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640i shown Canadian has designs on BMW cars
MICHAEL BETTENCOURT
Sunday, 15 July 2012
BMW 745 Li 2005
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Wednesday, 27 June 2012
Porsche Carrera 911 4S Car in Pakistan
PakistanPorsche Carrera 911 4S Car Price in Status Available
Summary
Engine
3,800 cc 11 Colors Available
Black, Guards Red, Car...
Black, Guards Red, Carrara White, Speed Yellow, Basalt Black Mettalic, Dark Blue Mettalic, Ice Blue Mettalic, Macadamia Mettalic, Metior Grey Mettalic, Aqua Blue Mettalic, Porsche Racing Green Mettalic
Transmission
Automatic Fuel Type
Petrol
Air Conditioner Yes Anti Lock Braking SystemYes
Power WindowsYes Air BagsYes
Power SteeringYes Leather SeatsYes
CD PlayerYes Central LockingYes
Dimensions and Weights Porsche Carrera 911 4S
Overall Length (mm) 4,435
Overall Width (mm) 1,852
Overall Height (mm) 1,300
Wheel Base (mm) 2,350
Ground Clearance (mm) N/A
Boot Space (liter) 135
Kerb Weight (kg) 1,880
No of Doors 2
Fuel Economy Porsche Carrera 911 4S
Mileage Highway (km/liter) N/A
Mileage City (km/liter) N/A
Mileage Overall (km/liter) N/A
Capacities Porsche Carrera 911 4S
Seating Capacity (person) 4
Fuel Tank Capacity (liter) 67 L
Performance Porsche Carrera 911 4S
Maximum Speed 297 Km/Hour
Engine Porsche Carrera 911 4S
Displacement cc 3,800
Engin Power (PS@rpm) 379.5 [384.77] @ RPM
Torque (Nm@rpm) 420[42.42] @ 4,400
Valve Mechanism N/A
Compression Ratio 12.5 : 1
No of Cylinders (cylinder) 6
Cylinder Configuration N/A
Valves per Cylender (value) N/A
Fuel Type Petrol
Fuel System DFI injects fuel
Transmission Porsche Carrera 911 4S
Transmission Type Automatic
Gears/Speeds 7
Suspensions Porsche Carrera 911 4S
Front Suspension N/A
Rear Suspension N/A
Steering Porsche Carrera 911 4S
Steering Type sensitive
Power Assisted Yes
Minimum Turning Radius (meter) 10.9 m
Brakes Porsche Carrera 911 4S
Front Brakes N/A
Rear Brakes N/A
Wheels and Tyres Porsche Carrera 911 4S
Wheel Type Carrera S II
Wheel Size 19-inch
Tyres N/A
Feature Porsche Carrera 911 4S Availability Porsche Carrera 911 4S
Air Conditioner Yes
Power Windows Yes
Power Door Locks Yes
Power Steering Yes
Anti-Lock Braking System Yes
Traction Control Yes
Air-Bags (Driver | Passenger) Yes | Yes
Immobilizer Yes
Cup Holders No
Folding Rear-Seat No
Rear Wash Wiper Yes
Alloy Wheels Yes
Tubeless Tyres Yes
Central Locking Yes
Remote Boot/Fuel-Lid Yes
Steering Adjustment Yes
Tachometer Yes
Front Fog Lights Yes
Rear Defroster No
Defogger (Rear) Yes
Leather Seats Yes
Power Seats Yes
AM/FM Radio Yes
Cassette Player No
CD Player Yes
Sun-Roof | Moon-Roof No | No
Sunday, 17 June 2012
2012 Chevrolet Caprice PPV
The pinched front end, with its anachronistically small grille, opposes a rear that steals its horizontal theme from the current Impala. Both revised end caps are designed to provide higher vagrant clearance. But see the car in silhouette and you’ll quickly make out the G8’s bone structure through the Caprice’s sheet steel.
to luxuriate—at 112 cubic feet, it’s bigger inside than either the Ford Taurus–based Interceptor or the Charger cop cars. And even though it employs a unibody rather than the easy-fixing construction of the Crown Vic, fleet managers will love concessions to swapability such as the bolted rather than welded front crossmember.
We drove the Detective model, with its cloth seats, as opposed to the Patrol model, rendered in fluid-resistant vinyl. Both are available with either a 301-hp version of GM’s 3.6-liter, direct-injected V-6 or (for no extra charge) the G8 GT’s 355-hp, 6.0-liter OHV V-8. A six-speed automatic, installed in both, has a gear-holding sport—nay, pursuit—mode, just like the G8 did.
Because it wore the more basic Detective trim, our press car didn’t have any cool Five-O stuff on it—no partition grate, no lights, and, critically, no rifle holder—but evidence of the cabin’s copification is everywhere. The front seats are scalloped around the love handles to accommodate utility belts, and the Patrol model has an offset shift lever to clear monitors and the like. An optional auxiliary battery can supplement the standard 700-CCA (cold-cranking amps) unit to help keep lights, computers, and recreational tasers juiced up. The entire driver zone, with its cruller-proof plastic steering wheel and just-the-facts-ma’am AM/FM/CD stereo, feels like a single, vast injection-molded piece, a stark but utilitarian carrier for police-communication equipment. Unfortunately, though, the rear is so roomy and the tumblehome so slight that cops will really have to work to slam a perp’s head into the roof. Here’s hoping that the partition will facilitate this important aspect of police work.
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A moment behind the wheel is enough to recognize this as the car born in Australia as a Holden and sent here as the last great Pontiac. The leather-lined cabin may be gone, but what we loved about it before is still here. The ergonomic relationships—pedals, wheel, minor controls—are first-rate, and visibility out is quite good despite the cricket bats posing as A-pillars. Its real appeal, though, is its dynamic integrity, its virtuous and controllable rear-wheel-drive behavior, its quiet and stiff structure. The steering is linear and uncorrupted by power; the heavy-duty brakes are stout and fade-free (even if the cop tires conspire to keep stopping distances at 175 feet); and the spring-stiffened Caprice still loves to get its long wheelbase sideways.
In acceleration tests, the PPV mirrors the G8 GT very closely. It’s off by just a tenth of a second to 60 mph and in the quarter-mile, where it posts 5.3 and 13.9 at 103 mph, respectively. In braking, the Pontiac, shod with Bridgestone Potenza RE050As, beat the PPV by a significant 12 feet from 70 mph, even though lateral grip is equivalent at 0.84 g. So, if you were to drive, say, a Mustang V-6, a Caprice might take you at the line, but you would beat it through corners. This information may prove either helpful or extremely ruinous.
Still, you might wonder why we’re reviewing a car most of us will experience only from the back seat. It’s because this cruiser is a stalking-horse for Chevy’s next rear-wheel-drive sedan, which will wear civilian duds. It will be based on a new version of the Caprice’s Zeta platform, and it will be called Super
Thursday, 14 June 2012
BMW 5 Series 530i
Price £8,000
Make: BMW
Model: 5 Series
Variant: 530i Se 4dr Auto Sat Nav Full Leather Fsh
Year: 2003
Colour: Blue
Fuel type: Petrol
Body type: Saloon
Transmission: Automatic
Doors: 4
Mileage: 53,000
Engine size: 2979 cc
Saturday, 2 June 2012
Volkswagen Beetle Fender Edition
Volkswagen Beetle Fender Edition
- (01-06-2012) 2013 Volkswagen Beetle Fender Edition
- (01-06-2012) 2013 Toyota Yaris Hybrid
- (31-05-2012) 2013 Lexus ES350
- (31-05-2012) 2012 Chrysler 300C
- (31-05-2012) 2013 Mercedes-Benz GL63 AMG
- (30-05-2012) 2013 Volkswagen Scirocco GTS
- (28-05-2012) 2013 BMW 6-Series Gran Coupe UK Version
- (28-05-2012) 2013 Hyundai i20
- (26-05-2012) 2012 BMW Zagato Coupe Concept
- (25-05-2012) 2012 Ferrari SP12 EC
- (25-05-2012) 2012 Renault Alpine A 110-50 Concept
- (24-05-2012) 2013 BMW 7-Series
- (24-05-2012) 2013 BMW 750Li
Ferrari SP12 EC
Ferrari SP12 EC
For a Ferrari enthusiast and great musician like Eric Clapton a one-off car just had to be produced. Designed by the Centro Stile Ferrari in collaboration with Pininfarina and the engineers from Maranello, the Ferrari SP12 EC was created as homage to Clapton's career and his long lasting experience as a Ferrari owner.The world-famous guitar player has been attached to one particular Ferrari model: the 512 BB, of which he has owned three over the years. So his desire was to drive a car inspired by this model, with influences from the multi-award winning 458 Italia. Exclusively in the latest issue of the Ferrari Official Magazine Eric Clapton talks about his passion and how the idea of a one-off car was born.
Meticulous attention in terms of style and technology was paid to the proportions and architecture of the SP12 EC - which is part of Ferrari's One-Off Programme - making this exceptional car even more significant. Just like music is created, applying the right notes in the right places to build a musical score, so was the creative process behind the Ferrari SP12 EC.
For Eric Clapton, following the project through from what was, essentially, a blank canvas, was 'one of the most satisfying things I've ever done." Unique and irreproducible like the final car.
Ferrari and BMW clocked
Ferrari and BMW clocked at 200 km/hr seized
The B.C. government is using its new civil forfeiture law to seize a $235,000 Ferrari and a BMW M6 valued at $75,000 after two drivers were caught street racing.
Thursday, 31 May 2012
Joy For Bmw At Sebring
BMW Team RLL and its M3 GTs had an excellent start to the American Le Mans Series (ALMS) when Dirk Müller, Joey Hand and Jonathan Summerton brought home their number 56 M3 in first place after a grueling 12 hours and 307 laps of the Sebring International Raceway.In contrast to many of their competitors, the BMW drivers managed to keep out of any turmoil in the first half of the race. Their BMW M3 GT cars enabled them to clock consistent lap times, keeping in touch with the front-runners throughout the race. As the race developed, a gripping duel between BMW Team RLL and the two Chevrolet Corvettes kept the fans on their feet, all four cars only seconds apart for several hours. More than ten full-course yellows kept the GT field close until the closing stages of the contest. Only in the dying moments of the race were the BMW drivers were able to seal their second consecutive Sebring GT win. Both Hand and Jörg Müller were both victims of contact in the final minutes of the race. While Hand successfully defended his lead despite driving a heavily damaged car, Jörg Müller lost third position in the ALMS class, eventually finishing in fifth place.
With this win, a BMW M3 has now emerged victorious in the GT class of this event for the fourth time: 1997, 1998, 2011 and 2012. BMW claimed overall victory at the Sebring 12 Hours in 1975 with the BMW 3.0 CSL as well as with the BMW V12 LMR in 1999.
I8 Spyder Concept Revealed
BMW has revealed its third Project i Concept car, the i8 Spyder. While it certainly bears a passing resemblance to the previously seen i8 Concept Coupé this machine is a two-seater only and could pave the way for a real high performance range-topper.For the time being though it’s all about the plug-in hybrid so the i8 Spyder combines an electric motor, a turbocharged petrol engine and lithium ion battery technology. It pushes out some impressive numbers, too. The three-cylinder TwinPower turbo engine develops 223hp and 221lb ft of torque while the electric motor brings an additional 131hp and 184lb ft of torque for combined figures of 354hp and 406lb ft, good enough to haul the i8 Spyder’s 1630kg from 0-62mph in 5.0 seconds on its way to an electronically limited maximum of 155mph. It has plenty of mid-ran ge grunt too, completing the 50-75mph dash in just 4.0 seconds – that’s faster than an E92 M3 and a scant 0.3 seconds slower than the mighty F10 M5. The icing on the cake though is a combined economy of a staggering 94mpg – a figure an M car could only dream of.
The electric motor gets its energy from the car’s lithium ion batteries and can be fully charged via a domestic plug socket in under two hours. The Spyder has a range of 19 miles running on electric power alone, while a high voltage generator hooked up to the combustion engine can generate additional power if needed and store it in the battery. Due to the arrangement of the power sources (with the electric motor driving the front wheels and the rear mounted petrol engine driving the rear wheels), the Spyder can run in front-wheel, rear-wheel or all-wheel drive, the vehicle’s electronics deciding on the optimum configuration depending on the situation.
The i8 Spyder also uses the latest in ConnectedDrive technology to make the most of the car’s advanced features. There’s a camera-based proactive collision warning feature, park assistant and traffic jam assistant too. By using a smart phone the driver can show nearby charging stations, allow the batteries to be charged at pre-determined times and stay informed of the vehicle’s status. Even the interior can be pre-warmed on a cold morning.
Not only does the extensive connectivity of the i8 Concept Spyder allow the driver to integrate the car fully into their life, it also enables the car to assist the driver in a proactive way. For example, the vehicle’s power electronics are linked to the intelligent navigation and traffic guidance systems. If a jam is detected ahead the hybrid system will charge the battery in advance, thereby allowing the car to run in pure electric mode while stuck in traffic, to the benefit of fuel consumption and emissions reduction.
There’s no word yet on whether the i8 Spyder will reach production in a sanitized form, but given BMW’s promise to bring both the Coupé version of the i8 and the i3 to market we wouldn’t want to bet against the Sypder hitting the streets in 2015. If a higher-powered petrol engine could be fitted we’d have a real Supercar on our hands.
Wednesday, 30 May 2012
New BMW 6 Series
Although I stand by the aforementioned opinion, India’s rapidly growing luxury car market and specifically the sports car segment isn’t without reason. Like any petrolhead, I always experience a mad rush of excitement when I see an Aston Martin or a Lamborghini pass by on the city streets. But after reading about the Parx Supercar Shows and the Cannonball Clubs of the country over the past year or so, a sense of how deep our pockets really are suddenly began to sink in.
But that raises the fundamental question of what really governs our thoughts when considering owning a sports car in India. The coupes, cabriolets, convertibles and Grand Tourers on sale today are all high on gloss and glam, but what is really going to change with the homecoming of the BMW’s third generation 6 Series Coupe?
Happy Face, Wider Base
You don’t need to stare for long to realise that this is indeed a gorgeous looking car. Compared to Chris Bangle’s dreary treatment on the outgoing 6 Series, the new one looks far more exciting, to say the least. Gone are the drooping headlights and morose facial expressions, to be replaced by something that is very pleasing to the eye.
The new BMW 6 Series Coupe undoubtedly has a more commanding presence and athletic elegance to it, and the new model’s extra length (4894mm) and width (1894mm) over its predecessor combined with a 5mm lower height has given the third generation model a lustworthy silhouette.
While those neat kidney grille slats emphasize the coupe’s sporting demeanour, the sweeping bonnet flanked by those marvellous looking bi-xenon headlamps and the optional LED foglamps below them endows the car’s front end with a new lease of life.
BMW Approved
Thankfully, every BMW Approved Bodyshop prides itself on returning your car to its original condition, whatever the damage. Below are examples of work that a BMW Approved Bodyshop can undertake.
Sunday, 6 May 2012
BMW M5 Sedan
BMW M5 Sedan
The BMW M5, now in its fifth generation, is the unique combination o f a luxury sedan and a high-performance sports car. The generous seating capacity and the adjustable driving dynamics ensure that up to five passengers can travel as comfortably in it as they can in a BMW 5 Series. And when the M TwinPower Turbo V8 engine and the high-performance drive reveal their true character, it quickly becomes apparent that this sedan carries the motorsport gene.
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BMW Z4 Roadster
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BMW Z4 Roadster
The BMW Z4 Roadster. An Expression of Joy. The modern interpretation of the classic roadster powered by efficient straight six-cylinder petrol engines and transformed into a sports coupé by lowering the retractable hardtop in just 20 seconds.More information
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