Chevrolet Camaro Defeat Ford Mustang

DETROIT - Chevrolet Camaro establish himself as the best-selling sports car in the U.S., with 37 percent market capture. Chevy Camaro defeating Ford Mustang with a difference of more than 18,000 units.

"The fifth generation of the Camaro will inspire consumers in choosing a sports car. Comes with the new Camaro Bumblebee and Camaro ZL1 new, give a special impression as a sports car favorite, "said John Fitzpatrick, Camaro marketing manager, as reported by inautonews, Tuesday (02/28/2012).

In 2011 then, remove the 88 249 units of Chevrolet vehicles. That figure is predicted to grow after the new Camaro ZL1 was present in February. While the Mustang is only sold 70 438 units with a market share of 29 percent for sports-car segment.

Dodge Challenger Mustang followed behind with sales of 39 534 units or captured 16 percent of the sports car market. Followed by CR-Z Honda sold 11,330 units and Hyundai Veloster in fifth position with 9284 units.

Chevrolet Corvette is also a leader in the U.S. luxury car class, with sales of 13 164 units. Followed Porsche 911 sold 6016 units, BMW 6-Series with the 3903 unit, BMW Z4 3479 units sold, and the Mercedes SLK with 3220 unit sales.

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April 2012 Toyota 86 Will Lauch

TOYOTA CITY - After appearing in the event the Tokyo Motor Show some time ago in the form of the concept of production, Toyota will be scheduled to slide 86 on 6 April 2012. Japanese manufacturers are also set a sales target of 1000 units per month.

Sports car, dubbed the Hachi-Roku has a long dimension of 4240 mm, width 1775 mm and 1300 mm high with a capacity of 50 liter tank.

Toyota 86 reinforced D-4S engine (direct injection 4-stroke) horizontally opposed 2000 cc engine capable of producing power up to 200 hp at 7000 rpm rotation and torque 205 Nm at 6600 rpm. This car is available in two variants namely the transmission of a six-speed manual and automatic.

Toyota will offer several options including 86 with RC, G, GT and GT Limited. And for the RC will be prepared as the basis for Toyota racing cars.

While G and GT variants have been equipped projector headlights, 17 inch alloy wheels. Besides the leather will wrap some parts like the steering wheel, shift knob and parking brake lever. Display the maximum interior with aluminum pedals adoption.

For the variant GT Limited will be equipped with heaters on both seats and the adoption of a rear spoiler to make it look more sporty.

86 Toyota plans to start from ¥ 1.990 million to ¥ 3.050 million. In the meantime, this sports car will be manufactured at Subaru's Gunma plant.

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Nissan GT-R 2013 Sold for USD96.820

NEW YORK - Nissan announced the price of 2013 Nissan GT-R that will be marketed in the United States (U.S.) mid-2012. GT-R 2013 specifically for the U.S. market priced USD96.820.

As reported by autoevolution, Tuesday (01/24/2012) prices has increased the price compared to the previous generation GT-R is priced USD89.950.

Meanwhile, the automotive market for the United States (U.S.) Nissan also introduced the Nissan GT-R Black edition version sold at prices much higher than the standard version. GT-R Black Edition is priced at USD106.320.

Further, Nissan claims the GT-R 2013 has a high enough acceleration. For the old version GT-R is able to penetrate acceleration 0 to 60 miles per hour in 3.5 seconds. When tested at the Nurburgring circuit, the GT-R record time of 7 minutes 38 seconds.

As for the latest version of the GT-R is able to achieve acceleration 0-60 miles / hour in 2.7 seconds. When testing a quarter-mile sprint, to within 10.8 seconds. The result was 0.4 seconds faster than the 2012 model.

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