The Taiki (Japanese word for atmosphere) is the latest concept car from Mazda and will be debuted to the public at the upcoming annual Tokyo Motor Show at Chiba City that opens on October 27th. The Mazda Taiki looks great on the design and is equipped with a next generation RENESIS rotary engine under the hood. During the Hall in Tokyo, one of the models that call more attention, was the Taiki Concept Mazda as its future technology will be used in the next models of alignment including a... more

Nissan has announced the Nissan GT-R, a midship car which will hit the dealer showrooms in Japan on December 6. Nissan has distributed images unexpectedly before Tokyo after US magazine Motor Trend published an image of the new GT-R on its latest front cover. The GT-R drops the Skyline name for its latest iteration that will become more of a global car than any of its predecessors, although Nissan Australia is fighting to bring the car to Australia before 2009. "We've been told [by... more

Nissan will continue building the GT-R in the 21st Century, providing the ultimate driving pleasure to even more people worldwide. In its next generation Nissan is looking to introducing the GT-R in other markets worldwide. In pursuit of ultimate driving pleasure Successive generations of the GT-R have consistently pursued the ultimate in driving pleasure. Over the years, the GT-R has continued to be a supreme-performance road-going car that delivers superb driving pleasure by responding... more

The Istituto Europeo di Design of Turin (IED) teamed up with Toyota to create "Prius of 2010-2015", the third year project of 26 students in the post-graduate Transportation Design Course. Led by Fulvio Fantolino, IED's Transportation Design Course Coordinator with Elvio D'Aprile, Assistant Chief Designer at Toyota Europe Design Development, and Tateo Uchida, General Director Research and Project Forum, the students' task was to come up with concepts that, in addition to emphasizing... more

Marketed in November 1997, the Kangoo Express, version of the Kangoo utility, calmly continued his long career. With its short front end and robust, it promotes a new model and a spacious cargo area and functional importance. At the rear, the transition between the wheels is expanded and now allows loading a wooden pallet of 1.20 meters wide. Longest (4.21 m) and wider (1.83 m) than its predecessor, the utility gains load area, it goes from 3.60 to 3m³ m³ and can carry up to 800kg load.... more

With its tortured lines and avant-garde architecture, the BMW Welt ( "world" in German), shows the appearance of a contemporary art museum. The new Munich stronghold of the mark to the propeller was inaugurated this Wednesday, October 17. It expects to receive 850,000 visitors annually. In addition to presenting exclusive all ranges of cars and motorcycles, multimedia shows and exhibitions will take a peek on the research, development, design and production. Concerts, exhibitions,... more

Kimi Raikkonen, winner of the Brazilian Grand Prix in Sao Paulo yesterday, abducted his first World Championship title. The Finns ends with a point ahead of the two McLaren drivers! The chances of "Iceman", to be sacred, were thin at the start of the last Grand Prix of the season. Placed third on the grid, took Raikko entry into second place in Hamilton. The young Englishman offended exceeded desperate attempt on his teammate, turning too wide Hamilton emerged a moment of the alignment ...... more

This "Grand Touring" 8C Competizione received only praise since its introduction as a concept at the Frankfurt fair in 2003. Alfa has decided to skip the step in marketing its beautiful Italian. Not surprisingly, however, the 500 copies have already found takers. To recap, the name "8C" targeted to sports cars and big road block equipped with eight-cylinder online. The term "Competizione", in turn, is a tribute to the 6C 2500 Competizione, sports coupe entrusted to the couple in 1950... more

A confidential report by the Ministry of Interior which denounces many errors have radars, with the key, PV illegal! ! Regarding voitures-flash: The report demonstrates that the procedure for regulatory use only guarantee the accuracy of readings of speed, is not respected. For its measurement is accurate, radar must scrupulously be positioned at 25 ° with respect to the axis of the road. On the ground, this requires setting up very precisely by the police and gendarmes, with a dam... more

To make the bringing together between what is posted on the chart of a GPS and the real environment, is not always easy matter to achieve… At the time of Ceatec 2007, living room of Japanese electronics, the Pioneer group presented an apparatus of revolutionary navigation GPS. The principle: the vehicle is equipped with a camera which films what its driver sees. Then, while basing itself on the geographical co-ordinates of the vehicle and the filmed bench marks (panels, fires,... more

Company of Parisian taxis “G7” launched its first “taxis ecologists”. 32 vehicles, including 28 hybrids (Toyota Prius), two functioning with the superethanol (Peugeot SW Bioflex) and two electric (Cleanova III developed by Dassault). A little air in more on Paris thus, thanks to these less polluting vehicles and especially less noisy, the 32 elected officials however make band with share vis-a-vis the 5.000 taxis of the fleet. The company is not dismounted and announces to want to... more

CR-Z for “Compact Rebirth Zero”, the environmental print of the concept is signed right now, the thus annoncant Japanese of entry, his nonCO² emission. It is not any more one today surprised, at the concept-bus, the fashion is with the electric battery. CR-Z, a concept like the others? Not completely, new Honda is posed in precursor of a new generation of racing racing car, lighter. A sporting hybrid? With half only. CR-Z also has an engine gasoline which provides him a profit of power.... more

40th edition of the automobile Living room of Tokyo will be the occasion for Subaru to reveal two previews: Exiga Concept and G4e Concept. Exiga, station-wagon 7 places, avoids of one 2.0 liters turbo, animated by a box car 5 reports/ratios. It also proposes the function “All-Wheel Drive” four wheels driving. Very slim, its lines are prolonged by a spoiler. Let us not forget the immense panoramic roof, which courre on practically all along the concept. With the back, that strongly... more

After the Golf R32 and Passat R36, Volkswagen supplements its wild range of models with the R50 Tuareg… The 4x4 is equipped for the occasion with V10 TDI with 350 ch*. A first, since up to now cross-country posted only one power maximum in diesel version of 313 CH. Some additional horses which one thus pays at the full price! At least hope 88.260 € to acquire the animal! Side look, the R50 Tuareg obtains outside rims 21", and a grid of chrome grill. In the cockpit, the pedals are out of... more

If rising generation of Modus evolves/moves only slightly, the true innovation at Renault is called Grand Modus. Lengthened footing of 93mm, it clearly positions between Modus “short version” and its big Scénic brother, who preserves 22cm in advance. Side design, the mark with the rhombus takes again the lines quasi-monocorps monospaces mark. In the back, New Modus and Grand Modus relative of a chrome rod which connects fires and underline the width of the door of trunk. And with this... more

Volkswagen and the magazine IT propose a car to you such as you wished it… Knack and urban. It is about the Sports shirt IT. This limited series is produced in 1.500 specimens only!!! Then with your blue charts!! It offers, on the basis of Sports shirt Confortline, the following elements of series: - an air-conditioning “climatronic” - a computer of edge - a car radio CD MP3 4 loudspeakers - a pack visibility (detector of rain, interior rear view mirror automatic day/night,... more

After Nissan yesterday, it is in Toyota to present its innovations for automobile Salon of Tokyo. Concept-bus revealed on the topic “Led harmonious - a new dash for the men and planet”… Concretely, one begins with the 1/X, Prius shortened and reduced (420 kilos). It is posted like a standard hybrid concept with its engine running with the gasoline and ethanol like its refillable batteries on sector. RiN Concept as for him, innovates on the topic of the Zen attitude at the wheel. This 2+2... more

Egyptian test “Rally of the Pharaons” celebrates this year his 10th edition. The competitors parcourrent nearly 3.000 km to join Cairo Sunday at the time of 7th and the last special one. To return to the competition, the crew of Nissan Navara N°201 quietly preserved his advance, Christian Lavieille signs the best time of this 5th stage which raliait Siwa with Sitra. To note the beautiful performance of Carole Montillet and Melanie Suchet on Nissan Pathfinder, which sign the 5th... more

Already present on A5 Coupé and the news A4, the 3.0 TDI 240ch of last generation now makes its appearance on Audi Q7. An unimportant evolution for the German 4x4, which gains 7 additional horses compared to old 3.0l of 233ch. Remain that this new V6 gives again a little peps in Q7, 0 with 100km/h in 8,5 seconds and 216km/h of point (instead of 9,1s and 210km/h). If that is insufficient, you will be able to always make the choice of the 4,2 TDI developing 326ch. Audi Q7 3.0 TDI 240ch... more

One of the objectives of the Management Committee of Skoda France by 2010 is to have three factories in Czech Republic for the manufacture and the assembly of the vehicles. Whereas the factory Mlada Boleslav continues the production of the models Fabia and Octavia, that the factory of Vrchlabi is in the course of modernization, it is that of Kvasiny which will manufacture the SUV Yeti. The management of Skoda Auto wishes to maintain the production of Yeti with Kvasiny, in spite of the... more