Friday, October 19, 2012

Honda Ridgeline with Unibody construction

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Compared with most pickup trucks on the market, the Ridgeline comes only in a one-size-fits-all configuration with 4 doors, seating for five and a five-foot-long cargo place. A distinctive characteristic of this cargo bed is a compact covered trunk inside. It usually is accessed via the tailgate, which both folds down, like other pickups, but also swings to the side for easier access. Unibody construction means Ridgeline is the only pickup that doesn’t attach its body to a separate frame. It instead uses car-type engineering in which body and frame essentially are a single, lighter-weight unit. Honda reinforces the structure to make it roughly as rigid as a conventional compact pickup’s though...
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Monday, October 1, 2012

2013 Peugeot 208 GTi - turbocharged 1.6-litre THP with 200bhp

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2013 Peugeot 208 GTi - turbocharged 1.6-litre THP with 200bhp 2013 Peugeot 208 GTi powered by the turbocharged 1.6-litre THP with 200bhp, an engine that's already fitted in the impressive RCZ. This gives the little 208 a 0-62mph time of less than 7.0 seconds and Peugeot is promising strong in-gear performance helped by a kerbweight of just 1160kg and torque of 275Nm.  2013 Peugeot 208 GTi also gets a reworked exhaust and close-ratio six-speed manual gearbox. There's no word on official economy but CO2 is 145g/km.  The standard 208 has had a mixed response since its launch earlier this year with criticism of the steering and handling. Whether the GTi version will be any...
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