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Equipped with a completely newly-developed BMW drivetrain
BMW to test electromobility in FIA Formula E Championship
BMW is bringing electromobility up to race speed: Initially revealed as a goal in 2016 as part of the realignment of the motorsport strategy within the BMW Group, BMW will join the FIA Formula E Championship as an official manufacturer in Season 5 (2018/19). The cars, equipped with a completely newly-developed BMW drivetrain, will be run by the Andretti Formula E team as BMW’s works entry in the series. Together, BMW and Andretti will compete in exciting races at the heart of some of the biggest cities around the world. The main driving force behind the new BMW i Motorsport is the development of innovative technology in the field of electromobility, in which the company has established a leading role over the past ten years. The consistent implementation of the new motor racing strategy...
July 22, 2017

BMW to test electromobility in FIA Formula E Championship

Mercedes-AMG GT Roadster and Mercedes-AMG GT C Roadster
Mercedes-AMG GT designed for ultimate open-air freedom
MERCEDES-AMG is blowing even more fresh air into the AMG GT family. The sports car and performance brand from Affalterbach has launched two exciting roadster variants of the two-seater sports car into the region. Alongside the AMG GT Roadster, the AMG GT C Roadster enhances the portfolio with a completely new model that, with an output of 410 kW (557 hp) and peak torque of 680 Nm, also makes it the most powerful. The active rear axle steering and the electronically controlled rear axle locking differential, in combination with the AMG RIDE CONTROL sports suspension, ensures the AMG GT C Roadster delivers dynamic performance at the highest level.“The AMG GT Roadster and the AMG GT C Roadster models expands the AMG GT family, adding a new level of sportiness and exclusivity between the AMG...
July 22, 2017

Mercedes-AMG GT designed for ultimate open-air freedom

Ford EcoBoost engine is designed for any kind of driving situation
EcoBoost engines give optimum performance without wasting a drop
IS it possible to have a car that offers you power when you want it, and efficiency when you need it? It is with Ford’s EcoBoost line of engines.Ford’s innovative EcoBoost range is capable of powering nimble sporty rides like the Focus and Focus ST, city utility vehicles like Ford Escape and Edge, muscle cars like Ford Mustang, performance vehicles like the Ford F-150 Raptor, and even Le Mans-winning racing cars, like the new Ford GT.Ford’s EcoBoost engine technology is so innovative that the company has secured 275 US patents and has 200 more pending – more than any other manufacturer when it comes to gasoline turbocharged direct-injection technology. So, how does it work? EcoBoost engines use three key technologies controlled by unique Ford software that’s designed to optimize...
July 22, 2017

EcoBoost engines give optimum performance without wasting a drop

Visionary vehicle concept
BMW i8 Roadster is coming
BMW i is looking forward to welcoming the third member of the BMW i family. In 2018 the BMW i8 Roadster will unlock the door to a whole new dimension in pioneering open-top driving pleasure – virtually silent and with zero local emissions. Here’s a first look:BMW i is a BMW Group brand focusing on connected mobility services, visionary vehicle concepts and a new understanding of premium strongly defined by sustainability. BMW i is represented in 54 countries with the BMW i3 electric car for urban areas, BMW i8 plug-in hybrid sports car and plug-in hybrid BMW iPerformance Automobiles.BMW i opens up new target groups for the company and serves as an incubator for innovations. Technologies which have debuted successfully in BMW i cars are carried over to parent brand BMW’s other...
July 22, 2017

BMW i8 Roadster is coming

Stinger fastback sedan brings designers’ dreams to reality
2018 Kia Stinger gets EyesOn design award
KIA Motors America’s all-new 2018 Stinger fastback sedan has been honored with an EyesOn Design Award for Production Car Design Excellence at the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in Detroit. At an event typically dominated by introductions from American auto companies, Kia’s Stinger stole the spotlight. “We’ve made a lot of great cars and I’m proud of all of them, but the Stinger is something special,” said Peter Schreyer, Kia Motors’ chief design officer. The EyesOn Design Awards honor the best production and concept vehicles making their worldwide auto show debut at the NAIAS. This year’s categories include Concept Car; Production Car; Concept Truck; Production Truck; Innovative Use of Color, Graphics and Materials; Interior Design; User Experience Award...
July 22, 2017

2018 Kia Stinger gets EyesOn design award

Bamboo performs comprehensively better than other tested synthetic and natural fibers
Next new car has bamboo for its part
YOU may have sat on it, or even seen it being used as a building material on holidays, but did you know that your car could be next to benefit from bamboo – one of the world’s strongest natural materials?While investment in research has led to breakthroughs in new materials like super strong carbon fiber and lightweight aluminum, nature’s wonder material may have been growing all along and as much as three feet in a day. Soon, some surfaces inside our vehicles could be made from a combination of bamboo and plastic to create super hard material.The benefits of bamboo have been recognized for more than a century – Thomas Edison even experimented with it when making the first light bulb. In building, its tensile strength (or how much it can resist being pulled apart) is well known, as...
July 22, 2017

Next new car has bamboo for its part

Volvo will introduce a portfolio of electrified cars across its model range, embracing fully electric cars, plug in hybrid cars and mild hybrid cars
Volvo cars to go all electric
VOLVO Cars, the premium carmaker, has announced That every Volvo it launches from 2019 will have an electric motor, marking the historic end of cars that only have an internal combustion engine (ICE) and placing electrification at the core of its future business.The announcement represents one of the most significant moves by any carmaker to embrace electrification and highlights how over a century after the invention of the internal combustion engine electrification is paving the way for a new chapter in automotive history.“This is about the customer,” said Håkan Samuelsson, president and chief executive. “People increasingly demand electrified cars and we want to respond to our customers’ current and future needs. You can now pick and choose whichever electrified Volvo you...
July 15, 2017

Volvo cars to go all electric

New Porsche 911 GT3 Cup car 2017
New Porsche GT3 Cup car set to debut in 2017 season
FOLLOWING an emphatic eighth edition of the Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Middle East, plans are already well in motion for a spectacular return for Season 9 later on this year. The announcement comes midway through the global motorsport calendar, and whilst some of the drivers that competed in the Middle East over the winter period, are battling it out in the prestigious Porsche Mobile 1 Supercup across Europe this summer.Championship organizer Lechner Racing has revealed heightened interest from drivers keen to be a part of the future schedule, thanks to the regional debut of the brand-new Porsche GT3 Cup cars in Season 9 and the continued commitment to deliver a world-class series to nurture racing talent in the Middle East.The UAE will hope to see the return of Bashar Mardini after a...
July 15, 2017

New Porsche GT3 Cup car set to debut in 2017 season

‘The John Lennon Phantom V’ customized in true rock-star style
Lennon Phantom V to return to London
ROLLS-Royce has announced last July 13 1that it will celebrate the 50th anniversary year of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band in its own way by bringing the colorful Rolls-Royce Phantom V, famous for being owned by John Lennon, back home to London for the British public to see.Currently owned by the Royal British Columbia Museum in Canada, ‘The John Lennon Phantom V’ will travel from Canada to London to join ‘The Great Eight Phantoms’ – A Rolls-Royce Exhibition, at Bonhams on Bond Street, an area visited regularly by Lennon in the late 1960s in this very car.Members of the public will be able to see ‘The John Lennon Phantom V’ at Bonhams from July 29 to August 2.On 3 June 1965 – the same day that Edward H White left the capsule of his Gemini 4 to become the first...
July 15, 2017

Lennon Phantom V to return to London

The new Audi A8
New Audi A8: Future of the luxury class car
THE new Audi A8 made its world debut at the Audi Summit in Barcelona last July 11. In its fourth generation, the flagship model again provides the benchmark for Vorsprung durch Technik – with a new design language, an innovative touchscreen operating concept and a systematically electrified drive. The Audi A8 is also the first production automobile in the world to have been developed for highly automated driving. From 2018, Audi will gradually be taking piloted driving functions such as parking pilot, garage pilot and traffic jam pilot into production.The Audi A8 is stylistically defining – it signals the dawning of a new design era for the entire brand. The front end with the wide, upright Singleframe grille and the fluid, muscular body symbolize sporty elegance, sophistication and...
July 15, 2017

New Audi A8: Future of the luxury class car

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