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Juke Nissan 1.5

The Juke small diesel SUV remains heavily accented sporty, easy driving and tasty, but with a singular disadvantage and is front wheel drive only, and that the offer no combination of AWD and the diesel engine .
With it, you define a Juke for more miles and use less focused on the field. Maintains the agility and fun design, purchase costs a bit more compared to its diesel alternative – 1,600 € more today – and will be amortized over the miles. Because if the Juke has a new selling point is its consumption-tight in the 1.5 dCi.
Driving the Nissan Juke, you feel immediately with full control, change management is excellent, with perfectly defined six gears and a very good early, is a relatively light car, and its 240 Nm of torque are very soon available. The 110 hp coming from the usual rounds of the 4000 most common diesel. Read the rest of this entry »
Rolls Royce Phantom Electric Car

The electric prototype is intended to analyze the use and functions of an electric Rolls. He returned to base after a tour of tests.
Rolls presented at the last Geneva Motor Show in March, a prototype electric Phantom of the model. Before its possible commercialization, Rolls has toured with him to conclude whether an electric car may be in the philosophy of Rolls Royce.
Electricity is still a lot of limitations, and is an emerging technology, so that the brand does not have guaranteed that electric Rolls is the taste and needs of customers of the brand.
After the tour test, the Phantom has returned to its base in West Sussex, now it’s time to recap data.
Market research is being collated and the company will publish its findings in the first quarter of 2012.
Rolls-Royce to Make All-Electric Phantom
Rolls-Royce has announced plans to make an all-electric Phantom called the 102EX.
The car is a one-off project to be unveiled March 1 at the Geneva Motor Show. After the show it’ll tour the world as a tester to see whether an electric drivetrain might be feasible for the Rolls-Royce brand, both in terms of functionality and in terms of consumer perception.
“It is the company’s intention to carefully test the opinions and reactions to alternative drivetrain options of a range of stakeholders including owners, enthusiasts, members of the public and the media,” a press release said. Read the rest of this entry »
Volvo V60 Hybrid plug-in for return of the year
First under the name Volvo D6 and first diesel hybrid plug-in market. Wheel drive with 215 hp at the front with the help of an electric motor in the rear.
Last Volvo V60 launch a new hybrid that is plug and diesel. This opens a new market as this combination has not yet given.
The new V60 features a diesel engine that drives the front with an available 215 hp power. This is a 5-cylinder turbo diesel engine and 2.4 liters that is joined by other estimable electric power and that are 75 hp which can contribute to the system. The maximum torque is 440 Nm heat which is joined from the first shift of 200 Nm electric motor.
Volvo’s new hybrid has its peculiarities. It’s a 4×4, but to 120 km / h, and you can choose the type of driving. Besides the three types more or less usual, you can force a form to have at one time the largest electric range, and then also 4×4 driving force. Read the rest of this entry »
Audi Q3, new customization options
The S line sports package is available for the Audi Q3 Ambition. Includes cloth combination sports seats in sprint / leather, which in turn may be in nappa leather or Alcantara / leather. It also offers alloy wheels 18 “matte brushed aluminum inserts and various distinctive interior, front fenders or door sills.
The new S line exterior package provides for all versions of the Audi Q3 full color painting of the body, as well as a front and rear bumpers sporty design dial. The single-frame grille-Audi-is reinforced with a chrome vertical slats enhance the image of the vehicle. Read the rest of this entry »
Types of cars
Tourism:
Car segments (global), from city cars to luxury sedans. They come with two and four side doors and with different body styles: hatchback, liftback, sedans and family. Designed to carry people with capacity of up to nine seats or less.
Minivan:
Tall car where the engine compartment, cabin and trunk are integrated into one. Recently have gained popularity, especially among families with several children, the high number of seats that these cars offer.
Coupe:
Car with two side doors whose rounded roof falls slowly, accompanied by the form of rear window and trunk lid. They usually have capacity for two or four people. Read the rest of this entry »
Aftermarket Auto Sales
When you are buying aftermarket parts online you will be overwhelmed with the options for suppliers. Aftermarket parts have become increasingly popular over the last few years and more and more suppliers are popping up all the time. There is new technology and new advances that have made it easier to create quality parts that offer better performance, better control, more safety and longer durability.
With so many choices it is hard to determine what supplier is best to buy from. With a little bit of homework and a few helpful tips it can be much easier to decide. The first thing you should do is check out the directories online that offer reviews and feedback from real customers on suppliers offering auto parts. The reviews will help you determine if the supplier is offering quality parts at a good price and if they have a warranty that you can live with for their parts.
Once you narrow down your search to a few suppliers, do a side by side comparison of them and determine which one offers the best quality parts at the best price. Always take into consideration the warranty, the better the warranty the better quality materials that are most likely used. Be sure that the supplier offers parts like mopar parts and Jeep Wrangler parts that are designed specifically to your vehicle so that you get the same performance and durability as with factory parts. There are great dealers out there, find the one that’s best.