Showing posts with label flagman. Show all posts
Showing posts with label flagman. Show all posts

Friday, August 21, 2009

Bentley has officially presented a new magnificent sedan

Luxury car Bentley

On Sunday at annual festival Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance company Bentley has officially presented new flagman sedan Mulsanne to California.

According to representatives of the British motor-car manufacturer, this car is not the successor, evolution or the simply deeply modernised version of model Arnage, therefore Mulsanne will be positioned as absolutely new and even more luxury car. About it it is spoken in official press release Bentley.

Sedan Bentley

The new flagman sedan Bentley which has received design of an ex-terrier in stylistics of classical cars of mark, such as R-Type and Continental Flying Spur S1 50th years of the last century, is constructed on absolutely new platform and equipped by the eight-cylinder petrol engine. Detailed characteristics of this motor in the company have not informed, having noticed, that all details about technical stuffing Mulsanne will be published in September after a car debut on automobile show in Frankfurt.

Luxury sedan Bentley

According to some information, under a car cowl there will be a modernised version 6,75-litre V8, completed almost all models Bentley. It is expected, that for Mulsanne the unit will be forced to 550 h.p. Besides, the car will receive system of a full drive and an eight-step automatic transmission of company ZF.

In sale in the European market the novelty will arrive in the middle of next year. As it was informed earlier, cost of sedan Bentley Mulsanne in the Great Britain will make about 200 thousand pounds sterling.

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Saturday, July 18, 2009

Citroen will alter model C6 in a hybrid

Citroen C6

Company management Citroen has approved working out of ecologically pure and economic conceptual car constructed on the basis of flagman sedan C6.

On it informs British edition Autocar referring to not named sources familiar with a situation.

The novelty will receive hybrid a diesel engine-electric a power-plant similar on a design with the unit, used in conceptual crossover Peugeot 3008 Hybrid. The structure of an "original" power-plant will include 163-strong diesel "four" in volume of two litres which will rotate wheels of a forward axis, and the electromotor power of 37 h.p. which are responsible for work of back wheels.

Also the sedan will receive six-step robotised "mechanics", system "start-stop" and new aerodynamic elements of a body: completely the flat bottom, the back wheels half closed by special guards and tyres with the lowered resistance of loading. It is expected, that the factor of aerodynamic resistance at such car will make 0,24, and level of emissions of carbonic gas — about 100 grammes on kilometre.

Whether ecologically pure version Citroen C6 will be produced in lots it is not known yet.

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