The Body Guard from Abu Dhabi

ABU DHABI - Abu Dhabi was not to be outdone in the automotive industry sector. Recently a company in the United Arab Emirates brings a formidable military vehicles in all fields.

Alanqa Motor Company is capable of building a military vehicle which they called Body Guard and V-Guard.

Two vehicles are tough in all these fields, as quoted Worldcarfans, Wednesday (9/12/2009), will be on display in the carpet Dubai Motor Show 2009, 15 December.

One of the two types of military vehicles are equipped with 7400 cc engine Corvette V8 capable of producing 620 hp power. Trucks weighing 2.4 tonnes was able to accelerate from 0-100 km / h in seven seconds flat. While unable to penetrate its maximum speed 210 km / hour.

As a military vehicle, the Body Guard and V-Guard is required to have the maximum durability. Therefore, the two cars in Abu Dhabi was invited to remain stable despite accelerated to full speed and supports up to 4 tons of weight though.

Facing battlefield unfriendly make this car designers anticipate it by providing a fuel tank capacity of up to 200 liters. Much fuel is enough to drive this car as far as 750 km.

Unfortunately, the car is quite expensive price. That is the price range up to 120 thousand USD 277 thousand USD
If one is interested should be booked quickly, because the party of Alanqa only 100 units produced.

Opel ready to tackle Ford

DETROIT - Ford's presence in the city car segment, it makes Opel hot. The company is rumored to soon build a new city car that will tackle the Ford Ka.

Even CEO Nick Reilly confirmed, project to bring urban compact car became the main focus for the Opel.

"In my opinion, this requires the presence of the Opel mini car to meet the market needs," Nick said as quoted by Worldcarfans, Wednesday (9/12/2009).

That choice, he said, seeing the needs of today's consumers who tend to choose the size of compact cars as everyday vehicles.

But up to now Nick does not leak secrets Opel also will present an electric-powered city car. Therefore, write the site there are various sources that mention, the company is ready to bring a new city car in 2012 and also electric vehicles

VW took Shares Up to 20 percent of Suzuki.

Tokyo - When rumors circulated earlier Volkswagen AG will take a stake of 10 percent of Suzuki, it recently Volkswagen announced plans to take Suzuki Motor Corp. shares up 20 percent.

As reported by Reuters on Tuesday (9/12/2009) three sources with direct knowledge of the negotiations said on Tuesday, which means that VW plans closer to realization alone.

One source, who asked not to be identified because the information is not public, said the Volkswagen stock could "easily" rise to control more than a third of Suzuki Motor Corp. shares.

"His decision will be announced at the beginning of this week. This is the first step," said the source.

As many as 20 per cent stake in Suzuki will be worth about 250 billion yen (U.S. $ 2.8 billion) at current prices. However, responding to it, a spokesman at Volkswagen and Suzuki had no comment.

New Cars with Best Quality in Indonesia

Jakarta - On the whole, in the year 2009 is the quality of new vehicles in Indonesia increased. Suzuki and Toyota recorded the highest ranking in terms of quality of new cars in their respective segments.

Assessment was based on reports Indonesia Initial Quality Study released JD Power,
as stated on his official website on Tuesday (8/12/2009).

The study examined the quality of new vehicles for two to six months of ownership, which measures more than 200 points over the same new vehicle.

Among them, driving experience, features, controls, audio, navigation, seats, HVAC, interior, and engine and transmission, all these points are summarized and reported in PP100. Well, the lower point, the car was more qualified.

The overall quality of Indonesia's average of 122 PP100 in 2009, an increase of 17 PP100 from 2008. Because of the 8 categories of vehicles are inspected, 6 points has increased its quality problems.

Almost one-third or 31 percent of all quality problems reported by customers in Indonesia related to the vehicle engine or transmission. In three consecutive years, difficulty passing gear is the most common problems reported by customers.

Then, as many as 44 percent of consumers who do not have a problem in the vehicle, the vehicle will recommend to their friends, which eventually will believe it and buy a product.

"Achieving high quality can help producers earn the trust of their customers, which is the key to increasing market acceptance," said senior manager of JD Power Asia Pacific, Singapore, Rajeev Nair.

The study also found that 69 percent of customers report asking friends and relatives to provide information while before deciding which car to buy.

Keep the cars what the quality of the highest new car? Suzuki SX4 cars recorded the highest ranking in the premium compact car segment, followed by the Toyota Yaris and Honda Jazz.

While the MPV segment entry, Suzuki APV highest ranking, followed by Daihatsu
Luxio and Toyota Avanza.

While Toyota Rush highest ranking in the low-SUV segment for 3 years in a row, followed by Isuzu Panther and Daihatsu Terios.

While the premium SUV, the Toyota Fortuner is ranked highest, followed by Nissan X-Trail and Honda CR-V.

The 2009 Indonesia Initial Quality Study is based on responses from 2034 new vehicle owners who purchased their vehicles between October 2008 and July 2009 and evaluated 33 passenger cars in the nine brands of vehicles in Indonesia.

Strada Triton, The Latest Generation of Mitsubishi

JAKARTA - PT Krama Yudha Tiga Berlian Motors (KTB) finally realize to bring new faces Mitsubishi Strada Triton.

Strada Triton latest generation is likely to be released this afternoon by the KTB as the holder of Mitsubishi brand vehicles in the country.

Some changes seem to be made Mitsubishi, among others, form the front grille, front bumper, and headlamp. These changes Mitsubishi Malaysia is also considering a few months ago have released the latest generation Strada Triton.

There are two grille designs are offered for this latest Strada Triton, one not much different than before except that more streamlined look, while another grill designed two horizontal lines form a fused chrome.

For the headlamp, apparently referring to the Mitsubishi Pajero Sport is also taken from the platform Strada Triton. Round shapes look sharp but confirmed the impression of luxury. Quite different when compared to the Triton generation ago.

The Last SLR Luxury Cars

Berlin - a sweet story between 2 legendary car manufacturer Mercedes-Benz and McLaren will end this year. As a sweet farewell two manufacturers were also introduced SLR Stirling Moss last Edition.

SLR stands for Sport, Racing Light and it is one of the spectacular car Mercedes-Benz developed with McLaren since 2004.

SLR comes with various types of 2 coupe, roadster 2, and a version of Stirling Moss who is the last type of SLR to be produced.

Worldcarfans quoted as saying on Tuesday (8/12/2009), after 5 years of SLR 2000 had reached the target units, the number SLR Stirling Moss was only 75 units.

As the last edition SLR Stirling Moss Edition brings the configuration engine 5500 cc supercharged V8 capable of producing a maximum power of 616.9 hp at 6800 rpm and maximum torque of 780 Nm from 3250 rpm to 5.000rpm.

In addition Stirling Moss Edition version which uses a lighter body that could travel from 0 to 100 100km/hour in 3.5 seconds. And for maximum speed SLR Stirling Moss Edition can be sped up 350km/hour.

Although production ceased, the user community is still compact car. They will stay together and hold a fun drive on the famous racing circuit and participation in the Mille Miglia, Italy

BMW Produces Mini Electric Cars 2015

London: hybrid-powered vehicles and electric consumers seem more attractive. In addition to the fuel efficient, so saving money, are also environmentally friendly. Mini-sized electric cars that could explore as far as 120 miles with only 4 batteries charged enough for 4 hours, seems to be the future of consumer choice.

This is an idea that would work with BMW. As written in Times, 20 person mini-car enthusiasts in the UK, has signed up to try a prototype electric car Mini (Mini E) for 6 months, and then reported what they found during that drive. Similar testing will be continued next year, before BMW decided to produce and market electric-powered mini car in 2015.

What is interesting from the "Mini E"? Manufacturer BMW insists, it produced cars will be different with all the electric cars on the market. "Mini E" BMW will still be visible as a car "mini", and not look like a toy car which has now been much produced.