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Bahrain students design black box for cars

A Black box for cars - containing basic information about its motion, function and features - similar to those found in airplanes, has been invented by two Bahraini students.

Bahrain University College of Infor-mation Tech-nology students Fatima Al Ansari and Latifa Jamal came up with the device aimed at providing vital information to crash investigators.

However, the equipment also has a built-in GPS system. 'We depended on our practical experience and created a special programme to design the device, which is a first in the country,' said Jamal.

'Over time, we plan to perfect it and add more features,' she added.-

Qatar to create millions job to its citizens by setting up car plant in the country

A newly launched automotive investment firm in Qatar has announced plans to set up an automotive cluster in the Gulf state by 2020, the Peninsula has reported.

The new company, Qatar Automotive Gateway (Qatar Ag), expects its automotive cluster has chosen a number of automotive sub-segments to develop including the design and manufacture of Lithium Ion batteries and components and automotive aluminium components - die castings, forgings, and extrusions.

Qatar Automotive Gateway (Qatar Ag), a newly launched automotive investment company, targets the establishment of an automotive cluster in Qatar by 2020, officials said during the company’s launch yesterday.

“Qatar Ag’s objective is to establish a fully operational automotive cluster by 2020, while leveraging Qatar’s resources and financial and operational synergies across Qatar projects,” said Ghanim bin Saad Al Saad, Chairman, Qatar Ag.

The automotive cluster is expected to generate thousands of technical and management jobs in Qatar, thus supporting the knowledge based economic vision of Qatar which will deliver high returns for future generations, according to Ahmed M Sorour, Chief Executive Office, Qatar Ag.

Al Saad said Qatar is an ideal and competitive location for the industry with its fast growing infrastructure, low energy costs, financial investments and attractive business environment and that Qatar Ag has started executing its strategy having already chosen a number of automotive sub-segments to develop.

“One of the opportunity areas is in the design and manufacture of Lithium Ion batteries and components. As the demand for electric and hybrid vehicles ramps up, and xEVs become a standard product offering, it is expected to create a new value chain worth approximately $250bn by 2020, of which more than $65bn will be for Lithium Ion batteries and components, grow from today’s demand at a dramatic 65 percent growth rate,” explained Sorour.

Another area is automotive Aluminium components – die castings, forgings, and extrusions –where the global market is expected to grow significantly from $38bn in 2010 to $73bn by 2020.

Due to the increasing use of Aluminium components experts see a significant shortage of global capacity by 2016, creating an opportunity for Qatar Ag to produce hi-quality automotive aluminium components while leveraging Qatalum’s significant aluminium capacity and capabilities.

“We took the initiative to start Qatar Ag after two years of research and analysis, during which we sought inputs from executives from the global auto industry, industrial companies in Qatar, and global financial, industry, and technical experts. We confirmed that the auto industry offers multiple industrial investment opportunities, including the manufacture of components in Qatar,” said Al Saad.

The vast opportunities in the automotive industry is being driven by its dramatic shift and restructuring globally such as on the technical side where hybrid and electric vehicles are now being adopted for their fuel efficiency and environment friendliness opening up a huge market for vehicle components such as Lithium-Ion batteries.

Iran to create million jobs to its citizens by mass production of powertrains locally

Iran Khodro Company (IKCO) has taken a step closer to total self-sufficiency in its vehicle production after acquiring the technology to produce its own powertrains. The company has acquired cylinder block and cylinder head machining equipment, which will enable it to produce powertrains for 680,000 vehicles by the end of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21 2010). In the next full year, IKCO aims to supply 800,000 powertrains.

The new equipment will also enable IKCO to diversify its powertrains. According to IKCO's Powertrains deputy CEO, Ali Sheikhzadeh, the carmaker is now in a position to move into supplying diesel engines for passenger cars, which will enter mass production in 2011. He added that the new equipment will 'put an end to Iran's dependency on foreign companies'.

IKCO has a partnership with French company PSA Peugeot Citroën , through which it assembles vehicles under licence. It also based its Saman 'national car' on the Peugeot 405 platform. However, as the threat of further international sanctions against Iran loom, the carmaker is seeking to reduce its dependence on other companies, particularly from overseas, for vital parts and components.

GEC: First UAE made car in production

For the first time a 150-horsepower, double cabin pick-up, produced in the UAE, has been launched in the market by Gulf Automobile Industry Corp priced between Dh36, 000 and Dh60, 000, reported Gulf News. The automobile has about 40 per cent local component, sourced from GCC and Arab countries and is being manufactured in a factory in Abu Dhabi.



Car History and images

The first working steam-powered vehicle was probably designed by Ferdinand Verbiest, a Flemish member of a Jesuit mission in China around 1672. It was a 65 cm-long scale-model toy for the Chinese Emperor, that was unable to carry a driver or a passenger. It is not known if Verbiest's model was ever built.
In 1752, Leonty Shamshurenkov, a Russian peasant, constructed a human-pedalled four-wheeled "auto-running" carriage, and subsequently proposed to equip it with odometer and to use the same principle for making a self-propelling sledge.

Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot is often credited with building the first self-propelled mechanical vehicle or automobile in about 1769, by adapting an existing horse-drawn vehicle. However, this claim is disputed by some who doubt Cugnot's three-wheeler ever ran or was stable.[citation needed] In 1801, Richard Trevithick built and demonstrated his Puffing Devil road locomotive, believed by many to be the first demonstration of a steam-powered road vehicle. It was unable to maintain sufficient steam pressure for long periods, and was of little practical use. In the 1780s, a Russian inventor of merchant origin, Ivan Kulibin, developed a human-pedalled, three-wheeled carriage with modern features such as a flywheel, brake, Transmission, and bearings; however, it was not developed further. In 1807 Nicéphore Niépce and his brother Claude probably created the world's first internal combustion engine which they called a Pyréolophore, but they chose to install it in a boat on the river Saone in France. Coincidentally, in 1807 the Swiss inventor François Isaac de Rivaz designed his own 'internal combustion engine' and used it to develop the world's first vehicle, to be powered by such an engine. The Niépces' Pyréolophore was fuelled by a mixture of Lycopodium powder (dried Lycopodium moss), finely crushed coal dust and resin that were mixed with oil, whereas de Rivaz used a mixture of hydrogen and oxygen. Neither design was very successful, as was the case with others, such as Samuel Brown, Samuel Morey, and Etienne Lenoir with his hippomobile, who each produced vehicles (usually adapted carriages or carts) powered by clumsy internal combustion engines.
In November 1881, French inventor Gustave Trouvé demonstrated a working three-wheeled automobile powered by electricity at the International Exposition of Electricity, Paris.

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Although several other German engineers (including Gottlieb Daimler, Wilhelm Maybach, and Siegfried Marcus) were working on the problem at about the same time, Karl Benz generally is acknowledged as the inventor of the modern automobile.
An automobile powered by his own four-stroke cycle gasoline engine was built in Mannheim, Germany by Karl Benz in 1885, and granted a patent in January of the following year under the auspices of his major company, Benz & Cie., which was founded in 1883. It was an integral design, without the adaptation of other existing components, and included several new technological elements to create a new concept. He began to sell his production vehicles in 1888.



In 1879, Benz was granted a patent for his first engine, which had been designed in 1878. Many of his other inventions made the use of the internal combustion engine feasible for powering a vehicle.
His first Motorwagen was built in 1885, and he was awarded the patent for its invention as of his application on January 29, 1886. Benz began promotion of the vehicle on July 3, 1886, and about 25 Benz vehicles were sold between 1888 and 1893, when his first four-wheeler was introduced along with a model intended for affordability. They also were powered with four-stroke engines of his own design. Emile Roger of France, already producing Benz engines under license, now added the Benz automobile to his line of products. Because France was more open to the early automobiles, initially more were built and sold in France through Roger than Benz sold in Germany.

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Toyota Auris HSD rear New Car

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Exclusively designed for the European market, the Auris HSD (Hybrid Synergy Drive) introduces full hybrid technology to a core model at the heart of Toyota’s model line-up. (Source: Toyota)


Toyota Auris HSD rear New Car

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Exclusively designed for the European market, the Auris HSD (Hybrid Synergy Drive) introduces full hybrid technology to a core model at the heart of Toyota’s model line-up. (Source: Toyota)


Beauty Audi GT3 Sports Car with 500hp engine

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Audi presented new sport version of the R8, called GT3. He has a Audi Quattro system in favor of GT regulation rear-wheel drive transmission. 500 horsepower of the R8 is represented by six new urban increase, consistent, sports gearbox. Adapted front end and a GT-mega big rear wing grandstanding exercise regime to keep glued to the development.

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Audi claims that the suspension uses almost exclusively components from the production line. As incredible as sound, I think detail criterion R8 is a super car, already based on technology competition.

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New Cars - Skoda reveals new Octavia vRS & Scout

Skoda has today released the first official images of its facelifted Octavia vRS and Octavia Scout.

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Following the launch of the new Octavia late last year, the vRS and Scout have now also been updated to bring them into line with the current range and family face of Škoda.

The facelifted vRS has a redesigned front grille featuring the vRS logo and bold headlamps, which for the first time can be fitted with xenon headlights combined with the adaptive front lighting system.

The car has two more completely new features: front fog lamps with optional cornering function and LED lamps for daytime lighting. The rear lights have also been redesigned to look more attractive and new 18-inch Neptune alloy wheels are available.

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Other changes to the vRS include a new metallic paint, Anthracite, and a lowered (now 127mm) sports-tuned chassis. The car is also lighter – the petrol version by 20kg and the diesel by 15kg. With reduced air resistance the maximum speed of the vRS is now higher and the car’s responsiveness and acceleration have also been improved.

The vRS is available with a choice of two powerplants, a 2.0-litre TFSI 150kW (petrol) or a 2.0-litre TDI 126kW (diesel) engine both of which are available with a six-speed manual twin-clutch DSG transmission.

The new Scout has a redesigned front grille, bold headlamps and body-coloured side mouldings. The front fog lights can be fitted with the optional cornering function and the large front bumper emphasises the car’s rugged appearance. A new metallic paint, Rosso Brunello, is also available across the Octavia range.

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With 179mm ground clearance and efficient chassis protection, the Octavia Scout can also handle itself off-road. The all-wheel drive system features the fourth-generation Haldex clutch, which can transfer as much as 86 per cent of the torque to a single wheel.

The Scout is available with two engine choice, a 1.8-litre TSI 119kW (petrol) and 2.0-litre TDI 104kW (diesel) combined with a six-speed mechanical transmission.

New Cars - Skoda reveals new Octavia vRS & Scout

Skoda has today released the first official images of its facelifted Octavia vRS and Octavia Scout.

skoda_09_scout__vrs_001

Following the launch of the new Octavia late last year, the vRS and Scout have now also been updated to bring them into line with the current range and family face of Škoda.

The facelifted vRS has a redesigned front grille featuring the vRS logo and bold headlamps, which for the first time can be fitted with xenon headlights combined with the adaptive front lighting system.

The car has two more completely new features: front fog lamps with optional cornering function and LED lamps for daytime lighting. The rear lights have also been redesigned to look more attractive and new 18-inch Neptune alloy wheels are available.

skoda_09_scout__vrs_001

Other changes to the vRS include a new metallic paint, Anthracite, and a lowered (now 127mm) sports-tuned chassis. The car is also lighter – the petrol version by 20kg and the diesel by 15kg. With reduced air resistance the maximum speed of the vRS is now higher and the car’s responsiveness and acceleration have also been improved.

The vRS is available with a choice of two powerplants, a 2.0-litre TFSI 150kW (petrol) or a 2.0-litre TDI 126kW (diesel) engine both of which are available with a six-speed manual twin-clutch DSG transmission.

The new Scout has a redesigned front grille, bold headlamps and body-coloured side mouldings. The front fog lights can be fitted with the optional cornering function and the large front bumper emphasises the car’s rugged appearance. A new metallic paint, Rosso Brunello, is also available across the Octavia range.

skoda_09_scout__vrs_001

With 179mm ground clearance and efficient chassis protection, the Octavia Scout can also handle itself off-road. The all-wheel drive system features the fourth-generation Haldex clutch, which can transfer as much as 86 per cent of the torque to a single wheel.

The Scout is available with two engine choice, a 1.8-litre TSI 119kW (petrol) and 2.0-litre TDI 104kW (diesel) combined with a six-speed mechanical transmission.

Honda announces the arrival of the 2010 Honda CR-V

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Honda Cars Philippines announced a new line up their SUV, the CR-V 2010. We want to give this new car to spin and if Honda's possible, we will give you a review soon. Official press release after the jump.

Honda Cars Philippines, Inc. (HCPI) formally announced the arrival of the CR-V 2010. Radiation decent styling, bold attitude and world-class performance, the new CR-V enables you to cross over into life, Äôs a different adventure. This is the ability to run well with a variety of lifestyles and remain with the demands of modern life. The 2010 CR-V is a manifestation of the good things life has to offer.

When the arrival of the new CR-V was first announced last December, a total of 200 customers have placed orders will only refer to the photographs being released and even without seeing the actual unit yet.

Heed the call for sustainable progress in the fast-paced era, the new CR-V allows you to move to urban areas with sophisticated new two-step front grille with a honeycomb design, fresh bumper and alloy wheel designs. new styling blend perfectly with the CR-V, Äôs a clear line and more-all premiums for the more refined finish and look more closely.

interior also presents an elegant atmosphere adds to the dual-tone black and silver color scheme, design of new cloth seats for the 2.0-liter variant and stylish black leather seats with gray accents-stitch for 2.4-liter model.

Experiencing a sedan-like comfort and performance improvements, security features and excellent fuel efficiency benefits of the CR-V 2010.

Committed to bringing new value in our products and services, adjusted for Honda CR-V, Äôs suspension system for better handling and comfort. Quieter drive can also be expected with additional seals and insulators applied to improve NVH (Noise, vibration and hardness) levels. These improvements make the CR-V is only your experience safer, more comfortable and enjoyable.

Having the safety of passengers as a priority, the CR-V still equipped with dual SRS airbags and side, with OPDS (Tenant Position Detection System), which intelligently detects weight, height, and position of the front passenger to identify whether to deploy airbags or no. Meanwhile, the body is designed with the G-CON technology that provides a unique impact-absorbing structures to reduce injury to the driver, passengers and even pedestrians. G-CON technology has been tried in the Honda, Äôs real world to test cars that facility will occur in the world, Äôs first indoor crash test facility omni-directional safety.

Every Honda has advanced technology that provides the spirit of driving with reduced environmental impact. The 2010 CR-V continues to generate 170 ps at 5800 rpm and maximum power of 2.4 p for the variant and 150 ps at 6200 rpm for 2.0 li variant with i-VTEC engine technology. With the advanced engine technology, the CR-V made a promising fuel economy and clean emissions that meet Euro 4 levels. Tracking easy one, Äôs fuel consumption is also possible with fuel economy and various indicators that are available on the instrument panel liquid crystal display.

Back in 2007 when third-generation CR-V came in, it was successfully introduced the concept of a crossover in the local market. The third generation CR-V quickly capture the market and generate a sense of discriminatory cumulative sales of nearly 9000 units, so that the first compact SUV in the local world.

Sold in 160 countries throughout North America, South America, Europe, Asia and China, the CR-V has successfully created a name with such comfort and performance sedans, SUVs and space enough stylish design. From 2007-2009, third generation CR-V is a consistent best-selling SUV in North America, also placing it among the top 10 best selling vehicles in the period.

The 2010 CR-V comes in three variants with introductory prices:

2.0 V Php 1.275 million MT 2WD

V 2.0 2WD AT Php 1.325 million

4WD S 2.4 AT-X Php 1.525 million

2.4 SX 4WD AT (Brilliant White Pearl) Php 1.545 million

New CR-V also comes in luxurious colors to match your modern lifestyle:

Urban Titanium

Crystal Black

Taffeta White (2.0 li variant only)

Sparkle Gray (2.0 li variant only)

Polished Metal (li 2.4 variant only)

Brilliant White Pearl (2.4 li variant only)

Cross to the new Honda CR-V. We have set up open houses and other interesting activities for you to know more about the CR-V, Äôs sophisticated styling and no nonsense performance.

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KIA Spectra

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Kia Spectra hatchback car has a four-wheel independent suspension, front and rear stabilizer bars, MacPherson type front suspension and a multi-link rear suspension. Kia Spectra hatchback features include external 16 x 6.0 inch alloy wheels, all season
tires, a temporary spare tire, steel spare wheel, and mounted inside the spare tire. This car has variable intermittent wipers, an army behind, a rear spoiler and rear intermittent wipers. Instrumentation features are a tacòmetre, clock and low fuel warning.

KIA Spectra Car

KIA Spectra Car

KIA Spectra CarSeats and interior features include a total capacity of seats for five people, front seats cube, upholstery fabric, and a height adjustable driver seat. To the rear, the Spectra 5 has a bench type seat and 40-60 split folding rear and a rear-seat divisible. Power Functions 2008 Kia Spectra 5 hatchback are remote power door locks, power windows, a window one-touch power, heated mirrors and electric mirrors.

Convenience features of this model include cruise control, steering hydraulic proportional to speed, tilt adjustable steering wheel, front and back and Hitch. The Kia Spectra 5 hatchback sports front and rear door pockets, front and rear outputs of 12V and 12V power. It also has a front storage console and a console with storage. Comfort features five spectra hatchback are air conditioning, front reading lamps, two mirrors and a leather covered steering wheel. Additional features include leather upholstery on the gear lever, front and rear floor mats, and light cargo area. Entertainment mind for this car includes an AM / FM radio stereo player and one CD player, six speakers total, a stick antenna, an auxiliary input and MP3 audio.

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