Cadillac CTS
Named by Motor Trend as the 2008 car of the year, the Cadillac CTS is the first car in North America outfitted with both Gracenote's MusicID® and Playlist™ products, providing a solution that not only enhances the in-car digital entertainment experience, but makes listening to music while driving safer and easier. With a 40GB hard-drive-media system, "pause and play" functionality to pause and rewind live AM/FM broadcasts, and support for iPod, USB, and auxiliary audio jacks, the CTS is a music enthusiast's dream. Pasar otomatif dunia akan “serempak ambruk”
[/caption] Jakarta - Pasar otomatif dunia akan “serempak ambruk” pada 2009 karena didera krisis likuiditas dan tekanan krisis ekonomi secara umum, demikian riset dari sebuah lembaga pemberi referensi paling berpengaruh di dunia, JD Power and Associates seperti dikutip Reuters, Jumat.
Lembaga yang berpusat di Detroit, AS ini memperkirakan, penjualan kendaraan ringan akan jatuh hingga 13,2 juta unit pada 2009 setelah selama tahun ini hanya bisa menjual 13,6 juta unit.
JD Power menilai pemulihan pasar yang sesungguhnya akan memakan waktu lebih dari 18 bulan atau 1,5 tahun.
“Setelah kekuatan penjualan industri otomotif global menurun di sepanjang 2008, maka pada 2009 nanti industri ini akan mengalami kejatuhan secara serempak,” kata Jeff Schuster, direktur eksekutif bidang penakaran industri otomotif dari JD Power.
Sepanjang dampak krisis keuangan terhadap pasar negara maju lebih keras ketimbang terhadap pasar ekonomi berkembang, maka tak ada satu negara atau kawasan pun yang benar-benar kebal dari malapetaka (ekonomi) ini, tambah Schuster.
Mazda CX-7 crossover
Mark Lennihan / APDennis Bubenheimer dusts a Mazda CX-7 crossover on the Mazda display at the New York auto show. The show is the nation’s oldest and usually best-attended event of the auto show year.
Honda Element
Lucas Jackson / ReutersHeather Cammisa with the Humane Society and a dog named ‘Sammy’ demonstrate the dog-friendly features of a Honda Element Dog Friendly Concept vehicle.
show attendee Colin Mathews
Spencer Platt / Getty ImagesNew York auto show attendee Colin Mathews of Carconnection.com looks at a transmission on display on the show’s floor.
iMiEV
Stan Honda / AFP - Getty ImagesThe Mitsubishi Motors ‘iMiEV’ electric prototype vehicle is inspected by members of the media at the New York auto show. Over 1 million visitors are expected to pour into Manhattan’s Jacob Javits Convention Center for the annual event.
Hyundai Nuvis
Stan Honda / AFP - Getty ImagesThe gull-wing door of the Hyundai Nuvis concept vehicle is shown during the press preview days of the 2009 New York auto show. The annual event, held in Manhattan’s Jacob Javits Convention Center, is open to the public from April 10 to April 19.
Alfa Romeo GT Coupe
Alfa Romeo SpiderAlfa Romeo BreraAlfa Romeo 159Alfa Romeo GT CoupeAlfa Romeo 8C CompetizioneAlfa Romeo MiToAlfa Romeo 166Alfa Romeo 156Alfa Romeo 147The Alfa Romeo GT Coupe is available with a range of three engines and two equipment levels. It is distinguished by a good relationship between price and equipment.2004 Alfa Romeo GT CoupeAlfa Romeo GT CoupeAn equal to one engine and similar
Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione
Alfa Romeo SpiderAlfa Romeo BreraAlfa Romeo 159Alfa Romeo GT CoupeAlfa Romeo 8C CompetizioneAlfa Romeo MiToAlfa Romeo 166Alfa Romeo 156Alfa Romeo 147The Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione - a two-seater coupe is based on Maserati, with front central engine and rear. The design is Alfa Romeo, the production and the main mechanical elements of Maserati.2007 Alfa Romeo 8C CompetizioneAlfa Romeo 8C
Alfa Romeo MiTo
Alfa Romeo SpiderAlfa Romeo BreraAlfa Romeo 159Alfa Romeo GT CoupeAlfa Romeo 8C CompetizioneAlfa Romeo MiToAlfa Romeo 166Alfa Romeo 156Alfa Romeo 147The Alfa Romeo MiTo is a model smaller than the 147 which is on sale from € 14,700 car with only three doors. It is available with three petrol engines and two Diesel. The gasoline is 78, 120 and 155 hp (all 1.4 l). The Diesel is a 1.3 JTDm 90 hp and
South Korea
The South Korean automobile industry is today the fifth largest in the world in terms of production volume and the sixth largest in terms of export volume. 50 years ago, its initial operations were merely the assembling of parts imported from Japan and the United States. The Hyundai Kia Automotive Group is today the second largest automaker in Asia, after Toyota. South Korean car marques have grown to compete with top established European brands. Annual domestic output exceeded one million units in 1988. In the 1990s, the industry manufactured numerous in-house models, demonstrating not only its capabilities, and signalling its coming of age thanks to the heavy investment to infrastructure in the country over the decades.
Japan
Japan, with its large population squeezed into very high density cities with good public transit, has limited roadways that carry very heavy traffic. Hence most automobiles are small in terms of size and weight. From a humble beginning, Japan is now the biggest auto manufacturing country in the world. Nissan began making trucks in 1914, and sold cars under the Datsun brand until it switched to Nissan in the 1980s. It opened its first U.S. plant in Tennessee in the early 1980s and a U.K. plant in 1986. Its luxury models carry the brand Infiniti. Honda, which began with motorcycles, emerged after World War II. Its luxury vehicles are sold under the Acura brand. Toyota began making cars in the 1930s and is now the world's largest producer. Its luxury models carry the Lexus brand. Toyota is famous for its innovative, quality-conscious management style, and its hybrid gas-electric vehicles, especially the Prius, which was launched in 1997. Other major companies include Subaru, Mitsubishi, Mazda, Suzuki, and Isuzu. Japan became the world's leading auto maker in 1980,[citation needed] the first year since 1905 that the United States had been outproduced by any other nation.
Germany
The automobile was invented in Germany by Carl Benz. Furthermore, the four-stroke internal combustion engine used in most automobiles worldwide today was invented by Nikolaus Otto in Germany. In addition, the diesel engine was also invented by German Rudolf Diesel. On the one hand, Germany is famous for the high-performance and high-quality sports cars made by Porsche, on the other hand, the cars by Mercedes-Benz are famous for their quality, safety and innovativeness. Daimler-Benz is the industry's oldest firm, building automobiles since the late 1880s;[citation needed] its current structure dates from 1926. In 1998 it bought the American automobile manufacturer Chrysler, then sold out in 2007 at a heavy loss as it never managed bring the division to long term profitability.
In the popular market, Opel and Volkswagen are most well known. Opel was a bicycle company that started making cars in 1898; General Motors bought it out in 1929, but the Nazi government took control and GM wrote off its entire investment. In 1948 GM returned and restored the Opel brand.
Volkswagen is dominant in the popular market; it purchased Audi in 1964. VW's most famous car was the small, beetle-shaped economical "people's car" with a rear-mounted, air-cooled engine. It was designed in the 1930s by Ferdinand Porsche upon orders from Adolf Hitler, who was himself a car enthusiast. However production models appeared only after the war; until then only rich Germans had automobiles. By 1950 Volkswagen was the largest German automobile producer, today, it is one of the three biggest automotive companies, but it is now part of the Porsche Automobil Holding SE. In the meantime, ten different car manufacturers belong to the multicorporate enterprise: Porsche, Volkswagen, Audi, Bugatti, Lamborghini, Bentley, Škoda Auto, MAN, SEAT and Scania AB.
Germany is famous for its upscale sedans. They feature suspension systems that provide both a soft ride and good handling characteristics. Many manufacturers limit their automobiles electronically to driving speeds of 250 km/h (155 mph) for safety reasons.[citation needed]
Daimler AG produces the upscale Mercedes-Benz, long a famous name in racing, as well as the innovative city vehicle Smart. BMW (founded 1916), Audi and Porsche are major factors in the sportive luxury market worldwide. Porsche formed his own company, which today produces expensive, high-quality sports cars. In 2008 the Porsche company sought control of the much larger Volkswagen company; Porsche cornered the market for Volkswagen stock and made profits of tens of billions of Euros, while apparently gaining control of the bigger
China
China's automobile industry is in rapid development since the year 2000. In 2008, 9.345 million motor vehicles were manufactured in China, surpassing United States as the second largest automobile maker, after Japan. Moreover, due to the current financial crisis, China is the largest automobile market in the world for the first four months of year 2009, with total sale of 3.84 million vehicles. China may surpass United States and become the largest car market for the whole year of 2009. The top 5 car sellers are Volkswagen, GM, Toyota, Nissan and Chery.
Canada
Canada is currently the 9th largest auto producer in the world, down from 7th a few years ago. Brazil and Spain recently surpassed Canadian production for the first time ever. Canada's highest ranking ever was 2nd largest producer in the world between 1918 and 1923. The Canadian auto industry traces its roots to the very beginning of the automobile. The first large-scale production of automobiles in Canada took place in Walkerville, near Windsor, Ontario in 1904. In the first year of operations, Gordon McGregor and Wallace Campbell, along with a handful of workmen produced 117 Model "C" Ford vehicles at the Walkerville Wagon Works factory.
Through marquees such as Brooks Steam, Redpath, Tudhope, McKay, Galt Gas-Electric, Gray-Dort, Brockville Atlas, C.C.M., and McLaughlin, Canada had many domestic auto brands. In 1918 McLaughlin was bought by an American firm, General Motors, and was re-branded as General Motors of Canada.
Driven by the demands of World War I, Canada's automotive industry had grown, by 1923, into the second-largest in the world, although it was still comprised of relatively inefficient plants producing many models behind a high tariff wall. High consumer prices and production inefficiencies characterized the Canadian auto industry prior to the signing of the 1965 Automotive Products Trade Agreement with the United States.
The 1964 Automotive Products Trade Agreement or “Auto Pact” represents the single most important factor in making the Canadian automotive industry what it is today: a strong, successful industry that has a significant positive impact on the Canadian economy. Key features of the Auto Pact were the 1:1 production to sales ratio and Canadian Value Added requirements.
Today, the Canadian auto industry is closely linked to that of the U.S., due to the Automotive Products Trade Agreement and later the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). There are five firms manufacturing automobiles in Canada, all in the province of Ontario: General Motors of Canada, Honda Canada, Chrysler Canada, Toyota Canada, and Ford of Canada. True Canadian domestics have long since gone under or been absorbed into the US "Big 3". The auto industry is Canada's biggest sector, and the province of Ontario surpassed Michigan in 2006 to become the largest auto-producing jurisdiction on the American continent. In addition to production facilities, 3,500 car dealers employ 140,000 individuals.
Magna International is Canada's biggest domestic firm in the sector, and is the world's third-largest auto parts firm, producing entire vehicles at its Magna Steyr plant in Austria.
Britain
The British motor industry has always been export oriented[citation needed]. Today it employs about 850,000 people and produces about 1.5 million cars and 216,000 commercial vehicles per year, 75% of which are exported. The top five UK car producers are Nissan, Toyota, Honda, MINI and Land Rover. However, international competitiveness of UK cars have declined consistently since the 1990s and the country became unable to sustain production on par with Germany or France. Since 2000, motor vehicle production fell from 1,813,894 to 1,750,253. The country was overtaken by fast industrializing economies such as Brazil, India and Mexico.The UK is the 12th largest automobile producer in the world but Russia is poised to overtake it in 2008.
Brazil
The Brazilian automotive industry produced almost 3 million vehicles in 2007. Most of large global companies are present in Brazil, such as Fiat, Volkswagen, Ford, GM, Nissan, Toyota, Mitsubishi, Mercedes-Benz, Renault etc, and also the emerging national companies such as Troller, Marcopolo S.A., Agrale, Randon among others.
The Brazilian industry in regulated by the Associação Nacional dos Fabricantes de Veículos Automotores (Anfavea), created in 1956, which includes Auto makers (automobiles, light vehicles, trucks and buses)and Agriculture machines with factories in Brazil.
Anfavea is part of the Organisation Internationale des Constructeurs d'Automobiles (OICA), based in Paris.
Automotive industry
The automotive industry designs, develops, manufactures, markets, and sells the world's motor vehicles. In 2007, more than 73 million motor vehicles, including cars and commercial vehicles were produced worldwide.
In 2007, a total of 71.9 million new automobiles were sold worldwide: 22.9 million in Europe, 21.4 million in Asia-Pacific, 19.4 million in USA and Canada, 4.4 million in Latin America, 2.4 million in the Middle East and 1.4 million in Africa. The markets in North America and Japan were stagnant, while those in South America and Asia grew strongly. Of the major markets, Russia, Brazil, India and China saw the most rapid growth.
About 250 million vehicles are in the United States. Around the world, there were about 806 million cars and light trucks on the road in 2007; they burn over 260 billion gallons of gasoline and diesel fuel yearly. The numbers are increasing rapidly, especially in China and India.[3] Urban transport systems based around the car have proved unsustainable, consuming excessive energy, affecting the health of populations, and delivering a declining level of service despite increasing investments. Many of these negative impacts fall disproportionately on those social groups who are also least likely to own and drive cars. The sustainable transport movement focuses on solutions to these problems.
In 2008, with rapidly rising oil prices, industries such as the automotive industry, are experiencing a combination of pricing pressures from raw material costs and changes in consumer buying habits. The industry is also facing increasing external competition from the public transport sector, as consumers re-evaluate their private vehicle usage. Roughly half of the US's fifty one light vehicle plants are projected to permanently close in the coming years with the loss of another 200,000 jobs in the sector, on top of the 560,000 jobs lost this decade.
Tesla Motors pushing Model S
Model S is the latest electric car to be manufactured by Tesla Motors. Slated to be released in 2011, the Model S is a beautiful sedan said to accommodate up to five adults and could be complemented with two children. The sedan features beautiful curves in the front with small compartment on the back. It has the structure of a simple sedan but the design has made all the difference.With regards
Ford
The Ford Foundation, somewhat quietly over the past five or six years, has been running one of the finest arts education initiatives I have ever encountered. While that program is in a sunset mode, fingers crossed that there will be room for arts education in Ford's new work.
Alfa Romeo Spider
Alfa Romeo SpiderAlfa Romeo BreraAlfa Romeo 159Alfa Romeo GT CoupeAlfa Romeo 8C CompetizioneAlfa Romeo MiToAlfa Romeo 166Alfa Romeo 156Alfa Romeo 147The Alfa Romeo Spider is a two-seater derivative of the Brera. Its design, Pininfarina, is based on the the Giugiaro Brera. It measures 4396 long, 1830 mm wide and 1367 mm high, which is longer and wider than a Porsche Boxster.2007 Alfa Romeo
Alfa Romeo Brera
Alfa Romeo SpiderAlfa Romeo BreraAlfa Romeo 159Alfa Romeo GT CoupeAlfa Romeo 8C CompetizioneAlfa Romeo MiToAlfa Romeo 166Alfa Romeo 156Alfa Romeo 147The Alfa Romeo Brera, a coupe of 4413 mm in length with tailgate, has new developments in equipment and in the range of engines to 2009. Designed by Giugiaro and based on the prototype of the same name that Alfa Romeo introduced in 2002, the Alfa
Alfa Romeo 159
Alfa Romeo SpiderAlfa Romeo BreraAlfa Romeo 159Alfa Romeo GT CoupeAlfa Romeo 8C CompetizioneAlfa Romeo MiToAlfa Romeo 166Alfa Romeo 156Alfa Romeo 147The Alfa Romeo 159, four-door passenger cars in 2005 that replaced the 156, is available with saloon bodywork and family (Sportwagon). Received in 2008 some changes were mainly to details of the carrier and, since mid 2009, will have a wider range of
AMAZING CARS
many people in this world must have one car or more,but whether the car can make the owner be satisfied or not. we know that more and more the car is good will make so amazing when we ride it on the way. recently automotive factory develops many new cars style which they will make the rider have as if the car is source their power that they are success man.
what the cars is this?..................................
here some samples of car you can have so AMAZING
what the cars is this?..................................
here some samples of car you can have so AMAZING
BMW M1
Remember the BMW M1 from the late 70's and early 80's? Sure, we all do — how could someone forget the only BMW mid-engined homologated racer? Well, for you fans of that MotorWorken hotness, we've got an exciting bit of news out of the Concorso d'Eleganza at Villa d'Este, an Italian gathering hosting precious metal from all over the world. The Germans suprised everyone by bringing a piece of racing hotness hearkening back to those halcyon days of the late 70's — kind of a thirtieth anniversary present to lovers of the old M1. It's called the BMW M1 Homage concept, a modern-day interpretation of the mid-engined Bavarian exotic. So is this flame-surfaced M1 successor a future classic? Well, it's hard to say.
LEXUS LF-A GOSSIP
File this gossip under T for "Toyota REFUSES to be shown up by the Nissan GT-R." According to World Car Fans, Auto Express and Japanese car mag Holiday Auto are claiming that the new 552 horsepower Lexus LF-A has set a record lap around the Nurburgring at somewhere around 7 minutes and 24 seconds, which should top times set by the Pagani Zonda F and the Porsche 911 GT2 of 7:27 and 7:32/7:25, respectively. This is still all a rumor and has probably followed the same telephone tree that gave us the teacher's strike and purple monkey dishwasher. [World Car Fans]
blue acura
The new V6-powered TSX will go on sale this summer, and will reportedly be a forerunner of big changes in the future Acura lineup.
modification car
They are different, totally insane and head turning.
Unlike owners of brands like Ferrari, Porsche or Lamborghini, which compared to these cars, are common, these owners want to take car modification to the extreme….’how low can you go?’, ‘how big n bad is your spoiler?’. You can quite easily spend the same money on these cars as on purchasing a Ferrari.
Bugatti
Over the years Bugatti has released various special edition Veyron the latest being the Grand Sport. Thus it’s only fair that they release another technical marvel to celebrate a century of being at the top of the automotive industry. Bugatti was formed in 1909 and has a rich heritage in the automotive industry and only was recently plucked up by VW.According to 4wheelnews a 1350HP Bugatti Veyron Centenaire edition will feature in the coming motor show which will feature a top speed of 420 kmph and custom built carbon fibre body to keep the weight down.
ferrari
The Ferrari F70 will be based on the Aurea Concept launched by Ferrari in 2004. The Aurea Project was born from the desire to place the F1 DNA on a normal car. This is what the new F70 will be about: a car with the design and power of a F1 car, but specially designed for the road. On designing the Enzo, Ferrari needed to make some compromises in order that both the design and the technologies of the car to be satisfied. So they build the Enzo on aerodynamic consideration. But when they build the FXX they have realized that the Enzo could have all the technologies they had to give up. And in the F70 case all the aerodynamic will be hide under the car. The result is that the exterior design of the F70 won’t be affected by compromises, like in the case of the Enzo due to the aerodynamic technology developed by Ferrari and used in the FXX.
Chevrolet Spark
Chevrolet CruzeChevrolet LacettiChevrolet Nubira SedanChevrolet Aveo SedanChevrolet AveoChevrolet HHRChevrolet EpicaChevrolet Nubira SWChevrolet VoltChevrolet CamaroChevrolet CaptivaChevrolet SparkChevrolet MatizThe Chevrolet Spark is a small utility car with five doors. It will be sold in Europe in early 2010.2010 Chevrolet SparkChevrolet SparkReplace the Chevrolet Matiz, which has been in the
Chevrolet Matiz
Chevrolet CruzeChevrolet LacettiChevrolet Nubira SedanChevrolet Aveo SedanChevrolet AveoChevrolet HHRChevrolet EpicaChevrolet Nubira SWChevrolet VoltChevrolet CamaroChevrolet CaptivaChevrolet SparkChevrolet MatizThe Chevrolet Matiz updates with some design changes and enhancements. In addition, there is a new version with four-speed automatic transmission. The Chevrolet Matiz is available since
