2012 Land Rover DC100 and Land Rover DC100 sport concepts

Land Rover introduced their new two vehicle concepts “Land Rover DC100” and “Land Rover DC100 sports” in Frankfurt Auto Show 2011. Previously almost all the Land Rovers have roof but on Land Rover DC100 and DC100 sport versionsare roofless concept.

The Land Rover DC100 Sport powered by 2.0 liter four cylinder petrol engine with hybrid technology. It has it owns yellow color which inspired by the vibrant ochre hues found in Africa. The company is planning to get this concept on market in 2015.

DC100 sport is including more special features such as self-healing paint to RFID-based key technology and car-to-car communication, to inductive charging for its hybrid batteries. They are planning to add more technologies in to these two concepts for example Terrain-i scanning device which will give warnings about the obstacles on off-road tracks, Wade Aid sonar technology to access the water depth and Terrain Response System to will give ability to automatically optimizes the car for any environment.

TATA PIXEL concept car

Tata pixel is city concept car which have developed by TATA Mortars Company, which provide facility to carry four passengers. Company is planning to release this car in to market on 2014. Tata Pixel is t just over three meters in length and it has more similar features as Tata Nano. Tata motors has designed this vehicle for mainly European vehicle market. The Tata Pixel is having an innovative diamond-shaped door system and from its new technology called Infinitely Variable Transmission (IVT) will provide very small amount of space to park.

Similar to Tata Nano, Pixel also having a rear-mounted engine which will be a 1.2 litre three cylinder turbo-charged diesel not only that but also CO₂ emissions also in very low value compared with other competitive cars. (CO₂ emissions of just 89 gm/km) Tata Pixel also having feature call “My TATA concept” which is the first integrated human-machine interface (HMI) concept from Tata Motors. Actually from “My TATA concept” it allows users to connect their Smartphone’s and tablets to the vehicle and it allows to control key functionalities of the vehicle through those devises.

So with the above details we can imagine this Tata Pixel is the is the most spacious four-seater in the World.

Audi A9 concept car

The Audi A9 was designed by Spanish designer Daniel Garcia which is more stylish proposal for a luxury sports car. You may hear about Daniel Garcia before because he is the person who proposed Ducati 6098 R concept from 2009 as well.   

Audi  A9 concept was inspired by stunning architectural style of Santiago Calatrava’s buildings in "La Ciudad de las Artes y de las Ciencias" (The City of Arts and Sciences) in Garcia’s hometown of Valencia. It consist with single-piece windscreen and roof.

The most attractive of this concept is the widescreen and the roof of this car. Actually those are formed from undiscovered nanotech material. Important fact is that material is that it have feature of automatically damage repairing. Not only that but also in car body have unique electronic which means car color can be change by just clicking a button. This proposed Audi A9 is advanced hybrid vehicle which uses an internal combustion engine.

Most Expensive Cars in 2011-2012

Vehicle is one of a major dream in anyone’s mind in today’s world, but the amount of money that we planning to spend for a vehicle differ from person to person. Someone may spend 5000$ for a vehicle at the same time another person may spend 200000$ for his vehicle. A price of a car may depend on the features and options provided by the manufactures. Today I’m going to list out some of most expensive cars in year 2011-2012.

05) Pagani Zonda C12 F

Pagani Zonda C12 F designed and manufactured by Pagani in Italy. It's started production in 1999 and its ended it's production on 2011. This contains Mercedes Benz M120 V12 engine. It has top speed of 215mph. Its market value is $6.67million. ($667000 )

04) Ferrari Enzo

Ferrari Enzo built using formula one technology.The Ferrari Enzo's V12 engin=gn is the first of a new generation for Ferrari. It has top speed of 355.6 km/h (nearly 221 mph). Its market value is $0.67million ($670000)  

03) McLaren F1

McLaren F1 designed and manufactured by McLaren Automotives. In 1994, The British car magazine Autocar started in road test regarding the F1, "The McLaren F1 is the finest driving machine yet built for the public road". It has top speed of 372km/h (nearly 231 mph). It's market value is $0.97million ($970000)

02) Lamborghini Revention

Lamborghini Revention is the most expensive Lamborghini road vehicle in current market. Lamborghini Revention recorded it's top speed at Dubai, UAE. It is 356 Km/h (nearly 221.2 mph). According to the manufactures the Lamborghini Reventón exterior styling was inspired by "the fastest airplanes". It's current market value is $1.5millions ($1500000).

01) Bugatti Veyron

 

Bugatti Veyron supper sport version is the fastest road legal car in the world. It has a top speed of 431.07 Km/h (nearly 267.85 mph). Bugatti Veyron designed and developed by the German Volkswagen Group. According to the manufactures Bugatti Veyron generates 1,001 metric horsepower (736 kW; 987 bhp) of motive power. It’s market value is $1.7million ($1700000)    

2012 Porsche 911

2012 Porsche 911has came out. These are some of real photos of Porsche 911. It have 3.9inches longer wheelbase and reduce its overall height. If we consider about its weight it reduced considerable amount from current model. The fuel consumption of the Porsche 911 around sixteen present lower than the current Porsche model. It’s uses the New European Driving Cycle (NEDC), which provides features such as automatic start stop, a new seven speed manual transaction, electrical system energy recuperation etc.

When we consider about the engine 400 house power 3.8 liter boxer engine, it’s almost 15 house power increase compared to previous version. In 911 carrera S with PDK gets from 0 to 60 within 4.1 seconds but in 2012 Porsche 911 cuts it to 3.9 seconds. The main technique that they use in hears is Launch Control function (optional with Sport Chrono Package)

Volkswagen Aqua

Volkswagen is one car manufacture, who provides fascinating car designs to the world. They had intrudes some new vehicle concept call “Volkswagen Aqua”. Volkswagen Aqua is meant to provide the ultimate of-road experience. Its designer imagined the vehicle as an eco hovercraft powered by a hydrogen fuel cell with no pollutant emissions at all.

This Volkswagen Aqua can travel on land, water and ice without any problem. Aqua is powered by several engines and features an electric drive train powered by a hydrogen fuel cell. The main engine is responsible for lift up the car from the ground while the rest of the engines provide thrust to move forward the craft. it has a top speed of 62 mph and a large windscreen stretches above the front seats to give a panoramic view of the  landscape ahead. This amazing concept was designed by Yuhan Zhang is a 21-year-old Chinese graduate of Xihua University.

Wind Powered Sports Car - Ecotricity

Ecotricity, the UK’s leading green energy company, has launched the first high performance electric sports car ‘Nemesis’ designed and built entirely in the UK. The wind energy-powered ‘Nemesis’ was created, developed and built in less than two years by an ‘A-team’ of leading-edge British Formula One engineers in Norfolk, the company said in a statement.

The car is built by top-notch formula one engineers who were also behind the creation of the McLaren F1, the Lotus Elan, the Corvette 2R1, the Jaguar XJR15 and the De Lorean.The wind car is faster than a V12 Ferrari, the Nemesis has done 0-100mph in 8.5 seconds and can reach 170mph. uniquely, and the Nemesis will be powered entirely by 100% green electricity made by Ecotricity’s UK network of 51 windmills. It runs for between 100-150 miles between charges depending on driving style and can be charged from empty in under 2 hours from its fast charger or 8-9 hours from a regular mains supply, both via hidden retractable cable systems built into the rear of the car.

The few key specifications of the Nemesis are listed below.

Top speed: 170mph

0-100: 8.5 seconds

Power: Two 125KW motors = 330 bhp equivalent

Power source: 96 x 100 A/h 4.2 V pouch lithium polymer cobalt cells, charged with Ecotricity

Battery capacity: 36kWh

Range: 100-150 miles depending on driving style

Time to charge: Under 2 hours from empty to full with fast charger, 8 hours with 13A overnight charger

Charging: 64A three phase or 240V 13A household socket

Emissions: 0g CO2 when charged with green electricity from Ecotricity windmills

Cost: Under £1m

Time to build: 18 months

Most Amazing Concept Lamborghini Cars

Everyone car lover loves Lamborghini for sure. As technology evolves, we shall be seeing new concept cars with some unique design anatomy. I guess most of us dream of owning a car like the one we see in ads but only few live long enough to experience them. Though fascinating, some of these cars concepts share a common aptitude of never making into the real world.

Compiled below is a list of the most amazing concept Lamborghini cars you will ever see. Some of them may even hit the roads of reality in coming future but most of them are just idealized for the imaginary world.

Lamborghini Ankonian Concept

Lamborghini Ankonian Concept is being designed by Slavche Tanevsky which is basically more aggressive version of the famous Lamborghini Reventon.

Lamborghini Reventon Roadster

Is a beautiful concept turned into a real car. Reventón Roadster costs around $1.6 million dollars and only 20 cars will be made.

Lamborghini Embolado Concept

Designed by a talented Italian design student Luca Serafini, the name of the concept derives from a Spanish festival called “Embolado Bull”.

Lamborghini Furia Concept

Inspired by the Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4, designer Amadou Ndiaye has come up with a new version, the Furia, which is designed with more dramatic and aggressive lines.

Lamborghini Ratun Concept

Beautiful Lamborghini concept car designed by Niels Steinhoff is an aggressively styled concept for a flagship supercar designed to compete against the Bugatti Veyron.

Lamborghini Cachazo Concept

Designer Marouane Bembli thinks this car could be a suitable replacement for the Lamborghini Gallardo. The concept car has been created with Lamborghini’s design language in mind, albeit with some alterations that would give the concept its own place to stand.

Lamborghini Timador Concept

Lamborghini Timador design by Johannes Brandsch was to create a lighter supercar through the use of overlapping shells the biggest one of which forms the shoulders of the car separating the air inlets from the passenger compartment story.

Lamborghini Madura Concept

Designed by Slavche Tanevsky, this concept was created in collaboration with Lamborghini’s and Audi’s designers, and is a proposal for the first hybrid Lamborghini that is scheduled for a 2016 launch.

Lamborghini Insecta Concept

The design of this Lamborghini concept combines the brand’s styling cues with elements inspired by insect exoskeletons.

Lamborghini X Concept

Emil Baddad, an extremely talented artist from Iran, was not very satisfied with the design of Lamborghini Reventon, so he decided to make a new design for it.

Volkswagen Passat

Volkswagen had used Detroit motor show to unveil the new Passat, developed for the United States and set to be manufactured there, in Tennessee, in preparation for a massive sales push this summer. At 4.868m long, it is just over 10cm longer than the European Passat saloon, a little wider, and the largest car ever to carry that badge. However, the new US-market Passat is just the start of a product blitz for VW in America, confirmed the company’s US boss, Jonathan Browning.
A large SUV, designed exclusively for America, is at the top of the list of new cars to allow the company hits its US sales targets. Brit-born Browning has aggressive plans to quadruple VW’s US sales to one million cars by 2018.The company still has no plans to attack the domestic makers with a pick-up truck. “A pick-up is not at the top of our priority list. Not even by importing the Argentina-built Amarok,” he told Autocar.

Unlike Jettas in the US, which get simpler rear suspension set-ups than the European versions, the new American Passat has a multi-link rear suspension that’s similar to the models sold in the UK. Every body panel has been changed, though, and the dashboard, door trims and major switchgear is all new.
The decision to localise production at a facility in Chattanooga, Tennessee, should allow VW to trim several thousand dollars off the starter price. The firm estimates that entry-level variants will cost from $20,000.

Three engines will be offered in the US Passat. The base unit is a 2.5-litre five-cylinder petrol motor producing 168bhp at 5700rpm. With a manual transmission it can take the Passat to 60mph in 8.2sec; the more likely choice for US buyers, a six-speed auto, does the same in 8.7sec.
The other petrol motor is a 3.6-litre six-cylinder unit with 276bhp at 6200rpm and 258lb ft of torque. It gets a DSG dual-clutch gearbox as standard and can reach 60mph in 6.5sec. The oil-burner option is a 2.0-litre four-cylinder common-rail turbodiesel producing 138bhp. VW claims it can go from 0-60mph in 9.3sec, return 43mpg and travel for around 800 miles on a single tank.

Although the regular Passat saloon has been adapted specifically for American buyers, the CC ‘coupé’ version is considered a success in the US, so it will continue to be sold in its current form.
Expansions for VW in America will not include introducing European brands such as Skoda and Seat. Browning has ruled out either being transferred, on grounds on cost and viability. It's also unlikely that any US-made VW will make its way to Europe, although the new Passat or SUV could be sold in other markets.