History of the Volkswagen Golf GTI
By: Shenron Filed Under: General
In 1975, the first Volkswagen Golf Mk1 GTI was introduced at a motor show in Frankfurt, Germany. It later made its way to the United Kingdom two years later. Initially, interest in the vehicle did not take off in the UK as it featured a left hand drive, however eventually sales did catch on when its other merits were realised. In 1984, a newer version of the Golf was introduced. The Mk2 Golf GTI offered a larger engine at 1781 cc and 113 bhp. Other notable differences were its increased size and slightly heavier weight. Overall this did little to change the power to weight ratio. However, later another engine was added with 138 bhp. This meant the Golf GTI could easily get to 130 mph in just 8 seconds. [...]
The Triumph TR4 – The Real Speedster
By: Zaheer Filed Under: Industry News
The triumph TR4 is the old-fashioned sports car, which has amazing looks, allure, craggy mechanicals and plenty of additional parts. This car was first shown in 1961 at a motor show in London, by standard triumph motor company and was considered the best and most stylish car among all other cars of 1960s. The designer of this car is the famous Michelotti, who is one of the biggest sports car designers of the 20th century. This car was the replacement of TR3, hence, shared many body parts with the earlier design. However, the winding windows stopped the noise of roll up windows and straight lines gave a modern and comfortable look to this car. Many people all around the world who poses the passion of keeping vintage cars love the [...]
Subaru – A Real Classic
By: Zaheer Filed Under: Industry News
During 1950s, six companies joined hands together and formed Fuji Heavy Industries in Japan. The first automobile that they launched was Subaru. In the starting, the designs of Subaru were sports automobiles for rally racings and light trucks. FHI came up with vehicles that had something new as compare to other vehicles, had good quality and performance. The industries are situated in Gunma in Japan and has capital alliance with Toyota. The target market of the Subaru is the younger generation who want to drive with a touch of adventure and enthusiasm. It is the first automobile that has boxer engines in SUVs and mass produced cars. The other cars like Ferrari, etc consist of boxer engines but they are not mass produced cars. Subaru has the All-Wheel-Drive system that [...]
A Brief Overview about 2012 Honda Fit
By: Zaheer Filed Under: Supercars/ Exotic Cars
Even if you have owned this car just for about a few months you can keep on loving it for years because 2012 Honda fit is by far one of the most treasured cars in terms of values for the bucks. With its unique features of being the nimbly handled and great mileage 2012 Honda fit can prove to be the best commuter car ever. Considering the fact that is looks so short but in reals it is capable of holding a ton. This car is not only small from outside and big from inside it is also very sporty and frivolous to drive and due to its slick manual shifters this car is enough to impress anyone that wants to drive in a style. The good thing about 2012 [...]
2012 Lexus LS – A Car to Watch Out
By: Zaheer Filed Under: Industry News
If you don’t believe that even Japanese car makers have the abilities to make a full size and competitive plus luxurious sedan then you don’t have to look any farther than he Lexus LS models which can be accessed in the drive trains of hybrid (LS 600h) and conventional (LS 460). The 2012 model of Lexus LS is one of the most expensive models when it comes to its class and they are even ranked number 3 out of the top 12 super luxury cars that are available these days. This ranking has been done according to the examination of reviews that have published and the test drives of 2012 Lexus LS. The interior of the car is very high quality and there is low base price relative to the [...]
All You Need to Know about Audi A6 Avant
By: Zaheer Filed Under: Industry News
Audi is the German automakers and makes one of the most competitive cars in the world, Audi A6 Avant. The company launched this car in 1994 and in these sixteen years, it has gone through three phases. Following are those phases: First phase starting from 1994 and ended in 1997: – It was the beginning of Audi A6 in the markets. This version was the re design of the Audi 100. This model has three transmission configurations; a four speed automatic car, a five speed and a six speed manual car. Besides that, the engine configuration available was 2.3L I5. Second phase starting from 1997 and ended in 2004: – In the second phase, the design and framework of Audi A6 improved as compare to the earlier model. The new [...]
2011 Honda Accord
By: Zaheer Filed Under: Industry News
With this new Honda Accord, it is going to be offered as in the style of the Coupe or even the great Sedan, both of these of course are good however and it is always nice to get a choice. There will also be a choice over the V-6 engine or the four cylinder engine also though there is also going to be the five speed gearbox with all of the configurations however though the V-6 Coupe is going to only have the choice of the six speed manual transmission. Most of these Honda Accords are going to be very well in fact, this is really going to be one car that does very well on the automobile market but the packages for these cars are going to be very [...]
The All New 2011 GMC Yukon
By: Zaheer Filed Under: Industry News
There are a lot of people out there today that are trying to find the right car for them, then it will have to be the nice sporty, sleek and utility vehicle then it is got to be the GMC Yukon 2011 that is the car for them. The new Yukon SUV 2011 model is going to be a great car; it will come with both a long and a short wheelbase configuration. This will also mean that the car can come with a few different power trains also which is good to have with this Yukon and the hybrid can actually managed to deliver almost twenty miles per gallon. There might even be the Denali trim available for the Yukon; however with the hybrid model, the manufacturer has made [...]
The New 2011 GMC Terrain
By: Zaheer Filed Under: Industry News
The Terrain is going to be the new top line crossover though it is not quite light as before though the body work seems to really slow the car down considerably. The fuel efficiency of the car is not great however so that is something to watch out for. The GMC has really got a massive appearance but it’s very bold in fact but that doesn’t mean to say that the car is not quite easy to control. Even though the lighter body work of these cars are going to be more popular they are still good but it can drag a little. The car is very sporty looking even with the 2.4 liter four cylinder engine but the torque is good on this to help the environment with the [...]
The All New 2011 GMC Sierra
By: Zaheer Filed Under: Industry News
This new Sierra is going to very much resemble the Chevrolet Silverado vehicle but it can be now offered up like a basic truck version. The trims are a little different from each version. This is going to be the car that should be chosen if the truck look is found though this is really great when it comes to the fuel economy however. There will be the V-8 6.2 liter engine or the V-6 4.3 liter engine. These are going to be available with both the six and four speed automatic transmission. This is going to look like a massive full sized truck that comes with the four and six speed automatic transmission. The models are the SLE, Denali, Hybrid, SLT and Sierra 1500. With the engines they will [...]
