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Monday, February 28, 2011
Fantastic concept art from Daniel Dociu. Tons of hi-res work by tinfoil on cghub. I'm not big on comparing artists to one another but I do have to say that Daniel's technique is similar to John Berkey's in some technical respects. Perfect placement of values via abstract shapes to create a solid formed concept. Very nicely done... One of our favorites for sure.
Keywords: digital concept spaceship vehicle illustrations designed by daniel dociu chief art director at ncsoft north america overseeing several unannounced titles across all ncsoft's north american studios with primary focus on arenanet's guild wars franchise tinfoil games architectural environment structure desinging
Ben's deviantart gallery. Ben on concepttanks.
Keywords: digital spaceship art twin engine design concepts by ben wootten sci-fi science fiction battle ships fantasy art portfolio concept space vehicles port landing pad hangar sliding crane mechanical pit stop
Five months ago, I purchased a brand new Lakeshore Slate (blue) Infiniti G35 Sport Coupe, and it has been by far my most satisfying car purchase to date. The Infiniti G35 is sleek and beautiful, and it performs incredibly. Test driving other coupes with comparable options, I found the Infiniti G35 Sport Coupe to be the best all-around package for my money. The specs and options are quite desirable, but actually owning the Infiniti G35 has proved to be even better than any dealer’s sales pitch could ever describe it.
The Infiniti G35 Sport Coupe is powered by a standard 3.5ltr v-6 engine, with 280 horsepower and generous 270 ft torque. It is equipped with a CVTCS (Continuously Variable Valve Timing Control System), which utilizes an internal computer to continuously tune the opening of the high-flow intake valves to supply the engine with optimal air flow for even, continuous combustion and improved dependability.
Engine performance of the Infiniti G35 Sport Coupe is optimized at all speeds, not just for selective rpm ranges. This makes for an engine that accelerates faster, runs more efficiently and will effectually last longer. The Infiniti G35 also boasts a close-ratio 6-speed manual transmission with short-throw shifter. This makes the shifting so balanced that it is an absolute pleasure to drive.
The Infiniti G35 Sport Coupe is powered by a standard 3.5ltr v-6 engine, with 280 horsepower and generous 270 ft torque. It is equipped with a CVTCS (Continuously Variable Valve Timing Control System), which utilizes an internal computer to continuously tune the opening of the high-flow intake valves to supply the engine with optimal air flow for even, continuous combustion and improved dependability.
Engine performance of the Infiniti G35 Sport Coupe is optimized at all speeds, not just for selective rpm ranges. This makes for an engine that accelerates faster, runs more efficiently and will effectually last longer. The Infiniti G35 also boasts a close-ratio 6-speed manual transmission with short-throw shifter. This makes the shifting so balanced that it is an absolute pleasure to drive.
The new Infiniti G35 Sport Coupe optional navigation system is an advanced computer tracking unit which reroutes the driver to avoid detours and traffic jams. This is indispensable if you live in a metropolitan area like I do. It also sports a retractable 6.5″monitor that informs me of necessary maintenance reminders to keep my car running soundly, and an advanced trip computer with a fuel economy calculator-very cool. I also sprang for the Premium Package, which included a highly gratifying Bose audio system. Eight powerful speakers are precisely tuned to optimize the acoustic potential of the Infiniti G35 Sport Coupe’s unique construction. Controlled by a superior RDS (Radio Data System) which includes an in-dash, six-disc CD auto changer with MP3 compatibility, the Infiniti G35 Sport Coupe is like owning your own private auditorium. An ultimate accessory for road trips, you can insert up to six discs into a single slot for a continuous drive with no juggling cds to keep the tunes going.
Infiniti quotes city gas mileage at approximately 19 mpg for the manual version, (which I have,) and 26 mpg for the highway. I have discovered that my Infiniti G35 Sport Coupe actually gets a little better mileage than that: closer to 22 miles in the city, 28 highway. In addition, the Infiniti G35 Sport Coupe is a certified LEV2. That means, it’s low emissions, so it’s better for the environment.
After all the specs and options, what’s the bottom line on the 2006 Infiniti G35 Sport Coupe?
This is a very sleek, beautiful automobile that will get you noticed. It exemplifies luxury from bumper to bumper. With its buttery soft leather interior, its superior Bose sound system, and its quiet, smooth shifting engine, the Infiniti G35 Coupe literally spoils the driver. The look of this car is old Hollywood meets new millennium. Heads never fail to turn when I’m driving down the road in it. But more importantly, I feel safe in this car and in control of it. That’s because the Infiniti G35 Sport Coupe handles like no other car, so much so that it almost seems to anticipate your hands. Its responsiveness is, in my opinion, unparalleled. The G35 Coupe is not a car you will be taking in for service every two months either (other than routine scheduled maintenance). It’s more than reliable, and will run just as smoothly with 50,000 miles as it did with 50.
After five months of being an Infiniti G35 Sport Coupe owner, I’ll never go back to Lexus. I’ve found my dream car. If you’re shopping for a classy, reliable, but sporty car this year, the Infiniti G35 Sport Coupe is the one to buy. It handles and moves like a more expensive sedan, but it’s sleek and sporty like a midsize coupe should be. Take a test drive today, and see for yourself why the Infiniti G35 Sport Coupe is the best mid-size coupe on the market today. A car can’t make you happy, but getting the luxury you deserve sure doesn’t hurt.
Infiniti quotes city gas mileage at approximately 19 mpg for the manual version, (which I have,) and 26 mpg for the highway. I have discovered that my Infiniti G35 Sport Coupe actually gets a little better mileage than that: closer to 22 miles in the city, 28 highway. In addition, the Infiniti G35 Sport Coupe is a certified LEV2. That means, it’s low emissions, so it’s better for the environment.
After all the specs and options, what’s the bottom line on the 2006 Infiniti G35 Sport Coupe?
This is a very sleek, beautiful automobile that will get you noticed. It exemplifies luxury from bumper to bumper. With its buttery soft leather interior, its superior Bose sound system, and its quiet, smooth shifting engine, the Infiniti G35 Coupe literally spoils the driver. The look of this car is old Hollywood meets new millennium. Heads never fail to turn when I’m driving down the road in it. But more importantly, I feel safe in this car and in control of it. That’s because the Infiniti G35 Sport Coupe handles like no other car, so much so that it almost seems to anticipate your hands. Its responsiveness is, in my opinion, unparalleled. The G35 Coupe is not a car you will be taking in for service every two months either (other than routine scheduled maintenance). It’s more than reliable, and will run just as smoothly with 50,000 miles as it did with 50.
After five months of being an Infiniti G35 Sport Coupe owner, I’ll never go back to Lexus. I’ve found my dream car. If you’re shopping for a classy, reliable, but sporty car this year, the Infiniti G35 Sport Coupe is the one to buy. It handles and moves like a more expensive sedan, but it’s sleek and sporty like a midsize coupe should be. Take a test drive today, and see for yourself why the Infiniti G35 Sport Coupe is the best mid-size coupe on the market today. A car can’t make you happy, but getting the luxury you deserve sure doesn’t hurt.
If you like Corvettes, this is going to make you smile. Fresh out of bankruptcy court, General Motors announced its two-year product plans for Chevy, Caddy, Buick and GMC. Included are go codes for the new C7 Corvette. The plan is to introduce the C7 in April of 2012 as a 2013 model — a big improvement over the old plan to not reinvent the Corvette until 2014. Let’s just state this up front — almost nothing at all is known about the new Corvette. It appears as if plans for a mid-engine Corvette have been put aside. Like all Corvettes before it, the C7 will feature an engine up front driving the wheels out back. Other than that…
The rumors are that the C7 will be smaller and lighter than the current welterweight C6. There’s talk of using more advanced materials like carbon fiber, aluminum and magnesium as well as smaller engines. Calm down, calm down — as the ZR1 showed us, less displacement doesn’t always mean less power. Especially when a positive-displacement Roots-type supercharger’s in the mix. There’s chatter that the C7′s design might be based on the Stingray Concept from the 2009 Chicago Auto Show, but we’re hoping it’s not. More details as they become available.
The rumors are that the C7 will be smaller and lighter than the current welterweight C6. There’s talk of using more advanced materials like carbon fiber, aluminum and magnesium as well as smaller engines. Calm down, calm down — as the ZR1 showed us, less displacement doesn’t always mean less power. Especially when a positive-displacement Roots-type supercharger’s in the mix. There’s chatter that the C7′s design might be based on the Stingray Concept from the 2009 Chicago Auto Show, but we’re hoping it’s not. More details as they become available.
Unveiled at the 2009 Tokyo Motor Show and most recently at the 2010 Tokyo Auto Salon, the FT-86 is without a doubt one of the most spectacular looking coupe they have ever created. Co-developed with Subaru, hence the oft-used Toyobaru or even Subayota names, this sporty coupe draws heavily on Toyota's RWD heritage and Subaru's in-house super-tuner, Subaru Technica International, aka STI.
FT is short for “Future Toyota”. If this is an indication of where Toyota wants to go sooner than later then I'm all for it! Everybody knows that the #1 Japanese automaker is in desperate need of excitement. The FT-86 Concept is certainly a step in the right direction.
This new two-door sports coupe will be powered by a Subaru-derived 2.0L flat-four cylinder engine. Here it will generate 200 hp and power the rear wheels. A 6-speed manual transmission and ADVICS brakes will play an integral part in an era where, as Toyota puts it: “the driver plays the main role in order to experience the joy of driving”. For the Auto Salon, Toyota revised much of the car but the front end got much of the attention. More importantly, they added a turbocharger to the engine for more juice.
With the following dimensions (4,160mm long, 1,780mm wide, and 1,230mm high with a wheelbase of 2,570mm), the FT-86 will give its driver a compact and capable feeling. It will be easy for the pilot to handle this car in the city, on a track or at Touge, all the while being able to accommodate four occupants. In addition to being light and having a low centre of gravity and great aerodynamics, the car is damn hot. It should be a hit with the young and the young at heart.
As for pricing, nothing has yet been announced however it is expected that the car will carry an asking price of just over $24,000 US when it comes to market sometime in 2011.
As for pricing, nothing has yet been announced however it is expected that the car will carry an asking price of just over $24,000 US when it comes to market sometime in 2011.
In the biggest surprise of the recent Geneva Motor Show, Porsche pulled the cover off the 918 Spyder, a 2-seat supercar that’s both green and mean. How green? Well, driven accordingly, the 918Spyder gets 78 mpg, says Porsche, with low CO2 emissions. And how mean is it? The 3285-lb. carbon-chassis 918 hits 62 mph in less than 3.2 seconds, says Porsche, and has a top speed of 198 mph. A V-8 with more than 500 bhp is mounted ahead of the rear wheels, augmented by front and rear electric motors that add an extra 218 hp to the mix, fed by a lithium-ion battery pack. With a pure electric mode and a rear-biased race mode, the 918 Spyder really is green and mean, and it has real production possibilities. Don’t believe us?
A prototype recently lapped the Nürburgring in less than 7 minutes 30 seconds (that’s quicker than the hallowed Carrera GT), proving it does more than just look pretty on the show stand.
A prototype recently lapped the Nürburgring in less than 7 minutes 30 seconds (that’s quicker than the hallowed Carrera GT), proving it does more than just look pretty on the show stand.
Layout 2 seater, mid-engined, rear wheel drive
Engine Petrol, hybrid optional
Hybrid technology Optional KERS
Cylinder V8
Capacity 5.0 litre
Power/Torque 620 PS / 720 Nm
Rev limit 8,500 rpm
0-100 km/h 3.4 seconds
Top speed 330 km/h
CO2 approx (CO2/km) 250 g/km**
Weight 1,450 kg
Seats 2
Transmission 7 Speed
On sale Spring 2013
Price approx £110,000
Engine Petrol, hybrid optional
Hybrid technology Optional KERS
Cylinder V8
Capacity 5.0 litre
Power/Torque 620 PS / 720 Nm
Rev limit 8,500 rpm
0-100 km/h 3.4 seconds
Top speed 330 km/h
CO2 approx (CO2/km) 250 g/km**
Weight 1,450 kg
Seats 2
Transmission 7 Speed
On sale Spring 2013
Price approx £110,000
Sunday, February 27, 2011
The Black Pack models will be available in Ultimate Black, Polaris White or Salsa Red and boast eye-catching 20-inch gloss black Kalimnos alloy wheels. Further gloss black finishing is applied to the window surrounds, front grilles and side Power Vents. Optional red painted brake callipers contrast strongly with the black alloy wheels, while body coloured front and rear spoilers and boot lid finisher round out the package. Customers also have the option to apply a sweeping ‘XKR’ side body graphic that runs along the door sills.
Jaguar debut recently and dramatically from the supercharged Jaguar XKR Coupe 2010 Geneva Motor Show. Amazing new Jaguar Special Edition XKR offers maximum speeds are significantly higher – 174 mph (280 kmh) – and daring exterior design changes that created the final supercharged Jaguar. Special edition Jaguar XKR combines a number of new features and option packages are introduced in the XK range of 2011 model year. Jaguar customers have the option to customize your vehicle, based on existing packages 2011 New Jaguar XKR to offer cars that offer better performance without sacrificing improvements and luxury that characterize every Jaguar.
The stunning new Jaguar XKR Special Edition delivers a significantly raised maximum speed – 174mph (280km/h). Now, in Special Edition guise, the Jaguar XKR’s top speed climbs significantly from an electronically limited 155mph (250km/h) to 174mph (280km/h) thanks to the addition of the Speed Pack. Allied to that remarkable engine is an advanced six-speed automatic transmission with steering-wheel mounted paddles, lightweight aluminum body structure and a range of computer-controlled systems including Active Differential Control and Adaptive Dynamics that ensure the supercharged car accelerates even faster.
Although the velocity rose significantly, the new Jaguar XKR remains economical in fuel consumption and CO2 emissions. Thanks to the combination of excellent powertrain efficiency and the Jaguar XKR’s advanced lightweight body architecture, its fuel economy is comparable to the previous generation of Jaguar XKR – despite the significant increases in power and performance.
Introduced in 2009, the Jaguar XKR has a prior art 5.0-liter supercharged AJ-V8 engine offers a Gen III R 510PS (510bhp SAE), 625nm torque and push a coupe to 60 mph in just 4.6 seconds. But apparently Special Edition, the maximum speed, electronically rises far Jaguar XKR Limited 155 mph (250 kph) to 174 mph (280 kmh), with the addition of the speed package. Combined with sophisticated engine is remarkable six-speed automatic transmission with steering wheel mounted paddles, light aluminum body structure and various computer-controlled system for active differential control and dynamic adaptation to ensure the acceleration of the supercharged car is still faster, even more precise handling and set a new standard driving and comfort.
Jaguar XKR benefits from a light but rigid and strong forward all aluminum body was recognized. This not only brings a dynamic architecture for the benefit of torsional rigidity, it also offers safety and accident repair functions very well and provides an ideal base to improve overall performance – including optimized fuel economy and CO2 emissions. With the combination of the propulsion system efficiency and excellent lightweight Jaguar XKR advanced body architecture, fuel economy compared with the previous generation Jaguar XKR – despite significant gains in power and performance.
source : carpages.co.ukAlthough the velocity rose significantly, the new Jaguar XKR remains economical in fuel consumption and CO2 emissions. Thanks to the combination of excellent powertrain efficiency and the Jaguar XKR’s advanced lightweight body architecture, its fuel economy is comparable to the previous generation of Jaguar XKR – despite the significant increases in power and performance.
Introduced in 2009, the Jaguar XKR has a prior art 5.0-liter supercharged AJ-V8 engine offers a Gen III R 510PS (510bhp SAE), 625nm torque and push a coupe to 60 mph in just 4.6 seconds. But apparently Special Edition, the maximum speed, electronically rises far Jaguar XKR Limited 155 mph (250 kph) to 174 mph (280 kmh), with the addition of the speed package. Combined with sophisticated engine is remarkable six-speed automatic transmission with steering wheel mounted paddles, light aluminum body structure and various computer-controlled system for active differential control and dynamic adaptation to ensure the acceleration of the supercharged car is still faster, even more precise handling and set a new standard driving and comfort.
Jaguar XKR benefits from a light but rigid and strong forward all aluminum body was recognized. This not only brings a dynamic architecture for the benefit of torsional rigidity, it also offers safety and accident repair functions very well and provides an ideal base to improve overall performance – including optimized fuel economy and CO2 emissions. With the combination of the propulsion system efficiency and excellent lightweight Jaguar XKR advanced body architecture, fuel economy compared with the previous generation Jaguar XKR – despite significant gains in power and performance.
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