Cadillac BLS

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Cadillac BLS

Construtor	Cadillac, grupo General Motors
Produ��o	2006 � presente
Informa��es T�cnicas
Outros modelos
Modelos relacionados	Saab 9-3 Chevrolet Malibu
Modelos similares	Mercedes-Benz Classe C Audi A4 BMW S�rie 3 Lexus IS Volvo S60 Volvo S40 Alfa Romeo 159

O Cadillac BLS � um modelo m�dio da Cadillac desenvolvido especialmente para o mercado europeu. O modelo � produzido em Trollh�ttan, Su�cia, na mesma f�brica que produz o Saab 9-3 e o Saab 9-5. As vendas come�aram em mar�o e uma vers�o perua est� prevista para 2007.

Fonte:http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadillac_BLS

Chevrolet Camaro 2012 edi��o Transformers 3

A General Motors aproveita o embalo do filme Transformers 3 e lan�a o Camaro Bumblebee.

O Camaro Transformers Special Edition estar� dispon�vel para os norte americanos como um pacote para as vers�es 2LT e 2SS, com pintura e carroceria do Bumblebee, amarelo com listas em pretas. As rodas de 20 polegadas, em preto, e o logotipo dos AutoBots nas rodas.

No interior, os bancos s�o em couro preto e com costura amarela, cores tamb�m presentes no painel, console central e apoio para o bra�o, onde tamb�m esta o logo dos Autobots.

Na vers�o 2LT vem com motor 3.6 V6 de 312 cv. Na vers�o 2SS vem o motor 6.3 V8 de 426 cv.

As encomendas podem ser feitas a partir de Julho. Os primeiros ser�o entregues em Setembro.

Nova Ranger puxando Locomotiva

A nova gera��o da Ford Ranger, atra��o do Sal�o de Buenos Aires, aberto para o p�blico esta semana (at� o dia 26), tamb�m � a estrela de um dos v�deos de maior sucesso no YouTube. A picape Ranger, com novo motor 3.2 diesel de cinco cilindros e torque de 470 Nm, aparece rebocando uma locomotiva hist�rica de 160 toneladas em Victoria, na Austr�lia. O ve�culo n�o sofreu nenhuma modifica��o para encarar esse desafio.

Uma das picapes m�dias preferidas em todo o mundo nos �ltimos 20 anos, a Ford Ranger ter� uma nova gera��o que oferece ainda mais capacidade e desempenho. Al�m do design moderno, imponente e musculoso, de estilo Kinetic, suas novidades incluem o chassi, as suspens�es dianteira e traseira e o sistema de dire��o, combinados com novas tecnologias inteligentes da Ford.

A nova fam�lia de motores entrega ainda mais pot�ncia, economia de combust�vel e capacidade de carga e reboque. � o que o v�deo no YouTube mostra de forma simples e transparente, um desempenho realmente espetacular que s� vendo para acreditar.

A cabine da Nova Ranger oferece tamb�m um padr�o de espa�o, sil�ncio, conforto e tecnologia embarcada que representa um salto de qualidade na categoria. O ve�culo � um exemplo da nova estrat�gia de plataformas globais da Ford, reunindo a experi�ncia e os recursos de desenvolvimento da marca em todo o mundo para oferecer um produto �nico e destinado a ser o melhor da classe em todas as regi�es.

Fonte Ford

2012 Ford Focus ST

One of Alan Mulally’s objectives since becoming CEO at Ford in 2006 has been to develop products on a worldwide basis. This sounds familiar, if only because another Ford CEO, Alex Trotman, did the same thing back in the 1990s. This approach resulted in products such as the Contour (not a rip-roaring success) and the original Focus (which was).

In between the Focus going on sale in the U.S. as a 2000 model and Mulally taking over, product development in Europe and North America took off in different directions. Hence, Europe was rewarded with a heavily reworked second-generation Focus in 2004. The next year, North America got a warmed-over version of the first-gen Focus sedan and hatchback.

Starting in early 2011, the Focus in both North America and Europe will be the same vehicle. This is to be applauded because there was a big gap between the European Focus and the machine sold here. The European car improved on the basic goodness of the original, with better interior quality and driving dynamics. The U.S. car essentially stayed put: The original Focus was good enough to be a C/D 10Best winner, but the competition moved on, leaving the current version dead last in a recent small-car comparo.

The 2012 Focus certainly looks terrific, especially in five-door form. The engineers and designers felt able to make the Focus sportier (by lowering its seating position and overall height) due to the upcoming C-Max—a tall-roof, five- or seven-seat derivative off this platform—that fulfills the family-car mission. Compared with the current U.S. Focus, the new car is 0.5 inch lower (at 58.1 inches tall) and 3.0 inches longer (178.0 inches overall), and it has a 1.3-inch-longer wheelbase (104.2 inches). The 2012 model’s dimensions are close to the current Euro car’s, save for a wider track and lower stance.

2011 Ferrari 599 GTO

Three years ago, I would’ve told you it would be near impossible to improve upon the 2007 Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano. After all, the V-12 berlinetta proved quicker to 60 mph than even the vaunted Enzo, taking just 3.2 seconds. But that was before Ferrari invited us to test out the new 2011 599 GTO at Autodromo del Mugello, a 3.3-mile ribbon of undulating asphalt located in a lush green valley not far from Florence, Italy.

In producing the 599 GTO—the fastest-ever Ferrari road car, at least in terms of lap times around Ferrari’s home track (Fiorano)—the engineers in Maranello, Italy, focused on four key areas: increasing power, decreasing weight, reducing understeer and improving downforce. Tall orders, yes, but Ferrari learned great lessons with its track-only 599XX, and the 599 GTO you see here is the result of a marriage between the 599XX and the 599 GTB Fiorano.

Ferrari says the GTO’s 6.0-liter V-12 is “about 90 percent of the 599XX’s engine.” Internal friction was reduced by 12 percent compared to the GTB. Besides adopting the 599XX’s crankshaft and intake system, the GTO V-12 has new connecting rods and pistons, raised 11.9:1 compression (up from the GTB’s 11.2: 1 ratio) and the 599XX’s lighter (and 8-decibel louder) exhaust—with catalytic converters, of course. The result is 661 bhp at 8250 rpm and 458 lb.-ft. of torque at 6500 rpm, which make the 599 GTO the most powerful road-going Ferrari ever.

Compare those figures to the GTB (611 bhp at 7600 rpm and 448 lb.-ft. at 5600) and you’ll note the power has moved up the tachometer. In other words, you need to rev the GTO, but this certainly isn’t a problem; as with all Ferraris, the 599 GTO is designed to be wound out high and hard, allowing you to bask in a glorious, hair-raising cacophony that’s accompanied by the most wondrous snap, crackle and pop from its exhaust with each shift. Ferrari says upshifts from the 6-speed single-clutch F1 gearbox have been reduced to just 60 milliseconds and downshifts take just 120 milliseconds. The 599 GTO can also perform multiple downshifts by simply holding in the left carbon-fiber paddle shifter (just as on the 599XX). The downshifts are always perfectly timed, accompanied by soul-stirring throttle blips.

Besides being more powerful, the 599 GTO is 220 lb. lighter than the GTB (which weighed 3865 lb. on our scales). But the GTO is no stripper—the interior remains as fantastic and exotic as ever (a notable change being the exposed aluminum floor) and still retains creature comforts such as air conditioning and power windows—it probably has a stereo, too, but why would you listen to that when you have a wondrous V-12 soundtrack?

Nearly every area of the car was put on the chopping block in an effort to shave pounds. The transmission is 18 lb. lighter, and the exhaust has been trimmed of 29 lb. thanks to hydroforming technology that allows thinner tubing and fewer welds. Brembo also managed to take almost 7 lb. out of its carbon-ceramic brake system, adding ceramic pads for the first time on a road car. Ferrari says these brakes were absolutely required to cope with the 599 GTO’s increased performance level.

Items such as thinner windows, an aluminum trunklid and a lighter aero underbody contributed to a further 68 lb. savings, while the interior is some 73 lb. lighter due to highly bolstered, carbon-fiber-backed seats with grippy (but very un-Ferrari-like) fabric inserts, lots of matte-finish carbon-fiber trim and a lightweight suede material in place of what would usually be leather.