According to a senior engineering resource, Mercedes Benz is reportedly working on 9 Speed Automatic transmission that will leap frog the ZF 8-speed units being used by Audi and BMW.
Christened the 9G-Tronic, the better spread nine ratios are said to deliver huge improvements in fuel economy and lowered CO2 emissions. The source also mentioned that [...]

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It always been a case of so near yet so far with the Gran Turismo 5, the uber driving simulator from Sony Polyphony Digital exclusive for the Playstation 3.
After numerous delays and release dates (the last one was march 2010 in Japan) Sony/Polyphony duo have announced that the game will debut on November 2 and [...]

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Mercedes Benz have officially released the details of its new family of V8 and V6 engines which will debut in the S-Class and the CL-Coupes this fall. The new engines features state-of-the-art powertrain technologies refined by Mercedes over a period of time which include multi-Spark ignition, optimized water pump and demand controlled oil pump, optimized [...]

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Mercedes Benz has launched the C-Class with a slew of new engines with the BlueEFFICIENCY monikor which includes a couple of CGI direct injection petrols and CDI direct injection diesels.
The entry level C-Class, C 180 CGI BlueEFFICIENCY, now comes with a 1.8 litre direct injection petrol which does a healthy 154 bhp and 250 nm [...]

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Bentley has debuted its most expensive and equisite flagship sedan Mulsanne in the Indian market today.

The car was unveiled by Sir Richard Stag, Britain’s high commissioner to India and Chris Buxtonm, Bentley’s regional director in a ceremony held at British High Commissioner’s residence in New Delhi today.
Mulsanne is the first Bentley to be designed from grounds up [...]

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AMG… (A)l(M)ighty(G)od, the performance tuning division of Mercedes Benz have debutted their all new 5.5 litre Bi-Turbo V8 madness which will replace the already insane 6.2 litre naturally aspirated V8.
The new engine will debut under the hood of 2011 Mercedes Benz S63 AMG (yes its still called the S63 AMG, for Mercedes like the tone [...]

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Bentley has released the detailed specification of its flagship luxury saloon  The Mulsanne.
The first new Bentley to be designed from grounds up in long time, the Mulsanne takes its inspiration from the 8.0 Litre Bentley of 1930-31 which in its time was the largest and most luxurious automobile in the world and takes its name [...]

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Whats common to the new Audi A1, BMW 1-Series, Volkswagen Golf  and Ford Focus? They are all high volume C-segment cars which are central to any automaker’s success in markets like Europe. With new emerging markets like India, China and Brazil, the C-segment and their derivatives are going to be the biggest volume spinner for [...]

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Another example of the miniscule technology at work which defies the adage “Bigger is better”. Fiat powertrain technologies will unveil their next generation small displacement engine at the 2010 Geneva Motor show.
The cut out of the 85 bhp engine christened Twin-Air will be on display at the Fiat stand and also under the hood of [...]

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It was only a matter of time before Tata Motors offered ABS and Airbags in the hot selling Indica Vista and after dragging their feet on it for sometime, they finally have.
The company has launched two new high end variants of the Indica Vista called the Aura ABS and Aura+. The Indica Vista Aura ABS, [...]

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