Maserati: The rumor of a V8 diesel

Maserati: The rumor of a V8 diesel - Discovering the new Maserati Ghibli, we discovered the arrival of L Biturbo V6 diesel engine with a power of 3.0 275 hp. 

If this engine is perfectly matched to the Ghibli, it may be just a little on the Quattroporte and the version Upscale future SUV Levante who will fight against the BMW X5 and X6 M50d who develop some 386 hp. Not to mention the Cayenne, ML or Q5 and Q7 offer or propose punchy diesel versions.

Thus, according to Car & Driver, the Fiat Group is currently working with a turbo diesel engine 4.0 L cubing and announced a power between 360 and 375 hp. Marco Marelli in Car & Driver, also speaks a torque of 624 Nm, which seems a little short against the 740 Nm of BMW L6 3.0 L or 850 Nm V8 4.2 L Porsche. It is a little surprised by the value that is very close to that of "small" V6 3.0 L diesel Biturbo that sends up to 600 Nm Fiat could install this unit on several models of group (Europe and USA), also speaks a combined fuel consumption of 7.8 L/100 km. All this is to check if the engine is to be released in 2015 before being placed on the market in 2016.

source : Car & Driver

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Fiat: Here is the Panda

Fiat: Here is the Panda - Fiat benefits from early spring to reorganize its Panda range with an enrichment of the range with the arrival of a new finish that enriches the range Pop, Easy, Lounge. Here is the Fiat Panda is now simply that the entry level of the small city of the Italian group in Europe.

The basic version is only available with the 1.2 L L4 engine 69 hp, 102 Nm associated with BVM5 (). This version contains the basic equipment of the Pop version minus:

- No lock front passenger
- No pre radio equipment
- atmosphere monochrome

This version is announced and costs € 8,390 off option. We learn also that the Easy version is now equipped with air conditioning without a change in customer rates.

Photo : Fiat

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Carbon Motors: Lost sight

Carbon Motors: Lost sight - You probably remember the famous American police car, the E7 powered by a 3.0 L diesel BMW L6 (another supply contract which falls into the water for BMW after Fisker and Saab) that seemed accomplished, interesting in of these functions and performance because of its modern design.

Unfortunately the one hand the U.S. saw a giant evil eye the arrival of this troublemaker and it seems that lobbying have borne fruit as Ford and GM have won the vast majority of market forces for cars the American order. But that's not all because according to IBJ (Indianapolis Business Journal), the new small manufacturer is becoming ex future small manufacturer would emptied his future industrial complex Connersville should be produced where the E7 car.

Moreover, the "builder" has already removed all signs his name, the lease for the coming year was not renewed, the website of Carbon Motors is dead and the management and the engineering team are missing. All this does not bode well and this time, it seems that we do not talk about Carbon Motors in the next month or next year.

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