Auto Fantasy

Saying goes that a camel is a horse designed by committee. Fortunately, Audi is not one of those companies that make up their car catalogs with each of his father and mother, but although the department Stefan Sielaff is well tied style, the signature of the four rings has launched a contest which encourages the public to the electrical design of tomorrow.

The competition is open to “students and scientists”, to be submitted before July 31 a German portfolio of at least 10 pages detailing “the current situation, the proposed solution and the path to that solution, for example, how would putting production of an Audi with no gearbox. The eight highest rated candidates will attend a workshop offered by Audi to develop their ideas, and then will select a winner in November.

What is not at all clear is what will happen next with the proposal. Is it translated to a conceptual? Or technicians will apply its principles in future models? We do not know, but it seems that VAG is very keen to use the consumers themselves to shape their future vehicles, and any engineer or industrial designer first-kill to add an award like this to your resume.

If you look at the rules, you can click here (or here if you want it translated by Google, but good luck writing your report if you do not master the language of Goethe).

New saloon car XJ makes its debut in Spain for the first time, in the Hall the Ecological Automobile of Madrid. Jaguar XJ was presented/displayed to the international press the past month of April in Paris and is predicted that the first units arrive at Spain in June of 2010.

Agreeing with the Madrilenian contest, Jaguar wants to reinforce its commitment with the environment and the future sustainable and this commitment like responsible company. Jaguar demonstrates it to Cars in all the stages of the service life of the new XJ. Innovators manufacturing techniques, applied by the company, allow to reduce the energy necessary to produce each new XJ. For example, the aluminum structure completely, mounts with rivets and draws resin from instead of weld which reduces the power consumption.

50% of aluminum used in the structure, equivalent to 12,000 softdrink cans, have been recovered and recycling saving a 95% more of energy in the manufacture and approximately avoid the CO2 emission of 3.3 tons by vehicle. Besides aluminum recycling, in the structure other 37 kilograms of materials are used recyclings. The XJ, does not contain mercury and all the wood panels of their interior come from sustainable forests, in addition this raised to be recycling 85% at the end of their life utility, which without a doubt reduces the environmental impact.

To be constructed with aluminum the XJ he is much more light and therefore he uses less fuel and he produces less emissions than an equivalent vehicle with steel chassis. The new range of motors Jaguar AJV8 of 5 liters incorporates technologies outposts like the direct fuel injection and the activation of the camshaft, by means of the motor pair, to optimize the consumption and the yield. The motors Jaguar AJ diesel V6 3 liters incorporate piezoelectric injectors of high speed and I bidisturb sequential parallel. This allows an exceptional yield, smaller consumption and reduction of CO2 emissions (184 CO2 g/km – leader in its category) Faithful to his commitment like responsible company, Cars Jaguar, incorporates an outpost range of technologies, designed for one more a safer and comfortable conduction.

The Control of Crucero Adaptativo (ACC) uses technology radar to maintain a constant distance with the vehicle that precedes to him. The systems of ABS and Attendance in Braking of Emergencia (EBD) shorten the braking length and improve the control of the direction. The light aluminum chassis reduces the braking length and generates less energy in case of collision. Besides the habitual tests, the new XJ was put under more than 7,000 virtual tests of shock and more than 1,6 million kilometers of virtual conduction, securing therefore a superb platform for structural integrity.