Описание нового хэтчбека и седана Kia Rio 2012 года, его цена

В нынешнем году в продажу поступает новый автомобиль от концерна Kia – это модернизированная модель Rio, следующее поколение авто. Нетрудно проследить эволюцию авто: за десять лет машина превратилась из скромного компактного хэтчбека в современную привлекательную и популярную транспортную единицу. Описание Kia Rio покажет это.
Первое, что бросается в глаза, это внешний вид. Седан Kia Rio 2012 покажет динамичный спортивный стремительный дизайн. Перед машины может напомнить облик тигра. Даже когда авто стоит – ощущение, что он движется. При этом облик кардинально отличается от предыдущих поколений. Корейский концерн улучшает характеристики моделей в разы.
Увеличились габариты авто, колесная база. Как итог – салон стал более просторный. Тоже касается и багажника: его объем вырос до 500 литров. В отделке интерьера использовались более дорогие детали. Модель пытается выйти на новый качественный уровень.
Вместе с седаном будет доступен и новый хэтчбек Kia Rio. В Россию будут поставляться модели с бензиновыми моторами объемами 1,4 и 1,6 литров. Их мощность – 107 и 123 силы. Расход топлива – минимум около 6 литров на 100 км, что немало, и это можно отнести к минусам авто. Коробка передач – вариативная: есть и механика, и автомат. Есть и большой плюс – это низкая цена Kia Rio 2012 года. Модель будет стоить от 383 тысяч рублей.

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2013 Audi S4

The always-bustling Audi stand at next month's Detroit Auto Show figures to be cluttered with a full range of eighth-generation A4 models, all of which arrive in the States sometime between June and July. The line's real marquee model is, of course, the RS4, but that Rennsport ingredient will not be seen on the stand in Cobo just yet. (So let's change that to almost full range, and some sources are saying that there will not even be an RS4 this go-round.) The sauciest A4 present will be this model, the new S4, considered by many – this reviewer included – to be the real gem of the range, especially in comparison to the seriously costly RS4.

It's best to call this the "latest" S4, because it is definitely not all-new. However, it does partake of the mid-cycle changes to the "B8" eighth-generation, some of which we recently addressed in a first drive of the A4 and A4 Allroad Quattro. For now, though, we really don't need big changes – we'll be happy if the S4 remains our lower-volume secret.

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2012 Bentley Continental GTC

Few experiences equal the feeling of driving a new 2012 Bentley Continental GTC down a crowded Los Angeles highway – especially when the droptop is prismatic magenta with highly polished 21-inch wheels.

Some stare. Others glare. But most simply sneer.

The response should be expected. After all, a vehicle of this caliber is designed to broadcast to others that you have succeeded. Unfortunately, this specific boisterously purple quarter-million dollar convertible with flashy wheels takes things a bit too far: it also seems to remind passers-by that they have failed.

But let's not blame Bentley for someone's misguided selection on the color wheel. A mere 30 microns of pigment over perfectly primed aluminum, whether or not it appears related to Barney the dinosaur, isn't reason to dismiss this magnificent open-top GT.

Or is it?

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2012 Infiniti QX56

I did something terrible the other day. I drove to the hardware store and bought incandescent light bulbs. I stood there in the aisle for a few extra minutes, staring at the compact fluorescents mocking me in their "be green" packaging, thinking about the several burned out incandescent bulbs in my basement and wondering how long the new ones I held in my hand might last. Better grab another box, just to be sure – government mandate has incandescents being phased out starting in January. I kept from making eye contact with the cashier while I paid and slunk out to my car.

So I'm a hypocrite, a self-professed environmentalist who can't even do this one simple thing to save the planet. But I am just not interested in spending a weekend replacing all the dimmer switches throughout the lower level of my house, and compact fluorescents don't work in those fixtures.

Which brings us to the 2012 Infiniti QX56. From a certain perspective, this 16-mile-per-gallon, V8-powered, body-on-frame SUV is an incandescent light bulb – a holdover from last decade, before the enactment of necessarily draconian fuel economy standards. But as my esteemed colleague Zach Bowman wrote in his First Drive of the QX, "you can't tow 8,500 pounds with a Toyota Prius." Neither can you fit a driver and up to seven passengers into one, not even the new Prius V.

I'd like to point to the technological marvel that solves the fuel-efficient family tow rig conundrum, but the solutions available right now are limited. We'll get to those alternatives presently, but for now, let's agree that new technology has a way of only solving part of the problem. So in this case, if you want to tow big stuff and you've got a big enough brood that you need three rows of seats – and you're ready and willing to spend big cash – the QX is as good as it's going to get.

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2013 Porsche Panamera GTS

The roads winding from the southernmost coast of Spain up to Ascari Race Resort near the town of Ronda are enough to bring telling tales out of any car that professes to have high performance intentions. What talented few acquit themselves well on these roads are then exposed to the 3.4-mile Ascari circuit, and that's usually enough to send most of them home in a huff of brake dust and blow-by.

This time in the crucible, it's the 2012 Porsche Panamera GTS, a car first shown under the hard lights of November's Los Angeles Auto Show. Despite not being the most powerful in the range, this naturally aspirated GTS is tipped to offer the most race-like dynamics of the entire Panamera portfolio. And after 100 or so miles on public amusement park roads and 20 or so on the track, this plus-size GT showed us it's capable of dicing it up like a 911 or Cayman while delivering an understandably different experience from behind the wheel.

Horsepower for the GTS' naturally aspirated dry-sump 4.8-liter V8 stands at 424 at 6,700 revs, and its redline now rests at 7,100 revs – 400 rpm beyond the Panamera 4S. Torque plateaus at 383 pound-feet at 3,500 rpm, with the lion's share available between 3,000 and 5,500 rpm. Curb weight, as given by Porsche, is 4,232 pounds, or just under 10 pounds per horse to haul around. The GTS can scoot, too. Acceleration to 60 miles per hour is declared in 4.3 seconds, though our experience suggests real-world times will be quicker, and top speed is 178 mph.

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Новый автомобиль Volkswagen Tiguan – обзор кроссовера 2012 года

Сочетая мощь тигра и изящество игуаны, немецкий автоконцерн предложил покупателям компактный внедорожник, который быстро стал хитом. Компания лихо обновляет модель, дорабатывает, чтобы предложить еще более (куда уж?) заманчивый продукт. Вот и новый Volkswagen Tiguan не остается без внимания.
По возможности обзор Volkswagen Tiguan даст представление об обновленном кроссовере. Сразу о характеристиках двигателя. По предварительным данным, машина стала экономичнее на 15-20 процентов. Двухлитровый мотор с турбонаддувом будет развивать мощность в 200 сил. Правда, расход топлива все равно великоват: от 7,35 литров (на трассе) до 10,3 (по городу) на сотню км. Доступен и мотор в 1,4 литра мощностью 160 сил. Коробка передач – на выбор: механика, автомат.
Внешний вид Volkswagen Tiguan 2012 сильно не поменялся: новые более агрессивные фары, модификация задних огней, ряд хромированных вставок, подчеркнутые линии решетки. В остальном внедорожник  прежний. К слову, будут доступны две версии дизайна – классический вариант и спортивный (с более острым углом ветрового стекла). Ряд изменений в интерьере, касаются функционала: руль, коробка, панель.
Среди систем безопасности и других функций кроссовер Volkswagen Tiguan предложит пакет «Off road», ABS, предыдущие поколение на краш-тесте получило максимальное количество звезд, новинка вряд ли уступит. Цена автомобиля Volkswagen Tiguan будет стартовать с суммы 24 тысячи евро.

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2012 Audi A1 Sportback

It is perhaps with all the speed of a mighty iceberg, but increasingly, more and more North American buyers appear willing to think smaller when pondering their next auto purchase. The other shoe, which still has largely yet to drop, is for automakers to convince consumers of the merits of a luxury subcompact, paying a price premium for a longer list of creature comforts, options and badge appeal. However small, this trend in the States is best represented by BMW and its Mini range, followed (with a few stumbles out of the gate) by the Fiat 500.

In Europe, however, there is already a well-defined tradition of premium minicars on which buyers happily lavish extra dollars, and there is no model quite so indulgent for the masses as the Audi A1. Through its first complete year of sales in 2011, the Bavarians built at their factory in Brussels, Belgium – and sold – nearly 120,000 A1 three-doors.

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