In case you didn’t know, this is awards season for the entertainment industry – the Golden Globes were handed out last weekend, and the Academy Award nominations will be announced Tuesday – and it appears awards season also extends to the auto industry. Two of Chrysler Group LLC’s latest products have received major recognition from a high-octane publication and its online outlet.

The all-new 2012 Jeep® Grand Cherokee SRT8® and the new 2012 Dodge Charger earned Winding Road’s “Best Car of the Year Awards,” an annual honor that recognizes the best driver’s vehicles in the market.

SRT and Dodge are two brands that stand to make 2012 a banner year for driving enthusiasts,” said Seyth Miersma, Editor-In-Chief – Winding Road. “The 2012 Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8 manages to be one of the most brutally fast and easy-to-live-with super-SUVs we’ve ever tested. Meanwhile, the 2012 Dodge Charger offers more in terms of style, performance, and space than most of the vanilla-flavored competition could dream of. With completely different form factors, price points and audiences, the commonality between these two Best Cars is the way in which they can make their drivers grin.

Winner of “Best Utility Award,” the all-new 2012 Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8® offers a unique blend of head-turning SRT performance with legendary Jeep capability and utility, luxury and refinement, and innovative advanced technologies. It’s the most powerful Jeep vehicle ever with all-new 6.4-liter HEMI® V-8 that delivers 470 horsepower and 465 lb.-ft. of torque. A new active valve exhaust system allows standard Fuel Saver Technology to engage over a wider rpm range for a 13-percent improvement in highway fuel efficiency and a 450-mile range.

Earning the “Best Everyman Sedan Award,” the 2012 Dodge Charger delivers world-class levels of quietness and handling performance, state-of-the-art technologies and premium materials once limited to elite European sport sedans.

Source: http://blog.chryslergroupllc.com/blog.do?id=1676&p=entry

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Russia, Moscow - Jaguar and Land Rover celebrated the victory in several categories the award “Best Car 2012″ by the magazine Auto Motor und Sport. Jaguar XF has won the category “Best Foreign midsize car,” the fourth consecutive year, while Land Rover has taken the first five places in the category of “Foreign SUVs.

” Every year, readers of the most popular German car magazine Auto Motor und Sport choose the best car in ten categories. This year, readers from other countries could also cast their votes for more than 300 models. As a result, the turnout of more than 116,000 readers 19 magazines from 16 countries.

New Range Rover Evoque was on top in the category of “Foreign SUVs,” received 20.7% of all votes in this class. The reason for this success Range Rover Evoque have exceptional design and outstanding off-road performance. next four places in the category of “Foreign SUVs” took the model: Range Rover - 2nd place, Range Rover Sport - 3rd place, Defender - 4th place Discovery 4 - 5 th place.

Jaguar XF has won in its category with a clear advantage in 45.8% of the vote, improving your last year’s result. In Germany, the XF became the best selling foreign car in the premium in 2011 and the most popular model Jaguar.

Source: http://www.landrover.com/ru/ru/lr/about-land-rover/news/auto-motor-und-sport-favorites/

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Toyota City, Japan — Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) will launch the “86″1 compact rear-wheel-drive sports car, which was exhibited at the 42nd Tokyo Motor Show 2011 as a production prototype, on April 6 throughout Japan. In step with the launch of the 86, TMC will open “Area 86″2 specialty shops, where car enthusiasts can get together to talk about automobiles and where shop specialists can support car-owner activities aimed at helping give sports-car culture local roots.

The 86 was developed as a unique rear-wheel-drive vehicle, with intuitive handling, that embodies the essence of driving enjoyment and features the world’s first3 horizontally opposed D-4S (direct injection four-stroke gasoline engine, superior version) engine installed front mid-ship. Adoption of a package consisting of the world’s only4 horizontally opposed engine coupled to an ultra-low-center-of-gravity (460 mm) rear-wheel-drive system offers fun driving at a level unprecedented in earlier sports cars.

The newly developed horizontally opposed D-4S engine provides a maximum output of 200 horsepower (PS), and the synergistic effect of an aerodynamically superior form and light weight (1,190 kg, RC grade), result in fuel efficiency of 13.4 km/L under the JC08 test cycle outlined by the Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism.

The line-up includes the standard G grade; the luxury GT grade, which includes projector-type discharge headlights, 17-inch aluminum wheels, a leather-wrapped steering wheel, shift knob and parking brake lever, and an aluminum pedal; the GT “Limited” grade, which adds seat coverings made of leather and Alcantara®5 (and heated driver and front-passenger seats), and a rear spoiler; as well as the RC grade, which is suitably customizable for serving as a base vehicle for racing. Seven body colors to accentuate the elegantly aesthetic beauty of the vehicle and a choice of either black or red for the interior are available.

In step with the launch of the 86, TMC will set up 283 Area 86 shops at dealer locations throughout Japan, where specialists will provide comprehensive, expert advice and services to car enthusiasts. Designed as a place where sports-car enthusiasts can gather, Area 86 shops will exhibit the 86, provide it for test-driving, and distribute information related to sports cars, with the aim of becoming places where people can be immersed in the fun of automobiles.

Source: http://www2.toyota.co.jp/en/news/12/02/0202.html

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Toyota City, Japan —Lexus is rolling out its new GS lineup by launching nationwide the newly developed GS 250 with a smart-sized powertrain and the completely redesigned GS 350, to be followed by the completely redesigned GS 450h on March 19. With a passionate desire to mark a new stage for Lexus as Japan’s first truly global premium brand, Lexus based creation of the new GS lineup on the three pillars of design, drivability and technology.

The GS features firmly grounded styling imbued with premonitions of driving, as well as the spindle grille*1 that represents the face of the next-generation of Lexus. The advanced and dignified interior was designed with discerning attention to material and detail and is equipped with features such as a high-resolution 12.3-inch wide display-the world’s largest*2 in a mass-production vehicle, a second-generation Remote Touch system and the first-ever analogue clock in a Lexus vehicle.

The dedicated Lexus platform was completely updated based on cutting-edge technologies accumulated through Lexus’ experience with the “LFA” supercar, with an aim to deliver the pleasure of being able to maneuver the vehicle at will. A highly evolved cruising style was refined through well over 1-million km of test-driving at the Nürburgring course in Germany and other roadways worldwide. A choice of four*3 driving modes are provided to suit different driving situations: Eco, Normal, Sport S, and Sport S+.

The “Lexus Hybrid Drive” has undergone further evolution based on a combination of front-engine, rear-wheel-drive hybrid technology with the newly developed 3.5-liter V6 2GR-FXE engine that uses the next-generation D-4S*5 system and the Atkinson cycle. The result is exhilarating acceleration equal to that of a V8 gasoline engine.

Fuel efficiency has been improved by approximately 40% compared to previous models with ratings of 18.2km/L*6 in the Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism’s (MLIT’s) JC08 test cycle and 20.5km/L in the MLIT 10-15 test.

Source: http://www2.toyota.co.jp/en/news/feature/20120126.html

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Toyota City, Japan —Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) is displaying a total of 15 vehicles, including five concept vehicles from “GAZOO Racing tuned by MN” (GRMN) and “G Sports”1 (G’s), plus production vehicles, at the Tokyo Auto Salon 2012 with NAPAC2. The Tokyo Auto Salon, the world’s largest customized car exhibition, is being held at Makuhari Messe in Chiba City from through January 153.

TMC views the Tokyo Auto Salon as a place where peoples’ dreams about automobiles convene, and as such has actively exhibited there. Building on last year’s show, TMC hopes to spark an even wider range of people’s interest in the joy of owning, driving and discussing automobiles developed through GAZOO Racing4 activities.

The main concept vehicle on display is the “GRMN iQ Supercharger” prototype, a second-generation GRMN supercharged ultra compact scheduled for a limited 100-unit launch5 this summer. Based on the “iQ 130G MT?”6, the GRMN iQ Supercharger features enhanced driving performance and seeks a feeling of integration between vehicle and driver. Also on display from the GRMN series are the “GRMN Sports Hybrid Concept II” and the “GRMN Vitz Turbo Concept”, as well as the G’s series’ “Mark X G Sports Concept II” and “Vellfire G Sports Concept” sports-conversion models.

Part of TMC’s exhibition space is an area devoted to custom versions of the compact, rear-wheel-drive sports car “86″ (”hachi-roku”), a vehicle extremely popular at the Tokyo Motor Show 2011. On display are two custom models and also the “GAZOO Racing Toyota FT-86″ that competed in the 2011 Nürburgring endurance race. (TMC plans to compete again this year with an 86 from GAZOO Racing.) The display will also feature aerodynamic parts, wheels and other accessories to give consumers a clear idea of the 86’s expansive customization possibilities.

To further expand its GAZOO activities, TMC established a full-time GAZOO department this January to create more opportunities for people to easily experience the joy of automobiles. The department will continue to actively conduct various grass-roots motorsports events such as the GAZOO Racing “Waku Doki” circuit events8 and the Toyota GAZOO Racing Festival (TGRF)9.

Source: http://www2.toyota.co.jp/en/news/12/01/0113.html

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At the 2012 International Motor Show in Geneva*1, Suzuki Motor Corporation will hold a press conference starting from 9:45am on 6th March, at stand number 4251 in hall 4. Suzuki will exhibit a range of models with its latest technologies. These models are a clear statement towards a new phase of motorization, from the Japanese manufacturer who is an expert of compact car development.

Suzuki proposes a vision of a next-generation global compact car. It’s just 730kg thanks to a clear focus on minimizing weight, and it has a drag coefficient at least 10% lower than that of current Suzuki A-segment models, thanks to uncompromising efforts to heighten aerodynamic performance. As a result, its CO2 emissions is as low as 70g/km (measured in the New European Driving Cycle) with a petrol engine.
*2 This model was exhibited as “REGINA” in Tokyo Motor Show 2011.

Since a Swift Plug-in hybrid based on a previous Swift was exhibited at Geneva Motor Show in 2010, Suzuki has further advanced its expertise in eco-car technology and this year showcases the Swift Range Extender based on a current Swift. The Swift Range Extender covers 30km*4 with its fully charged battery alone and it can extend its range using an engine-driven generator.

Compared with an electric vehicle that depends entirely on battery power, the Swift Range Extender has a more compact lithium-ion battery that is quicker to charge, weighs less, uses fewer resources, and costs less.

Source: http://www.globalsuzuki.com/globalnews/2012/0201.html

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The production versions of the all-new Acura ILX and the completely redesigned Acura RDX will make their world debuts at the 2012 Chicago Auto Show, February 8, 2012, Acura announced.The 2013 Acura ILX luxury compact sedan is an all-new model positioned as the gateway to the Acura brand. Sleek and sporty, the ILX will feature three distinct powertrains, including Acura’s first ever hybrid. The ILX will feature a high–quality, well-appointed interior that is smart and spacious.

It will offer a number of new, high-value features including a standard Keyless Access System with smart entry and pushbutton start, along with Pandora® internet radio interface and SMS text message function for smart connectivity with the world.

The new 2013 RDX, Acura’s compact crossover Sport Utility Vehicle, will offer a perfect balance of luxury and utility. The RDX will now be powered by a V-6 engine, producing 33 more horsepower than the outgoing model— yet it is expected to offer the best fuel economy of any gasoline-powered luxury SUV in its class. Interior features, such as larger door openings, more passenger room, increased cargo volume and a power rear tailgate make the RDX interior even more accommodating and flexible.

Source: http://www.honda.com/newsandviews/article.aspx?id=6485-en

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The readers of the automotive magazine auto motor und sport (ams) have cast their votes and chosen the “Best Cars of 2012.” Overall victory in the small car category went to the Audi A1, while the Audi A4/A5 claimed overall victory among midsize vehicles. The awards were presented in Stuttgart.

Audi models are once again enjoying great popularity this year among the readers of Europe’s highest circulation automotive magazine. Among the 311 models from all brands for which votes could be cast, Audi claimed overall victory twice with the A1 in the small car category and the A4/A5 in the midsize segment. A total of 37.9 percent of participating readers voted for the A1 while 24.9 percent voted the A4/A5 into first place.

The Audi A8 took second place in the luxury class (20.1 percent), as did the A6/A7 in the upper midsize category (29.5 percent) and the R8 Spyder in the convertibles segment (11.1 percent).Among the sports cars, the Audi R8 took an excellent third place (12.6 percent), while the Audi A3 also came in third among all midsize models (13.0 percent).

2012 marked the 36th edition of the reader poll, in which 116,000 readers of the magazine took part this year. Votes could be cast for a total of 311 models in ten classes.

Source: http://www.audiusanews.com/pressrelease/2773//best-cars-2012-first-place-audi-a1-audi

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Rüsselsheim - Opel is expanding and enhancing its Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) offer. The Astra 5-door hatchback, the Astra Sports Tourer and the Meriva can now be ordered with the new, powerful yet economical 1.4 liter LPG Turbo ecoFLEX engine.

The engine that can operate in LPG and gasoline mode packs a punch and is available in two power versions: 103 kW/140 hp with 200 Nm of torque in the Astra 5-door and Sports Tourer and with 88 kW/120 hp (175 Nm) in the Meriva. CO2 emissions of the Euro 5 certified engine in LPG mode are as low as 124 g/km for the Meriva, 129 g/km for the Astra 5-door and 132 g/km for the Astra Sports Tourer in the combined cycle.

The entry price for the Astra 5-door 1.4 Turbo LPG ecoFLEX is 22.670 euro, for the Astra Sports Tourer LPG 23.770 and for the Meriva LPG version prices start at 22.240 euro (all recommended retail prices in Germany, including VAT).Their debut comes after the Corsa LPG 1.2 ecoFLEX 3- and 5-door models had their launch in June 2011, marking the start of the new generation of Opel LPG vehicles. The Corsa 1.2 LPG three door version delivers 61kW/83 hp in LPG mode yet only emits 110 g/km CO2.

LPG is part of Opel’s portfolio of alternative propulsion systems that also includes CNG models (Compressed Natural Gas: Zafira 1.6 Turbo, Zafira Tourer 1.6 CNG Turbo and Combo 1.4 CNG Turbo) as well as electric vehicles such as the revolutionary Opel Ampera with range extender. The Ampera is the first electric vehicle that can go anywhere anytime and was just nominated as a finalist for the “Car of the Year 2012” award. With its new LPG ecoFLEX models Opel underscores its mission to be a leader in alternative propulsion systems and is responding to the increasing popularity of autogas throughout Europe which is driven by cost conscious and environmentally aware customers.

LPG owners can make fuel cost savings of up to 40%. In certain countries, such as Germany, there are significant tax incentives for LPG vehicle owners. LPG customers can expect up to 15% lower CO2 emissions in LPG mode than their gasoline counterparts. In addition, the new Euro 5 standard models, Opel offers a complete LPG solution ex works, ensuring that the LPG ecoFLEX models are delivered in high Opel quality and with the full manufacturer warranty. Since 2009, Opel has been producing LPG vehicles. Around 61,000 vehicles have been sold across Europe with around 80% in Italy alone.

Source: http://media.opel.com/content/media/intl/en/opel/news.detail.html/content/Pages/news

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Rüsselsheim/London - Opel/Vauxhall has joined forces with the UK H2 Mobility initiative to promote the manufacturing and use of hydrogen vehicles in Britain. UK H2 Mobility will prepare an action plan aimed at turning the UK into a leading global hydrogen vehicle player. The initiative which is backed by the British government and local industry is in addition to Opel’s successful fuel cell vehicle market test in Germany as part of the Clean Energy Partnership (CEP).

The industrial partners taking part in the UK project include utilities and infrastructure companies as well as car manufacturers. The long term goal is to make hydrogen transport feasible with a view to cutting carbon emissions while providing economic benefits. The UK H2 Mobility group is expected to produce a roadmap by the end of the year to support the commercial roll out from 2014 onwards.

At the signing of the memorandum of understanding between the UK Government and 13 representatives from industry, Vauxhall’s Director for Government Affairs and Public Policy, Bill Parfitt, said: “Following our company’s unrelenting focus on hydrogen fuel cell technology development, the launch and successful roll-out of these vehicles will now depend on the availability of hydrogen to the consumer in a real life environment. We therefore greatly appreciate this very timely initiative, gathering various stakeholders, under government leadership, to establish an adequate strategy for the future development of hydrogen technology in the UK.

Hydrogen fuel cell vehicles combine all the advantages of conventional electric vehicles, with the additional benefits of fast fuelling and long range. Opel/Vauxhall has been investing in research and development of hydrogen fuel cell technologies for over a decade.

Opel/Vauxhall’s European hydrogen vehicle test fleet now includes 30 cars in Germany. Since 2008, more than 100 fuel cell vehicles have clocked up around three million kilometers worldwide. Opel/Vauxhall will share insights gained during the test and expects the technology to be ready for its market launch by 2016.

Source: http://media.opel.com/content/media/intl/en/opel/news.detail.html/content/Pages/news

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