2012 Lincoln MKX REVIEW

Every Lincoln on sale today is a gussied up version of a Ford. True, most mainstream automakers with luxury divisions, like Toyota/Lexus, Honda/Acura and Volkswagen/Audi, use a similar strategy of platform and technology sharing to save costs, but U.S. domestic automakers have never been particularly good at it.

2011 Lincoln MKX

2011 Lincoln MKX Engine

2011 Lincoln MKX

2011 Lincoln MKX Interior Design

2013 Lincoln MKX HD Wallpaper

A Volkswagen is usually praised for being Audi-like, but a Lincoln is usually decried for being too similar to a Ford. Sharing can so easily become rebadging, and Lincoln dealers are wondering how they'll live off a lineup of simply "more expensive" Fords.

The answer may lie in the 2011 Lincoln MKX, which is the lux version of the Ford Edge. Since the latter received a significant mid-cycle freshening for the 2011 model year, so has the former. With their first significant update since 2006, the duo is poised to upset the status quo in the premium mid-size CUV segment. We've already told you how impressed we are with the 2011 Edge, so you won't be surprised to learn we feel much the same about the new MKX. The difference is that the Lincoln has a lot further to go to be competitive within the Luxury Car CUV set. Does it succeed? Will we now praise the Edge for being Lincoln-like?

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2012 Kia Optima 2.0T SX

You should know all about the excellent new turbocharged, direct-injection four-cylinder engine from Hyundai and, by extension, Kia. We've spent plenty of pixels gushing about the engine's power and efficiency when lodged in the nose of the 2011 Hyundai Sonata 2.0T, and judging from our time behind the wheel of the 2013 Kia Optima 2.0T, the engine is no less at home lighting up the tires of the newest sedan from Kia.

2011 Kia Optima 2.0T

2011 Kia Optima 2.0T Engine Specification

2011 Kia Optima 2.0T Interior Detail

2011 Kia Optima 2.0T Seat Model

2011 Kia Optima 2.0T Wallpaper

Buyers looking for a four-door with a little more edge than the Honda Accord, Toyota Camry or even the embiggened Sonata will be happy to see that the newest interpretation of the Optima wears some seriously aggressive sheetmetal outside to go with some of the best power and fuel-efficiency in the mid-sized sedan class.

Kia says that the Optima 2.0T was built to be the Sonata's more menacing cousin, and in addition to the sedan's brawny lines and 274-horsepower four-cylinder turbo, the company's engineers folded in a firmer suspension and reworked power steering system for a more athletic driving experience. The changes may not be enough for us to call the 2011 Optima 2.0T a sport sedan, but they do serve to give the vehicle a significantly different flavor compared to the 2011 Sonata. We jumped into the driver's seat of the 2011 Kia Optima 2.0T SX to find out just what those changes meant on the road.

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2012 Audi A6 Review Dimension

Set to make its debut early next year, the 2012 Audi A6 is a totally revamped version of the automaker's mid-size luxury sedan. Styled to match the 2011 Audi A8, the new A6 (which, as we pointed out when it leaked a day early, looks a lot like the old A6) hides plenty of lightweight aluminum and high-tech steel components under its revised exterior.

2012 Audi A6

2012 Audi A6

2012 Audi A6 Interior Design

2012 Audi A6

2012 Audi A6 Car Dimension

Inside, the A6 benefits from a wrap-around cockpit that envelops both the driver and front passenger with leather and wood, while luxury amenities – ranging from heated and ventilated seats to optional massage functionality – are all available for the taking.

The available powertrains – a choice between two gasoline engines and three diesel mills worldwide – have improved fuel economy by 19 percent, and a hybrid version will be introduced down the road. The most economical unit, a 2.0-liter TDI, is expected to achieve about 48 miles per gallon, while the hybrid will come in closer to 38 mpg. You don't have to be totally frugal on the fuel to have some fun though, thanks to a carryover 300-horsepower supercharged 3.0-liter TFSI powerplant that achieves 27 miles per gallon and runs to a limited top speed of 155 miles per hour.

The other gasoline engine is a 2.8-liter naturally aspirated unit that produces 204 horsepower and 206 pound-feet of torque which may or may not be available in the States (don't hold you breath). For oil burner fans, two 3.0-liter diesel choices exist: a 204 hp/295 lb-ft example and a top-of-the-line 245 hp/368 lb-ft mill. The more powerful unit is rated at nearly 40 mpg yet runs from 0-60 in just 6.1 seconds.

The 2012 A6 Hybrid, the second hybrid behind the launch of the Q5, will make its debut sometime after the new A6 hits the market. Power will come from a 2.0 TFSI engine paired with an electric motor that sits between the engine and the eight-speed transmission. The A6 Hybrid will be able to run on electric power alone at speeds of up to 62 mph.

Transmission options on the 2012 A6 are as varied as the available motors they pair with. A six-speed manual will join a CVT and seven-speed S-tronic automatic before the aforementioned eight-speeder arrives in the hybrid.

A mega press release chock full of A6 information is waiting for you just after the jump, and a massive photo gallery lies down below. Keep in mind these figures represent the German version of the A6, but give us a good idea of what to expect when it makes its way to the U.S.

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2012 Nissan GT-R Black Edition Review

Boasting more power, subtle interior and exterior styling tweaks as well as chassis updates and a new "Black Edition" model, the U.S.-spec 2012 Nissan GT-R made its North American Muscle debut today at the Los Angeles Auto Show.

2012 Nissan GT-R Black Edition

Nissan GT-R Black Edition

2021 Nissan GT-R Black Edition Head Lamp Design

2012 Nissan GT-R Black Edition Interior Design

As far as street-cred goes, few cars can equal the Nissan GT-R. So, it's only normal that every new version finds the fans holding their breath, wondering what are those crazy Japanese going to do next. Add more power, that's what.

The 2012 U.S.-spec model squeezes 530 ponies out of the 3.8-liter twin turbo V6, also known as the VR38DETT, and 488 lb-ft (662 Nm) of asphalt shredding torque – all without any heavy modifications. Engineers fiddled a bit with the boost pressure, gave the valve timing a mild makeover and optimized the air mixture ratio. That sounds like half of a Japanese workday. OK, one full day, if we acknowledge the improved aerodynamics as well.

The front fascia was modestly refreshed and now features double rectifier fins, which optimize the airflow around the supercar's nose. The air intakes are bigger, too, and more efficient in cooling the engine and the front brakes.

We don't know yet how these changes are going to affect performance, 'cause Nissan is all too secretive about official figures, but you really don't have to be a rocket scientist to realize that this car will be very, very fast, given its history.

Visually , the new LED running lights deserve a mention, accompanied by the plated inner headlight panels, which according to Nissan, enhance the GT-R's presence. In total, six exterior colors are available, including two brand-spanking new: the Deep Blue Pearl and Jet Black.

Inside we find minor appointments in the form of new carbon fiber trim and updated materials.

The 10-spoke 20-inch RAYS alloys represent the finishing touch, featuring a near black finish and some innovative solutions. For instance, the knurling inside the wheels was modified to prevent the tires from slipping around them under heavy acceleration or braking.

As for the "Black Edition", it features some unique treats such as the red-trimmed Recaro seats, a dark headliner plus a different set of new RAYS rims, with a 6-spoke design.

When sales will begin early next year, the starting MSRPs will be $89,950 for the Premium and $95,100 for the Black Edition.

[Source] http://carscoop.blogspot.com/

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New Car In 2012 Iconic AC Roadster

NWe've seen dozens – nay, hundreds of Shelby Cobra homages and outright knockoffs over the years, and while many of them have offered road-bludgeoning performance, precious few have been high-quality efforts, and fewer still brought something new to the table.

2012 Iconic AC Roadster

2012 Iconic AC Roadster New Design

2012 Iconic AC Roadster Interior Design

2012 Iconic AC Roadster Rigid Suspension

2012 Iconic AC Roadster Velg Chrome

2012 Iconic AC Roadster Design Suspension

So when images of the Iconic AC Roadster first hit our inboxes along with blustery talk of 800+ horsepower and a massive price tag, we didn't pay much attention. Here was yet another Cobra replica whose biggest innovation appeared to be a set of awkward looking head- and taillamps. Why bother?

And then we drove it. And oddly, just as importantly, we took a peek beneath its skin, only to realize that the car's familiar shape is something of a Trojan horse whose familiar striping job masks a shocking amount of cutting-edge technology.

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New Sports Cars Morgan EvaGT

Morgan EvaGT

New abstraction for a antic family, the Morgan EvaGT. The four seater Coupe takes its afflatus from the British sports saloons of the aboriginal 1950's. Among these were the Bristol 400 alternation and the Frazer Nash BMW 328. After the Second Apple War administration affected designers to conserve and accomplish the best of the abstracts at their disposal. However the burden cooker of war had additionally led to an affluence of avant-garde engineering ideas. Steel was deficient so failing aluminium was acclimated for bodywork. Smooth "in-line" beeline six butt engines were adapted to accord continued ambit abundance and reliability. Because the engineers had generally formed on aircraft development during the war aerodynamics contributed to aerial but economical canoeing speeds.

2012 Morgan EvaGT Wallpaper

2010 Morgan EvaGT Design

The Morgan Motor Aggregation is the aftermost survivor of these British sports car manufacturers. Of advance the aggregation is advantageous abundant to accept 100 years of connected success abaft it and like Bristol and Frazer Nash; Morgan has a history of acknowledged collaborations with German suppliers BMW, Siemens and Bosch. But Morgan additionally works with a cardinal of adolescent engineering companies in the United Kingdom and with apple chic British university analysis departments.

The new claiming is to accomplish cars that are added able than any we accept apparent so far. The Morgan Motor Aggregation is in a acceptable position to acknowledge to this claiming because the aggregation is baby and adjustable with a accurate clue almanac of fast development cycles. It currently articles one of the greenest sports cars in the world, the Morgan Four Four Sport. Morgan achieves this aftereffect with the use of the new Ford 1.6 Sigma agent accompanying with a ablaze chassis. Morgan currently has a adolescent able-bodied able abstruse aggregation alive appear a abeyant 5 engineering PHD's, who will accomplish abounding use of analysis departments at the University of Oxford, Cranfield and Birmingham City to tap into a abstruse ability arrangement to accomplish added able cars. This aggregation is allowance to advance a aerial torque electric motor alert as able as others of the aforementioned weight and admeasurement and a able lithium phosphate array with a college allegation body to accomplish the best able achievement for weight so far.

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2012 New Ford Mustang Boss 302

Amen, Dave. A accurate Boss 302 is raw, hardcore and race-inspired, and Ford delivered the goods. The latest appropriate copy Mustang comes with affluence of items that will accelerate alley antagonism admirers - an upgraded clutch, short-throw shifter, adjustable suspension, bigger brakes and a added almighty adaptation of the 5.0-liter V8 that produces 440 application and 380 lb-ft torque acknowledgment to a new assimilation and added advancing camshafts. Ford claims the Boss 302 will be able to breach 1.0g and lap a archetypal alley advance two abnormal faster than the accepted Mustang GT. Ford engineers alike reportedly benchmarked the BMW M3 back developing the Boss 302, aiming to exhausted the acclaimed Bavarian auto about Laguna Seca, which they affirmation to accept achieved.

The exoteric is advancing by the aboriginal 1969 archetypal with either a atramentous or white roof panel, C-stripe, bankrupt fog lamp openings and a added advancing advanced splitter and rear spoiler. Available colors are added clear than the accepted choices and accommodate Competition Orange, Performance White, Kona Blue Metallic, Yellow Blaze Tri-Coat Metallic and Race Red.

Ford Mustang Boss 302

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2012 Honda HSV 010 Spy Shot

2012 Honda HSV 010 Spy Shot

2012 Honda HSV 010 Specifications

2012 Honda HSV 010 Spy Shot characteristics

Honda had nearly completed the replacement of the NSX is something that we all know. Also remember that the Japanese company, after the stop of the project, converted it to give birth to a race car for the Japan GT Championship, with the pseudonym of HSV-010. Well, since we have already heard some rumors about a return to programs like this HSV car production. The last to appear comes from the German publication Autobild, declaring that the coupe arrives in dealerships with a five-liter V8 from the huge front wheels before the end of 2012. "Believable? Well, first we know that the economy is in the process of recovery that customers are not so red Honda and the car that much development is already completed, but instead see the finished house just now enter into a H War of supercars with Lexus and Nissan, when their main objective remains the hybrid

Honda HSV-010 GT ( Specifications and performance characteristics )

Length x Width x Height (m): 4.675 x 2.000 x (not disclosed)
Wheelbase (m): 2.700
Vehicle weight (kg): 1,100 or more
Engine name: HR10EG
Configuration: Liquid-cooled, naturally aspirated, longitudinal V8
V angle (°): 90
Valve train: Gear-driven DOHC: 2 intake and 2 exhaust valves per cylinder
Displacement (cm3): 3,397
Bore x stroke (mm): 93.0 x 62.5
Compression ratio: (Not disclosed)
Maximum output: 500 or more
Maximum torque(N•m): 392 or more
Throttle control system: Mechanical
Fuel supply system: Programmed fuel injection system (Honda PGM-FI)
Fuel: Lead-free premium gasoline
Lubrication: Dry sump
Transmission mechanism: Constant mesh
Transmission shifting method: Steering paddle shifter
Steering system mechanism: Rack and pinion system with electric power steering (EPS)
Tyres: Front 330/40R18, Rear 330/45R17
Brake type and mechanism: Hydraulic ventilated disc system
Suspension system: Double wishbone
Stabilizer: Torsion bar

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