Goodwood Festival of Speed 2013: win a Ferrari ride

Autocar's sister title, Classic and Sports Car, is auctioning a passenger ride in the hill in the Goodwood Festival of Speed inside a Ferrari supercar. The auction is all for charity, and also the winner will receive two entry tickets towards the Goodwood Festival of Speed on Sunday 14 July, which alone would cost £114. The winning also will receive an exclusive passenger ride for just one in the hill inside a Ferrari, provided by Ferrari North Europe. The ride will require place at 12. 25pm on Sunday 14 July, and can provide the winning having a unique experience, flying up the well-known Goodwood hillclimb at speeds of over 120mph ; the in-car experience may also be recorded using an onboard camera.  All of the last sale price will certainly be donated to Shooting Star CHASE, a children’s hospice service supporting families with children unlikely to attain their 19th birthday. Bidding currently stands at £36. 11 - but has lots of room to grow. To position your bid click here. Will Palmer Goodwood Festival of Speed 2013 : win a Ferrari ride

Jaguar Land Rover details efficient new Ingenium engine family

Jaguar Land Rover has revealed new information on its family of lightweight four-cylinder diesel and petrol engines, which should enter production in January 2015 and become fitted first straight into the Jaguar XE. The new powertrain family weighs as much as 80kg lower than the firm's current engine offerings, while also improving performance and reducing CO2 emissions. All engines inside the range share a similar bore, stroke and cylinder spacing, with each cylinder offering 500cc. JLR says the Ingenum family offers the suggestion:inch,inches,in[click to edit]')" onmouseout="UnTip()">" configurability and flexibility around which smaller or larger engines can quickly and efficiently be developed suggestion:inch,inches,in[click to edit]')" onmouseout="UnTip()">" sooner or later.  Autocar understands that the three-cylinder spin-off unit is really a direct possibility and an aligned six engine is ‘theoretically’ possible. The engine family can be utilized for front-drive, rear-drive and all-wheel drive. Both diesel and petrol variants will certainly be designed with turbochargers, with engines sharing common components and calibrations - thus allowing JLR to react more quickly to changes sought after. All engines also will get direct injection, variable valve timing and stop-start technology. The very first engine coming from the new family to reach into production is a 2. 0-litre turbocharged diesel - dubbed AJ200D. The corporate says that friction inside the unit is reduced by 17 per cent when compared with the current 2. 2-litre diesel engine. Secret for reducing that friction is numerous technologies, including computer-controlled oil and water pumps, cam followers running on roller bearings, a roller-bearing equipped balancer shaft and electronically controlled piston-cooling jets. The firm's director of powertrain engineering Ron Lee said : suggestion:inch,inches,in[click to edit]')" onmouseout="UnTip()">" Being configurable and versatile are the 2 key strands of Ingenium’s DNA because We‘ve future-proofed our new engines coming from the outset. Ingenium can accept new advances in fuel, turbocharging, emissions, performance and electrification technologies when they‘re ready and accessible to become deployed. “We could design Ingenium in this manner because we‘d the rare chance to start the project having a clean sheet of paper. We weren’t locked into any one of the typical restrictions that force engineering compromises because we‘d no existing production machinery that will dictate design parameters, no carryover engine architectures to utilise and no existing factory to modify. suggestion:inch,inches,in[click to edit]')" onmouseout="UnTip()">" JLR says the new range is tested on greater than two million miles of real roads just before reaching production. The engines will certainly be built in the company's new Engine Manufacturing Centre near Wolverhampton - which forms section of a £500 million investment by JLR. Upon the upcoming XE, and that is destined to rival the BMW 3-series, the different Ingenium engines will, at one end from the scale, permit the car to travel at over 186mph and, at another, return CO2 emissions of lower than 100g / km. High-performance versions with more than 400bhp will also be planned. It‘s understood the new Land Rover Discovery Sport also will obtain the option from the Ingenium engine range, while not immediately coming from the new model’s launch, which is predicted until the Ingenium engine plant begins full production. Additional reporting by Hilton HollowayGet the newest car news, reviews and galleries from Autocar direct within your inbox every week. Enter your current email below : Jaguar Land Rover details efficient new Ingenium engine family

History of Lexus - picture special

Since its inauguration, Lexus has aimed to bring the fight to stronger premium brand names, for example Mercedes-Benz, Jaguar, Audi and BMW, offering marginally cheaper alternatives to luxury saloons and crossover SUVs, along with the courageous Lexus LFA supercar during economic turmoil.  Lexus started life as Toyota’s luxury division, for that reason the marque has developed a reputation through the years like a manufacturer that epitomises top quality, reliability and strong finishes in customer satisfaction surveys. But where did all of it begin? In 1983, then-Toyota chairman Eiji Toyoda summoned a highly secret, emergency meeting. Tea and biscuits were put aside when Toyoda quizzed fellow company executives : “Can we produce a luxury vehicle to challenge the world’s best? ”What resulted was the F1 project – not to become confused using the pinnacle of motor racing – but ‘Flagship One’, involving painstaking levels of market research and concentrate groups on luxury car buyers. The end result spawned the Lexus (a mixture of luxury and elegance ) LS400 saloon in 1989. Riding a wave of clever television and print advertising, the LS400 made its debut at this year’s North American (Detroit ) Auto Show and proved to become an instant hit with punters.  The LS400 had the need to be. An extensive resource of 60 designers, 24 engineering teams, 450 prototypes, 2. 7 million kilometres of road testing and greater than $1 billion went into developing the flagship saloon, featuring a unique design that shared little in common with previous Toyotas. Once the LS400 finally touched down in Europe in 1990, it was eventually applauded to its high-quality cabin, superb refinement, less drag coefficient more enhanced value when compared with its rivals. The punchy 4. 0-litre V8 motor, developing 256bhp, also gave the LS400 a better top speed compared to the BMW 735i, at 160mph.  Lexus succeeded in shaking up rivals BMW and Mercedes-Benz, whose sales took a big hit following the LS400’s trumpeting market entrance. The Japanese marque shifted over 165, 000 units from the LS400 worldwide and also the premium saloon car gained a robust reputation to its capcapacity to clock up well over 200, 000 miles with proper maintenance.  In 1993, Lexus launched the GS300 saloon to sit below the LS400 and go head-to-head using the BMW 5-series. Penned by famed designer Giorgetto Giugiaro, the GS300 (standing for Grand Saloon ) was introduced having a 3. 0-litre inline-six engine, rear-wheel drive and independent double wishbone suspension. 3 years later the car maker unveiled its first SUV, the LX450, with different revised Toyota Land Cruiser 100 by 1998 the firm had broken straight into the increasingly popular crossover market with the discharge from the RX300.  Into the millennium and Lexus seized the chance to go into the compact executive saloon market and do battle using the Mercedes-Benz C-class and BMW 3-series. The corporate introduced its choice of IS saloons, and though it was eventually seen being an alternative, it didn‘t sufficiently unsettle its established rivals inside the compact executive segment. Lexus experienced a crucial year in 2005. The firm launched the world’s first production premium hybrid SUV as the RX400h and separated from parent company Toyota, while expanding into its home country for the very first time and emerging markets for example China and South America. Sales particularly began to surge in South East Asia, the UK and throughout Australasia. Not somethat you shy far from taking gambles, Lexus announced a brand new F-marque performance division in 2007, with Mercedes-Benz’s AMG and BMW’s M divisions resolutely in its sights. The very first Lexus to don the F nameplate, which pays homage towards the Fuji Speedway and stands for Flagship, was the often forgotten Lexus IS-F saloon.  Aimed in the BMW M3, Audi RS4 and Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG, the IS-F was powered using a 5. 0-litre V8 kicking out 416bhp. However, despite being mated to some ground-breaking eight-speed automatic transmission and covering 0-62mph in 4. 8sec, the IS-F failed in order to make an impression over its superior German rivals.  Arguably, Lexus’s finest moment came in 2009, once the Japanese marque heroically launched the LFA supercar amid a worldwide financial crisis and economic uncertainty.  Costing an eye-watering £343, 000 the two-seater LFA supercar experienced a piercing 552bhp 4. 8-litre V10 positioned as far back inside the frontal engine bay as you can, to obtain a 48 per cent and 52 per cent front-to-rear weight distribution. The carbonfibre monocoque tub kept the kerb weight pegged at 1480kg, which helped the Lexus LFA sprint from 0-62mph in 3. 7sec and onto 202mph, all of the while possessing an intoxicating 9400rpm redline. In 2010, Lexus launched a good more exclusive version – the LFA Nürburgring Edition – with only 50 units produced when compared with the 500 of the initial LFA. It flaunted a power hike as much as 563bhp, re-calibrated gearshifts, lightweight alloy wheels and a big fixed rear wing. The car became the fifth-fastest production car at that time to lap the infamous track which bears its name, when it completed the notorious Nordschleife in 7min 14. 64sec. With Lexus sticking to some naturally aspirated V8 motor to its forthcoming RC-F performance coupé, and expanding its choice of hybrid vehicles using the updated CT200h and new RC300h models, can the premium Japanese car maker’s “pursuit of perfection” place the brand on level-pegging terms using its European rivals? We can’t wait to see. Aaron Smith History of Lexus - picture special

Goodwood Festival of Speed 2013: VW XL1

Volkswagen’s super-frugal XL1 will certainly be taking towards the hillclimb in the Goodwood Festival of Speed next month. The XL1, which claims 313mpg and CO2 emissions of 21g / km will certainly be piloted all around the course by F1 legend and six-time Le Mans winner Jacky Ickx. At just 1282mm high the XL1 is lower when compared to a Porsche Boxster. Also making its way up the well-known hill will certainly be Volksagen’s Polo WRC car, piloted by outgoing VW board member Ulrich Hackenberg. The Polo WRC happens to be being utilized by WRC championship leader Sébastien Ogier. Alongside its two headliners VW may also be showing from the new Golf GTI and GTD to potential customers. The Goodwood Festival of Speed happens between 10-14 July. Stay tuned in to Autocar. co. uk for many the newest coming from the event. Goodwood Festival of Speed 2013 : VW XL1

Elemental RP-1 sports car to launch at Goodwood Festival of Speed

The Elemental RP-1, a lightweight sports car which plans to bring upon the UK's track car market, will make its debut in the Goodwood Festival of Speed later this month. The two-seat, road-legal, track-oriented model is powered using a 2. 0-litre Ford EcoBoost engine having a reported 276bhp. A weight figure of 450kg is quoted upon the company's website, alongside figures of 590lb ft of torque per tonne, and as much as 200kg of downforce at 100mph. A six-speed race-derived sequential paddle-shift transmission also features, alongside a configurable digital dashboard, footwell heating and secure storage space. While its makers say the RP-1 suggestion:inch,inches,in[click to edit]')" onmouseout="UnTip()">" is designed specifically to possess low-cost consumables and easily swapped body panels suggestion:inch,inches,in[click to edit]')" onmouseout="UnTip()">", PistonHeads suggests the starting price to the car could possibly be around £50, 000. According to some statement coming from the firm, the RP-1 suggestion:inch,inches,in[click to edit]')" onmouseout="UnTip()">" incorporates a carbonfibre tub, motorsport-derived aerodynamics, dramatic styling and owner-tuneable suspension and can be available having a choice of engines to suit all uses and driving styles suggestion:inch,inches,in[click to edit]')" onmouseout="UnTip()">". With plans for several different engine packages to become offered, it appears probable that Elemental also will offer the RP-1 with Ford's 1. 0-litre EcoBoost engine inside an entry-level model. When launched, the RP-1 will compete along with high-end track cars including offerings from Radical and Ariel, along with models such as the Vühl 05 and also the BAC Mono. Elemental says it plans to launch the car later in 2012 with production with a dedicated UK facility due to obtain underway in 2015. It is probable that production will remain small scale. Read more Goodwood Festival of Speed news. Obtain the latest car news, reviews and galleries from Autocar direct within your inbox every week. Enter your current email below : Elemental RP-1 sports car to launch at Goodwood Festival of Speed

Jaguar Land Rover closes on sales record

Jaguar Land Rover is on course to generate £2. 75bn in pre-tax earnings by next April, consistent with latest figures. Consequently, the firm is requried to be made by target as being most successful company inside the history from the home-grown British car industry. The year after obtaining £500m in private bank loans in 2009, JLR had revenues of £6. 53 billion. Inside the financial year that ended in April in 2012, it banked £15. 78bn, a rise of 140 per cent.  Pre-tax earnings inside the immediate aftermath from the credit crunch were £349m, impressive given the marketplace circumstances. To April 2013, that leaped to £2. 4bn, and it‘s expected to leap to £2. 75bn by next April. JLR happens to be investing far greater than it makes in annual profits, in an effort to expand its product line and pull all its models onto three basic platforms. The majority of models will certainly be powered by a brand new four-cylinder engine range. Additionally it is investing inside a joint-venture factory in China. As of April, JLR had after-tax profits around £1. 2bn, though it‘s spending £5bn in 2012 and next year on investments in new products and new factories. This intensive burst can help produce the new five-model Discovery family - which also replaces the Freelander - the new four-cylinder engine plant in Wolverhampton, Jaguar’s new aluminium platform and it is new compact saloon and SUV. JLR expects costs to become driven down. The large Range Rover and Discovery 5 model families will certainly be built on a single aluminium platform and also the Evoque and future baby Discoveries built on a single steel platform. Savings may also be made when JLR switches to its own ‘Hotfire’ petrol and diesel engines, instead of buying in units from rival car makers, as happens today. Depending on current trends, JLR could build 750, 000 cars inside the medium term, well up on its global sales of 357, 773 last year. It is predicted the compact Jaguar saloon and SUV should add 150, 000 units by 2017, and Land Rover predicts the new baby Discoveries to outperform their Freelander predecessors.  A major makeover to the Jaguar XF (which should obtain the new Hotfire engines ) will boost Jaguar’s presence within the industry’s most profitable segments. Jaguar Land Rover closes on sales record

History of Holden - picture special

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