Mazda company presented official images of the compact three-door hatchback executed in a new corporate style of Japanese cars Mazda which has been presented for the first time in the end of August.
Next Mazda
The new corporate style of the Mazda company is named by Japanese word Kodo — «Soul of Motion». As the chief-designer of Mazda Ikudo Maeda earlier declared, in similar style all cars of Japanese mark which appear in the car market in the near future will be sustained.
Soul of Motion — New Design by Mazda
Prototype of Shinari came in the stead of concept car Nagare which has been shown for the first time in 2006 and till now is prototype of all models of company Mazda.
Minivan Mazda5 of following generation will be a latest model with design in stylistics Nagare.
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.
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.
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.
Japanese edition Holiday Autos asserts, that by the start moment in manufacture Toyota FT86 completely will change outwardly.
Toyota FT-86 Concept
Initially there were three design projects of appearance of the car. The first has been developed in Japan, the second in Europe and the third in the United States. FT86 in that kind in which it is known now, there is a work of the French designers. Now, allegedly, the American variant developed by studio Calty Design Research becomes the favourite.
It is informed also, that version Subaru now known under an index 216А, will have the same shape, as Toyota though can find a number of technical differences. Without change, irrespective of the chosen design, there will be a chosen concept: an inexpensive rear-wheel compartment with a technical stuffing of joint working out Toyota and Subaru.
The presented image has no binding to an official source and is work of independent artists, on the basis of other works Calty Design.
Toyota Motor Presents...
Difficultly unequivocally to tell, how much given Holiday Autos correspond to the validity as official data while are not present. However, the last it is no wonder, after all for all time of existence of project Subaru practically never informed nothing officially on the future novelty, and all data proceeded from Toyota Motor.
According to strategy Takeshi Uchiyamada, the executive vice-president on planning and high technologies Toyota Motor, the company can begin manufacture of cars on hydrogen by 2015.
Toyota will fill with hydrogen
In interview Uchiyamada has told, that by then Toyota can have a small amount of cars on hydrogen fuel for those countries where there are filling stations. He has added, that in the presence of refuellings cars on hydrogen fuel elements, predictably, will be cheaper, than electric vehicles as hydrogen elements are necessary in smaller volume.
Takeshi Uchiyamada has refused to inform type of cars which will apply for modernisation. As is known, now the company tests the car on hydrogen elements Toyota Highlander. According to Toyota, the crossover is capable to pass 644 km without refuelling. Besides, Toyota carries on negotiations with a number of large cities concerning creation of a necessary infrastructure for cars on fuel elements.
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.
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.
At the moment of an exit on the market, cost of similar cars will be record-breaking low, despite of novelty of technology. Toyota Motor has extended the new information concerning development of own program of cars on alternative fuel elements. The company counts, that their cost at the moment of an exit on the market will be «shocking low».
2011 Toyota FCHV
Toyota Motor it is full determination to present the car on alternative fuel (hydrogen) which on availability will compete with petrol, simultaneously possessing a number of essential advantages, first of all in respect of profitability and ecological compatibility. Toyota it's satisfied by progress which already managed to be reached and level of the developed technologies.In 2015 cars on hydrogen fuel will enter the market, allegedly, irrespective of, whether the infrastructure for their service and refuelling will be developed enough or not. At present the Japanese motor-car manufacturer how consumers will concern new type of cars worries. The hybrids, in particular special version Prius should become a certain marketing prototype Plug-In.
Serial cars on hydrogen fuel Toyota will be developed on the basis of the technologies, continuing to be improved on prototype FCHV. It's constructed on the basis of model Toyota Highlander/Kluger, but it at all does not mean, the company underlines, that the first serial car on fuel elements becomes Highlander. Most likely it will be much more compact model.
It's necessary to notice, that the unique Japanese car on alternative fuel is Honda FCX Clarity, accessible in Japan and the USA in original hire-rent. To buy model while rent is impossible, and here, for example, in California will manage in $600/month.
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