Vehicle Highlights

The E-Class line offers sedans and wagons with 6- and 8-cyl power and rear- or all-wheel drive. E320 models have a 221-hp V6, E500s a 302-hp V8; high-performance E55s have a supercharged a 469-hp V8. All are available in either body style. Offered as a sedan is the E320 CDI with a 201-hp inline 6-cyl turbodiesel engine. Emissions regulations prevent the CDI's sale in California and four northeastern states. Due during the '05 model year is a 3.5-liter replacement for the E320's 3.2-liter V6. Mercedes' 4Matic all-wheel drive is standard on E500 wagons, optional on other models except the CDI and E55. All have automatic transmission with manual shift gate. It's a 7-speed in the rear-drive E500 sedan, a 5-speed in other models. The E55 adds manual-shift steering-wheel buttons. All models include ABS and antiskid/traction control. E55 and E500s have an air-spring suspension with driver-adjustable shock-absorber firmness. It's not available for E320s and the CDI. E55s come with 18-inch wheels, E500s 17s, the other models 16s. The 17s and 18s are optional on certain E320s and E500s.

Front and rear side airbags, head-protecting curtain side airbags, and Mercedes' TeleAid assistance are standard. Options include steering-linked bi-xenon headlamps and Mercedes' Distronic cruise control designed to maintain a set following distance. Also available: voice-activated cell phone and navigation, heated/ventilated front seats, and massaging front seats. Mercedes' optional Keyless Go system uses a carry-along transmitter for unlocking and starting. Rear obstacle detection is available for sedans. So is Mercedes' full-length Panorama glass sunroof with a power tilt/slide panel above the front seats. The E55 has exclusive trim and sport suspension, exhaust, and seats. E500s and V6 E320s offer an Appearance Package with body cladding and unique wood trim.

COMPETITION

Consumer Guide® Automotive places each vehicle into one of 17 classes based on size, price, and market position. Premium Midsize Cars sport interior dimensions similar to Midsize Cars. Premium Midsize Cars offer more luxury, performance, and prestige when compared to Midsize Cars. This segment is one of the industry's fastest-growing categories.

Our Best Buys include the Acura TL, Cadillac CTS, and Mercedes-Benz E-Class. Our Recommended picks include the Acura TL, Infiniti G35, and the Lexus ES 330.

Toyota Mark X

Toyota Japan has launched the redesigned Toyota Mark X which comes with a new 3.5-litre V6 engine. Exterior design highlights include a wide front bumper opening, a sporty mesh front grille, a three-lamp layout for the taillights and expansive front and rear pillars.

The smallest engine is a 2.5-litre V6 petrol which is said to achieve a 0 - 100km/h time of 8.4 seconds and a fuel efficiency rating of 13km/l (7.7 l/100km or 49.2 mpg US) for the rear-wheel-drive models. The 3.5-litre V6 is said to be strong and smooth, as well as fuel efficient.

Safety features include seven airbags, a Pre-Crash Safety System, an Adaptive Front-lighting System, Radar Cruise Control and Hill-start Assist Control. Toyota says the car's 480 litre boot can swallow up four golf bags.

The interior has equipment such as an HDD navigation system with Map on Demand and Intelligent Parking Assist system while the more premium models are fitted with a built-in terrestrial digital TV tuner and 12 speakers among others.

Prices for the Mark X start at ¥2.38 million (€17,594) for the baseline 250G F Package and go up to ¥3.8 million (€28,091) for the 350S Premium.

Suzuki Cultus

Suzuki CULTUS general characteristics
First registration (year/month) 1998/11
Grade 1.6 TR-4
Engine type G16A
Transmission AT
Fuel Petrol
Capacity 5
Color white
Chassis No GD31W-160547
Manufacture date (year/month) 1998/N/A
Type GF-GD31W
Dispalcement 1600
Turbo No
Drive 4WD
Steering Wheel Right
Mileage 99294 km
Vehicle Type wagon
Condition And Damage of Suzuki CULTUS
JP Rating N/A
Driving Condition drivable
Damage used
Repaired no
Condition used
Engine Start start
Interior Condition B
Location, Registration and Inspection of Suzuki CULTUS
Location: Nagoya, De-Registration Certificate available, Syaken Inspection N/A
Options of Suzuki CULTUS 1.6 TR-4
Power Steering, ABS, 4WD, AC.
Suzuki CULTUS Air Bags
Driver intact
Side Passenger N/A
Seat Driver N/A
Pillar N/A
Passenger intact
Roof N/A
Seat Driver N/A
Seat Passenger N/A
Damage Details of this Suzuki CULTUS 1.6 TR-4

Toyota Premio

Toyota Premio
The Toyota Premio is a mid-size sedan sold in Japan by Toyota.
The Premio is an upscale, and more luxurious sedan in comparison to the Toyota Allion sedan, which has a more youthful, and sporting nature. Both vehicles were introduced at the same time. Wood trim and silver accents gives the Premio an elegant look and it is considered to be a family or executive type car. Appearance modification options made for the Allion are not made or marketed for the Premio.
In terms of class, the Premio is designed to fill the gap between the Toyota Corolla and the Toyota Camry.
1st Generation (2001-2006)
The Premio is the successor of the Toyota Corona and the Corona Premio. The first generation Premio was launched in December 2001. It was offered in three engine sizes; 1.5L, 1.8L and the 2.0L. In 2005, the Premio saw a minor refresh which is most evident in the updated brake lights.
2n Generation (2007-Present)
The 2nd generation Premio went on sale in 2007. It still continues to fill the gap between the Corolla and Camry, and has a more expensive look than the previous. The engine size offering is still the same; 1.5L, 1.8L and 2.0L

Suzuki Liana

Suzuki Liana

LIANA an opportunity to break stereotypes in your idea of vanguard. It is a car different than what the world knows.
In fact, she is founder of a new era of thinking and perception in which the vehicle is a means of stimulatingImagery and human striving for innovation.LIANA is exactly what they expect from the traditional approach of SUZUKI - compact design, style and elegance designed with perfect accuracy and unique functionality, reliability, which allows you to experience everything in their path - from the maneuverability and speed to complex situations in which Put your life needs.LIANA way to take the challenge of a new era!

Welcome in a comfortable salon.
Good spatial decision is a basic requirement for comfort. LIANA offers elegantly shot internal volume of the background of compact exterior dimensions and avangardna line.Feeling of comfort of any travelling begins with shirotata caused by glass panels and soft forms of the interior. It continues with high quality fabrics in appropriate colors and fabrics, double-sealed windows to prevent external noise. Domestic peace is reinforced by gumiraniya rear lid, part of protivovibratsionnata frame of SUZUKI, shumozaglushitelnite entry rezonatori in engine compartment and use of shumopoglashtashti poliure-tanovi materials in the structure of the body-type sandwich. The scoreboard, met in sports style and appropriate osveteno, casts soft light, providing them with easy vazpriemashta vayki maximum information with minimum dissipation. Audiosistemata - usually one of the most razseyvashtite appliances in conventional car is placed on top of the central board of management of the steering wheel (option). The interior of LIANA is premeren and balanced - well-equipped room, which has the appearance and feeling of harmony. Practical and gostopriemna, it isolates you in another world.

Practicality in volume
In the modern era hardly able to move without baggage. With increasing space for passengers in the design of LIANA, and increased the space for their personal belongings. Cabin baggage LIANA - 5 doors is great and accessible through the back door, covering the width and height of the passenger compartment. His volume ranged from 460 to 1460 liters in a split rear seat Atlas 55:45. Hamas body sedan have 500 - litrov rack equipped with podho-dyashti lastitsi niches and to strengthen baggage. The opening of the cabin becomes more comfortable handling.

Feel the security of the future.
LIANA is created without compromising safety and security. Safety measures include the passenger compartment, which effectively assumes power on impact with the gradual deformation of the panels in the front and rear part, reinforced doors with beams, front and side airbags and pyrotechnic three-point belts.
Inside the seats are shaped so that not only reduce fatigue, and to protect occupants from the baggage that could flights in the next frontal collision. Ukrepvashtite items for baby seats predstav lyavat-standard equipment and small passenger is provided equally reliable security.
Security system is supplemented by a double anti-theft locking system, greater padlock mechanism of the steering wheel and electronic imobilayzer.ABS-system with electronic control braking effort EBD helps abrupt stop in wet and slippery terrain for excellent control of the car.

Sign in the face of new technologies.
LIANA address challenges to the car concepts even basic level, where engineers are SUZUKI otdali of his genius for securing obraztsovo behaviour of the road.Stability and komfortnoto vozene are inherent in LIANA, which combines great mezhduosie and healthy body of the passenger compartment. Suspension of the car - all Makferson, set for European road conditions, reduced slitting fluctuation in the departure and stop. Convenience to manage this vehicle is based on precise and predictable behavior.
The quiet work of the engine is provided by obezshumeniya klapanno-allocation mechanism. The high torque oblegchava use of cars in different modes. The model is available with manual and automatic transmission. The lack of vibration and noise in the passenger compartment is achieved by hanging the engine of hydraulic tamponi. Despite the high engine power, they differ with extreme economy and emissions that meet the latest European standards.

Vitz 2009

Toyota Vitz already going the lithium-ion route
Global automakers are racing to develop the next generation of energy-saving lithium-ion batteries, but Toyota has already been quietly using the technology in one of its cars in Japan - although in small numbers.
Worries about the safety of the batteries, which have had problems overheating and even bursting into flames, have been a major obstacle to introducing them in cars.
Lithium-ion batteries, already widely used in laptops and other gadgets, are considered critical in developing future electric, hybrid and other ecological vehicles because they are smaller, yet more powerful than the nickel-metal hydride batteries used in hybrids like the Prius now.

Since 2003, the lithium-ion battery has been part of an "intelligent package" for Toyota Motor Corp's Vitz subcompact - although the feature still isn't widespread among Japanese consumers. About 700 of the Vitz with the feature were sold this year.
Toyota executive vice-president Masatami Takimoto told The Associated Press recently the company hasn't marketed the feature aggressively because battery supplies are limited and the company can't respond to massive demand.
But the feature is available at dealers, and consumers can get them if they ask for it. "We don't tell everybody about it," Takimoto said.
"But we already have our own lithium-ion battery."
Testing technology on public roads - especially over a long period of time - is crucial for ensuring the safety of a technology as well as for working out details of performance that may become a problem when an experimental technology is turned into a commercial product.
The Vitz with the lithium-ion battery - which sits below the passenger seat and recharges during driving - delivers better mileage at about 25 kilometers a litre (60 miles a gallon) in Japanese testing, compared to about 22km a litre (53mpg) in the regular Vitz, according to Toyota

Under the hood, the car also has a regular battery, which is used to start the car.
When the car goes into idling, as when the driver shifts to neutral or park at a stop light or congested traffic, the engine stops automatically without the driver having to turn it off with the ignition key as in a regular car.
That helps save on gas. The engine restarts - powered by the lithium-ion battery - when the driver's foot is lifted from the brake pedal.
But while the engine is off, the lithium-ion battery keeps providing electric power to the car's air conditioning, radio and other equipment.
A Vitz with the "intelligent" feature costs about 1.17mil yen (US$10,200; euro 7,000), about 100,000 yen (US$870; euro600) more than standard models.
Other automakers, including General Motors Corp and Japanese rival Nissan Motor Co, are all working on lithium-ion battery technology for green cars expected in the next decade or so.
Toyota has not given details about what's in store for the next-generation Prius.
And it's unclear when it plans to offer electric cars, hybrids or other models with lithium-ion batteries. - AP

2010 Acura ZDX

Honda has released initial details on the new 2010 Acura ZDX, which is what Honda calls a four-door sports coupe. Honda will be positioning it between the MDX SUV and the RL sedan. The ZDX will be powered by Honda’s 3.7 liter SOHC i-VTEC V6 engine, producing 300 horsepower and 366Nm of torque, mated to a new 6-speed automatic transmission which will hopefully later trickle down the product range into the Accord. The ZDX also features SH-AWD or Super Handling All-Wheel Drive. Only 3 photos of the production car have been released so far, which you will find after the jump along with some videos and a full photo gallery of the concept version of the ZDX which Honda revealed at the New York show.

Acura has given a name to its new 4-door “coupe” SUV which will rival the BMW X6 Sport Activity Coupe. A prototype version of the new Acura ZDX will be unveiled at the 2009 NYIAS on the 8th of April 2009, just over a week from now. Under the hood will be a 300 horsepower 3.7 liter V6 engine with 373Nm of torque which should be pit against the X6 xDrive35i, but no rival for the xDrive50i version in sight for now. Power for the ZDX will go to all four wheels via Honda’s SH-AWD system. So there’s no new Acura/Honda NSX, but instead they give us something like this.

Yet again, thanks to the beauty of the Internet, we have some leaked teaser images to show you, this time, the casualty being a new crossover concept by Acura. The potential rival to the BMW X6 (if it goes into production) will make its first official appearance at the upcoming New York Auto Show.
With a coupe-ish roof line, just like Munich’s X6, the concept is expected to feature bold styling with a wide and aggressive stance and with hidden rear door handles. Reports also indicate that the concept will carry Acura’s new grille design language.
Power for forward and rear motion is expected to be supplied by a 3.7 liter V6 power plant that is able to churn out 300HP and 372Nm of torque. The Acura Crossover Concept is also expected to feature Acura’s Super Handling All-Wheel Drive System, also known as SH-AWD. Please continue reading to view more leaked teasers.

The mid-sized Acura TL sedan receives a full model change for the 2009 model year. As you can see from the photos, the approach that Acura has taken with the fourth generation TL is far from conservative. It looks very decidedly Japanese and I’d expect such a production design to come out of Mazda’s design studios.
The 2009 Acura TL will come in either front wheel drive or all-wheel drive configurations. The AWD system is Acura’s Super Handling All-Wheel Drive (SH-AWD) system which can split torque in an optimum ratio between the front and rear axles and also the rear left and rear right wheels.
The suspension rides on double wishbones at the front and multilink at the rear. Engine options will consist of the J-Series 3.5 liter SOHC V6 producing 280hp and 345Nm of torque, and a more powerful 3.7 liter V6 producing 305hp and 373Nm of torque.
Look after the jump for a low-res photo gallery. Hi-res photos and full details to come later.