Partner of Ford in China, Chang’ the year revealed a berlina of about fifteen cm longer than Focus which it makes.

Chang’ the year Zhixiang, formerly known under the name of code CV8, will make its debuts for the show of Peking this weekend. This average berlina of 4,6 meters welcomes under the hood an engine 2 liters of 150 hp. It four cylinders develops 192 Nm in 4500 tr / min.
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Chrysler and Nissan are together going to work within the framework of exchanges: a pick-up for Nissan and a small automobile for Chrysler.

In the term of the agreement between both builders, Chrysler will produce a big pick-up which he will supply to Nissan in 2011 on base of Dodge Ram. From his part, the Japanese will supply a wheelchair to Chrysler, in 2010, basing on a new platform. It is not the first collaboration between both marks because Nissan is already going to supply its compact berlin Overturned to Chrysler, for the South American market.

Besides, Chrysler indicated its collaboration with the Chinese Chery would continue in spite of the delay taken in the development of vehicles. Finally, according to the agency Bloomberg, the production of the Jeep Order should be abandoned in 2009, for lack of sufficient sales.

The English radical craftsman brings out a racing car to the report weight power totally insane.

Superlight R500 welcomes under its long hood, an engine 2 liters Ford Duratec of 263 horses peaking in 8500 tr / min. The power will be passed on in back wheels via a manual box or via a sequential box to six reports each. What knocks especially, it is its 490 kg weight. So that this automobile shows a report of more than 500 hp by ton. From then on, it is not surprising to bank on one 0 - 100 in 3 s to keep it on the road, this Caterham receives an antiskating and so to avoid that the wheels of 13 thumbs made too many whims.

1000 horses by ton. It gives an idea of the extreme eccentricity of this version announced by the Ariel Atom.

The Ariel Atom is a very light minimalist car because almost without body. With its 300 hp, it is already a toy for the driver who ruffles the hair openly. And indeed the British craftsman still goes farther with the installation of V8 2.4 Russel Savory ( RS) any aluminium showing 500 horses in 10.000 tr / min. Given that the whole weighs hardly more than 500 kg, the report weight power is simply colossal. The transmission appeals to a sequential box to six reports Sadev. We do not still know the performances of this ground-to-ground missile which will arrive during the year, but the version of 300 hp already makes a success of one 0 - 100 in 3 and reaches 100 mph (approximately 161 kph) in 7 s Then with 500 hp, this funny machine should annihilate all which runs on road or almost.

In the show of New York, the Korean builder presented his Genesis Coupé with more than 300 hp under the hood.

Built on base of the berlina Hyundai Genesis revealed in 2007, the coupe takes advantage however of a muscular motorization, just like V6 of 3,8 liters. This last one develops 310 hp in 6000 tr/min and a couple of 356 Nm. Hyundai can so cross 0 to 100 kph in 6 sec and in 240 kph. More wisely, Genesis Coupe will also exist with one 2 liters turbo, in four cylinders, of 223 horses in 6000 tr/min showing hurriedly state-of-the-art 220 kph. This propulsion has a manual box to six reports either automatic in five speeds for the 2.0t and in six speeds for V6.

Hyundai is 4630 mm long, for a footing 2820 mm, 1865 mm wide and 1380 mm high. It puts shoes on wheel rims of 18 or 19 thumbs in five sticks. The driver will have in front of him two big analogical meters to watch his speed and the regime of the engine. The music lovers will appreciate the possibility of connecting their audio reader to the system Infinity. Bucket seats are heating. And the car starts via a button thanks to the key system in pocket.

Genesis Coupe will arrive on the Asian and American markets in 2009. In Europe, a number limited by copies could arrive a little later.

Citroën launches a new model for the Chinese market. C-Élysée is really an evolution of the berlin Élysée.

The French builder makes build a specific range by Dông Feng Peugeot Citroën Automobiles ( DPCA). Among this one we found the Élysée derived of the ZX, disappeared to us. It received one face-topspin in front to make it look like the last realizations in chevrons. Furthermore, her name is henceforth C-Élysée. This one thus akes back the torch, for China, of the family berlina ” in the international standards ” in moderate price. The relifting also gets wheel rims, back lights, seats and shutter of chest henceforth automatic opening. Mechanically, it is also equipped, for the occasion, with a modern antiblocking, with a Bluetooth, with a jukebox on hard disk and with a connection USB. Citroën indicates that C-Élysée underwent 300 improvements with regard to the Élysée. It will be under the light of the objectives during the show of Peking from April 24th.

The range Hyundai finds a break with the declension CW of it i30. It also appears as being one of the least expensive cars of its segment.

With regard to the berlin, i30 CW is longer (4,47 m 23 cms) and higher (1,52 m 4 cms). The footing was also stretched out. Taking advantage of the specificity of its body, this break Hyundai, the first one since 1996, proposes 415 liters of safe with the raised footpath. This volume crosses in 1395 liters pulled down seats, that is 145 more than the berlina. This safe is also endowed with a compartment hidden under the bottom of the safe.

The offer of motorization is very variable according to markets. In France, the break i30 runs) only to the diesel oil while solutions gasoline exist besides. It is thus only available in two motorizations CRDi 1.6 liters, 90 or 115 ch with a possibility of box automobile for this last engine.

For the rest, we find the look of it i30 with Thomas Bürkle’s leg, European Chief Designer, ex–BMW. For the back, he placed the vertical optical blocks rise rather high. In the cockpit, one lit bluish LED sets the tone and is supposed, as it is explained us, ” to create a really European atmosphere ” because the Koreans conceived this range i30 in Europe and for Europe.