Monday, May 18, 2015
Chinese cars featured in Transformers 4 to be sold in America as soon as next year
If you find yourself in the theater to watch Transformers: Age of Extinction, pay special attention to the scenes set in China between mouthfuls of popcorn because you just might be seeing some of those vehicles on roads in the US in the not-too-distant future. Guangzhou Automobile Group Co Ltd. (GAC) has several of its Trumpchi brand of vehicles in the new action film, and it claims that its trying to bring them to American consumers as soon as next year.
GAC wants its first model here to be the Trumpchi GS5 SUV (pictured above). In China, its offered with either a 2.0-liter, naturally aspirated four-cylinder with 145 horsepower and 138 pound-feet or a 1.8-liter turbocharged four with 174 horsepower and 175 lb-ft. รข€‹Buyers can choose from automatic and manual gearboxes, each with five speeds, and front- or all-wheel drive.
"We want to start exporting to the U.S. as quickly as possible and I am confident that they will find our Trumpchi cars competitive," said Trumpchi boss Wu Song to Automotive News China. The company was chosen to appear in the fourth Transformers movie after director Michael Bay spotted the companys E-Jet plug-in hybrid and wanted to put it in the film, Song said.
While its great to be ambitious, lets be honest. Breaking into the US market isnt an easy task. Just look at the valiant effort that Mahindra put up in its attempt to sell vehicles here. Theres little doubt that a Chinese automaker will eventually sell its cars in the US, but the chances that it happens as early as next year are knife-edge slim.
Monday, April 27, 2015
Cadillac XTS 2013 new developments in the American sedan
The Cadillac XTS 2013 is a luxury sedan that tries to replace the DTS and STS models as mentioned in a previous article (Cadillac XTS4 2012), so it shares the transmission system of the platform "Epsilon II", which mold also saw the Buick LaCrosse and the latest generation of the Chevrolet Impala. Some of the features of the Cadillac XTS 2013 are the shirts have a steel and a more sophisticated suspension than the previous edition, with two packages of technology and comfort inside.
The Cadillac XTS 2013 can be labeled a luxury cruise car, one that leads to the next level logo "Art and Science" that boasts the American manufacturer and made his debut with the popular CTS model. It is interesting to note that while outside the headlights show contemporary design referenced the brand, the rear lights not forget history and bring to mind some of what were the most classic Cadillac.
Inside the Cadillac XTS 2013 is very spacious, especially when compared to the models with which it competes in the midsize sedan segment. The rear seats have at least four inches more legroom than most four-door sedans in the same price; suitcase space has 18 cubic feet of storage. As a reference we can add the materials used on the center console are quite attractive and have nothing to envy to the best exponents of the segment.
This is the first of the sedans where the system has been included CUE (Cadillac User Experience). The CUE system includes a 12.3-inch screen that allows you to set the meters to display and has an 8-inch touch screen in the center.
The power of this vehicle is provided by a 3.6-liter V6 engine that generates 304 horsepower and has 264 pounds of torque. Changes are charged to a six-speed automatic transmission that manages the manner in which the power is delivered to the front and rear wheels. Fuel economy is EPA estimated 17mpg city and 27mpg on highway for the AWD edition.
As expected, the suspension system is integrated magnetic type and configured in real time according to the conditions of the road.
Standard and Optional Component of 2013 Cadillac XTS
The Cadillac XTS 2013 is available in Standard, Luxury, Premium and Platinum. The base model of the XTS and has many original features of a luxury car (leather, natural wood, CUE System, 8-speaker Bose, XM Radio Sirium, remote start, automatic lights sentinel system called "twilight", among other things. It starts at $44,995 and the Platinum model, wit niceties such as a premium-chrome finish on the grille and custom stitching inside, begins at $59,080.
The 2013 model incorporates XTS Luxury heated seats and ventilated front seats rear heating, heated steering wheel, aluminum wheels of 19 inches, seat position memory, lumbar support, dual outlet stainless steel exhaust, LED daytime running lights.
The XTS Premium 2013 has navigation system, 14 speaker Bose surround system, control three-zone automatic air-conditioned, plus some security measures such as traffic reporter ear close (sides), blind-spot warning and lane change alert .
The Cadillac XTS Platinum 2013 has special leather seats "Opus" color combination for interior decoration and use of microfiber, panoramic sunroof, automatic rear window sunshade (for the sides manual) and 20-inch wheels.
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