Showing posts with label Hybrid. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hybrid. Show all posts

Monday, January 17, 2011

Compact Hybrid from Toyota Motor

Hybrid Toyota Prius

On Motor Show in Detroit is presented the new conceptual car of the Toyota Motor — Prius C. As say in the communique of a Japanese brand, this prototype is a harbinger of a compact hybrid hatchback which appears in a batch production in first half of 2012.

2012 Toyota Prius C

According to representatives of Toyota Motor, the small hybrid hatchback is aimed at young men for whom is needed — the harmless and dynamical city car with spacious interior, but economic and accessible at the price is. The detailed information on this car yet is not informed. In the company only specify that the novelty receives "all current technologies as in 2011 Toyota Prius (coupe)".

Toyota Prius C
Toyota Prius
Interior Toyota Prius

Earlier on the Detroit Auto Show also presented the compact van — Toyota Prius V Concept. This car has the wheelbase "stretched" on 78 mm and the big luggage compartment (971 litres). Besides, for transportation large-sized a prophetic back of rear seats it is possible to combine. A power-plant at the car same, as well as at usual Prius: the 98-strong gasoline engine in volume of 1,8 litres, the electromotor power — 80HP.

Thursday, January 6, 2011

2011 Toyota Auris Hybrid

If you have a budget higher than £5,000 but less than £10,000, then there great selections for you to choose from like Toyota Auris, Prius and Yaris; Ford Focus, Fiesta and Fusion; Honda Accord, Jazz Saloon, and Civic; Mitsubishi Lancer and Colt 2009; and Nissan 2006 Note, 2004 X-trail and 2002 Elgrand.

2011 Toyota Auris Hybrid Steering Wheel Image2011 Toyota Auris Hybrid Steering Wheel Image

2011 Toyota Auris Hybrid Photo2011 Toyota Auris Hybrid Photo
These selections of cars are already great buy for you as they are well discounted yet good in quality. Great car buy can always be achieved if you are only diligent enough to research well on the right car buy for you.
2011 Toyota Auris Hybrid Trunk View2011 Toyota Auris Hybrid

The Sporty Cars2011 Toyota Auris Hybrid

For single professionals and students who have limited budget and want to save on gas for daily fuel consumption, an ideal car for them would be a smart car which is sleek and unique in design and very fuel efficient. If you too want to have that car, buy them at the same UK care sale outlets where you can get great deals for your purchase. Other great car buy offers include economical cars like Kia, Citroen, Chrysler, Daihatsu, Daewoo, Hyundai, Perodua, Peugeot, Ssangyong, Skoda, Saab, Seat, and Suzuki where you can buy them at a price lesser than £5,000.

2011 Toyota Auris Hybrid Sporty Cars2011 Toyota Auris Hybrid Sporty Cars

2011 Toyota Auris Hybrid Gauges View2011 Toyota Auris Hybrid Gauges View
To sum up, Toyota Auris is modern, comfortable, and safe car. Since it has gained popularity worldwide, its manufacturer decided to introduce the hybrid version. Let's hope people will like this ecologically friendly model as much as they like the conventional one.
2011 Toyota Auris Hybrid Rear Side ViewThe Sporty Cars2011 Toyota Auris Hybrid

Friday, November 26, 2010

The hybrid hatchback of Lexus

Lexus CT 200h F

On a motor show in Sydney Lexus company presented hybrid car CT 200h with sport package F Sport.

2011 Lexus CT 200h F

The firm program of completions includes: possibility of dark blue body (is offered only for "charged" sedan IS-F), installation of a new radiator enclosure, more aggressive front bumper, and also other wheel disks. Also the car with sport package F Sport receives the modernised interior with a new steering wheel, metal mouldings on a pedal, and other mouldings on thresholds in style IS-F.

Besides it, for a hybrid hatchback the recustomized suspender is offered. According to representatives of Lexus, in this car a roadability improved, and also noise and vibrations decreased. The power-plant of model CT 200h did not undergo to changes.

The European car sales of Lexus CT 200h begin in the middle of October. The first buyers can receive the car by the end of current year.

Tuned Hybrids by Lexus

Saturday, September 11, 2010

Nissan create on Leaf base a sports car

Electrocar Nissan Leaf

The Japanese motor-car manufacturer of Nissan plans to exhaust in the near future on the car market a sports car constructed from units of Leaf electrocar.

Sport Leaf Hybrid

The detailed information on a novelty is not known yet, however according to preliminary data, the electric version of a coupe 370Z can become this sport car. Earlier, Nissan company confirmed the information about development project of electrocar under Infiniti mark.

Hybrid Competitions

Infiniti electromobile, predictably, can appear on sale in two years. Electrocars makes a competition of Audi A3 and BMW 1-Series, it will be offered however exclusively with the electric motor.

Nissan Leaf is equipped by the electromotor capacity of 109HP and li-ionic batteries allowing the car to pass without additional charge about 160 kilometres. The charge of accumulator from the home electric system occupies about eight hours.

Friday, August 20, 2010

LUXURY hybrid SPORTCAR Honda CR-Z REVIEW

LUXURY hybrid SPORTCAR Honda CR-Z REVIEW
LUXURY hybrid SPORTCAR Honda CR-Z REVIEW
this is supercar that care about the environment, but do not want to abandon the sporting element of a car (sporty car element). Honda presents a compact hybrid sport utility, Honda CR-Z, which cost IDR 635 million On The Road.

Saturday, July 10, 2010

Toyota will create new versions of sportcars Supra and MR2

Toyota Supra

Toyota intends to head manufacturers of hybrid sportcars. Anyway, the next four years the company will make new versions of well-known sport cars MR2 and Supra. Ideological successors of these models will receive a hi-tech stuffing.

Replacement MR2 will take place in the end of 2013, thus the new car will equip with a hybrid power-plant on the basis of the petrol motor. Initially designers Toyota wished to establish on this car engine V6, however success Honda CR-Z in the Japanese car market has changed of they decision.

Supra creation of new generation goes practically in parallel with preparation of compact sports coupe FT-86 as term of its exit also has been shifted for 2013. However, without a competition of novelty Toyota do not remain, as the powerful corporations already declare about creation of hybrid cars, because: Honda (Honda CR-Z), Nissan (Nissan Juke) and Mitsubishi (Mitsubishi PX-MiEV) — have the cars on a full electric platforms.

For example, Nissan prepares two-door sports electrocars on the basis of Leaf platform, and Mitsubishi — the two-door sports version of a city electromobile i-MiEV. Besides, the hybrid unit will receive and Mitsubishi Evolution of the next generation.

Toyota Supra Hybrid

Sunday, June 13, 2010

Hybrid Suzuki Swift: "Me wait this year..."

Hatchback Swift

First hybrids Suzuki Swift in number of 60 cars will arrive for the Japanese car dealers for testing till the end of 2010.

Hybrid Hatchback of New Generation

The car will be equipped by a power-plant developed together with company Sanyo. Electrobattery additional charge is carried out at the expense of the 0,66-litre petrol motor.

Earlier it was informed that company Suzuki has started tests of hatchback Swift of following generation. According to the preliminary information, the car will be constructed on absolutely new platform.

Hybrid Hatchback Suzuki Swift

Company Suzuki has declared the intention to make hybrid Swift in October, 2009 on the Tokyo motor show. In December of the same year, after acquisition by German Volkswagen of 19,9 percent of actives of Suzuki Motor, the companies has declared about the beginning of teamwork in the field of hybrid and electric cars.

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Sunday, April 25, 2010

Toyota prepares a minivan Prius

Minivan Prius

Toyota Motor prepares for start of new hybrid minivan Prius.

New minivan Toyota Prius

It will be the new car first completely has added in a series of hatchbacks Prius. New release of minivan Prius will begin in 2011. Also, Toyota aspires to keep cost of hybrid minivan Toyota Prius at level of cost of standard minivans.

Hybrid Prius

Hybrid Toyota Prius

Interior of minivan Prius

Prius, interior

Hybrid minivan Prius can become the first car by Toyota which will be equipped li-ionic by the accumulator of own working out. The car will be equipped by three rows of seats and sliding doors. Potentially Toyota Prius can contain to seven persons and it will be positioned in the car market, as the family car.

Toyota Prius 2010: Smart Key

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Monday, February 1, 2010

Suzuki Kizashi will be debuted in Europe

Suzuki Kizashi

Suzuki Motor informs details on the exposition in Geneva. The European version of model Kizashi which left recently in sale in the United States becomes the main exhibit. Exact date of an exit of the car on the European car market yet is not informed, but, possibly, release date will be named during official presentation.

2011 Suzuki Kizashi

The company asserts, that European version Kizashi will already have a full drive in a base complete set. The car is equipped by the 2,4-l petrol engine power of 185HP will offer two types of transmission: a 6-step mechanical transmission or a variator. In the USA for Kizashi in the near future it will be offered petrol V6, and also in a stage of end of preparation there is a hybrid version. Whether there will be these innovations in Europe — while it is not known.

The nearest competitors Kizashi in the European car market become Ford Mondeo, Citroen C5, Toyota Avensis and Opel Insignia. It's remarkable, that to number of potential competitors gets as well VW Passat, but at the account of that Volkswagen for quite some time now is the largest shareholder Suzuki, this question will be settled. It's not excluded also, that taking into account the given circumstance on European Kizashi there will be the diesel engines of working out VW so popular in Europe, but official comments in this occasion while are not present.

Suzuki Swift Hybrid

Besides Kizashi in Geneva Suzuki Will present also the concept car of hybrid variant Swift constructed on the basis of present fifth generation, also restyling to the version of off-road car Grand Vitara (in Japan — Escudo). Concerning the last absence of external boxing for a spare wheel on the fifth door for 3 and 5-door versions, however, as well as the most spare wheel in habitual for Grand Vitara a place becomes the most appreciable innovation.

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Monday, January 25, 2010

Toyota Prius has received the sports version

Toyota Prius G

Hybrid car Toyota Prius most sold in the world has received the sports version. The Concept car under name Prius G debuted on the Tokyo motor show.

Hybrid car Toyota Prius G

The hatchback power-plant remained invariable — a basis the 1,8-l 4-cylinder petrol engine power makes of 99HP and the auxiliary electromotor. Nevertheless hybrid dynamic characteristics managed to be improved at the expense of serious work with aerodynamics: Prius G has received new bumpers and lateral footboards. The strengthened chassis and sports brake system ADVICS help the concept car to remain operated even in impassability.

Sport hatchback Toyota Prius

Toyota Prius G it's allocated also with design elements: LED-inserts in headlights, a dual exhaust pipe, 18-inch disks, aluminium pedals and a sports wheel. According to Toyota, in Japan sales of a serial sports hybrid start in the middle of 2010.

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Saturday, January 23, 2010

Honda has presented the promised CR-Z

Hatchback CR-Z

Honda Motor has presented new hybrid hatchback CR-Z. By means of Honda CR-Z the Japanese motor-car manufacturer hopes to return the former popularity which peak has happened in 1991 after release CRX.

Hatchback Honda CR-ZAt first sight, in CR-Z echoes CRX and even original hybrid Insight are looked through. However critics have been a little disappointed by specifications Honda CR-Z. The car has 122HP and only 173Nm.

Hybrid hatchback Honda CR-Z

CR-ZThe car is equipped 1,5-l VTEC by the 4-cylinder engine with integrated Motor Assist, and also a 6-step mechanical transmission which will go complete with an expected variator.
Expense CR-Z will make 6.53 l/100 of km in a city and 6.19 l/100 of km on highway.

Honda CR-Z

Interior Honda CR-Z

As it became known, release CR-Z is planned for the summer period of 2011.

2011 Honda CR-Z Hybrid

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TSX becomes the 1st Acura hybrid

Sedan Acura TSX

After all some days after the message of president Honda Motor Takanobu Ito that among Acura there will be a hybrid, appear details. Referring to own sources in the company, wished to remain unknown persons, Automotive News tells, that the first hybrid model becomes Acura TSX. Thus, the first assumptions already made independent experts prove to be true.

Hybrid version Honda Accord for the USA

The car will appear on sale in the USA in 2011, that is hybridization will concern still present generation TSX. Not less important question which arises in this connection, consists in, whether there will be the hybrid version Honda Accord, almost full copy of which European version is Acura TSX. Official representatives of the company while have decided to sustain a pause, having given to that noble soil for occurrence of various hearings.

Only sedan Acura TSX

But some moments any more do not cause doubts.
First, to hybridization it will be subject the most part of lineup Acura, at least sedans: with crossovers the question is not solved yet.
Secondly, the company definitively refuses, thus, plans of creation of the eight-cylinder petrol engine. But if earlier absence V8 was perceived as a lack in the light of the new policy it can be propagandised on the contrary as advantage.

According to official representative Acura of Ashes Gary Robinson, the idea of the big clumsy and gluttonous sedan looks today a little wild. Conclusions from this follow the unequivocal: a touchstone becomes concerning a small sedan, that is TSX, and after a sedan, depending on a number of conditions, on the market there are larger hybrid models of ruler Acura.

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Toyota carries out restyling Auris

Auris HSD

Toyota Motor publishes official photos of the updated version of hatchback Auris for the European car market.

Toyota Auris by HSD

The majority of the changes, appreciable an unaided sight, practically completely repeat restyling of version Auris for home market of Japan where the model is known under name Blade, and those, in turn, are in many respects identical presented on concept car Auris HSD.

This concept car debuted in September of the past year on the International motor show in Frankfurt and already then founders declared, that their working out is as much as possible approached to the serial version both on the appearance and on a maintenance.

Hatchback Auris

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

2010 Toyota SAI Hybrid Sedan a redesign of the Lexus HS250 hybrid


2010 Toyota SAI Hybrid Sedan

Toyota Motor Corp will be releasing a new petrol electric hybrid in Japan while the Prius will compete with Hyundai Motor Co in Korea. Toyota hopes to sell 36,000 of its new Sai hybrid sedan, Toyota’s goal being one million hybrid cars a year globally after 2010.
The Sai is Toyota’s second hybrid-only car, this car is a redesign of the Lexus HS250 hybrid. The Sai is based on a concept derived from the Japanese word sai-which means "talent" when written as "" and "coloration" when written as ""-as a hybrid-only sedan "combining advanced talent and multi-color sophistication".
The Sai is based on the Lexus HS250h hybrid, a vehicle designed for people who want a more premium hybrid experience than they would get in the Toyota Prius. The Sai would seem to fit somewhere in between. It offers the same powerplant as the HS, but not quite as many luxury features. It's basically an HS with different nose, tail and interior detailing.


2010 Toyota SAI Hybrid Sedan

System (THS) II combining a 2.4-liter Atkinson cycle combustion engine with an electric motor and a reduction gear. The Toyota Sai Hybrid uses a 2.4-liter petrol engine generating just under 150 horsepower, and up to 187 Nm of torque. It is mated to a strong electric motor, powered by a nickel-metal hydride battery, which produces an additional 140 hp and up to 270 Nm of torque. The Toyota Sai Hybrid powertrain is designed to utilize the two generators efficiently, giving the driver up to 185 hp at any given time.
An exhaust heat recovery system uses exhaust gas to heat the engine, thus shortening engine-warming time and contributing to greatly improved fuel efficiency, especially when outside temperatures are low.


2010 Toyota SAI Hybrid Sedan


2010 Toyota SAI Hybrid Sedan

Programs that allow drivers to attain donations to charities using points received, that surpass fuel efficiency of nationwide Sai ESPO users, and other recreation incentives to encourage drivers to drive in environmentally tactful ways, are available

Toyota is also sending its brand to South peninsula where the Hyundai Kia partnership dominate. The Prius and Camry hybrids will be first and joining them will be the petrol version of the Camry and the RAV4.

Toyota Executive Vice President Yukitoshi Funo told a news conference, “The launching of the Toyota brand into South peninsula is aimed to meet the diversifying needs of consumers in this ontogeny market,”

“We intend to attain every effort to contribute to South Asiatic gild and acquire a loyal following.”

December the seventh is the release fellow for the Toyota Sai retailing at 3.38 meg yen ($40,250), the Lexus HS250 is priced at 3.96 meg yen ($47,159).

The Sai is due to hit a consumption rate of 4.34 liters per 100 km. At this stage Toyota has no plans to goods the Sai, preferring to centre on the home market.


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Sunday, January 17, 2010

Honda will show: Insight, Freed & Life

Honda Insight

Honda Motor has promulgated data about own exposition within the limits of the Tokyo motor show devoted to tuning.

Hybrid Honda Insight

Founders give the greatest attention to hybrid Honda Insight finished by means of tuning complete sets Modulo. Appearance of the car became much more aggressive, thanking new to bumpers with sharp corners, a lattice of a radiator, light-emitting diode optics. Back lanterns became transparent, the standard framework from red plastic is replaced on painted in colour of a body, on back racks there were the original fins, called to give to the car aerodynamism there is more.

Thus the company once again reminds, that Insight is extremely harmless car — this idea is traced through all exposition of the company at an exhibition.

Minivan Honda Freed

The second car represented Honda, becomes minivan Freed. The car body is painted in bright purple colour, and the salon is executed in a contrast combination white and black. Armchairs are sheathed by a natural skin. The idea of founders consists in attraction of attention from women — bright colour of a body, the contrast salon and a decor should it promote.

Compact car Honda Life

The third car the most compact on the dimensions, but not on value for a lineup — Honda Life. To this car developers have tried to give as much as possible cheerful mood, having painted a body in bright yellow colour and having pasted over the car set of decorative stickers. In salon Life there was a dark blue illumination of the bottom part, that, according to authors, is successfully combined in primary colour of a body and the yellow plastic partially applied in furnish of salon.

All three cars will be presented to the Japanese public to the nearest by days off.

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Thursday, December 17, 2009

Honda has developed three-local coupe

Honda concept

At the automobile exhibition which has taken place in Los Angeles the premiere three-local conceptual car Honda P-NUT has taken place. The novelty, according to representatives of the Japanese company, shows vision of designers of how the ultracompact city compartment in 10-15 years can look.

Aerodynamical Honda P-NUT (concept)

The main thing a problem of designers was creation of the small car with the greatest possible space for such dimensions in salon and visibility, and also aerodynamics, allowing to achieve the best fuel profitability.

The dimensional length of the concept car makes 3,400 mm, width — 1,750 mm, and height — 1,439 mm. An arrangement of armchairs in salon same, as well as at well-known supercar McLaren F1 — a driver's seat in the middle and two behind on each side. Thus, according to developers, on a back number of a place for feet as much, how many and at a sedan.

Hybrid car Honda P-NUT

The information on a technical stuffing of a novelty yet is not informed, it is known only, that in a motor compartment of the car can settle down both an internal combustion engine, and a hybrid power-plant or the electromotor. At present company Honda does not plan to start in a batch production concept P-NUT.

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Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Lexus LF-Ch can appear by 2012

Lexus LF

Concept car Lexus LF-Ch which has been presented on a motor show in Frankfurt, can is made in a batch production and to appear on sale in the beginning of 2012. Besides, luxury division Toyota can give a life to several more similar projects.

Concept car Lexus LF-Ch

Earlier it was said that Lexus LF-Ch should will appear next decade, but plans of Japanese have similar changed, even despite a pitiable condition of the automobile market.

«There is a certain category of buyers which are ready to buy cars similar Lexus LF-Ch in «any season» — the general director of company Lexus has told. «We also are not going to reduce the price of model, at the expense of an exception of any options, the car will not be cheap».

As a result all will depend on demand. «We hope rather quickly to receive a feedback as we will present model on a motor show in Los Angeles and Detroit. On the received objective responses, we will try to finish model and to present Lexus LF-Ch on start to a series».

Hybrid car Lexus LF-Ch

In turn the concept car is equipped by the hybrid engine from Lexus, the car has length 4,300 mm, wheel base 2,600 mm and is put in tyres, the size 225/35R20.

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Monday, November 2, 2009

ASI will develop a tuning ruler especially for Toyota Prius

Toyota Prius

Company ASI has officially declared creation of a new brand under which tuning accessories for hybrid cars and first of all for Prius will be issued.

ASI Green for Green Cars

The manufacturer of tuning components company ASI has extended the message in which it is spoken about new mark of components — ASI Green. As it is possible to guess, proceeding only from the name, it is a question of tuning of "green" cars, the main thing from which, in view of special popularity and sales volumes remains Toyota Prius.

The aerodynamic bumper though for certain it is not known is already developed for the Japanese hybrid, whether can improve a bumper aerodynamics of the car and thus lower the fuel expense, or the styling was the creation purpose only. The package structure included the modified bumpers and overlays on thresholds.

Besides, it is offered to individualise salon by means of sports armchairs, furnish of the forward console and to that of the similar components which till now have been not extended among hybrid cars. Certainly, on a choice many variants of exclusive wheels from catalogues of several manufacturers, and also own workings out are offered.

Besides external tuning ASI Green assumes also technical improvement. For Prius the reprogrammed blocks of management of a hybrid power-plant are already accessible.

ASI Green it's full tuning determination

The company asserts, that Prius though is a priority at present, becomes completely not unique object of the appendix of efforts of designers and engineers. ASI Green means tuning of "green" cars as those and already in the near future promises to make some novelties, a detail about which does not open.

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Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Toyota prepares for sale 3rd generation of hybrid cars

Toyota SAI

World motorcar giant Toyota Motor Corp. Will make new, already the third car under the account, working on gasoline and an electricity, and will begin sales in since December of this year in the internal car market of Japan.

New hybrid Toyota SAI

New hybrid car SAI becomes already to the third under the account hybrid model Toyota after release Prius in May of this year and Lexus HS 250h in July.

The new hybrid is a car a sedan with volume of the engine 2,4 litres. The fuel expense makes one litre of gasoline on 23 kilometres that is comparable with usual midget cars. At the price of Toyota SAI should take a median place between Prius ($20,000US) and elite Lexus HS 250h ($44,000US). The price of model SAI in a base complete set makes about $37,000US.

Sales of the new hybrid car will begin on December, 7th this year in all four dealer networks Toyota.

Hybrid popularity

Hybrid cars and, first of all, Toyota Prius use the big popularity in Japan. This car became the leader of sales in Japan following the results of six months (April-September), all for this time has been sold more than 116,000 cars. In many respects it is connected with entered by the government of Japan indemnifications and tax privileges at purchase of harmless cars.

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