Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Nissan : 2008 Nissan Sentra

Standard Features
- 12v power outlet: front and 1
- Air conditioning
- Roof antenna
- Audio system with AM/FM and CD player
- Automatic drive indicator on dashboard
- Cargo area light
- Cargo capacity: all seats in place (cu ft): 13.1
- Clock
- Full dashboard and floor console with covered storage box
- Delayed/fade courtesy lights
- Front seats cup holders fixed, rear seats cup holders pop out
- Door ajar warning
- Door pockets/bins for driver seat and passenger seat

- Driver front airbag with multi-stage deployment, passenger front airbag with occupant sensors and multi-stage deployment
- Bucket driver and passenger seat
- Height adjustable 3-point reel front seat belts on driver seat and passenger seat with pre-tensioners
- Front seat center armrest
- Two height adjustable active head restraints on front seats, two head restraints on rear seats
- Internal dimensions: front headroom (inches): 40.6, rear headroom (inches): 37.3, front hip room (inches): 54.1, rear hip room (inches): 53.0, front leg room (inches): 42.4, rear leg room (inches): 34.5, front shoulder room (inches): 56.9, rear shoulder room (inches): 55.1 and interior volume (cu ft): 97.7
- Low tire pressure indicator
- Vehicle speed proportional power steering
- Front power windows with one one-touch, rear power windows
- 3-point reel rear seat belts on driver side, passenger side and center side
- Rear seat center armrest
- Three asymmetrical bench front facing rear seats with zero adjustments
- Rear view mirror

- Remote fuel filler door release
- Mechanical remote trunk/hatch release
- Front and rear side curtain airbag
- Cloth seat upholstery with additional cloth
- Seating: five seats
- Front side airbag
- Four speaker(s)
- Plastic steering wheel with tilt adjustment
- Tachometer
- Passenger vanity mirror
- Ventilation system with micro filter

Monday, April 21, 2008

2008 Hyundai Accent GS Hatchback


2008 Hyundai Accent GS Hatchback Performance & Efficiency Standard Features
- 1,599 cc 1.6 liters in-line 4 front engine with 76.5 mm bore, 87.0 mm stroke, 10.0 compression ratio, double overhead cam, variable valve timing/camshaft and four valves per cylinder G4ED
- Unleaded fuel 87
- Multi-point injection fuel system
- 11.9 gallon main unleaded fuel tank 9.9
- Power: 82 kW , 110 HP SAE @ 6,000 rpm; 106 ft lb , 144 Nm @ 4,500 rpm


2008 Hyundai Accent GS Hatchback Handling, Ride & Braking Standard Features
- Two disc brakes including two ventilated discs
- Spacesaver steel rim internal spare wheel
- Strut front suspension independent with stabilizer bar and coil springs, torsion beam rear suspension semi-independent with coil springs


2008 Hyundai Accent GS Hatchback Exterior & Aerodynamics Standard Features
- Body color front and rear bumpers
- Driver and passenger internally adjustable black door mirrors
- External dimensions: overall length (inches): 159.3, overall width (inches): 66.7, overall height (inches): 57.9, wheelbase (inches): 98.4, front track (inches): 57.9, rear track (inches): 57.5 and curb to curb turning circle (feet): 33.1
- Complex surface lens halogen bulb headlights
- Black paint
- Fixed rear window with defogger
- Roof spoiler
- Weights: curb weight (lbs) 2,504
- Windshield wipers with variable intermittent wipe

Thursday, April 17, 2008

2008 Land Rover Range Rover


2008 Land Rover Range Rover Performance & Efficiency Standard Features
- 4,398 cc 4.4 liters V 8 front engine with 88.0 mm bore, 90.3 mm stroke, 10.5 compression ratio, double overhead cam, variable valve timing/camshaft and four valves per cylinder AJV8
- Premium unleaded fuel 91
- Multi-point injection fuel system
- 27.6 gallon main premium unleaded fuel tank 23.0
- Power: 227 kW , 305 HP SAE @ 5,750 rpm; 325 ft lb , 441 Nm @ 4,000 rpm

2008 Land Rover Range Rover Handling, Ride & Braking Standard Features
- Four-wheel ABS
- 3.730:1 axle ratio
- Brake assist system
- Cornering brake control
- Four disc brakes including four ventilated discs
- Electronic brake distribution
- Electronic traction control via ABS & engine management
- Immobilizer
- Center limited slip differential
- Driver selectable responsive suspension
- Fullsize alloy rim internal spare wheel
- Stability control
- Strut front suspension independent with stabilizer bar and air springs, wishbone rear suspension independent with stabilizer bar and air springs
- Interactive front and rear suspension levelling



2008 Land Rover Range Rover Exterior & Aerodynamics Standard Features
- Body color front and rear bumpers
- Day time running lights
- Driver power heated black door mirrors, passenger power heated black door mirrors with automatic
- External dimensions: overall length (inches): 195.7, overall width (inches): 77.0, overall height (inches): 75.0, ground clearance (inches): 10.8, wheelbase (inches): 113.3, front track (inches): 64.1, rear track (inches): 64.0 and curb to curb turning circle (feet): 38.0
- Electric foldable mirrors
- Front fog lights
- Headlight cleaners
- Projector beam lens Bi-Xenon headlights
- Luxury trim alloy & leather on gearknob, wood/woodgrain on doors and wood/woodgrain on dashboard
- Mica paint
- Fixed rear window with defogger and intermittent
- Rear platform step
- Glass electric front sunroof
- Tinted glass on cabin, rear and side
- Trailer towing preparation includes tow hook and removable
- Underbody protection for fuel tank, for transfer case and for engine
- Weights: gross vehicle weight rating (lbs) 6,834, curb weight (lbs) 5,698, gross trailer weight braked (lbs) 7,716 and max payload (lbs) 1,136
- Windshield wipers with automatic intermittent wipe and rain sensor



2008 Land Rover Range Rover Interior Standard Features
- 12v power outlet: cargo, front and 1
- Air conditioning with climate control, rear control for climate control and rear outlet 3
- Diversity antenna
- Peripheral interior monitoring anti-lift anti-theft protection
- Front and rear ashtray
- Harman/kardon RDS audio system with satellite, Disc Autochanger and six-disc remote changer CD player reads MP3
- Automatic drive indicator on dashboard
- Cargo area cover/rear parcel shelf
- Cargo area dimensions: length (inches): 62.1, front width (inches): 44.3, width between arches (inches): 40.9 and height (inches): 39.3
- Cargo area light
- Cargo capacity: rear seat down (cu ft): 74.9
- Front seats and rear seats cigar lighter
- Clock
- Coming home device
- Compass
- Computer with average speed, average fuel consumption and range for remaining fuel
- Full dashboard console, full floor console with covered storage box, partial overhead console with covered storage box
- Delayed/fade courtesy lights
- Cruise control
- Front seats and rear seats cup holders pop out
- Door ajar warning
- Door pockets/bins for driver seat, passenger seat and rear seats
- External temperature
- Driver front airbag with multi-stage deployment, passenger front airbag with occupant sensors and multi-stage deployment
- Bucket heated electrically adjustable driver seat with height adjustment, lumbar adjustment, six adjustments and tilt adjustment, bucket electrically adjustable passenger seat with height adjustment, lumbar adjustment and five adjustments
- Height adjustable 3-point reel front seat belts on driver seat and passenger seat with pre-tensioners
- Front seat center armrest
- Garage door opener
- Two height adjustable active head restraints on front seats, three height adjustable head restraints on rear seats
- Headlight control with time delay switch-off, dusk sensor and auto off with ignition
- Heated washer
- Illuminated entry system
- Internal dimensions: front headroom (inches): 40.2, rear headroom (inches): 38.3, front leg room (inches): 38.9, rear leg room (inches): 35.5, front shoulder room (inches): 61.4 and rear shoulder room (inches): 60.0
- Knee airbags driver
- Low tire pressure indicator
- Memorized adjustment with three settings on door mirror position and steering wheel position with six driver's seat positions
- Navigational systems : information type: full map and voice and touch screen controls DVD, off-road navigation and color
- Parking distance sensors front and radar, parking distance sensors rear and camera
- Remote power locks includes trunk/hatch, includes power windows and speed sensing
- Vehicle speed proportional power steering
- Front and rear power windows with two one-touch
- Front and rear reading lights
- Rear air conditioner
- Rear fog lights
- Rear heater
- Height adjustable 3-point reel rear seat belts on driver side, height adjustable 3-point reel rear seat belts on passenger side, 3-point reel rear seat belts on center side
- Rear seat center armrest
- Three asymmetrical split bench front facing heated rear seats with zero adjustments tip/tumble
- Automatic operation rear view mirror
- Steering wheel mounted remote audio controls
- Remote control remote trunk/hatch release
- Front and rear side curtain airbag
- Front seat back storage
- Leather seat upholstery with additional leather
- Seating: five seats
- Service interval indicator
- Front side airbag
- Fourteen speaker(s) harman/kardon
- Leather covered electrically adjustable multi-function steering wheel with tilt adjustment and telescopic adjustment easy entry
- Tachometer
- Illuminated driver and passenger vanity mirror
- Ventilation system with micro filter, automatic recirculation and active carbon filter
- Voice activating system

Thursday, April 10, 2008

2009 Toyota Matrix XRS Wagon



2009 Toyota Matrix XRS Wagon Performance & Efficiency Standard Features :

- 2,362 cc 2.4 liters in-line 4 front engine with 88.4 mm bore, 96.0 mm stroke, 9.8 compression ratio, double overhead cam, variable valve timing/camshaft and four valves per cylinder 2AZ-FE
- Unleaded fuel 87
- Multi-point injection fuel system
- 13.2 gallon main unleaded fuel tank 11.0
- Power: 118 kW , 158 HP SAE @ 6,000 rpm; 162 ft lb , 220 Nm @ 4,000 rpm

2009 Toyota Matrix XRS Wagon Handling, Ride & Braking Standard Features :



- Four-wheel ABS
- Brake assist system
- Four disc brakes including two ventilated discs
- Electronic brake distribution
- Electronic traction control via ABS & engine management
- Immobilizer
- Spacesaver steel rim internal spare wheel
- Stability control
- Strut front suspension independent with stabilizer bar and coil springs, wishbone rear suspension independent with stabilizer bar and coil springs

2009 Toyota Matrix XRS Wagon Exterior & Aerodynamics Standard Features :



- Body color front and rear bumpers
- Day time running lights
- Driver and passenger power body color door mirrors
- External dimensions: overall length (inches): 173.0, overall width (inches): 69.5, overall height (inches): 61.4, wheelbase (inches): 102.4, front track (inches): 59.8, rear track (inches): 59.9 and curb to curb turning circle (feet): 38.1
- Front fog lights
- Complex surface lens halogen bulb headlights
- Luxury trim leather on gearknob, alloy look on doors and alloy look on dashboard
- Mica paint
- Hinge rear window with defogger and intermittent
- Roof spoiler
- Tinted glass on cabin
- Weights: curb weight (lbs) 3,220
- Windshield wipers with variable intermittent wipe

Wednesday, April 2, 2008

2008 Cadillac CTS


Like God and Congress, Car and Driver sometimes moves in mysterious ways. Which perhaps explains why the initial 2008 Cadillac CTS we tested was powered by the optional 304-hp direct-injection (DI) V-6, after which we moved to the monster 550-horse CTS-V. And now—ta-da!—we revert to the starter-kit CTS, powered by an alloy 263-hp, 3.6-liter V-6 with port fuel injection and variable valve timing. Should we have begun here?

Because this is a tale of two engines, let us turn straight to the numbers. Compared with the DI, the base V-6 propels the CTS to 30 mph in an identical 2.2 seconds. To 60 mph, it’s only 0.4 second behind, and through the quarter-mile it’s but 0.3 second and 3 mph in arrears. Driving the base and DI cars back-to-back, what you’ll notice is the more powerful engine’s half-second edge in 30-to-50-mph passing maneuvers. You’ll also occasionally summon a two-gear kickdown where the stronger engine begs for only one, and the DI’s tail is easier to rotate before the StabiliTrak intervenes.



The base V-6 emits a charming growl right to its 7000-rpm redline. At full whack, it is 2 dBA noisier than the DI. On the other hand, it’s quieter at idle and at a 70-mph cruise. Both engines offer smooth throttle tip-in and excellent idle quality.

Around town, the base V-6 earns a bonus 1 mpg but merely matches the DI’s highway economy. In our hands, a test car delivered an observed 23 mpg.



A “stripper” CTS with only the $1300 Hydra-Matic six-speed automatic, which includes a gloriously efficient manumatic, is $34,790. The DI costs an extra $1000. Because more power is always C/D’s mantra, we’d somehow locate the loot for the bonus 41 ponies. For 90 percent of daily driving, however, these two sedans behave like fraternal twins. GM could really simplify matters by making the DI standard. But the truth is, either of the V-6 CTSs—in terms of engineering, value, and dynamic charm—likely represent the finest effort in Cadillac’s 106-year history.