Ford Fiesta RS WRC 2011

Ford has unveiled the Fiesta RS WRC, the car that it’ll be entering in next year’s World Rally Championship. Designed to comply with new regulations that come into force in 2011, power will come from a 1.6 litre turbo engine instead of a 2.0 litre unit as used by today’s WRC cars.

Like the Focus RS WRC that it replaces, the Fiesta RS WRC has been built by Ford of Europe and its partner M-Sport, which is run by BP Ford Abu Dhabi World Rally Team director Malcolm Wilson.

The car’s EcoBoost engine, which features direct petrol injection, was also developed by Ford and M-Sport, together with some input from French tuner Pipo Moteur.

This year’s driver line-up of Mikko Hirvonen and Jari-Matti Latvala is set to continue unchanged, and both will get an opportunity to drive the Fiesta RS WRC during its first major test session. That’s due to take place on gravel roads in Spain at the beginning of October.

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2011 Peugeot HR1 Concept : compact SUV study HYbrid4 drive

With the Peugeot HR1 visualizes his ideas for a compact SUV in the style of the Mini Countryman. With 3.69 meters, the Peugeot-study is about 30 centimeters shorter than the production model from Munich. The HR1 its public debut at the Paris Motor Show (2 to 17 October 2010).

Lambo-style doors
Striking at HR1, the electrically operated scissor doors in the Lamborghini-style. Another design idea: The roof rails acts as a hinge for the tailgate. As usual with recent studies, working front and rear lights with LED technology. A special feature is that the light can be darkened to the interior of electrochromic glass control surfaces in the roof. In the interior areas of the driver and front passenger with a high center console to be distinguished from each other. A head-up instrument cluster keeps the most important information is always in view of the driver. A special feature is the use of audio, navigation and climate functions via motion detection: With a rotation of the hand can rotate the menus like a carousel. A sign from left to right with the menu operation by the driver on the front passenger. Otherwise, the passenger's view, the driving data with a Tablet PC.

Longitudinal sliding seats
The HR1 has four sliding along individual seats. Move to the rear seats fully back, there remains a luggage capacity of at least 180 liters. The space in the rear is improved as the Peugeot RCZ by a double curvature of the rear window. If the rear seats pushed way to the front, but no one is more in the back room, but, according to Peugeot, a cuboid trunk with flat floor and a capacity of 734 liters.

Lamborghini Sesto Elemento: Study shows extreme lightweight

Many cylinders and a lot PS: Those were the values that were once the car Quartet. But more important is the number that brings the car on the scales. Only systematic light makes a true sports car fast, already knew the Lotus founder Colin Chapman. Lamborghini shows now at the Paris Motor Show , the possibilities for the use of carbon fiber technology offers.


to view objects in the truest sense of the word is the breathtaking study Sesto Elemento, with V10 engine and permanent four-wheel drive weigh only 999 kilograms. This allows, according to Lamborghini, a power weight of only 1.75 kg per horsepower and acceleration to 100 kph in just 2.5 seconds. The name of the technology demonstrator, translated "the sixth element," is derived from the scientific periodic table. As of that very sixth element is there out of carbon. Several innovative technologies are at carbon fiber Sesto Elemento first used in the automotive industry.

The base of the Super-Lambo is an extremely strong but lightweight structure of carbon fiber. The passenger compartment is made as a monocoque. The entire front frame, the crash boxes and the outer skin parts are also made of CFRP. This abbreviation stands for "carbon fiber reinforced plastics", ie, carbon-fiber-reinforced plastics. When Sesto Elemento also essential parts of the suspension and the rims are made of carbon fiber. The exhaust tailpipes are made of Pyrosic, a glass-ceramic composite material, temperatures of up to 900 degrees withstand. The propeller shaft is made of CFRP. "Very well over 300 km / h" is the maximum amount of Sesto Elemento manufacturer. Made possible by the 570-hp V10 from the Gallardo LP 570-4 Supperleggera. Transfer will be changed by the power of an E-Gear transmission, the six gears via paddles on the steering wheel.

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Lamborghini Sesto Elemento

The doors still haven't quite opened up at the Paris Motor Show and already the leakage has begun in full force. Yesterday we got a sneak peek at the Lamborghini Sesto Elemento Concept, but the lone photo was small and grainy. Thankfully, the wait for real images is now over mere minutes before the car is officially unveiled at an evening event held by the Volkswagen Group in Paris as we speak. A total of five shots of the carbon-intensive supercar have just hit the interwebs, and they didn't come from Lamborghini.

To put it mildly, we like what we see. As could be seen in the series of teasers officially let loose by the boys from Lamborghini, every single bit of the car has been fashioned from carbon fiber. Suitable, then, that the car has been named after the sixth element of the periodic table – Sesto Elemento literally means sixth element in Italian. Even the tailpipes have been fashioned from a sort of composite called Pyrosic that is able to withstand extremely high temperatures.

Those high exhaust temperatures will be exhaled by a V10 engine that's putting out a stonkin' 570 horsepower. With just 2,200 pounds of weight to move, the run to 60 will take less than 2.5 seconds.

2011 Volkswagen Touareg Models Announced

In the market for a mid-size SUV / Crossover vehicle? Can you hold out just a little while longer? If you can, then you may want to give VW’s second generation Touareg SUV a drive when it hits dealer showrooms later this fall. For diesel fans, this is very good news since the Touareg will be back with a TDI clean diesel variant. Unfortunately, the V10 turbodiesel and it’s stump pulling 553 ft lb of torque won’t be used in second generation, but there’s still enough grunt in the new oil burner to keep torque fans happy.

The 2011 Touareg will be offered with three motor options, beginning with a 3.6 liter V6 (280 horsepower, 265 ft lb of torque) that gets 23 mpg highway and 19 mpg city. A new hybrid version, available next spring, gives you a supercharged 3.0 liter V6 coupled with an electric motor that yields a combined 380 horsepower and 428 ft lb of torque, while returning an estimated 25 mpg highway. Finally, the aforementioned 3.0 liter turbodiesel will get you 225 horsepower and an impressive 406 ft lb of torque, while netting you 28 mpg highway and 19 mpg city. All motor choices shift through a new eight speed automatic transmission, and all Touareg models come with VW’s 4MOTION all wheel drive system. Finally, all engine options are rated to tow up to 7,700 pounds when equipped with the factory installed tow package.

Several Trim levels are planned, including Sport, Lux, Hybrid and Executive. All include an 8” touchscreen nav and infotainment system, Sirius Satellite Radio, HID headlights, rearview camera, power adjustable and heated front seats and dual zone climate controls. All Touareg models include six airbags, an improved head restraint system, ABS, traction control and electronic stability control. Expect pricing to start at around $41,000 for a 3.6 liter V6 Sport.