This year the market will be a new generation of the family van Alhambra, which spread Seat of official information and photos. The car shares a common platform with the new Volkswagen Sharan, whose debut took place in March in Geneva. New Seat Alhambra is much more spacious than its predecessor, the length is increased by as much as 22 cm. To 4.85 m and height – to 9 cm, but the increased dimensions of the car has become lighter. The model is available in versions with five, six and seven seats, the first volume of the cargo compartment is 885l. But if the second row seats folded it rose to 2 297l. The new Alhambra will be available in performances and Reference Style, a range of gasoline engines includes 2.0 TSI (200 h.p.) and the latest generation of 1.4 TSI (150 h.p.) and three diesel, with a capacity of 140 to 170 h.p. Absolutely all units have a start / stop system. In the car’s standard equipment includes ABS, ESP, braking support system on a slope, the number eight airbags, a system for monitoring tire pressure, etc.. And the list of optional extras feature adaptive headlamps, rear-view camera, Parktronic and automatically opening and closing the sliding rear doors.

Ford revealed its conceptual model Start, which aims to present new 1.0-liter three-cylinder engine family EcoBoost. Currently not known many details about the unit, but Ford said that its performance is as much a standard four-cylinder capacity of 1.6 liters, while CO2 emissions are emitted into 100gr/km. According to unconfirmed information, this engine will be available in two versions, whose capacities are 89 and 108 h.p. Start the concept is merely demonstrative, and is not intended to enter into mass production, and the other purposes than the presentation of the new unit is for her to gather feedback and opinions of specialists during the motor show in Beijing, where they will be exposed. Ford Start chassis is all aluminum and the body is made of recycled composite materials. The car actually has little to no luggage compartment, but on behalf of that visibility for the driver and passengers is excellent in all directions.

Beijing Auto Show hosts the world premiere of renewed Maybach, which received minor cosmetic changes designed to increase interest in it, as it decreased significantly in the last two years. This statement is not chosen at random because it is to China by Daimler harbored hopes of increasing demand for super-luxury limousine. From the German corporation does not mention anything about rumors recently occurred selling brand of Chinese company BYD. Maybach has been upgraded in a massive grille, modified headlamps and new front bumper, which are integrated LED daytime running lights. New wheels are also the model for the interior and offers a wide range of extras. In terms of engine modifications 57 and 62 do not have occurred any change, and he remains a power 550 h.p., only those with initial “S” in their names have received additional 18 h.p., which increased their power to 630 h.p. However, all units have become more economical, as their fuel costs have decreased by about 5-7%.

In October, Volkswagen will launch a renewed luxury sedan Phaeton, pictures of which were distributed today by the company, a few hours before the model can be presented to journalists in Beijing. The front of the car has undergone quite cosmetic changes designed to give it the vision of the brand new models. Luxury Limo received major modifications and the rear part, it will be available in two versions, with a body length of 5.06 and 5.18 meters. Phaeton was upgraded obtained an advanced multiple systems, including navigation with integrated Google Maps, face recognition technology for road signs and lights adaptive Dynamic Light Assist. The interior rear row of seats can be two or three places, according to the client. As mentioned above, sales of Volkswagen Phaeton upgrades will start in October, with its base price will start from 52,000 euros and available units will be three petrol and one diesel, with capacities from 240 to 450 h.p.

The British company MG, which already owned manufacturer of motor vehicles on Chinese Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation (SAIC), used the exhibition to Beijing to present their conceptual model mini MG Zero. The car is 4 m long and is in high tech style was developed by British design team of MG in Birmingham, and the project is personally managed by its director Anthony Williams. The model will not remain just a concept, it will be developed and production version, expected to hit Chinese market next year and in Europe – in 2012. Plans are that of MG is a global car, so probably it will be available in other markets. Speculate that the production model of MG Zero will be called the MG3, it will be available with some small amount of the internal combustion engine and will probably get a sports version, relying on four-turbocharged engine.

This generation of the Mercedes CLS will soon descend from the stage to give place to his deputy. Expectations of all our cars were to see the exhibition in Beijing, opening its doors this week, but apparently the Germans have decided to postpone its world premiere. In China, the German company will present the design Shooting Break, on which will be set up production version of the new CLS. It is not clear whether the car will be in the form of this concept, which resembles a wagon model, or will be processed in the rear part. The design of the Shooting Break Concept is the new style Mercedes, we saw for the first time in Geneva with F800 Style. Dimensions of the car is 4960 mm length 1950 mm width and 1444 mm height. The engine concept is a 3.5-liter V6, a power 306 h.p. and a maximum torque of 370Nm. CLS series is expected to be presented with this unit and with one petrol 4.6 V8 (435 h.p.) and two turbodiesel with a 204 and capacity 231 h.p.

As in 2010 marks 100 years since the establishment of Alfa Romeo, the Italian company can not be honored by its major partners. Once we met with commemorative versions of three design studios, and now came the turn of the manufacturer of bodies Zagato, which showed the first photo of conceptual Alfa Romeo TZ3 Corsa. The car will debut this weekend at Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este, as it not only celebrates the anniversary of Alfa Romeo, but the 90th anniversary of cooperation between the two companies. Alfa Romeo TZ3 Corsa used 4.7-liter engine and many other components of the 8C Competizione. The car body does it all-aluminum and the chassis is made of carbon fiber and fiberglass. Interesting is that the TZ3 Corsa has produced only one copy, and who will e the owner will know in the next few days, will be exported when more data and pictures of models.

The Croatian company Dok-Ing presented the prototype of urban electric XD even the exhibition in Geneva, but a few days ago demonstrated its capabilities and showed its features. Dok-Ing XD is a three-seated, and access to its interior is through two vertical opening doors. Dimensions of the car is 2800 mm length 1700 mm width and 1600 mm height. Town Car is powered entirely by electricity, the engine and generates power 106 h.p. allows minicar to accelerate from 0 to 100 km/h for 7.7 sec and develop up to 130 km/h. Autonomy does vary from 200 to 250 km. Unit of energy supplied by a set of lithium-ion batteries available in the floor to be fully charged within 6-8 hours in a standard household outlet, but it can happen more quickly in specialized plants. We Dok-Ing investor looking for your project, as the Croats say they are ready to start series production this year, but they need 100 million. The expected price of the XD is about 25,000 to 30,000 euro, to it have already expressed interest over 10 000 customers and 50 of them even made requests.

Several months after the market was renewed introduced Porsche 911 Turbo, tuning companies began to provide sports programs for their model, as another of them Sportec. German specialists in tuning the car brand Porsche has developed a package SP580, which power 3.8-liter engine increases from standard 500 580k.s. but peak torque remains unchanged – 650 Nm. Available in the range 1950-5 000 rev/min. As a result of improvements made in the assembly, tuning Porsche 911 Turbo accelerates from 0 to 100 km/h for only 3.2 sec and from 0 to 200 km/h for amazingly 10.3 sec. We can add also that the maximum speed is 323 km/h developing. For comparison, the serial model these rates are 3.4 sek, 11.3sek. and 312 km / h. For maximum stability of the car at high speeds by Sportec has developed aerodynamic package including front spoiler missing, side skirts and rear wing. The appearance of the vehicle tuning is completed by 20-inch wheels.

The number of orders for the new Porsche Cayenne, which debuted at the exhibition held in Geneva in March, surpasses all expectations. The information was disclosed by the publication BusinessWeek, which quoted the executive director of Porsche, Michael Macht. Germany’s has used the words “incredibly high level of demand and number of orders has surpassed all our projections, but did not disclose the exact number of requests. The new Porsche Cayenne is slightly larger than its predecessor, but its weight is reduced by as much as 200 kg. Which is achieved through the use of lightweight materials. The model uses a common platform with the new Volkswagen Touareg, which also was presented in Geneva. The luxury of Porsche sports SUV has three petrol, diesel and even hybrid modification, as its price in Europe starting from € 46,400 in base model with 3.6-liter gasoline engine.