Cars Guide

Ford has condemned the wraps off the all-new Kuga at the 2012 Geneva Motor Show. The ordinal multiplication help is many large than before and includes new technology like an electric tailgate that can be unsealed and unreceptive by kicking your hoof low the lift bumper. It give go on selling in the UK in Achaean 2013.

Set to be launched subsequent this twelvemonth, the Fortuna is constructing of the companys globalisation of Ford cars for agreement crosswise the man. Engine-wise the archetypical conclusion of the Streamlined SUV testament dimension quite a reach of purchasable options, including a 2.0 TDCi with either 140hp or 163hp and Fords EcoBoost turbocharged petrol engine delivering a weightiness 175hp.

The new Kuga version has been streamlined to offer copiousness solon domicile both in the passenger/driver cab and the flush, in fact it’s an increase of 82 liters compared to the ongoing production possibility.

Now for the subject features, something Ford has precocious the Kuga with, making it smooth much beseeching to potency buyers. The Kuga comes as normal with the now famous Kick bumper locking group that was previewed on its Earth counterpart finally period, the Kuga. If you havent already heard near it, the Kugas boot can be unsealed by simply motion a meter underneath the vehicles bumper (providing you fuck the keys on you).

Another opus of application that the Kuga will grow installed with testament be the SYNC grouping; Fords flagship in-car entertainment/Infotainment method. Featuring enunciate manipulate, connectivity and maneuver combination, the SYNC grouping leave give drivers plenteousness of nifty and kind tools much as activist parking assistance and screen patch monitoring.

The new Kuga is awaited to go on merchandising at Ford car dealerships during 2012 and be similarly priced to the underway models.

2013 Ford mustang

2013 mustang ready for her debut at LA auto show this month, Ford Mustang has been updated for 2013 with new front styling, 2013 Mustang getting a little touch of the outside to remove the more aggressive grille & front fascia, LED lighting is fantastic, as well as some other nice to have features that make the Mustang is far more appealing to the public.

Changes in the powertrain include increased output from a small and a giant leap into the 21st century. By using several skills that delivers 444 horsepower to the Mustang Boss 302 5.0-liter V-8, regular GT 5.0-liter is now rated at 420 hp, an increase of 8 hp. Option six-speed automatic transmission now includes a sequential manual mode changes. Controlled by a switch on the gear selector switch steering rather than shock, this facility may be a small step from a giant leap, but you have to start somewhere.

Inside, the other big change is the inclusion of vehicles Ford SYNC connectivity system. Which can give the Mustang Boss 302 2013 buyers a variety of features such as Bluetooth phone connection, ability to control your digital music player connected USB, 911 emergency calls and at the request of Health Report Car Help.

Honda has launched the 2012 Honda CR-V SUV as the cars fourth generation has made his debut at the Los Angeles Auto Show. In the third generation Honda CR-V with an updated style is undoubtedly an attractive vehicle

Honda does not change the style a lot in the CR-V in 2012, but four generations of the best selling compact crossover, which is sold in the U.S. Honda dealers December 15, features several improvements under the skin, especially the more power and torque with better fuel consumption.

The fourth-generation Honda CR-V is built on a new platform for the better on-road capability. 2012 Honda CR-V i-VTEC 2.4-liter fuel obtained with 184 bhp and 163 lb-ft of torque. Engine mated to a five-speed automatic gearbox and is available in all-wheel drive and front-wheel drive versions. The younger generation CR-V also has multi-intelligence Information Display (i-MID) by Pandora internet radio or read the text on the SMS function.

Honda CR-V Features that may be of interest to owners of all ages, including multi-camera angle mirror, center console field, and low cargo floors and chairs can be easily split folding rear. It also laid out dashboard. You get the idea that the car has been designed with American customers in mind. Dashboard is not too fiddly with only essential controls. Display satellite navigation takes the position of the hole in the middle flanked by air-con. The top of the center console LCD screen that also obtain feed-in all the important information. Instrument cluster has also been redesigned with a large circle in the center dial. On the steering wheel is also new and features multi-function control

2012 Camry pace car, a specially equipped 2012 Camry SE that will go to get an 54th Daytona 500 February 26 next year, which will be on display 1 to 4 November 2011 in the exhibition SEMA Show Toyota.

2012 Camry Pace Car to lead the pack to run the 54th edition, planned for the Daytona 500 was held on February 26.

We saw a sports car from Lexus F will SEMA and we have also seen the power of the Scion of habit. Now we have a plan of Toyota: The Company will take five cars for the event - a Yaris, two Tacoma’s, pickup Tundra and Camry Daytona 500 Pace Car.

Based on the Camry Pace Car 2012 Camry SE, which is 268 horsepower V6. It is specifically equipped tires Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric mounted on 19 x 8.5 BBS RS wheels, a StopTech Big Brake Kit, TRD custom stainless steel exhaust and Tein adjustable suspension. Safety equipment including roll cage, four point racing seatbelt Simpson, Whelan LFL Liberty LED light bar, and on-board fire extinguisher.

2013 Buick Encore finally out in the spotlight at the Detroit Auto Show 2012, overall shape that looks like former Encore Vue, Saturn, Buick, with cues in the hood of the portal and false light grilles, blue haven. Faux vents cut a piece of strange lights itself-strange we should warm gesture to.

Encore will run a turbocharged 1.4-liter four-cylinder 140 hp and made 148 lbs-ft of torque. This second generation transmission was paired with a six-speed automatic and promising more than 30 mpg in highway driving. Power is handled by a six-speed automatic equipped either first gear and gear overdrive steep high. Combined, these two features help with acceleration and fuel economy as a whole, although fuel economy rankings havent been released.

In the Encore have a great looking dashboard that flowed into the door panels. A top panel of the instrument sitting seven-inch colour LCD screen that works with standard navigation system is available and voice-activated Buick IntelliLink system, which will be the standard. with standard features such as blue-accented projector-beam headlamps, 18-inch painted aluminum wheels, full color-7-inch LCD screen and radio ice blue lighting in the cockpit.

The air dam of the front panel features painted and peephole under Buicks signature. The side mirror is mounted on the door, in an effort to aid aerodynamics for fuel efficiency is better. Among the equipment available: Voice-activated system IntelliLink, active noise cancellation infotainment, navigation, rear backup camera, heated leather-wrapped steering wheel with audio controls, Bose premium sound system, forward collision warning, warning line of departure, and front and rear Park assist.

Buick has yet to estimate gas mileage, but the same machine help Chevrolet Cruze and Sonic reached 40-mpg plus. Dont expect an Encore, which more than 1,000 pounds more weight, to get the same number, but we hope to do relatively well.

Bloomberg and Automotive News are reporting that Ford is getting ready to wind down the Mercury brand.

Sources say the plan will be presented to directors in July. The stats make a compelling case for euthanasia...the brands peak sales year was 32 years ago, sales have dropped 74 percent in the last 10 years, ad spending by 88 percent in the last four, and with the 2011 demise of the Grand Marquis and Mountaineer, the brand would have only two models, the Milan and Mariner, clones of the Ford Fusion and Escape respectively.

The truth, of course, is that those were self-inflicted wounds. While Mercurys have had an on and off history of being based on supposedly lesser Fords, there was a time when FoMoCo worked to make them different, establish the argument for spending more for a Merc, and in the process, came up with some compelling and iconic vehicles (helped a bit by Hollywood and the original Mad Men):





The movie "Rebel Without A Cause" starred James Dean, Natalie Wood and a customized 49 Mercury. It made such an impression that 55 years after the film, the cars are commonly called "James Dean Mercurys".






Flash forward 13 years and it was another Merc, also black...driven not by a teenage rebel but by a middle-aged cop. McGarretts four-door hardtop defined cool.





At about the same time, some star power with four legs and a tail....a real-life cougar serving as the mascot for the new Mercury Cougar...a stretched, re-bodied Ford Mustang, but different enough to be percieved as a major step up.

But just as Mercury was finding its mojo, the party ended. First, Ford marketing lost the thread. Instead of a tire-smoking Steve McGarrett, they tried to sell the 1970 Mercury Monterey Coupe with a W.C. Fields impressionist (35 years after Fields peak popularity)




And it got worse. The 70s hit and so did the fuel crisis. Practicality rarely makes for an exciting sell, even when one of the vehicles is a "sexy European":



As horsepower evaporated, so did the blue ovals willingness to do more than the minimum required to turn Fords into Mercurys.  By mid-decade, the Cougar was an LTD II with a different grille and the ad agency knew that it would take the sex appeal of a not-yet famous Farrah Fawcett to move them out of showrooms.



And thats been the path since. Jill Wagner makes young mens hearts beat faster...

 

But not enough to actually buy the product. The Mercury customer continues to be a Grand Marquis buyer with an average age of 70 (which means half of them are older). And given what Grand Marquis have been for the last 35 years, thats no surprise at all:



As someone with significant Mercurys in his personal history...a 1956 Montclair and 1970 Monterey Custom Coupe (my parents), a 1969 Cougar XR-7 Convertible (my uncles) and a 1974 Capri 2800 V6 (mine), Im sad.  But this, probably more than Plymouth, Oldsmobile and Pontiac, is inevitable. Theres almost nothing left to resuscitate.