New Automobiles, Cars in the planet

Etios Diesel Q Class

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Etios Diesel Q Class: A class of car offering value for money, not just luxury. A class of car born from an ability to win the heart, not just beat a record. A class of car that is engineered with passion, not just physics. A class of car that is designed to have character, not just style. A class of car that promises a lifetime of pride, not just driving pleasure. A class of car that is well beyond normal classification. A car in a class of its own.

Economical of luxury, sets the new global standard in quality.
Technology that provides a perfect balance of sporty performance and driving pleasure.
Innovative bold styling combined with simplicity that is a class above.
Outstanding comfort, durability and efficiency all of which are a first for India.
Safety without any compromise making a world of a difference.

The new Toyota Etios is an entry level sedan car . Toyota ETIOS Q Class (Sedan) design is based on the of “Bold Simplicity”. This revolutionary new in luxury and comfort, which is the global standard of quality, is also the most affordable.The Toyota Etios sedan version will be powered by a 1.5 litre petrol engine would compete with the other sedans in the same rice range – the Tata Indigo Manza and the Maruti Swift Dzire.
Toyota ETIOS Q Class Car (Sedan) technical specifications :

ENGINE :
- Type : 2NR-FE, Gasoline, 4 Cylinder 16V, DOHC
- Size : 1496 cm3(cc)
- Max.Power : 90PS (66kW) @ 5600 rpm
- Max.Torque : 132 Nm (13.46 kg-m) @ 3000 rpm
- Fuel Supply System : (EFI) Electronic Fuel Injection
TRANSMISSION Type : 5 Speed Manual
SUSPENSION
- Front : MacPherson Strut
- Rear : Torsion Beam
BRAKES
- Front : Ventilated Disc
- Rear : Drum
DIMENSIONS : 4265x1695x1510 mm
- Wheelbase : 2550 mm
- Ground Clearance : 170 mm
- Fuel Tank Capacity : 45 Litres
- Turning Circle Radius : 4.9 m
- Boot Space : 595 Litres

Toyota ETIOS Safety and Security features :

SRS Airbags
ABS (Anti-Lock Braking System)
EBD (Electronic Brake Distribution)
Immobilizer
Keyless Entry
Driver Seatbelt Warning
Door Ajar Warning

Toyota ETIOS Interiors

Internally Adjustable ORVM
Luggage Room Lamp
Fabric Insert Door Trim
Leather Wrapped Steering Wheel
7 Bottle Holders (1 Litre)
Front Door Pockets
Rear Door Pockets
Day/Night Inside Rear View Mirror
Driver – Side Sunvisor
Passenger – Side Sunvisor
Chrome Accented Air Vents
Chrome Accented Shift Knob
Assist Grip with Coat Hook
Remote Fuel Lid Opener
Remote Tailgate Opener

Toyota ETIOS Exteriors

Body Coloured Bumpers
Front Fog Lamps
Body Coloured Door Handles
Body Coloured ORVM
Side Protechtion Moulding
B Pillar Black-Out
Intermittent Wiper
Side Skirt
Tubeless Tyres
12 Spoke Alloy Wheels
Full Wheel Caps
Roof Mounted Antenna
Chrome Garnish on Boot

A History Of Sports Cars

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When the automobile sputtered to life in the late 1880s, the sports car wasn't far behind. Briggs Cunningham, the storied American sports-car builder of the 1950s, once declared that "in the beginning every car was a sports car, because they weren't practical or particularly useful on a day-to-day basis."
Then, starting in 1913, one Henry Ford made the motorcar itself universal by using a moving assembly line to crank out his simple Model T with unheard-of speed in unheard-of numbers. Competition and free enterprise did the rest. Soon, most anyone who wanted a car could afford one.
It was in this heady, fast-paced era of technical innovation and industrial growth that the sports car began to emerge as something beyond mere transportation. As pioneer American auto journalist Ken Purdy explained it: "The automobile had tremendous appeal for the sportsman of the [early 1900s]: It was the fastest vehicle at man's bidding, it was new, much about it was unknown. It offered a great challenge."
To the manufacturers, turning out perhaps a few score automobiles a year, racing was the best kind of advertising. Because it was a brand-new sport, the newspapers gave it extensive news coverage, and the manufacturer whose car won an important race on Saturday could be sure of a full order book the following Monday evening." In short, the first racing cars were also the first sports cars. They've been close cousins ever since.
Good or bad, the sports car evolved up to World War II as a creature mainly of Europe and England, not the U.S. Though motorsports remained very popular on both sides of the Atlantic, the topography and economic conditions "over there" tended to breed sportier cars with the defining attributes of quick acceleration, agile handling, and strong brakes. It seemed, that sports cars were thriving.
Then the Depression hit. Smaller companies perished, and the larger U.S. automakers adopted emergency survival measures -- none of which included sports cars. With the start of a terrible new world war, some thought the sports car as good as dead.
But the pundits were wrong again. Liberated by unpredecented prosperity in the early postwar years, some Americans began rejecting homegrown automotive values for cars that looked good and were actually fun to drive. Though no one knew it at the time, a revolution was underway. The sports car was about to captivate America as never before.
In the following pages, you will be able to trace the exciting history of sports cars, from their postwar boom to the present day. Along the way you will also find links to individual sports car profiles that offer history, specs, and photos. In addition, you can also read sports car reviews and browse through our sports cars by year and manufacturer.
We'll get started on the next page by learning about the sports cars of the 1940s.

Lotus Super 7, a fundamental sports car

1934 Aston Martin Ulster

History of Automobiles (Cars)

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The design of the Cugnot Steam Trolley (Jonathan Holguinisburg) (1769)

The history of the automobile begins as early as 1769, with the creation of steam engined automobiles capable of human transport. In 1806, the first cars powered by an internal combustion engine running on fuel gas appeared, which led to the introduction in 1885 of the ubiquitous modern gasoline- or petrol-fueled internal combustion engine. Cars powered by electric power briefly appeared at the turn of the 20th century, but largely disappeared from use until the turn of the 21st century. The early history of the automobile can be divided into a number of eras, based on the prevalent means of propulsion during that time. Later periods were defined by trends in exterior styling, and size and utility preferences.

17th century

Ferdinand Verbiest, a member of a Jesuit mission in China, built the first steam-powered vehicle around 1672, designed as a toy for the Chinese Emperor, it being of small scale and unable to carry a driver or passenger but, quite possibly, the first working steam-powered vehicle ('auto-mobile').

18th century

Cugnot's steam wagon, the second (1771) version

A replica of Richard Trevithick's 1801 road locomotive 'Puffing Devil'

Steam-powered self-propelled vehicles large enough to transport people and cargo were first devised in the late 18th century. Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot demonstrated his fardier à vapeur ("steam dray"), an experimental steam-driven artillery tractor, in 1770 and 1771. As Cugnot's design proved to be impractical, his invention was not developed in his native France. The centre of innovation shifted to Great Britain. By 1784, William Murdoch had built a working model of a steam carriage in Redruth, and in 1801 Richard Trevithick was running a full-sized vehicle on the road in Camborne. Such vehicles were in vogue for a time, and over the next decades such innovations as hand brakes, multi-speed transmissions, and better steering developed. Some were commercially successful in providing mass transit, until a backlash against these large speedy vehicles resulted in the passage of the Locomotive Act (1865), which required self-propelled vehicles on public roads in the United Kingdom to be preceded by a man on foot waving a red flag and blowing a horn. This effectively killed road auto development in the UK for most of the rest of the 19th century; inventors and engineers shifted their efforts to improvements in railway locomotives. (The law was not repealed until 1896, although the need for the red flag was removed in 1878.)
The first automobile patent in the United States was granted to Oliver Evans in 1789.

19th century

Among other efforts, in 1815, a professor at Prague Polytechnich, Josef Bozek, built an oil-fired steam car. Walter Hancock, builder and operator of London steam buses, in 1838 built a four-seat steam phaeton.
What some people define as the first "real" automobile was produced by Amédée Bollée in 1873, who built self-propelled steam road vehicles to transport groups of passengers.
The American George B. Selden filed for a patent on May 8, 1879. His application included not only the engine but its use in a 4-wheeled car. Selden filed a series of amendments to his application which stretched out the legal process, resulting in a delay of 16 years before the US 549160 was granted on November 5, 1895.
Karl Benz, the inventor of numerous car-related technologies, received a German patent in 1886.
The four-stroke petrol (gasoline) internal combustion engine that constitutes the most prevalent form of modern automotive propulsion is a creation of Nikolaus Otto. The similar four-stroke diesel engine was invented by Rudolf Diesel. The hydrogen fuel cell, one of the technologies hailed as a replacement for gasoline as an energy source for cars, was discovered in principle by Christian Friedrich Schönbein in 1838. The battery electric car owes its beginnings to Ányos Jedlik, one of the inventors of the electric motor, and Gaston Planté, who invented the lead-acid battery in 1859.
The first carriage sized automobile suitable for use on existing wagon roads in the United States was a steam powered vehicle invented in 1871, by Dr. J.W. Carhart, a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in Racine, Wisconsin. It induced the State of Wisconsin in 1875, to offer a $10,000 award to the first to produce a practical substitute for the use of horses and other animals. They stipulated that the vehicle would have to maintain an average speed of more than five miles per hour over a 200 mile course. The offer led to the first city to city automobile race in the United States, starting on July 16, 1878, in Green Bay, Wisconsin, and ending in Madison, via Appleton, Oshkosh, Waupun, Watertown, Fort Atkinson, and Janesville. While seven vehicles were registered, only two started to compete: the entries from Green Bay and Oshkosh. The vehicle from Green Bay was faster, but broke down before completing the race. The Oshkosh finished the 201 mile course in 33 hours and 27 minutes, and posted an average speed of six miles per hour. In 1879, the legislature awarded half the prize.
Steam-powered automobiles continued development all the way into the early 20th century, but the dissemination of petrol engines as the motive power of choice in the late 19th century marked the end of steam automobiles except as curiosities. Whether they will ever be reborn in later technological eras remains to be seen. The 1950s saw interest in steam-turbine cars powered by small nuclear reactors (this was also true of aircraft), but the dangers inherent in nuclear fission technology soon killed these ideas. The need for global changes in energy sources and consumption to bring about sustainability and energy independence has led 21st century engineers to think once more about possibilities for steam use, if powered by modern energy sources controlled with computerized controls, such as advanced electric batteries, fuel cells, photovoltaics, biofuels, or others.