Subaru Japan today launched a new special edition, the Legacy STI S402 Sedan and Station Wagon that will go on sale starting June June 27. The Subaru Legacy STI S402 price starts at 5,491,500 yen for the station wagon version and 5.355 million yen for the sedan.
The STI S402 is powered by a 2.5-liter turbocharged boxer engine that delivers 282Hp at 5,600 rpm and torque to 392 Nm (available between 2,000 and 4,800 rpm). The engine is mated by a six-speed manual gearbox.
The special edition STI S402 features SI-DRIVE (SUBARU Intelligent Drive) system, BILSTEIN suspension, Brembo brakes, carbon-fiber front spoiler and 18-inch BBS alloys wheels. On the interior the S402 features a black and dark gray color scheme, leather front bucket seats, MOMO steering wheel and "S402" plates.
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In a recent interview with Piston Heads, the company’s new boss Peter Boutwood announced that the launch of the new M600 is near by. The car will be conceptually similar to a Ferrari F40 and will be limited to only 40 unit a year.
The car is currently under testings and development programme. The M600 is to be announced, but this will not happen before it has been completely and thoroughly tested.
It will however be a carbon fibre body shell, twin turbo V8 powered, with a six speed gearbox designed and developed for Noble by Graziano Trasmissioni.
The M600 will have no "absolute" competitors, but obviously it will appeal to those already in the high performance market; the nearest competitor Noble can equate in conceptual terms is probably the Ferrari F40.
The car will not have a convertible version and Noble will soon post the first images on its official web site.
Porsche spokesman Albrecht Bamler said it would not make sense to build the Cayenne in the U.S. because suppliers that provide components for the SUV are in Europe.
Bamler said Porsche is protected against the financial effects of the weak dollar through currency hedging until 2013.
Volkswagen builds Cayenne bodies in its Bratislava, Slovakia, plant alongside the Volkswagen Touareg and Audi Q7. Cayenne bodies are shipped to Porsche’s Leipzig, Germany, plant for final assembly.
Handelsblatt said the next-generation Cayenne could be built in Volkswagen ’s new U.S. plant after 2015.
The Paris Auto Show is very close and so is the launch of the 2009 7-Series. The 7-Series will be built on an all-new platform: F01/F02 (the F02 is the long-wheelbase model). The one you see in the photo is the F02 version.
Like any other new BMW model, the future 7-Series will have its design inspired by the CS Concept.
The engine line-up will probably include: 750i’s 360-hp, 4.8-liter V-8 and the 760Li’s 438-hp, 6.0-liter V-12 and the possible addition of a U.S.-market diesel or hybrid down the line.
The www.ferraricalifornia.com site has been up and running under theferrarigtcontdown name since last Friday and, purely on the strength of word of mouth between Ferrari fans on the web, it attracted over 60,000 hits from all over the world in just one weekend. A total of 15% of these have already registered to ensure that they will be kept informed by email of the new revelations about the car between now and its virtual road tests.
The site launch immediately attracted worldwide attention: most of the first 60,000 visitors were American, followed by Italians and then enthusiasts from other European countries. The site also received a large number of hits from China, Japan and the Asia-Pacific region in general.
The V10 version of the R8 sportscar was caught on video. Featuring new front fascia, rear bumper and new exhaust pipes, the R8 V10 version will be powered by a 5.2 liter V10 engine.
Toyota announced today that worldwide cumulative sales of the Toyota Prius—the world’s first mass-produced gasoline/electric hybrid vehicle—have passed the 1 million mark, with approximately 1,028,000 units sold as of the end of April this year*1. Currently, Prius sales are robust in more than 40 countries and regions, particularly in Japan and North America.
Based on sales figures collected up to April 30, 2008, TMC believes that Prius vehicles worldwide have contributed to a reduction in CO2 emissions (considered a cause of global warming) by producing approximately 4.5 million tons*2 less CO2 when compared with gasoline-powered vehicles in the same class and of similar size and driving performance.
The Prius was launched in Japan in 1997 and began selling in Europe, North America and other markets in 2000. In 2005, Toyota began first overseas production of the Prius in Changchun, China, and sales of Prius vehicles in South Korea are expected to begin in the latter half of 2009.
Due to a leak of informations in the Audi plant we found out that the more potent ”Plus” version of the Audi RS6 is going to be introduced at the end of its production, somewhere in 2011. Like the previous version the RS6 Plus will deliver more power than the standard version which delivers 580 hp.
The previous RS6 Plus was powered by a 480 hp engine, with 30 hp more than the standard. The new generation will deliver around 610+ if we consider that a minimum 30 hp will be added to the engine. Also, the production of the vehicle will be limited to 1000 units.
Before the arrival of the RS6 Plus we expect an answer from the other two important German manufacturers, Bmw and Mercedes, with their next-generation M5 and E63 saloons.
Audi will launch 15 new models by 2011: starting with the small A1 and up to the Q3 SUV.
The Mini-attack will start in 2010 when Audi will launch the compact A1. It will be based on a modified version of the future PQ24 platform also found in the next generation Polo.
The end of 2011 will see the launch of the next generation A3; with a Sportback version to follow in 2012. There will be two new engines: a 1.6-liter TDI that will develop 105 hp and the new two-litre TFSI for the top of the line S3 with an output of 285 hp.
The Q3 will be launched in 2010; it will be 4.30 meters long - about 30 centimeters shorter than the current Q5 and at the beginning will only be launched as a AWD model (with FWD to come at a later date). Engines will rang from 170 hp to 354 hp for the sporty S version.
The A5 Convertible will come to replace the current A4 Convertible. A new generation A6 will be launched in 2011; and Avant version will follow in 2012.
In early 2010 Audi will launch a four-doors coupe version of the A7 (it will compete with Mercedes CLS). Also in 2010 we will see the new A8 - a larger version of the current A4, with a more classic design.
And the most expected ones are the three versions of the R8 sportscar: the V10, the TDI and the roadster version. The first one to be seen will be the R8 V10 version set to be launched in only four months. It will be followed by the roadster version; while the TDI version will come in 2011.
In 2009, Opel will introduce one new 1.6-liter turbo CNG engine (Compressed Natural Gas) with around 110 kW/150 hp and 210 Nm of torque. Developed by GM Powertrain in Turin, the new unit joins Opel’s current aspirated CNG engine, which has the same displacement and an output of 69 kW/94 hp. “Environmental awareness and driving fun are no longer mutually exclusive,” says Alain Visser, Chief Marketing Officer, GM Europe. “With this newly developed turbocharged CNG engine, we continue pursuing our strategy of turbocharging engines to increase efficiency – meaning lower consumption and emissions – without making any concessions in performance.”
Key features of the new CNG engine include a turbocharger integrated into the exhaust manifold, an intake manifold with gasoline and CNG fuel pipes, an oil cooler and piston cooling. By virtue of their propulsion units, natural gas-powered Opel vehicles produce 80 percent less nitrogen oxide than a diesel, and almost 20 percent less CO2 than a gasoline model (nearly 10 percent less CO2 than diesel). Furthermore, the exhaust gases contain almost no soot particles.
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