Audi A5 Menawarkan Keanggunan Berkendar

Pabrikan mobil asal Jerman, Audi, belum lama ini mengumumkan akan meluncurkan produk terbaru, yakni Audi A5 Sportback 2010. Dengan tampilan super mewah, Audi A5 menawarkan keanggunan dan keistimewaan bagi pengendaranya kelak.

Meskipun mirip dengan BMW 5-seri grand turismo, bentuk Audi A5 lebih kecil dengan panjang 15,45 kaki atau sekitar 4,7 meter. Boleh dibilang, Sportback memiliki lebih banyak kesamaan dengan model terdahulunya, A4. Sportback menghadirkan 0,47 meter kubik ruang kargo dengan perluasan hingga 0,97 meter kubik. Ini berarti hampir dua pertiga dari yang ditawarkan dalam A4 Avant dengan tambahan kursi belakang.

Mesin Sportback pun mempunyai kesamaan dengan pendahulunya, A4. Mesin Sportback juga berdaya 180 tenaga kuda, 2.0-liter turbocharged I-4. Tersedia dalam model front-wheel-drive dengan transmisi manual enam percepatan atau sebuah CVT.

Versi 211 tenaga kuda juga tersedia. Tapi, hanya dengan Audi Quattro all-wheel-drive sistem dan transmisi dual-clutch tujuh kecepatan. Adapun pada mesin A4, injeksi 3.2 liter V-6 berfungsi sebagai mesin bensin premium. Dan tersedia hanya dengan Quattro dan transmisi dual-clutch S-tronic.

Audi A5 Sportback dibuat khusus hanya untuk pasaran Eropa. Sebab, sejumlah mesin diesel yang merupakan bagian dari model campuran untuk lebih irit dalam pemakaian bahan bakar. Baik bensin 2.0 liter dan mesin diesel datang dengan sistem pada model dengan transmisi manual.

Kendati demikian, para penggemar Audi di Eropa harus bersabar. Sebab, Audi A5 Sportback akan dipasarkan pada September nanti.

Honda Accord Crosstour shows tiny problems in the IIHS rollover tests

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) conducted rollover tests on several vehicles and the Honda Accord Crosstour was among those that didn’t do well.

Already, many observers expect this model to get an early refresh. The suggestions include a new face and a titanium-reinforced roof. In the latest tests, the IIHS didn’t exactly roll the vehicles. Rather, the IIHS pushed a metal plate against 1 corner of a roof at a constant speed. To get a good rating, a roof must withstand a force of 4 times the vehicle’s weight before reaching 5 inches of crush. To get an acceptable rating, the minimum strength-to-weight ratio that’s needed is 3.25. A poor rating is given to those that have lower than 2.5. Vehicles that did remarkably well are the Grand Cherokee, Highlander, Liberty, and Venza, which all withstood forces of almost 5 times their weights. The Crosstour can withstand 2.8 times its weight while the Endeavor and Pilot can endure only 3 times its weight.

Bentley, Rolls-Royce and Lamborghini made strong gains in European auto production in April

For the month of April, luxury carmakers (including Daimler AG’s Mercedes-Benz division, BMW brand, Bentley, Rolls-Royce, Lamborghini and Land Rover) made strong gains in European auto production.

The 2010 results are expected to come out favorably against the April 2009 period when sales dropped due to the global financial crisis and Europe’s incentive program that favored small cars. With the recovery in the global economy and the ending of government subsidies, the factories in Europe are boosting production to fill orders for high-end models. Notably, the April output for the Mercedes S class rose to 6,012 units from 675 in 2009. The Land Rover Range Rover Sport increased by 157% year on year. Production was also boosted for the all-new Rolls-Royce Ghost, according to estimates from J.D. Power Automotive Forecasting. Overall, European production rose by 8% in the month to 1,367,512 and 28% to 5,746,227 through April. It should also be noted that April was the first month when the year-on-year production growth rate was a single-digit percentage (instead of double digits).

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