One need not worry about someone stealing one’s pride and joy from their garage. The reason is that now the car can be parked in the living room.
This is the extreme method which has being adopted by William Cardiff, of Guildford in Surrey, who is worried that his classic Mini is a key aim for car cops.
This fresh garaging explanation is perfect. It makes sense. To make it work William Cardiff has fitted a pair of double doors to his front room to permit him to drive the mini in and out whenever he needs to do so.
He further asserts that “Classic cars are a prime target for thieves, particularly so at present when money is tight.” But the sad thing is that stealing mini does not render any benefit from anti-theft gadgets to defend them from the light-fingered.
This is for the 3rd time this year that Ford has increased its prices and hints that there may be more increase in price to come.
The reason given by the corporate is that the failing of the pound against the Euro had made it obligatory to increase its prices.
In February the increase was by 4.7% followed by 3.5% in April and now it is 4% rise.
This current augment will alter the list price of a Ford Fiesta by £600, by £650 of a Focus and a Mondeo, by £700 of an S-Max and by £800 of a Galaxy.
According to the Managing Director of Ford Britain, Nigel Sharp Ford is responding to the continued weakness of the pound against the Euro. This was followed by most of the UK auto industry. Even with the current support of the pound, the need to improve collected losses due to the weakness of the pound may as well lead to further price increases.
A Smart classed hydrogen city car is contrived by British-based university students. This car will be unveiled next week.
The Riversimple Urban Car formulated by teams at Oxford and Cranfield universities gets its power supplied from a 6kw fuel cell. It can go up to 50mph and has an ambit of more than 200 miles.
Its proportions are not bigger than a Smart and its weight is only 350kg. It utilizes a tiny fuel cell and thus requires a smaller amount of hydrogen to be stored on board and also in fuelling stations.
It boasts a lightweight complex body and 4 electric motors on each wheel. These motors and its power double as brakes and electricity generators. A bank of mega capacitors store the electricity, which allows for most of the quickening power.
The cars will be rented for a minimum of 20 years, with fuelling included in the renting cost. The materials will be cast-off at the closing stages of each car’s lifespan.
A fresh and extraordinary edition Fiat Bravo has just been declared to partake in an international charity driving expedition which will be taking place in capital cities across Europe to Turin, Italy.
The new Bravo MSN Special Series is the outcome of a teamwork between Fiat and internet giant MSN.
It is founded on a Bravo 1.4 and is equipped with standard Sony Ericsson mobile phone engineering.
The Bravo MSN Special Series is priced at £13,255. This cost is equal to that of a standard 1.4 16V Active.
The difference is that the Bravo MSN Special Series offers clients £2,700 worth of free additional equipment.
Along with the navigation and communications outfit, the particularly marked car also has unique grey pearl scent paint with 17″ alloy wheels and a leather guiding wheel.
The Bravo MSN Special Series is connected with the Bravo Tour which is a 3 day drive to Fiat’s Balocco dummy run track near Turin. The European initial points include Lisbon, Madrid, Berlin, London, Rome and Brussels.
Ford is bringing in a fresh 113bhp diesel to its Mondeo Econetic range. This new range will have carbon dioxide discharge of 139g/km which is the lowest CO2 giving out Mondeo.
The new Ford Mondeo Econetic comes in 5 door or estate class and each applies Ford’s 2.0-litre TDCi engine matched to 6 speed transmittance. It gives a blended fuel economy of 54.3mpg to aid it to provide more than 800 miles of driving range.
The competent characteristics include low-rolling resistor tyres and an optimal gear change indicant. It also has an aerodynamics-raising sports suspension, air devices and a rear spoiler.
The interior of the car is fitted with dual-zone automatic temperature control, Bluetooth connectivity with voice control, cruise control, seven airbags and heated front windscreen.
The new models are going to be extended along with the accessible 5 doors or estate 1.8-litre, 123bhp Mondeo Econetic models. This model is on sale at present. The cost starts from £20,795.
Citroen is sincerely in view of producing a variant of its eco-car concept, the C-Cactus.
The C-Cactus notion was first introduced at Frankfurt Motor Show in 2007. The first C-Cactus featured a trimmed interior without any dashboard and a diesel or electric power train.
The goal of Citroen is to develop an uncomplicated, lightweight less carbon car with minimum parts. This variant of C-Cactus if allowed to be manufactured then it will probably feature a 3 cylinder sub-100g/km petrol engine with stop and start technology.
The C-Cactus conception that came out at Frankfurt had a diesel-electric intercrossed power train with a 70bhp diesel engine and 30bhp electric motor giving 83mpg and carbon dioxide expelling of barely 78g/km.
Its top speed was only 93mph and it had fitted in it an electric-only mode for zero-discharges when it runs at low speeds. It had many elements of a usual counterpart and several parts were made from cast-off materials.
Volkswagen is setting up a BlueMotion edition of its Touareg 4×4, extending amended fuel ratio and lesser discharges.
The CO2 emissions is 219g/km. This allows the Touareg BlueMotion to be rated below the tax threshold of less than 225g/km. The price is fixed at £34,150 for the entry-level trim and £37,545 for the SE version.
It is equipped with a well-organized variant of the regular car’s 3.0-litre V6 TDI ordinary rail diesel engine. It produces 223bhp and is matched to a 6 speed automatic tiptronic gearbox.
Revised aerodynamics an optimized engine which has a more effective generator, stumpy undulating resistance tyres and the drive height brought down by 25mm to cut down drag are the different alterations introduced.
It also has regenerating braking system which is utilized to recharge the battery when the vehicle is in motion. This helps in reduction of the workload of the engine and cuts fuel expenditure further.
Infiniti has announced the UK prices for its all-wheel drive FX SUV. This is the first model in its ambit which will be on sale in UK.
3 versions of the FX SUV will be obtainable. The FX37 which will be available in 2 trim levels that is GT and S. These will be powered by a 3.7-litre V6 petrol engine that produces 316bhp and 266lb-ft of torsion, which impels 0-62mph in 6.8 seconds.
The FX50S which is more powerful includes a 5.0-litre V8 unit that generates 385bhp and 369lb-ft of torsion, which results in 62mph from a fixed start in 5.8 seconds before attaining a top speed of 155mph.
Infiniti is a luxury with the FX37 GT starting price at £42,600, £44,600 for the FX37 S and £53,800 for FX50 S. Maintenance costs will also be equally expensive.
The first model will be available in the UK in September.
Lamborghini is to bring in stop/start, intercrossed engineering and biofuels in its cars. This is done in order to reduce its carbon dioxide discharges by 35% by the year 2015.
To facilitate achievement of its determined aim all potential Lamborghinis will be cleaner than the present variety. The potential Lamborghinis can also show off increased amount of efficiency, lesser polluting engines with a reduced amount of internal friction.
Stop/start and hybrid technology is also to be used to the range and also engines which make use of biofuel will also be introduced.
The aim of Lamborghini is to accomplish a 30% CO2 decrease in its Sant’Agata Bolognese plant by the coming year. This will also aid the firm to add solar panels to generate a basis for green electricity.
The firm will get an additional saving from insulating the full plant and amending the effectiveness of the lighting and heating structure.
The new engine which is a super clean engine for Scuderi is revealed. It is a two-cylinder engine which extends discharges at the rate of almost 80% down on an equivalent mighty four-cylinder unit has been displayed to the public.
According to the Autobeat Daily reports, the Scuderi Group has been testing this ‘split-cycle‘ engine in San Antonio, Texas, and they formulated a new system of pneumatic valves which make possible adequate airflow all the way through the engine.
In a split-cycle unit one of its cylinders efficiently functions as an air compressor, and carries out the input and solidity levels of the combustion cycle. The second cylinder assumes the exhaust and control release degrees of the split-cycle.
Scuderi will create a turbocharged variation of this 1-litre unit, and it feels to have this variant ready for assembly next year.