Alfa Romeo 4C, 2014

 Alfa Romeo 4C

The global launch of the Alfa lover 4C marks the come back of the whole to the globe of light-weight sports coupés, a rare event, anticipated ever additional thirstily by the host of fans throughout the globe. The exclusive 'Launch Edition' was created only for them, a numbered edition of four hundred in Europe with exclusive characteristics developed specifically for this distinctive version.
The Alfa lover 4C Launch Edition offers all the winning characteristics of the model that represents the essential sportiness embedded within the 'Alfa lover DNA': Italian vogue, performance and technical excellence, for max driving pleasure in complete safety.
The word form '4C' attracts its inspiration from the brand's wonderful past, projected the values of technology and emotions into the longer term. Indeed, it refers to Alfa Romeo's nice sporting tradition: the acronyms 8C and 6C within the Nineteen Thirties and Forties distinguished cars - each sport and non - fitted with the powerful 'eight cylinders' and also the innovative 'six cylinders', confirming in its style layout ANd construction the goal of achieving the weight/power quantitative relation of an authentic supercar, but four kg/HP, nonetheless focusing not just on the utmost power delivered, however on limiting the burden to ensure most legerity and high performance. to the current finish, the Alfa lover 4C uses progressive technologies and materials derived from super sports cars (including the Alfa lover 8C Competizione) - carbon fibre, aluminium, rear-wheel drive - and technologies from the newest normal models from Alfa lover, however updated to reinforce the sports charm of the new automotive even more. this is often incontestible by the new 1750 Turbo gasoline all-aluminium engine with direct injection, the delicate "Alfa TCT" twin dry clutch transmission and also the Alfa polymer selector with the new Race mode.
The car's bodywork is formed entirely of low-density, high-strength material. advantages of mistreatment this material embrace lighter weight (it is two hundredth lighter than steel) and resistance to corrosion. Dimensional stability is appreciate steel and higher than atomic number 13.

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Aston Martin V12 Vantage S, 2014

 Aston Martin V12 Vantage S

Aston Martin is taking sports automotive performance to extremes with the new Aston Martin V12 Vantage S. Taking simply three.7 seconds to sprint from 0-60 mph (3.9 seconds 0-100 km/h) the sports automotive underlines its position as not solely the brand's quickest fast production automotive, however additionally the foremost potent Vantage in Aston Martin's glistering 100-year history.
Race car technology runs throughout the desoxyribonucleic acid of the Aston Martin V12 Vantage S with, for example, CNC machined combustion chambers and hollow cam shafts simply 2 samples of track technology feeding through to the road.
The Aston Martin V12 Vantage S has been restyled to mirror is position because the flagship of the new Vantage vary.
The new Aston Martin V12 Vantage S after all retains an equivalent compact proportions and muscular stance as its forerunner, whereas options like the pronounced bonnet vents and flaring wheel arches underscore its sporting talents.
In the Great Britain the new automotive is offered from £138,000 RRP; Germany €179,950 RRP; USA $184,995 MSRP; urban center $230,995 (US$) and Australia AU$ 389,300, excluding native taxes wherever applicable.

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BMW i8, 2015

 BMW i8

The development of BMW i cars follows a revolutionary approach, a technique specializing in the creation of premium cars purpose-designed to be hopped-up by strictly electrical or plug-in hybrid drive systems. This electrical drive technology (packaged beneath the BMW eDrive banner) is so a central part of the vehicle idea - in distinction to the "conversion" model, wherever vehicles ar retrofitted with electrical drive systems. Characteristic BMW driving dynamics let alone emission-free quality, precise energy flow management, pioneering style, intelligent light-weight construction and production processes that preserve energy and resources move to reciprocally complementary impact to make the innovative, sustainability-led premium character of BMW i cars.
The BMW i8 was planned from the bottom up as a plug-in hybrid sports automobile boast agile performance attributes and extraordinary potency. Its LifeDrive design - developed specifically for BMW i - offers the perfect platform for a weight-minimizing construction, low center of gravity and even weight distribution. The combustion engine and motor, battery pack, power physics, chassis elements, and structural and crash functions ar all organized inside the Al Drive module, whereas the central part of the Life module is that the i8's CFRP traveler cell. This structure additionally permits a substantial degree of style freedom, that has been used - inside the framework of the planning language developed for BMW i - to offer the BMW i8 its distinctive look.
The BMW cluster is that the world's 1st automaker to use associate degree environmentally friendly method for the treatment of animal skin. The animal skin for the surfaces of the seats and also the control board is tanned exploitation olive leaf extract. This avoids the creation of environmentally damaging production residue also as giving the animal skin a very high-quality and natural look. The oxen hide comes completely from Germany, Austria and European nation, and also the natural treatment method takes place in Germany. This keeps distances to the BMW i8 production facility at BMW Plant metropolis pleasingly short.
The BMW i8 can arrive in U.S. showrooms in spring of 2014 with a base Manufcturer's prompt Retail worth of $135,925 together with destination and handling. within the kingdom it's priced at £99,845 and in Germany at €126,000.

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