Ford Dealer Giving Lessons About MyFord Touch
Ford dealers have starting to realize that some of their buyers might not be comfortable with the virtual switchgeare of MyFord Touch. But that’s seems going to an end. At least there is one dealer in Michigan is offering a free tutorial about how to use the touchscreen controls.
Village Ford in Dearborn also admits that while some of their younger buyers are a lot more comfortable with the new system, the less tech savvy customers need to come back again. And after the Consumer Reports pulled its Recommended rating for the Lincoln MKX and Ford Edge due to the ease of use issues with MyFord or MyLincoln Touch, some users feel a little doubt that Ford and their dealers want to proactively assuage concerns and get their users to be more comfortable with the controls.
Jim Seavitt, the owner of the dealership tells the Detroit Free Press that one issue is about the lack of choice. If someone buys their new vehicle with SYNC, they can choose if they don’t want to use it. But if they are option up to buy a higher spec Edge, it means that they have to use the MyFord Touch, according to Seavitt.
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Original BatMobile Auctioned On Ebay
Guys, time is almost end if you want to bring home a slice of caped-crusader history. One of the three original Batmobiles from Tim Burton’s Batman Returns is officially auctioned on Ebay, and the bidding wraps up in mere hours. According to the seller, this car was the best of the three used car in the filming and it comes with a full documentation for the discerning collector. The power comes from Chevrolet 350 cubic-inch V8 engine with Hedman headers and Edelbrock aluminum intake manifold to bumps power of 200 hp.
This particula Batmobile also comes with hydralics for easy load and unloading, which you will see as the auction also throws in a custom trailer for transportation. When I’m writing this, the bidding has ratcheted up to $ 311,000 with the reserve price not yet met, while the Buy It Now price is set at $ 499,000. The vehicle is located in Clearwater, Florida.
The seller claims that if no one reaches the reserve price befor eBay Motors auction come to the closing, the car will be auctioned on live television, which probably means it will appear in Scottsdale, Arizona, for the weekend’s big Barret-Jackson auction. Just go ahead to eBay Motors to get your bids on the ‘supercar’ before the supervillains take over the earth!
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Infiniti Anchoring Line Up With Entry Level and Halo Models
It is a general thing for a carmaker to evaluate some potential products at the same time. But those models usually hover within the parameters of the existing line-up from the company. However, this is not the case for Infiniti. This Nisan’s luxury division is reportedly appear at going both up and down market with some of their new products to give it a much further reach than the current range.
The first up is halo model. Infiniti has reportedly come to the conclueion that to lure buyers into the showrooms, they need some attractive high end product. While the successor of the Q45 sedan was seen as a potential route, a report said that a sportcar would be the way to go. The show-stopping Essence concept prove the notion, but Infiniti is reportedly still mulling the idea.
In the other end, Infiniti has been considering the idea of an entry level hatchback model to compete with Audi A3, BMW 1 Series, and Volvo C30. Lexus became the first japanese luxury brand to pursue the segment with their CT 200h, and Infiniti is pretty serious to get a younger demographic.
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2010 Spyker C8 Aileron Spyder Will Only 99 Units?
It’s quite some times since we’ve heard something from Spyker that didn’t have anything to do with their acquisition of Saab. This Dutch automaker seems like they have missed thier production targets, like the new C8 Aileron syder. The convertible version of this stretched and updated C8 was debuted about a year and half ago in Pebble Beach, and was supposed to enter the production in early 2010. Well now 2010 has gone, but the production still hasn’t started.
According to some reports from the company’s native Netherlands, Spyker is planning to keeping the C8 Aileron Spyder to be very exclusive, with only producing 99 units. That will be a very limited edition. But there is something more. According to the same report from CEO Victor Muller, Spyker will be ditching the Audi 4.2 liter V8 engine for the 6.2 liter supercharged LS9 from Chevrolet Corvette ZR1.
At 638 hp, LS9 produces over 50% more power than 400 hp from Audi, and it drop in the previously 4.5 second sprint to 60 should be worth the work involved in turning the blown eight around and mounting it in the Spyker’s core. Either that, or this will amount to nothing.
2010 Spyker C8 Aileron Spyder Will Only 99 Units? is a post from: Automotive News and Review
Lotus Type 125 Debut On Tracks
Lotus has taken its time to put their new civilian of Formula One racer through its paces. The company has enlisted the help from both of Jean Alesi and James Rossiter to test their new Lotus Exos Type 125 in the first official track testing for the vehicle. Rossiter is actually has server as the company’s official test driver, and it means that he has been behind the wheel of some pretty wild engines from Lotus, but he still saying that the Type 125 is unique, intense and extremely raw.
On top of that, Rossiter still also claims that the open wheel beast is as close as what a mortal human can get into man handling the tiller of a genuine F1 car. There is no surprise on those words. The Type 125 vehicle packs a 3.5 liter Cosworth V8 as the core engine with 650 horsepower. The miracle mill is strapped to the six speed semi automatic gearbox. Lotus says that all it takes to wake the sleeping beast in only a push on the start button.
If you like the power of the machine, you better know someone at Lotus, or have some huge amount of extra cash. The company is planning to only handing out 15 examples of the Type 125 car.
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