2013 Mercedes AMG F1 W04

MERCEDES AMG F1 W04

The new Mercedes AMG W04 is not a technical revolution. The engineers optimized technology familiar and largely dispensed with risky solutions. We have the latest pictures and tell you the Silver Arrow, born in 2013.

As Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton at 13:35 clock on the home stretch of Jerez pulled the cloth from the new AMG Mercedes W04, as the world knew already since two and a half hours as the Silver Arrow, born in 2013, looks like. Nico Rosberg had tweeted the first photo. Then also appeared yet on the first photos of the installation lap and filming in the network.

The Mercedes AMG W04 is not a car that takes a out of the shoes. The engineers, led by Bob Bell refined ideas and whip them with proven solutions from the competition. The race car was not invented. The nose is reminiscent of last year's car, but is shorter and does not extend so far beyond the front wing out like last year. She still looks like a duck's bill, but turns into a much more moderate level in the chassis. That gives you a little more elegance.

The side pods are flat and long and they have a bead on the outside as the 2010 Ferrari. They are also slightly smaller than its predecessor. If the difference in the new Sauber is 15 centimeters, it's the Mercedes maybe five centimeters. Team boss Ross Brawn confirmed: "The looks are not deceptive Our boxes are shrunk in width, but not as much as when cleaning.."
About the cooling vents are shrunken by McLaren two vertical fins-attached model. New is a jagged horizontal fin on the edge of the cockpit before the cooling inlet. Separating the flow better, the leads on one hand to the other, the condenser and passes over the side boxes. The tines produce vortices that act as a flow straightener.
 

With the exhaust took bonds at McLaren Mercedes. The tailpipes are very far outside, far back and as low as possible in a hollow in the side panels and blow in a straight line to the column between the diffuser and rear tires. On the inside of the exhaust outlet three gills are carved in the paneling. The air coming out there to escort the exhaust gases. At last year's Coanda solution the tailpipes were further away from the destination and had to slightly bent. The warm-up is always the rear tire.
To prevent this was mounted on the sub-floor in the region of the rear wheels, a vertical fin. Certainly, the Mercedes engineers have still not whether they have the temperature problem solved that way. Ross Brawn announced: "We will test this week different game types of this solution, but also a standard version, in which the tailpipes terminate as in last year's car inside." The solution allows McLaren Mercedes at the bottom of the page boxes an extreme bottleneck, however, is not as slim as the model fails.

Mercedes has embarked on his fourth car since 2010 to no risk. Of these, one is healed. The short wheelbase of 2011 was just in his pants as the experiments with the double-DRS last year. This time, the engineers wanted to move on proven ground. With spectacular details like at McLaren, Ferrari and Sauber, the youngest child, whose project group leads the way Aldo Costa stingy. Geoff Willis already takes care of the 2014er car. Ross Brawn is happy with the base model of the Mercedes AMG W04. "The wind tunnel promises us a decent progress."
 

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2013 McLaren MP4-28 F1

MCLAREN MP4-28 F1

The new McLaren MP4-28 is an evolution, with some revolution. The engineers speak of calculated risk. Jenson Button and Sergio Perez are good things to be able to go this year for the title.
At the beginning of the presentation of the new MP4 -28 was a movie. Was telling a fictional story from the past. Company founder Bruce McLaren talked about his life and his death on 2 June 1970 in Goodwood. The four-time GP winner, who died while testing his CanAm car, packed his too short career in the message: "Never be satisfied with what you have." That should be the motto of his heirs. The team is the New Zealander on 2 September this year 50 years old.
  

Part two of the McLaren anniversary show told the story of the team using real cars. The milestones of McLaren pulled up at the factory in Woking. They came through the entrance on the banks of the artificial lake brought up and were then placed in the foyer past the veiled McLaren MP4-28 into a provisional starting grid.
Vorneweg that McLaren M8D in which Bruce McLaren was killed. Then the McLaren M23, who won the first two World Cup titles for the team with Emerson Fittipaldi and James Hunt. Followed by the legendary McLaren MP 4 -4 from 1988, which was victorious in 15 of the 16 Grand Prix, the first road car from McLaren, the MP4-13 Mika Hakkinen In 1998, the world champion and the MP4-23 in 2008, Lewis Hamilton in the last World Cup brought to Woking.
At the very end came Jenson Button and Sergio Perez in two current road racers - the MP4-12C Spider and the super athlete P1 - rolled into the lobby.

The McLaren MP4-23 in 2008 was the counterpoint to the 2013er model, a few minutes later under a white blanket appeared. 2008 was the last year with the old wing proportions. At that time, the cars were still vollgeflastert with fins, fins and winglets. Against the extreme aerodynamic outgrowth of GP history sees the McLaren MP4-28 out of almost naked.
And yet, he and his five year old predecessor something in common. It marks the end of an era. 2014 everything will be different. Do you go "last year, the conservative way of regulations and build an evolution or are you trying something new we have chosen the middle ground The new car involves risks: and therein lies the charm of this season, as McLaren managing director Jonathan Neale said?. , but which are well calculated. "
 

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2012 Mercedes-Benz SL

MERCEDES-BENZ SL

Beginning of this week you've discovered the first images of new big roadster SL Mercedes, today I invite you to discover the first official images came from the site, generally well informed, GCF (GermanCarForum).

So we find this SL version 2012 that has more, as we have seen, in the form of a big change in version R230 as a real novelty even if the front and back are reviewed, although dashboard is new or redesigned seats.

One can find that the general appearance from a little lack of modernity and dynamism with among others, headlights inspired by latest concept cars or Mercedes and even more specifically the concept car Blue Zero E-Cell who had a sad face because of the particular shape of its headlights. It is surprising to discover a big eyebrow leds which alleviates the facies of the SL or the stern falling with large fires that also lack refinement. Otherwise the front essentially mirrors stylistic codes of SLK.

echnically, the great SL roadster evolves quite significantly with a structure and a body made almost entirely of aluminum with the exception of the windshield frame of steel and trunk to HR steel and plastic. These materials allow the roadster to have a naked body which claims the weight of 254 kg which will save 140 kg of SL to its total mass. This roadster that extends about 2.0 cm (4.58 m vs 4.56 m R230) will be offered at launch with two engines, a V6 GDI 3.5 L 306 hp (SL 350), 370 Nm and a 4.7 L V8 Biturbo 435-hp, 700 Nm (SL 500). Both engines are associated with BVA7. Will later versions V12, AMG V8 and V12 Biturbo Biturbo. Some even speak of a version 350 CDI (265 hp) for Europe, but this remains to be confirmed. All engines are equipped with the Start & Stop system, recovery of braking energy, direct injection. The 2012 SL offer its drivers the full range of security features of the moment (adaptive cruise control, night vision, LCD, Control of vigilance, etc ...).
For fans, the SL acquires the roof Magic Sky Control found on the SLK, Aircarf system, windshield wipers of MVC (Magic Vision Control) who see the disappearance of the famous jets. These are replaced by micro jets and dirt sensor directly installed on the wiper blade that adjust water consumption in the state of the windshield. Leather, alcantara, different types of inserts are on the agenda of the new SL will benefit as the service of Mercedes Benz Designo. Also note that various facilities are provided including a stereo with a subwoofer that leaves the trunk (question of volume available) to move into the front apron, the passenger's feet. According to Mercedes, the result is much better.

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2012 McLaren MP4-27 F1

MCLAREN MP4-27 F1

With the MP4-27, the team from Woking intends to enter a world title after a three year hiatus finally back. We have the photos and the technical details of the new chrome arrow.

Red Bull presents his new car on the internet, Caterham in a British magazine. McLaren and Ferrari are still living in reality. The new McLaren MP4 -27 saw in his birthplace, the McLaren Technology Centre in Woking, the light of the world.

Red Bulls big opponent of the last two years has let the cat out of the bag. As at 12.02 clock the ceiling was removed, a car came out, which vaguely resembled that of the previous year. Art director Paddy Lowe called the MP4-27 as an "evolution, in which the major changes taking place under the disguise more than her."

The new McLaren is a nice car. The feared dent in the nose is missing. McLaren met without a step in the new height of the front rule that presses the upper side of the nose from a point of 1,950 mm before the rear wall of the cockpit of 625 to 550 millimeters.

However, the team of Paddy Lowe does not let himself be guided by optical aspects. McLaren has for years pursued to the front portion of the car a different philosophy than the rest of the field. The nose has always been relatively low. And therefore the chassis. Thus, there is no abrupt transition. "We have retained these alternative aerodynamic approach. Nobody is forced to install this dent in the chassis," said the new sports director Sam Michael.

"The shape of our cases last year was part of the exhaust concept. Pressing the downward flow in the area where the exhaust is gemündet. With the new exhaust regulations this form would not have made more sense," Lowe explains the shift away from the old concept .

Tagged Exhaust: Where exactly it exits, McLaren can still open. From the side boxes overgrown halfway up a massive bump, and somewhere in this area and the exhaust gases are blown into the atmosphere. But the opening was punched at the point in the panel, was more of stealth and deception. The size of the bump can McLaren several options. We will not know until the test at Jerez, which the technicians have really thought out.

The fact is that the exhaust gases can not only use in a modest degree of aerodynamic purposes. "Our is blown diffuser was one of the best in the field," explains project manager Tim Goss. "We had painful experience at Silverstone, as the exhaust rules were restricted to this one race. McLaren has suffered with the most. Enjoyed in a lesson.'s Why we have the MP4 -27 more focused on the classical aerodynamics,, which is not dependent from the exhaust. "

The completely redesigned rear end shows it. It looks much tidier and more delicate than the MP4-26th The rear wing is isolated in the wind, which improves its efficiency.
 

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2009 Prior-Design Mercedes-Benz SL R230

PRIOR DESIGN MERCEDES-BENZ SL R230

To realize their dream of a customer luxury sports car design on-time, effort and cost for a new kit called "Warrior" have spent to build.
The body kit includes front bumper, rear bumper, side skirts, front fenders, hood and grill are produced and sent to absolute quality and assembly. There is also pre-design is not lost focus on the functionality of the factory or optional equipment.
The front bumper is available for all models with or without xenon headlights. Fog and the attached active curve lights can be mounted. Also be installed at the factory protection stripes with or without original park distance control. For more conservative clients, fit it is also an option to buy the kit without the hood and grille.
With a complete kit consisting aerodynamics and performance, Prior decided to create a new ECU software, the design results in a development of 20 - to 70 horsepower increase, depending on the engine. The acceleration and the ride quality is noticeably improved.
 

In the significantly widened wheel arches DPE wheels do their job, the Prior Design is the exclusive distributor in Europe. Front in 9.5 × 20 inch with 275/30R20 and rear in 12 × 20 inch with 325/30R20 guarantees this wheel / tire combination in conjunction with the electronic lowering the standard air suspension sporty handling. Integrated into the diffuser, which of course there are also optional in real carbon fiber, a sports exhaust system is specially manufactured.

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2012 Mercedes-Benz CLS550

MERCEDES-BENZ CLS550

As soon as the journalist starts to talk admiringly about automotive-style, the designer's eyes begin to run. I've met a lot of journalists who have had a degree in automotive engineering, but with respect, I am only a specialist in automotive design. And it provided that the average buyer to best help the person who is knowledgeable in the thermodynamics of fluids and problems with the suspension. But when there is something like 2012 Mercedes-Benz CLS550, we, journalists, simply have no words.

The interior has undergone several changes. And despite the fact that the interior looks like other contemporary Mercedes saloons, there have refrained from using some cheap materials and layout of the last four-door coupe (M & B should begin to offset the costs of developing the original model and to invest additional funds in the interior decoration).

As in the model CLS63 AMG, which we have already reported this year, in 2012 CLS550 V8 naturally aspirated abandoned in favor of a new engine with dual turbocharger. It is possible to reduce harmful emissions and reduce fuel consumption to an expected 14.7 l/100 km city and 9 L/100 km on the highway. Unfortunately, the labeling system Mercedes continues to confound poorly informed fans of the brand. While the last engine was a 5.5-liter V8, this new (twin-turbo) decreased to 4.6 liters. Forced additional pressurization of about 89 kPa, the car feels very well with 402 hp under the hood (at speeds from 5000 to 5750) and maximum torque of 600 Nm (from 1800 to 4750 rpm). Even conceding on performance CLS63 (518 hp and 800 lb-ft), equipped with a seven-speed automatic gearbox accelerates to a new Mercedes "hundreds" of slightly more than five seconds. And if you consistently compare the two models, the rear-drive CLS550 confidently come forward as a convenient means for the daily commute.

Mercedes continues to produce excellent gear - and a new seven-gun, even in the "Sport" surpasses last Speedshift MCT (mounted on the CLS63). Transmission, can, and do not switch dizzyingly fast, but it happens smoothly and size. And in combination with an irresistible 4.6 - liter turbo, this will lead to the fact that high-speed motorway will really speed, and back roads will take almost no effort. Steering (rack and pinion mechanism with) - with amplifier and electro-mechanical speed-sensitive. Steering wheel tightens and relaxes during rotation of the parking lot. It leaves your palms enough effort to ensure that they can feel the road, but are not strained at the slightest movement of the machine corrections. The same applies to the standard Airmatic suspension adapts with adaptive damping, which, together with the three-tier independent front and multilink rear make the ride comfortable in all conditions. With regard to any conditions that would be available and all-wheel drive 4Matic, which will make the CLS independent of weather conditions.

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2012 Mercedes-Benz SLK350

MERCEDES-BENZ SLK350

It takes only 20 seconds for the retractable hardtop of the Mercedes-Benz SLK 2012 comes out of hiding and put in place, which is far too long when a black bear keeps up the small roadster and approaching the point of being able to touch her fur with your fingertips. Fortunately for me, he had other plans in mind. I watched it pass and down into the ditch to go about their business to bear.

Nothing like a two-seater convertible to an intimate acquaintance with the great outdoors. And when the journey takes one of the most spectacular highways in the world - the Columbia Icefields Parkway between Lake Louise and Jasper, Alberta - the fact of having no barrier between himself and the magnificent surrounding landscape is enough to exhaust all superlatives.

One thing is certain: the road construction workers near Banff does not feel emasculated by expressing their admiration for my "car girls". Driving with the roof down for most of the adventure I was able to communicate with the outside world rather than acting as a spectator. I smelled the fresh air of the heights and enjoyed playing let the wind in my hair. I tested a V6-powered SLK 350.

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