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NEW YORK, NY - Jazz music, a draped car, and a stark turntable tell the story. Lincoln's explanation for the low-key press introduction of the 2006 Lincoln Zephyr would likely extol the virtues of simplicity in luxury, visually tying the Zephyr's clean, unadorned flanks to the lack of fanfare surrounding the debut of the car. More likely, it highlights Lincoln's cash and product starvation problem, despite recent wins in the retail sales market. Hey, why spend a ton of money to introduce a new entry-luxury sedan after making a conscious decision not to spend a ton of money to develop that entry-luxury sedan?
Darryl Hazel, president of Lincoln Mercury, promises that both of Ford's struggling upscale brands are "going to continue to refine (their) products and enter new markets." Jim Padilla, Ford executive vice president and president of the Americas, supports that statement, proclaiming that Lincoln Mercury will "deliver more products, faster."
The product offensive has already begun for Mercury with the new Monterey, Montego and Mariner. In 2006, new Lincolns start to arrive in the form of the 2006 Mark LT and the 2006 Zephyr. The latter was introduced to reporters at the 2004 New York International Auto Show.
Lincoln bases this new entry-luxury sedan on the Mazda 6 platform, which is spawning similarly sized Ford and Mercury sedans, and the upcoming 2007 Lincoln Aviator crossover SUV. A higher-output version of the familiar Duratec 30 3.0-liter V6 engine employs intake variable cam timing (VCT) to make extra power, and a six-speed automatic transmission drives the front wheels. Sometime after the 2006 Lincoln Zephyr's launch, all-wheel-drive will be available.

Another concept car, the Zephyr is a two seater convertible with wheel arch extensions, electric windows and a new nose. A few cars have been built, but it is not expected that the Zephyr will be put into production.






Launched as a concept car in 2005, the Reva NXG Concept is a substantially different car to the other Reva models. Designed as a two seater electric car with higher performance, the NXG was limited to a top speed of 130km/h (81mph) but had rapid acceleration and huge mid-range torque.
The NXG concept model had a range of around 125 miles and included a touch screen computer with high speed internet connectivity. It was a fully working car and driven by a number of motoring journalists when first shown.
It has been assumed that the NXG was only a concept car and that it would not spawn a production vehicle. However, rumours now suggest that a car based on the original NXG high performance concept may be launched late in 2009.

Another Reva concept car, this car is capable of carrying four adults and is significantly more spacious than the current Reva models. Again, this car is not expected to be put into production but has been used to gauge public response.

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The Ford Club Wagon with v10 Triton engine is practically a member of the team. One of the only rules of The Game is that each team must travel in a single vehicle. Some teams prefer small minivans, while others have occasionally used large recreational vehicles. We prefer the size and strength of a full-sized 15-passenger van. This year's van came in a handsome purple color.

The undisputed market leader in the full-size passenger van segment is the Ford Club Wagon, the passenger version of the Econoline van. The Club Wagon, until this model year the only full-size passenger van with body-on-frame construction, has always been head-and-shoulders better than the Chevrolet and Dodge full-size vans, which are built with unitbody construction techniques and simply aren't as stiff or as quiet as the frame-built Ford. The 1996 Chevrolet G-van (see page 112) has switched over to body-on-frame construction and should finally give the Ford some competition in the marketplace.



The Club Wagon's current family of engines, the 4.9-liter inline six, the 5.0, 5.7- and 7.5-liter overhead valve V-8s, and the 7.3-liter Power Stroke diesel, is the widest in the industry, adding to the already amazing flexibility offered to the customer by the Club Wagon Chateau. All but the Power Stroke will be gone next year, though, as a new generation of more expensive Ford engines, a 4.2-liter V-6, 4.6- and 5.4-liter V-8s and a 6.8-liter V-10, take over.





Our enthusiasm for the Ford Club Wagon Chateau is massive. We've driven perhaps 35 examples over the past 20 years, a dozen or so since its latest tune-up in 1992. It's simply smoother, quieter, and better built than its two prime competitors, with a much more integrated feel. The bucket seats are comfortable and supportive enough for thousand-mile days. Its monster 138-inch wheelbase provides a luxurious road ride, even though the front beam-and-coil and rear leaf spring suspension sound primitive. The instrument panel is straightforward, with excellent graphic presentation (no tach, though), and the engine cover has a truly large and flexible storage space built into it for all those family trip items. There are still a few visible screw heads, and some body color paint can be seen on the interior, but overall, this is a quality piece.

Like the Chevy and Dodge, the Ford van is available in a number of seating configurations for seven, eight or 12 persons (SuperVan version, 20 inches longer, will seat 15), with a six, three V-8s, or a diesel engine for power, sliding or conventional side door, and either a single or double rear doors, and three basic weight ratings, depending on what your family's wants, needs and likes are. Disc/drum ABS brakes are standard.

With all the modern front-drive minivans available today from The Big Three and All The Rest, why are there still three big passenger vans? Lots of reasons, most of them having to do with ultimate roominess, the trailer-towing capabilities of rear-wheel-drive vans, and the availability of big V-8 engines for pulling Mom, the kids, the dog, all the camping gear, as well as the boat, motor and trailer. For some families, a minivan just doesn't cut it.

Our test Club Wagon was a luxury Chateau version with the 5.0-liter EFI V-8 engine, 4-speed automatic overdrive transmission, sliding side door, chrome rear step bumper, P235/75R-16 tires, front bucket seats, twin swiveling captain's chairs in the second row and a conventional three-passenger third seat, making for a total capacity of seven persons, plus a truly huge storage well behind the third seat. The base price of $23,915 swelled to $27,648 all in, including delivery.

Ferrari 599 GTO: The new car Cristiano Ronaldo

Football star, Cristiano Ronaldo long as it's known as automotive enthusiasts, especially the latest sports cars. And most recently, the Portuguese footballer was caught riding a new car, the Ferrari 599 GTO.

Ronaldo some time ago was found driving a Ferrari 599 GTO painted black. Local media had dubbed the last car as the car Ronaldo aka Batman Batmobile.

One of the world players are now grazing with Real Madrid was driving a Ferrari 599 GTO to go eat at a Japanese restaurant in Lisbon, Portugal.

To note, the Ferrari 599 GTO is the car Ferrari terkencang ever made for the car on the highway.

Just imagine, Ferrari 599 GTO is able to accelerate from zero speed to 100 km / h in just 3.4 seconds with top speeds reaching 334.7 km / hour. Wow.

The ability of the GTO is its own beast derived from a V12 engine with a capacity of 6000 ccr with 6 speed transmission that can take a malignant GTO spraying power to 661 bhp with torque reaching 347 ft-lb is able to be achieved at 8250 rpm.

In addition because of the engine, the GTO toughness obtained also for some applications and designs are used in the Ferrari Formula 1 car prototype design they like 'nose' cars, spoilers and legs are finally capable of delivering up to 144 kg of downforce.

And to control a mad-powered car, then the chassis feels very influential role. Well, the Ferrari engineers also was also thinking the same thing, that's why they focus on this section until it can achieve a mix that makes the car almost did not have the effect of understeer (the car's rear wheels slip out of the track the way it should).

The power car that weighs 1295 kg is claimed Ferrari is more ferocious than the legendary Ferrari Enzo. GTO in the test circuit in a Ferrari at Fiorano even able to beat the speed record up to 1 second Enzo is faster.

Because that's not surprising that a car that stands for Gran Turismo has Omologata (GTO) is produced only in accordance with its name and in a very limited number of only 599 units.

While the Ferrari brand in the eyes of Ronaldo is not the foreign goods. There are several Ronaldo Ferrari in the garage of the house. In his garage even thought Ronaldo has a diverse collection of sports car when the calculation reaches two million pounds.

In 2009, Ronaldo was crowded even reported because of an accident with his Ferrari 599 GTB on a tunnel in Manchester on his way to Manchester United's training ground. Although the time of the accident, the car looks bad, but Ronaldo is not injured. Via: otodetik