Maserati Quattroporte 2013

The future Maserati Quattroporte will be officially unveiled in January at the Salon International Motor Show in Detroit.

Today, the Italian manufacturer presents the first official pictures of its luxury sedan.

The changes that are needed
Maserati Quattroporte 2013 is the longest and most significantly slimmer. This gives it a much nicer figure, which will necessarily allow it to compete with much more insurance against other prestige sedans, including the cars manufactured in Germany.

Although the size of the next Quattroporte is raised, the car announces a reduced weight of 200 kilos.

Maserati, it also took the opportunity to redesign the entire interior of the sedan by giving it a new dashboard that will receive the most advanced technologies of telematics.

The most important changes
As is often the case with European manufacturers of luxury vehicles, the main changes can be found on their new resident often under the hood. And the future Maserati Quattroporte is no exception to this basic rule.

Thus, it will inherit a V8 engine Ferrari's engineers reworked by the Maserati.

Biturbo mill which the force be around 530 horsepower.

Photo : Maserati

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Audi Q9: it will dominate the segment

If you find that the Audi Q7 with its overall length of 5089 mm is a vehicle too big for nothing, you know that the German automaker is considering seriously to make a vehicle even larger, which will face the Cadillac Escalade, Lincoln Navigator and Mercedes-Benz GL.

Moreover, the popularity of the great Mercedes-Benz GL can not be foreign to the decision to Audi to see larger than its Q7 model.

The next year, Audi Q7 proceed replacement of the arrival of a new version that want lighter, thanks to extensive use of aluminum. A specialty manufacturer of the rings, which began in 1994 with the release of its large sedan A8.

It is from this new generation of massive Audi Q7 that will be built the impressive Audi Q9.

There is also a good chance that the SUV could inherit developing a trapezoidal grille, more visible than the Q7 model to come.

If the next Q7 to happen in 2013 as SUV model year 2014, one can easily imagine that the theatrical release of Q9 should follow a few months.

By 2016, Audi should offer no less than nine different SUV: Q9, Q7, Q5, Q3 and Q1. To these, will add the Q8, Q6, Q4 and Q2 resuming the elevated style of cut.

All these models, the most impressive will be sold in North America and China, while Europe will remain the largest market for smaller models.

photo : Audi

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2014 Kia ​​Cadenza New Version

The South Korean manufacturer Kia has introduced to the world press his Cadenza sedan, whose body has received some cosmetic changes.

This new sedan, called K7 in South Korea, will replace the Opirus model, best known as the home of Amanti, which was sold between 2003 and 2009.

Amanti of the Cadenza

The Kia Opirus / Amanti was regarded as vis-à-vis the Hyundai Azera in our market are two cars that did not measure up to the competition, but this time, we move to a much higher caliber with this newcomer.

Aesthetically, a whole world of difference between these two cars. However, the Opirus / Amanti featured a silhouette of the mundane as the Cadenza shows a new style and more mature for a sedan that will face the tenor of this niche: Toyota Avalon, Chevrolet Impala, Nissan Maxima, Chrysler 300, and other.

Several cosmetic changes
Before the arrival on the world markets of the Kia Cadenza, the chief designer, Peter Schreyer took him to make some alterations around the body, including:

grille called "tiger nose".
a cover more rounded.
redesigned headlights and more slender.
the bumpers more appealing.
louvers Fender-mounted at the front.
sidelights redesigned.
More generous than the Optima
Currently, it is the Kia Optima sedan that serves as the flagship brand in South Korea. A title it will lose with the arrival of the Cadenza.

Driving the Azera
Kia Cadenza is powered by a 3.5-liter V6 that develops 290 horsepower. The same used by his cousin, the Hyundai Azera. It is coupled to a six-speed automatic transmission.

photo : Kia

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