The new Seat Alhambra is already ordered and is on n the trade. Prices start a
Therefore we get the Alhambra Ecomotive 1.4 TSI Reference. By comparison, the sister vehicle VW Sharan costs motorization in the same 28 875 €, or about 1,400 euros more. The second generation of Spanish Vans is 4.85 meters, about 22 inches longer than its predecessor, it has grown in width by nine inches. As standard the car has five seats, you can order it as well as a six-or seven-seater. Rear sliding doors on a climb. The boot volume is 809 liters with no third row of seats. High fit into 2430 liters

ntil now, Toyota had the image of the hybrid king, but now Honda pushes mightily on the gas and also trips to the Crown. With the Jazz hybrid, at the Paris Motor Show on 2 to 17 October 2010 debut, the Japanese, the fourth hybrid model bring to Europe.

New eco-optics
Outwardly, the Jazz hybrid of its conventional siblings differ by spotlight with blue trim and clear taillights. The front grille and the bumper has been redesigned in the style of the Honda Insight, the tailgate is replaced by a chrome bar. As a new color “Lime Green Metallic moves” into the program. The interior is the one color, darker contrast to the blue dashboard lighting of the instruments. As a novelty, jazz hybrid with a leather interior will be available. What remains unchanged is the good variability of Jazz: The maximum resulting flat surface measuring 1.72 meters in length, according to Honda without adequate for the transport of three mountain bikes front wheels. In addition, the back of the passenger seat and the seats folded down the rear seats are situated.

Known technology
In jazz hybrid is the same engine as the Honda Insight used. The 1.3-liter gasoline engine with 88 hp combined with a CVT transmission and a 14-hp electric motor. Depending on the driving situation is the pure electric range around 1.3 kilometers. The consumption of the Insight is given as 4.4 liters, the jazz hybrid would therefore come under the four-liter mark. From early 2011, the Jazz hybrid will be available in Germany. Price he would start considerably below the

Renault company introduced the first official information about the model Modus, a sample of 2011, which is due to the French market in September this year. The cost of the car will start from 14,450 euros and will reach 19,550 euros. There were four set.

Authentique version has a body-colored mirrors, 15-inch wheels Faraway, ABS and EBA, airbags, trip computer and electric front windows.

Configuring Expression supplemented climate control, heated side mirrors and sound system.

In turn, Dynamique got chrome bodywork, 15-inch wheels Taranils, leather sheath steering wheel, rain sensor, automatic climate control and electric windows all.

A completely new level Exception has 16-inch alloy wheels Moal, cruise control and leather trim.

Under the bonnet of Renault Modus 2011 may prove to be one of three engines - 1.2, 1.6 16V TCE 100 and a capacity in the range 75 … 112 hp The top range is equipped with a 1.6 16V, output 112 hp at 6,000 rpm and 151 Nm of torque at 4,250 rpm. Due to this accelerated to hundreds took the car 12.3 seconds, top speed 184 km /

was Vos and Howie’s second victory in the first five rounds of the Absa South African Off Road Car Championship (they also won the Atlas Copco Battlefields 400 in KwaZulu-Natal in round three in May) and they now lead the championship with 67 points from Thomas Rundle/Juan Mohr (61,5) and Terence Marsh/George Smalberger (56).

Castrol Toyota team-mates Anthony Taylor and Chris Birkin in the second factory Toyota Hilux overcame considerable odds to be among the 17 finishers, completing the course in hot and dusty conditions in 12th place after losing over an hour on the second loop when they were forced to stop and replace a broken front drive shaft while lying sixth.

Toyota, with four Hilux bakkies and two Land Cruisers in the top 10, won the manufacturers’ challenge for the event and consolidated its lead in the prestigious overall manufacturers’ championship.

Saturday’s 340-km route, over two identical loops with a compulsory service stop at the halfway point, was a very tough combination of tight, rocky tracks and fast grassland sections dotted with trees that took its toll of the strong field of production vehicles, with two championship front-runners among the 12 that failed to finish.

Vos and Howie had started the day in second place, a single second behind the privateer Toyota Hilux of Friday’s Donaldson Prologue winners Gary Bertholdt and Andre Vermeulen.  Vos took an early lead after out-dragging Bertholdt off the start line, but dropped back to fifth place after 93 km when he had to stop to change a flat wheel.

By the time the field reached the compulsory service stop at the halfway stage, Vos had recovered to third behind the privateer Toyota Hilux bakkies of Pikkie Labuschagne/Rickus Erasmus and brothers Hugo and Jaap de Bruyn.  Soon after the start of the second 170-km loop they were second, 1 min 30 sec behind Labuschagne, and they regained a lead they were not to lose again at around the 85 km mark.

“We’re right back in the championship,” said the four-times previous champion and twice before a winner of this event.  “Apart from our puncture, we had a trouble-free run and the Hilux didn’t miss a beat.  It was a tough event and we had to push hard to make up for the lost time.  The dust was a big problem.”

Taylor’s weekend started off badly when he punctured both right-hand side tyres after hitting a rock in long grass at speed on Friday’s 55-km prologue that determines the start order for Saturday’s race.  He lost more than eight minutes and finished 17th.

He started Saturday’s race 8 min 21 sec behind leader Bertholdt and, after a storming drive that’s saw him record the fastest time for the opening loop, he arrived at the halfway service stop in sixth place and just 3 min 38 sec behind the leading Hilux of Labuschagne.  It was a typically tigerish performance by the former track racing star, who passed 11 bakkies in the heavy dust and remarkably made up nearly five minutes on the leaders.

He was challenging Grobler in the BMW at around the 20-km mark on the second and final loop when the drive shaft broke.  “We battled to get the new shaft in and lost a lot more time than we should have,” reported Taylor, whose oil-stained racing overalls bore testimony to his and co-driver Birkin’s roadside repair job.

“It was tough break.  I reckon we could have finished second today, but we’re happy to have scored some valuable championship points and are only 16 behind the leaders with three rounds remaining.  There are a total of 75 points still to be fought for and we’re still in with a good chance,” he added.

Like the rude awakenings that often follow love at first sight, the visual fantasy of an automobile doesn’t always square with the physical realities of living with it. Our long-term Mercury Cougar V-6 is a case in point. We were seduced the first time we saw it as the MC2 concept (C/D, September 1997), and we freely admitted we’d been “smitten by its distinctive elegance.” And throughout an extraordinarily long time with us — 18 months–we never tired of its daring good looks. Nor, for that matter, did passersby. Although the Cougar was no longer a novelty when the odometer finally ticked past 40,000 miles, from beginning to end the logbook was full of notes reporting covetous stares, particularly from young women. Darrell Behmer’s radical design is wearing well. This is arguably the coolest ride to wear Mercury badges since the division was established back in 1938, and its CDW27 underpinnings (the Ford Mondeo and Contour and the Mercury Mystique) help to give it a level of agility that’s commensurate with its aggressive good looks.

This is a true period, acid-dipped T/A participant. Chassis was lightened by dipping and then strengthened with a well-planned roll cage installation. The same trick was used by Smokey Yunick on the Sonoco Camaros. The car was originally campaigned in 1967 by an employee of the Burien Mercury dealer in Seattle, Wa.
1967 Mercury Cougar Trans Am Race Car Rear

Pop-off gas fillers through the trunk and big Goodyears on American mags were the norm in the early T/A series. This shot was taken at the top of the Corkscrew at Laguna Seca. This car has run the Monterey Historics several times, and is guaranteed a spot at any of the Historic Trans-Am events.

The XR-7 shared the T-Bird’s new-for-’83 “aero” styling — save for a more formal roofline — firm suspension, four-cylinder turbocharged engine, and standard five-speed manual gearbox.

A three-speed automatic was optional through ‘86, after which all Cougars (and T-Birds) were heavily facelifted to be even more aerodynamic, and the XR-7 parted company by switching to the T-Bird/Cougar/Mustang 5.0-liter V-8, recently updated with fuel injection and teamed with a mandatory four-speed automatic.

They were all nice cars, with sportier interiors, more aggressive looks, and tauter handling than other concurrent Cougars, but we’d have the V-8 over the turbo-four any day. It may ultimately be less collectible than the T-Bird TC regardless of engine, and was replaced for 1988 by a new-generation XR-7 with 3.8-liter supercharged V-6, a cousin to that year’s new Thunderbird Super Coupe.

A friend of Kevin’s knew someone who was a Cougar enthusiast, who just so happened to have a ‘70 XR-7 for sale. The two went to look at the car in February. In the snow and cold they were led to a garage where the Cougar awaited, carefully stored under heavy blankets. As soon as the blankets were lifted, Kevin knew the car would be his. The 351 Cleveland engine fired right up on that cold day, and with its 11.5:1 compression ratio, there was plenty of rumble to cinch the deal even further. The money changed hands, but many weeks went by as Kevin waited for the weather to improve. At last, the day came when he was able to drive the car home.

Kevin is happy to have another cat in his collection, and although this Cougar is in excellent condition, it’s not a trailer queen. He likes the Eliminator extras because they look great, but he’s the first to tell you the car is an Eliminator clone, looking just the way he likes it. He drives the Cougar in good weather and goes to lots of summer car shows near Maryland. Most of the Cougar aficionados we know will tell you that once you’ve had a Mercury Cougar, you’ll always want to have one in your garage. Certainly Kevin is a good example of this Ford, er, Mercury phenomenon.

All that work got the Swedish company a new client. The as-yet unnamed customer went to the firm with plans to build a very powerful replica 1968 Mercury Cougar. It may just be us, but we think the designers were bang on target with this classic muscle car. With a big front bumper integrated into that long front-end, and new lower side body work make this car look excellent. Its new grille and front headlight covers almost makes the car look like something out of Death Race 2000.

Originally, the Cougar could be bought as a GT that came with a 6.4-liter Ford FE V8. The 390 cu in engine produced 265 hp.

Well, “the client” is definitely going a step further. They plan to put in a car rated for NASCAR races. That means it will be smaller, and definitely more powerful than the Ford engines originally supplied. A true NASCAR engine usually produces between 700 and 800 hp. The engine will be mated to a six-speed transmission. It will be lower to the ground, and ride on 9.5 x 17 Hoosier drag tires. A roll cage will also be built in.

Sadly, Vizualtech does not manufacture any of the cars they design, who wants to chip in towards buying them a factory & assembly line? A yet to be named customer ordered these Mercury Cougar renderings with plans to build a very powerful replica of the 1968 race car disguised as an everyday coupe. Originally, the Cougar could be purchased in a basic and GT variant, which came with a 6.4-liter FE V8 and 390 cu-in engine producing 265 horse power. A big front bumper is integrated into that long front-end, and new lower side body work make this car seem even faster than it really was. Also, new grille and front headlight covers give this beast an extra bit of fright. Try to tell us you wouldn’t be scared seeing this monster come up behind you on an empty highway.

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