car brand : Future Bentley EV’s Styling

Bentley is awash in activity of late. The nearly 100-year-old English brand is busy launching the Bentley Bentayga V8 and the Continental GT—its two most important, certainly best-selling—models, and has just revealed the Bentley Bentayga Hybrid at the Geneva auto show. While that will represent Crewe’s first foray into the electrified vehicle world, we’ve also known for some time that a full EV is in the works. Now it appears that EV could be here fairly soon. Bentley will celebrate its centenary next year, and we’re told the EV is expected to follow shortly after. Which means possibly in 2020, perhaps as a 2021 model. When it arrives it will be sporting an all-new architecture underneath, possibly a version of Porsche’s Mission E platform, called J1, internally.

Sielaff says this opens up new design possibilities.Bentley’s chief designer also says that while the freedom of a new electrical architecture allows you to create new proportions and designs, it has to be tempered with some caution. “It frees you up on the one hand, but it also makes you very careful, because you can’t do damage to the brand, it has to be a Bentley in the end.” Bentley’s design director also believes the interior space will become increasingly important. Traditionally, you “fall in love with the exterior, and then you go into a long-lasting partnership and marriage with the interior. It could change. It could be a paradigm change where we consider the interior more than today. A lot of luxury battleground is on the interior.”

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car brand : 2019 Nissan Altima fights SUVs with AWD

The 2019 Altima’s standard engine is a 2.5-liter four-cylinder that produces 188 horsepower and 180 pound-feet of torque. A 2.0-liter turbocharged four-cylinder using the variable compression-ratio technology first seen on Nissan luxury brand Infiniti’s QX50 SUV is also available with front-wheel drive only. This engine, badged VC-Turbo, can change its compression ratio on the fly, switching from a performance-oriented 8:1, to a more fuel efficient 14:1. It also produces 248 hp and 273 lb-ft of torque. Both engines are mated to Nissan’s Xtronic continuously variable transmission. The interior design is a bit more subdued than the exterior, but the Altima offers a decent number of notable features. The “NASA-inspired” Zero Gravity seats return to give your back a break on long trips, and the Altima now boasts four USB ports, including two Type-C ports.

The standard infotainment system includes an 8.0-inch touchscreen and Apple CarPlay/Android Auto compatibility, and owners can add an Amazon Alexa Skill through the NissanConnect Services app. The 2019 Altima is also the latest model to get Nissan’s ProPilot Assist driver-assist system, which adds limited steering assist to adaptive cruise control for highway driving. New safety tech debuting on the Altima includes Rear Automatic Braking, which automatically applies the brakes to prevent collisions while backing up, and Traffic Sign Recognition. The Altima is also available with autonomous front emergency braking, rear cross traffic alert, lane-departure warning, blind-spot monitoring, and high beam assist.

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car brand : GR Concept’s composite fenders is the next Toyota Supra

The Toyota GR (Gazoo Racing) Supra Concept shown at Geneva is a stripped down racing model that will make it digital debut in Gran Turismo Sport next month and may someday compete in motorsports series. Gazoo Racing, for those unfamiliar, is Toyota’s motorsport division responsible with the Japanese automaker’s recent exploits in Le Mans and World Rally Championship (WRC).Here’s what we know of the Supra Concept: it is 180 inches long, 80.6 inches wide, 48.4 inches tall and has a wheelbase of 97.2 inches.

The rear-drive racer uses composite materials for the bumpers, hood, front splitter, rear diffuser, side skirts, door mirrors and the rear wing. BBS wheels are wrapped in Michelin tires and house Brembo brakes. Inside, a roll cage, single racing bucket seat, and quick-release steering wheel are the only “conveniences.” What we don’t know is what will power the production car, how much it will weigh, how much it will cost, and (frustratingly) when we’ll see it. The road-going model will be built in conjunction with BMW’s next generation Z4 sports car, so any news about that car is news about the Supra.

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car brand : 2019 GMC Sierra

The GMC Sierra has always driven in the shadow of the mechanically identical Chevrolet Silverado. But with both trucks due for a redesign for the 2019 model year, GMC is doing more than ever to distinguish the Sierra from its bow-tie-wearing sibling. The 2019 GMC Sierra boasts many of the new features introduced on the 2019 Silverado, which debuted in January at the Detroit Auto Show. But the GMC also gets a few notable tech features of its own, as well as a “CarbonPro” carbon-fiber pickup box. Carbon fiber is often used in performance cars, but GMC is the first to use the lightweight material in a production pickup truck.

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car brand : sexy Volvo coupe 600-hp Polestar 1

The curvaceous carbon fiber skin hides Volvo’s modular SPA platform, which also underpins the V90 Cross Country and the XC60. Using off-the-shelf components helps keep development costs in check; developing a coupe from scratch is immensely expensive, and it’s difficult to justify because the segment isn’t exactly booming right now. We speculate the gasoline engine also comes from the Volvo parts bin. It’s the same formula rivals like Mercedes-AMG and Audi Sport have used successfully for decades.

This time around, the coupe isn’t merely a concept car or a wild design study built to turn heads on the auto show circuit. The Polestar 1 is scheduled to enter production in 2019 in a brand-new facility currently under construction in Chengdu, China. Interested buyers can sign up to receive more information starting on October 17, and pricing information will be released in the coming months. The Polestar 1 will be sold online and — much like a phone — offered on a two- or three-year subscription basis. Order books open in early 2018.

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car brand : Peugeot L500 R Hybrid Concept

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Car Brand :McLaren 570S Coupe

This McLaren has a twin-turbo 3.8-liter V-8 making 562 horsepower and a 443 lb-ft torque with a carbon fiber tub. Its acceleration is about 2.7 seconds from 0-60 seconds. It has a fuel economy of 16/23 EPA and a top speed of 204 mph. The McLaren 570S Coupe weighs about 3189 pounds making it extremely light for its muscled look. The car has three driving modes, the standard, track, and sport.

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