Report: Honda Americas to develop next-gen Civic from start to finish
MotorTrend reports on a prediction made by the AAA, which believes that nearly eight million cars will be equipped with start-stop systems by 2017 in North America. This apparently comes from the system being so popular.
Popular? The last time I remember, most of us in the automotive world shunned start-stop systems for their simple annoyance. That’s also the case here at egmCarTech, as none of us are very fond of it. Maybe popular as in, a lot of companies are doing it.
And looking around, a lot of cars are coming with the system to help increase fuel economy by eliminating the idle time of an engine. From something as basic as a Kia Rio, to the midsized Chevrolet Malibu Eco family sedan, and of course, the luxury cars as well.
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Canada’s Conquest Vehicles launches first unarmored SUV at $579,000
Canada’s Conquest Vehicles has launched its first unarmored SUV called the EVADE. The Toronto-based company is well know for its handcrafted, fully armored luxury KNIGHT XV.
The Conquest Evade features a new body style and design with new headlamps taillights, narrower fender flares, a redesigned grille, hood scoop, a third tandem sunroof and a wider backdoor to accommodate EVADE’s wider body frame and more.
The Conquest Evade is based on the Ford F550 Super Duty Chassis and its massive unarmored skin will be made from an aluminum-mild steel blend, which makes it significantly lighter than the Knight XV.
The first EVADE is scheduled to roll off the production line in Fall 2012 and will carry a price tag of $ 579,000. Sure is priced like an armored vehicle.
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Official: 2012 Conquest Knight XV – Longer, Wider and More Options
Vehicle News, Supercar News — By MR on July 28, 2011 at ten:16 pm — No Comments
The Toronto-primarily based business Conquest Automobiles is identified due to the fact of their handcrafted, totally armored luxury Knight XV. The Canadians announced nowadays their new pricing for its 2012 model. The complete price is $ 629,000.
The enormous armoured truck features a newly redesigned interior and cockpit, front and rear commercial grade air ride suspension, front power windows, and 360-degree roof mounted, joystick-controlled searchlights. The new 2012 Knight XV will be wider and longer maintaining the exact same automobile footprint with far more interior space and will also characteristic new design and style cues such as a flip front end, new hood, grille, headlights and taillights.
A Luxury Group upgrade package is obtainable and consists of electrostatic tinting (rear windows, sunroofs, partition), rear power windows, retractable ballistic glass partition, retractable flat display television, siren, two-way PA method with loud speaker, hidden front VIP strobes lights, forward and backup sensors and an external intercom communication technique and Playstation3 or X-Box entertainment method, a VIP package inclusion of decanter bar, cooler box, and a cigar humidor.
The Safety Group upgrade package contains under automobile explosive protection program, opaque floor armor protection upgraded, below vehicle magnetic attachment detector, Black box, safety safe, fire extinguisher, exterior surveillance camera method, positive stress defense system against gas attacks, oxygen survival kit which provides protection against tear (CN/CS) as properly as solid, liquid and gases contaminants.
Tesla Roadster now available in RHD (UK)
Tesla’s all-electric Roadster is now available in right-hand drive. The Tesla Roadster right-hand drive features a few improvements over previous left-hand models including a new sound system and new noise-reduction materials.
Cristiano Carlutti, Tesla’s Vice President for European sales and operations, said there had been strong interest from UK customers for a right-hand drive model.
“The right-hand-drive model is our response to growing demand from high-performance car buyers in the UK who are also interested in their impact on the environment,” he said.
“Tesla is dramatically expanding its retail footprint in Europe, we look forward to building our community of owners and fans throughout the continent.”
The model is available now from Tesla’s Knightsbridge showroom in London and is priced from £86,950. Tesla’s all-electric Model S saloon will be available in 2012. Read more…
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