If you’re thinking the FXE looks a little familiar, that’s because it’s actually an update of Aria’s Fast Eddy concept unveiled in 2016. The Fast Eddy was envisioned as a mid-engine Corvette and unveiled to celebrate the work of late General Motors designer Ed Taylor, the father of Aria co-founder Charles Taylor.
The FXE maintains the lines of the Fast Eddy, though there are subtle differences like the new rear wing and more aggressive front fascia. The FXE also ditches the Corvette-style flags logo found on the Fast Eddy.
Both the central tub and body of the FXE are made from carbon fiber, helping to maintain a curb weight of 3450 pounds. That might seem heavy for a carbon fiber exotic, but it’s partially due to the car featuring a hybrid system with a 10-kilowatt-hour lithium-ion battery.
The powertrain consists of a 6.2-liter V-8 and 7-speed dual-clutch transmission combo powering the rear axle and a pair of electric motors powering the front axle, thus making the FXE an all-wheel-drive car. The combined output is 1150 horsepower and 1,316 pound-feet of torque, which is enough for 0-60 mph acceleration in 3.1 seconds and a top speed of 220 mph.
Should demand be sufficient, Aria says a small run of FXEs could be built. We’re talking around 400 cars. The company estimates it will take at least another year before the first prototypes could hit the road.
For 2014, Chevrolet manufacturer has tweaked the bread-and-butter 2.5-liter four, adding variable valve timing to the intake side and incorporating stop-start technology. These changes improve fuel economy slightly to 23/35 mpg city/highway. Those numbers still trail class leaders like the Mazda 6, which gets 38 mpg on the highway.
The company also put the underwhelming Malibu Eco in an awkward position. The mild hybrid receives no powertrain changes and promises a meager 2-mpg advantage in the city and highway compared to the cheaper, more powerful 2.5-liter model. At the other end of the spectrum, the 2.0-liter turbo is now the same hi-output version that’s found under the hood of the Buick Regal GS. That amounts to a 35 lb-ft increase in torque, good for an impressive 295 lb-ft overall.
The turbo Malibu spools out 259 horsepower, and torque is up to 295 pound-feet this year, which may push its 0-60 mph time close to an even six seconds. The Malibu goes down a curvy road well, with a ride that's tauter than in the past, but better damped than in 2013. Electric power steering does well in giving it a precise feel here.
Nissan
Friend-Me concept car is designed as a "four-passenger sedan aimed for a selected
generation with a
car", what is means from its name inspired by social
networks: Friend-ME. The concept car provide turning center of the Chinese
technologically loaded small cars aimed at a new generation of car users . The
manufacturer says a friend, I have a global appeal, but is designed
specifically based on the preferences of what it calls the largest number of
cars in the world: Blínghòu, about 240 million Chinese born in the 1980s,
during the one-child policy in China as reported by blog.autoshopper.
"Men
are Blínghòu a large cohort in the largest market in the world, and is now
reaching its peak," said Francois Bancon, general manager of product
strategy and advanced planning of Nissan. "Obviously, their tastes will
determine the trend of automobile from around the world in the coming decades.
Thus, we believe that it is important to listen and respond respectfully,
putting dreams within reach. So my friends this is the first proposal for a
permanent dialogue. "
When it comes to exterior design friends-ME, Nissan was looking for a sort of yin-yang balance. "We call our solution is distilled yes ke," said Taiji Toyota, Nissan vice president of design China. "Da going to radiate an aura, trying to decide, but at the same time, go with the flow, setting in. It's a question of balance, and we are working to perfect his right to the point. Results adds a new dimension and youth sedan category."
On the one hand, one-ME is a muscle and injected with various strange flowing lines. On the other hand, is a small four-door mixing comfortably on roads and in parking lots. We love the floating roof greenhouses and panoramic.Not surprisingly, Nissan do not think one-ME as a hybrid that uses a hybrid propulsion system PureDrive 2,0-liter engine.
As
Nissan Bancon and see it, life without brothers brought the cohort to estimate
the time with their peers, even more than other groups. Interior promotes
social interaction between the road Trippin '"peers" to give each of
the four posts access to the same information. Usually reserved for the driver
information such as speed, fuel remaining, and navigation appears on the back
of the screen for all to see Central and Eastern Front. This can be a useful,
if the rear passengers to see that the fuel level is about E, for example, and
painful, for example, when three rear seat of the driver say the driver brakes.
The same screens downtown should allow content sharing between Internet
allegedly caused by tenants.
This technology performance is aimed for company public relation purposes
As Aston Martin will be the international motor sport events in the "Green Machine", the first car to complete a lap of hydrogen energy, and hope that it is prepared to be released.
Anniversary of the automobile industry in the United Kingdom, and will the Nurburgring 24-hour endurance race on the Rapid S hydrogen hybrid match Germany for the first time this year as reported by dailymail.
But this car is one of the most demanding racing circuits in the world, and is determined to prove that the likelihood of any future green.
Aston Martin's global survey to prove CO2 ALSET the hope has been working with the hydrogen.
The essence of water, leaving only the hydrogen mixed with oxygen in the air.
Drive car has a six-liter V12, the hybrid is that you can run on pure hydrogen, pure gasoline or a combination.
Rapid and S, but it can not be achieved in 4.7 seconds and reaches a top speed of 190mph and 0-60mph and accelerates for hydrogen alone as much as possible, and the German performance test.
However, the excess weight of the hydrogen tube and heading to the car and the two drivers in the next level of performance that can be performed using hydrogen.
Again by the power of a mixture of hydrogen / gasoline, and you do not know whether the car to solve one or more turns.
However, is that companies, regardless of the location of the end of the path, and happy and be proud of their efforts - to complete a full cycle with as much success.
Hybrid cars, but if you can achieve the competitive performance of the hybrid car with members of a positive public relations, and they can be winners.
