Ford Ranger new generation eventually opened at the Australian International Motor Show (AIMS) in 2010 which was held October 15 to 24. This vehicle is totally redesigned and developed in Australia to be sold in 180 global markets.

New Ranger is a global product strategy raising up ONE Ford. Designed and built at Ford’s production development facility in Campbellfield, Melbourne and testing facilities at Geelong, and is based on a new global compact truck platform.

“Australia played a key role in Ford’s new global product development,” said Joe Hinrichs, president, Ford Asia Pacific and Africa. “Ranger is a symbol of how great our product development capabilities successfully improved with Ford ONE plan that has never happened before.”

Ford’s new Ranger comes with a slim figure at once muscular reflect the existence of a significant effect on the auto show stage. This is the first time the public can see a new generation of Ford’s compact pickup in the open.

New Ranger prototype was tested over 1 million kilometers of the heaviest conditioned area, ranging from Australia, the Middle Eastern desert to the Alps in Europe. Starting from the benefits of power and fuel economy â € “which comes from the new machine â €” until showing that include drag and haulage capacity.

This is the latest example of Ford’s efforts in developing and producing vehicles that meet the changing needs of global markets and obtain great efficiencies in product development and production operations worldwide.

By leveraging global economies of scale, the new Ranger will be manufactured using a single platform that replaces the two platforms currently used in the production regionally.

Ranger Development Project is a project engineering and design of automotive exports the largest ever conducted in Australia and has received government support for the state of Victoria and the State of the Commonwealth of Australia (Australian Commonwealth).

“New Ranger is a global product development ONE Ford, from the beginning to launch,” said Derrick Kuzak, Group Vice President, Product Development, Ford Motor Company.

“Our engineering team in Australia have full access in terms of capabilities, testing facilities and, most important, an understanding of pickup trucks in Ford’s entire organization.” added.

Exterior new Ranger will be made of sheet metal design that regardless of the location of production. In helping to change the production facility into a global high-volume manufacturing facilities, Ford built a unique relationship with local suppliers.

French car manufacturer has just launched its first images of Peugeot RCZ Asphalt special edition. Maybe in a hurry or anything, they seem to forget the accompanying detailed technical data.

What is clear, Peugeot RCZ This special edition brings a number of updates, one of them being washed in color dark gray / black matte finish that matches the color of asphalt road construction. This vehicle is standing on the wheels of 19-inch diameter alloy is whitewash made from a combination of black and silver paint.

For the interior, this two-door coupe model offers a pair of custom sport seats wrapped in black skin layer. The rest, Peugeot just explain that to machine affairs, this vehicle will be available in all models of existing machines, or just one engine choice … Well it’s not an intelligent explanation. They also do not tell how much this RCZ priced later when it could be ordered.

Ford offers exclusive innovations that airbags would be installed on the new model Focus 2012 that began to be marketed early 2011. Air bags that protect and reduce injuries from frontal collisions or from the side. Like what the hell!

Ford-developed air bags that use the tether system is an attractive curved bottom. So, when airbgas expands, at the bottom attracted by the rope, so that it can reduce the impact of air bags in the chest and rib cage when a collision from the front or side.

In addition, Focus will be Ford’s first car equipped with side airbgas unique. Its uniqueness, yield strength determined from the passenger’s body posture. When a child airbgas pressure when spraying is not great. Conversely, if a large passenger will give tremendous pressure.

Lo, how come like that? In this airbags technology created a hole that can be transferred as an adjustment of the gas from the trigger (inflator), air bags are forwarded to the hole in the outer airbags. Thus, the security system control center based on the position of the passenger seat. If the hole was closed (tall) then the pressure will be high.

These new airbags designed to protect the head and neck with the violence spreading. To open the hole contained in airbags wear using a small pyrotechnic.

“This is the most advanced technology airbags systems that exist in the Ford. Designed to enhance the protection for the front passenger when the collision occurred,” said Sue Cischke, Vice President of Ford Group. Each air bag, call Sue is the result of technological innovation.

Before the product was officially released Hyundai Sonata 2011 2.0 liter turbo engine that will be present in showrooms later this year, Hyundai 00-60 in cooperation with the magazine to work on the 274 hp-powered sedan for SEMA show in Las Vegas Show which was held in November.

Hyundai did not hesitate to acknowledge that the modifications they’re doing is inspired by Ferrari, Mercedes-Benz and Porsche. They claim that their modifications do will look fashionable and tasteful.

Some designs, influenced by the Mercedes CLS four-door coupe sports Rocket Brabus arable, while the interior is heavily influenced by the Ferrari F430 is a lot of stitching accents highlight the leather and carbon fiber.

Maybe they forgot, Hyundai did not mention the part where the modifications that mimic the style of Porsche, but a clear, they will use velek concave model monoblock wheels for the legs, and the use of carbon fiber material on the outside rearview mirror, roof, grille, rear diffuser and interior upholstery.

In addition to its body will whitewash pearl white color, the machine will experience improvement in the turbo and its intake canal, plus four double-barreled exhaust hole

Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) to start electric car production iMiEV
European specification at the factory, Mizuhima, Japan. This car will also use the brand Peugeot (ion) and Citroën (C-ZERO) of the PSA Peugeot Citroen, France. For fiscal year 2010 (April 2010 – March 2011), MMC make a target of selling 5,000 units of i-MiEV to market outside of Japan, including a model for the PSA.

Mitsubishi plans to sell the i-MiEV to 14 European countries starting this December, namely Austria, the Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark, France, Britain, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and Swiss.Pada fiscal year 2011, the number of countries marketing of electric cars will increase.

Differences
The difference between the i-MiEV European specification with the Japanese version of the front and rear bumper design. Car safety features and controls have been improved. In the interior, dashboard and center console display changed to get a cabin better suited to European tastes.

One of the added safety feature is the Active Stability Control (ASC). In the center console, also changed the transmission shifting lever. I-MiEV mileage European specification can reach 150 km with one full battery charge, according to the standard NEDC2.