A new family of cars VAZ-2118 “the guelder-rose” is only the third in 35 years of existence, the Volga automobile plant — after “penny” VAZ-2101 and “chisel” VAZ-2108/2109 — really new, not previously upgraded cars.
The second-stage model of the Volga car was three-door front wheel drive hatchback VAZ-2108 “Sputnik”. The design of the VAZ-2108 was started in may 1977, the launch of a series of fundamentally new for the company and the entire automotive industry VAZ-2108 “Sputnik” (export name — “Samara”) held in late 1984. Three years later, came the five-door version of the hatchback — VAZ-2109, and in the early 1990-ies, four — door sedan VAZ-21099.
When an artist falls in tough conditions restricting the freedom of his work, this sometimes leads to the most advantageous solutions. For several decades, the designers of the Gorky automobile plant under the new modifications of the car “Volga” as immutable bases are forced to use the frame from released in 1968, the old GAZ-24. Sometimes this leads to rather controversial, but in General, these limitations contribute to the kind of positive conservatism, allowing to maintain the style and visibility of cars Gorky brand.
Today, Bentley is part of Volkswagen group. That is why many units of the new two-door BENTLEY CONTINENTAL GT coupe borrowed from the AUDI A8 and VW PHAETON. In particular the machine is equipped with volkswagenwerk motor W12. The length of such an engine is comparable to row “four”, so the designers managed to place it in the base behind the front axle. It brought the CONTINENTAL GT by weight distribution by Central motor performance.
The grandiose construction of a new factory in the city of Stavropol-on-Volga (later — Togliatti) began in 1966, almost immediately after the signing of the agreement between the firm FIAT and the Soviet automotive industry. And at the beginning of September 1970 was released the first batch of new cars.
Sports BMW M5 super-sedan release in 2004. Sports BMW M5 super-sedan release in 2004. Among car owners can always find many of those who have gambling, sports in nature — they prefer cars with ordinary appearance hides a family car racing car. For the first time the beauty of owning such a supercar has been brilliantly described in the novel by Erich Maria Remarque “Three comrades”, whose protagonists are equipped with a racing car the most common, is not a racing body. “Charles — Ghost highway” that could develop a top speed of 200 km/h, was on the German autobahn out of the competition…
This car’s coefficient of drag to 0.32, a compact engine with a power of 250 HP and all wheel drive! In addition, the car comes with a DSG transmission, consisting of two automated manual transmission, each of which has its own clutch. This box (it is called double clutch) allows you to transfer the power flow from the engine to the wheels without interruption during the switching.
At first glance, this car is a standard “bug” — it only seems unusual advertising coloring. However, a closer look, you can find red and blue machines are a lot of differences from the original prototype. Moreover, from this “Bug” replicar was only a platform, the rear lights and rear side Windows. Everything else had to do it again, or to borrow machines from other brands in accordance with the style of the car body of the prototype.
Car business class AUDI A6. Over the last few years readers of “M-K” have not had the opportunity to meet with the modern cars of the AUDI brand in our “auto show” “exhibited” Executive A8, the A4 family, the car-class Golf A3… Continuing the conversation about the production company AUDI, today we introduce lovers of history autostructure with the next novelty of the company’s lineup — the car business class AUDI A6.
The legendary PORSCHE 911 was built in 1964 and is still producing cars with “911” is the Foundation program of the company Porsche.