자동차 2012. 1. 18. 03:51

Toyota Land Cruiser

The Toyota Land Cruiser (Japanese: トヨタ ランドクルーザー Toyota Rando-kurūzā?) is a series of four-wheel drive vehicles produced by the Japanese car maker Toyota Motor Corporation. It is not related to the Studebaker Land Cruiser car produced in the US from 1934-1954.Development of the first generation Land Cruiser began in 1951 as Toyota's version of a Jeep-like vehicle and production started in 1954. The Land Cruiser has been produced in convertible, hardtop, station wagon, and utility truck versions. The Land Cruiser's reliability and longevity has led to huge popularity, especially in Australia where it is the best-selling full-size, body-on-frame, four-wheel drive vehicle.[1]Toyota also extensively tests the Land Cruiser in the Australian outback — considered to be one of the toughest operating environments in both temperature and terrain.  Main rivals include the Range Rover, Land Rover Discovery, Mitsubishi Pajero and Nissan Patrol. Later in 1941 the Japanese government asked Toyota to produce a light truck for the Japan military campaign. Toyota developed a ½ ton prototype called the AK10 in 1942. The AK10 was built using reverse-engineering from the Bantam GP. There are no known surviving photographs of the AK10. The only known pictorial representations are some rough sketches. The truck featured an upright front grille, flat front wheel arches that angled down and back like the FJ40, headlights mounted above the wheel arches on either side of the radiator and a folding windshield.The AK10 used the 2259 cc, 4-cylinder Type C engine from the Toyota Model AE sedan with a three-speed manual transmission and two-speed transfer gearbox connected to it. There is no mechanical relationship between the AK10 and the postwar Toyota "Jeep" BJ. Most of the AK10's were not actively used (unlike the U.S. Jeep) and there are almost no photographs of it in the battlefield.
BJ74 Mid wheelbase FRP-top 3.4D-T LX (Japan)
HZJ75LV Troop Carrier 4.2D
HZJ79R Cab-chassis 4.2D
New South Wales Rural Fire Service Toyota Land Cruiser Personnel carrier
 
Toyota Land Cruiser post-facelift (US)
1981-1987 Toyota Land Cruiser (FJ60; Australia)
1987-1990 Toyota Land Cruiser (FJ62RG) GX (Australia)


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자동차 2012. 1. 18. 03:46

Kia POP

The Kia POP is an electric concept car presented by Kia Motors at the 2010 Paris Motor Show.The Kia POP concept was developed by the South Korean brand's European Design Centre, located in Frankfurt, Germany and and represents a vision of the future urban electric transport.Chrome-coloured, three-metre-long three-seater with an electric drive train, oblong-shaped side windows and front-hinged doors, the POP concept definitely shows a very different image of a car, which was the objective of the designers.The design team says that to create the POP concept the inspiration was drawn from several different areas rather than the automotive world in order to break boundaries.The POP has an interior purple colour that was chosen to express a calm and peaceful environment. It was inspired on a picture of a space shuttle.The Kia POP concept is powered by an electric engine with a power output of 50 kW and 190 Nm of torque. It can run on a single charge for about 160 kilometres (99 mi), with its power being supplied by compact lithium polymer gel batteries.

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자동차 2012. 1. 18. 03:15

REVAi, known as G-Wiz

REVAi linkThe REVAi, known as G-Wiz in the UK, is a small micro electric car, made by the Indian manufacturer REVA Electric Car Company since 2001. The REVA have sold more than 4,000 vehicles worldwide by March 2011 and is available in 26 countries.
On display at the 2009 Hampton Court Palace Flower Show
In many countries, the Revai does not meet the criteria to qualify as a car, and fits in to other classes, such as Neighborhood Electric Vehicle in the United States and heavy quadricycle in Europe.The vehicle was originally known as simply the REVA, but was then improved and renamed the REVAi. Taken together, the original and current models made the best selling electric vehicle in the world until late 2009.The different versions of the REVA have sold more than 4,000 vehicles worldwide by mid March 2011  and is available in the following countries: Austria, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cyprus, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, India, Ireland, Norway, Japan, Malta, Monaco, Nepal, Norfolk Islands, Norway, Peru, the Philippines, Portugal, Spain, Sri Lanka and the UK.[3]The current price in the UK (where it is marketed as the G-Wiz i) is approximately GB£9,995 for the standard model.It qualifies for exemption from the London congestion charge due to being an electrically propelled vehicle. The REVA is also sold in other European countries, including Spain and Norway. In Costa Rica, the REVAi was launched in March 2009 and is sold for US$13,000.[15] In the Chilean market will be sold for US$12,000.The REVAi is available in the Republic of Ireland at a retail price of ??11,500 for the REVA Standard and ??17,500 for the better specified REVA Li-Ion.REVA is sold for INR 350,000 in India and has a "running cost of just 40 paise/km" (40 paise [0.8 US cent]/km), considering the Indian petrol price of US$1.30/liter.

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자동차 2012. 1. 18. 03:07

Nissan Leaf

The Nissan Leaf (also formatted "LEAF" as a backronym for Leading, Environmentally friendly, Affordable, Family car[4]) is a five-door hatchback electric car manufactured by Nissan and introduced in Japan and the United States in December 2010. The US Environmental Protection Agency official range is 117 kilometres (73 mi), with an energy consumption of 765 kilojoules per kilometre (34 kW·h/100 mi) and rated the Leaf's combined fuel economy at 99 miles per gallon gasoline equivalent (2.4 L/100 km).The Leaf has a range of 175 km (109 mi) on the New European Driving Cycle.Deliveries to individual customers began in the United States and Japan in December 2010, in Ireland in February 2011 and the UK in March 2011. As of November 2011 the Leaf deliveries had also taken place in Canada, France, Portugal, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain and Switzerland. Sales in Belgium are scheduled for late 2011, Denmark in early 2012, and global market availability is expected for 2012. According to Nissan initial availability is limited in quantities and to select markets and only for customers who made online reservations. The availability was increased throughout 2011; U.S. production will begin in 2012, and UK production is planned for 2013. Since December 2010 more than 21,000 Leafs have been sold worldwide through December 2011.The retail price of the 2011 Leaf in Japan starts at ¥3.76 million and US$32,780 in the United States; the 2012 Leaf starting price has increased to US$35,200 in the United States, however this includes the Level 3 charger which was previously a $700 option and a new cold weather package. The price in the United Kingdom is GB£30,990 and around ??35,000 in the other European countries where it was launched first. These prices include the price of the battery package. Most countries have applicable tax incentives or subsidies for eligible buyers that reduce the effective cost of purchase below the retail prices listed by Nissan.As an all-electric car, the Nissan Leaf produces no tailpipe pollution or greenhouse gas emissions at the point of operation, and reduces dependence on petroleum. Among other awards and recognition, the Nissan Leaf won the 2010 Green Car Vision Award, the 2011 European Car of the Year award, the 2011 World Car of the Year, and the 2011-2012 Car of the Year Japan

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자동차 2012. 1. 9. 11:28

Bajaj Chetak

The Bajaj Chetak was a popular Indian-made motor scooter produced by the Bajaj Autocompany.  The Chetak is named after Chetak, the legendary horse of Indian warrior Rana Pratap Singh.Originally based on the Italian Vespa Sprint, the Chetak was an affordable means of transportation for millions of Indian families for decades and termed as humara bajaj.  Around 1980, the Vespa-licensed design was replaced with an all new in-house design that shared the same general appearance and style. During its heyday its chief competitor was LML NV made by LML India as a licensed copy of the Vespa PX 150. In the face of rising competition from bikes and cars, the Chetak lost ground in India, and production was discontinued in 2009.

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자동차 2012. 1. 9. 11:17

Audi RSQ

The Audi RSQ is a mid-engined concept car developed by Audi AG for use as a product placement in the 2004 sci-fi film I, Robot. It is meant to depict a technologically advanced automobile in the Chicago cityscape from the year 2035.This sports coupAⓒ is a visionary interpretation of Audi's typical automobile design. An important challenge presented to the designers was that despite its extreme character, the car still had to be recognised by the audience as an Audi. To accommodate this demand, the engineers implemented a current Audi front-end design which includes the trapezoidal "Audi Single-Frame Grille", the company's trademark overlapping four rings, and the Multi Media Interface (MMI) driver-to-car control system.The RSQ also includes special features suggested by film director Alex Proyas. The car uses spheres instead of conventional wheels. Its two reverse butterfly doors are hinged to the B-posts of the body.Although this kind of collaboration was a first for Audi, a similar project was developed by Lexus for use in the 2002 film Minority Report.

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자동차 2012. 1. 9. 10:56

Audi Le Mans quattro

The Audi Le Mans quattro was a sports car styled concept car, developed by Audi, for presentation at the 2003 Frankfurt Motor Show, as a result of Audi's three successive wins at the arduous 24 Hours of Le Mans endurance motor race in 2000, 2001, and 2002. It was the third and final concept car designed by Audi in 2003, following the Pikes Peak quattro and Nuvolari quattro.Audi subsidiary quattro GmbH subsequently decided to produce the Audi Le Mans quattro as a production road car, calling it the Audi R8, naming it after their very successful Audi R8 (race car) which won the 24 Hours of Le Mans five times.The Audi Le Mans Quattro has a number of high-tech features, including the headlights which are composed entirely of light-emitting diodes (LEDs). The structural framework of the body, the Audi Space Frame (ASF) used in the Lamborghini Gallardo, is made entirely of aluminium, while the outer skin is made out of carbon fibre and aluminium. The car also features an automatic rear spoiler which raises at 70 mph (110 km/h).The Le Mans quattro featured the magneto rheological dampers, also installed in the latest Audi TT, which gives the car a firmer and more responsive drive and improved handling characteristics. In Audi tradition, the car features quattro permanent four-wheel drive to optimise traction and handling.The Le Mans quattro's engine was a development of the Gallardo's, with the same displacement but utilizing different cylinder heads (with four valves per cylinder rather than five), as well as twin-turbochargers and Fuel Stratified Injection (FSI) technology, resulting in the high output of 449 kW (610 PS; 602 bhp), and 750 NA·m (553 ft·lbf) of torque. The gearbox is the six-speed sequential manual transmission used in the Lamborghini Gallardo.The car showcased various Audi styling cues and technological details, planned to be used in future production Audis.

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자동차 2012. 1. 9. 10:49

Rolls-Royce Ghost

The Rolls-Royce Ghost is a luxury saloon from Rolls-Royce Motor Cars. The "Ghost" nameplate, named in honour of the Silver Ghost, a car first produced in 1906, was announced in April 2009 at the Auto Shanghai show.  During development, the Ghost was known as the "RR04." Designed as a smaller, "more measured, more realistic car" than the Phantom, aiming for a lower price category for Rolls-Royce models, the retail price is around £170,000 (US$255,000).  The production model was officially unveiled at the 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show.
Rolls-Royce 200EX.
The original concept car, named the 200EX, was officially unveiled at the March 2009 Geneva Motor Show, indicating the styling direction of the production model Ghost.Unlike the aluminum-bodied Phantom, the 200EX was made from steel, which has a higher tensile strength and can therefore be made thinner. The chassis used an intelligent four corner air suspension system and multi-link aluminium front and rear axles. Systems such as Active Roll Stabilisation, four corner air springs and Variable Damping Control operate as one, imperceptibly to the driver and passengers to provide the best possible comfort for occupants. Connected to the main computer, the suspension is able to detect the movement of a single rear passenger from one side of the seat to the other, and compensates accordingly.

A Design

Rear with the door open.
The Ghost was designed by Ian Cameron and engineered by Helmut Riedl, who led the development of the larger Rolls-Royce Phantom. The Ghost, codenamed RR04 during its design phase, was developed to compete with vehicles significantly less expensive than the Phantom, such as the Bentley Continental Flying Spur.The car is based on a heavily modified platform shared with BMW™s latest 7-Series , F01 platform. The company concedes that 20% of parts are common to both cars. The Ghost has a 129.7 inches (3,290 mm) wheelbase, roof height, bonnet height and track widths all of its own, and the Ghost uses Phantom-style air springs. The car also shares the FlexRay electronic system. The car weighs 5,445 pounds (2,470 kg) at the curbsid.Like other current Rolls-Royce models, the Ghost uses parent company BMW's iDrive user interface; unlike the Phantom series, the Spirit of Ecstasy hood ornament along with more functions, are controlled using the system.



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자동차 2012. 1. 9. 10:40

Hyundai Equus

The Hyundai Equus (Korean: 현대 에쿠스), (pronounced ˈek-wəs) known as the Hyundai Centennial in the Middle East, is an upscale full-size luxury car that serves as theflagship model of Hyundai Motor Company worldwide, named after the Latin word for "horse". The Hyundai Equus is the largest and most expensive sedan in the company's lineup. In 2009, the company released a new version on a rear-wheel drive platform aimed to compete with the BMW 7 Series, Mercedes S-Class, Audi A8 and Lexus LSIn 1999, Hyundai Motors and Mitsubishi Motors presented their full-size sedan. Hyundai said that it was making a full-size sedan to compete with Mercedes-Benz S-Class and BMW 7 Series in the Korean market. In reality it was competing against its domestic competitor SsangYong Chairman. Hyundai had great success with this car in Korea, but very few were exported to foreign countries.
1st gen limousine model
2010 Hyundai Equus Limousine
On September 2009, Hyundai unveiled the long-wheelbase version Equus limousine. It is 300 mm (11.8 in) longer than the sedan version, increasing comfort for the VIP passenger withTau engine V8 5.0L, which delivers a peak torque of 368 lb·ft (499 N·m). The stretch edition offers several upgraded features from the normal sedan version, including differentiated exterior designs and longer overall length. The limousine model has an exclusive horizontal cross-bar radiator grille, as well as features such as a power-driven footrest, rear-seat leg support and a massage system.Hyundai has also developed a bulletproof presidential limousine, based on this limousine model, with an enlarged 5.5L version of the V8 engine. On September 2009, Hyundai delivered three bulletproof limousine versions of the luxury sedan Equus to the South Korea Presidential Security Service. Hyundai designed this vehicle with a special alloy, and it has an automatic cooling system in case of fire as well as bulletproof windows.

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자동차 2012. 1. 9. 10:21

Ford Mustang

The Ford Mustang is an automobile manufactured by the Ford Motor Company. It was initially based on the second generation North American Ford Falcon, a compact car. Introduced early on April 17, 1964, dubbed as a "1964½" model by Mustang fans, the 1965 Mustang was the automaker's most successful launch since the Model A. The model is Ford's third oldest nameplate in production and has undergone several transformations to its current fifth generation.Mustang created the "pony car" class of American automobiles—sports car-like coupeswith long hoods and short rear decks—and gave rise to competitors such as GM'sChevrolet Camaro, AMC's Javelin,  and Chrysler's revamped Plymouth Barracuda. It also inspired coupes such as the Toyota Celica and Mercury Capri, which were exported to the United States.
1974–1978 Mustang II.
1985–1986 Ford Mustang GT
2011 Ford Mustang GT (5.0)


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