Our spies have been able to catch Bentley’s heavily revised Continental GT, totally exposed. Our team members revealed getting contacted by Bentley’s security, which proceeded to delete the pics from their cameras, save for one particular memory card that escaped with top quality front shots. The upcoming Bentley Continental GT is expected to hit the market place in 2011, yet we own exceptional high-resolution photos that indicate precisely how the next volume leading Bentley will look like.
The front fascia of the car has received a nice re-working. The frontal fenders seem to have been smoothed out, as well as the mirrors and frontal bumper. The lower section of the automobile gains the addition of a long chrome-based accent strip, covering all the way to the rear bumper. The car headlights seem to have been altered, and perhaps house LED lights in combination with projectors. Judging by the hard edges apparent on the lower fascia in close proximity to the new honeycomb grille, this Continental GT appears to be a pre-production version.
According to a report by Automobile, the up coming Continental versions will be structured to a great extent on Audi’s A8 flagship car, instead of the much heavier VW Phaeton platform. The move will outcome in a shorter front overhang, a more desirable and extended wheelbase, and also a wider track width. The final result is a far more high-class vehicle, improved handling and a lot more room for occupants and bags. One key advantage of taking on the A8’s platform is the transition to a largely aluminum spaceframe, which actually drops roughly four hundred pounds of undesired weight from the car. Though still far from a lightweight, the next Bentley Continental GT should certainly weigh-in at a much more reasonable four thousands and eight hundreds pounds.
Beneath the hood expect the reliable W-12 which underpins so many Bentley designs, and as often, it has been tweaked to output something in the region of five hundreds and eighty hp and five hundreds fifteen lb-ft of torque. The W-12 will be mated to an 8-speed auto transmission. For the sport-oriented and premium priced “Speed” units, expect power to be in the region of 650 hp and five hundreds and ninety lb-ft of torque. There’s also speculation that a 4.2-litre 375 horsepower, 590 lb-ft of torque turbo-diesel might make its way into a new Bentley Continental mode. The 2011 Bentley Continental GT will likely make its formal debut at the 2010 Paris Auto Show.
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The Rover engine actually started in life in the USA as the Buick engine as far back as 1961. The engine block itself was made of an all-aluminum.The main advantage was it was compact and lightweight, weighing only 144 kg (318 lb). In the Buick it was tuned to a maximum power output of 185 hp, also Oldsmobile used the same engine in their car as well and got the figure up to 215 hp. The engine was very successful in both models with sales of 376,799 cars built for the Buick engine in just three years. A similar number of Oldsmobile 215 engines were also produced. There were coolant and oil issues if the correct antifreeze was not used, and the fact that alloy engine was quite expensive to build than its iron stablemate. For this reason Buick and Oldsmobile stopped production of the engine in 1963. Buick then made a similar engine made out of iron which was based on the alloy block. Also a V6 model was introduced in later life with a cut down crankshaft which lived on until 2008.
The head of Rover engineering J Bruce J Mc Williams went to investigate the possibilities of bringing the Buick back to England to use in Rover. It was thought that McWilliams first saw the Buick V8 at the works in Mercury Marine, where he was negotiating sales of Rover gas turbines and diesel engines to the company. It appears that McWilliams was not aware of the Buick engine before this time. The potential was seen for the very light weight engine to be used in some of the British motors of the day. Including replacing the heavy weight 6 cylinder engine of the P5. McWilliams and William Martin-Hurst began to campaign with GM to try and convince them to sell the tooling to Rover, which they finally agreed to do in January 1965. Retiring Buick engineer Joe Turley then moved to the UK to act as a consultant to Rover to help them get set up. The Rover engine became a big hit in the UK.
The Buck engine first appeared in the Rover P5. It then went on to be fitted in the Rover P6 and was subsequently put into the Rover SD1 which in the Vitesse model produced nearly 200bhp. Range Rover also used the engine in some of their vehicles. The engine was widely sold by Rover to small car builders, and has appeared in a wide variety of vehicles. Rover V8s feature in some models from Morgan, TVR, Triumph, Land Rover and MG, among many others.
The first use of the engine was in a car named the Warick 350GT that never saw the light of day. The Rover V8 has also been utilised in light aircraft and became a big hit on the custom scene. The US also used the engine in some of their sporty cars, such as the Chevy Vega and MGB.
Even the Buick iron block 300 cubic inch engine started using aluminum cylinder heads to save weight. To produce more power out of the Rover engine, the Buick heads could be bolted on to the Rover engine with a few mods to produce even more power. The last Rover to have a real Rover V8 was the Rover SD1 Vitesse.
The engine continued to be used by Land Rover in their Range Rovers until the company was sold to Ford by BMW. The production of the engine still carried on with license given to MCT engineering by Land Rover to keep the engine going. MCT continued to produce the engine for aftermarket use and replacements even though Land Rover itself switched to using Jaguar engines.
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Emergency vehicle kits are certainly something that everyone should have in their cars but it would seem that most people out there simply do not think they are necessary. These kits have emergency in them for a reason and you must make sure you have one in the car you are driving. These are just a few of the main things you need.
12 foot jumper cables need to be at the top of the list because if you break down in the middle of the road you may not need to actually call someone who will charge as the nearest car will come and help you out which is always good.
Flares are next on the list and this is because sometimes if you are on a country road at night the light surrounding the area is very poor indeed. Try to aim for around 5 flares to make sure you have enough as if you just have one and no one sees it you are buggered.
The thing that you need to look into after this is of course the first aid kit itself. Whilst this may not help you out in a big accident it could keep someone alive long enough before the paramedics arrive to treat them which is always a good thing.
Flashlight is another important thing because without it you are going to be stuck if you break down in the middle of the night and know how to make changes to the car to get it up and running again so make sure this is always with you.
Water and energy bars are another must have because in some cases you could be stuck somewhere for a number of hours and you are going to need some nourishment.
Other things that come into play are the car security systems for those contract hire cars, just make sure you are safe in case something happens!
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