Industry

Some reflections on electric vehicles and ecology
Electric Cars

Some reflections on electric vehicles and ecology

Escrito por: Diego G. Moreira
22 May 2010
4 min.

The car industry is immersed in ecology. If we browse through the different brands we will always find the Eco or Blue version, or whatever name each brand gives it. And many of them are already excelling with electric vehicles, which are a true panacea for any brand that manages to get its electric model […]

Maybach da señales de vida con el 57s Coupe
Coupés

Maybach da señales de vida con el 57s Coupe

Escrito por: Fernando Alvarez
21 May 2010
1 min.

Parece que un carrocero alemán que hace transformaciones en limusinas, coches blindados (incluso realiza “alargamientos” de carrocerías) de modelos Mercedes y Audi , llamado Xenatec convenció a Daimler de que Maybach debería tener su propio modelo coupé basado en el 57s. Con los aires de cierre de Maybach soplando desde hace meses por Alemania, a […]

Tesla se asocia con Toyota para fabricar eléctricos
Electric Cars

Tesla se asocia con Toyota para fabricar eléctricos

Escrito por: Fernando Alvarez
21 May 2010
1 min.

No es un secreto que Tesla Motors está necesitando dinero e inversiones para mantener a flote la producción futura del Tesla S. Tesla ha logrado un acuerdo con Toyota y básicamente la marca de eléctricos tendría que adquirir la planta de Freemont, California, cerrada desde hace unos meses por Toyota, por ineficiente, para desarrollar allí […]

Peugeot returns to the world of GTIs with the 308 GTI
Compact

Peugeot returns to the world of GTIs with the 308 GTI

Escrito por: Fernando Alvarez
20 May 2010
2 min.

Peugeot has decided to bring back the GTI and has done so with a new version of the 308, called 308 GTI, which will be sold only in its 5-door variant. As in the past, the 308 GTI has its own section of exclusive details, and it also features a completely new engine from the […]

Otra vez es posible: 1.200 caballos para el Bugatti Veyron
Industry

Otra vez es posible: 1.200 caballos para el Bugatti Veyron

Escrito por: Fernando Alvarez
19 May 2010
1 min.

Un trascendido que ya tiene algún tiempo, los 1.200 caballos prometidos para el Bugatti Veyron, podrían ser realidad si tomamos al pie de la letra a Ferdinand Piëch, presidente de Volkswagen. En una conferencia que dio en la universidad tecnológica de Viena, hizo mención a que era posible que pudiéramos ver un Veyron de 1.200 […]

The Fiat Uno will arrive on the European market
Industry

The Fiat Uno will arrive on the European market

Escrito por: Diego G. Moreira
19 May 2010
1 min.

We echo a news story published by Autocar about the low-cost model that Fiat has launched for the Latin American market, the Fiat Uno, which would reach the European market by the end of 2011. A completely logical move, also it will be manufactured in Zastava (Serbia), where Fiat has a plant. The Fiat Uno […]

Fiat will offer an electric bicycle as a replacement vehicle
Curiosities

Fiat will offer an electric bicycle as a replacement vehicle

Escrito por: Eduardo Fortes
18 May 2010
1 min.

The truth is we don’t really know how to take this news. It seems that FIAT has started offering as a replacement car at some dealerships adhered in Spain a bicycle, yes, one of those you have to pedal, as a replacement vehicle, if you own a FIAT 500. Of course, it’s electric, so it […]

El Nissan GT-R se pondrá al día en el 2012, con más de 500 caballos
Sports Cars

El Nissan GT-R se pondrá al día en el 2012, con más de 500 caballos

Escrito por: Fernando Alvarez
18 May 2010
1 min.

Nissan está enfrentando la dura realidad: el GT-R lentamente se está quedando retrasado con respecto a la competencia (llámese Porsche) y tendrá que ponerse al día lo antes posible para seguir esa especie de duelo personal que mantiene con Porsche sobre los tiempos del Nurburgring entre el GT-R y el Porsche 911 Turbo y Turbo […]

Rumor: BMW wants to celebrate the Nürburgring victory in style with the M3 GTS-R
Industry

Rumor: BMW wants to celebrate the Nürburgring victory in style with the M3 GTS-R

Escrito por: Fernando Alvarez
18 May 2010
1 min.

To give you an idea of how important the 24 Hours of Nürburgring race is for manufacturers, and given that BMW wasn’t even expecting to win, the boys from the German brand are now going to unleash their full arsenal on the market. In Munich, there’s a rumour that the BMW M3 GTS will have […]

The Seat Leon will open fire for the hybrid models by Seat
Electric Cars

The Seat Leon will open fire for the hybrid models by Seat

Escrito por: Fernando Alvarez
18 May 2010
2 min.

Seat could not be left behind, being one of the satellite brands of Volkswagen. The Germans have entrusted a hybrid drive unit to Seat, which they hurried to fit into a Seat Leon that is already being tested by the engineers in Martorell. This move coincides with the presentation of the Golf Blue-e-Motion, and the […]