Honda Launches New Jazz

PT Honda Prospect Motor launched the new Honda Jazz, in Jakarta, Thursday, May 19, 2011. New Honda Jazz look more sporty and more spacious cabin.
Honda Indonesia president director, Tomoki Uchida, said the presence of the Honda Jazz has always been a reference earlier about compact hatchback in terms of style, technology, fuel efficiency, completeness of features, up to the level of safety. "Therefore, the new Honda Jazz has more of the higher value," he said at the launch.
Jazz has emerged in Indonesia since 2004. According to Uchida, this presence has sparked a new trend in the national automotive world, ie no tails compact sedan. In fact, this line has dominated the national car sales.
Jazz was first introduced to the world in June 2001 in Japan, with the name of the Honda Fit. To achieve the best-selling in Japan, the Jazz only need six months. Not surprisingly, this model has been marketed in 115 countries.
New Honda Jazz New look directly visible on the exterior design, the grille design. In the new design, coupled with the fog lamp grille and sharp lines. These conditions make the Jazz look more sporty. Likewise, the rear grill, also equipped with a reflector, which did not exist in Jazz 2008.
Meanwhile, inside the vehicle, Honda is changing the number of features, such as panel air conditioning and audio system that can be connected directly with the iPhone, iPod, BlackBerry, and USB.
In the kitchen runway, Honda still put a 1.5 liter engine SOHC i-VITEC which can generate power 120 PS at 6600 rpm and maximum torque 14.8 kgm at 4800 rpm.
This machine is supported with Drive by Wire technology which is claimed to produce higher power, fuel efficient, so that it can meet Euro 4 standards. "Honda also put automatic engine with 5 speed transmission," he said.
Although increasing number of features, the Honda did not change the price. Honda still offers Rp198, 5 million for type S Manual, Rp208, 5 million type S Automatic, Manual RS type Rp214 million and Rp224 RS type Automatic. Price is valid on the road in the Jakarta area, for the first vehicle ownership. (Art)

This He Being Mercedes Benz SL-Klasse 2012

BY hide a photographer managed to shoot Mercedes-Benz SL. This car is one of the participants in the mat Frankfurt Motor Show 2011 in September.

From the shots seen the results obtained from the type of rhinoplasty that inspired asuccessful SLS total and will be equipped with a larger rear fender like on E-Klasse.Although the terms of the proportion already looks like a type of SLS but there is littledifference in the barely visible, like the stern of the shorter and longer hood.

Interestingly of those shots, SL seems to be grouped with the Aston Martin VantageRoadster and the Jaguar XK, or at least can be used as comparison, quoted Okezonefrom autoevolution, Thursday (26/05/2011).

Mercedes SL is equipped with two 3.5-liter V6 powerplant is a twin-turbo and 4.6 literV8. There's even speculation, there will be a hybrid version. But 63 AMG is alsoexpected to get the V8 twin-turbocharged 5.5-liter that produces 571 horsepower at.

A few years Mercedes-Benz will launch attacks with new klasse type A and B, as well asrenewals of ML type.

Also rumors that the SLS will get a new brother of SLC and even will be no four-doormodel called as the uber-CLS. We'll see (UKy)

Will meet another Hyundai Toyota & Honda Month

VIVAnews - Sales of South Korean car manufacturer, Hyundai-Kia Automotive Group, is expected to soar high and overtake Toyota and Honda in the United States in May.

According to industry analysts TrueCar, as quoted by Automotive News, Monday, May 26, 2011, sales of Hyundai-Kia is expected to reach 115,434 units in May. Sales rose 43.4 percent compared to May last year. Sales for the Korean group has put this on the market share of 10.9 percent and held the position of number three, after Ford Motor Co. and General Motors.

TrueCar analyst, Jesse Toprak, explained that the high momentum of the Hyundai-Kia sales because no other production cars from Japan, particularly Toyota and Honda, which declined very sharply. This happened after the earthquake and tsunami of Japan, 11 March, which devastated parts factories, thus making the chain of production is lost.

"There are some shortages of supply of Japanese vehicles, and this fact must be acceptable to them," said Toprak.

TrueCar Hond predict sales, including Acura in May was down 20.7 percent from May 2010 to 92 889 units. While sales of Toyota, including Lexus, plunging 32.8 percent to 109,416 units.

The level of sales from January to May is estimated to reach 11.9 million units, up from 11.6 million in the period of 2010. Toprak said the supply of Japanese cars is still small, especially for fuel-efficient models are only built in Japan.
• VIVAnews