Cars

Do you have to do anything or will it just switch gears automatically?

the ones i’ve seen are all paddle shifters.

Both the GT and the Cam, preferably automatic. Mileage?

well if you can afford to buy one then why does the gas prices matter?

During the UKTV People Awards 2006 event, the Jaguar brand took home two awards that can be considered quite prestigious. And it was the Jaguar XK coupe that was responsible for the new awards to be added to the brand’s still growing collection of accolades. The ‘Car of the Year’ award and the ‘Luxury Car of the Year’ recognition were what the Jaguar XK coupe received and took home.

It was the people and the television viewers of the United Kingdom who chose which vehicle would be taking home the award. And it took more than 10,000 people to participate in the said voting. They had to choose from sixteen various vehicles, models, and brands. And it looked like the Jaguar XK coupe was the crowd and audience favorite.

And added tension came in when it was Louise Goodman of Formula 1 who did the test driving of all sixteen vehicles which were included in the UKTV channel’s nominees for the mentioned awards. This event was shown over on television and viewers were able to see which vehicle was performing better over the rest. And during the test drives, Goodman informed the public about the various features that each car had to offer. To better facilitate and help the audience decide, the vehicles were further divided into four categories which comprised of sport, family, 4×4, and luxury.

Geoff Cousins is the current managing director of the Jaguar XK8 parts manufacturer in the United Kingdom. Cousins, in behalf of Jaguar, gushes, “We are delighted that the XK came out top of the bunch in what was an extremely strong and competitive short list. This recognition is especially pleasing as it was voted for by the public. I am also delighted for everyone responsible for the car’s production here in the UK; they should all feel very proud that Jaguar came out top.”

And as on the end of UKTV, its production manager, Loris Vigiani, is proud to say, “The competition was tough but the performance, shape and sheer beauty of the Jaguar XK coupe obviously won the hearts and minds of the viewing public, beating Volvo, Mercedes, and Maserati to win the ‘Luxury’ category, as well as Lotus, BMW, and Porsche amongst others to win overall.”

Michelle Crimson
http://www.articlesbase.com/automotive-articles/car-of-the-year-given-to-jaguar-xk-coupe-58634.html

During the UKTV People Awards 2006 event, the Jaguar brand took home two awards that can be considered quite prestigious. And it was the Jaguar XK coupe that was responsible for the new awards to be added to the brand’s still growing collection of accolades. The ‘Car of the Year’ award and the ‘Luxury Car of the Year’ recognition were what the Jaguar XK coupe received and took home.

It was the people and the television viewers of the United Kingdom who chose which vehicle would be taking home the award. And it took more than 10,000 people to participate in the said voting. They had to choose from sixteen various vehicles, models, and brands. And it looked like the Jaguar XK coupe was the crowd and audience favorite.

And added tension came in when it was Louise Goodman of Formula 1 who did the test driving of all sixteen vehicles which were included in the UKTV channel’s nominees for the mentioned awards. This event was shown over on television and viewers were able to see which vehicle was performing better over the rest. And during the test drives, Goodman informed the public about the various features that each car had to offer. To better facilitate and help the audience decide, the vehicles were further divided into four categories which comprised of sport, family, 4×4, and luxury.

Geoff Cousins is the current managing director of the Jaguar XK8 parts manufacturer in the United Kingdom. Cousins, in behalf of Jaguar, gushes, “We are delighted that the XK came out top of the bunch in what was an extremely strong and competitive short list. This recognition is especially pleasing as it was voted for by the public. I am also delighted for everyone responsible for the car’s production here in the UK; they should all feel very proud that Jaguar came out top.”

And as on the end of UKTV, its production manager, Loris Vigiani, is proud to say, “The competition was tough but the performance, shape and sheer beauty of the Jaguar XK coupe obviously won the hearts and minds of the viewing public, beating Volvo, Mercedes, and Maserati to win the ‘Luxury’ category, as well as Lotus, BMW, and Porsche amongst others to win overall.”

Michelle Crimson
http://www.articlesbase.com/automotive-articles/car-of-the-year-given-to-jaguar-xk-coupe-58634.html

And does fiat engineers also work for for ferrari and maserati?

ferrari and fiat are the same company

What’s in a name?

There’s so much in a name.

 A Car with a nice name is so important and only America understands that.  They are so imaginative. Italian names are tongue twisters except the romantic “Alpha Romeo”.

 Mercedes is most unimaginative with silly initials or digits that differentiate one model from the other.  They are all Mercedes but 200, 220, 230, 270, 350, 500 etc or SL SEL, SLC or C class or E class, utterly meaningless.

 Most world famous cars wear the surname of their inventors like Harry Ford or Mr. Toyota or Ferdinand Porsche or Henry Rolls and Charles Royce.

 Now, let’s get into America.  The names of their cars are like poetry in motion. 

 Starting with the Chevrolet range, Bel Air, Mercury, Monte Carlo, Impala, Biscane, Malibu, Camaro, Corvette, Caprice.

 Ford – Thunder bird, Mustang Granada

 Cadillac – Fleetwood, De Ville, Seville, Brougham, Eldorado.

 Chrysler – New Yorker, Le Baron, New Port, Cordoba, Town and Country.

 Pontiac – Firebird, Phoenix, Grand Le Marc, Catalina, Bonneville.

 Stutz – Bearcat, Black Hawk, Royale.

 Even BMW again like Mercedes is just initials and digits.

 English car names have some resonance in them like – Triumph, Jaguar, Austin and Morris are such insipid names again.

 Buick has beautiful names like Buick Wildcat, Sky hawk, Skylark, Buick Century, Buick Regal, Le Saber, Electra, Rivera.

 The poor little Maruti sounds like chappati.  Does’nt it.

Car and Country

Once you are familiar with the tell tale hints you can immediately guess where a car is made in.

Peoples mannerism, taste, standard of living, standard of expectations, degree of dignity, generosity, methods, imagination, moods and temperament all get fused into the automobile they manufacture.

British Cars

They will be dignified looking and always wear a serious look.  The interior will be very neat but not loud or overly luscious, the colours very bland. The very high league cars like the Rolls Royce, Jaguar, Aston Martin, Bentley, Ackley, Daimler, and Panther all have a heavy look stately but unfriendly looking.  Almost as if each times you have to seek permission of the car before riding in it.  So what if you are the owner. Even the Range Rover is a jumbo of an SUV.

Then there are the strings of cars for commoners like Austin, Vauschall, Ford, Triumph, Morris, Talbot, MG, which are completely utilitarian with no fuss or frills.  No splurge on chrome or velvet.

The cars are like their country-men.  Just as English men are.  Very reserved and aloof but grace personified once you know them.

Italian Cars

Silky sleek lines but no bulk whatsoever as if they are on a permanent diet.  Roary and aggressive by volume and nature.  They are shrewd movers and signal breakers like the men of Italy.  Now you see them now you don’t.  Interestingly, Italy doesn’t make a single luxury car or limousine.  They are all cramped with abnormal output of power.  The fastest and most agile cars. Italians have no use for the rear view mirror because they are just not interested in what’s going on behind.  Very few family cars like FIAT, Larcia, and GIANMNI. The rest are all speed monsters Ferrari, Maserati, Alfa Romeo, all with a motto win or die nothing in between.

German Cars

Strong, robust, long lasting but even the fanciest names don’t provide you with very pampering luxury. As they are a hard working lot and don’t like to laze around. Not much stress on shape either.  The Volkswagen Beattle and Porsche Carrere look like the designer was an amphibian lover.  BMWs are very boxy and Mercedes, except some of the older ones are very mundane looking, grumpy but efficient.  Audi also has nothing distinctive except the Olympics like logo. Opel? listless.  The cars look like they have had their porridge and oatmeal regularly.

 Japanese Cars

These are like their soft-spoken, gentle manufacturers.  Silent, most controls operate by finger play.  The seats are soft like their skins. Toy like and some doll-like like their women.  The cars are not buxom just delicate and elegant.  There are little tweeters and musical alarms in doors, gears just as they keep humming with their walkmans.  The dickey pert like their ladies have.

Russian Cars

Most frugal utilitarian like most of the poor people there who believe let’s cut through life without making a song and dance of it.

Indian Cars

Hospitable like Indians all doors swing open wide and you can load in as many people.  The Ambassadors of yore used to look like over-weight North Indian women with big bosoms and large back-side and used to wobble like them too.  The standard Herald inspired by Triumph was short like the average Indian. Maruti has the typical Indian attitude – Ghar chota hai toa kya hua dil toe achha hai.

American Cars

Ooh la la la my absolute favourite. Versatile like the USA. Lavish like their pent houses.  Out candish colours, beefy bumpers like their burgers.  Forget about the country the car itself is a land of plenty.  Beautiful dashboards, lots of legroom, lots of booth space.  Large sofa like seats which sink you in and are your cradle of luxury while you commute.

Kaarl A.Gandhi

Kaarl Adi Gandhi
http://www.articlesbase.com/cars-articles/whats-in-a-name-theres-so-much-in-a-name-car-and-country-745742.html

What’s in a name?

There’s so much in a name.

 A Car with a nice name is so important and only America understands that.  They are so imaginative. Italian names are tongue twisters except the romantic “Alpha Romeo”.

 Mercedes is most unimaginative with silly initials or digits that differentiate one model from the other.  They are all Mercedes but 200, 220, 230, 270, 350, 500 etc or SL SEL, SLC or C class or E class, utterly meaningless.

 Most world famous cars wear the surname of their inventors like Harry Ford or Mr. Toyota or Ferdinand Porsche or Henry Rolls and Charles Royce.

 Now, let’s get into America.  The names of their cars are like poetry in motion. 

 Starting with the Chevrolet range, Bel Air, Mercury, Monte Carlo, Impala, Biscane, Malibu, Camaro, Corvette, Caprice.

 Ford – Thunder bird, Mustang Granada

 Cadillac – Fleetwood, De Ville, Seville, Brougham, Eldorado.

 Chrysler – New Yorker, Le Baron, New Port, Cordoba, Town and Country.

 Pontiac – Firebird, Phoenix, Grand Le Marc, Catalina, Bonneville.

 Stutz – Bearcat, Black Hawk, Royale.

 Even BMW again like Mercedes is just initials and digits.

 English car names have some resonance in them like – Triumph, Jaguar, Austin and Morris are such insipid names again.

 Buick has beautiful names like Buick Wildcat, Sky hawk, Skylark, Buick Century, Buick Regal, Le Saber, Electra, Rivera.

 The poor little Maruti sounds like chappati.  Does’nt it.

Car and Country

Once you are familiar with the tell tale hints you can immediately guess where a car is made in.

Peoples mannerism, taste, standard of living, standard of expectations, degree of dignity, generosity, methods, imagination, moods and temperament all get fused into the automobile they manufacture.

British Cars

They will be dignified looking and always wear a serious look.  The interior will be very neat but not loud or overly luscious, the colours very bland. The very high league cars like the Rolls Royce, Jaguar, Aston Martin, Bentley, Ackley, Daimler, and Panther all have a heavy look stately but unfriendly looking.  Almost as if each times you have to seek permission of the car before riding in it.  So what if you are the owner. Even the Range Rover is a jumbo of an SUV.

Then there are the strings of cars for commoners like Austin, Vauschall, Ford, Triumph, Morris, Talbot, MG, which are completely utilitarian with no fuss or frills.  No splurge on chrome or velvet.

The cars are like their country-men.  Just as English men are.  Very reserved and aloof but grace personified once you know them.

Italian Cars

Silky sleek lines but no bulk whatsoever as if they are on a permanent diet.  Roary and aggressive by volume and nature.  They are shrewd movers and signal breakers like the men of Italy.  Now you see them now you don’t.  Interestingly, Italy doesn’t make a single luxury car or limousine.  They are all cramped with abnormal output of power.  The fastest and most agile cars. Italians have no use for the rear view mirror because they are just not interested in what’s going on behind.  Very few family cars like FIAT, Larcia, and GIANMNI. The rest are all speed monsters Ferrari, Maserati, Alfa Romeo, all with a motto win or die nothing in between.

German Cars

Strong, robust, long lasting but even the fanciest names don’t provide you with very pampering luxury. As they are a hard working lot and don’t like to laze around. Not much stress on shape either.  The Volkswagen Beattle and Porsche Carrere look like the designer was an amphibian lover.  BMWs are very boxy and Mercedes, except some of the older ones are very mundane looking, grumpy but efficient.  Audi also has nothing distinctive except the Olympics like logo. Opel? listless.  The cars look like they have had their porridge and oatmeal regularly.

 Japanese Cars

These are like their soft-spoken, gentle manufacturers.  Silent, most controls operate by finger play.  The seats are soft like their skins. Toy like and some doll-like like their women.  The cars are not buxom just delicate and elegant.  There are little tweeters and musical alarms in doors, gears just as they keep humming with their walkmans.  The dickey pert like their ladies have.

Russian Cars

Most frugal utilitarian like most of the poor people there who believe let’s cut through life without making a song and dance of it.

Indian Cars

Hospitable like Indians all doors swing open wide and you can load in as many people.  The Ambassadors of yore used to look like over-weight North Indian women with big bosoms and large back-side and used to wobble like them too.  The standard Herald inspired by Triumph was short like the average Indian. Maruti has the typical Indian attitude – Ghar chota hai toa kya hua dil toe achha hai.

American Cars

Ooh la la la my absolute favourite. Versatile like the USA. Lavish like their pent houses.  Out candish colours, beefy bumpers like their burgers.  Forget about the country the car itself is a land of plenty.  Beautiful dashboards, lots of legroom, lots of booth space.  Large sofa like seats which sink you in and are your cradle of luxury while you commute.

Kaarl A.Gandhi

Kaarl Adi Gandhi
http://www.articlesbase.com/cars-articles/whats-in-a-name-theres-so-much-in-a-name-car-and-country-745742.html

i saw a maserati gran turismo today in the city and my friend was talking a lot of crap about how the audi r8 is so much better. i, on the other hand, would rather have a maserati than the r8….what about you?

As a piece of engineering the Audi R8 is a fabulous car with supercar baiting performance and road presence. However, out of the two i’d go for the Maserati. It’s drop dead gorgeous with a wonderful and charismatic 4.2-litre V8. Yes, its slower than Audi but who cares when you’re in something that look so stylish and cool.

What’s in a name?

There’s so much in a name.

 A Car with a nice name is so important and only America understands that.  They are so imaginative. Italian names are tongue twisters except the romantic “Alpha Romeo”.

 Mercedes is most unimaginative with silly initials or digits that differentiate one model from the other.  They are all Mercedes but 200, 220, 230, 270, 350, 500 etc or SL SEL, SLC or C class or E class, utterly meaningless.

 Most world famous cars wear the surname of their inventors like Harry Ford or Mr. Toyota or Ferdinand Porsche or Henry Rolls and Charles Royce.

 Now, let’s get into America.  The names of their cars are like poetry in motion. 

 Starting with the Chevrolet range, Bel Air, Mercury, Monte Carlo, Impala, Biscane, Malibu, Camaro, Corvette, Caprice.

 Ford – Thunder bird, Mustang Granada

 Cadillac – Fleetwood, De Ville, Seville, Brougham, Eldorado.

 Chrysler – New Yorker, Le Baron, New Port, Cordoba, Town and Country.

 Pontiac – Firebird, Phoenix, Grand Le Marc, Catalina, Bonneville.

 Stutz – Bearcat, Black Hawk, Royale.

 Even BMW again like Mercedes is just initials and digits.

 English car names have some resonance in them like – Triumph, Jaguar, Austin and Morris are such insipid names again.

 Buick has beautiful names like Buick Wildcat, Sky hawk, Skylark, Buick Century, Buick Regal, Le Saber, Electra, Rivera.

 The poor little Maruti sounds like chappati.  Does’nt it.

Car and Country

Once you are familiar with the tell tale hints you can immediately guess where a car is made in.

Peoples mannerism, taste, standard of living, standard of expectations, degree of dignity, generosity, methods, imagination, moods and temperament all get fused into the automobile they manufacture.

British Cars

They will be dignified looking and always wear a serious look.  The interior will be very neat but not loud or overly luscious, the colours very bland. The very high league cars like the Rolls Royce, Jaguar, Aston Martin, Bentley, Ackley, Daimler, and Panther all have a heavy look stately but unfriendly looking.  Almost as if each times you have to seek permission of the car before riding in it.  So what if you are the owner. Even the Range Rover is a jumbo of an SUV.

Then there are the strings of cars for commoners like Austin, Vauschall, Ford, Triumph, Morris, Talbot, MG, which are completely utilitarian with no fuss or frills.  No splurge on chrome or velvet.

The cars are like their country-men.  Just as English men are.  Very reserved and aloof but grace personified once you know them.

Italian Cars

Silky sleek lines but no bulk whatsoever as if they are on a permanent diet.  Roary and aggressive by volume and nature.  They are shrewd movers and signal breakers like the men of Italy.  Now you see them now you don’t.  Interestingly, Italy doesn’t make a single luxury car or limousine.  They are all cramped with abnormal output of power.  The fastest and most agile cars. Italians have no use for the rear view mirror because they are just not interested in what’s going on behind.  Very few family cars like FIAT, Larcia, and GIANMNI. The rest are all speed monsters Ferrari, Maserati, Alfa Romeo, all with a motto win or die nothing in between.

German Cars

Strong, robust, long lasting but even the fanciest names don’t provide you with very pampering luxury. As they are a hard working lot and don’t like to laze around. Not much stress on shape either.  The Volkswagen Beattle and Porsche Carrere look like the designer was an amphibian lover.  BMWs are very boxy and Mercedes, except some of the older ones are very mundane looking, grumpy but efficient.  Audi also has nothing distinctive except the Olympics like logo. Opel? listless.  The cars look like they have had their porridge and oatmeal regularly.

 Japanese Cars

These are like their soft-spoken, gentle manufacturers.  Silent, most controls operate by finger play.  The seats are soft like their skins. Toy like and some doll-like like their women.  The cars are not buxom just delicate and elegant.  There are little tweeters and musical alarms in doors, gears just as they keep humming with their walkmans.  The dickey pert like their ladies have.

Russian Cars

Most frugal utilitarian like most of the poor people there who believe let’s cut through life without making a song and dance of it.

Indian Cars

Hospitable like Indians all doors swing open wide and you can load in as many people.  The Ambassadors of yore used to look like over-weight North Indian women with big bosoms and large back-side and used to wobble like them too.  The standard Herald inspired by Triumph was short like the average Indian. Maruti has the typical Indian attitude – Ghar chota hai toa kya hua dil toe achha hai.

American Cars

Ooh la la la my absolute favourite. Versatile like the USA. Lavish like their pent houses.  Out candish colours, beefy bumpers like their burgers.  Forget about the country the car itself is a land of plenty.  Beautiful dashboards, lots of legroom, lots of booth space.  Large sofa like seats which sink you in and are your cradle of luxury while you commute.

Kaarl A.Gandhi

Kaarl Adi Gandhi
http://www.articlesbase.com/cars-articles/whats-in-a-name-theres-so-much-in-a-name-car-and-country-745742.html

I do not need a loan I make over $800,000 a year as a lead engineer at Gulf Stream.

If you don’t make at least $200,000 a year then they won’t approve you for a loan, and if you make $200,000 a year and don’t have the money in the bank to pay cash, then you should forget about this car and take a money management class at your local community college.

EDIT: If you don’t need a loan then there is no down payment. You just pay for it in full.

Why the heck did you ask this question in the first place?