2009 Audi A3 PReview

The 2009 Audi A3 as you can see might look like a Mercedes to you when you look at that picture. It certainly did to me the first time I took a gander at it. he 2009 Audi A3, offered in the USA exclusively with the five-door body style, raises its sporty profile with a raft of improvements and an accentuated design.

A recent preview of the vehicle is discussed here. The whole theme of the automobile is "sporty" and "elegance". From design to performance the Audi A3 looks to be a great automobile. Even those that haven't found the best acne solutions can look good behind the wheel. Audi is bringing the five-door A3 onto the U.S. market with two different gasoline engines. The 2.0 TFSI has 200 hp, while the 3.2 quattro with its six cylinders musters 250 hp. The Audi AS should be available in the Fall of 2008..

Nitrogen Tire Inflation Saves Gas

People are always looking for deals, or to use the most cost effective way to get things done. Be it by just buying term life insurance over whole life, or finding cheap ways to reduce the amount of gas they use in their cars.

GoNitroTire, a member of environmental advocacy organization Global Green USA, is helping drivers transform their vehicles into safer, cost-effective modes of transportation in time for Earth Day 2008. Previously available only to major industries such as NASCAR and the U.S. Military, GoNitroTire now provides nitrogen tire inflation to consumers and business fleets through advanced technology products UltraFill99+ and TireXtender, available at www.GoNitroTire.com.

“The day has come for Nitrogen Tire Inflation to be embraced in the public domain… tried and tested by large industry and professional motor sports for decades,” said GoNitroTire Founder and Managing Partner Ken Lawton. “It is the best piece of green technology to emerge in many years… Our other Nitrogen products will further revolutionize the way people maintain their tires and for GoNitroTire, simply another platform for growth.”

With gas prices reaching their highest national average cost since 2005, it’s no surprise consumers are looking for an effective way to reduce their dependency on gas. But do they know it’s as easy as changing the type of air that’s in their tires? A recent study by the Ford Motor Company found that the average truck driver saves 8% yearly on gas by injecting nitrogen in their tires, providing extended, even tire wear over time.

Check out the GoNitroTire's website for more in depth information on Nitrogen Tire Inflation uses.

Ethanol: Blame for Food Inflation?

Certainly it plays a part in it. Even the average person has heard about, and probably been directly affected by price increases in food the last few years. How much does Ethanol play in that role?

According to the Wall Street Journal, surging commodity prices have pushed up global food prices 83 percent in the past three years, according to the World Bank - putting huge stress on some of the world's poorest nations allt he while we are promoting it in our Washington and office space Connecticut.

Many policy makers at the weekend meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank agreed that the U.S. policies pushing corn-based ethanol and other biofuels as deepening the woes. "When millions of people are going hungry, it's a crime against humanity that food should be diverted to biofuels," said India's finance minister, Palaniappan Chidambaram. (Now THAT's straight talk)

James Connaughton, chairman of the White House's council on environmental quality, said the U.S. is working on developing "second generation" biofuels that would use varieties of grass or agricultural wastes - not food - as source material. "That's where we need to get to go," he said.

150 MPG SUV: XH-150

You have read correctly. This XH-150 is supposed to be a 150 MPG SUV. Clearly something worthy of funny t-shirts as you have to be thinking that this is a joke at this point, but it isn't.

Reporters and editors in Philadelphia are invited to drive the XH-150 150 mpg SUV at Penn Treaty Park along the river on Delaware Avenue at E. Columbia Ave. This will be April 15th. Tax Day.

The XH-150 uses batteries, ultracaps and proprietary power and control electronics to enable an electric-only mode to drive more than 40 miles on a single overnight household charge, can achieve highway speeds up to 87 miles per hour in all electric mode, and is capable of unlimited range in hybrid mode using its gas engine along with its batteries and ultracaps, still with better mileage than comparable gasoline only cars. In addition, contrary to the common image of electric and hybrid vehicles, the XH-150 is also capable of much faster acceleration than comparable gas-only SUVs.

Here is a video of the XH-150:

2008 Audi S5 Review

Let's keep with the hot cars for the week. Another high performance car with an elegant design filed in as a
best buy for the year.

Coupes return to the Audi lineup this year in the form of the 265-horsepower V6-powered A5 and the high-performance 354-hp V8 S5 variant. The niche pioneered by the now-legendary long-wheelbase Quattro Coupe of the early 1980s has been revived. Emphatically. Full review