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In this well-known contest of which is elected every year will be the car of the year , and we know that in this 47th edition already revealed the names of the seven cars that pass to the finals that have been chosen from A list of 33 candidates.

The seven candidates were elected to qualify to get that great title are: Citroën C3 Picasso , Mercedes E-Class , Opel Astra , Peugeot 3008 , Skoda Yeti , Toyota iQ and Volkswagen Polo .

The date chosen to present the winner of this award is November 30 and will be chosen by a jury which is composed of 59 journalists from 23 countries in Europe which according to official data of the organization, six of these journalists are Spanish.

Which one you think that will take the title of Car of the Year this year?.

It was the German's own brand has officially unveiled its intention to keep increasing their production in that country, in effect, only a few days left the assembly line factory that Volkswagen has in Shanghai (China) nothing and no less than five millionth car has been built there.


This milestone coincided precisely with the 25th anniversary of the creation of the first joint venture of Volkswagen in China so there is reason for a double celebration. However, the firm has already secured his intention is to continue growing in this country, and it will invest 4,000 million euros to achieve this purpose.

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Today this practice is lost in some way but still quite a few cars left abandoned on the street. Aid currently offered for the acquisition of new cars have been a good initiative that often very old cars do not end up abandoned or unusable on the street.

It is well known to buy a new car is not easy at times by the economic situation that we are going through at the time, or simply terminate a vehicle can also mean an expense which can not meet the accumulation of other unexpected expenses. However, you ought to keep in mind that the fact of leaving a car on the road today is punished very severely.

Starting with the costs which must be addressed to the local municipality by the withdrawal because under the law of waste, consider these cars as solid waste, thus leaving it abandoned a matter of sanction which may range between 600 and 30,000 euros, and in some cases the penalty may be higher if the car pollutants produce environmental damage.

On the other hand, to proceed to remove an owner is identified in some cases it is very difficult because the car has no registration, you are trying to identify a notification of abandonment and all within a statutory period of time to proceed to remove the same. If after the legal time the owner does not answer, that is when requested by the municipal tow service to remove the vehicle and bring it to a shell, which will also stay for a statutory period before they finally take a scrapyard and the owner can claim. If during this process, the owner has not cooperated at all is when justice is turned on, as legal action will be taken which will face the owner of the vehicle.

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Although the start date was scheduled for later, was the Commission itself who has launched this new general request for the eCall or better known as automatic emergency call , is necessarily implemented this system as standard by all manufacturers in vehicles from next year.


To this end, the very Commission has set a deadline which expires at the end of 2009 to the 27 member countries develop their own regulations in this regard. If it occurs, the Commission shall provide for the eCall is definitely standard equipment on the car homologated in Europe, lowering what is the cost of implementing this system.

And is secured by several studies, that if this system is implemented entirely in Europe can save up to 2,500 lives a year, while also in many cases can reduce the severity of the injury and thus health care costs even may also be lower.

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Once we have seen in any way certain problems may arise in these heavy cars talking in terms of consumption and emissions, and also in performance, you should know that being overweight can also impact negatively on the aspect of security .

So much so that we can emphasize three points especially on the effects really are negative in vehicles that are overweight. In the first of these points must be borne in mind that in turns generates more inertia to be heavier, with this we mean that the car will have a greater tendency to get right if you have to make a sharp turn by the presence of any large object that may appear on the road, not counting a skid occurs so often is far more difficult to control if a vehicle conduciéramos lighter.

Another point to consider is the subject of braking, as excess weight only leads to an increase in fatigue say the brakes, in fact it is shown that for every 100 kg more than we can find that the stopping distance of emergency to increase between 3 and 4.5 feet if it is traveling at a speed of 140 km / h.

As a last point to be made ​​and never wants at any time, is if it can happen any collision or accident, always overweight causes greater deformation part of the vehicle which has suffered this blow. According to some studies, you should know that that equal elements of security , a car that I only have say 100 kg more than their risk of death from this extra weight can be increased by up to 15 percent.

This is a commitment that the major automakers in the United States, Europe, Japan and South Korea have agreed and they will cooperate in the dissemination in the market for fuel cell vehicles emit no pollutants and hydrogen-powered .

The truth is that many firms that have joined this initiative because starting with the one leading the German Daimler , other firms such as Renault-Nissan, Honda , Toyota , Hyundai , KIA , Ford , General Motors Group and its subsidiary Opel will make it possible for a quantity production a reality soon.

All these firms are already planning to launch several thousand units of these cars until 2015, and from there begin production on the height of several hundreds of thousands of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles. So far, this inicitiva say suffered a delay because the manufacture of such vehicles at a high cost involved to make this technology profitable.

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Although there is commonplace that it is believed that this is so, you should know that is totally false. And we say that is false because they have the sufficient size and appropriate design produces a depressing effect on the ground the car does not mean that improves the drag.

While this drag force is measured in Cx , which provide the fins has a vertical component, we are nothing but an assessment of support that is named Cy . The larger, the better the aerodynamic grip that implements the wheel.

Anyway, we must make it clear that it is rare that a production car reaches a cash value, unless an exception as high speeds .

It appears that support for the purchase of vehicles are helping much to reduce the level of emissions in our country.

As you know, these aids are called 2000E Plan was launched in May this year and have reduced emissions since reaching four grams in 140 g / km in the month of October, we are talking nothing more and nothing less than 6.5 percent less than the same month last year.

Everything indicates that not too long a period of time, finally get to the limit that is set by the European Community for 2015 of 130 grams.

It appears that support for the purchase of vehicles are helping much to reduce the level of emissions in our country.



As you know, these aids are called 2000E Plan was launched in May this year and have reduced emissions since reaching four grams in 140 g / km in the month of October, we are talking nothing more and nothing less than 6.5 percent less than the same month last year.

Everything indicates that not too long a period of time, finally get to the limit that is set by the European Community for 2015 of 130 grams.