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Lamborghini continues to surprise the world with a spectacular model, which is out of the common in the Italian house. This is a sporty 600 hp SUV called Urus. Currently a prototype, but it will be reality.

You may call attention to a brand as Lamborghini cars specialist as asphalt, get a model designed for the field, but this is not new in the house. The Urus Lamborghini is not the first thought to get out of asphalt. In 1986, the Italian firm made an exception in its range of supercars to produce the LM002, a spectacular SUV equipped with a powerful V12. In six years, 300 units were built, most of them designed to meet the extravagant tastes of wealthy sheikhs, who wanted a bespoke supercar with that move through the dunes.

Now, the market for this type of car is bigger and Lamborghini wants to expand its offer with a third model in its range. The Urus, for now, is a prototype, designed to draw attention to the Beijing Auto Show. However, the Italian firm already talking about numbers, with an annual production of 3,000 cars to be distributed among its most important markets, such as the American, Russian, English, German and Chinese. As a good Lamborghini, is named after the bull and, as the latest creations from the house, uses carbon fiber in its construction.

600 hp.

With up to four passengers, the Urus measured 4.99 m long, 1.66 m high and 1.99 wide, so it would be located next to the larger models, but always with less height. Compared to its possible rival sports, the Urus is longer and lower than a Porsche Cayenne. It has a frame made of lightweight materials with carbon fiber as the main element, but do not specify whether the model will have the final street fiber frame. It will have all-wheel drive, height-adjustable suspension and a gasoline engine that will yield around 600 horsepower.

It has a system that varies the height of front spoiler, to expand its off-road capabilities without sacrificing good aerodynamics. This system is complemented by a varying rear wing and diffuser. Announces be much lighter than its competitors, with CO2 levels significantly lower. The adjustable height allows you to lower the center of gravity, along with adaptive aerodynamics, allows the Urus supercar speeds.

Inside there are four independent seats made of carbon fiber and leather upholstery. Instead of mirrors, each camera has two TFT screens on each side of the carrier. Announces an excellent luggage capacity, with modularity in the rear seats. As in the rest of the Lamborghini, the inner atmosphere maintains a sporty design, with carbon fiber inserts on all sides. It has 24 inch wheels and LED technology in the headlights, with the usual daylight and in a “Y”. So far, no official communication on the date of its commercialization.

A few days ago we knew what it would be cheaper than the Toyota Yaris Hybrid, and today we have the first data concerning the launch of the Prius +, the minivan that comes from the Prius and offers great versatility with seven seats and size.

This is the fourth minivan hybrid model of the brand, and the third in the system have a combined HSD 136CV delivery. So get approved an average consumption of 4.3 liters per 100 with CO2 emissions of only 99 grams to a hundred. They are really good figures for a gasoline minivan, because any diesel vehicle of this size consumes more. Just do not cool as much as a Citroen C8 3.0 V6 or a 2.0 Turbo Espace, but the purpose is different.

To enable the third row of seats has been necessary to install a new, compact lithium-ion battery that takes up much less space, located in the center console of the vehicle between the front seats, so you do not have to sacrifice space for the seven occupants and luggage in the trunk, which has 505 to the height of the tray.

The only downside we can find in the price, which is € 27,200 (according to autonomous community support not included). It’s a high price when we find similarly sized minivans for quite a few thousand euros less if it is true that the buyer of a hybrid vehicle usually consider other things, is usually a different profile.

Available Seat dealer network from the month of May, the Seat Ibiza 2013, stirs emotions for its attractive design, dynamism, innovation and functionality.

The new Ibiza conveys sportiness and quality. The design language of SEAT represents technology, precision and fun to drive. In front stands the trapezoidal grille with logo Seat.

The surface of the grille and elongated structure in the form of honeycomb, along with the lower air intake accentuate the width of the new Ibiza. The fascias are redesigned and presents an even more striking in the sporty FR version. Notable large fog lights with cornering function, an element that is standard in the finished FR, Style for the first time as standard in version Blitz.

The sophisticated design of the headlights shows great concern for detail Seat. Its modern elegance is a hallmark of the new design language of SEAT and headlights fit perfectly into the sculptural proportions of Ibiza. Available in two versions with halogen or Bi-Xenon daytime running lights and LED technology, which gives it an identity.

In profile, the new Ibiza highlights the sporty character that gives the dynamic line that can be seen from the headlights to the rear of the vehicle, following the expressive forms of the fenders. A second, equally emphasized, travels the shoulders to the headlights in the rear. These marked lines and sharp shapes of the surfaces give the Ibiza athletic demeanor, both in the three-and five-door.

“The new generation Ibiza fits perfectly into the brand identity. It has a strong and powerful personality, and conveys its dynamic character, but remains refined and confident, “said Edgar Estrada, director of Mexico’s Seat.

Top quality finishes.

The emotional strength shown in the exterior design is also reflected in the interior, with a minimalist interior and clearly structured. The quality of finish, the wide choice of colors and materials demonstrate the requirements of Seat.

Every detail of the new Ibiza has been executed with the highest precision: The board, circular vents, three-spoke steering wheel, a shorter shift lever, the design of air conditioning, painted surfaces, among others. However, the focus is on functionality: the dashboard is easier to read and the glove is considerably larger and with enough room for many more objects.

Safety, comfort and technology.

Safety is a priority for Seat, which is why systems like ABS brakes, airbags for driver and passenger, burglar alarm, foldable key with panic button on rear seats Isofix system, among others, are available as computer standard on all versions, plus additional systems most equipped variants of the Ibiza range 2013.

Technology plays an important role in and out of the new Seat Ibiza, for passenger comfort include (depending on version): Climatronic air conditioning, Wireless USB, Audio control in steering column, power side mirror adjustment and function defroster, AM / FM Single CD, MP3, Aux. in, Bluetooth system and outlet on the center console, among others.

The Seat Ibiza 2013 will be available in colors: White, Black Nevada, Blue Apollo, Emotion Red, Red Montsant, Tribe, Black Universe, Lime, Blue Speed, Grey Pyrenees, Silver Star and Boal.

Prices for the 3-door model range from 207.600 to 298.100 pesos and 5-door model from 173.900 to 244.800 pesos.

Rovelo, who commands the stock car # 5 of Telmex racing team, has started the year winning in the Plaza de Monterrey, and then a top-9 in San Luis Potosi, results that are in second place in the drivers’ standings; now “the goal is clear: go to Queretaro for another win and climb to leadership,” said Rovelo.

Ruben comes from a weekend in which reached two consecutive podiums in the opening of the 2012 season of the Super Bowl Telcel, held at the Autodromo Guadalajara in Toluquilla, Jalisco, and that “the motivation I have very up. I have to run on weekends, far from exhausting yourself allows you to be much more competitive, “said the pilot Telmex.

For this commitment on 28 and 29 April in the Oval Ecocentro in Queretaro, 1.2 kilometers long, Ruben says ready and committed to continue fighting for positions on end. “I am aware that stripping the points race by race will give me the chance to go for the championship at the end, but also clear to me that the victories are some excellent,” said the engineer in Mechatronics.

“Telling Queretana 200, missing 12 dates, but we must not forget that everything happens very fast so that the ideal is to have the right target path. For now, go look for this date for the lead of NASCAR Mexico” , finished Rovelo.

The form of reversibility is a low-cost, high impact implemented by the Federal District Government, through the Ministry of Works and Services (SOS), and easy to implement.

The measures and actions taken by the SOS facilitate the movement of cars, as is the case of dynamic signaling, which guides a timely and correct drivers, which in turn contributes to reduced emissions, because the circulation vehicle is fluid and involves a significant fuel savings.

In the case of San Joaquin River, Military Engineer Mariano Escobedo, at 7:00 pm and had been a transfer time approximately 30 minutes, which decreased about 4 minutes with the reversibility of the road, ie , 26 minutes less in the way.

Also, roughly at 8:00 am reaches 30 minutes to arrive at 9:00 am peak savings of 34 minutes and 10:00 hours are 23 minutes less than those used to driving on Avenida Rio San Joaquin.

Note that the average daily motorists on this road is 6,300.

In Avenida Fray Servando Teresa de Mier, from 6:00 to 9:00 am there has been a travel time of 8 minutes, before applying the reversible roadway is used 45 minutes.

South Axis 5 17:00 to 21:30 hours, reduced its travel time from 90 to 20 minutes. Axis 6 South, which operates from 6:30 to 09:30 hours decreased from 95 to 30 minutes. And Contreras Avenue, which runs from 6:00 to 9:00 hours, reduced from 40 to only 7 minutes or so.

Since 2006, the Avenue operates as reversible, meaning from east to west, along the stretch of Topaz Street to the intersection with Avenida Bucareli, from 6:00 to 9:00.

The determination of reversing Fray Servando Teresa de Mier and serve as alternate route to St. Paul-Izazaga-Arcos de Belen and support to those who pass through avenues such as November 20, Eje Central, Dr. Vertiz and Child Heroes, due to the difficulty I had to travel on the morning of Fray Servando Avenue, the stretch of Francisco del Paso y Troncoso, crossing Avenida Bucareli Cuauhtemoc.

In 2008, before the end of Circuito Interior for the construction of road bridges in Coyoacan Mexico Avenue, Revolution-Mills and the works of Line 12 in Ermita Iztapalapa, the shafts 5 and 6 south roads became reversible in order to solve congestion problems by bringing together two axes which are parallel in the same sense of circulation, allowing distributed traffic volumes increased road capacity without affecting the passage of public transport.

The section 5 South reversible shaft operates on the stretch of the Avenue Gabriel Mancera Rojo Gomez and South Axis 6 Rojo Gomez goes to Avenida Gabriel Mancera (Axis 3 West). In a second stage by the success, the road section in this axis was extended to Guelatao Avenue.

For Contreras Avenue, reversibility response to increasing vehicles registered in rush hour and the lack of continuity of the side streets to the beltway. The crosses with greater demand for motorists, particularly during the morning, are St. Jerome and Peripheral and Toluca Avenue and Peripheral.

Tlalpan Viaduct in reversible mode has a demand of up to 6,000 vehicles and reducing travel time on their way out to the south occurs mainly on weekends.

In all cases, the early days were learning to motorists, but soon the utility for drivers increased.

The Valencian Government has sold the 42 vehicles of the Government Vehicle Fleet auctioned Saturday for an amount close to € 85,000. The car went to auction starting prices for individual sales ranging between 1,270 and the 1,945 euros.

The public act of auction has taken place in the Archive Center and Logistics of the Generalitat, location where you have been exposed to 42 cars included in this first auction of vehicles from the Government Vehicle Fleet since last March 12.

The Minister of Finance and Public Administration, José Manuel Vela, expressed his satisfaction at the success of this first car auction, which has aroused great interest among the nearly 150 people who have come to acquire
one of the cars that have been part of public sale.

The process of alienation, coordinated and managed by the Ministry of Finance and Public Administration, is part of the actions taken by the Consell to reduce by more than 50% of its fleet, as framed within the Optimization Plan of the Government Heritage to control spending and rationalize the assets of the Administration of Valencia.

During the time that vehicles have been exposed to be auctioned this morning, more than 500 people have come to visit.
The transfer procedure was performed using open outcry auction together with the opening of a total of 8 bids received in a sealed envelope, so it has been a coordinated process between both systems.

All cars sold are brand Ford Focus and Mondeo model, and have started from a fixed starting price, excluding taxes and costs of the transmission owner, which shall be borne by the contractor.

This price has been the starting point for the sale of each vehicle sold at auction, from which have been made offers equal to or higher, but in no case be less than that amount.

It is one of the top Spanish athletes, one of the best players in the world, an example for many young people around the world and national pride that does not tolerate jokes puppet. It is one of the wealthiest public figures of the country, and for some days, one of the hundreds of thousands of people in these times of crisis sell your vehicle, although unlike the rest of us, Rafa Nadal, not does necessity.

We have been surprised to find that the Spaniard tennis player announced in a popular Internet portal selling your vehicle Kia Pro Cee’d new, only 1 year. 11,000 km, with 5 years official warranty. Little use because their owners are always traveling. Do not miss this opportunity. Possibility to visit in Manacor, “reads the ad.

Unless we radically change the events to ensure that the current account remained static Nadal and a good growth rate, although someone might think so, judging by the rush to close the sale. And that is to expedite the process, the player gives the buyer a pair of snowshoes and your signature on the vehicle body.

The plot begins to be suspicious and from Hyundai confirm the double bottom. The sale of the vehicle must have charity. The 11,000 euros they hope to achieve from the transaction will go to an NGO, whose identity has not been confirmed.

Some discordant voices have criticized the initiative, accusing Hyundai to pursue commercial revenues devising a marketing campaign using the hook, always beneficial, solidarity.

A study by Pike Research, indicates that sales of electric cars succeed exceed those achieved by the hybrid in its early years, in a comparison that has been face to face with the figures achieved by models like the Prius and Insight, comparing their numbers with an estimate of the power between 2011 and 2017.

During his first year in the U.S. market, the Toyota Prius and Honda Insight, the only available models, achieved sales of 9,350 units combined, a figure that during its first 12 months, the two most popular electric and almost unique in the market, the Chevrolet Volt and Nissan Leaf, have doubled.

To evaluate these data more perspective, we must take into account factors such as prices, costs that have burdened the sales of electricity and are far, far superior to hybrids, to which we must add the necessary infrastructure recharge, a handicap that hybrids have not had to drag.

Another factor in favor of the electric current is that because of the economic crisis, the automobile market is smaller than in 2000, but on the other side, so you get better figures in this context, and with prices higher sales, has more merit.

According to Pike Research, sales of electric cars during its first seven years on the market, will exceed by 90% to the figures achieved by the hybrid during the same period and among the reasons for this trend argue that consumers are now more concerned by the energy dependence and emissions, the supply of electric cars will be larger than that of hybrids in their early years and also have much to do the rising cost of fuel.

As always, this is a study, a comparison over time that reminds us that children do with the players from different eras, something we can all say, but in this case only time will show.

Tunehouse is the Australian Racing has unveiled an exhibit for the next preparation of the new building which will replace BRZ Subaru engine by Cosworth series featuring 2.6 liters and 335 hp. The BRZ flashy car is improving its mechanical parts with your brake system in turn will have a kit that will widen the body.

Among the target of many tuners and this birth BRZ Subaru car, Australian Tunehouse in no time wasted your time because it has released a render modified and used for the Japanese sports car which did not lack substantial power .

Mediate Tunehouse without ink.

They used the mechanical power of 200 hp 2.0 given that Tunehouse not want to walk with BRZ mediate inks and has decided to move permanently. The Cosworth engine will consist of 2.6 liters.

This engine may have an HKS turbocharger, intercooler, a different management and a limited slip which will generate different results in a BRZ Subaru Cosworth 335 bhp.
New equipment in the Subaru brake

To carry a better ease of the new brake equipment has been hired who will be responsible Cosworth. On the other hand will be signing KW adjustable suspension.

The Germans have decided to implement a locking front end to handle the power, as has been done in similar cars like the Focus RS, but instead of using a system TORSEN (Quaife, specifically), Opel has opted for a more traditional differential “ramps and records.” We, the typical Drexler.

Drexler spreads not typically used in front-drive car production for two reasons: first, that require maintenance (using the clutch between the discs wear out, and if you are so gross you may have to change every 30,000 km) , and the second reason is that the answers through the steering wheel in the form of lashes are evident.

Well, now Opel, as have their development engineers, has been able to create a stub decoupled front, capable of filtering out much of the lashes Wheel and parasitic movements generated by the use of a differential Drexel, implementing it in Astra OPC first.

The car still lacks its last phase of final tuning, but thanks to the use of rheological dampers variables should be able to provide stability while unflappable ability to absorb irregularities on the fly.

Your finishing touches will see them in the Nurburgring Nordschleife in the months before arriving in showrooms, perhaps with the German track record for a front wheel drive in your pocket thanks to its extra power (280 hp) from the Megane RS.

The war is open, although the maintenance of unknown Drexler stop there for now to be solved.