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The minicars which are made by Toyota, Honda and Daimler AG, made an unfortunate performance at the crash test. And now the safety organization is suggesting the consumers to by larger cars that have comparable fuel efficiently.

The cars which have been tested are Toyota Yaris, Honda Fit and Smart fortwo, and they all have strong impact around the driver dummy while crashing. It was mentioned in the report which was released today by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.

A non-profit group funded by auto insurers said that, the drivers of all three cars have the high risk of head and leg injuries after the test impact of 40mph.

The report sure creates the doubt about the safety of minicars at the same time as it is still been developed by several automakers for North America. CEO of Volkswagen Group of America, Stefan Jacoby said last week,

VW would consider bringing its European Up minicar brand to the U.S. in future years.

Safe option and fuel economy
The minicars are fuel economy cars and now they are unsafe, it’s time for you to look for an option. The group recommended that the consumer should look for something large which provides more safety then mini or micro autos. The best they came up with, keeping fuel economy in mind are VW Jetta diesel, the Toyota Camry hybrid and the Ford Fusion hybrid.

However, the thing is people don’t always drive minicars for fuel economy. There are also other reasons such as price, parking handiness and also for fun.

For the last three years diesel has been dominating the 24 hours of Le Mans racing and do you think in future, could it be replaced with electric?

Well, it doesn’t matter what you think but racing outfit GreenGT think so. Recently the Swiss firm has unveiled the design which they think would make its debut at 2011 Le Mans.

The car is based on carbon fire chassis and fiberglass body. It is powered by a pair of electric motors which are putting 450bph and the rear wheels have the hideous 1475lb ft torque. I recon it’s not bad for a racing car, in fact it sounds good.

This car weights only 860kg which is good for a 0-60mph around four seconds. However, the problem that might occur is, the confusion of the massive torque applying effectively on the track and top speed of around about 170mph.

Another big issue is the battery. The amount of power that is needed for those engines and also for dozens of laps is not available yet, but if it is then it would weight several tons. The simple answer to that is, replace the battery packs at every pit stops.

However, GreenGT is pretty confident that the technology will developed within the next couple of years.

Everyday the car makers are working hard try to attract the customers with their new models and technologies. The customers are also look out for new models and replace it with the old ones. So, if any one tells you that an old car was sold for $12.1 million, it would shock you. But the climax isn’t ends here, its Ferrari 250 Testa.

The 1957 Ferrari 250 Testa, which was sold on Sunday, had respectful background. Only 22 units were produced during 1957 to 1958 and it is one of them. It was also a successful racer wining 10 international races out of 19. It boosts up with 300bph, and 2,953 cc single overhead cam degrees V-12 engine under the hood and six Weber 38 DCN carburetors and a four-speed manual gearbox.

The car sold Sunday, ware chassis No. 0714TR and it finished fourth at the Buenos Aires 1,000-kilometer race in 1958 in its debut.

Recently, Dodge made a recall for around 38000 2009 Dodge Ram pickup trucks to accurate the climate a control defect that might create visibility problems to the driver.

Dodge enlightened in the defect notice which is filed with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration that, truck is equipped with manual temperature controls, and the software which is programmed into the heating ventilation and air conditioning module system may cause the windshield defrosting and the defogging functions to become broken down. These defects can decrease the visibility to the driver and the result would be crash without warning.

Dodge dealers however, will reprogram the climate control module without any charge. The owners of the 2009 Ram should expect to receive a notification in the mail from Dodge by next month. Nevertheless, those who want to make their own repair arrangement can contact Dodge at 1-800-835-1403.

German-based leading luxury car manufacturer ‘Audi’ introduced its new showroom in Kochi, yesterday. Kochi is a city of Kerala state, India. The new one named ‘Audi Kochi’. After inaugurating the showroom, Audi India (AI) Managing Director Benoit Tiers told Audi Kochi could epitomize new terminal model that provided a unique Audi experience to its customers across the world. Talking to the media, he also added the latest terminal was an addition to the international examples of the recent Audi corporate architecture which situated in Tokyo, Sydney Geneva, and Munich.

The new showroom is AI’s second largest dealership. It has a space of nearly 9,000 square feet. The space is completely dedicated for Sales & Display. At least eight Audi cars can be displayed at a time. Low range to high range like Audi R8 with price at 1.4 crore were displayed here. Audi models basically starts from around 40 lakh.
The interiors of this showroom designed using exquisite, unique and superb quality equipments from different parts of the world. The dealership got initially 17 highly trained, skilled and professional employees from Audi in order to give excellent service to it customers.