Showing posts with label review. Show all posts
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Saturday, July 30, 2011

Tata Aria Test drive and Review

Side profile styling is typical MUV.Božićno tree tail-lights welcomes the rear end of Aria. His Hightime that Dad should find a new alternative to pole-mounted headlights. However, twin elliptical exhaust is beautiful. The overall styling of the Aria is more MUV SUV tone that many would like.
side profile styling is typical MUV.Božićno tree tail-lights welcomes the rear end of Aria. His Hightime that Dad should find a new alternative to pole-mounted headlights. However, twin elliptical exhaust is beautiful. The overall styling of the Aria is more MUV SUV tone that many would like.

for any new vehicle, Tata surprisingly transferred Safari Dicor is a 2.2l engine. But Tata says the engine is a completely different beast compared to the one used in Safari and Sumo Grande. Aria powered by 2.2l DICOR engine produces 140PS at 4000rpm and 320Nm at peak torque between 1700rpm to 2700rpm.Motor has evolved with the addition of dual mass flywheel (DMF), which requires to run the engine at idle near the rpms for better fuel efficiency . Dad worked on the G-76 transmission (used in Safari) for Aria.

Aria rides on 235/65 R17 tires on all wheels. Tata intentionally added all-wheel drive / four-wheel drive on all versions Aria (termed as Adapterra). You will drive defaultly Aria in 4WD mode, but you can switch to 2WD only the touch of a button on the panel (see the dash buttons harder to find). Aria is essentially a rear-wheel drive switch to activate the 2WD drive off just did not get a chance to recognize the different driving modes.

Thursday, July 14, 2011

2010 Chevrolet Equinox Road Test

If you do not believe in second chances, look at the new Chevrolet Equinox. While the first was wrong, this latest version is much more. It is also much more challenging with the rest of the highly competitive compact crossover class, including the Toyota RAV4 and Honda CR-V.
For starters, a choice of two new direct injected, variable valve time engine, a standard 2.4-liter four and an additional 3.0-liter V-6, and happily married to a six-speed automatic offers mjenjačem.Potonji 264 horses and 18 mpg city and 25 highway EPA economy. Former pumps out 182 ponies and a trump card in its class at 22 mpg city, 32 highway. According to Toyota, which translates to a potential highway driving as much as 600 miles with four and more than 500 with six. Four-cylinder models with the available all-wheel drive are rated somewhat lower at 20 mpg city, 29 road, but there is a choice of "Eco" mode that adjusts the transmission's shift points to optimize the economy.