Daimler's city car gets more perfection

Böblingen, -wonderful Daimler's Smart city car get more perfection and bring many changes there.

city car with a very compact design that can be parked anywhere, the main reason Daimler Smart presents the first model in 1998. Yet obstacles come later, Daimler said it was too small dimensions.
During the 16 years since marketed, Daimler had to lose 4.1 billion dollars, is now Smart overhauled. In July 2014, Daimler will introduce a version of the ForTwo for refreshment, increasing its width 10 cm. The standard model has a 249 cm long, 152 cm wide and 154 cm high. Following the ForFour models with 5-door hatchback concept that fit 4-5 passengers.

"The introduction of the new model will be more special and an important moment. Both of these vehicles will mark a new era of Smart, "said Annette Winkler, CEO and Director of Smart Automobile, as reported by Bloomberg, last week.

One auto analyst from the University of Applied Sciences in Bergisch Gladbach, Germany, said it was a last resort Smart. "They only have one chance and everything to do with the right," he said.

Both models of the all-new status. Although it comes with the business to meet market demand, the old model is more compact size remain marketable. Smart ForFour will challenge the Fiat 500, Volkswagen Up!, And Adam Opel.

No partnership according to Daimler

Frankfurt , - There is no partnership to BMW, Fiat and VW according to Daimler. All has any reason submitted by trusted resource.

Daimler declared open ourselves to develop and produce a new compact car with other major manufacturers . Discussions have been conducted with BMW , Fiat , and Volkswagen . Finally concluded , there is no great advantage when working with the rivals .

" We have talked about some points with them ( BMW , Fiat , and Volkswagen ) , whether it makes sense to work together to make the latest generation of front wheels car we wanted . Apparently, small profits , "said CEO of Daimler , Dieter Zetsche ,  told Automotive  News Europe on Friday(07/02/2014).

Zetsche says satisfied with the strategies that have been implemented so far , but still provide another radical signal in his tenure . " The most significant part of our strategy , look at future challenges and opportunities that can be run . Ongoing business development , "said Zetsche , who will end his tenure in 2016 .

In 2010 , Daimler has been holding the Renault- Nissan alliance . As a result, the third -generation Renault Twingo , New Smart ForTwo , and the second generation Smart ForFour will use Smart 's new platform . Compact SUV Infiniti Q30 wear Modular Front Architecture , the same base with the Mercedes - Benz A and B - Class sedan and CLA .

car air conditioner problems make the sales decrease extremely

Brussels - This will happen to Mercy. car air conditioner problems of Mercy make the sales decrease extremely.


Apart from the sale of the car, the issue of  car air conditioner problems because of denial of  the use of certain types of cooling by Daimler, amid uproar in Europe. France steps away from the car for Daimler threatened output followed by other countries in Europe.

Quoted from automotive news, due to car air conditioner problems, Daimler cars in France said that the ban would achieve Mercy 2 percent sales worldwide.

Car manufacturer Daimler which owns the brand Mercedes-Benz adamant to keep using R134a refrigerant cooler than R1234yf more environmentally friendly.

Testing shows that the European Union chemicals in R1234yf, used for cars safer and more environmentally friendly than R134a.

As a result, the cooling produced R1234yf Honeywell and Dupont used as the standard in Europe.

But Daimler refused to use it and choosing older models namely R134a refrigerant. Daimler in independent testing found that cooling could be a trigger fires in a car accident a few scenarios.

However this has been denied by Honeywell International Inc. that manufactures cooling R1234yf.

"The tests were conducted Daimler is a static test and does not reflect a real accident," said Honeywell Government Relations Manager Tim Vink told Handelsblatt Germany as reported by Reuters.

France had previously been refused registration process Mercy cars that still uses R134a refrigerant such as A-Class, B-Class and SL.

In a follow-up meeting of the Technical Committee on Motor Vehicles concluded EU, all countries in the European Union must comply with the rules. They asked that the vehicle has been sold with R134a should be withdrawn.

But this is not final, Germany and France will meet again to find a solution.

Automotive Fuel Cell Corporation (AFCC) has been built

Nabern-New Companies in this agreement, Daimler and Ford also formed a new company, Automotive Fuel Cell Corporation (AFCC) to make the vehicle together. Nissan does not come with a reason to avoid the contract between Ford consumption along with Daimler.

However, the three companies have agreed together to distribution costs and greater production volumes when production begins.

"We will move faster if the production run in the near future," said Weber. This collaboration chose Detroit as a production base with the endorsement Tokyo, Vancouver and Stuttgart.

Every brand has the right to market the brand identity of each. "The model will first use the system front wheels," said Weber.

The deal is not yet final three brands. That is, the joint venture is still open for other brands. The agreement also cancel Daimler plans to develop fuel cell technology project itself which was originally targeted to begin next year (2014). German manufacturer has conducted a series of experiments on 200 units of fuel cell technology.

 Daimler, Ford and Nissan have agreed to unite step, develop fuel cell technology cars (fuel-cell) at affordable prices from 2017. This agreement marks the beginning of an era of zero-emission cars simultaneously.

All three agreed to create an alliance brands including setting up suppliers, holders of the decision and commitment to the development of hydrogen technologies globally. Including setting up the infrastructure, namely hydrogen filling station for realizing plan.

"Unbelievable! We never close as it creates breakthrough fuel cells," commented Thomas Weber, Research and Development Chief, Daimler AG is quoted Autonews, today (01/28/2013). The three brands of targets to produce 100,000 units of hydrogen-fueled cars.

In order to be in the same position, each brand gets a share of the same investment in the development of systems for storage without detailing the plan.

The deal is similar to persaingain group. Previously, Toyota and BMW have agreed to develop fuel cell technology as a fuel.

smart forfour can hold four passengers

Stuttgart -Smart forfour can accommodate four passengers. In the same year, smart forfour will also introduce a long-discussed. If fortwo can only hold two passengers,

For the car, with a three-cylinder gasoline engine that is equipped with a turbo will be present behind the bonnet to provide power between 84-104 bhp which is also channeled to the rear wheels of vehicles.

However, the most surprising is the news that said that smart will also bear small-SUV.

Light off-road car is said to be born in late 2015, also the result of the development of the Renault-Nissan.

For this reason, the specifications will likely use some of the components of the next generation of the Nissan Juke.

Not yet known what name would smart to give them this new car. But clearly, inspiring car nii forstars possibility of using the concept car shown at the Detroit Motor Show.

At present the concept version of the four-cylinder petrol and diesel that would give more power of 148 bhp.

smart car manufacturer is known as a manufacturer of small car production through the famous cars, smart fortwo. But in the future, the car line up is rumored to be coupled with a Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV).

Car brand owned by Daimler is apparently not content themselves with the popularity of smart fortwo in different parts of the world.

Now, smart reportedly preparing a new generation of the smart fortwo. In addition, the long forfour also be discussed nor will they reveal to the world.

To develop the car, according to Auto Express smart reportedly took Renault to develop and will likely born in 2014.

Smart fortwo variant is said to take inspiration from the concept car smart Forvision with changes in the headlight and grille are paired.

Interior forvision smart fortwo will also be overhauled for the future. The screen of the tablet PC will be eliminated and replaced with a touch screen that can be used for navigation.

While in his heart will present a two-cylinder gasoline mesi capacity of 900 cc with 64 bhp power is channeled to the rear wheels. While the electric version will have 87 bhp power.

Following Ford Fiesta facelift and Smart ForTwo

LOS ANGELES -If officially entered the U.S. market, Mirage is the third model that carries the three-cylinder engine in the superpower. it's  previously been entered by Ford Fiesta facelift and Smart ForTwo.

 Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) is increasingly confident with the new Mirage city car. Once marketed in several countries in Asia, Mitsubishi began eyeing the U.S. as the next target marketing.

Reported by Car and Drive, on Friday (28/12/2012) nimble urban car is believed to increase sales globally. Therefore, the Mitsubishi Mirage will be bringing to the event's New York Auto Show in April 2013 and will be officially diniagakan in September of the same year.

Until now there has been no official confirmation whether the Mitsubishi Mirage will use the name or any other name carries. One thing is for sure, this car will use a three-cylinder engine, the same product is marketed in Asia and other areas.

Yet the capacity of the machine is also known to offer. For your information, Mirage is offered in two options namely the three-cylinder engine capacity of 1.0 liter and 1.2 liter. Each has a power 70 hp and 79 hp.

Smart eScooter's produced by Daimler for urban traffic

MUNICH -  Smart eScooter has a 4kW power pack and the rear wheel is associated with 48-volt lithium battery. This vehicle is capable of running as far as 100 km and a top speed of 45 km / h. Capacity is sufficient for urban traffic.

German car manufacturer Daimler, creative by building an electric scooter called Smart eScooter. Daimler target electric scooter will be released to the market in 2014.

Smart eScooter is actually already been shown in concept form at the Geneva Motor Show 2010 event. eScooter brings futuristic design as a two-wheeled vehicles with electric drive.
 
Smart eScooter original concept was to have an output power of 5.4 horsepower, with top speeds reaching 28 miles per hour. Daimler confirms electric scooter project is currently under development and will be released in 2014.
 
"The decision to support and build eScooter been made. With this step, we add an important step a smart vehicle concept for urban mobility in our future," said Joachim Schmidt, Executive Vice President Mercedes-Benz Cars, at Davos, Switzerland.
 

SMART's e-bike special-edition, Brabus will be launched at the end of this year

 In March, Smart said that he would begin selling e-bike special-edition Brabus at the end of this year. The bike has a top speed of 40 km / h with an electric motor capable of 500 watt power promising.

DIVISION known as Daimler Smart ForTwo cars with a capacity of two passengers began sending electric battery-powered bikes to the UK this month after winning a design award Red Dot Design Award.

The bike was introduced last year, have 250 watt motors litrik that can run as far as 100 km. Smart electric bikes will be available in two colors, namely white with gray trim and electric green with orange trim.

Last year, Smart estimates that sales of e-bike (electric bike) in Germany alone increased almost threefold to 200,000 units in 2010 from the previous 70,000 units in 2007 pda. While sales of electric bikes in Europe reached 700,000 units in 2010.

through Nissan's luxury product, the Infiniti Series G, there's Nissan-Renault partnership with Daimler

Rolle,  - To smooth the target, Infiniti dealership also accelerate the development process in Europe gradually from the (now) 55 to 230 by 2016. Until March next year there will be 35 new dealers.

Nissan-Renault partnership with Daimler for a variety of technologies and platforms - are laying the first stone building with the engine manufacturer conducted yesterday (9/5) - began to be realized through Nissan's luxury product, the Infiniti Series G. This model will use a 4-cylinder engine owned by Mercedes-Benz, either petrol or diesel, and will be launched in 2013.

Previously, the heart pacemaker G Series V6, 3.7-liter. "We believe this product can be successful because of the car and the engine is a blend of fit," said Tony Lewis, Director of Infiniti North European region. In addition, the G Series will appear with a new design that much cheating Emerge-E.

With the replacement of the engine more efficient, Lewis believes will reap large sales in Europe. In fact, the target can be coupled with the sale of BMW 3 Series and Audi A3 in the luxury car segment in 2015. Last year, the Infiniti G series sold 145 000 units and 500 units worldwide in the European market in 2016 the target was raised to 20,000 units