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Lada number 26 000 000

Monday, August 16th, 2010

Russian car company AvtoVAZ Lada produce 26 million number.
This year marks 40 years since the creation of AvtoVAZ. The anniversary was celebrated with the production of 26 millionth car brand Lada.

For the production of one million was needed last 26 months from June 2008

It is interesting to note that throughout its history, Lada has not stopped production on almost none of their models because the old boat in Russia and some former Soviet republics are still searching.

The most popular model is now Samara, which appears on the market in 1984 and now has 26.6 percent market share among all models of Lada.

Second preference is for modern Priora (pictured below), which accounted for 25.3% of all sales of Lada.

From the perspective of European buyers is difficult to understand why the “classics” of the Lada - 2105/2107 is so sought after today in Russia and ranks third in sales among all models of the brand - 24.1 percent.

Fourth Kalina is compact with 17.2 percent, and other “classic”, Lada Niva 4×4 has 6.6% of the market in AvtoVAZ. Jubilee 26 millionth car is a model Lada Kalina, and it is destined place in the company museum in the city of Togliatti.

In honor of the 40th anniversary of the company at the end of this month in Moscow Motor Show will be presented a new model - 2190, whose name will be chosen through a survey of our customers.

In Italy the allowed maximum speed is 150 km/h

Friday, July 30th, 2010

The Italian government adopted an amendment to the Law on Road Traffic, with effect from today, July 30.
One of the major changes it is increasing the maximum permitted speed of highways 130 to 150 mph.

So far, only certain areas and in exceptional circumstances were allowed movement at such a speed - at least when the highway with 4 lanes for traffic in one direction and a CCTV (cameras CCTV).

With changes come new and amounts of the fines for speeding. Now for exceeding the maximum speed of 10 mph is already a fine of 155 euros, exceeded 40 to 60 mph fine is 500 euros (more than 130 so far) and termination of licenses for a period of 1 to 3 months .

Exceeding the maximum speed of more than 60 mph leads to a fine of 779 euros (with more than 229 so far), and disqualification for driving 6 to 12 months.

Changes repealed and the lowest possible level of alcohol in the blood of 0.5 ppm for drivers younger than 21 years, and for professional drivers of trucks, taxis and those of mass public transportation.

Elenite Holiday Village

Sunday, June 27th, 2010

Elenite Holiday Complex is located 45 km north of Bourgas, only a few miles from Sunny Beach. Picturesquely located in a small and beautiful bay with nearly one kilometer long beach of fine white sand. The complex includes a few hotels and a number one and two-storey villas, perched among the beautiful green slopes of the hills. Here, however, luxury is respected. The place is relatively quiet, and prices for accommodation are a prerequisite for careful selection of wealthy tourists to taste the pleasant and quiet vacation.

Most hotels and villas operate on all inclusive. The complex can practice many water sports and beautiful nature calls for pleasant walks.

Nearby is the beautiful Emine and famous Irakli beach. If you wanted a bit more lively entertainment - to Sunny Beach is only minutes away by rent a car. Also nearby is the town of Nessebar with the romantic charm of ancient remains and houses.
Elenite is among one of the leading and most peaceful resorts on the Bulgarian seaside. Renting a hotel in Elenite is preferred by people who want to escape from the noisy cities and resorts, from the crowd and crowded beaches. As words to be spoken about the benefits of the resort, best post for all you have to expect there may be obtained only by those who are already resting in Elenite.

MAGNAT made by Ford F150 multimedia system on wheels

Saturday, June 19th, 2010

The American branch of German company for automobile audio MAGNAT, presented his version of pickup F-150, the most popular model for Ford in the U.S..
After the intervention of MAGNAT, F-150 has become the “audio on wheels”.

However MAGNAT has made other changes except car audio. The rims are 22 inches by Rockstar, shod with high-speed tires Yokohama. The body is painted matte gray.

The seats of the F-150 by Recaro - Cross Sportster CS, Leather (Alcantara). The multimedia system includes DVD, Ipod, TV Tuner, Navi or Xbox game console.

According to the design of interiors company fully complies with the exterior design. Naturally audio is most impressive, there are 17 speakers, 10 amplifiers and a total output of 20,000 Watts.

MAGNAT intervened and the engine, having increased power of the V8 volume of 5.8 liters to 340 hp Completely changed and the exhaust system, which is now a sound like a powerful race car.

Test drive: The new Touareg is not afraid of difficult terrain

Friday, June 11th, 2010

more attractive design, lighter curb weight, more high tech features of more land and more luxury.
The car also gives more choices to the most appropriate version for each buyer. For those who will use the Touareg more often outside the asphalt roads will undoubtedly be appropriate version 4XMotion blokiruem by reducing transmission and differential 2,69:1.

The movement is transmitted to the front and rear wheels in a ratio of 40:60. Better behavior of terrain and provides the opportunity to enhance education of the car by 10 mm front and rear 15 mm. Under the special package Terrain Tech volume of the tank is increased from 85 to 100 liters, and there is an extra opportunity to lift the car to achieve a ground clearance of 300 mm.

4 X Motion system is managed by a circular panel on the center console, and may be selected five modes - On-Road, Off-Road (with a special electronic control assistants), Low (included reduction of transmission), Off-Road by mezhduoseviya differential lock and Off-Road with locking rear differential and mezhduoseviya. In this version can not be excluded entirely control system stabilization. 4XMotion system will only be available engine V6 TDI.

For those less will dirty car in forest and mountain roads with no pavement, it would be more appropriate version of 4Motion differential Torsen.

However, all versions are standard with automatic transmission with eight grades. The new transmission is capable of delivering torque of 850 Nm. The maximum speed the car up to 6 degrees, while the seventh and eighth serve economical driving at high speeds.

Design

Overall, the design of second-generation Touareg by Volkswagen choose evolutionary approach. The new Touareg has the style of the latest models of the brand.

The radiator grille is simplified by two parallel chromed ribs in the upper part and the bottom three. Lighthouses are more aggressive form of the brand new style. In some versions of which are integrated LED daytime running lights.

The rear lights have a stylized form and schedule are as fully diode. At the bottom of the front bumper mounted fog lights and radar, and adaptive cruise control to the ACC (cruise control) system and Front Assist.

Total vehicle seem more dynamic, although it retains the line of window profile and solid rear door of the first generation.

Dimensions and weight
 
As seen changes in the external size of the car are not radical. The increased wheelbase, however, feels much better than traveling in the rear because the rear space is significantly expanded (by 68 mm). Here’s what the new Touareg offers sizes as compared to the competition in this class.

While a larger, new Touareg has a small own weight in comparison to its predecessor (depending on version) with 203 to 222 kilograms. This represents roughly 10% of the weight of the car. Reduced the weight of the body, platform, soundproofing materials, etc..

At the same time the body is stronger because of the use of manganese steel. The suspension is lower by 47 kg weight thanks to the use of aluminum (air suspension is easier for the new generation with 20 kilograms).
 
Engines

In Bulgaria, now the new Touareg will be offered with three conventional engine, V6 FSI petrol and diesel V6 TDI and V8 TDI. V6 FSI petrol engine volume 3.6 liters with a combined consumption of 9.9 liters per 100 km. This is 2.5 liters less than its predecessor. The engine has a power of 206 kW and maximum torque of 360 Nm, as in old. The engine however is a new electronic management system, new pistons, new cylinder walls, etc..

V6 TDI turbodiesel is available in standard modification BlueMotion Technology. Its maximum power is 176 kW, and maximum torque of 550 Nm available from 2000 rpm instead of 2500 as it was under his predecessor. The combined cost given by the manufacturer is 7.4 liters per 100 km. Compared to the cost of the previous generation engine Touareg V6 TDI, it is less by 1.9 liters.

News in the new Touareg e V8 TDI, which will replace the unique V10 TDI with 5.0 volume (but the older type of “pump-nozzle). The engine has eight cylinders and 4.2 liters volume course is a type common-rail. The engine power is 250 kW, this is more than 12 kW power desettsilindroviya predecessor. The new engine has a maximum torque of 800 Nm, as is possible between 1750 and 2750 rpm.

Acceleration from standstill to 100 km / h is 5.8 seconds, which makes it the fastest serial Touareg done before. It is faster in the sprint with a tenth of a second even Touareg W12. The new generation Touareg disappear except V10 TDI, and also larger petrol engines. W12 instead of volume 6.0 liters (331 kW, 600 Nm) and 4.2 V8 (257 kW, 440 Nm) will only be available Touareg Hybrid (279 kW, 580 Nm).

A new generation means the end for 2.5 R5 TDI diesel-type pump-jet. Currently in Bulgaria hybrid version of the Touareg will be offered. This was decided mainly because its high price is more than 35 percent higher than the price of diesel TDI 6 cylinder.
 
Interior and furniture

Changes in the interior are also evolutionary compared to the previous version, but the luxury and facilities are significantly better.

The average panel is better integrated into the dashboard dials are round. The steering wheel is completely new, with three legs and sports a crown. The large display has two versions - black and white and color, capable of giving three-dimensional image. The display will depict all possible information, including those by the navigation system.

Is the new standard RCD 550 audio system with touch screen and a CD changer for six discs. A more expensive version RNS 850 is hard drive with 60 GB capacity and offers a DVD player. The new adaptive tempomat ACC uses two radar range 200 m and angle of coverage of 40 degrees. They are mounted at the bottom of the front bumper. It works at any speed, even at the maximum of 250 mph. Thanks to Stop & Go system can stop the car completely, if required by the traffic situation.

Radar system used Front Assist, which, if necessary, prepare for braking action. Touareg systems has Lane Assist (warns of unintended lane departure of movement) and Side Assist (availability of cars in the blind, dead zone for the driver). A novelty in the system Touareg Area View. Four cameras located in the fifth door in the radiator grille and the two exterior mirrors can show the display space around the car. The system facilitates parking, traffic and off-road movement of vehicles. Cross Traffic feature allows using two cameras side driver to cope more easily with traffic.

Do not forget, and adaptive headlights that appear first in the name Volkswagen Dynamic Light Assist. Bi-xenon headlamps with feature lighting turns depending on speed. They may automatically change the length and breadth of the illuminated area.

This makes it possible to drive a beam without a car blind counterpart. If not for xenon headlights bi-and Dynamic Light Assist (versions V6 TDI and V6 FSI), Touareg has halogen lights and bulbs H15 Osram.
 
Mission Touareg

Representatives of Volkswagen in Bulgaria provided the automotive journalists from the Bulgarian media the opportunity to experience the new Touareg in real terms.

Seven cars, all with V6 TDI turbodiesel engines headed from Sofia to Pamporovo. Highway traffic is allowed to feel the car at high speeds. Impeccable road holding, low cost (to us showed an average cost of Sofia to Pamporovo by 7.4 liters per 100 km.) Comfortable atmosphere.

The diesel engine is barely audible even at high speed at medium. Isolation is perfect and even wind noise (in the parts of the road with better surface) is also subtle. On the road from Plovdiv to Smolyan wonderful car show dynamic characteristics.

If it is necessary to overtake a car on a relatively narrow road in the shortest span in which this is allowed, Touareg makes compromises and at the same time easy, even a “reflection” of the gearbox in the lower gears. When moving at a speed of 80-90 mph drops to cost us about 7 liters per 100 kilometers.

Imperceptibly arrive in Pamporovo. For tired or bored by the management of a busy road can not be impossible.

But the most interesting yet. Awaiting our off-road run between Pamporovo - Sunrise Hut and Shiroka Laka. If anyone had doubts about the off road capabilities of the Touareg, at this distance they were completely allayed.

Passed on the way in which they move only high cross trucks lumberjacks. Horizontal and vertical slopes, mud and water, stones, the road was literally everything. Tested all systems support the driver and be assured that few cars in this class may be so suitable for terrain.

No need extra height of the car rises and opens clearance of 300 mm. Causes some discomfort automatic lowering of the car when crossing the speed of around 15 mph. If then the road gets tough and the car had to be raised again, this has to do manually with round button control system of movement. If you forget the car fell height, problems may arise.

Not face any difficulty in elapse thirty mile off-road section.

The new Touareg is really much safer to land, but must be air-suspension system and package Terain 4hMotion and Tech.

If you need to finish with five distinctive features of the old new Touareg, which started as if the most important of these is the increased power of off road car. This is not just sleek and dynamic SUV, Touareg II has become very suitable for difficult terrain

Mercedes SL gets a package of tuning Prior Design

Thursday, June 3rd, 2010

Mercedes SL attracted the attention of German tuning-studio Prior Design, which give a new look of the car.
The set is called PD-Series SL R230 and includes new headlamps are inspired by the SL65 AMG Black Series.
Mercedes SL Prior Design used the new front panel, which appeared increased intakes and wider sections of predradiatornata grid. On her plate instead of the Mercedes logo has appeared Prior Design.
In the rear of the Mercedes SL has occurred more aggressive bumper. Diffuser can be decorated in body color or made from carbon fiber.
The new suspension is an electronic module Airmatic, which regulates the height of the suspension to the specifics of the roadway.

McLaren prepares for good sales of its supercar

Tuesday, May 25th, 2010

McLaren MP4-12C will now be sold in 35 dealer centers in 19 countries.
Interest in the new supercar is very high, plus several thousand customers who have already signed up to buy the car, about 500 companies interested in selling cars.
By McLaren, however, has so far chosen much less their dealers, as the first will be 35 companies, 23 will officially be announced at Goodwood Festival of Speed, where new supercar will be presented for the first time before a wider audience .
Eight of the first dealers are the USA and Canada, 12 in Europe (Britain, Germany, Belgium, France, Italy and Switzerland), two are in the Middle East and one in South Africa. Sales of the McLaren MP4-12C will begin in spring 2011.
In the first year of McLaren plan to produce and sell supercars 1000, about 500 will be sold in Europe to 400 in the U.S. and others in the Middle East.
McLaren already has a list of the 2500 first serious buyers for the new car in the near future is planned at McLaren super model to participate in about 100 different car shows and other events to further increase its popularity.

Ferrari and Lamborghini do not want turbines

Saturday, May 22nd, 2010

Ferrari and Lamborghini will retain atmospheric engines for new generations of most of its models due to the preferences of its customers.
So far, it was expected that all future generations of Ferrari to use turbine on the basis of different versions of the V8.

Company chief Amadeo Felisa (Amedeo Felisa), however, said that the new Ferrari Enzo will continue to use ambient V12. To reduce the Gallardo Superleggera consumption and emissions, most likely in the Italian company will combine with the V12 motor.

“This is the reason to develop hybrid technology. Hybrid technology means salvation for V12 “, said Felisa.

For its part, the head of Lamborghini, Stephan Winkelmann (Stephan Winkelmann), confirmed that although the company’s ability to analyze all the engine technologies, is not the introduction of turbines in the aggregates for their models.

Instead of turbines in the Lamborghini will struggle with high costs and high CO2 emissions with a lower weighting of their own models. In Geneva in March the company revealed Gallardo Superleggera, which shall be deemed to set a new field of super lightweight materials used in car production.

Ford Mondeo update

Thursday, May 20th, 2010

Clearly visible parts of the car, which will have the most profound changes. Showing new front and rear bumpers, which are in the style of the Ford Focus, revised grille and LED daytime running lights, which will be installed, however, only a portion of the versions of the Mondeo.

The interior is expected also to be upgraded. In the technical part, we can expect to modernized Ford Mondeo is available with engines Ecoboost. The car will surely get a new petrol turbo engine with a volume of 2.0 liters and a system of direct fuel injection. Its power is 200 hp and maximum torque of 286Nm. It is very possible to see the renewed Mondeo and the smaller Ecoboost volume of 1.6 liters.

Other engines will see better reception in Europe, two-liter diesel units offered with three variants of power - 113, 138 and 161 hp, and a modernized version of the larger volume of diesel with 2.2 liters and 180 hp power As with extra streamlined Mondeo will be offered new transmission Ford, Powershift dual-clutch.

Undergone a facelift model Mondeo is the third platform mounted CD of Ford, as before it was upgraded and the other two - S-Max and Galaxy.

Lack of car harassing MPs

Monday, May 17th, 2010

For the latest information has 116 cars, which enjoy demand from MPs
Fleet of the National Assembly is the last century and therefore the maintenance costs of such cars which are over half a million kilometers, is extremely high.

It told Focus agentsiya Deputy Chairman of the National Assembly and member of GERB Lachezar Ivanov on the idea of reducing the cost of the fleet of National Assembly.

“My opinion is that the National Assembly must get rid of these cars because they only spend a lot of money and efficiency is no. Benefit is not more than 60 vehicles for 240 members. Benefit is 60, maximum of 70 cars are in motion. Others are dead. Cars - dead working for example two days, then have three months to repair. It’s nice to know people. Mercedes bought last century and more than half a million kilometers. I am very curious how many people ride in cars that are over half a million kilometers. As usual all looked in parliament. See how many departments in Head and Director of the ride in a much more expensive luxury car, I would say and SUVs, “said Ivanov.

For the latest information has 116 cars, which enjoy demand from MPs. Borisov, announced this morning live on bTV. Most of the cars in the fleet are Mercedes parliamentary - model between 1996 and 1998 - about 450 000-500 000 km run. For comparison, in Germany for approximately 620 MPs are provided only 40 cars. In Austria, the government estimated that about 246 MPs six government vehicles are adequate

I often asked lawmakers used cars, the President replied:

“In terms of coming in plenary days when Wednesday, Thursday and Friday we have plenary sessions, the information I have is that MPs enjoy buschetata of housing units where they are placed in relation to MPs who are not from Sofia constituency and colleagues from Sofia and often prefer to use private cars, but with their own cars to move and many of our colleagues from the province. “National Assembly Chairman added:” There is a demand by MPs to use the car park when they have meetings in his constituency and had from one municipality to another location in the constituency to travel. But all this is a strict accounting and control, which is carried out personally by the Secretary of Parliament.

Expert.bg recalls that in January this year, Wall Street Journal reflect some of the more unusual measures the government to combat the crisis and deal with the fleet. The publication wrote that many public men ride in cars seized from criminals - among them Finance Minister Simeon Djankov with Audi 4 and thus save taxpayers’ money. Audi, it was confiscated because it was detected before time 10 pounds of heroin - shipment from Turkey to Western Europe.

“Nearly 100 cars seized from criminals currently in use for business needs of government. Dozens of jeeps and Mercedes are used by ministers and senior clergy, and others are sold for the benefit of the Treasury, writes newspaper for something that is common practice in Bulgaria for years.

Djankov said before publication that the government sends a clear signal of the Bulgarians, that no wasted taxpayers’ money. “Send signal to criminals that we are after them,” said another deputy prime minister and finance minister.

The question of how far we “bring” the government policy to provide transport remain open. However, the statement by the President of the EU Herman van Rompoy on his visit in Sofia, Bulgaria is back on the right path sounds encouraging.