Car of the Year.

As I know the name of best automobile of the year is expected to be called in November, 19 but Italian reporters assure that they know that the new version of the Fiat 500 - the Cinquecento - has reportedly been named "Car of the Year."

" The award is not officially announced until Monday, but the web site of a Dutch car magazine has already reported that the Fiat beat the Mazda 2 and the Ford Mondeo into second and third place.

"Car of the Year" is chosen by a panel of European motoring journalists who vote for the most outstanding new vehicle of the last 12 months. The car's retro-design is based on the original model first released 50 years ago and which rapidly gained a cult following.

Fiat says that between the model's launch in July and the end of October, more than 100,000 have been ordered. To meet demand the plant in Poland where it is built is to increase capacity by 40,000 to 60,000 vehicles per year.
The announced candidates are:
Fiat 500 - 385
Mazda2 - 325
Ford Mondeo - 202
Kia Cee’d - 166
Nissan Qashqai - 147
Mercedes C-class - 128
Peugeot 308 – 97

Opel Zafira

General Motors SA has represented photos of a new Opel Zafira MPV which will come into the market at the beginning of 2008. Features of the second-generation Zafira, Opel says, are:
Dynamic design and driving performance.
Quality interior with high-class look and feel.
A driver-orientated cabin.

Comprehensive safety features.
A choice of four models to suit customers' specification and engine requirements, including a CDTI diesel engine.
The versatility of the Flex7 system.
The world's first multi-windowed roof system as an option
'Flex7 seating brought a new level of flexibility between utility space and passengers'
.The Zafira is based on the Astra's basic architecture with significant changes to accommodate the larger dimensions and greater weight of the van configuration. Rigidity and strength have been optimised, as has crash impact behaviour.
Buyers have a choice of four Opel ECOTEC engines in the Zafira range, each matched to a specific features level:
A 1.6-litre petrol engine with Opel's Twinport technology capable of 77kW at 6000rpm with 150Nm of torque at 3900rpm. This engine is fitted to the base line Zafira 1.6 Essentia.
A 1.8-litre with continuously variable camshaft timing. This engine produces 103kW at 6300rpm and 175Nm at 3800rpm. The Zafira 1.8 Enjoy has this engine.
A new 2.2-litre petrol engine that produces 110kW at 5600rpm and 215Nm of torque at 4000rpm in the Enjoy specification level - with automatic transmission.
A 1.9-litre CDTI common-rail diesel that's turbo-charged and intercooled and produces 110kW at 4000rpm and 320Nm at 2000rpm – the same as in the new Opel Astra GTC – in the range-topping Zafira Elegance.
The 1.6 and 1.8-litre engines are mated to five-speed transmissions while the 2.2-litre direct injection unit is available matched to a four-speed automatic transmission only. The 1.9-litre CDTI engine has to a six-speed manual transmission – again, the same as the GTC.
The Opel Zafira is covered by a three-year or 100 000km warranty with 24-hour roadside assistance for the duration. A five-year or 100 000km maintenance plan is included in the price.
Zafira prices range from R182 000 to R253 700.

Best Fuel Economy Cars

(Photo © BMW)

Here is the list of 10 best fuel economy cars :

Ford Focus
Honda Fit
Honda Civic
Mercedes-Benz E320 BLUETEC
MINI Cooper
Nissan Altima
Nissan Sentra
Toyota Camry
Toyota Corolla
Toyota Prius

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Fernando Alonso left McLaren team.

Plenipotentiaries of McLaren’s team announced on Friday that Fernando Alonso, who had won a Formula One race and is the country's first champion, after a stormy season with the British team left McLaren. He had two years remaining on his contract with the British based team but today Alonso and McLaren reached an agreement that allows the Spaniard to leave the team without having to pay anything for rescinding his contract.

"Since I was a boy I had always wanted to drive for McLaren, but sometimes in life things do not work out," Alonso said in a statement.

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(We) want to wish Fernando all the best for the future," McLaren team chief Ron Dennis said. "He is a great driver but for some reason the combination of (our team) and Fernando has not really worked out, and in the end we reached a stage where none of us could find a way to move forward."

Sports car 'has great features'

A new sports car is to be released by Nissan as it looks to offset the consumer movement towards European brands.

The fresh version of the GT-R model has a number of improved features, such as 3.8-litre engine, reports the International Herald Tribune.

Such a product will aim to entice customers back from imports such as Ferrari, Porsche and Aston Martin.

In Japan as a whole, sales of cars are in decline, with a fall reported in all but one of the last 27 months, the Japan Automobile Association claimed.

One car-lover, Ryuhei Sukegawa, a physician who is 45, told the publication that other car-makers have an emphasis on style.

"European sports cars have a sophistication, tradition and style that Japanese makers don't have," he said.

Nissan released details of the new car as part of the Tokyo Motor Show earlier this week, with domestic sales likely to begin later in the year.

According to the firm, this is an important time for the automotive industry, as environmentally-friendly products are needed.

There are other sports car experiences available from Red Letter Days for those with a desire for fast speeds.

Volvo C30 T5.

Volvo is not only all-new C30 is a 2-door, 4-seat sportswagon powered by a 2.5 liter, all-aluminum, DOHC turbocharged 5-cylinder engine, hooked up to a 6-speed close-ratio manual transmission, that comes in two trims, Version 1.0 ($23,395) and Version 2.0 ($26,395) with a large 4-wheel disc brakes feature electronic brake distribution and electronic brake assistance plus ABS.

Volvo C30 T5. has other design tweaks that hint at fun-to-driveness (bearing in mind that too many buyers never see below the surface) are the low dashboard line and the textured black plastic lower valances, wheelarches and protuberant sills. If you have the Sport version you get 18in wheels instead of 17s, plus more prominent sills and spoilers painted – like the arches – in either body colour or a contrast. One such contrast has pearlescent white body paint and metallic brown edges, much like the C30 ‘concept’ car (created long after the real thing was signed off) seen at January’s Detroit show.
Now this model is usual offer at all Volvo dealers.

Future Flying Cars.

The idea of flying car is not fresh at all. But usually we take it as an element of future, isn’t it? This summer, graduate students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have tryed to get an idea aloft that has intrigued people for decades: the flying car. So Transition flying car is promiced to be realizied by 2009-2010.
No complete prototype exists yet, but the company has a one-fifth scale wind tunnel model (along with computer simulations) and will use the $30,000 from the Lemelson prize to build something to show off at the Oshkosh show.

"We have a lot of confidence that if the interest is there, we can deliver this product," Dietrich said. "There is a huge amount of general interest, but the question is, is there a market for it?"
The Transition is designed for 100- to 500-mile jumps. It will carry two people and luggage on a single tank of premium unleaded gas. It will also come with an electric calculator (to help fine-tune weight distribution), airbags, aerodynamic bumpers and of course a GPS (Global Positioning System) navigation unit.

The company hopes to eventually have the vehicle classified so that it can be piloted with a light sport aircraft license. "We have a lot of confidence that if the interest is there, we can deliver this product," Dietrich said. "There is a huge amount of general interest, but the question is, is there a market for it?"

Future Car - Toyota

This is the specimen of Toyota's new concept. The care looks really like an automobile of future.

The Truth About Cars.

It became known that Chrysler is going to recall Sebring and Avenger because these cars have a door latch problem that could potentially lead to unbelted passengers being dumped into the road during a crash. Dealers are instructed to fix both front doors with a "secondary retention feature." A fan motor on 102,042 Avengers and Sebrings can apparently catch fire when coming into contact with engine coolant. The recall affects both 2007 and 2008 models, and owners should expect to receive notification next month to replace either the wiring or the motor itself.
Owners of 2008 AWD Avenger will either get longer letters or another letter entirely, informed of another problem with the cars. Both recall campaigns are expected to begin sometime this month.

According to the USAToday, the new Avenger has had its share of engineering issues, something that the publication allowed Chrysler to respond to in depth within its review. As if being publicly humiliated by one of the largest papers in the land wasn't enough, yesterday's duo of recalls is being followed by yet another safety issue plaguing both the Dodge Avenger and the Chrysler Sebring.

A fan motor on 102,042 Avengers and Sebrings can apparently catch fire when coming into contact with engine coolant. The recall affects both 2007 and 2008 models, and owners should expect to receive notification next month to replace either the wiring or the motor itself.

Kart race of the year.

As it is reported Rye House, Hertfordshire, England will become the location of starting The Race Against Cancer (TRAC), that stars from all over the globe come together for the charity kart race of the year. In aid of Cancer Research UK, TRAC promises to bring together the biggest names from two and four wheels for a frantic and pure racing event in 100cc racing karts.

Sunday 25th November 2007 sees motorsport stars from all over the globe come together for the charity kart race of the year - The Race Against Cancer (TRAC). In aid of Cancer Research UK, TRAC promises to bring together the biggest names from two and four wheels for a frantic and pure racing event in 100cc racing karts. The all day event will play host to stars from a wide range of other motorsport formulae, with representatives from both the car and bike worlds racing in the first event of its kind in the UK.

The goal of the event is to raise as much awareness and money for future cancer research, as shown by 100% of all proceeds from the event going to charity. Donations will be made to Cancer Research UK, the world's leading independent organisation dedicated to cancer research. They support research into all aspects of cancer through the work of more than 3,500 doctors, scientists and nurses.

UK, the world's leading independent organisation dedicated to cancer research. They support research into all aspects of cancer through the work of more than 3,500 doctors, scientists and nurses.

Tickets are available now at Ticketmaster.co.uk for £25.00 each. With demand for tickets expected to be through the roof as fans of all types of motorsport rush to see their heroes take on other motorsport stars, we encourage you to buy tickets as soon as possible and support this great cause.

James Bond again with Bently.

The fact is that whether played by Sean Connery, Pierce Brosnan or any of the other Bond actors, Secret Agent 007 always drives best fast cars. The models he used are: Bentley, Aston Martin, Lotus, BMW, Ford Motor Company, Saab, Rolls-Royce, General Motors, American Motors, Mercedes-Benz, other passenger cars and vehicles. In Sebastian Faulks’ forthcoming new James Bond novel, Devil May Care, Britain’s top secret agent will conduct his missions in a Bentley. "Despite many of the films portraying him with an Aston Martin, Bond's first choice of car was a Bentley, so that is what he will be driving in my book," he said.

James Bond's Bently 1985
Nick Nguyen observes that the James Bond movies feature many brand-name consumer items, in addition to cars. From a commercial perspective, he suggests, product-placement fees are welcomed by film studios facing increasing costs to produce such movies.

But 007's vehicles, he believes, have taken on a more crucial role than other products in the movies' popular and financial success. "Bond's recent cars, especially those driven by Pierce Brosnan, serve a commercial objective rather than a narrative purpose," he explains. For moviegoers, "the whole point of buying these cars is to exploit their specific association to the Bond films, wherein the car becomes the ultimate commodification of the Bond experience outside of the cinema and on the roads."

Frankfurt Motor Show 2007

Biggest Car companies from over the world have been showed the new models and new concepts cars on Frankfurt Motor Show 2007. Favorites of the show were:
Ferrari F430 Scuderia

Audi RS6 Avant

Citroen C-Cactus

Scandals seem indispensable. Concern Volvo has taken Chinese carmakers into court for plagiarism. Toyota showed new car that will cost not more than $10.000 and Citroen demonstrated the most beautiful and elegant version of cabriolet С5 Airscape.

Smallest four-seater car in the world

Frankfurt Motor Show - the world's smallest four-seater micro-car by Toyota.
Powered by a 2.7 litre V6 engine, it has a top speed of 140mph and can sprint from rest to 62mph in about eight seconds.

Former F1 world champion Michael Schumacher launched the new Ferrari 430 Scuderia which can sprint from rest to 62mph in under 3.6 seconds with a top speed of 198mph.