Aston Martin V12 Zagato 2011 Racer

carz_AstonMartinVantageZagatoRacer_2011Aston Martin has released this image of the new V12 Zagato racing driver who compete at the Nurburgring this summer. The 2011 Aston Martin V12 Zagato its world premiere at the Villa d’Este Concours d’Elegance made at the weekend when she won the Concorso d’Eleganza Design Award for Concept Cars and Prototype.

Design Director Marek Reichman, said: “It is an honor for this award in Italy, where many great themes emerged to win, and this victory shows that Aston Martin has successfully completed its acclaimed design language developed in recent years is the result. a car that the fundamental values ??of Zagato design language we are perfectly translated in modern design includes Aston Martin DNA. ”
Aston Zagato V12: The race car. The race has not been shown, but we will see the Zagato in track spec shortly. It is at the Nurburgring this weekend in the 53th ADAC ACAS H & R Cup VLN race on 28 May compete. Aston Martin CEO Ulrich Bez will also cause a driver team is ultimately the second race V12 Zagato cars on the Nürburgring 24-hour race on 25/26 June.

“Nurburgring is where we sign-off each new model in terms of dynamics, and there can be no better place for the new V12 Zagato to be finally tested,” said Dr. Signed “The 24-hour race is the ultimate road test and a fitting introduction for the V12 Zagato. ”
The road-going Zagato Although Aston says it is interested in monitoring Zagato, seems to be a road-going version of a dead cert. The car takes a V12 Vantage Coupe and clothing, body by Zagato. It was produced to celebrate the 50th DB4 GT Zagato commemorate the anniversary.

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Audi Q3 2011 First Overview

AudiQ3SUV2011_carzpageThis is Audi’s new Q3, a baby-SUV added, the challenge of the BMW X1, Range Rover and the upcoming mini Evoque Paceman pinching and potential customers is Ford Kuga. It is the smallest Audi Q-Series 4×4 sit still below the Q5 and Q7. The new Audi Q3 will be officially shown at the 2011 Shanghai will be revealed next week.
This new Audi Q3 looks very familiar …

They are polite or the piss? Bar to optimize the odd detail and looks redesigned bumper, it appeared almost identical to the Cross Coupé quattro concept at the Shanghai show in 2007. The car was smart, but something seems lost in the translation of the production have. And a choir of people are ready to say it looks like any other Audi out there …The large, single-frame grille is present, LED daytime running lights are an option, and sloping D-pillars mean they are to life instead of baggage-carrying side of the market. The Q3 is 4.39m long, 1.83m wide and 1.60m high, so that X1 is shorter, wider and taller than a BMW. Customers can choose from Allroad-style jacket (in black or gray body color), select an off-road styling kit and the sporty S-line pack (the gray car in our pictures). UK cars will cost to run on 17in wheels, with 18s and 19s extra.
Audi Q3 and the interior?

Within the A1 is a mixture of A1 and next-generation A3, with a pop-up navigation screen and usually first-rate materials. Posh options include Audi Drive Select (leave the throttle and steering), adaptive xenon lights, sat a hard drive nav system, hill-hold support, a 14-speaker Bose sound system, panoramic glass roof and several blind spot and lane assistant systems. is in the pipeline is a Bluetooth car phone with Wi-Fi hotspots couple offer full Internet connectivity.
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SuperCar Review: Aston Martin V8 Vantage S 2011

AstonMartinV8VantageS_carzpageThis is the latest baby Aston – the delicious Vantage S. It should very familiar to you and under the skin nice and Darwinian evolution is the order of the day, too. SuperCar Review: Aston Martin V8 Vantage S 2011.

The now-familiar 4.7-liter V8 has now 430bhp (up 10bhp) and £ 361 m (to £ 15) due to improved breathing and precise ignition. A new exhaust system is lighter and (this is hard to believe) yet fruity in sport mode. Perhaps most important of the Vantage S comes with a brand new seven-speed transmission sport shift, the shorter stacked ratios for greater acceleration, and promises significantly reduced switching times.
Sounds good, what was the cost new Aston Martin Vantage S me?

Prices start at £ 102,500 for the Coupe and £ 110,700 for the roadster – that’s up from £ 93,995 and £ 102,995 respectively. This is a whole bunch of money and Vantage S rivals could be as varied as the Maserati MC Stradale, Porsche and Audi R8 GT3/Turbo. All great cars.

But with the styling tweaks (new carbon front splitter, aggressive treatment threshold pronounced rear spoiler and a carbon diffuser), save a low weight (which are reinforced with lightweight carbon seats and forged wheels), and much revised chassis settings that should Vantage S hold their own.
91AstonMartinV8VantageS_carzpage1So the new 2011 S is a Vantage Aston GT3-style baby? Not quite. It is certainly more aggressive than the standard car and the introduction of the Ascari circuit venue speaks volumes, but that’s a street-optimized package. Having said that the suspension is stiffer and even lower than the N420 in a limited edition, new six-piston front brake hint at some serious potential and suggest wider tires can be on 19-inch wheels that grip and response is also a leap forward . SuperCar Review: Aston Martin V8 Vantage S 2011.
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CarzPage Review: Audi Q5 Quattro with Hybrid 2011

AudiQ5HybridQuattroreview_2011This is the Audi Q5 Hybrid Quattro, the first full-hybrid production route from Audi and our first taste coupled to the modular 2.0-liter turbocharged gasoline engine / electric motor, a lithium-ion battery. CarzPage Review: Audi Q5 Quattro with Hybrid 2011.

We’d better get used to it: The same technology will appear in the A6 and A8 hybrids. CAR just the new Audi Q5 Hybrid Quattro tested, read so on our first test drive. Like all these electrical Gubbins fit together under the skin of the new Audi Q5 Hybrid Quattro? Audi is the front-tried and trusted 2.0-liter TFSI (turbocharged and direct injected) gasoline engine, producing 208bhp and 258 pounds ft. Drive goes to all four wheels, and the transmission is an eight-speed automatic, but without a torque converter. Why not a torque converter? There sat in his place (and between the engine and transmission) is a 33kW (ft and £ 155) electric motor – the disc-shaped motor also acts as a starter and generator.

The 1.3 kW lithium-ion battery pack sitting under the trunk floor (and weighs just 38kg, says Audi) and the combined total output for the hybrid system is 241bhp and £ 354 m. The air conditioning compressor, power brakes and power steering are now electrically powered, too.
How efficient is the new Audi Q5 Hybrid? CarzPage Review: Audi Q5 Quattro with Hybrid 2011.

A combined fuel figure of 40.4mpg, exactly the same as a car equipped 2.0 TDI Q5. Which means diesel drive Europeans are currently ridicule. But the diesel emits 184g/km CO2-Q5, while the Q5 hybrid duck under 160g/km. Basically this car is not in Europe but elsewhere aim, compared with a conventional 2.0 TFSI 32.8mpg and 199g/km Q5, it is of course better – and a tenth quicker to 62mph, despite the c130kg weight gain.
5AudiQ5HybridQuattroreview_carzpageWhat is the new Audi Q5 Hybrid Quattro like to drive? Very impressive. They climb stab in the Start button, then stand again, then angry, and then sheepishly remember that this is a hybrid and electric motor, which silently says the gasoline can not be.
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CarzPage Review: Ford Focus 1.6 Ecoboost 2011

001fordfocus_2011_carzpageThe Ford Focus redefined that hatch family when it appeared in 1998. Now there is a new, the first significant change of the model in seven years.

Can the new 2011 Ford Focus Mk3 move the goal posts again? Read online car first drive review here – and be sure to read the new issue of CAR Magazine February 2011, 19 January, to our sister city with class benchmark test of the VW Golf. The new 2011 Ford Focus: the headlines please. Okay, how about a new platform, class-leading safety kit including Honda-style self-steering response, green tech, such as stop-start and active mesh formwork, a massive leap in design of dual-clutch gearbox transmission, five doors as standard and a new range of Ecoboost engines? CarzPage Review: Ford Focus 1.6 Ecoboost 2011.
Ecoboost? Is this a kind of economic model?

No, you’re thinking of stingy Econetic Ford models. Ecoboost refers to Ford’s new super-economical 1.6 petrol engine turbocharged engines, the soil, which would naturally 2.0 lawn a few years back cover aspirated. There are two versions, both Fielding 177 pounds ft of torque (up to 199 pounds ft on an over-boost function for quick passing maneuvers). Both again an almost diesel-like 47mpg on the combined cycle and emit just 139g/km. But while it has 148bhp and takes 8.6sec to reach 62mph, the other with 180bhp and seven tenths takes less. CarzPage Review: Ford Focus 1.6 Ecoboost 2011.

To start, the only available version on the media to try was the higher-powered car, a shame as it has not chosen a model Ford sold in the United Kingdom’s. It is not particularly charismatic engine, but, as Alfa Multiair 1750, it is useful and powerful in the middle of the Ecoboost definitely has the edge at the upper end where it gets a second wind. Read the new February issue of Automobile magazine for our key test of the new Focus diesel and see how it compares with the VW Golf.

002fordfocus_2011The focus of the manual transmission is positive and the six gears provide a decent spread of relationships with top offer quiet cruising and help net so impressive mpg figure. But if you thought this is a kind of ST replacement is not. It is a good performance, but it is not quite hot hatch. It’s almost hot hatch but money – because the Ecoboost comes only in noble Tinamium or Titanium X cut, ie a starting price of £ 19,745 (£ 20,845) if you go for the estate. Phew.
What does it have with the other engines and the dual-clutch gearbox you mentioned? CarzPage Review: Ford Focus 1.6 Ecoboost 2011.
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