US 2011 Ford Ranger Pickup Concept Pictures

US 2011 Ford Ranger Pickup Concept Pictures

According to The Detroit News, Ford admiral met with Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty bygone to altercate the approaching of the automaker's St. Paul accumulation plant. The facility, which builds Ford's Ranger bunched auto has been appropriate for cease for some time, but admitting the roundtable session, the Blue Oval says it still affairs to bang its operations.

Pawlenty's administering had been acquisitive that the signing of a new accompaniment law in April acceptance the government to action Ford a alternation of tax break would be abundant to accumulate the Twin Cities operations open, but allegedly it wasn't abundant – the bulb will close, although an end-date charcoal uncertain.

Closing the bulb will additionally abutting the book on the crumbling Ranger, admitting Ford has accepted that the archetypal name will alive on with other, beyond models in adopted markets. Thus far, rumors of a new North American Ranger (and alike an on-air blooper by Ford admiral Alan Mulally) accept amounted to nothing, and with Ford committed introducing added economical engines to its F-150 full-size pickup, it appears awful absurd that a U.S. Ranger will accept an acclamation any time soon.

2011 Chevrolet Cruze Hatchback 500 in Paris Motor show

2011 Chevrolet Cruze Hatchback 500 in Paris Motor show Photo

Did you know? The internets are afire with chat that General Motors will bare a new Cruze auto at this year's Paris Motor Show. According to Go Auto, the abstraction was formed up by none added than The General's Down Under accidental at Holden. Now, afore you alpha acquisitive for a added anatomic adaptation of the Chevrolet Cruze to appearance up in a exhibit abreast you, apperceive that the assembly adaptation of the car will be congenital in Australia and awash to, you estimated it, Australians. Chances are attractive abbreviate that the long-roof Cruze will anytime accomplish it to the Land of the Free in any official capacity.

GM has fabricated it bright that it will admission no beneath than four new models in Paris, including assembly versions of the Chevrolet Aveo and Chevrolet Orlando. While the Orlando is addition allotment of banned bake-apple from the General, buyers in the U.S. can attending advanced to accepting their easily on the Ford Fiesta-fighting Aveo ancient soon.

2010 Toyota Corolla-Matrix Vehicle Images

2010 Toyota Corolla-Matrix Vehicle Images

Toyota has been in the hot bench this year for its high-volume assurance recalls, has issued yet addition activity that covers its 2005-2008 archetypal year Corolla sedans and Matrix hatchbacks. Approximately 1.13 actor cartage are afflicted by a botheration which could account the 1ZZ-FE 1.8-liter four-cylinder agent to stall. Three accidents accept been appear appropriately far, admitting Toyota hasn't accepted that these incidents were absolutely acquired by this agent blockage issue.

To fix this problem, Toyota will alter the agent ascendancy modules on the recalled cartage starting in mid-September. Owners will be notified by mail in the advancing weeks and the account will be provided at no charge.

This is not the aboriginal time this year that the Corolla and Matrix accept been the accountable of assurance issues. In aboriginal 2010, the National Highway Traffic Assurance Administration advised about 750,000 2009 and 2010 archetypal year cartage for a abeyant council issue, and Toyota provided a chargeless fix for customers. An official anamnesis was not issued, though, as Toyota maintains that this botheration is not a assurance concern.

2011 Brabus iBusiness Luxury Sedan Images Gallery

2011 Brabus iBusiness Luxury Sedan Images

Did you know? The association at Brabus accept consistently been accepted for applicable ridiculously activating engines into the abounding band of Mercedes-Benz vehicles, but this new conception has added than aloof amazing achievement to offer. The latest articles from Apple, including the iPad, accept all been chip into a Mercedes-Benz S-Class to actualize the Brabus iBusiness. Not alone does it affiance to be agitative to drive, but the rear commuter alcove is adapted with abundant tech to accomplish an Apple junkie's arch explode. John Neff Steve Jobs, your stupid-fast affluence auto has arrived.

Under the hood, Brabus has shoehorned in a twin-turbocharged 6.3-liter V12 that produces 750 application and 995 pound-feet of torque, admitting the torque achievement has been electronically bound to alone (only!) 811 lb-ft. Hitting 62 afar per hour takes aloof four seconds, and with your pedal apprenticed durably to the floor, you'll hit 211 mph back all is said and done. Power is baffled to the rear auto by a five-speed automated manual and Brabus offers a custom limited-slip cogwheel to aerate all-embracing traction. It's awfully quick, this iBusiness.

The best different affair about this car, however, is its autogenous – mainly, the rear accommodations. In accession to the adequate covering seats and Alcantara headliner, the rear alcove is abounding with two Apple iPads, two seat-mounted multimedia screens, a 64GB iPod Touch and a 15.2-inch headliner-mounted Mac display. Not alone can these articles be acclimated for claimed use, but the two iPads additionally ascendancy the car's Command system, encompassing the radio, aeronautics and blast systems. The accomplished Apple bureaucracy is powered by an ultra-small Mac Mini in the block that is housed in an electronically deployed drawer.

2011 Lamborghini Reventón R/C Car Concept Reviews

2011 Lamborghini Reventón R/C Car Concept Picture

Like the all-inclusive majority of humanity, we were never able to lay our easily on one of the 20 Lamborghini Reventón models the aggregation congenital for the fabulously wealthy. We had neither the $1.27 actor it took to alarm the car your actual own nor the access to be one of the few to alike accept the adventitious to acquirement said Raging Bull. That's aloof fine, though, because Lamborghini has partnered up with De Agostini to body a 1:10 calibration R/C replica of the car for the masses. Well, maybe not the masses per-se – the aggregation is alone architecture 65 examples, so this ain't your boilerplate Nikko or Tamiya.

Each one of the cars is crafted with absorbing detail and appearance a 3cc gasoline agent akin to a two-speed transmission, a fully-independent abeyance with hydraulic shocks and four-wheel disc brakes – all on an R/C car. Insane? Sure, but it's our affectionate of crazy. Unfortunately, with so few of the cars actuality produced, we're academic they won't be bargain abundant for anyone we apperceive to afford. History repeats itself.

2011 Hyundai RB Concept Reviews Pictures

2011 Hyundai RB Concept Pictures

2011 Hyundai RB Concept Photo

2011 Hyundai RB Concept Front Lamp

Hyundai apparent a new car at the 2010 Moscow International Motor Show today alleged the Hyundai Concept RB. It’s admeasurement puts it in the sub-compact B segment, the aforementioned admeasurement as the Hyundai Accent.

Of advance you charge bethink that the new bearing Accent has already been launched, so this is acceptable a low amount version. This is aloof a accidental assumption but RB could possibly angle for Russia B-Segment!

The car is targeted at the Russian bazaar (and acceptable added agnate economies) and will activate assembly in January 2011 at Hyundai’s Saint Petersburg bulb in Russia. Two engines are accessible – either a 1.4 liter Gamma CVVT with 107 PS and 135Nm or a 1.6 liter Gamma CVVT agent bearing 124 PS and 156Nm. Both engines will be akin to either a 5-speed chiral or a 4-speed auto.

2010 New Toyota Corolla Altis Dual VVT-i Review and Photo

UMW Toyota Motor’s website has been adapted to accommodate capacity on the approaching accession of the facelifted Toyota Corolla Altis. This mid-life amend brings us a new top of the ambit archetypal – the Corolla Altis 2.0V which is tentatively priced at RM131,990.00.

The new Corolla Altis 2.0V comes with a 2.0 liter Bifold VVT-i 3ZR-FE agent bearing 147 PS at 6,200rpm and 187Nm of torque at an beforehand than accepted 3,600rpm. This is akin to a Super CVT-i manual with 7 basic accessory ratios, spanning from 2.396:1 to 0.428:1. Among assurance appearance offered accommodate VSC adherence ascendancy and bifold airbags.

2010 New Toyota Corolla Altis Dual VVT-i Logo Photos

2010 New Toyota Corolla Altis Dual VVT-i Photo

It’s not aloof the 2.0V that gets the new Bifold VVT-i engines – the absolute artefact ambit has been adapted with new engines, alike the 1.6E model. All of the Corolla Altis engines now appear from the ZR ancestors and they all accept Bifold VVT-i. It’s not as avant-garde as Valvematic but still actual nice back best of its competitors alone accept some affectionate of capricious valve timing on the assimilation valve only, while Bifold VVT-i is able to alter both the assimilation and bankrupt valves.

The Altis with the 1.8 liter agent is accessible in two variants – the 1.8G at RM122,990 or the 1.8E at RM112,990. The RM10k aberration amid the two specs at aboriginal glance are alone in agreement of accessories and trim, but aloft demography a afterpiece attending it looks like the 1.8G has VSC adherence ascendancy while the 1.8E doesn’t.

2010 New Toyota Corolla Altis Dual VVT-i Dashboard

Other than that, the powertrain is the aforementioned – the 1.8 liter 2ZR-FE agent makes 140 PS at 6,400rpm and 173Nm of torque at 4,000rpm. This agent additionally gets a Super CVT-i 7-speed gearbox. with a 2.386 to 0.411 accessory arrangement span.

The cheapest archetypal is the Corolla Altis 1.6E at RM105,990 powered by the new Bifold VVT-i 1.6 liter 1ZR-FE agent authoritative 120 PS at 6,000rpm and 154Nm of torque at 5,200rpm. This archetypal doesn’t get the Super CVT-i gearbox but makes do with a 4-speed Super ECT transmission. Bifold airbags are additionally accepted on this car as with all of the models above.

No chat yet on Toyota’s armpit on back the new Corolla Altis will be launched, but we’ll absolutely amend you soon! In the meanwhile, attending afterwards the jump for 2 TVCs we managed to antecedent from the Thai bazaar as able-bodied as some Thai bazaar photos.