beach with its in-house-prepared Porsche 911 GT3 RSR. The car was driven by veterans Dominic Cicero and Bryan Sellers and ran on specially prepared Falken AZENIS RT slicks.

Qualified in eighth position by Sellers, the Team Falken Tire RSR ran within a second of the race podium-winning #92 BMW car, a considerable accomplishment for a brand new team and tire that has never previously experienced the unforgiving Long Beach street course. The Porsche moved to seventh on the grid after the pole-winning car was sent to the rear for a ride height infraction. Sellers started the race, but reported shifting problems early on. He continued to nurse the car for 30 laps, maintaining his position of seventh, but eventually had to retire the Porsche. The team finished 20th overall and 12th in class.

“The car was extremely consistent for a long time,” Sellers said. “I was able to run a steady pace for the whole stint never dropping off more than four-tenths of a lap until we had transmission problems.” Co-driver Cicero agreed: “The tires were consistent and held up very well in our practices. We feel we have a great product for the 2010 season.”

“Despite our race difficulties, our drivers were very happy with the Falken Azenis RT slicks,” added Stephen Mitchell, Falken’s Motorsports Manager.

“The team worked very well together for being our first race. We’ve done a lot of testing, but this was a good experience under extreme pressure,” stated Rod Everett, Falken team manager. “We noticed vibration on very high speed during practice on Friday, and we pulled the transmission and examined it. It’s a shame that we finished where we did, but that’s racing. We’ll learn from this, move forward and do better next time.”

Long Beach also saw the debut of Falken’s new tire team booth with a constant flow of traffic to the Falken paddock Friday and Saturday. Falken awarded a specially designed Falken collectible guitar to Tom Crowe as part of its at-track promotional efforts.

The Porsche 911 GT3 RSR is painted in traditional Falken teal and blue livery, now highlighted by its new sponsor, Cleveland Golf of Huntington Beach, CA. Cleveland Golf, a force on the PGA tour, embraces many of the same product development ideologies which Falken Tire Corporation applies to their Azenis RT Slick tires used for ALMS competition.

“The American Le Mans is an excellent series and the perfect platform for Falken to demonstrate the strength and capabilities of our technology and capabilities,” noted Andrew Hoit, Director of Marketing, Falken Tire. “The competition this year is extremely tough, and we knew that going in, because we wanted to be able to challenge the factory teams as well as the privateers and our competitors, the other tire manufacturers. We’re running a shorter season this year, in preparation for a full assault in 2010.”

The Falken Tire/Cleveland Golf team will next compete at Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta in September.

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Students of MGTU "MAMI" within the limits of the curriculum have executed projects of the truck crane for known Russian mark "Ivanovec". The task has been given pupils of the fourth year of chair "Design". We represent you the most interesting projects.

First of all it is necessary to notice that before students there was a problem only to modernise present crane KS-8973 and not to bring changes in configuration of the basic knots. The primary goal was to develop driver's cabs and the crane operator, plus to replace the basic facing panels for increase of competitiveness of the base crane. One of unpleasant features КС-8973 – a radiator sticking out on the left side of the truck crane while at any competitors, whether it be Liebherr LTM 1100-4.1 or even Chinese XCMG QY 100K, such it is not observed – a motor compartment behind a driver's cab goes flush with it. The given feature of 100-ton "Ivanovec" should be beaten somehow by means of various style decisions.

Certainly, work on the project has begun with preparation of the technical project with studying of existing competitors, and then on the basis of the done work students have created new images for KS-8973.

Roman Voit:



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Though weather this year was not the most pleasant (almost all the Sunday long poured a rain), it has not prevented more than to 2 600 visitors of an exhibition to take pleasure in exclusive exhibits. By the way, Villa D’Este has celebrated double anniversary: 80 years from the beginning of carrying out of competition of elegance, and 80 years to the first car BMW. Germans have brought the most well-known roadsters for 75 years, since 315/1 and finishing new Z4.

The main prize from BMW Group (Trofeo BMW Group), and also two other awards - Trofeo BMW Group Italia and Coppa d'Oro Villa d'Este has this time received Alfa Romeo 8C 2900B Berlinetta Touring 1938. It belongs to American John Shirley.