Volkswagen e-Golf will have it's debut in 2013
Car and Driver released today a news about the 7th generation of Volkswagen Golf, equipped with an electric motor powered by a lithium-ion battery. Proposed 1st as "Volkswagen blue-e-motion", the guys from Volkswagen renamed it in a friendlier manner ... "E-Golf". The battery that poweres the E-Golf will have 30 modules each, generation a total output of 115 horse power and 270 Nm of torque. The top speed reached by the Volkswagen E-Golf is 135 km/h. The 100 km/ mark is reached in 11.8 seconds.
Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. (FHI), the manufacturer of Subaru automobiles, announced that it held a line-off ceremony at Subaru’s Gunma Main Plant (Ota-city, Gunma Prefecture, Japan) with Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) President Akio Toyoda and honored guests in attendance, in commemoration of the production start of the Subaru BRZ and Toyota 86. FHI and TMC first agreed on business collaboration in October 2005. After the companies expanded their cooperative ties with new agreements related to development and production in April 2008, they then began four years of development. The completion of this joint-development product also marks a great achievement of the alliance between FHI and TMC.
2013 GMC Terrain Denali will feature 19" wheels on the V6 model, satin chrome accents, new headlights and taillights and a dual exhaust. Inside there's a leather-wrapped steering wheel with mahogany wood accents, Denali-embossed leather seats and illuminated Denali sill plates. A brand new V6 3.6 L engine will replace the 3.0 V6 in the Terrain line-up. The new engine will generate with 30 HP more than the previous version, resulting a total output of 301 HP and 272 lb.-ft. Also, a 2.4 L engine is available with an output of 182 HP and 172 lb.-ft. Technology updates like Bluetooth, Pandora and Stitcher integration and iPod controls are available. The price of the 2013 GMC Terrain Denali has not been released yet.
Dacia Lodgy is available in 4 versions, with prices starting from 9.900 euros. With 7 seats, Dacia Lodgy is a family MPV, the 1st of a new generation of Dacia models. The Lodgy has a new dashboard design with a new centre fascia-mounted radio, multimedia MEDIA NAV system with 7" wide-screen display. Other chrome trim details : centre console surround, door handles, gear lever knob insert, logo surround, door handles, plus gloss black details for centre fascia and steering wheel. Other features like door-mounted fron/rear electric window controls, door mirror adjustment control on the left-hand side of the dashboard and heater/climate controls towards the top of the centre console.
The trailblazing Audi hatchback credited with filtering the premium feel-good factor through to the compact class is about to raise the stakes yet again as the all-new A3 debuts in Geneva with an evolutionary new look and revolutionary leaps in quality, technological sophistication and driver appeal. The third generation of the three-door model is the first to break cover in Switzerland, and will open for UK order in spring priced from approximately £19,000 ahead of first deliveries in September. CO2 emissions of as little as 99g/km in the new A3 have been made possible with the help of ‘Audi ultra’ lightweight technology, which has enabled it to tip the scales an impressive 80 kg lighter than its predecessor. The aluminium front wings and bonnet help in this regard, and contribute to a class-beating kerb weight of just 1,175kg for the 1.4 TFSI model. In terms of dimensions, the new A3 is virtually identical to its predecessor in length and height at 4,237mm and 1,421mm respectively, but it features a longer 2,601mm wheelbase in the interest of dynamic composure and interior packaging. It is also slightly wider at 1,777mm.