Kia Sorento X-Men, a single issue with blades Adamantio

It will stop the greatest evil of the earth, created the team’s most powerful superhero universe, but you sure will not make the Kia Sorento X-Men will spend antiatropello tests. This is a special and unique edition of the new SUV brand, which serve to promote the latest installment of the saga.

X-Men: Days of Future Past was reflected in the lines of this new Kia Sorento X-Men, and presented to the public in January at Melbourne Park, Australia. The intention is to promote the film with a car rather than bold, which undoubtedly will call the attention of passersby.

Kia Sorento X-Men, a single issue with blades Adamantio

To create have been based on the figure of Wolverine, and hence this Kia Sorento X-Men Adamantio have those claws. What we do not know is whether Kia in collaboration with Universal Studios have managed to find the formula to recreate this material now covers both the front and rear of the car.

Do not forget to also give a sinister touch with a painting in black with red accents, specific tires, grill shaped X or lateral vinyl pointing directly to the X-Men saga.

This unique vehicle is displayed for a few days in Australia during the release of the film on DVD and BluRay. However, it seems that also wander through Europe in some of the great halls that will take place in early 2015.

Kia Sorento X-Men, a single issue with blades Adamantio

Land Rover will take legal action against Landwind X7, Chinese Evoque

A few years ago it was very fashionable that Chinese manufacturers copied, at least on an aesthetic level, to European models. So cars emerged as the Shuanghuan SCEO an SUV in appearance very similar to BMW X5 but ominous quality. At the time BMW fought in court against this model, preventing commercialization in Europe. Now Land Rover which will bring to trial the Chinese Evoque, which is another model that Landwind X7 known me

This was confirmed by Ralf Speth, CEO of Land Rover, in an interview with Autocar. The reasons are clear and are none other than the similarities in design between the Landwind X7 and the Range Rover Evoque. The British will complain to the Chinese authorities what they consider intellectual property theft. The Landwind X7 has been presented at the Guangzhou Motor Show held these days.

Land Rover will take legal action against Landwind X7

Speth said they are very disappointing this kind of behavior by other manufacturers, as well actions should not exist and if they do, they must resort to various international regulations in this regard. For Land Rover model well poses a small threat since the existence of Landwind X7 may pose an image problem for the British firm, is betting big on local production, with the Evoque precisely.

Despite an aesthetic really suspicious resemblance, similarities between the Evoque and Landwind X7 are not going beyond appearance. Input the price difference is huge, with a base rate of more than 50,000 euros for the Range Rover Evoque compared to less than 18,000 euros of the Chinese model. The Landwind X7 is available only with a 2.0 Turbo petrol 190hp which can be associated with six-speed manual transmission or automatic eight.

Landwind is a brand created as a joint venture between Chinese manufacturers Changan and Jiangling. Most striking is that Changan is one of the most important manufacturers in the country with joint-ventures with brands like Ford, PSA and Suzuki.

Land Rover will take legal action against Landwind X7, Chinese Evoque

Audi Sport Quattro, the illusion does not vanish at the moment

The Audi Sport Quattro Concept is a dream brand hoops still, has not become a reality. Among its aributos is a heart 700 horsepower. The plug-in hybrid sitema producing such energy, how could it be otherwise conveys all this fury to the ground through all four wheels.

This prototype is more than the illusion of rescuing the past the legendary model. It is not only a tribute to the monster of the competition, but also their Quattro system. In addition, it has also served to celebrate 30 years of history of Audi Sport Quattro. But the question is simple, is it coming or not production? A question that still has no definitive answer.

Audi Sport Quattro, the illusion does not vanish at the moment

The truth is that, recent reports suggest that the company is still studying the project. Therefore, the idea of ​​seeing the streets has not been ruled out for the moment. Moreover, the same Marc Lichte, design director of the firm, in addition to affirming that continue considering bring into production, he added that the next sample could be more radical than previous concepts.

Still, everything around the Audi Sport Quattro is a mystery. Your envelope coupe, straight lines and aggressive personality, protects a sober and elegant interior. Model lines are sporty, but are not this what makes you unique. Under the hood, the 4.0 liter V8 supercharged engine that yields 560 horsepower, combined with a power of 150. A system that gives 700hp end.

Their numbers are of infarction. It accelerates Audi Sport Quattro from 0-100 km / h in under 4 seconds and reaches a top speed of 305 km / h. All this achieves a configuration that also promises to 2.5 l / 100 km consumption and emissions of just 59 g / km of CO2.

Audi Sport Quattro, the illusion does not vanish at the moment

That was the Nissan Titan Project Alaska

If you remember, back in September we had the Nissan Titan Project. It was a kind of tribute to veterans in the United States, in which a Nissan Titan was prepared for extreme off road following the suggestions of the followers of the brand in social networks.

So, we were handed his car, a car that any of us would choose to make a journey through the world or live the end of it. Far from it, has served to tour Alaska by the most inhospitable places, and now Nissan Titan shows us in a short film as a documentary.

Nissan Titan Project Alaska

In it, Davis Guzman and Kevin McMahon venture into the territory of Alaska to meet stunning locations inaccessible places and, incidentally, do some activities as a photographer to accompany a glacier. All this we have firsthand while tell their own story.

The car, a Nissan Titan V8, wears the colors of army camouflage and has some modifications such as wheels, tires, bumpers, suspension, engine or high intensity LED lights to face one of the most inhospitable places and unknown world.

The Nissan Titan Project is presented now as well, in video format, to know more about what it means to make an expedition there, but also know the life of a veteran soldier of war and their anecdotes and experiences in other inhospitable places dominated by the war.

That was the Nissan Titan Project Alaska

The BMW i8 builds a waiting list of 18 months

Although there is a philosophy behind the brand, it cannot prevent manufacturers to adapt to changing times and that evolution is the only way to survive in such a voracious world. BMW is suffering its metamorphosis and seems to have hit the mark, especially with the new BMW i8, a sports car with hybrid technology and driving all four wheels being a success. To show the waiting list for 18 months accumulated.

Ian Robertson, Head of Sales and Marketing of BMW, told Automotive News at the LA Auto Show that the BMW i8 has a waiting list of no less than 18 months and try to find a solution to meet demand and is this circumstance may bring about serious problem for the manufacturer of the propeller, losing a large number of sales since not everyone is willing to wait months to receive both his new toy.

The BMW i8 builds a waiting list of 18 months

Ian Robertson said that the ideal waiting for a premium vehicle like this should be around six months, but declined to give details about what they will do to reduce the timeout time. He also commented that the BMW i8 was planned as a model of low turnover, with sales targets would total thousands of vehicles manufactured annually. So far this year BMW has delivered 760 units, 419 of them in October.

It seems clear that the BMW factory in Leipzig, Germany, will have to raise the production rate to avoid losing customers and satisfy high demand, a demand which may increase next to no less than 4,318 copies year according to the predictions made by IHS Automotive. The BMW i8 plug-in hybrid has a mechanism that yields 362hp that are shared between all four wheels. The price for the Spanish market is 129,900 euros.

The BMW i8 builds a waiting list of 18 months

The 2015 DS3 can wear a Ikurriña on your roof

If there is a car closely related to the flag of a country, that is none other than the MINI. How many times have we seen the British small bearing the Union Jack on the roof? Now is a very different model that committed these customization options. The 2015 DS3 offers in France nine exclusive decorations for ceiling representing some of the 101 departments that the country has. The most striking and colorful decoration is corresponding to the Ikurriña the Basque Country.

The 2015 DS3 can wear a Ikurriña on your roof

These adhesives have a cost of 490 euros, including installation on an official dealer Citroen (France) lasting about an hour. The 2015 DS3 personalized with these flags will not let doubt and know if their owners feel their heart is in Alsace, Brittany, Corsica, North, Occitania, Paris, French Basque Country, Savoy and wine regions.

Citroën has also launched a Facebook contest to France where you can vote for the DS3 in the region that you like one. Among voters bag 48H DS, elegant design and with measures of 63x23x27,5 millimeters which has a retail price of 750 euros will be drawn. Along with the bag will be handed a lithograph of 2015 DS3 with the flag of the selected department, with a value of 50 euros. Nothing DS3 wins the Basque Country.

Do you think that if any brand hurl something would succeed in Europe? You decorate the roof of your car with the flag of your Autonomous Community?

The 2015 DS3 can wear a Ikurriña on your roof

Toyota works in assists to improved parking

For some drivers improved parking can be an ordeal, but there are those brave souls who are not afraid of physical contact, the culprits that our enrollment bumper is dented and marked. Over time parking sensors and cameras have been making an appearance, facilitating maneuvers less experienced and ending with the bad habits of others. The next step was active the improved parking aids, able to bring the vehicle into the gap. The Japanese automaker Toyota is now perfecting these systems.

Toyota is working on several areas of action to improved parking assistance systems in the face of models to be launched soon. The first step was to implement parking sensors with longer range and greater angle of action, allowing a more precise maneuvering. The most important step is the incorporation of automatic braking, which works with sensors to avoid confusions own small strokes want to rush too much.

Toyota works in assists to improved parking

Other areas for improvement are for the Intelligent Park Assist brand, in a second faster evolution makes parking maneuvers on drums and adds function unparking. This system controls the movements of the steering wheel while the driver is responsible for the pedals and change, following the instructions of the system and guided by cameras and sensors.

The panoramic view 360 will be one of the most important elements that we find in the different parking aid. Rear parking cameras reduce accidents significantly, to the point that the United States will be mandatory. With panoramic view consists of four chambers, it is still easier to park and avoid collisions with objects or people that are beyond our reach.

This feature is available on some models of Toyota and Lexus but now a new feature that displays the environment rotating the picture or seeing it from the driver’s perspective, simulating the car was transparent is incorporated.

Toyota works in assists to improved parking