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Car Awards 2010

Last week at the Paris took place the International Automobile Festival. Here was awarded the prize for the most beautiful car of the year 2010. Candidates for this position were: VOLVO V60, INFINITI M37, MINI COUNTRYMAN, RENAULT WIND, HONDA CR-Z Hybrid, CITROËN DS4, BMW SERIE 5.
The car which won and which will be called the most beautiful car is CITROËN DS4.
It won due to its design. The DS signature (muscular and compact) and also the red led which surounds the fog lights secured it the first place.
The ranking was continued by : BMW, HONDA and RENAULT, the other being eliminated from the competition.
The International Automobile Festival also gave "The Grand Prizes" (below you can see the category and the winner):
THE GRAND PRIZE FOR THE MOST BEAUTIFUL CONCEPT CAR OF THE YEAR:
JAGUAR C-X75
THE GRAND PRIZE FOR THE MOST BEAUTIFUL INTERIOR OF THE YEAR
CITROËN DS4



THE GRAND PRIZE FOR THE MOST BEAUTIFUL BOOK OF THE YEAR
Gotha de l'Automobile Française - E-T-A-I - Laurent Friry et Claude Rouxel
THE GRAND PRIZE FOR THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PHOTO OF THE YEAR
Nasser Al Attiyah marchand de sable, Dakar séries 2010 - Eric Vargiolu - Agence DPPI
THE DESIGN GRAND PRIZE
BERTONE Design - Italie
THE ENVIRONMENT GRAND PRIZE
BMW - Programme Efficient Dynamics
THE ART GRAND PRIZE
Art Car : BMW M3 GT2 - Jeff Koons
THE FESTIVAL GRAND PRIZE
MERCEDES-BENZ CLS
THE SPECIAL GRAND PRIZE OF THE JURY
Adrien Maeght
THE PALME D'OR
Red Bull Racing - Sebastian Vettel - Adrian Newey - Dieter Mateschitz
THE GRAND PRIZE FOR THE MOST BEAUTIFUL ADVERTISING FILM OF THE YEAR
Mercedes - The best or Nothing- Jung von Matt/Alster, Hambourg - International

XL1 Volkswagen Concept, a hybrid with a consumption of 0.9 litres/100 km


Volkswagen introduced the Auto Show in Qatar XL1 concept, a prototype able to travel 100 km on only 0.9 liters of fuel and CO2 emissions of just 24g/km. The world's most efficient and carmaker says, is a concrete step towards launching a car with a consumption of less than one liter of fuel per km.

VW XL1 measuring 3.88 m long, 1.66 m wide and has a height of 1.15 m. The model is built on a carbon fiber structure, the same material being used in developing other parts of the body, leading to Weighing only 795 kg.

The concept is powered by a hybrid system consisting of a 800 cc turbo diesel with an output of 48 hp and 120 Nm of torque and an electric motor capable of delivering 27 hp and 100 Nm of torque.

XL1 has a dual-clutch transmission with DGS and seven reports and can travel 35 km only electric propulsion. Lithium-ion batteries can be recharged from a normal outlet. In addition, the energy lost from braking is recovered and stored for "power" electric drive.

The prototype has a maximum speed of 160 km / h and sprint from 0-100 km / h is achieved in 11.9 seconds. The autonomy offered by the hybrid system is about 550 km with a full 10 gallons of fuel and total battery charged.


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