Thursday, September 30, 2010

Chevrolet Cruze Hatchback Comes


Chevrolet will present the pre-series version of Cruze hatchback at Paris Auto Show 2010. The model is one of four premieres of the American automaker at this edition of the Paris Motor Show.

Chevrolet Cruze will be offered in a hatchback version, which will begin in a form that the guys from Chevrolet calls a presentation on September 30 at the Paris Auto Show. Obviously, the design lines of this model we can find on the car that customers can buy from showrooms in 2011, the specific elements of the copy presented at Paris are the head lights, the fog lights with blue LEDs, elements that will not appear on the final version.




Cruze Hatchback will be available for sale across Europe in mid of 2011, and the prices will be announced closer to launch date. The model has the same posture as his sedan “brother” and fully benefit from the same type of chassis, “BFI”. According to Chevrolet, the use of the “BFI” system provides high levels of stability and strength.



Regarding the specifications of the new Cruze Hatchback, the officials did not give a lot of details. However, we know that the Cruze hatchback trunk has a volume of about 400 liters and the rear seats can be folded split, 60/40. No information about the engines that will get this model, most likely they will be taken directly from Cruze sedan version. Do not expected that the model to has a model number calipers painted blue and blue head lights, the copy from the pictures is not the final version of Cruze Hatchback.


New Ford Generation Ford Focus 2011



Ford has presented, before the opening of the the Detroit Motor Show, the first information and pictures of the new generation Focus, a model that, this time, will be the same both in US and Europe.

Ford Focus hatchback featuring a sporty 5-door, 4-door sedan that is elegant, and the station wagon 5-spintu stylish. Focus beramunisi a number of technologies including Low Speed Safety System, Active Park Assist, Lane Keeping Aid and Torque vectoring Control.

Ford Focus will fill the market with diesel and gasoline engines. Range of gasoline engines: 1.6-liter EcoBoost with a choice of 150 hp and 180 hp, and 1.6-liter Duratec Ti-VCT-powered 105 hp and 125 hp. While the choice of the Focus TDCi Duratorq diesel engine, 1.6 liters (95 hp and 115 hp) and 2.0 liters (115 hp, 140 hp and 163 hp).



The first generation Focus was born in 1998. Focus population has exceeded 10 million units. And, the latest generation Focus is a global car developed in Europe. Focus will be sold in more than 120 countries.

Focus will be the base for 10 cars Ford and ready to reach production of 2 million per year from 2012. 80% of its components have in common. Focus into the production line in late 2010 and early 2011 began to be marketed.

Ford presented the first official pictures of the new generation Ford Focus 2011 that will have its world premiere during the day, at the Auto Show in Detroit. Unlike the previous generations, the new Focus is a global model, planning to have the same form in the US and Europe, which is also why the model is presented to an auto show in its native country. Moreover, Ford has chosen – for this very reason – to present, in the same time, both the hatchback and the sedan versions of the new model, the US market being accustomed to rather choose the ordinary four-door version than the Focus hatchback so present on the European streets.




Aesthetically speaking, the new Focus highlights a very clear belonging to the new line of models of the Blue Oval, being practically a larger version of the Fiesta subcompact model. Focus’s design is purely European, the car being developed at a design center in Germany that the Michigan brand owns. The dimensions remained the same both for the sedan and the hatchback, the dimensions of the chassis and the suspension’s hardware being also borrowed from the old generation, with the necessary improvements.

The new generation Focus will be made in parallel in the Ford plants in Saarlouis (Germany), Michigan (USA) and Chongqing (China), following that, later, production sites in Spain and Russia to enter the game, too. The new Focus will go on sale in 2011.

Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Maggie Grace & Mackenzie Foy Joins The Cast of Breaking Dawn

See Maggie? Told you you shouldn't have left Lost. Now you done stuck with them Twilight people.
USA Today has just announced that Maggie Grace of Lost fame will be joining the cast of Twilight for the first half of The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn. I'm not really sure what she's playing but they says it's some vampire that wants revenge on Bella. When will they stop with the revenge-ing on Bella already? What is so interesting about Bella that warrants 100 year old vampires to take revenge? GAWD!

But she will also be joined by 9 year old newcomer Mackenzie Foy who will be playing Renesmee Cullen. Apparently in the book, when Bella shoots her out of her vag, the little kid is literally going to chew up her amniotic sac. SWEET!

The two part finale of the God awful series will be directed by Oscar winning director Bill Condon who was last seen helming Dreamgirls and Gods and Monster. Tell you what, if there's anyone who could make a tolerable ending to Twilight, it's this guy.

But till then we can rest assured that the next Twilight movie won't be coming out until 2012. A whole year without Bella Swan. We have earned this rest my friends.

2011 Lamborghini Super Sport Cars Lamborghini Gallardo LP570-4 Blancpain Edition

The LP570-4 Blancpain Edition was presented today by Stephan Winkelmann, President and CEO of Automobili Lamborghini, and Marc A. Hayek, President and CEO of Blancpain, at the final race weekend of the Lamborghini Blancpain Super Trofeo in the “Piero Taruffi” circuit, Vallelunga. The road-legal Blancpain Edition celebrates the two-year relationship between the Italian supercar brand and the watchmaker. Lamborghini’s partnership with Blancpain, the watch maker, is no longer limited to the Super Trofeo racing series as they unveiled together the first road-going Blancpain edition Lamborghini Gallardo.
The new features of the 2011 Lamborghini Super Sport Cars Lamborghini Gallardo LP570-4 Blancpain Edition are easily noticeable. It comes with a huge front bumper, massive rear spoiler and diffuser, and new side skirts. These bits are all inspired by the actual racing car, but they look a bit too aggressive for a road car. One other feature derived from the racing model is the new engine cover, which is optimized for better ventilation, and looks superb!
2011 Lamborghini Super Sport Cars Lamborghini Gallardo LP570-4 Blancpain Edition
Lamborghini super sports cars is extremely happy about its cooperation with Blancpain. In just its second year, the Lamborghini Blancpain Super Trofeo has established itself in the premier league of gentlemen’s racing,” says Stephan Winkelmann, President and CEO of Automobili Lamborghini. “Each race is a battle of dedication and passion for every single hundredth of a second – something that characterizes both of our brands. The Lamborghini Gallardo LP570-4 Blancpain Edition demonstrates the close bond between our road-going super sports cars and the race car.”
The engine that powers the Gallardo Blancpain is the same V10 unit from the series Superleggera production car which churns out 570 hp. Given the 1340 kilograms (2954 lb) weight of the car which results in power-to-weight ratio of 2.35 kilograms (5.18 lb) per hp, this car is capable of going from zero to 100 km/h (0-62 mph) in 3.4 seconds and flies past the 200 km/h (124 mph) mark only 6.8 seconds later, ultimately exceeding 320 km/h (199 mph).
Blancpain is the title sponsor of the successful Lamborghini Blancpain Super Trofeo series. The cooperation between these two brands brings together the highest levels of engineering excellence from the automotive and chronometry industries. Blancpain has been producing innovative masterpieces of watch-making art in Switzerland’s Vallée de Joux since 1735. Each timepiece is assembled by one single watchmaker, reflecting the quality and individual attention with which Lamborghini builds its super sports cars for the road, and its 570 hp Super Trofeo race cars.
Abaut Lamborghini Gallardo : The Lamborghini Gallardo (Italian pronunciation: [ga'?arðo][citation needed]) is a sports car built by Lamborghini. The Gallardo is Lamborghini's most-produced model to date, with over 10,000 built in its first seven years of production. Each car costs about $180,000 to $210,000. The car is named after a famous breed of fighting bull. The Spanish word gallardo  translates into "gallant".
The Gallardo offers two choices of transmissions, a conventional (H-Box) six-speed manual transmission, and an advanced six-speed electro-hydraulically controlled semi-automatic robotized manual, which Lamborghini abbreviates to "E-gear". The "E-gear" allows the driver to make shifts much faster than a manual transmission would. The driver shifts up and down via paddles behind the steering wheel, but also has an automatic mode.
The car will be exhibited at the Paris Motor Show.

Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Sony Releases MIB 3, Spider-Man & The Smurfs Teaser Posters

Yo. So check it out, last week Sony Pictures made an official announcement of the release dates of Men In Black III and the new reboot Spider-Man along with a teaser poster of The Smurfs movie.

So what I do know now is that Etan Cohen, writer of Tropic Thunder has written a script and shooting will begin next month with Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones reuniting as Agent J and K with Josh Brolin set to play a young version of Agent K and Jemaine Clement set to be MIB 3's villain. The film is due to be released in 3D in 2012.

I even found a teaser trailer featuring Will Smith. Check it:
 

As for the Spider-Man reboot, Marc Webb of (500) Days of Summer has been hired as director along with Andrew Garfield of The Imaginaruim Of Doctor Parnassus set to play Peter Parker.
Actresses in consideration to play Mary-Jane Watson include Imogen Poots, Emma Stone, Ophelia Lovibond, Lily Collins, Teresa Palmer, Emma Roberts and Mia Wasikowska. And there have been speculation that the reboot's villain is going to be The Lizard.

And now for The Smurfs..... well..... it looks shitty.

2011 and 2012 might suck really bad.

2010 Chevrolet Lumina Picture & Review


The Chevrolet Lumina sedan , coupe and minivan were first introduced in 1989 for the 1990 model year as a new range of vehicles from the Chevrolet brand of General Motors to replace both the Chevrolet Celebrity sedan, and the Monte Carlo coupe. The Lumina was an answer from General Motors to the Ford Taurus. All Luminas were built at the Oshawa Car Assembly plant, in Ontario, Canada. The Chevrolet Lumina had the longest length from any other W-body car at the time.


Consumers were ultimately confused by having two different vehicles (the Lumina sedan and the Lumina APV minivan) share the same name, and the concept was eventually dropped when the Lumina APV was replaced by the Chevrolet Venture in 1997.



The North American Chevrolet Lumina was based on the mid-size GM W platform, which was shared with the Pontiac Grand Prix, Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme, Oldsmobile Intrigue, Buick Regal and Buick Century (after 1996). Although the Lumina became a popular seller, GM was widely criticized in the motoring press for being late to the game in introducing a direct aero-designed competitor to the Ford Taurus. The Chevrolet Lumina's first generation ended production in 1994, making this the shortest-lived generation of the first-generation GM W-body cars.



In 1989, the Lumina became the nameplate under which Chevrolets were raced in NASCAR, more than a year before the model was available to the public. Irate fans bombarded NASCAR with letters protesting the unfairness of Chevrolet being allowed to race an aluminum car.

RIP Gloria Stuart 1910-2010

Very sad today to hear that Gloria Stuart, who is probably best known for her Oscar nominated role of playing Old Rose in James Cameron's Titanic, has passed away. She was 100 years old.
Personally to me as an actor, this sucks. She was an icon. She was one of the founding members of the American Screen Actors Guild. She starred in black & white classics like The Invisible Man, The Prisoner of Shark Island, Roman Scandals, Here Comes The Navy and Gold Diggers of 1935. And she is probably the last film star of the Golden Era of Cinema we had.

She belongs to the ages now.

Hyundai Elantra Stylis, Reviews, Picture & Prices


We have some information, picture, feature and detail price about 2010 Hyundai Elantra : The 2010 Hyundai Elantra style changes which are few and limited to the sedan model. It gets slightly revised grille and a chrome trim slash on the trunklid.

Trim as it May look from the outside, the Hyundai Elantra offers the most interior space (cargo & passenger) Among the core competitive set and the most interior volume in its class - 112 .1 cubic feet. It's so spacious, in fact, that the government classifies it as a midsize car, though it measures (and is price approach) like a compact.

Yet numbers, as They usually do, only tell part of the story. What truly sets apart the versatile Elantra is the utter versatility of its space, and the thoughtful little conveniences That help make the interior less like a car cabin and more like a living room.


For storage, no Less than ten easy-to-reach compartments have been placed Throughout the interior. These include an in-dash storage box, a center console, front door map pockets, and dual seatback pockets, the which we've seen Used for snacks, laptops, and the outfield's worth of baseball gloves.

Hyundai Image-conscious is asserted that the Touring five-door hatchback. But it should not be ashamed to admit Touring is a four-door wagon – and a very roomy at the time: its 65.3-cubic-foot cargo volume with rear seats folded embarrassed many middle wagons and compact SUVs matches. da few styling differences between the three 2010 Hyundai Elantra sedan model: Blue, GLS and SE. Body Blue edition does not get some “blue” coats of arms and SE can be identified with alloy wheels 15-inch wheels versus other models of steel with wheel covers. The 2010 new model Elantra GLS Touring labeled. The carryover 2010 SE Touring model has 17-inch alloy wheels, roof rails plus an optional cargo on GLS Touring.

Hyundai said the Elantra sedan in 2010 Blue increase fuel economy by 8 percent in the city and 6 percent on the highway than the Elantra sedan 2009 Blue manual transmission without treatment. 2010 Elantra GLS and SE sedan comes only with four-speed automatic transmission, but the key advantage revised-up torque converter to maximize fuel economy at highway speeds.

The 2010 Hyundai Elantra GLS sedan has a base price of $ 17.615. The 2010 base price Hyundai Elantra SE sedan is $ 18,565. The 2010 Hyundai Elantra GLS Touring model price of $ 16.715 with a manual transmission and from $ 17,915 with automatic. The 2010 Elantra Touring SE price of $ 18.715 with a manual transmission and from $ 20,515 with automatic. 2010 Hyundai Elantra Release Date: 2010 Hyundai Elantra on sale in September 2009, with a 2010 Touring model Elantra GLS set to start slightly later this year.

Monday, September 27, 2010

Devil: Review

Man that Shyamalan just cannot catch a break can he?
Devil.... El Diablooo. A film that would have drawn less negative responses to it if that Indian fucker had only kept his name out of the producer credits. And with only 2 months since the complete destruction of The Last Airbender under his hands, it's a wonder how this movie even grossed a profit.
Devil revolves around a group of 5 people who gets trapped in an elevator and after a few "mysterious" incidences and attacks, they come to find that one of them is in fact the devil disguised in human form.
You know what, I'm not even gonna waste time talking much about this film, the taste of Shyamalan's last film is still n my mouth and I cannot utter another 4 paragraphs about this one without puking my guts out. The story is boring, contrived and predictable from start to finish. Anyone who has seen more than one M. Night Shyamalan film would have been able to guess who the devil was halfway through the movie. Hint: Just because everyone in the elevator suspects one person doesn't mean that person is the devil. And stop acting shocked when you find out the devil is actually the old lady. OOPPSIEEE!
The acting was nothing imaginative. For a film with 5 people stuck in a very enclosed space with a demonic deity, you'd think that the other 4 would lose their fucking minds but of course Shyamalan is too dumb to think up anything realistic so for 1 hour 30 minutes we have a guessing game of who is the devil when everyone should be focusing on getting the fuck out of the elevator. "What? Really? The devil is among me in a very very small enclosed space? I'm just gonna sit my ass down here and not try to claw my way out because I really want to know which of these other 4 people is the devil. Yayyy!"
But the film does have some creepy moments that did make me jump from my chair. Yes, they were using mostly jump scares for the shock value of it's horror but at the very least they know how to build up and sell a jump scare unlike the fuckers from A Nightmare On Elm Street that made it too obvious for the audience. Hint: When the movie gets really quiet and the camera is close up to a person's face, a jump scare is gonna happen in 3 seconds. How you people still not know this is really surprising.
Oddly enough the ending of Devil actually needed classic Shyamalan. They sold you a very blatant straight forward, uninspiring concept of the Devil but Shyamalan could have left it in a very ambiguous finale that will have the audience talking about it after and feeling a little bit more creeped out. But the fucker was too busy ruining a franchise. So..... thanks.
Devil is a bland piece of horror, unoriginal, Saw ripoff, poorly written, predictable till the very end with an ending that the director think will get you all riled up like in Inception but falls flat and leaves whoever had the misfortune of not sneaking into the cinema to leave feeling not only underwhelmed but cheated.
I shall now pop in The Sixth Sense to remember the good times. The times when you did not fucking suck.

RATING: 4/10

2012 Maserati Sport Cars GranTurismo MC Stradale

The Italian automaker announced the 2012 Maserati Sport Cars GranTurismo MC Stradale, that it will debut the lightest and most powerful variation of the GranTurismo, at this year's 2010 Paris Motor Show. Maserati said the car will boast "razor-sharp handling and will break the 300km/h [187mph] barrier", adding that the reworked body also produces more aerodynamic down force without producing more aerodynamic drag.
2012 Maserati Sport Cars Gran Turismo MC Stradale looks sporty, the bumper and grille has been redesigned. The car also has a large diffuser to improve performance. Inspired by the Trofeo GranTurismo MC and the race-winning GT4 motorsport models, the two-seater 2012 Maserati Sport Cars GranTurismo MC Stradale that will debut at the Paris Auto Show. GranTurismo MC Stradale high-performance model and will be on sale next spring, with £ 105,000 prize.
2012 Maserati Sport Cars GranTurismo MC Stradale
2012 Maserati Sport Cars GranTurismo MC Stradale is in the GranTurismo S. The basis is seen in power, it features a 4.7L V8 engine, maximum power of 336kw. Corresponds to a 6-speed manual transmission with mechanical top speed to 300 km / h, the 0-100km / h acceleration of about 4.5 seconds.
The Maserati GranTurismo MC Stradale responds to demands for a GranTurismo which can balance on-road driving needs with race-driving desires, incorporating the handling and aerodynamic lessons from Maserati's three racing programs.
No other details were given on the car but the official photos show a raft of styling upgrades including the new front end with a lower spoiler and additional air ducts, chunkier side skirts, possibly larger front fenders with new air vents, a boot lid spoiler and a new rear bumper with a diffuser and twin central exhaust pipes plus unique alloy wheels.