G-Power BMW M6 Hurricane CS Specs

To handle world record speeds for a production BMW M6 coupe, Michelin Pilot Sport PS2 tires in sizes 255/35 ZR19 are used in the front and 305/30 ZR19 tires in the rear. If you plan on using the Hurricane CS for daily use, 21″ Silverstone Diamond wheels with tires that fit them respectively are used, however these wheels are only stable up to 211 mph. A completely new titanium exhaust system was installed that weighs 53 lbs less than the stock unit, and carbon fiber seats were also added to reduce the weight by 26 lbs for each seat. With the huge power gains and extra weight savings, this BMW M6 is able to reach 62 mph in 4.4 seconds, 124 mph in 9.6 seconds, and 187 mph in just 26 seconds.

With those kinds of speeds, G-Power needed to ensure the BMW would be able stop on a dime if the end of the track approached too soon. So they switched the stock brakes with a 50% lighter Carbon-Ceramic system, with 6-piston calippers and large 380 mm brake discs. A G-Power adjustable coilover suspension was added as well, and it has nine different settings the owner can use to set their desired comfort. Exterior modifications include a multipart widebody aerodynamic kit which holds the new fenders, redesigned bumpers, vents in the hood, carbon fiber diffuser and wing package. Now to own the worlds fastest production coupe, be ready to empty your pockets at $477,500.

from: fancytuning.com

Rinspeed Fiat 500 Abarth E2 Specs Pics

Swiss car tuner Rinspeed has modified a Fiat 500 Abarth to get more power and better gas mileage but it won’t do this at the same time. They started from a Fiat 500 that has a standard 135 HP and they developed a new engine management system that has one mode for the city and one for the highway. The “E2″ system will reduce the engine’s output from 160 HP to 60 HP with one touch of a button. The 60 HP mode is suitable for city traffic and will help the tiny Fiat achieve a 4.0L/100 km fuel usage while the 160 HP highway mode will use 7L/100 km. Rinspeed is one of the first tuners that makes something to reduce the car’s fuel consumption and in the Highway mode their car will get the same HP number as the Fiat 500 Abarth SS.

Since the number of people who want to use our energy supply responsibly is quickly growing, an engine tweak like one made by Rinspeed would be a good trick to make any car better. The Swiss tuner will come with their Fiat 500 Abarth E2 at the Geneva Motor Show.

from: fancy.com

CRD Infiniti FX Crossover Specification

Car Research & Development GmbH & Company (CRD) has revealed a modest tuning kit for the luxurious Infiniti FX Crossover. The new package was introduced at the Frankfurt Motor Show and the Infiniti package features a redesigned exterior. A modified front grille, front fender vents, and a roof carrier contribute to the aggresive look with the grey accents throughout. Adding to the list are 21 inch alloy wheels that have a turbine design and grey finish. Under the hood is the stock 5.0-liter V8 engine that comes from the factory producing 390 hp for the Infiniti FX Crossover.

from: fancytuning.com

Mansory Porsche 911 Specification and pics

Mansory Switzerland knows everything about Porsche cars and a couple of days ago they presented a new tuning programme for the Porsche 911 model at the Geneva Motor Show. They tried to improve the car’s aerodynamics, performances and handling and they reduced the car’s weight by installing body components made of PU-RIM. The new body kit gives the car a sportive and dynamic look and it consists of a new front apron which can be combined with the Mansory carbon hood with striking side beads, a rear apron that has an integrated four pipe exhaust system and new side skirts which make complete this body kit. Under the hood the Swiss tuners installed a new sport air filter and with the new exhaust, this Porsche 911 has 0-100km/h acceleration time faster than the stock version.The car received forged wheels with an exclusive design made from light alloy measuring 8.5 x 20″ at the front and 12 x 20″ at the rear axle. For the best grip Mansory installed Michelin Pilot Sport tires sized 245/30 at the front and 325/25 at the rear and with these modifications at the car’s running gear, the tuning company managed to lower the car’s centre of gravity by 30 mm. The interior is stylish, luxurious and the most precious materials were used. Soft leather on the seats and dashboard, individual graining, perfectly applied decorative stitching and a new sport steering wheel make this car’s interior look really extravagant. The sportive appeal is also enhanced by anti-skip aluminium pedals and real carbon components.

from: fancytuning.com/

PICTURES OF THE MERCEDEZ BENZ S500

"The Mercedes-Benz S500 Plug-in Hybrid Concept is a new milestone on our path toward zero-emission mobility," says Dr. Dieter Zetsche, Chairman of Daimler AG and Head of Mercedes-Benz Cars. "It is a luxurious and safe S Class that offers superior driving performance while at the same time consuming less fuel than current compacts. All of this shows that our top models will also be able to combine automotive fascination with responsibility for the environment."

"Although it will take some time before this model can go into series production, our engineers will be working full steam to carry out the necessary integration measures and ensure that all components can meet the tough everyday demands required of a luxury long-distance sedan," says Dr. Thomas Weber, member of the Board of Management of Daimler AG with responsibility for Group Research and Mercedes-Benz Cars Development. "We've already got all the key technology we need for such a dream car, which is why I see it being included in the next gen-eration of the S Class. The important thing now is that our development work be accompanied by the establishment of a full-coverage infrastructure that will allow the potential of this innovative drive system to be fully exploited."

The electrical drive components of the Mercedes-Benz S500 Plug-in Hybrid Concept demonstrate the versatility of Mercedes-Benz' intelligently organized set of Hybrid systems, which has a widely scalable range of performance. The Hybrid module's design does not differ much from the compact, disc-shaped 15-kW electric motor of the S400 Hybrid, even though it is three times as powerful. As a result, the Hybrid module can be elegantly incorporated into the housing of the 7G-TRONIC seven-speed automatic transmission, allowing this model variant as well as the S400 Hybrid to retain the S Class' spacious interior. Future model generations will orient themselves on this system architecture.

Whereas the extremely compact lithium-ion battery in the S400 Hybrid (0.9 kWh) can be housed in the vehicle's engine compartment, the significantly higher-performing lithium-ion unit in the Mercedes-Benz S500 Plug-in Hybrid Concept (over 10 kWh) requires more installation space. The battery is located behind the rear seats in the trunk. The lithium-ion battery's location above the rear axle provides crucial benefits, since it ensures that the vehicle has a balanced weight distribution and that the gasoline tank remains adequate for long-distance cruising. In addition, the protected position of the tank ensures it is as safe as possible during crashes.

Additional clutch decouples the Hybrid module and combustion engine

In accordance with the modular concept, the powertrain design for the Mercedes-Benz S500 Plug-in Hybrid Concept is basically the same as that for the S400 Hybrid.

One system-specific attribute is the presence of an additional clutch integrated between the combustion engine and the electric motor. This device decouples the two components in the pure electric drive mode, thereby ensuring the highest level of efficiency in the latter. Moreover, because it is fully integrated into the vehicle's converter housing, the clutch does not take up any additional space.

Electrical outlet as a filling station: Powerful plug-in battery

Another key difference between the Mercedes-Benz S500 Plug-in Hybrid and conventional hy-brids involves the plug-in battery, which can be charged at charging stations, thereby enabling the Mercedes-Benz S500 Plug-in Hybrid to travel up to 18 miles on electric power. The rapid charge cycle takes less than 60 minutes with a charging capac-tiy of 20 kW. A standard charge cycle at a conventional household socket with 3.3 kW takes about four-and-a-half hours to recharge a completely discharged battery.

The model is also equipped with a compact onboard charger: Housed behind the side trunk wall, this unit controls the recharging process and is protected against short circuits, voltage reversal, and voltage surges. The charging system also pro-tects the battery by monitoring voltage, the charging level and charging time. The total weight of the electrical components in the current experimental vehicle is 474 pounds, whereby the lithium-ion battery weighs approximately 286 pounds. That's much less than a conventional NiMH battery with the same capacity, as the weight of such batteries ranges from 397 - 441 lbs.

The vehicle's Hybrid module also provides additional energy when the car is in motion through regenerative braking — the recovery of energy when braking. Here, the clutch enhances efficiency as well, as it enables complete energy regen-eration without engine drag losses.

Range of up to 18 miles with all-electric driving

The high-performance battery and the 44 kW/60 hp Hybrid module enable the vehicle to drive up to 18 miles purely on electricity. That is completely sufficient for many trips within cities, where the Mercedes-Benz S500 Plug-in Hybrid Concept is quick and very comfortable without producing any local emissions. The gasoline engine automatically adds its power to that of the electric motor when travelling at high speeds or driving up steep inclines. Before closing the clutch in such cases, the vehicle electronics synchronises the engine speed with the Hybrid module's rotational speed so that the engine is activated extremely smoothly without the driver noticing.

What's more, the Hybrid module's sophisticated interplay with the combustion engine enables numerous additional functions that positively impact fuel consumption, emissions and vehicle agility. Like the system employed in the S400 Hybrid, the Hybrid module in the Mercedes-Benz S500 Plug-in Hybrid Concept also comes with the ECO start/stop function. This feature also enhances safety and driving pleasure because of its boost effect, which has the electric motor providing powerful support to the combustion engine during the high-consumption acceleration phase. This system has already proved its practical viability in a slightly different configuration in the Mercedes-Benz Sprinter.

Extensive electronic safety and control components

The lithium-ion battery not only serves as an energy storage device for the elec-tric motor in the Mercedes-Benz S500 Plug-in Hybrid; it is also linked via a DC-DC converter to the 12-volt on-board network, which provides power to standard consumers such as the headlamps and various comfort devices. To ensure a consistently high level of electrical efficiency, the voltage transformers are water-cooled via an additional low-temperature circuit.

Special power electronics are required for operating the three-phase AC electric motor in the high-voltage direct current grid, and the inverter for this task is hou-sed in the engine compartment. Because the power electronics system itself is heated by the electric current thus created, it too is integrated into the low-temperature cooling circuit. Mercedes-Benz employs standardized components for the power electronics system as well, enabling them to be efficiently com-bined with different electric motors and battery types across all model series.

On the road to plug-in Hybrids: Diesel-Hybrid concepts

An important milestone on the road to plug-in Hybrids is the recently unveiled Vision E300 BlueTEC Hybrid diesel Hybrid. Like the S400 Hybrid and the Mercedes-Benz S500 Plug-in Hybrid Concept, it is based on the Mercedes-Benz modular Hybrid concept. This near-series vehicle study combines a new 2.2-liter, four-cylinder diesel engine with the 15 kW/20 hp Hybrid module that is also used in the S400 Hybrid, but which here also enables pure electric driving. This drive system configuration enables the Vision E300 BlueTEC Hybrid to travel over 60 miles on only 1 gallon of fuel (preliminary value). This corresponds to CO2 emissions of 119 grams per kilometre with an output of 165 kW/224 hp and superior torque of 580 - 600 newtonmetres (combined in both cases), more or less the same performance as today's six-cylinder diesel engines. Exhaust gas treatment is handled by the combination of an oxidizing catalytic converter, a diesel particulate filter and BlueTEC with AdBlue® injection. The Vision E300 BlueTEC Hybrid thus also has the potential to meet the world's most stringent emission standards.

Mercedes-Benz S500 Plug-in Hybrid Concept - Technical Data

• Combustion engine (gasoline)
  • No. of cylinders/arrangement: V-6, 4 valves per cylinder
  • Displacement: 3.5 l
• Hybrid module
  • Type: Permanently excited synchronous machine
  • Rated output: approx. 44 kW/60 PS
  • Rated torque: 184 lb-ft
• Performance and fuel consumption
  • Acceleration 0-60 mph: 5.4 s
  • Top speed: 155 mph (250 km/h)
  • Fuel consumption: 3.2 l/100 km (combined)
  • CO2 emissions: 74 g/km (combined)

AUDI Q5 WILL LAUNCH IN INDONESIA

PHOTOSHOT AUDI Q5

Audi Q5 will rocket car market in indonesia. that this time will participate in fresh SUV market. because the car market is increasingly crowded SUV. because many people like this car. Audi Q5 will be one of the most car SUV class car market in the sub-indonesia. This car will be launch on 16 July 2009,

HUMMER RUNS BIOFUL

ZDNet announces that a specialist in conversion in biodiesel, Jonathan Goodwin, ratroadapt Hummer to run on ethanol, hydrogen, the biodiesel or the natural gas. The car obtains the equivalent with 40 miles per gallon. Goodwin 'company of S is a starting of alternative energy, energy of SAE. The company fills not very probable place on the clean market of technology: manufacture of the green of cars of muscle. He 's already converted approximately 60 Hummer H2 of gas into diesel and approximately 100 Hummer H1, including Hummer which can burn the whole menu of the clean fuels.

A conversion gas-with-diesel amplifies Hummer the 'mileage of S of approximately 10 miles per gallon with enters 22 and 24 miles one gallon. Moreover, the power in horses jumps approximately from 325 in regular Hummer to 650, giving to the car more power.Goodwin, that 's.A. based with Wichita, Kan., doesn 't announce or push the services by Web sites much because it produces of too many investigations. I really obtain hammered with much request when I make, it said. But him doesn 'glance of T as I will be able to hide much longer.

conversions Gas-with-diesel are the equivalent of the motor vehicles of a Clerc's Office of heart. The gas engine and the original transmission are removed and replaced by a diesel engine of Duramax, typically inserted in trucks of Chevy, and a transmission of Allison.

With Hummer, little later adaptation is required. With Impala, the central divider in the car had to be widened. In the final analysis, although, the car rendered service always to four passengers or more, unlike two-seater Lamborghini.

The increase in execution comes partly from the inherent properties of the diesel engines. In a general way, a diesel can provide more rotation strength of couples applied it to an object, in this case the car the 's driving crankshaft-quun of gas. A gas engine of 500 powers in horses could extinguish a couple of 600 book-foot. A similar diesel could extinguish a couple from 800 to 900 book-foot.

The engine inserted in Impala 1965 turns the crank 850 powers in horses and of a couple of 1200 book-foot. Impala was selected because it has a reinforcement stronger than the majority of the other cars of muscle of medium of the Sixties.

Couple is, of key Goodwin said.

LUXURIOUS CIRBIN V13R THREE WELL CAR

The car of three wheels are rather popular during the recent time, not a too great number of them are seen on the road. But, the production of Cirbin V 13R will change that, to going worse this articles will explain that. The low position and light weight should provide a rather good feeling by the corners while the effective engine of HD can give you a nice precipitation via your right foot. The body is glass fibre and the frame is steel tubular welded with a heavier zone of impact in the front one.
It comes with a full system from lighting including/understanding from the headlights with the high one and the low-beams and from the current lights day, of the signals of turn, the lights of brake and the reversed indicators. All is easily ordering of your seat of plac bucket in front of the engine. You have even a certain space of cargo in the front one. In fact it is not completely a car of three wheels. V 13R l' origin was presented last year to the association of the market of equipment of speciality (SOWED), but the production is placed to start very soon. Roadster-meet-trike is actuated by a v-twin 1250cc borrowed from the V-Stem of Harley Davidson. The power passes by a sequential transmission 5 speeds to the aft wheel.