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The Lotus Evora GTC has just arrived in the family. If the Lotus Evora Enduro GT4 was already fast, this new version called Lotus Evora GTC is even more.

Now incorporates a traction control system and antilock brakes signed by Bosch, who succeeded in improving the delivery of power to the ground and braking ability. Nevertheless manages to keep its contents weight in a lightweight 1,130 kg, which may increase by another 10 kg extra, depending on the specifications that the customer chooses. Read more…

In January a Japanese company present a preview of a strange electric vehicle. It was called SIM-LEI and had a design of those who do not leave indifferent. There were those who applauded it greatly and called it vulgar hand vacuum. But the most interesting of the car was inside. During the presentation, its designers said they had an exceptional autonomy (for power) of 305 km/h.

Why we return to a car that was first introduced five months ago? Because now SIM-Drive, the Japanese consortium behind the development of SIM-LEI, has announced the SIM-WIL, an evolution of the first model to earn in the presence (except for the very fans of vacuum cleaners) … and still longer their distance without looking for a plug: 351 km of autonomy. One of the eight major handicaps of the electrical could begin to resolve. Read more…

Nevada has granted the license plates of cars on autopilot. The aim is that the Google car can be tested in a real environment. The vehicle must carry a driver and a passenger to move, but the tests will help determine whether the car can be used safely with traffic and actual circumstances.

The state of Nevada ( USA ) has become a pioneer in the field of cars with autopilot this week by granting registration certificates for vehicles equipped with the technology produced by Google. The Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV, in English) of Nevada on Monday granted the first license to Google to try your car with automatic pilot in a real traffic environment, and so far the tests performed by the company had Internet taken place in controlled way. Read more…

The Croatian manufacturer ready by 2013 only 88 units of its first electric sports would be the fastest in its class. The Rimac Concept One accelerates from 0 to 100 kph in 2.8 seconds.

The engineering team automaker Automobili Croatian Rimac continues working on its first project, the Concept One, a sports car that goes on sale in 2013 with a limited edition of 88 units and four electric motors which shed 1,088 horsepower and a ‘bestial’ torque of 3,800 Nm. Recently, Rimac was his first and so far only a test car to the slopes of Monaco where it was found that this electric sports car has a top speed of 305 mph and a range of 600 kilometers that allow its four electric motors mounted in each of its wheels. This performance helps set the low weight of 1,650 kilos and marking that allows an acceleration from 0 to 100 kph in just 2.8 seconds. Read more…

A Chinese student has developed a prototype electric car with a range of 70 kilometers and a maximum speed of 40 km/h, after investing only € 1,800.

They say that talent is incalculable good more valuable than any sum of money. The young Chinese student, Lin Zhuzhen is proof of that. At just 19 years, this student of Zhejiang Xiangshan Technical School, has built the first prototype of its electric car solar, requiring no gasoline, or any type of fossil fuel. Read more…

The Nissan Note is a small MPV model which in fact over the years and has not gone down badly. Its launch in Japan occurred in 2004 and it was not until the spring of 2006 when it reached Europe.

Since then it has only suffered some minor updates, shallow draft, to revise its aesthetics, add equipment and introducing new engines to maintain its competitiveness against rivals who have recently received updates itself much more complete. Nissan has updated its minivan, the Note. Sportsmanship and modernity are its hallmarks. This presents the new Nissan Note in the face of this year 2012, thanks to new versions Tekna: Sport and Premium. Starting with their “shoes” fit alloy wheels of 16 inches, which is seeking to add a touch more aggressive. Read more…

The 20 or 25 units to be manufactured by Nissan of aggressive and sportier version of the compact pickup engine Juke will the GT-R 2010, which comes with 65 hp more for a total of 550.

What seemed to be the ultimate challenge of Nissan by simply presenting a sporty ultra experiment on the platform of its latest crossover, as well as the respective sports aesthetic application, ended up as a real project from the filing of the new limited edition Nissan Juke-R. After several requests from individuals, the brand decided to take to the streets this version with an output of only 20 or 25 units, which will have a platform mechanics and the chassis of the Nissan GT-R. Read more…

China’s automotive industry continues to make copies of cars belonging to other brands. In this case, Dongfeng which continues to give life to the Hummer and also ‘he traced’ a Smart electric type.

This is the civilian version of the Hummer brand to China Dongfeng presented at the Beijing Motor Show and it called ‘Brave Soldier’. Despite the name of this vehicle, which GM ended production April 7, 2010, its use is for the Chinese streets and has details that differentiate against using the army in that country. Read more…

The new Bentley Continental GTC on display in Beijing features a powerful 6.0 liter, 12 cylinder W and 575 horses. Draws attention to the details of its interior, handmade.

While the predecessor of Continental GTC is elegant, discreet and firm stance, the new Bentley generation of this model presented in the current automotive event in Beijing, holds the same line convertible but now has more ‘muscle’ and comfort. Among the developments that led the British brand, one of them and perhaps the most noted is the new flagship of its convertible version, the Bentley Continental GTC W12. Read more…

The Beijing Motor Show has seen the introduction of major new Mercedes prototype, based on his van Viano, which has been coated on the inside with every luxury imaginable.

Mercedes-Benz Viano Diamond Vision Concept, a name that makes us too long, but contains a completely different version to what we knew. The class is the ‘leitmotif’ of this van for the star mark, especially inside. Outside, we found a two-tone body black diamond and separated by a line of hand-painted gold, a prominent front refilla black chrome alloy wheels with five spokes and calipers with gold lettering. Read more…