McLaren supercar new $280,000

The British are the Italians and the German a run for her money in the super car race.

McLaren automotive this week its latest entry in the field starts rolling out increasingly crowded super sports car: the 650 s. It is the starter of McLaren, at a price of about $280,000 - about a quarter of the cost of its flagship P1 model. But their price tag is running is still higher than the Ferrari 458 Italia or Lamborghini Huracan.

McLaren aims to sell more than 500 new vehicles in North America this year. Another goal is approximately 1,500 cars in the year 2014, with the majority of the people, the two 650N/s models worldwide to produce - the open Spider and Coupé.

Mike Flewitt, CEO of McLaren automotive, said all have state-of-the-art racing technology and performance - not flash or frivolous design are cars, and the brand of the company.

"We are a Motorsport brand which is our heritage," Flewitt said. "It is so for us to leading-edge technologies."

The 650N/s, borrow, for example, by the company race program, to produce a lighter, faster and more efficient road car. It has a roar 640-HP bi-turbo V8 engine, which makes the car more than 200 km/h. But it is also one of the few super sports car in the United States, is not subject to tax energy consumer.

The car can be in 2.9 seconds from 0 to 60 mph and from 60 to 0 (zero) to 93.5 meters brakes can. But the Interior is equipped with all the comforts needed for a daily driver.

Sure, will cost more than most houses the 650s. But compared with the company of P1, for more than 1.1 million $ sold and is already sold out, the 650s looks downright affordable.

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BMW recall 156.137 vehicles in the United States

German automaker BMW said that it would remind voluntarily, that make sedan, for possibly defective screws including its popular 3 series compact, more than 156,000 vehicles in the United States, which could lead to engine damage.

BMW said it would check whether screws hold a certain component in vehicles with 6-cylinder engines were vulnerable for loose or break.

The vehicles, also the series 5 and the Z4 sports car, derived from including model years 2010-2012, that company said in an e-Mail.

BMW had recalled, 232,000 imported and locally produced cars in China earlier this month for the same reason.

The company said in an e-mail message would be checked on Thursday, the vehicles, to help determine whether the screws hold the variable camshaft timing (VANOS) unit were vulnerable, loosening or break in extreme cases.

Drivers of potentially affected vehicles can continue to drive their vehicles, but if it appears warnings such as "Check Engine" or "Service Engine soon", they immediately contact their nearest authorized BMW Center, says the company.

BMW said it had informed the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is affected by the recall.

Callback BMW follows a series of recalls by leading car manufacturers around the world. Toyota, the world's largest automaker by sales volume, on Wednesday said there are more than 6 million vehicles would remember.

General Motors investigates by U.S. lawmakers for his slow recall 2.6 million cars related to problems with ignition switches.

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Goodbye, page flip: automakers push for cameras

When Volkswagen begins, delivers the first its ultra-efficient XL1 Coupés by mid-year, must be because motorists get used to, the idea looking at a series of three video screens, instead of back and sideview mirror, to see what is happening around them.

Replace the traditional mirrors with micro-compact cameras integrated into the body, designers could VW aerodynamics of the vehicle significantly improve a data set to achieve fuel consumption - a crucial factor in the.

But while VW plans, only 250 cars build, none in the United States are delivered. The U.S. rules that require, is partly due to the Federal Republic of all vehicles with right and left side mirrors be equipped.

But that could change soon - at least the auto industry hopes it will.

The Alliance of automobile manufacturers - a consortium that engine includes VW, Toyota, and General - as well as Tesla Motors, has asked the national highway traffic safety to replace to allow administration, manufacturer, mirror with digital cameras.

The request comes on the heels of a NHTSA announcement last week, with backup cameras may 2018 need a long-delayed mandate, which outlines all vehicles.

The concept of using more aerodynamic cameras was something automotive designers and engineers have studied for decades. But automotive regulators hesitant to take, introduced new rules.

"Actually, you get these things changed, but it takes time," Tesla CEO Elon Musk complained during a Conference last year. The manufacturer wants to transfer the lateral cameras on their model 9-4 x concept SUV shown and use on a production version.

Car manufacturers hope that the time finally is ready to adopt a high-tech alternative to the basic outside mirror - especially since the integration of advanced security systems such as dead-angle warning can enable with digital cameras.

Move last month, set a timetable for the installation of backup cameras the signal could be, which the industry is waiting. Automakers have taken also preliminary steps, which hope to ease lingering concerns on the part of NHTSA rule maker.

Honda 2013 started as his LaneWatch system with the debut of the accord model. The car still has the necessary sideview mirror but is equipped with a camera, usually to miss out the in the passenger-side blind spot of peers, the car driver. The image is the same center console mounted displayed on screen, the normally navigation and infotainment handles tasks.

Nissan, used a network cameras mounted to the vehicle in the meantime motorists from the bird's eye view of the surrounding pavement and obstacles through its around view monitor type.

In future, a smart digital mirror could mark a Nissan driver attention on objects in a vehicle blind spot, by switching between a normal rear view mirror and a camera on the driver's command.

How quickly the NHTSA might respond to the Alliance's petition remains to be seen, but industry planners hope that will move the Government with more haste.

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Make your teens watch this video

The US Department of transportation of a national advertising campaign has for the first time and "high-visibility enforcement crackdown" launched, especially young drivers use to discourage electronic handheld devices while behind the wheel.

The centerpiece of the $8.5 million-multi platform efforts is a 30-second video, which dramatized the devastating consequences for young people in a car, when the driver on her phone looks and goes through a stop sign.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration estimates 3.328 people were killed and a further 421.000 injured in crashes related to distracted drivers during 2012.

The point said, advertising and enforcement programs in California and Delaware reduced hand-held usage by about a third.

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