September 19, 2012

Peugeot RCZ R Seduces

Affordable fun is what these hard times should be about. Shut the doom and gloom outside and join the party that doesn’t cost the Earth to have a good time at. Peugeot’s RCZ is a car that is priced well and delivers a good driving experience, not to mention those fantastic looks. It’s a good value car in my eyes and so new of an even more exciting R variation came as music to my ears.

Making its debut at the Paris motorshow, the RCZ R brings more of the entrainment we know and love. Powered by a 1.6 litre turbo engine the French coupe now delivers 260BHP. That is 63 more horses than the standard car! It also features a limited-slip differential and a heavily revised suspension. It is good to see that Peugeot have not only improved upon the numbers, but have also gone over the car ensuring that other components are up to the job.

Also on display is the 2013 facelifted RCZ that will go on sale early 2013. The RCZ R is expected to hit showrooms late 2013.

Nissan Terra Sees Hydrogen As The Future

In a world where we are going to run out of the worlds most used resource, oil, you would think the boffins would hurry up and create a solution to our dependance on the black stuff. Whatever your opinion on the environment it will be an issue that we all have to address as fuel cost sore. Hydrogen power has many benefits including zero emissions other than water and the fact that hydrogen is an abundant source in our universe. Nissan made big strides with the Leaf but now want to combine that technology with another that is likely to find its way into your car at some point in the future.

Named the Nissan Terra Concept, this all wheel drive crossover uses an electric motor derived from the Leaf to power the front wheels and two smaller electric motors to power the rear wheels individually. The revolution comes from the implementation of a hydrogen powered engine that in turn powers the electric motors. Other interesting features found on this rather angular concept are a set of suicide doors as well as seats that appear to have come from the USS Enterprise.

Peugeot 2008 Concept Brings New Meaning To “Going Green”

Can we possibly have any more competitors in the crossover segment at the moment? Though, who can blame manufacturers for jumping on a winning bandwagon in these tough economic times? Peugeot are set to enter the brawl with a production version of its Urban Crossover Concept car that it showed earlier this year.

This may still be a concept but it is clearly much more production ready even donning Peugeot’s appropriate nameplate for the car. The 2008 aims to compete with the likes of the Nissan Juke and Mini Countryman, two cars that have taken a lot of sales in this relatively fresh sector of the market. This car is powered by a turbocharged 1.2 litre engine that produces an adequate 110BHP.