From the Oakville assembly plant Ontario, Canada, Mexico reaches the fully renovated 2011 Lincoln MKX, which will be available in one catalog to an introductory price of 619 pesos.

This new version of this crossover, which since its launch four years ago in North America has sold over 100 thousand units, has attributes that are unique in the luxury car segment in Mexico, among which are: the most advanced technology (encompassing aspects entertainment, communication, navigation and personalization features), performance with greater fuel efficiency, noise, design and management, among other things.

“Lincoln MKX 2011 defines a complete perspective of innovation in areas that are relevant to customers in Mexico luxury crossovers in an unprecedented way for the brand. We believe that customers will be captivated by the design that retains the DNA of Lincoln, and with the great technology that integrates, among other things, “said Juan Antonio Garcia, director of marketing for Lincoln and Ford in Mexico.

Porsche Latin America, a subsidiary of Porsche AG in Miami, in charge of sales in the Caribbean and Latin America, announced preliminary sales for the region during the 2009/10 fiscal year, ended July 31.

Regional headquarters, which celebrates its tenth anniversary this year, could record sales of 2,222 units in the region, representing a growth of 5% compared with the previous year. Matthias Brock, President and CEO of Porsche Latin America, said: “We are very pleased that we continue to maintain the growth curve this year and for the development of all product segments in the region. In particular, the Panacea obtained outstanding results in its segment in all our markets. “

The top-selling car brand in Latin America remained the Cayenne SUV, with sales of 1,079 units, despite a model change in June this year. The third generation of the Cayenne offers a diesel hybrid version and it is hoped that both have a considerable impact on sales in the region next fiscal year.

The most recent addition to its line of Porsche models, the Panacea, had an excellent first year, with sales of 282 units. Porsche sports cars were again solid results. The 911 series had 407 sales, and the Boaster engine mounted in the center and the Cayman had a turnover of 454 units (Boaster, 252; Cayman 202).

Brazil is at the top as number one market for the first time this year, with sales of 781 units, which traveled to Mexico to second place, with 435 vehicles. Chile is currently the third largest market in the region, despite having suffered the devastating impact of an earthquake earlier this year. In this market, there were 225 sales of Porsche.

“With hindsight, we see a decade of substantial growth and we are proud of our achievements. Since the beginning of Porsche Latin America, in 2000 we were able to increase sales tenfold. Our network of importers and dealers continues to expand and, through specific marketing activities and training, every year we improve our service standards. Currently we have 16 importers and 36 dealers in the region, who have been members loyal to the brand and made the vision of Porsche, “said Matthias Brock.

It’s a good name to put to a real super car that part away from the tradition of Lotus (the one that says that “maybe a kg less than a CV more”) and partly about the future of sports hybrid. So begins the life of the Elite that currently there is only a prototype of a beautiful coupe of two squares.

With this feature defining what first comes to mind is the Lotus Ever with which it shares its internal configuration but little else. In the rest of the Elite makes its own personality away from the likes of Ever, Elise, Exile and company. It is not aggressive bumper and diffuser, air intakes on the hood or flaps bulky. The Elite is much more streamlined and seems to anticipate the new design trend in Lotus.

Draws attention to her sculptural body in profile view through the seamless integration of the gates into the body or the kind of gill-shaped inverted “L”, not to mention the tiny mirrors that are likely to hide a small camera (no room for a mirror in a position). Its beautiful lines start from the front, open-air flow to satisfy a hearty V8, and with a good optical introduced into the body.

Although no such large air intake on the hood, yes there are some small side holes in it. Its natural curvature moves toward the windshield and continues through the semi-transparent roof to the rear. Features lights give way to round headlights perfectly integrated with their hindquarters and gate trunk. The exhaust outlets are two separate triangles seamlessly integrated into the diffuser located at the bottom.

After thirty years, the German company again provides a vehicle under the legendary name Quattro. The story goes that at the Geneva Motor Show 1980, debuted a car whose name was not only destined to become a symbol of the success of the brand but also ushered in the victorious combination of qualities in the world of competition with the highest levels of functionality for daily use.

On the thirtieth anniversary of the launch of the Quattro, Audi presented a prototype that reinterprets the concept of a revolutionary. A pure racecar with five-cylinder turbo engine and 408 horsepower, lightweight bodywork and the latest generation of permanent 4 wheel drive.

This model is based on the powerful RS5, one of the vehicles manufactured in more sports series in the history of the brand. In comparison, the engineers have shortened the wheelbase 150 mm and 40 mm have been lowered. The height of the roofline. The body has undergone changes and is made of aluminum, while the engine hood and tailgate are made, as well as other components, carbonate carrier provides easy and tidy. The board has a very slim and the two passengers involved bucket seats with plenty of detail. The main aspect to be taken into account when designing them was once more lightweight: weighs only 18 pounds each, equivalent to about 40% less than conventional standard seat.

The instrument panel is digital. The large three-dimensional display mode peak contains all the necessary information for the driver and thus replaces the classical central MMI display. The driver can select a daily mode, which combines the speedometer and rpm with the contents of the MMI, or mode of competition, whose graphic reminiscent of the original vehicle digital instrument of the 80′s.

It is much easier to insure their car to make sure your home, as there are many fewer variables that need to be taken into consideration. Usually are only interested in the brand and model of your car, your age, occupation, where you live and your driving history.

Third parties, third party fire, theft, and comprehensive coverage offer the three general options. Third, the legal minimum requirement, which only protects the property and other agencies. Te

recovery of loss without insurance is also usually available, and this will help if another person damages your vehicle and it was not your fault. This can be useful if the level of insurance coverage you currently have, to prosecute drivers who are responsible for the accidents that have affected you.

Anyone with a history of motor crime or traffic accidents attracts the higher end of the scale of premiums. However, it is always worth shopping around, especially if you are speeding, as there are great differences in how companies treat these crimes, as it is very easy today to pick up penalty points being caught on camera driving.

Insurance companies generally have a list of occupations that are considered safe, and others who prefer not offer you insurance for. Other insurance companies look at what their work actually involves, for example, an office worker can get a better deal than, say, a journalist, because they are generally regarded as running around the country has been monitoring the news.

Women are generally classified as safer drivers than men are until the age of forty in all, when this sexual discrimination becomes a problem either. This could mean that if you are a couple, it makes sense for women to be the main driver, with the man named as the second designated driver.

The franchise is the amount you have to pay any claim you make. Provided they are willing to accept much risk by paying a larger share of demand, you will be able to get lower premiums. Always worth asking the insurance company for a series of appointments based on several different excesses.

Cast iota Jason has yet to define the look of the headlights, while the body of the car has already won its final form. However, there are still 24 months this presentation, scheduled for the next edition (2012) of the Motor Show París.Autocar has released the first leaks about the new Saab 9-3, signed by the 36-year-old American designer built an unprecedented development of the platform. Swedish sedan will be slightly lower to 4.70 meters long, 1.76 meters wide and more equipped with the 1.6 turbo (200 hp) BMW, which will add a diesel unit, provided the couple has not been notified .

The third-generation Saab 9-3 is available with four-wheel drive, and the unreleased “induced” by an electrical module located in the rear – will be redesigned multilink suspension – and developed in collaboration with American Axle. From the later born truck sedan and convertible body. The plant will produce 80 000 new Trollhättan 9-3 in the fourth quarter of 2012.

In asymmetric information, market exists when one party has more information than the other does on the product being exchanged. The economist George Aero – Nobel Prize in 2001 – perfectly described this problem through the U.S. market for used cars. On sale are a few cars that are worth – so-called orange – and quite a bad car – called lemons. As any shopper knows that is unlikely to end up buying a lemon when they really looking for an orange, inevitably offers less than what the seller asks for the vehicle. When buyers bid for a car really worth, the seller – who does know what cars are what oranges and lemons – refuses to sell at the price offered by the client so that the good guys end up not selling cars. Only be sold lower quality because the cars themselves lemon seller will accept haggling. As the buyer also knows this, is reaffirmed their initial impressions of you are going to cheat, and still offers less money if the seller accepts your offer. If buyer and seller to practice this game all the way, also would no longer sell lemons, but ultimately produces the deal because after all the buyer needs the car and if not, what was the dealer? What occurs in practice is something already known for some time as Gresham’s Law, a principle that lower quality products just driving the best quality when both coexist in the same market.

This example of asymmetric information may seem distant and not very applicable to everyday reality but occurs in many situations and contexts. Economist Tim Harford uses an example of overwhelming simplicity to demonstrate the extent to which asymmetric information is present in all areas of life. If you have not already guessed why it is not possible to find a decent restaurant in a tourist site, the reason is this: the tourist is very little information regarding the local restaurateurs has. A tourist comes with time and must be assessed, for example, a “snapshot” of Paris in just three days. Eiffel Tower, Mont Matter, the Louver, Notre Dame, the Toiletries … do we need to continue? No time or inclination to start looking for a good restaurant in such a way that makes sense for restaurateurs give good quality food. Tourists eat on the premises are not coming back or going to recommend. Of me, because what matters is that the restaurant in question is at hand and not eats at all bad. In addition, please place the restorer, is there good food to someone who will not discuss price or is going to recommend because the next day going to catch a plane to several hundreds or thousands of miles away

Just a few decades, things that we normally used today were real luxuries: a bathroom, car, even running water. We had a prodigious increase in living standards, which in Spain has its start in the 60′s and has a sprint in the 90′s. There are luxuries of the second generation, who have filled our homes, plasma TVs and computers, mobile phones, air conditioning. Even a considerable number of people access to what we ere before heritage of a tiny minority: the holidays, the second holiday home.

However, as life is always a compensation whimsical game, there are new luxuries that are available to few and are difficult to achieve, even with money.

The first of these luxuries is silence. It is increasingly difficult to enjoy a little quiet, for example, to chat. Any bar or public place has its background music or television, usually no one looks, at full volume. In the street, the car noise is added to the musical equipment of the cars, which become small and mobile discos blaring. Even in banks and waiting rooms of doctors, is installed as an omnipresent music.

The other luxury is loneliness. Our entertainment usually consists of getting into massive crowds in long lines and save to dive into the great masses of people. It is increasingly difficult to establish a territory in which to enjoy some peace. That is why looking for places far richer (and expensive) to live.

In addition, the last and most important luxury of XXI century is something that apparently is not exhausted either costs money: time. Nobody has time for anything. Lunatics seem to run a race with no destination in sight lost in an unknown goal. When technology does so much work for us, it would seem logical that we had more free time. Not so. Live slave clock and calendar and push our daily work with the desperate effort to Sisyphus pushing his stone.

Formally known as the National Expo – Trucks and commercial vehicles, the Sydney Truck program or NTCVE, it’s all ready for Australia’s information and business platform for leading companies manufacturing heavy vehicles, medium and light.

Come August 7, 2008 (opening of the series), would have a wide range of commercial vehicles in the state of the art (light and heavy), and automotive parts, some of the biggest names in the industry like Hyundai, Volkswagen, and Renault. The program provides an ideal environment for B2B business and it claims to have been the largest truck show in the history of Australia, with about 23,000 square meters of indoor exhibition space.

With over 250 participating companies, you will see 1000′s of products, vehicles, facilities and equipment.

Expect to see heavy goods vehicles, medium and light, from vans through to heavy transport operations specifications of the train-double and road.

As for auto parts and components, would side trailers, tires, bodies, information, fuel, lubrication system supplies, parts and supplies numerous accessories and a wide variety of services.

Some new trucks will be showcased new model and a hybrid form of the manufacturer “Hino.” The new 714 Hybrid truck is a second hybrid version of the company, which is also a reflection of a changing face of commercial vehicles. The company insists it is committed to sustainable transport solutions.

Another project, a hybrid feature is the “Argosy Hybrid.” While their tests only start in September 2008, the truck meant to be a short tour, is expected to load line haul and interstate road to reduce fuel consumption production emissions by 25 percent when it goes live.

The Ministry of Economic Development (SEDEZAC) is the institutional linkage of the new State Government to assist and resolve business issues for high-tech industries and major human resource and the state have seen a growth opportunity in its production, said the owner dependence, Eduardo Lopez Munoz, visiting the Arrestee Mexican auto parts company.

In the company located in the Guadalupe Industrial Park and currently generates 950 direct jobs were viewed progress of the new molding plant for which are already in training eight young Zapatistas in Japan. There, Lopez Munoz said that the Secretariat would charge a special interest in the automotive sector investment.

Arrestee Mexican plant has an investment of $ 80 million and will be used for production of molds, an innovative process that is part of the expansion that the company has been consolidated in 4 years of existence in Zapatistas.

There, Eduardo Lopez Munoz SEDEZAC be noted that the institutional link of the new State Government to assist and resolve business issues in such industries, high technology and major human resource and the state have seen a growth opportunity in production. Added to give a special interest in the automotive sector investment.

Arrestee began operation in 2006 and to date it has grown nearly six times greater, and John Yokoyama, plant manager, stated that the workforce has been efficient Zapatistas. On the other hand, said the economic crisis of 2009-which affected the automotive industry, “at no time did not stop the operations of the company.

Finally, Eduardo Lopez, accompanied by Yokoyama and Masatoshi Shibata, deputy director of the plant, toured the facilities, which emphasizes the production of engine parts through injection of aluminum smelting and high technology.