Monday, June 11, 2012

The World's Principal Expansion "Convertible" Segments

Despite in Indonesia, car with the roof open or convertible was not very popular due to weather and road conditions are not supported, but this type of car continues to grow at a global vehicle market level.

Even in 2012 the more serious global auto manufacturers to expand into the convertible segment.

Recorded from Europe, U.S, Japan car manufacturers has expressed readiness to launch a convertible in the near future. The latest is the commitment the Japanese car manufacturer Toyota, to release a GT86 Convertible.

The assurance was conveyed directly by Tetsuya Tada, chief engineer of Toyota GT86 early May.
Toyota GT86 Convertible. (Picture from: http://www.topspeed.com/)
Toyota GT86 convertible will carry the 2.0-liter boxer engine is capable of boost the power to 200 PS at 205 nm of torque. The engine power channeled to the rear wheels through a six-speed manual transmission and automated.

Expansion step is also carried out the German car manufacturer Volkswagen, which will release the Golf GTi Cabriolet 2013 at this year and ready to be marketed in Europe starting in June.

VW Golf GTi Cabriolet claimed to be the most economical car in its class with fuel consumption of just 1 liter of gasoline for 12.98 km.
Volkswagen Golf GTi Cabriolet 2013. (Picture from: http://www.managedspeed.net/)
As its driving force, VW chose 2.0-liter turbo that claimed ready to give power up to 210 hp and torque of 280 nm. With power capabilities, the Golf GTi Cabriolet has a fairly strong acceleration performance from 0-100 km/h in 7.3 seconds. For speed, VW declared this open roof car can reach a top speed of 235 km/h.

Not only Toyota and Volkswagen, but BMW is also preparing to issue a convertible variant of the most powerful in its class, the M6 ​​Convertible 2013.

This car is equipped with engine capacity of 4.4 litre twin turbo V8 and go on U.S market in June. This high torque engine mated to a seven-speed transmission M Transmission, double clutch. It produces 560bhp and 680Nm which is available from 1,500rpm to 5,750rpm.
BMW M6 Convertible 2013. (Picture from: http://automiddleeast.com/)
The 4.4-litre engine also features direct fuel injection, Valvetronic variable valve timing and Double VANOS continuously variable camshaft control. The M6 Convertible takes 4.3 seconds from 0-100km/h.

Certain convertible car market grew more vibrant with the presence of Jaguar XKR-S convertible produced by the Jaguar manufacturer.

To distinguish Jaguar XKR-S Convertible with other open-topped car, a British luxury car manufacturer purposely makes the exotic aerodynamic design combined with a glossy white body.

Jaguar install a machine that has a fierce performance to support the design of the XKR-S Convertible with a capacity of 5,000 cc engine, and V-8 configuration. With a large engine capacity, power generated was capable of 550 hp.
Jaguar XKR-S Convertible. (Picture from: http://autotrendyz.com/)
The result XKR-S Convertible only takes just 4.2 seconds to accelerate from rest to a speed of 100 km/h. With a performance like that makes Jaguar XKR-S is priced at U.S. $ 138.000 is dubbed as the fastest and sexiest open-topped cars in the UK. *** [OVI | PIKIRAN RAKYAT 25052012]
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