2010 BMW 5-Series Gran Turismo

3 variants of 2010 BMW 5 Series Gran Turismo will be available, and they are 535i Gran Turismo model, 550i Gran Turismo model and 530 Gran Turisma model. Below are the specs of the 3 models.

BMW 535i Gran Turismo:

• Straight-six gasoline engine with TwinPower Turbo


• High Precision Injection and VALVETRONIC


• Capacity: 2,979 cc


• Max output: 225 kW/306 hp at 5,800 rpm


• Max torque: 400 Nm/295 lb-ft from 1,200-5,000 rpm


• Acceleration 0-100 km/h: 6.3 seconds


• Top speed: 250 km/h (155 mph)


• Average fuel consumption to the EU standard: 8.9 Liter/100 km equal to 31.7 mpg imp


• CO2 emissions to the EU standard: 209 g/km


• Emission standard: EU5

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BMW 550i Gran Turismo:

• V8 gasoline engine with TwinPower Turbo and High Precision Injection


• Capacity: 4, 395 cc


• Max output: 300 kW/407 hp from 5, 500-6,400 rpm


• Max torque: 600 Nm/442 lb-ft from 1,750-4,500 rpm


• Acceleration 0-100 km/h: 5.5 seconds


• Top speed: 250 km/h (155 mph)


• Average fuel consumption to the EU standard: 11.2 litres/100 km, equal to 25.2 mpg imp


• CO2 emissions to the EU standard: 263 g/km


• Emission standard: EU5

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BMW 530d Gran Turismo:

• Straight-six diesel engine with aluminum crankcase and third-generation common-rail direct fuel injection (Piezo-injectors)


• Max injection pressure: 1,800 bar


• Capacity: 2,993 cc


• Max output: 180 kW/245 hp at 4,000 rpm


• Max torque: 540 Nm/398 lb-ft from 1,750-3,000 rpm


• Acceleration 0-100 km/h: 6.9 seconds


• Top speed: 240 km/h (149 mph)


• Average fuel consumption to the EU standard: 6.5 litres/100 km, equal to 43.5 mpg imp


• CO2 emissions to the EU standard: 173 g/km


• Emission standard: EU5

 

 

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Peugeot CinqZeroBajaCamino [Down On The Junkyard]

Can’t find a Dangel Peugeot truck in the States? No prob- just build a 505/Subaru mashup! That’s what happened here, but some tragic series of events put this cartruck on the road to The Crusher.

Cameron found this fine machine in a Southern California junkyard:

The unbelieveably long-lived XN6 lump. This machine, properly maintained, will run forever.
Drivetrain: BA10/5 transmission. Rear axle is whatever Peugeot put there in the body of factors. There’s a driveshaft, also.
Notes: Found it in a junkyard in Sun Valley, CA and had to get pictures. I mean, it’s a 505 wagon that’sitting been hacked into a Subaru Baja - good, sort of. Unfortunately, I was unable to rescue it from the crusher, but at least I can prove that *someone* really did do this to a 505. It’s indeed kinda cool, in a backwoods-tech sort of march.
Hummer SUT? Screw that, this baby purely rocks!
I found this car a hardly any years agone in a particularly notorious Sun Valley, CA junkyard (no, not the one with Fiat 500, Renault 5, and Citroen SM on the walls, but it’s about a mile gone from there) and got the photos on their grounds while heart yelled at by the employees, Have tp concede, I confer miss that place, and, as a past 505 possessor… I do lust after this vehicle’s remains. The 505 was France’s Dodge Dart, and this seems like an oddly fitting end for one of its finest cars. “She’s the last of the rear-drive Peugeots, Max…”

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Auto Shanghai — 2009: Peugeot RD

As well as Frenchmen promised, they have brought a full-size breadboard model to Shanghai concept RD – the winner of the fifth design competition from Peugeot. We will remind, a competition theme was to think up Peugeot for a megacity of tomorrow and so it has turned out, the first place was occupied with this project.

Peugeot RD – three-wheeled car with one seat. Behind it, according to the Colombian designer Carlos Arturo Torres Tovar, the future of modern cities. Possesses RD the harmless electromotor, panoramic glasses, the vocal assistant at driving and the special display with all information necessary at present. Here Peugeot RD images presented.

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Iran Khodro Runna- Prince of Persia

Workers from factory of company Iran Khodro are smile, and local autojournalists are glad, after all for them here a big opportunity — in detail to tell to the population about the new car of a domestic production. A name to it — Iran Khodro Runna. This sedan has been presented one of these days directly at a conveyor tape of the assembly enterprise in Teheran.

Founders is proud call the car completely own working out. But we see that under pearl-white body the ten years old woman from France — Peugeot 206. Any robbery: the Iranian office supports for a long time close relations with Frenchmen. It not only exhausts original models Peugeot on the capacities, but also on the lawful bases uses an ancient platform of a sedan 405 for release of the not numerous cars.



However recently at the disposal of Iranians there was something is more modern — base from a sedan 206, models which in their country make not the first year. Having turned to Runnu, technically the car remained former. A suspender simple: in front — McPherson, behind — a beam. Motors — entirely petrol. One of them without changes has removed from original model, its volume — 1,6 l, and capacity — 110 h.p. (142 Nm). Other two engines too French, volume 1,4 and 1,7 l, and both are capable to absorb except gasoline also gas. And Iranians underline that all motors are entered in norms of Euro-4, and petrol 1.6 and at all in Euro-5.

Gear box — five-step "mechanics" or four-step "automatic machine". Besides, Runna already in base equipment it is completed with ABS, two pillows of safety, the air conditioner, electrowindow regulators and an audiosystem. For the budgetary Iranian car very much even it is rich.



However local population can save money for further only. After all «the Persian prince» will enter the market not soon — in March, 2010. It is annually planned to assemble on 150 thousand cars. About 25 % from their number will leave abroad and to be on sale on four continents, including in Russia where proud manufacturer Iran Khodro while is presented only by one model — sedan Samand.

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A Buyer For Saturn? Maybe.

One of the worst franchises to own in 2009 is a Saturn dealership, thanks to GM’s stated plan to no longer build vehicles for the brand after 2011.  That move plus GM’s likely bankruptcy restructuring has put Saturn dealers in a terrible position of trying to sell cars that not many buyers want. Indeed, as word continues to spread that Saturn is on a short leash, buyers are shopping elsewhere for new cars.

Now word has surfaced that a buyer for the Saturn brand may be stepping forward, an entity known as Telesto Ventures. Made up of private equity investors including people associated with Black Oak Partners LLC, based in Oklahoma City, Telesto is interested in acquiring Saturn from GM perhaps including current dealers among its investors.

Selling Multiple Brands Under One Roof

According to Automotive News which is running the story, Saturn dealers would continue to sell GM products through 2011 and then sell a number of different overseas models thereafter.  The publication suggested that a “Best Buy” model of selling several different brands under one roof would be the goal of Saturn who would likely no longer have Saturn branded cars of its own to sell.

Of course, this move leads to all kinds of speculation as to who might have cars for Saturn. A number of foreign makes would love to set up shop here including vehicles currently built by Chinese firms.  However, any vehicle sold in the US would have to conform to American safety and emission requirements which would make it difficult for a low volume budget brand to make a profit. Currently, nothing from China’s major producers would be roadworthy in the US, but that could change.

Bringing Additional Brands Stateside

Other brands who might be a good fit for Saturn could include Renault and Peugeot (plus Citroen) from France, Skoda from central Europe, India’s Tata Motors and perhaps even Malaysia’s Proton Motors. Should the Fiat-Chrysler deal fail, then Fiat’s brands could also be a candidate for Saturn dealerships. Finally, GM could still be a participant in the new Saturn by importing Opels and/or Vauxhalls from Europe.

Should Telesto Ventures succeed in acquiring Saturn, it would free GM from its dealer obligations and allow it to concentrate on dumping Hummer and Saab next. The Telesto model is a big gamble, but it could pay off especially if the product mix is the right one for Saturn dealers.

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Peugeot Capsule – concept for the economical egoist!

The child of South African designer Alpa Germanera (Alp Germaner) -concept Peugeot Capsule - represents a single off-road car on which the author was inspired by motorcycles, type Kawasaki KLR 650. However, unlike a motorcycle, Capsule protects the driver from falsities of weather and gives enough place for luggage. The vehicle control is made by means of the touch display. Therefrom the exit to satellite the Internet is accessible.

The electric motor will give an all wheel drive, and the solar batteries strengthened on a roof, in a sunny day can provide enough energy for a near trip. During a stop «the cargo box» can serve as sitting. In general, in concept there is all for the person who likes to go, wishes to save on fuel, but has not got used to refuse to itself comfort. Whether concept will be confirmed in manufacture or not, unfortunately, it is not known.

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GM: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

These are extraordinarily difficult times for the global automotive industry as the we’re on the cusp of ushering in major change, the likes we haven’t seen before. By this time next year we’ll see the first mass produced electric vehicles hit the market and by 2012, the number of pure electric and hybrid models will skyrocket.

At the same time, the industry is going through a deep cleansing, one that will rid it of excess capacity, inefficient operations and see several brands disappear. I believe that Ford will replace GM as the largest producer of cars in the US followed by Toyota. Hyundai and Kia will continue to gain market share while Chrysler’s future is hinged on its relationship with Fiat, a very precarious one at that.

GM Faces A Deep Challenge

Looking closer at General Motors, I now see its US operations pared to the point where only three brands will survive. Despite President Obama’s optimism, it’ll take years to settle GM’s debt as both bondholders and union members hold firm. Now that the president has signaled that he won’t let GM die, what do these parties have to lose? A lot if they don’t hold their ground.

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

In keeping with the tradition of Sergio Leone, I offer to you the following categories to define GM’s future, particularly as it relates to its critical North American base:

The Good — Chevrolet comprises a full 60% of GM sales, therefore the Chevy brand is the face of the new GM. If this brand isn’t healthy enough to compete against Ford, Toyota, Honda, Nissan, Hyundai, Kia and Volkswagen then the company will die.

Cadillac is the premium bookend for GM, a luxury division that needs additional assets. The CTS franchise is a success, the SRX a worthy model, but the replacement for the STS/DTS is a mystery. As for the Escalade, it will probably soldier on as a car based crossover at some point. Lincoln wasn’t much of a threat for the past decade, but now Ford’s luxury division is fighting back, positioning itself to leapfrog Cadillac.

The lifespan of Buick depends on how well the company emerges from restructuring, bankruptcy or not. Its Chinese base is upholding the brand, but in order to be a good middleground brand for GM, it needs some product loving. And quick.

The Bad — The Pontiac G8 is a knock out car, but not enough to keep the brand alive.  Cash strapped GM cannot afford to keep Pontiac alive, so may it rest in peace. The G8 could find its way over to Chevrolet…let’s hope so!

The GMC brand can now die, allowing GM to consolidate Chevrolet trucks with GMC. They’ll be a big battle with Buick-Pontiac-GMC franchised dealers, with some likely to gain a Chevy Trucks franchise in their settlement.

The Ugly — No longer relevant and a big embarrassment, Hummer will probably cease to exist unless a foreign, niche manufacturer buys the brand, its dies and assembles Hummer elsewhere.

There isn’t much that can be said about Saab unless the pending new owner of Volvo makes a pitch for the brand to create Scandinavian Motors. Nope, I don’t see that happening at all.

Pity, poor Saturn — it was once a decent idea that should have been dismissed long before a plant in Spring Hill, TN was built for “a different kind of car company.” Okay, I’m biased: I leased a 2001 Saturn L-Series and actually liked the car, body panel gaps and all.  But, Saturn held Chevrolet back and was always a tremendous financial drain on the automaker. I would hate to see it become a supply house for a Chinese or Indian automaker. Peugeot? Maybe.

Ups & Downs With GM

Life at GM will never be the same, a company whose heritage is a mixture of lousy production methods (pre-1980s), cool technology (OnStar) and stiff competition (Toyota, et al).

If the company does survive, it may eventually have to hook up with another automaker to stay in business. Perhaps Carlos Ghosn would be interested in an automotive troika provided that GM comes to the party without financial baggage.

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