Volkswagen Up! Declared World Car of the Year

The Volkswagen Up! Has been declared the 2012 World Car of the Year at the New York Auto Show on April 5.

This is the third time that a car belonging to the automotive maker has been given this title. In 2010, the Polo was awarded with the accolade, and the Golf VI won the title in 2009.

The Up! Was selected for its efficient use of space, safety, motoring fun and environmental compatibility, said the Chairman of the Board of Management of Volkswagen AG, Prof Martin Winterkorn.

World Car jurors observed that that the little car "has altered what we come to expect from the city car segment".

They noted its responsive steering, sophisticated suspension setup, new efficient engines and the quality of materials and finish.

"Never before in this economy segment have owners felt so premium", said World Car Awards jurors.

The Up! was chosen from an initial entry list of 34 new vehicles from all over the world, which was then shortlisted to 10 cars.

The two other cars that made it to the finals were the BMW 3 Series and the Porsche 911.

The Porsche 911 was also named as this year's World Performance Car, beating the Lamborghini Aventador LP 700-4 and the McLaren MP4-12C to gain top spot in this category.

Previous World Car of the Year winners were the Nissan Leaf in 2011, the Mazda2 or Mazda Demio in 2008, the Lexus LS460 in 2007, the BMW 3-Series in 2006, and the Audi A6 in 2005.

2012 Model Festival of Motorsport in Phillip Islet

The 2012 running of the Phillip Islet Model Festival of Motorsport was held March 18-20 at the 4.445 km Phillip Islet Track in Victoria, Australia. Numerous anniversaries were celebrated at this year’s Phillip Islet Model, south of Melbourne, Australia. In addition to five hundred home cars there were out of the country competitor from USA, UK, Denmark and New Zealand.

The southern hemisphere’s biggest significant race meeting, the Model was shortlisted in the International Historic Motoring Awards in 2011. Organized by the Victorian Historic Racing Register, with the Mini Club of Victoria, put into practice is held on Friday, March 18th followed by 47 events over two full days of racing in eleven split categories.

The 60 years ever since Ferrari’s first World Championship saw Tipo 500 F2 chassis 5 brought out from the Downingtown (UK) compilation and on track each day. Closer to home, it was 40 years since the first of the late Peter ‘King of the Mountain’ Brock’s nine victories at Bathurst in the Holden Merchant Team Torana XU1. When the Toranas headed back, ten of the 24 Formula 5000 drivers wheeled out their mounts to do the equal. The historic on tour car grouping is always fiercely contested. Frazer Ross was invincible in the over 3-litre tourers. His 1968 Mustang confirmed the way to Tony Hubbard’s 1967 Camaro, Darryl Hansen’s 1969 Mustang and Darren Collins’ 1969 Camaro.

Formula Ford driver Mark Samson takes home 2 wins and the ‘Driver of the Meeting’ Award. The further wins went to Jonathan Miles and Tim Blanchard with Andrew McInnis in the first 3 every weekend. Roger Ealand’s Koala FJ was the first of the junior’s home excepting on Saturday morning when he was second to Kim Shearn’s Lotus 20 FJ.

Australian motorsport in the early days had grids of ‘Aussie Specials’, using suchlike engines were offered. They were out in energy in the J, K and L events. Nick McDonald finished it 4 from 4 in his Holden-powered Ausca, Ken Bedggood’s 1960 Lola Mk1 keeping him sincere. US driver Steven Dana came to grips with the track early on, his invited Elva BMW Mk7S taking three 4th places.

Group S is a popular group and entrants were split into two fields. In the combined Sa and Sb races, Stuart Jackson found his Austin Healey 3000 Mk1’s limits, in particular coming down from Lucky Heights into the right-hander at twist 10. It worked and he came absent by means of four class wins. Of the newer cars, the Shelby GT350s of Chad Parrish and US driver Scott Hackenson shared the outright honors, organization keep a hard driving Don Thallon at bay. The afterward Sc cars had their races to themselves. On Saturday Perry Spiridis had to use all of his 5.8 liters to stay in front of Geoffrey Morgan’s Porsche 911 with half the Ford’s engine capacity.

UK guest Andy Newell claimed 3rd in front of Michael Byrne’s inspiring force in the 1.5 liter Lotus Seven S4. These four frequent the performance in their afternoon race. Sunday morning’s race was red-flagged when the Porsche of Bryan Taylor rolled numerous times after a coming together with Paul Sabine’s Corvette. Thankfully both drivers runaway serious injury but less so Taylor’s car. In the afternoon race Newell and Byrne enthused up to take 2nd and 3rd behind the Pantera.

Historic racing down under is spirited and this was borne out a number of times. For them, the scrutineers and further officials, drivers and pit crews, motorsport eagerness is shown in obligation and determination. The Phillip Islet Model runs like the well-oiled machines out on the circuit that makes it such fun.

Rotary Engine with Mazda RX-7 Sports Car

2012 Mazda RX-7 is the newest edition of Mazda. It is a sports car that is motorized during turbocharger 16X rotary engine that is matching with electric motor. The latest Mazda sports car is manufactured through the Japan automaker. It is predictable to give superior fuel efficiency. 2012 Mazda RX-7 is two door sports cars and its design is based on Mazda's newest MX-5 roadster platform. The styling is taken from the 2006 Kabura conception. So one can expect the new Mazda RX-7 to come up with a long top bearing, violent front, arched roof, and big wheels.

It is said that the new 2012 Mazda RX-7 will work on crossbreed system that can function professionally on electric power and gas. If this sports car is approaching with the crossbreed system, then this would be a unique sports coupe with 16X rotary engine. It is understood that the 2012 Mazda RX-7 will place a low down weight 16X rotary engine in it. This will help the coupe to give a better presentation with better fuel financial system. It can give a much superior fuel economic system with the engine that is corresponding with electric motors.

The 2012 Mazda RX-7 has fashionable interiors based on the mock-up of the present Mazda RX-8. It is a car that can seat two passengers. However, the new Mazda RX-7 comes up with insignificant back seat in its place of two passenger seats. This car cannot fall under the class of luxurious car. However, it can give a very stylish sensation from the design of this car. The interior of the new-fangled Mazda RX-7 is made of leather upholstery.

Features similar to heated power seats, keyless entry, push button start, rear spoiler, navigation system, and power steering are integrated. The standard security features consist of vehicle stability control, traction control, wheel disc brakes. The new Mazda RX-7 is a muscular car that gives high presentation with a low weight engine to give better fuel economic system. The accurate mileage is not yet known. The drive train choice is back wheel drive. It comes with 1.3 liter Wankel rotary engine that produces an expected 350 horsepower and torque of 215 pound feet. It has a six speed instruction manual transmission and six speed automatic diffusion.

People who were coming up for the new Mazda RX-7 sports car for nearly ten years are much energized and eagerly looking forward to its launch. The Price of the new-fangled 2012 Mazda RX-7 can be estimated between $ 32,000 and $ 39,000.

Rotary Engine with Mazda RX-7 Sports Car

2012 Mazda RX-7 is the newest edition of Mazda. It is a sports car that is motorized during turbocharger 16X rotary engine that is matching with electric motor. The latest Mazda sports car is manufactured through the Japan automaker. It is predictable to give superior fuel efficiency. 2012 Mazda RX-7 is two door sports cars and its design is based on Mazda's newest MX-5 roadster platform. The styling is taken from the 2006 Kabura conception. So one can expect the new Mazda RX-7 to come up with a long top bearing, violent front, arched roof, and big wheels.

It is said that the new 2012 Mazda RX-7 will work on crossbreed system that can function professionally on electric power and gas. If this sports car is approaching with the crossbreed system, then this would be a unique sports coupe with 16X rotary engine. It is understood that the 2012 Mazda RX-7 will place a low down weight 16X rotary engine in it. This will help the coupe to give a better presentation with better fuel financial system. It can give a much superior fuel economic system with the engine that is corresponding with electric motors.

The 2012 Mazda RX-7 has fashionable interiors based on the mock-up of the present Mazda RX-8. It is a car that can seat two passengers. However, the new Mazda RX-7 comes up with insignificant back seat in its place of two passenger seats. This car cannot fall under the class of luxurious car. However, it can give a very stylish sensation from the design of this car. The interior of the new-fangled Mazda RX-7 is made of leather upholstery.

Features similar to heated power seats, keyless entry, push button start, rear spoiler, navigation system, and power steering are integrated. The standard security features consist of vehicle stability control, traction control, wheel disc brakes. The new Mazda RX-7 is a muscular car that gives high presentation with a low weight engine to give better fuel economic system. The accurate mileage is not yet known. The drive train choice is back wheel drive. It comes with 1.3 liter Wankel rotary engine that produces an expected 350 horsepower and torque of 215 pound feet. It has a six speed instruction manual transmission and six speed automatic diffusion.

People who were coming up for the new Mazda RX-7 sports car for nearly ten years are much energized and eagerly looking forward to its launch. The Price of the new-fangled 2012 Mazda RX-7 can be estimated between $ 32,000 and $ 39,000.

First Appear of 2014 Cadillac ATS-V

The 2013 Cadillac ATS is a courageous step for GM’s luxury brand, as it enters a segment of the automotive market conquered by German rivals similar to the BMW 3 Series, Mercedes-Benz C-Class and Audi A4. But if you want evidence that Cadillac is serious about the ATS, check out what’s in store for the performance variation due sometime in the next model year. These illustrations of the 2014 Cadillac ATS-V give a clue as to the track of Cadillac’s introduce fighting sports sedan. Lower than stock and riding on superior multi-spoke alloy wheels, the ATS-V adds wire mesh grilles op front, lowered side sills, and dual-exhausts peeking out of a rear diffuser. Unfortunately, a peek underneath the hood will most likely have to wait for at least a few more months.

Standard versions of the ATS will be presented with a choice of two 4-cylinder engines, or the current series topping 318-bhp 3.6-liter V-6. Cadillac has superior the ride and handling at the Nurburgring racetrack in Germany, and the ATS’ 50/50 weight allocation was highly touted when the car debuted throughout this year’s 2012 Detroit Auto Show. That makes it improbable that Cadillac will shoehorn the 6.2-liter V-8 from the larger CTS-V into the more compact ATS. The 556-bhp engine could establish a bit too vicious in the smaller sedan, and it could filch sales from its bigger sports-oriented sibling.

We think a twin-turbocharged V-6 is further expected. Though we’ll have to wait to know if the current 3.6-liter or the forthcoming 3.0-liter V-6 will be the engine of choice. Coupled to this as-yet-unknown power plant will be a 6-speed automatic and – unless Caddy decides there aren’t sufficient buyers engrossed in shifting for themselves – a 6-speed manual gearbox. The brakes and deferment will be strengthened to match the boost in performance. With the CTS-V doling out 556 bhp, it’s expected the ATS-V will be somewhere in the region of 400-450 bhp.

Libyan Rocket: Muammar Gaddafi’s Fresh Safe Car

Colonel Muammar Gaddafi from Libya was is standard worldwide for his penchant for magnificence fashion and other oddities has supposedly designed himself a new car, which is claimed as the safest car in this world.

The car named as the Saroukh el-Jamahiriya, meaning ‘Libyan Rocket’ is a tavern car fit for five people. The car is designed to look like a rocket in shape from its front and tail end. The car is power-driven by a V6 engine which delivers a max power of 230bhp. The car was unveiled throughout the African Unity Organization’s conference in 2009, by Gaddafi.

This car is available with airbags, collapsible bumpers that hypothetically help during a crash, and an electronic defense system. As for the function of the electronic defense system, it is not yet known how the attribute will operate and what accurately it does.

The Libyan Arab Domestic Investment Co. chairman, Dukhali Al-Meghareff, who produced the archetype for the company said that this car was an avant-garde model in the history of automotives. He went on to say that their leader spent many hours to come up with a successful answer. This car is the safest car to be fashioned anywhere in the globe.

Sahara Force India to Reveal 2012 VJM05 F1 race car at Silverstone

It's time to initiate focusing on Formula One yet again. For the Sahara Force India team, this week proves to be extraordinarily hectic with the first VJM05 ready to take center stage for the first time on 3rd February, 2012.

While the VJM05 skeleton arrived on the 23rd, currently work is on to get it ready for show day. The endeavor put in by designers these last 6 months is finally read to bear the fruit of effort. The 2012 Sahara Force India F1 racing car is being accessible to the media at Silverstone.

The newest murmur from Team boss, Dr Vijay Mallya is that Force India can be like Red Bull. In a meeting to he told Auto Motor und Sport, he had this to say. The Indian people are proud that we have been able to create a team for the country to play a significant role in Formula One. Without our success we have engrossed a larger group of supporters. Now it's getting not easy to meet the stress. The 2011 Formula One spell saw team Sahara Force India finish in 6th place, making motorsport the past of sorts for a team so new. Dr. Mallya added the people of India be expecting us to beat Mercedes now. There are no short-cuts inside Formula One.