Lamborghini 'Super Trofeo Stradale'

The Trofeo Stradale is 70 kilograms lighter than the previous LP560-4, and sprints from 0 to 100 km/h in a mere 3.4 seconds and clocks 200 km/h just 10.4 seconds later.

We all thought the Lamborghini Gallardo 570-4 Superleggera  is the most intense of the LP570 series, until the president and CEO of Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A, Stephan Winkelmann, unveiled the most extreme Gallardo ever; the Lamborghini Gallardo LP570-4 Super Trofeo Stradale which took the audience by surprise at the Volkswagen Group Night in Frankfurt.

This new and most extreme top model in the Gallardo lineup is based on the successful race car from the Lamborghini Blancpain Super Trofeo, one of the world's fastest single make series. The car will be produced in a limited run of 150 numbered units.

Think about extreme race-prepped road-legal cars, the image you perceive in your mind would probably match the Lamborghini Gallardo LP570-4 Super Trofeo Stradale with the "Rosso Mars" paint scheme. The two massive carbon fiber air intakes up front just paint a fanatic picture of how wild the performance is, with a defined measure of calculated extreme handling and driver authority.

The rear spoiler is an enormous, lightweight carbon fiber construction that can be adjusted manually. This spoiler offers greater aerodynamic stability which is said to offer three times the downforce as compared to the Gallardo LP560-4, which in turn helps increase stability during tight, high-speed driving. The Trofeo Stradale is 70 kilograms lighter than the previous LP560-4, which provides a stunning power to weight ratio of  2.35 kilograms per HP for breathtaking performance. It sprints from 0 to 100 km/h in a mere 3.4 seconds and clocks 200 km/h just 10.4 seconds later. The top speed achieved by the Stradale is 320 km/h.

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FORD EVOS CONCEPT CAR REVEALED AT FRANKFURT 2011

As promised, Ford has revealed the brand new concept car at the 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show : the striking new Evos plug-in hybrid sports coupe.Not only does the Evos point at a possible future front-drive Ford coupe, it also showcases the automaker’s first truly global design and a new vision for customer-focused and intuitive technologies.


Key features of the design include the fastback body, muscular haunches, and sporty profile. This dramatic exterior also conceals a four-door, four-seat layout--yes, the Evos features two pairs of gullwing doors--and packages them in a sleek coupe like body.


Overall measurements come in at 177 inches in length, 77 inches in width and a height of 53 inches. The wheelbase stands at 108 inches.Connectivity is also a strong theme behind the design of the Evos.


For example, the car can know its driver's habits, and will automatically adapt handling, steering and engine controls to suit his or her personal taste. Beyond this, the car’s interface and telematics systems will also be able to recognize the driver’s work schedule and local traffic or weather conditions.


It could automatically play the same music or news program that was just streaming at the driver’s home, or heat or cool the interior to an ideal temperature before the driver gets in by predicting departure time based on his or her calendar. Finally, wirelessly communicating with devices in the home, the Evos could close the garage door and switch off the lights automatically as it pulls away.

Believe it or not, the connectivity of the vehicle can also help optimize the drivetrain, which in this case is a plug-in hybrid system matching a gasoline engine with an electric motor running on lithium-ion batteries.In this way the overall driving range could be more than 500 miles on a single tank of gas and a full charge of the Evos’ batteries.


Sadly, Ford is keen to stress that you’ll never see the Evos on the road, though many of its distinctive design features will feature on next-generation Blue Oval models including the Mondeo/Fusion/MKZ replacements and, possibly, the long-rumored three-door Focus.

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Ducati Diavel AMG revelaed at Frankfurt Auto show 2011

    The Ducati Diavel to make his debut at upcoming  frankfurt auto show 2011
 
Ducati’s collaboration with AMG started on a massive note with a sponsorship contract between the two companies for the Ducati MotoGP team, primarily since both share similar values with respect to performance and motorsport culture. The new Diavel will be seen with upgraded special five-spoke wheel styling, new radiator grilles, exhaust, an Alcantara saddle and most importantly an extraordinary Diavel-AMG badge on the white-striped carbon-fiber bodywork. What sets the new edition of the Diavel apart from the other ones is the accurately balanced engine made and signed by an individual technician.

Manually made, similar to all the Ducatis that roar their way out of the assembly unit, the special edition is fully clad with AMG’s very own ‘Diamond White Bright’ stripe and frame in contrast with the black rims. The AMG brand will be seen on the wheels, seat and the end caps of the exhaust.

The new ‘Devil’ as well as an exclusively designed jacket and helmet will hit the showroom in 2012, after its public unveiling at the upcoming Frankfurt Motor Show 2011.

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Newly Launched Hyundai i30 with looks and nice features...

  
All new Hyundai i 30 Launched in Frankfurt auto show 2011 with new looks and nice features.

Designed and engineered at the Hyundai Motor Europe Technical Centre in Rüsselsheim, Germany, the new-generation i30 will be making its world debut at this year’s prestigious Frankfurt Motor Show. The original model, which was launched back in July 2007 went on to increase sales in Europe year after year, achieving total sales of more than 350,000 units up to mid-2011.

Just like its passing namesake, the new i30 will target young and progressive buyers, who expect more than just good looks from their family hatches. The successful implementation of Hyundai’s new ‘fluidic sculpture’ design DNA, the new i30 will once again dinstinguish itself with looks and lines that deserve a second look many times over.

Giving further insights into the design DNA of this magnificent looking modern-day iteration of the ‘i30’ hatch, Thomas Bürkle, Chief Designer at Hyundai Motor Europe Technical Centre, said “The new-generation i30 is recognisable thanks to the Hyundai family face with its signature hexagonal-shaped front grille and the jewel-like design of the headlamps, together with distinctive daytime running lights.  These lights present an angular shape within a more softly-edged recess, adding a strong personality to the vehicle, as well as a sense of refinement and luxury.”

Being the first Hyundai car to receive five stars from Euro NCAP, the car maker obviously expects the new-generation i30 carry forward the same success that the original model enjoyed, and the inclusion of its award-winning Five Year Triple Care package for European customers, will be a valuable point of differentiation for the new-generation i30.

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Volkswagen brings there NILS Concept at franKfurt auto show 2011

Designing a technically sound vehicle that flaunts all the glitterati and gizmos of the modern era, while at the same time filling its belly with as little of the world’s precious fuel as possible is very simply put, every major car makers dream for the near future. And while, it is a known fact that Volkswagen’s top boss Dr. Ferdinand Piesch has pioneered this movement to a great extend for the company and indirectly for the world, the scope and bandwidth of this vision was exemplified in the form of the XL1 concept car, that in real world conditions managed to cover an astonishing distance of a 100 km on a single liter of diesel.

That is to be quite frank, the true quest for super efficient small packaging, which now as we see it is slowly moving a step forward as Volkswagen unveiled for the very first time in its history, a single-seater all electric urban city concept that according to the auto giant is quite easily the newest and most fine specimen of a car flaunting the ‘minimalist mobility’ moniker.

Gaining a lot of attention at the very eve of the 64th Frankfurt Motor Show, where it will be looked upon a lot more closely and without doubt a tad of speculation, this racing car design inspired one man seater is what the company likes to  call the NILS Concept.

The first thing that ought to catch your attention is the fact that the car has four free-standing wheels, just like that of an F1 car. But, it’s not built for race track, but rather for transportation within the city, which as per German Traffic Demography data seems to make a lot of sense.

Built to be as compact as possible, the NILS will definitely make city drives a lot more hassle free thanks to its meager proportions. It is 3.04 metres long, which is about 50 cm shorter than one of Volkswagen’s latest urban hatch offerings for the world, called the up!

Just 0.39 metres wide from wheel to wheel, and a mere 1.2 metres tall, the NILS’s lightweight 460 kg body houses its 19 kg engine at the rear, where like all plug-in electric cars of the modern day, the 15 kW lithium-ion battery pack can be recharged at an electric vehicle charging station.

NILS Concept designer Thomas Ingenlath, has kept the proportions of this single-seater quite bare minimum, but curvaceous and aerodynamic at the same time, which brings us to what sort of performance one can actually expect for a one man city car like NILS.

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