Volkswagen company presented the official information on updated coupe-cabriolet Eos which will be presented general public in November on autoshow in Los Angeles. Car sales in the European market begin in January of next year.
New Volkswagen's Style
Coupe-cabriolet Eos became one of latest models in scale of the company of Volkswagen which received a new corporate stylish design. The car lost the big chromeplated moulding in a front part of a body and received other headlights with light-emitting diode sections, a radiator enclosure with three horizontal strips and other front bumper with the increased air intake and new fog lights.
Interior modernisation of VW Eos is less appreciable: new steering wheel and other panel of devices. Quality of finishing materials Besides, improved and the list of variants of leather furnish of an interior extended. Also, in the list of options of the car: an updated safety system of carbon car wheels, adaptive headlights of head light and possibility of remote control by a developing metal roof from a key.
In the European car market the novelty will be offered with three gasoline engines capacity 122, 160 and 210HP which can work together with 6-step mechanic transmission. Automatic transmission «DSG» with two clutches is accessible only to the most powerful variant. Besides, the car also can be ordered and with a 140-strong 2-litre diesel engine.
Firm Smart which is affiliated company Mercedes-Benz, has expanded a ruler of accessories for tiny model Fortwo. This time to potential clients have presented a series of the stickers, new light-emitting diode lanterns and accessories BRABUS for an interior.
Stickers by Timo Wuerz for Smart
Variants of stickers — six, all of them are thought up by artist Timo Wuerz who worked together with Mercedes-Benz Accessories GmbH. The company asserts, that stickers are capable to hold on on the car a minimum five years. Besides, they at any moment can be unstuck, not having left thus any traces on a body. Cost of stickers: 250 euros.
Interior of Fortwo
Demountable light-emitting diode dimensional fires BRABUS will manage in 549 euros, thus they are well combined with standard optics. Light-emitting diode stoplight BRABUS which fastens in a back part of the car (129 euros) besides, is offered.
The new generation of magnificent model BMW of 6 series should be promulgated not earlier than 2011, but already there are the pre-production models, showing, that the car will be equipped by automatically developing metal roof. Thus, in future BMW of 6 series will unite in itself both a coupe and a cabriolet.
Prototype BMW CS
The design new BMW 6 series will borrow set of elements from concept car BMW CS presented in 2007. Under the statement the representative of concern BMW in USA Jim O’Donnell: «New BMW 6 series become the best car of mark for last years».
Since new C4 was issued in 2004, it, as a matter of fact, was never updated.
And to make any changes of the French company it was not required. Model C4 became one of the most successful projects for all history of the French firm. For 4 years the car has dispersed worldwide in the circulation close to a mark of 900 thousand of copies. In 2006 on a motor show in New York it has received the award «Best Design Of Year» within the limits of the world competition «The Car Of Year 2006». The Principal cause of a gain of the higher award was possibility to combine in one — two independent bodies — a coupe and a 5-door hatchback.
Also a considerable role such characteristic feature of design and style of cars Citroen, as smoothness of lines. Despite prestigious awards, heads nevertheless have decided to bring in the car a fresh stream — 4 years for the car, let even very successful, in 21 century term not small though the car droplets is not has become outdated in this time. However to it, as well as any beauty, it was necessary to make changes to the appearance as the constancy, let even very beautiful, can gradually bore. However, any revolutionary changes has not occurred.
In interior have improved a metre panel — now all indications are read out accurately at any degrees of illumination. There from a place over a steering tube have moved a tachometre. There were sockets for connection of entertaining devices of type Apple iPod, and also additional variants of an inner trim. And here a unique wheel with the motionless centre have decided not to touch. Under a car cowl will establish two new gasoline engines which the French company has developed together with BMW, capacity of 120 and 150HP. Representatives Citroen promise that motors have added in productivity, to profitability and became more friendly to environment.
The huge windshield Zenith stretched to the middle of a roof, — the first, on what you pay attention at a sight at novelty Citroen.
"Monoliths" of such sizes were not offered still by any motor-car manufacturer, not saying that on midget cars similar glasses in general were never put! For "forward passengers", windshield Zenith, creates effect of absence of a roof, thus, toning, with smoothly changing depth of blackout, saves their heads from solar beams.
Besides an original windshield, the novelty can brag of excellent aerodynamics of a body (Сх=0,30), promoting reduction of the expense of fuel and harmful emissions in atmosphere. From the moment of the beginning of sales Citroen C3 it will be equipped with a 90-strong turbodiesel with level of emission СО2 of only 99 g/km — in many European Union countries buyers of such cars receive a solid bonus from the state.
By 2011 this model "will even more become green": in a ruler of power units there will be turbodiesels with system Start/Stop of new generation, and also the petrol 3-cylinder motors which are throwing out less of 100 grammes of soot on kilometre of a way.
South Korean company Kumho has presented the project of own off-road car received name Fortis and equipped with an electric power-plant.
As they say in the official press release, appearance of the car has been developed by designer Kumho and the former employee of the Turin design centre of Italian concern Fiat — Rob Dolton.
Bumpers, doors, a cowl, lobbies wings and a back part of a body of the car are made of the processed rubber, and movement an off-road car is carried out at the expense of four electric motors by power of 100 horsepowers everyone which are located in wheels. Energy electromotors receive lithium-ionic of the accumulators located under a floor in the central part of the car from the complete set.
Plans of manufacture of own off-road cars at company Kumho are not present.
The car has been created for demonstration of experimental tyre covers, drawing of a protector at which can change at will of the driver, button pressing in salon. For the best coupling with a covering on impassability the central part of a protector will fall slightly, opening metal "teeth". On an asphalt covering thorns to hide back.
Bugatti has published the second sketch of the new supersedan.
As well as in the first sketch presented last week, the new sketch shows a back part of the car. The novelty will receive characteristic design with two horizontal back lanterns and a vertical central stoplight and the whole eight branch pipes of an exhaust system.
Under the preliminary information, the novelty will be called Bordeaux. The car will receive 8,0-litre turbo-motor W16 from Veyron power of 1001 h.p. with the maximum twisting moment of 1250 Nm.
I will remind, that world premiere Bugatti Bordeaux will take place on autoshow in Frankfurt in September.
