Wednesday, 8 May 2013

BMW M3 E92 : End of M3 aspirated Engine!


End of M3 aspirated engine! Place the generation M3 engine TwinPower Turbo. Indeed, it is no longer possible to control since the beginning of this week a E92 M3 Coupe or Cabriolet.

Firedrich Dr. Nitschke, head of BMW M GmbH has confirmed the BMW E92 M3 is no longer available for sale at all locations of the Bavarian brand. All M3 will still be produced in the next 6-7 months are all sold. So exit the V8 4.0 L 420 hp, get ready to welcome the L6 TwinPower Turbo on future M3 and M4 which will go on sale next year.
BMW M3 E92
The BMW Motorsport boss took this ad to revive the case of the new L3 1.5 L turbocharged engine. He explained that the new block has many advantages such as weight, the specific power in relation to the engine and it would make an excellent basis for the development of BMW M L3 Turbo engine. In the meantime, we will have to wait a few months before discovering the new BMW M3 6-cylinder supercharged.

Tuesday, 7 May 2013

Meet Worthersee 2013: Skoda displays the "Rapid Sport"


Meet Worthersee 2013 - Skoda shows the world premiere of its "Rapid Sport" at this year's GTI-Meet at Wörthersee. The first sketches ever see exceedingly well and can guess: the Skoda Rapid Sports is just a show car or we are dealing with the first glimpse of a possible Skoda Rapid RS?

Rapid Sport shows the potential of the Skoda design and the possibilities inherent in rapid. The car is painted in metallic colors Corrida Red and Steel Gray. Saturated and distinctive is the sports car on its 19-inch alloy wheels. The vehicle's front spoiler and boasts the powerful designed air intake on the apron. Generous fenders and massive sills emphasize the appearance of the vehicle.
Skoda Rapid Sport

Other sporting accents the rear with the bulky bumpers and two integrated exhaust tailpipes. The rear lights in brand-typical design C are colored differently. As the lower end, a circumferential carbon frame is used. The interior continues the sporty layout, for example, sport steering wheel, Recaro seats and illuminated door sills.

Image: Skoda

Special tax for electric cars?


Actually, one would think that buyers of environmentally friendly electric cars should pay less tax, and thus ensure the policy contribute to protecting the environment. But in the U.S. there are now first considerations, owners of electric vehicles with a special tax to ask for cash. This is intended to missing revenue from the gasoline tax will be cushioned.

Electric cars are good for the climate, but obviously bad for the state treasury. If more buyers access to new cars with hybrid or full electric drive, then go to the U.S. government millions of Interest leg Expensive by the tabs. In the U.S. state of New Jersey Senator James Whelan suggested according to "USA Today" before now introduce a mileage allowance for electric vehicles of 0.004 cents. While this sounds not much, but if you times that amount 19,000 km, the average distance traveled by Americans in a year, multiplied to get at least to 76 euros per year. A similar vehicle with a gasoline engine is then charged against only 53 euros. However, it is unclear whether this bill will pass the Parliament.
Daimler
And in buttoned Virginia to owners of hybrid and electric cars now have an annual road maintenance contribution of just 50 euros. In Washington state, there are even 76 euros. If you can make the increasing number of environmentally-friendly means of transport responsible for the failures now alone is questionable, because the proportion was only 53,000 units in 2012 with total sales of 14.4 million new cars. Meanwhile, the conventionally powered vehicles in the U.S. are becoming more fuel efficient. Whether there might be considerations in Germany now, to ask drivers of climate-friendly cars to the checkout, you have to wait. But if you come to high tax revenues, the state is safe in this country with something to compensate for this decline.

Images: © Daimler