Subaru Celeno Sports Sedan Concept

New Subaru Celeno Sports Sedan Concept, Subaru's relatively boring lineup (barring the STI, and to a lesser extent, the WRX), it's refreshing to find people interested in bringing some new ideas to the brand. In the case of the Celeno, that person is budding car designer Xuacu Pérez Quesada.

for more Mr. Quesada interned for Italdesign and received an M.A. in Transportation Design from the Universidad Politécnica de Valencia; he is obviously not a person playing around on the computer with a bong and some photoshop skills (to those people out there: feel free to keep sending stuff in, we don't mind).

The Subaru Celeno is Quesada's interpretation of a small Subaru with some BMW Visions EfficientDynamics thrown in. It's a sleek four-door coupe seen down the hypothetical line created by Subaru's own Hybrid Tourer.

2010 Steinmetz Opel Astra Specification

The Steinmetz 2010 Opel Astra has premiered at this year's Tuning World Bodensee and besides the aero package, the car additionally appearance a set of new rims and a bargain suspension.

The Steinmetz 2010 Opel Astra has been adapted with redesigned advanced and rear spoilers, a atramentous advanced grille and a roof addle-brain and the aggregation includes able stainless animate aperture handle as an option.

The car's FlexRide System has additionally been tampered with, and the tuner says is has been distinctively developed for burghal cartage but additionally ideal for clue usage, so as a aftereffect the Steinmetz 2010 Opel Astra is not sitting with 30 mm afterpiece to the asphalt.

Completing the amalgamation are the 19 inch ST10 admixture auto featuring a bristles batten architecture and for which the tuner recommends Continental or Michelin tires.

2011 Porsche 918 Spyder hybrid Review

Officially it’s alone a concept, but there’s no agnosticism that activity XG10 -- or the 918 Spyder abstraction -- will pave the way for the abutting Porsche supercar. And what a supercar it is activity to be: in accession to the commonly aspirated, high-revving, 3.4-liter V-8 acceptable for added than 495 hp, the arresting 918 Spyder has three electric motors onboard that add addition 215 hp to the tally. Says Wolfgang Dürheimer, lath affiliate in allegation of R&D: “This car can lap the Nürburgring faster than the Carrera GT. At the aforementioned time, it averages 78 mpg [on the EU active cycle] aback apprenticed gently. Are we activity to body it? We will absolutely accompany some bare sales affairs to the Geneva show, but it’s too aboriginal to allocution pricing, assembly volumes, and timing.

"The cardinal aim is to authenticate that alike a supercar can be environmentally friendly. XG10 promises absolute active pleasure—and a bright conscience. This is a trendsetting and acceptable exceptional artefact that uses the affair of amusing acceptability to its advantage. And it reflects the bequest of Ferry Porsche, who was assertive that sports cars would never go out of fashion.”

XG10 stands for X1, Geneva 2010. X1 is the cipher name of the 918 Spyder, which is alone one adaptation of many. Potential variations accommodate a 918 coupe, an electric 918, and a 918 RS/RSR. This car can be either two- or four-wheel drive, accept constituent electric or gasoline power, appear with an accessible top or a anchored roof, and be either a racer or a artery machine. Its abiogenetic change dates aback to the 1997 Porsche GT1, which was a Le Mans–winning 911 on steroids. That car triggered activity LMP 2000 (Porsche’s agitative Le Mans improvement car), which was apoplectic at the eleventh hour by then-chairman Wendelin Wiedeking, who was consistently added of a numbers man than a car guy.

Thankfully, Wiedeking and his controller, Holger Härter, accustomed Dürheimer to aces up the LMP pieces and catechumen them into the street-legal Carrera GT, which was launched in 2003 and begin 1250 takers. In 2006, Porsche confused on to anatomy the base of the acknowledged RS Spyder. Four years later, we’re witnessing the admission of XG10, which still uses several Carrera GT elements, such as the advanced abeyance and the advanced structure. For 2011, assembly are already admiration LMP1, a chase adaptation of the 918 Spyder, which would accede with planned hybrid-friendly Le Mans regulations

SSC Ultimate Aero II

SSC Ultimate Aero II

hese absolute aboriginal photos appearance the SSC Ultimate Aero II, the additional bearing of America's fastest supercar. It's gotta new attending and a new mission: accost the appellation of world's fastest assembly car from the Bugatti Veyron Super Sport. UPDATE

There already was a time area the American-built SSC Ultimate Aero TT was the world's fastest assembly car, hitting 256 mph with its 1,183-hp 6.2-liter V8. In fact, it was aloof a few weeks ago. But again ze Germans stepped in to abduct the almanac with their adorned Veyron Super Sport and its 268 mph top speed. As anon as it happened the association at Shelby SuperCars aback started talking about their affairs for an alike added ultimate Aero.

Alfa Romeo MiTo Turismo Sport Edition

Alfa Romeo MiTo Turismo Sport Edition

Alfa Romeo UK is affable a new appropriate copy adaptation of the adventurous bunched Alfa MiTo to its showrooms this month. Brimming with added agreeable and attainable from aloof £199 a ages with a £1,000 deposit, the Alfa MiTo has never been so enticingly accessible.

The new Alfa MiTo Turismo Sport combines head-turning design, activating achievement and engineering technology with an added £1,610 account of alternative accessories – all from aloof £12,895 OTR.

To add to an already adorable package, barter can additionally booty advantage of Alfa’s latest accounts accord that delivers the MiTo Turismo Sport 1.4 16V 95bhp from aloof £199 a ages with alone a £1,000 drop required.

The new antic copy will be attainable in a best of three visually arresting colors –Solid Black (as standard), Biancospino White or the new Alfa Metallic Red.

There is added best to be had back it comes to agent ability for the MiTo Turismo Sport.

The active 1.4 16V 95bhp petrol adaptation attainable from £12,895 OTR is abutting by the acclaimed 1.3 JTDM-2 95bhp MultiJet turbodiesel, which is attainable from £14,410 (£219 a ages with a £1000 deposit).

While the 95bhp 16V petrol agent provides a fun and agreeable drive, the avant-garde additional bearing MultiJet turbodiesel agent -JTDM-2 -perfectly complements the Alfa MiTo aesthetics of low emissions (112g/km of CO2) and ammunition burning (65.7mpg on the accumulated cycle) after compromising achievement and disciplinarian achievement (0-62mph in 11.6 seconds).

On top of the already absorbing accepted accessories begin in the MiTo Turismo; such as air conditioning and advanced Alfa D.N.A technology, the Alfa MiTo Turismo Sport appropriate copy includes 16” admixture wheels, rear spoiler, cruise control, Blue & Me™ technology, fog lights and a covering council caster accumulation audio and buzz controls.

2010 Alfa Romeo 2uettottanta Concept

It's all about the anniversaries up actuality in Geneva. Alfa Romeo is adulatory its centenary, and like the appearance itself, Pininfarina is appearance its 80th this year. And back a architecture abode as admired as Pininfarina is celebrating, you bigger accept it'll be mouthwatering.

The quizzically called 2uettottanta abstraction is Pininfarina's eyes for how a next-generation Alfa spider should look. And we can't advice but agree. The 2uettottanta represents the acme of an age-old affiliation amid the two Italian firms, and pays accolade to the iconic 60s-era Duetto roadster. Power is (theoretically, at least) provided by a bashful 1.7-liter turbo four, longitudinally army in admiration to the 1750 Veloce.

We could go on about the details, but there's a columnist absolution for that. A Pininfarina abstraction is about design, and you can see it for yourself in the alive and banal high-res angel galleries below.

2011 Hyundai Sonata Preview

This is 2011 Hyundai Sonata Preview.The 2011 Hyundai Sonata has only been on sale for a few months, but it's already winning over many American mid-size sedan buyers, and we've been every impressed by what we've found in our first drive and review. However, the rakish new Sonata could face a recall. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has launched an investigation into about 16,300 Sonatas due to potential steering issues.

NHTSA has accustomed letters that adduce problems with either a break of the high accepted collective in the average council shaft assembly. The aftereffect is a complete accident of council capability, admitting the accepted collective was not absolutely separated.

Hyundai says that it is blind of any accidents or injuries affiliated to this affair and that it is absolutely allied with NHTSA on the investigation. The automaker additionally says that it had accustomed letters of two cartage with a council botheration affiliated to the high accepted joint, but that both were repaired after issue. Expect the after-effects of NHTSA's analysis to be appear in the advancing weeks.

2011 Honda CR-Z Review Specification

Okay, so the 2011 Honda CR-Z isn't absolutely the modern-day CRX redux that we were all acquisitive for. Mildly upsetting, yes, but conceivably this disappointment blah our antecedent consequence of this newest amalgam alms from Honda. We still acquire abounding questions about its anatomy and function, but charge to acquire the actuality that times acquire changed, Honda's artefact strategies acquire been realigned to the times and the CRX shall abide a avant-garde archetypal – abnormally the Si. Besides, this little two-seat amalgam isn't absolutely all that bad. Really.

What we acquire actuality is an inherently acceptable agent that doesn't accomplish a accomplished lot of sense. It alone has two seats and its EPA ammunition abridgement numbers are underwhelming. A Ford Fiesta, for example, is added functional, beneath big-ticket and gets about the aforementioned accumulated ammunition abridgement – at atomic compared to a manual-equipped CR-Z like our tester.

But don't address off the CR-Z completely. It may be a boxy advertise back looked at from a big account perspective, but on its own, it's a appealing acceptable little whip. Follow the jump to acquisition out why.

Audi A5 Coupe wallpaper

Inside, sports seats with an electrically adjustable lumbar support provide a secure seating position for spirited driving. The seats are upholstered in a cloth/leather combination or in Fine Nappa leather, both of which feature an embossed S line logo. Available for the first time in the A5 is the new perforated Alcantara/leather upholstery, with the perforations in the seat centre section backed in contrasting silver.

Other typical S line items in the A5 include: the S line 3-spoke leather-covered sports steering wheel, inlays in matt brushed aluminum, and the S line logo on the door sill trims and front wings. Exclusive exterior colors include Misano Red and Avus Silver.

Characteristic features of the S line exterior package are distinctive front and rear bumpers and side ventilation grilles at the front. The diffuser insert at the rear and the central bar on the lower side of the front bumper are finished in platinum grey.

Pricing

Prices for a manual transmission A5 starts at $39,900 with the automatic transmission option raising the sticker to $41,200.

2011 Toyota Avalon Review Spec

This is 2011 Toyota Avalon Review Spec.Have you seen the TV commercials for the 2011 Toyota Avalon? One particular 30-second spot sticks out. It's shot through a 1960's filter and features an old-fashioned voiceover, cheesy elevator music and an airline pilot driving the big Toyota sedan on a cloud with a pretty flight attendant in the passenger seat. It's like something the Mad Men crew would create, minus the misogyny.

2011 Toyota Avalon Base Sedan Performance & Efficiency Standard Features
- Engine: 3.5L V 6 double overhead cam with VVT ( 10.8 :1 compression ratio ; four valves per cylinder)
- Fuel: unleaded ( 87 octane)
- Fuel consumption: city= 20 (mpg); highway= 29 (mpg); combined= 23 (mpg); vehicle range: 425 miles
- Multi-point injection fuel system
- 18.5 gallon fuel tank
- Power: 268 HP ( 200 kW) @ 6,200 rpm; 248 ft lb of torque ( 336 Nm) @ 4,700 rpm
2011 Toyota Avalon Base Sedan Handling, Ride & Braking Standard Features
- ABS
- Brake assist system
- Four disc brakes including two ventilated discs
- Electronic brake distribution
- Electronic traction control via ABS & engine management
- Immobilizer
- Fullsize alloy rim spare wheel
- Stability control
- Strut front suspension independent with stabilizer bar and coil springs, multi-link rear suspension independent with stabilizer bar and coil springs
2011 Toyota Avalon Base Sedan Exterior & Aerodynamics Standard Features
- Painted front and rear bumpers
- Day time running lights
- Driver power heated painted door mirrors with automatic operation indicator lights, passenger power heated painted door mirrors indicator lights
- External dimensions: overall length (inches): 197.6, overall width (inches): 72.8, overall height (inches): 58.5, wheelbase (inches): 111.0, front track (inches): 62.2, rear track (inches): 61.6 and curb to curb turning circle (feet): 36.9
- Front fog lights
- Projector beam lens halogen bulb headlights
- Luxury trim leather on gearknob, wood/woodgrain on doors and wood/woodgrain on dashboard
- Mica paint
- Fixed rear window with defogger
- Glass electric front sunroof
- Weights: curb weight (lbs) 3,572
- Windshield wipers with variable intermittent wipe
2011 Toyota Avalon Base Sedan Interior Standard Features
- 12v power outlet: front
- Air conditioning with fully automated climate control 2 and auto
- Diversity antenna
- Anti-theft protection
- Manufacturer's own audio system with satellite and CD player CD player reads MP3
- Cargo capacity: all seats in place (cu ft): 14.4
- Clock
- Coming home device
- Compass
- Computer with average speed, average fuel consumption, instantaneous fuel consumption and range for remaining fuel
- Floor and overhead console
- Delayed/fade courtesy lights
- Cruise control
- Front seats and rear seats cup holders
- External temperature
- Driver front airbag with multi-stage deployment, passenger front airbag with occupant sensors and multi-stage deployment
- Bucket electrically adjustable driver seat with height adjustment, lumbar adjustment, five adjustments and tilt adjustment electric, electric and electric, bucket electrically adjustable passenger seat with two adjustments
- Height adjustable 3-point reel front seat belts on driver seat and passenger seat with pre-tensioners
- Front seat center armrest
- Garage door opener
- Two height adjustable active head restraints on front seats, three height adjustable head restraints on rear seats
- Headlight control with dusk sensor
- Internal dimensions: front headroom (inches): 38.9, rear headroom (inches): 37.5, front hip room (inches): 55.8, rear hip room (inches): 56.2, front leg room (inches): 41.3, rear leg room (inches): 40.9, front shoulder room (inches): 59.4, rear shoulder room (inches): 58.2 and interior volume (cu ft): 106.9
- Knee airbags driver
- Low tire pressure indicator
- Parking distance sensors rear and camera
- Remote power locks speed sensing
- Power steering
- Front and rear power windows with two one-touch
- Front and rear reading lights
- 3-point reel rear seat belts on driver side, passenger side and center side
- Rear seat center armrest with trunk access
- Three fixed bench front facing reclining rear seats with zero adjustments manual
- Automatic operation rear view mirror
- Steering wheel mounted remote audio controls
- Remote control remote trunk/hatch release
- Front and rear side curtain airbag
- Leather seat upholstery with additional leather
- Seating: five seats
- Service interval indicator
- Front side airbag
- Nine speaker(s)
- Leather covered steering wheel with tilt adjustment and telescopic adjustment
- Tachometer
- Illuminated driver and passenger vanity mirror
- Ventilation system with micro filter
- Voice activating system includes phone


Read more: http://www.motortrend.com/cars/2011/toyota/avalon/specifications/index.html#ixzz0yHBbPBg5
That Toyota's marketing team produced such a commercial proves they know exactly who buys the Avalon: people who were alive and watching television 50 years ago. Since a "jet-smooth ride" and "quiet cabin" don't set an enthusiast's soul ablaze, we're taking Toyota's hint and getting in the mood for our review of the updated Avalon by donning a cardigan, ordering a scotch and soda and developing a one-sided friendship with Alex Trebec. So let's phrase it in the form of a question: How good is the 2011 Toyota Avalon? Follow the jump to find out.

2011 Five Axis Scion iQ Show Car Specification

As allotment of the North American admission of the all-new 2011 Scion iQ exceptional micro-subcompact car, Bristles Axis has created a appropriate iQ appearance car for affectation at the 2010 New York All-embracing Auto Appearance (NYIAS). Bristles Axis’ iQ appearance car demonstrates the claimed customization alike with all Scions.

Elegance and composure were the primary influences for the iQ appearance car. This is axiomatic with its different exoteric blush alleged Titanium, consisting of fair bismuth argent that is absolute with atramentous chrome.

Inside, the appropriate iQ appearance car is appointed with custom leather-trimmed seats and aperture inserts and an Ultrasuede® EcoDesign™ headliner. Different upholstery is provided by Little John’s Interior Concepts and custom attic mats were provided by Chilewich. 2011 Five Axis Scion iQ Show Car Specification

Luxury Amphibious Motor Coach

An old adventure of RV Today talked about an amphibian RV. Once I was assertive that my eyes absolutely were seeing things correctly, I anticipation about what an absorbing abstraction it is to accept an RV that turns into a baiter (watch the video yourself at Amphibian RV Video). What a attestation to American adeptness and resourcefulness! It additionally highlights the assortment in the RV industry there absolutely is an RV archetypal to clothing any affairs and budget.

Luxury Amphibious Motor Coach

Cool Amphibian Manufacturers International custom builds anniversary amphibian agent from the arena up appropriate actuality lebron basketball shoes in America. The absolute bulb in New York State will be supplemented by one currently beneath architecture in South Carolina. The bargain kobe shoes amount of the RV starts at $850,000. CAMI owners John and Julie Giljam founded the aggregation in 1999. John has been designing and architecture able specialty cartage his absolute developed life. CAMI additionally currently builds amphibian bout buses and an amphibian sports car.