The Mercedes-Benz CLS Shooting Brake,a stylised wagon version of the company's four-door'coupe',has gone on sale in Australia. Two models are offered initially,comprising a$129,000 CLS250 CDI four-cylinder diesel and a$173,000 CLS350 V6 ...
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German automobile manufacturer Mercedes-Benz has launched its 2012 C-class and E-class sport edition sedans in India. The two new cars are powered by 220CDI four-cylinder diesel engine mated to 7G TRONIC automatic transmission to deliver ...
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German automotive manufacturer Daimler has introduced its first sport utility vehicle (SUV), M-Class 250 CDI, built in its Chakan plant in Maharashtra, India. The Mercedes M-Class 250 CDI comes equipped with CDI 4MATIC engine mated to ...
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Protean Electric,a producer of in-wheel electric drive systems,has secured$84m in new funding for its in-wheel electric drive from GSR Ventures,New Times group,Oak Investment Partners and the city of Liyang,Jiangsu Province,China. The ...
ZF Friedrichshafen, a developer of driveline and chassis technologies, has started construction of a new passenger car axles plant in Beijing, China, in order to expand its presence in the region. The company is investing about EUR15m in ...
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German luxury carmaker Mercedes-Benz has unveiled its E-class diesel E300 hybrid. The new hybrid will be powered by 2.2-litre four-cylinder diesel engine generating 204hp and a torque of 500nm, while the 15 kW electric motor will develop ...
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You may not have heard, but BMW now offers its luxurious 5 Series sedan as hybrid. We recently spent a few days with a BMW ActiveHybrid 5 to see if it lives up to the promise and share our first impressions. The car was borrowed from ...
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Gas Turbine A gas turbine is a machine that mixes fuel with air, combusts the mixture, then extracts energy from it. Gas turbine alternators are used in a wide variety of applications, most commonly to provide power to large vehicles such ...
A gas turbine is a machine that mixes fuel with air, combusts the mixture, then extracts energy from it. Gas turbine alternators are used in a wide variety of applications, most commonly to provide power to large vehicles such as ...
LED headlights will trickle down from premium cars this year, at least as an option. "Now there are a few premium cars: Lexus, Prius, Cadillac, Audi A8 and R8," Steffen Pietzonka, v-p of marketing at German car parts giant Hella, told ...
Tags: LED headlights, premium car, OLED lighting, LED headlamp