Ford appointed the new head of exterior design

Joel Piaskowski, a designer who has worked throughout his career for General Motors , Hyundai and Mercedes is the new manager of external style Ford America. The creative is the "signature" behind some of the latest models in the Korean home, including the Genesis sedan and-especially-the Coupé , the latter model that will debut later this year in Italy.

At the end of 2008 the designer had been hired by Mercedes, who had put in charge of its advanced design studio in California. Piaskowski left the Star in March and will be operational for Ford from next October 1. After launching the Fiesta USA and presenting the outlines of the new Focus , the American house seems to focus more on the style as an element of attraction for its future cars.

Fiat Doblo Cargo elected International Van of the Year "2011

The Fiat Doblo Cargo was named "International Van of the Year 2011, with a ceremony in Hanover on Tuesday. The award was accepted by a jury of 24 journalists from industry experts from many countries around the world. The Italian truck - but produced in Turkey - has won 128 votes out of 168 in the LCV category, which stands for Light Commercial Vehicle, or light commercial vehicles. This is the fifth title for Fiat Professional who also was honored in 1994 with the duchy in 2006, always with the Doblò , in 2008 with the shield and the following year with the forint .

The award "International Van of the Year" was

Opel Meriva 1.7 CDTI: our road test

The doors, the rear seats, the center console and even the door-frame bicycles. Everything is Flex. Except for the engine range, now composed alone units powered by gasoline. And so, four months after launch, Opel makes available for the Meriva 1.3 CDTI diesel engines also (75 ecoFLEX hp and 95 hp) 1.7 CDTI and its variations from 100 (only with six-speed automatic transmission), 110 and 130 CV. A necessary step - pending Version LPG and Start & Stop that debuted in 2011 - especially considering the impact of diesel engines to total sales: in Italy it reaches 30% - compared with a European average of

Mercedes CL 65 AMG: Official Photos of the restyling

Issued in recent weeks after the official photos for the CL 63 AMG restyling Mercedes released yesterday also shots for his sister more aristocratic, powerful, expensive and exclusive, the CL 65 AMG , like aesthetics and retouched mechanics.

The majestic V12 twin-turbo 6.0 that is hidden in the bonnet has been slightly revised and is now capable of delivering 630 hp beauty, against the previous 612. Unchanged monstrous torque, self-limited to 1000 Nm, the CL 65 AMG restyling can accelerate from 0 to 100 in 4.2 seconds and reach a maximum speed-too-self-limited 300 km / h.

Subaru: new boxer engines

Subaru introduces the next generation boxer engine, totally redesigned to reduce fuel consumption and emissions by 10% and ready to receive additional future changes in key ecological but also performance. Subaru believes strongly in this new family of engines, so by installing the new production site dedicated Gunma Oizumi.

The new Boxer, available in version 2 and 2.5 liters, have totally changed appearance with the change of the race: the 2-liter naturally aspirated from 92 to 84 × 75 × 90 mm, the power remains fixed at 150 hp, while torque rooms from 191 to 196 Nm The dual variable valve timing on intake and exhaust, along with a

Mazda 6: 2 million copies sold

Mazda has announced that sales of the Mazda 6 totaled 2 million copies. This is an important result achieved in eight years and a half after the entry into production. Before the Mazda 6, just another model of production recently reached this result, namely the compact Mazda 3 . However, the Mazda 6 - marketed under the name Atenza in Japan - in his career he has achieved other important goals, having been the first car of Mazda's new styling, called "Zoom Zoom".

Furthermore, the Mazda 6 was also the model that

Fiat Panda Model Year 2011

Fiat announced the introduction of the range model year 2011 for Panda presenting new level of engine and interior and exterior style. Fiat Panda is now available with Euro 5 engines and the range was reduced to units 1.2 to 69 bhp petrol and 1.3 16V Multijet 75 bhp with DPF. Demise of the old 1.1 engine from 54 hp, the base version 1.2 becomes the Actual that the price of 9,250 euros, has 15 hp more power, new fabrics and standard equipment includes ABS + EBD and airbags for driver.