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.
A crushing defeat of Japan in 1945 radically changed the geopolitical situation in the far East, however, does not make this part of the globe calm. A series of bloody wars in China, Indochina and Korea led to the split of Nations and the emergence of new tensions. All this occurred against the background of confrontation between the two superpowers — the USSR and the USA trying to engage the warring regimes in its orbit. So in the camp of the allies of Washington and its former enemy Japan, and longtime enemies of the past — South Korea and Taiwan.
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.
“…In the snow two wide pits. In the middle of their wooden houses to install guns the muzzles up. Log cabins are easy to rotate and allow you to hit a flying airplane” — says in “Notes from the war,” the writer Valentin Kataev.
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…
It is well known that warships is not only a means of waging war at sea. And in peacetime the Navy has to solve a wide range of tasks — carry out protection of territorial waters to combat violators of the state border, to carry out diplomatic missions, to “show the flag” and demonstrate the power of his country in “hot spots” of the planet.
In 1921 pyatnadcatiletnij student Alexander Yakovlev read a book on the history of technology. In one of the chapters talked about the emergence of aviation, there was a model description of the airframe and was given his scheme. And here’s the apartment… turned into a workshop. Smells like glue, the floor littered with shavings and scraps of paper. No games, walks, entertainment. More than a month was built by Alexander of thin pine planks, obtiva them with paper and fastening with nails and glue glider model.
The cold war, which lasted for several decades, was one of the most devastating in the history of mankind. Huge forces and means were involved in research and development of high-tech weapons, which was to deprive the enemy of the chance to win.
It is natural that interest to the transport plane, superior in its basic parameters of Li-2, has long mastered the air force showed the military. March 11, 1947 issued a decree of the Council of Ministers of the USSR, OKB-240 was instructed to build on the basis of passenger Il-12 and transfer in July 1947, the state tests a troop transport plane with the specified characteristics (see table).
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.
