May 17, 2016 / como / 0 Comments
Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution is so much associated with the World Rally Championships, and of course, to Tommi Makinen. The car brand gained so much fame in the WRC because of Tommi and the car itself. In anyway we look at it, the Evolution is definitely one of the best race cars ever invented.
Lancer Evolution has received several awards worldwide. In Canada, the Evolution X is named as the Best Performance Car under $50K by Motoring 2009. It also won the Automobile Journalists Association of Canada 2009 Best New Technology Award and in 2008 earned IIHS Top Safety Pick. During 2009 New York International Auto Show Lancer Evolution X is Announced as one of the top 10 World Performance Car of the Year. Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution won Automotive Excellence Awards 2008 “Fun to Drive” and It took Dave TVs 2008 Sports Car of the Year award. The 2006 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution won ConsumerSearch’s best Aggressive sports sedan in Best Sports Sedans in June 2006. The car also received recognitions from Scotland, France, Greece, United States and Australia.
Obviously, the most popular edition of Evolution is the Evolution VI. This edition already had an initial release but was revived in 1999 to pay tribute to the best Mitsubishi car driver, Turbo Tommi Makinen of Finland. He is the Finnish Rally Drive who won four Mitsubishi WRC Driver’s Championship and also the reason why Mitsubishi received international mentions. With that achievement, he surely deserves this tribute.
The Tommi Makinen Edition is very different from the original Evolution 6. This special edition, sometimes called as Evolution 6 , Evo 6.5 or TME, has a different bumper, Red/Black Recaro seats embossed with T. Makinen logo, 17″ Enkei white wheels, a leather Momo steering wheel and shift knob, a titanium turbine that spooled up quicker, front upper strut brace, lowered ride height (with tarmac stages in mind), and a quicker steering ratio. You can buy it red, white, blue, black or silver with optional special decals that immitates Makinen’s rally car color scheme.
The special features of the Evolution VI Tommi Makinen edition stands out compared to other Evolution being released. For the road performance, there is the high-response titanium turbocharger that gives better low-end and mid-range torque, using a smaller, shape-optimized compressor wheel. There is tarmac suspension that is tuned to give a better initial response on tarmac surfaces and a new muffler that uses a single large bore circular tailpipe for a more quiet performance.
The exterior of the Evolution 6 also makes the difference. The front bumper features a new powerful design that improves aerodynamics and lowers air intake temperature to stabilize power output characteristics. Its 17-inch alloy wheels shares the same design as on Mitsubishi’s WRC Group-A works car. There is also a special coloring package that comprises WRC stripe, Ralliart decals, Mitsubishi 3-diamond decal on ends of rear spoiler, upper wing section of rear spoiler finished in white, rear panel garnish, body-keyed door sashes, amber front indicator lenses, door handles finished in black.
On its interior design, you will find Recarro bucket seats that uses red fabric embroidered with Tommi Makinen logo. Its dashboard is finished in black with red lettering while MOMO steering wheel and gear stick knob and boot are trimmed in red-stitch leather.
May 8, 2016 / como / 0 Comments
When you have a lot of love for and expertise in something, you often feel that you would like to share your passion with other like-minded people. One great way to do that is to start a blog about your hobby. If you love cars, an automotive blog might be just the thing to not only share your insights but to get ideas from your readers.
The word “blog” is a shortening of “web logs.” Blogs are basically sites on which an individual or a company can frequently share new information with interested readers and/or clients. They’re great for getting out news of a new product, keeping family and friends up to date on what’s going on with you, or just to provide an outlet for creative writing. If you are a car enthusiast, it’s very simple to set up and begin contributing to your own blog.
People who love cars are not alone. Neither are people who like to fix cars and are willing to share their tips and tricks. Whether your blog is dedicated to a specific make or model or whether you love to talk about the newest and best in automotive innovation, there are thousands of people who would love to read what you have to say. Ditto for those whose tastes lie in the mechanics of vehicles and who are willing to delve into the ways certain cars can be maintained. Another idea is to review various models, whether you talk specifically about cars from a certain era or class or just like to know what’s available on the market today.
Decide how you want to approach your blogging. Do you want to write the posts yourself and include your own photos or invite guest bloggers and non-copyrighted photos from your readers? How often will you add content to your blog? Who is your target audience?
What will you get out of blogging about cars?
There are blogging websites that offer free blogs to any takers. Within minutes you can choose a template design, come up with a catchy title, and make your first posting. For the money-minded blogger, there are ways to earn cash while indulging in your hobby or passion. By buying a domain name and setting up a website, you can begin letting your blog earn you some money through various advertising methods. An automotive blog that is well written, frequently updated, and that contains relevant information for enthusiasts, DIY mechanics, or those looking to buy a new car has the potential to become a little cash cow for its owner.
Blog about cars for fun or for profit, but enjoy the journey of sharing your experience with others.
May 8, 2016 / como / 0 Comments
Ethanol cars work in a way very similar to normal gasoline cars, and are a great viable alternative fuel option because of current high gas prices. The only real difference is that ethanol car engines are able to utilize the biofuel ethanol instead of oil based gasoline.
Ethanol fuel itself is extracted from plants such as corn or sugarcane, and refined into an alcohol. This alcohol is suitable to be used as a biofuel in cars and other vehicles. Most hybrid automobile engines that use ethanol can also use gasoline, and are also called flex-fuel engines. The ethanol is injected into the engine in the same way as a non-hybrid automobile engine. Though ethanol gives slightly less miles per gallon than gasoline, it doesn’t create as much air pollution when it is burned.
The similarities between ethanol flex-fuel engines and standard engines make ethanol cars cheaper than most alternative or hybrid vehicles, because they are built in much the same way as a regular engine. Ethanol is actually cheaper in some cases than gasoline, and thus a hybrid that runs on ethanol can be less expensive to operate than a gasoline based vehicle.
Most standard automobiles can even run on a 10% mixture of ethanol in gasoline. Many gas stations around the world offer ethanol as an alternative to gasoline, and in some countries cars are required to run on ethanol.
You can find out more information about Hybrid Cars at ProHybrid.com along with video news, reviews, and tools such as price quotes and an automotive loan calculator.
May 5, 2016 / como / 0 Comments
Businesses thrive on marketing and developing new and unique ways for popularizing a business is crucial to maintain a loyal customer base. Custom postcard printing is one such method used extensively by businesses these days to popularize their brand, make people aware of new products and spread the word about upcoming events. Mentioned below are a few prime benefits of getting postcards custom printed for businesses.
Variety
The first and foremost benefit making custom printed postcards so popular is the amazing variety of designs and styles being offered. There is no dearth of options when it comes to selecting a design or style that matches your expectations the most. From simple to vibrant, the postcards can be designed and printed in various styles. The designers employed by these companies have considerable experience and are proficient in coming up with incredible designs. They bring into use their knowledge and skills to create eye catching yet professional designs and formats. Clients even have the option of adding images and text as per their choice; thus allowing them to incorporate elements that suit their business image and help them to deliver the required message to their clients.
Quality
High quality of custom printing services offered by postcard companies is another benefit that clients can avail. As compared to regular printing where a huge number of cards are printed at a time, custom printing is certainly of higher quality and this is because of the level of attention paid to deliver postcards matching the expectations of clients is very high. Postcards are printed in batches of specific number of cards ordered by the client. The best quality paper is used which gives a rich and appealing look to the postcards, along with making these easy to read.
Affordability
Postcard printing services were considered to be very expensive till a few years ago. However, due to the increasing number of postcard companies offering custom designing and printing services these days, the competition among them is rising gradually. To attract more clients and maintain their customer base, every company tries to offer quality services at an affordable rate. This works to the benefit of clients who can get custom printing services to get their postcards printed in a cost-effective way. Generally, more is the number of postcards to be printed, lesser is the cost.
Flexibility
Flexibility is certainly one of the most significant benefits offered by custom printing services. Clients can save a lot of their valuable time and efforts by opting for this option and assign the task of custom printing the postcards to the professionals. Custom printing services are provided keeping the convenience of customers in mind. It means that people can get their preferred postcards designed and printed as per their choice and also get these delivered according to the scheduled date. This implies that custom printing services not only prove to be cost-effective, but a time saving option as well.
In the end, it can be concluded that custom postcard printing is an ideal solution for businesses which are looking for an effective marketing tool which offers affordability, quality and flexibility as well. Not only businesses, but a large number of individuals are also opting for this service for various purposes.
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May 4, 2016 / como / 0 Comments
Sad news for GMs workers in Fairfax plant: the automaker is once again reducing its workforce in the said plant brought about by production slowdown. The automaker has announced that reduction of its Fairfax plant workers will commence in May.
GM has not yet revealed information on the numbers of workers that are going to be affected but according to a local union official, the layoff is likely to affect 300 temporary employees of the plant starting May 7.
Aside from cut in the workforce, the production at the Fairfax plant is also expected to shutdown for a week starting next Monday. Aside from that, the plant will have another scheduled week long closing on April 30.
At present the Fairfax plant has about 2,750 employees of which 2,500 are permanent hourly workers on two shifts. The temporary workforce was the result of GMs companywide reduction program stripping the company with almost 35,000 workers and replacing them with temporary workers.
During the massive downsizing implemented by GM in late 2005, the Fairfax plant has remained untouched. As a matter of fact, the plant even launched a new Saturn Aura which they equipped with only the best quality auto parts like GM brake rotors and more last August, as well as secure funding for the launching of a redesigned Chevrolet Malibu scheduled for launch later this year. And lately the plant has been on an overtime schedule and has worked extra hours for several Saturdays for the past few years.
Unfortunately, the sale of the Malibu which is the plants principal vehicle had slow sales for 2006. GM was able to sell 163, 853 Malibus last year which when compared to 2005 is 20% lesser.
According to Dan Flores, a GM spokesman, Were strategically pulling back from less profitable sales, such as fleet sales. Thats why were making this production adjustment. Flores also added that General Motors and the United Auto Workers officials will meet once again to workout a favorable settlement plus determine the extent of the workforce cutback. It could be a portion of the temporary workers, all of them, or something more. But that is still to be determined.
However, according to John Melton, bargaining chairman for UAW Local 31, he is already anticipating that the permanent hourly workforce at the plant will not be included. I think this is a way for them to get the temporary workers out of the plant. I dont anticipate any of our people with seniority being affected by this.