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Monday, December 20, 2010

F-150 Truck SuperCrew FX4



Ford has been pumping out trucks for about 60 years now and they aren't slowing down. The Ford F-150 has several trim packages available on their F-series trucks and this article is going to run those down for you. You know those letters that accompany the name of the vehicle. They tell you a lot about what's inside and under the hood.

The base F-150 has the trim designation XL. This is also known as the work truck. You can add options to it, if you custom order one, but it comes standard with a 248-horse power, 4.6-liter 2v V-8 engine, four-speed automatic transmission. Black bumpers, mirrors, and door handles. No fog lamps and a dark interior environment with gray seats. Hose-out rubber floor mats and 17-inch steel or alloy wheels.

The affordable sporty F-150 is called the STX it comes standard with a 248-horse power, 4.6-liter 2v V-8 engine, four-speed automatic transmission. Body color bumpers, grille surround, fog lamps, dark interior with grey seats, 17-inch alloy wheels are standard, and 18's are optional.

Ford's most popular (best selling) F-150 is the XLT which has more options standard like: 248-horse, 4.6-liter 2v V-8 engine with a four-speed automatic transmission. Chrome grille, bumpers. The standard interior options are: black with gray (cool) or chocolate brown with tan (warm) interiors with silver paint on dash, dark finish on center stack, upgraded instrument cluster and 17, 18, or 20-inch wheels. The cab sizes for this model affect the engine size as follows: SuperCab and SuperCrew feature a 4.6-liter 3v V-8, six-speed automatic.

Monday, December 13, 2010

Lamborghini Concept S Wallpape


Car lovers all over the world want to keep in touch with all the developments happening in the auto world. They also want to download car wallpapers to decorate their computer desktops.

Computer users want to use wallpapers to make their computer desktops look better. As of now, there are thousands of websites that offer wallpaper download options to users. These wallpapers are available on all kinds of subjects like sports, nature, cars, cinema, celebrities, etc.

The Internet has enabled lots of people to do a whole lot of work online easily. They do work, listen to music, watch movies, read news, and play online games on their computer systems. The Internet has become a very important part of the modern life. Due to the growth of the Internet, people have started to explore content like images and videos in a new way. There are several video sharing sites that offer the facility to upload a home made video online and then share with the whole world. Portals like YouTube have enabled millions of Internet users worldwide to share their home videos with audiences spread all over the world.

Even images are consumed heavily online. They are more popular than the written text as people naturally feel attracted to an image compared to text. There are several photo sharing websites like Flickr that let the users share their pictures with online users all over the wold. You can upload any picture taken with camera or even mobile camera and let the whole world have fun with it.

Saturday, December 11, 2010

Thursday, December 9, 2010

2011 Nissan GT-R European Version

2010 Nissan GT-R European Version



The updates for Nissan GT-R European version include changing front spring and damper rates to improve the comfort for occupants. Besides that the responsiveness is better and the handling is more accurate. At the rear, the stiffness of the suspension radius rod bushings has been increased, so the car feels much more stable in the corners.

Other feature of the European version is the logic controlling torque distribution between the front and rear axles.

Nissan also updated the software of the gearbox. They changed the logic in the gearbox to give a later downshift from 6th to 5th when being driven in automatic mode and also added more aggressive downshift pattern when changing down from 4th to 3rd, and from 3rd to 2nd gear.

Additional cooling to the exhaust and gearbox is provided by two additional NACA cooling ducts, which have been added to the carbon fibre underfloor diffuser. Other feature in the cooling system is a new larger diameter pipe connecting the oil cooler to reduce gearbox temperatures.

The brakes has been revised, too. The balance of the electonic brakeforce distribution bias has been moved slightly rearwards to improve the braking stability in dry conditions.

To ensure that Nissan GT-R is Euro 5 compliant, the CO2 emissions are dropped to 295g/km.

The slight exterior and interior changes include a double coat of clear paint for front and rear bumpers, the speedometer and rev counter now has sport gun metallic finish surrounds and uprated insulation for the rear seats.

Upgraded Navigation & Audio

Nissan GT-R received new better Navigation and Audio system, which includes a Hard Disk Drive with 40GB of memory space for road maps and music tracks. The system also gets extended mapping which now includes Turkey, Eastern Europe and Russia. The resolution of the new 7 inch screen is up to four times better than the previous generation system. The software includes Real time traffic information is supplied via RDS-TMC and access to Point Of Interest (POI) information supplied by Michelin with useful information on restaurants, services, museums and other tourist attractions in 20 major European cities.

The software also includes on-screen instructions displayed in English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch or Russian. It also have voice recognition supported in English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese and Dutch.

The navigation system continue to use touch-screen interface, which is proved to be easy and safe. It also have a Bluetooth phone connectivity for additional safety while you are driving. The system also allows iPod/USB connection with full control via the screen and/or steering wheel switches.

Nissan GT-R has been introduced two years ago and it has over 50 awards since then. A total of over 1600 GT-Rs were delivered to customers since the start of European sales earlier this year. Some of the award of GT-R are:

Top Gear Supercar of the Year (UK)
What Car? Performance Car of the Year (UK)
Motor Trend Car of the Year (US)
Automobile magazine Automobile of the Year (South Africa)
International Car of the Year (US)
Consumers’ Choice Award: Car of the Year 2007-2008 (Japan)
King of Cars: Nippon Sport Newspaper (Japan)

For many fans and customers Nissan GT-R is the ultimate sports car, which combines cutting-edge technology and unique driving experience.

2010 Nissan GT-R European Version






2010 Nissan GT-R European Version