The 2012 GMC Terrain is putting downward pressure on the price of camera-based forward collision detection and lane departure systems. The GMC system employs a camera for both collision warning and lane departure functions, relying on software to detect vehicles.
For 2012, the GMC Terrain gets a standard touchscreen audio interface that can be paired through Bluetooth audio streaming to Internet-based services like Pandora and Stitcher (late availability). More important to most buyers are the high-tech standard feature upgrades in the passenger cabin, including a touchscreen audio interface that also integrates the standard rearview camera display.
Body Styles, Trim Levels, and Options The 2012 GMC Terrain is a midsize crossover SUV available in SLE and SLT trim levels, each of which is subdivided into two different models.
The SLE-2 adds roof rails, automatic climate control, an eight-way power driver seat with power lumbar adjustment, a leather-wrapped steering wheel, upgraded cloth upholstery, Bluetooth and a premium eight-speaker Pioneer audio system. Options vary by trim level and include a 3.0-liter V6, 19-inch chrome-clad wheels, a trailer towing package, a voice-controlled navigation system (with digital music storage) and a dual-screen rear video entertainment system. A lane departure warning and forward collision alert system is also available on SLT-2 models.
Every 2012 GMC Terrain comes standard with a 2.4-liter four-cylinder engine that puts out 182 horsepower and 172 pound-feet of torque. In performance testing, a front-wheel-drive, four-cylinder Terrain went from zero to 60 mph in 9.4 seconds -- on the slow end for the class. EPA estimated fuel economy stands at 22 mpg city/32 mpg highway and 26 mpg combined with front-wheel drive and 20/29/23 mpg with all-wheel drive.
Front-wheel-drive and a six-speed automatic transmission are also standard, while all-wheel drive is an option. EPA-estimated fuel economy is 17 mpg city/25 mpg highway and 20 mpg combined with front-wheel drive and 17/24/20 with all-wheel drive.
Safety The 2012 GMC Terrain comes standard with antilock brakes, stability and traction control, front-seat side-impact airbags, side curtain airbags, a rearview camera and OnStar. In Edmunds brake testing, a four-cylinder Terrain came to a stop from 60 mph in 121 feet.
Driving Impressions The 2012 GMC Terrain's standard four-cylinder engine should suit most buyers' needs nicely.
Other than receiving some minor feature changes, the GMC Acadia carries over unchanged for 2012.
The Acadia is roomier than other competing large crossovers as well.
Body Styles, Trim Levels, and Options The 2012 GMC Acadia is a large crossover SUV offered in five trims: base SL, SLE, SLT-1, SLT-2 and Denali. The Acadia SLE gets the Preferred package standard, plus a power liftgate, rear parking sensors, an eight-way power driver seat, a two-way power passenger seat (manual recline), an auto-dimming rearview mirror and a rearview camera.
The SLT-1 adds 19-inch wheels, upgraded steering, heated mirrors with turn signal repeaters and integrated blind-spot mirrors, tri-zone automatic climate control, leather upholstery in the first and second rows (third row vinyl), heated front seats, an enhanced trip computer, rear seat audio controls and a 10-speaker Bose sound system with an iPod/USB audio interface. Every 2012 GMC Acadia is powered by a 3.6-liter V6 that produces 288 hp and 270 pound-feet of torque. A six-speed automatic and front-wheel drive are standard, but all-wheel drive is optional.
According to EPA estimates, a front-drive Acadia will return 17 mpg city/24 mpg highway and 19 mpg combined. Opting for all-wheel drive drops this to 16/23/19.
Antilock disc brakes, traction and stability control, front seat side-impact airbags and side curtain airbags for all three rows are all standard on the 2012 GMC Acadia. In Edmunds brake testing, an Acadia with 18-inch wheels and tires came to a stop in 135 feet. Depending on the configuration chosen, the Acadia seats either seven passengers (with second-row captain's chairs) or eight passengers (with a split-folding second-row bench seat) in three rows.
Driving Impressions Like the other large crossovers from General Motors, the 2012 GMC Acadia delivers a nice balance between secure handling and a comfortable ride.
BMWM5revealed its new M5 in the flesh to journalists at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca yesterday prior to the Pebble Beach Concours/Monterey Historics weekend. Of course, much of the fifth-generation M5's development occurred on the famous Nordschleife race track.
The 4.4-liter direct-injected reverse-flow twin-turbo V8 develops 560 horsepower from 5,750-7,000 rpm (with a 7,200-rpm redline), along with an even 500 pound-feet of torque from 1,500-5,750 rpm. Maximum boost is 22 psi. And yes, that makes it the most powerful engine ever fitted to a production BMW.
For one thing, it has all new heads, as it's the first M engine to feature BMW's Valvetronic variable valve control system, which the M SUVs don't have. BMW claims the new M5 with the M DCT will hit 60 mph in 4.4 seconds. You'd think BMW would've spruced it up a bit to make it a bit more special.
Is the newBMW M5what we’re accustomed to expect from BMW’s M division? Um, well, as we discovered during a session in southern Spain, the future of M is big, blustery, red-hot, torque-gushing turbos fitted to smaller engines with mass-production roots. (Despite employing aluminum doors and an aluminum hood, the new M5’s mass creeps to 4300 pounds or so.) So it may not eclipse its predecessor’s 158-foot 70-mph-to-0 braking figure.
Smokes If You Got ’Em Along with three driver-selectable stability-control modes, three settings for throttle response, three firmness levels for the shocks, and three shift-speed options, the have-it-your-way M5 offers you three steering modes, which progressively reduce boost. There’s so much torque steaming aft that even with an electronically locked clutch-plate differential and larger 295/35 Michelin Pilot SuperSport rear tires, the back end easily breaks grip from a standstill under wide-open acceleration.
The stated reason for the 4.4’s lofty redline is track lappers who may want to hold gears longer, but we suspect the real reason is to pay tribute to M’s heritage of lofty top ends: The old E60’s V-10 spun to 8250.
Manual Transmission in Limbo?
The basics remain the same, but BMW’s throttle-less Valvetronic induction control is deployed on the S63 TU, as are larger turbos and intercoolers, different injectors and control electronics, and a higher compression ratio of 10.0:1.
The power delivery is—dare we say it—almost diesel-like. The Getrag seven-speed dual-clutch automatic, a reinforced version of the M3’s optional unit, is geared tall, with a double overdrive and a 3.15:1 final drive, both to save fuel and to take advantage of the engine’s power curve, or relative lack of curve, as it were. ” says Albert Biermann, vice president of engineering for BMW’s M division. “Solution: scream louder.
One thingBMW M5 did hear were the complaints about the E60’s small fuel tank.
A new New Audi A8 245-horsepower gasoline-electric hybrid edition of Audi's A8 flagship sedan is on the way in 2012. The Audi A8 Hybrid will officially debut next month at the 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show. Power is delivered to the front wheels through an eight-speed tiptronic automatic transmission.
The parallel hybrid setup enables the A8 Hybrid to run on either the gas engine or the electric motor, or a combination of both.
Audi A8 Hybrid limousine Ingolstadt has revealed the planet saving, tree-hugging version of their flagship limousine, the Audi A8. Fuel economy is what customers of the new Audi A8 Hybrid will be looking for.
Audi A8- dials Coming to the more important bit i.e. fuel economy, the Audi A8 Hybrid delivers a respectable 36.8 mpg (15.64 kpl). Emissions from the flagship Audi limousine stand at 148 grams. The new Audi A8 Hybrid will be at the Frankfurt motor show.
Infiniti M35h hybrid First Drive Gallery: Audi A8 Audi’s new hybrid drivetrain combines a 211hp 2.0-litre TFSI engine (as seen in the Golf GTI) with a 54hp electric motor. Factor in the immediate response of an electric motor and it suggests the Audi A8 hybrid will offer neck-snapping response.
However, instead of using a quattro drivetrain to handle this drive, the A8 hybrid sticks with the standard car’s front-drive layout, in the interests of efficiency.
Unique 10-spoke turbine-design alloys are fitted, and Audi will paint it in a unique A8 hybrid colour called ‘Arctic Silver’.
4.2 FSI® V8 Engine The Audi A8 delivers performance and handling typically reserved for cars half its size. Thanks to FSI® technology, the 4.2 is powerful, responsive and offers impressive fuel efficiency. Making the most of the fuel and air combustion results in maximum efficiency and responsive power at any RPM.
Eight-speed Automatic Tiptronic® Transmission Power is transmitted via the new shift-by-wire eight-speed Tiptronic® Transmission. With optimally spread gear ratios that produce dynamic acceleration, the eight-speed transmission also helps reduce fuel consumption by an estimated 6 percent when compared to a six-speed automatic transmission.
Available Sport Rear Differential Permanent all-wheel drive systems are not created equal. Under normal driving situations, quattro distributes the power between each axle by sending 40 percent to the front wheels and 60 percent to the rear wheels, enhancing the driving dynamics while helping maintain optimum control. quattro with Sport Rear Differential additionally senses which rear wheel to deliver an optimum level of torque.
Servotronic® Steering Handling is further increased by Servotronic® speed sensitive steering. The dynamic technology of this steering system varies the power assistance based on vehicle speed.
Audi drive select Progressive Audi technology flourishes with hundreds available vehicle handling and performance combinations thanks to Audi drive select.
Adaptive air suspension Audi A8 handling is even more evolved with the standard adaptive air suspension. It's designed to react to driving forces nearly instantaneously producing a comfortable, responsive ride in any driving condition.
General Motors has just revealed exact power figures for its new 2012 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 and they’re suitably impressive.
Al Oppenheiser, chief engineer of the Camaro, said, “The Camaro ZL1 delivers supercar performance and technology in the sports-car segment. The answer is GM’s Performance Traction Management (PTM) system fitted as standard equipment.
In a case of automotive striptease, Chevrolet continues to reveal more about the 2012 Camaro ZL1 and updated ZR1 Corvette. Only unseasonal rain today at Chevy’s Milford Proving Grounds prevent us from gushing about the super-‘vette’s glue-like stick thanks to new Michelin Pilot Sport Cup Zero Pressure tires.
Centennial Corvette More coy is the New Camaro zl1. Missing is the hydraulic power steering pump; the ZL1 uses electrically assisted power steering to free up power and provide an expanded range of variable assist and steering ratios.
It’s part of an upgraded fuel system that accesses even the last cup of fuel during high-g track action.
Manual and automatic transmissions are both in store. Chevy says the auto is a sweetie on the street, launching in second gear and shifting smoothly, but is a tiger on the track with aggressive, high-speed shifts in either auto or the truly manual control.
Durability is enhanced by standard oil coolers for both transmissions and the differential, along with the ZR1 ‘vette’s engine oil cooling system carried over intact.
Chevy stresses these modes provide significantly different performance, ranging from a rain mode to a barely-there track aid. In all, Chevy says 30 percent of the New Camaro zl1 has been upgraded in the ZL1.
The Volkswagen Touareg Hybrid has a petrol-electric hybrid powertrain and it replaces the previous V8 petrol model as the top-of-the-line Touareg.
With hybrid drive, there is no performance deficit - the supercharged 3.0-litre petrol engine works with an electric motor to produce the power of an eight-cylinder engine while providing the fuel economy of a six- or four- cylinder unit. Combined with the E-motor electric motor's 46hp, the total system output is 380hp and total maximum torque surges to 580Nm.
The big Hybrid literally zips along when the accelerator pedal is floored. The performance advantage is clear despite the Touareg Hybrid weighing in at 2,240kg, or 205kg heavier than the 3.6-litre V6 petrol version.
The SUV employs a parallel hybrid drive configuration, which essentially means the Touareg can be powered by either engine or motor alone if required, and hence is more efficient for expressway driving. This eliminates drag torque losses and boosts fuel economy significantly.
Each trim line offers two different engines: a 3.6-liter 280 horsepower V6 and a 3.0-liter 225 horsepower V6 turbo diesel. The fuel economy of these engines is 16-mpg city and 23-mpg highway and 19-mpg city and 28-mpg, respectively.
The 2012 Volkswagen Touareg V6 Executive has an MSRP of a whopping $54,255 with standard leather seats, heated rear seats, 10-speakers, power tinted panoramic sunroof, and 20” wheels. VW also offers the Touareg Supercharged Hybrid, a model that blends performance and fuel-efficiency. The Touareg is a safe and secure SUV. It offers standard engine braking assist, hill descent assist, and anti-intrusion side door beams.
All models are elegant, distinctive and dynamic, in a segment based around traditional yet conventional saloon and estates, designed with style and practicality in mind. The rear bumper now incorporates a diffuser style number-plate surround.
New Peugeot 407 equipment like front parking assistance enhances the car’s world-wide reputation for ease of driving and dynamic performance. This engine, which complies with anticipated future Euro 5 emission standards, testifies Peugeot’s ongoing commitment to achieve the best possible environmental
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Development mules are currently testing at Chrysler's Technical Center in Auburn Hills, Michigan, and it's assumed that the Fiat 500 Abarth New EV will have a range of around 100 miles. Expect the mini 'ute to debut at next year's Geneva Motor Show, with sales beginning in Europe late next year with the U.S. version arriving in 2013.
Fiat's LA Show debut is the sport version of 500 mini called the Abarth. It features an aggressive bodykit along with a tuned chassis and a 1.4-liter turbocharged engine capable of delivering between 140HP and 180HP, depending on the model.
The Fiat 500 Abarth New spare tire is hung under the vehicle. Fiat, always listening to feedback from its customers, has come up with a solution:
The MOPAR Compact Spare Tire Kit for the FIAT 500. Part number - 82212995.
The dealer installed MOPAR Compact Spare Tire Kit will be priced at $275 plus installation.
The MOPAR kit now provides the flexibility for Studios to order the standard Tire Inflator Kit and then add the Compact Spare Tire kit at the time of sale. The North American debut of the Fiat 500 Abarth New by Gucci will be this Thursday during Fashion's Night Out in New York City. The European Tour for the launch of the convertible 500C by Gucci started officially on 19th August in Saint-Tropez. The first stop will be at Saint Tropez (from19 to 27 August) followed by Berlin (8 - 14 September), Barcelona (25 September - 2 October), London (16 - 23 October) and Geneva (23 - 30 October).
The 2012 GMC Terrain is putting downward pressure on the price of camera-based forward collision detection and lane departure systems. The GMC system employs a camera for both collision warning and lane departure functions, relying on software to detect vehicles.
