Sport Exotic Cars

Opel Astra GTC Paris First Live pics and first live video Paris Motor Show 2010

Sports hatchback Astra GTC Paris with sculptural shapes and trendy 21-inch wheels is named after the largest auto show, where he made his debut today, September 30.

Astra GTC Paris length of 4.46 m is a prototype next-generation Astra GTC. Under the hood lies the concept of a 2,0-liter 220-strong turbocharged engine with direct injection, aggregated to the 6-step "mechanics". Fuel-saving system helps to Start / Stop, which disables the engine at short stops in city traffic.

Opel GTC is different from "basic" five-door Opel Astra brighter look of the front and rear of the car, and a sloping roof in a trendy style today compartment. Despite the presence of all three door concept proved to be longer than the five-door version (the length of the GTC 4.46 meters) and, therefore, still, can accommodate five adult passengers.

Aggressive front bumper with advanced air intakes, body side panels in a new style mark with "knife" podshtampovkami visually sharply tapering when viewed in profile, the rear part of the body with a provocative roof spoiler and a diffuser in the rear bumper - all this creates a very vivid image. Now complement diode lighting in a circle, effectively delineated parallelograms exhaust pipes and 21-inch alloy wheels.

Opel Astra GTC Paris First Live pics and first live video Paris Motor Show 2010

2011 Audi quattro concept: a tribute to an all-wheel legend

Is it just a reminiscence of the anno 1980 Audi quattro or already presented a preview of a small sports car with four rings? This question should provide many visitors to the Paris Motor Show (2 to 17 October 2010) at the sight of the Audi quattro concept study.

From the first look at the "Col de Turini and white" painted show car appeared on the memory of a legendary ancestor: the 306 hp strong and at the time of 200,000 Mark expensive Sport Quattro was a shortened quattro variant and provided the basis for the famous Rally cars with Walter Röhrl at the wheel. For the current study, a series of transport was reduced, because the base supplies the Audi RS5. Compared to the four-seat coupe, the rear overhang has been reduced by 20 centimeters, the result is a length of 4.28 meters. At the same time, the wheelbase was shortened by 15 inches and lowered the roof line about four inches.

The body of the Audi quattro concept is mainly made of aluminum, there are the hood and the trunk lid as well as other components made of carbon. The result suggests a weight of 1,300 kilograms to book, almost exactly the level of the 1984 Sport Quattro presented. Eye-catching design features are the strongly contoured C-pillar, 20-inch wheels and a large single-frame grille without chrome frame. All lighting units use LED technology, the rear lights remind their straight shape of the Audi 100 from 1976.