The revamped Toyota Land Cruiser Prado with its macho styling is one of the delights at the Frankfurt Show this year. Leaked shots and spec sheets have not prompted Toyota to go low-key with the Prado’s launch. They’ve still come out to Germany and put their Fortuner-engined Prado on display.
Yes, you heard that right – The Toyota Prado comes with a 3.0-litre D-4D turbo common rail diesel engine coupled to a 5-speed automatic transmission. It produces 171bhp at 3,400rpm and maximum torque of 410Nm between 1,600 and 2,800rpm.
A ground breaking feature on the Prado is the Multi-terrain Select, which automatically controls power and braking according to the off-road surface, while providing you live video feeds through the four cameras placed around the car!
The official press release says the vehicle goes on sale in Britain from the 1st of December 2009. No word on the Indian launch date, but we think it is around the corner, an official announcement can be expected shortly.
Read the full press release after the jump which is better at explaining the technology and equipment than us.
As Hyundai transfers a major chunk of i20 production to Turkey, we’re not confident if the ix-Metro will call the Chennai plant its home. Nevertheless this is a new Hyundai and anything under the ‘i’ convention is eye candy and is fit to go on our front page.
You don’t have to wait very long to see live shots as the Frankfurt Motor Show which starts in less than two weeks from now, will have the Hyundai ix-Metro on display. The name Metro has already been taken by someone else and reports say this car will don the ix25 tag.
Sweet.
Autoweek says this model will use the i20′s architecture and is among the nine new Hyundais that arrives in 13 months, starting from October 2010.
Press release and more images expected on press days at Frankfurt. We’ll keep a close eye on this car.
The Honda CR-V is a huge hit in the United States. Such is this smash hit that Honda is afraid to change anything in the car, and hence made some mild and unnoticeable changes and calls it the “new Honda CR-V.”
You need a trained eye to spot the differences. The honeycomb grille replaces the horizontal slabs, a reshaped bumper and new fog lamp housing are additional changes. Under the hood, the goods are the same. On the inside, you can expect some extra gadgetry but the well laid out dash and furniture would not get the nix this time.
The “new” CR-V will be announced at the 2010 Frankfurt Motor Show that starts next month.
We’ve already shown you a rendering of the Ferrari F450 before, if you did not know.
The Ferrari F430‘s production has been halted in Maranello to leave way to its successor, the F450, which is rendered here. The Ferrari F450 will have a marginally bigger 4.5-liter engine providing it with more power and torque ratings to compensate for the increase in length and track. This Ferrari unlike the California is performance-oriented one and a bit on the madder side. The production car will be shown at Frankfurt in September this year and might come with KERS technology borrowed from its F1 racing team.
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