A really dedicated worker of Dacia’s Romanian factory trying to fix a problem with the Right Hand Side (RHS) Rear Door of what looks like a Dacia Sandero hatchback.
This workers seems have tried to pull all the skills he have from repeatedly tapping the locks with a mallet, slamming the door in numerous ways and try to pull the door down but it seems like the door won’t close properly.
Another set of video especially for you readers of Auto Insider Malaysia. The video features the all new 2011 M5 sedan, M6 Coupe and also the 6 series convertibles. As you can see the shots of the new M5 sedan, it does look good and the sound of the engines is very desirable. It also shows how fast and massive torque is being churn out from the engine as some rumours has inform that the M5 and M6 features a V8 turbo that produce more than 555hp and 680Nm of torque. Did you notice the SLS AMG Gullwing in this video? My suspect is that, BMW is doing some benchmarking test between the M5 and M6 and now we know what are the set targets of BMW in terms of outright power from the engine.
Shown on the video above are the new sets of video of the Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG E-Cell shot at Norway. This prototype car was actually being presented by Mercedes for a media preview and also for them to test the car.
The first video is the all electric “Gullwing” E-Cell blasted up and down the airstrip of Kristiansund alongside the new S63 AMG which packs a new twin turbo 5.5 liter V8. As you see from the video, the engine noise coming out from the S63 is very melodic with some deep growl but when you watch the “Gullwing” in action, the surrounding wind noise is much more apparent compared to the sound of the car. That’s shows how quite this car is.
Meanwhile, the second video shows the SLS AMG E-Cell on the Atlantic Road on the west coast of Norway. For the specs of this car, it is run by being fitted with four electric motors located near the wheel that produce a massive equivalent of 526hp and torque of 880Nm. Sources says that the car will be ready for limited production by 2013.
Talking about an all electric drive car, I want to share my experience driving one. I have the privilege of driving the electric i-miev by Mitsubishi Motors when I’m in Japan for training. At first driving it, you will be amaze by how quite the car is running and the only noise that you can hear is either the tyre noise or any rattling noise coming from the cabin of the car. The car that I was driving is a Mitsubishi test car, and that is why I can hear the rattling noise coming from various point of the Instrument Panel.
Acceleration wise, it is way better compared to the normal petrol engine. I’ve been told by the MMC engineers that the car power is equivalent to a 660cc petrol car but the torque supplied by the motors makes it a very desirable drive. It is definitely a good car to be driven in town centre. Speaking of noise, when the car has gain the speed, the only apparent noise would be the wind noise and the tyre noise plus some noise of motors working that we usually hear from an electric motors.
Looks like VW has maintained its lead of the best engine in the world by claiming the title of “Best Engine of the Year during the International Engine of the Year Awards. It is a second consecutive year that the Volkswagen 1.4 liter TSI Twin Charger engine has been crowned as the champion.
This 1.4 liter engine has captured the heart of 72 panel of judges with its Twin Charger system that utilize both turbocharger and supercharger in one engine that produce a massive 180bhp (134kW) which has an equivalent power of a 2.4 liter engine despite is small engine capacity. According to IEOTYA co-chair Dean Slavnich, "That VW's clever 1.4-liter Twin charger is still proclaimed by the judges as the best engine on sale in the world today demonstrates the class of this highly refined trend setter."
The VW engine has beaten other 66 competitors and this list of all engine category winners can be view after the jump as describe in the press release.
p/s Seems like I have a problem to paste the embedded code of youtube content since yesterday. Please copy and paste the link that I have provided below if you like to watch the video presentation of this amazing engine
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqMySTgUPGo&feature=player_embedded
It’s sad news for Toyota Motor Corporation when their legendary chief test engineer/driver Hiromu Naruse died during a car accident on a local road near Nurburgring. Toyota haven’t announce any official information regarding this accident but from the limited source claimed that the 67 year old test driver is on the wheel of a Lexus LFA Nurburgring Edition when it crashes into a BMW 3 series.
The speed limit on the local road is 100km/h (62mph) but by looking on the video and the looks of the car, I would assume they are travelling at much higher speed as according to sources Naruse san body had to be pulled from the wreckage with a rescue scissors. Mean while the fate of the BMW test drivers was also not too good as one of them is in critical condition.
Well to me it’s a double blow for Toyota as they have lost their chief test driver and also it would be a bad publicity for this new Lexus LFA. People have seen how bad a Ferrari has involved in a crash but the driver escape with only cuts and bruises, but by looking at this accident, buyers of the Lexus LFA will start to think am I safe driving this car around on a high speed cruising. One can argue fate is fate, the life of anyone is depends on the hands of God, but to a normal layman thinking, the question will be still lingering in your mind, am I safe to enjoy this piece of engineering feat.
Yes this is the Proton Satria Neo R3 Lotus Racing which was launch way back in March 30th 2010. I have given a chance to have a brief test drive of this car and oh boy it is a very interesting experience to be given a chance to drive this modified tuned by R3 and Lotus. But before I write about my experience driving this car, let me refresh you about this Proton Satria Neo R3 Lotus Racing.
This Satria Neo has seen some upgrade to its engine where now the engine is producing 145bhp and 168Nm of torque that translated to a substantial increase of 25bhp and 18Nm of torque compared to the standard Campro CPS engine. With this upgrade the century sprint is now down to 9.2 seconds as compared to the standard stock car of 10.5 second of century sprint. Top speed is 200km/h up 10km/h compared to the standard Neo CPS M/T. This upgrade of power was contributed by having a R3-tuned camshaft profiles and also R3 Tuned Exhaust System.
Click on the link to continue reading and enjoy the pics that I have managed to snap during the test drive. A bit of surprise waiting for you. View to gallery to know more what I really mean by that. I'm sorry for the video that I have uploaded to youtube cannot be played here, you can view this exclusive video presentation about the Proton Satria Neo R3 Lotus Racing by copy and paste the link as shown here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryHHTN0HtVk
Wow this is the first glimpse of the new M Sport Package for the 2011 BMW 5 Series which is expected to be available in the Europe this fall. These gallery of scanned photos is from a leaked brochure features the Touring model dressed in the M-Sport glory but now we can have an idea how would the sedan looks like when BMW Malaysia official offered to the customer’s here in Malaysia.
The new M-Sport packages features a colour coded aero kit which includes a newly designed and chunkier front bumper with a larger air ducts, side skirts, chrome tail pipes and also a redesign rear bumper that features an integrated diffuser finish in a dark shade as what we have seen on the 3 series sport package here in Malaysia. The photo also reveals that BMW now offered 2 sets of alloy wheel option, the 18 inch multi spoke 350M with 245/45 R18 tires and the 19-inch double spoke 351M wheels shod in 245/40 R19 tires.
As for the interior, BMW has make a subtle changes which usually associated with the M-Sport Division where usually the steering wheel with a thicker rim and a M badge paste on it, sport seat with a M badge intricate features on the seat, automatic and manual gearbox knobs, roof lining in anthracite and a different sets of decorative trim for the dashboard and the door panels.
Based on the leaked brochure, there is no indication of any performance parts, but as usual BMW M Sport package, usually they will include a firmer sports suspension kit as a standard features to complement the full glory of the package. Yum-yum...
