Ferrari F450 to be revealed at the Frankfurt Auto

Five or six years seems to be about the life span for Ferrari’s mid-engined V8 coupes. The F430 took the place of the F360 back in 2004, so its about time for it to bow to a new hot Italian. This replacement, currently codenamed the F142, should make its first public appearance this September at the Frankfurt Auto Show.The F430 is powered by 4.3-liter engine that produces 490 hp, and the replacement car should upgrade to at least 500 hp by having the engine enlarged to 4.5-liters, hence the likely name change to F450. The increased power will not be the only element that will make this car quicker, elements from the more eco-friendly 2007 Millechili concept will also make the car lighter.The rendering above is what we expect at least from Ferrari with the F450. Some rumors have Millechili being also used as part of the inspiration for the car’s design.

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VCCCP ANNUAL CAR SHOW ON 22nd FEB 09

VINTAGE & CLASSIC CAR CLUB OF PAKISTAN (VCCCP) IS HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE ITS 5th ANNUAL CAR SHOW AT THE FORUM. CLIFTON, KARACHI ON SUNDAY, 22nd FEBRUARY '09.
CARS FROM 1924 ONWARDS, MUSIC OF THE 60'S & 70'S, FOOD STALLS, MEMORABLIA, CAR MOVIES ETC.
A GREAT DAY OUT FOR CAR ENTHUSIASTS AND FAMILIES.
OPEN TO PUBLIC
1 PM TO 11 PM

Assemblers keep mum Dealers charging ‘own money’ o

karachi, feb 12: the auto market has started witnessing gradual improvement in demand for newly-launched models of lo- cal cars after a sharp fall in arriv- als of imported used cars. the market is abuzz with re- ports that the car assemblers have artificially been keeping production low despite pick up in demand encouraging their au- thorised dealers to charge ‘own money’ on spot buying from will- ing buyers of these latest models. a random market survey re- veals that the ‘own money’ on the new model of honda city ranges between rs60,000-rs100,000 on spot buying at the showrooms. however, if a customer wants to book the car he will get the deliv- ery no earlier than in april/may. similarly, the ‘own money’ on toyota corolla xli hovers be- tween rs10,000-rs15,000 despite the fact its authorised dealers as- sure the delivery of cars in two to three weeks through advance booking. the premium money being charged on corolla gli ranges between rs50,000-rs60,000. buyers will get the delivery of gli in two months from the date of booking. honda city has been launched at rs1,319,000, while corolla xli and gli carry price tags of rs1,269,000 and rs1,389,000 re- spectively. market sources said dealers started charging premium or ‘own money’ on these new cars since the import of used cars had come to zero after the govern- ment’s decision to reduce the de- preciation on the taxes and im- port value of used cars to one per cent from two per cent. they said that many customers who waited for launch of these latest models were on buying spree. besides there was also a price difference of rs50,000 in corolla xli and new honda city. earlier, honda city used to cost less than toyota corolla. sources said the premium on corolla xli in punjab was repor- ted to ranging between rs50,000- rs100,000. they said that land- lords and big growers along with their family members were visit- ing showrooms and trying their best to have the new car on spot even if they had to pay extra money. some authorised dealers, on condition of anonymity, said that the demand of locally produced cars had been slow as compared to last year but there was defi- nitely some improvement in the last one month. market reports suggest that authorised showroom owners of toyota corolla used to get the booking of 25-30 vehicles per day last year when the car leasing was over 70 per cent of the total sales. now they are getting 8-10 orders of booking per day when car financing rates had increased substantial followed by increase in prices. in cuore they are get- ting only one or two booking as compared to 10-15 per day last year. general secretary of all pakistan motor dealers association khalid yousuf of- fered a different view on charg- ing of premiums. he said on corolla gli the ‘own money’ was over rs100,000 while on xli it ranged between rs75,000- rs80,000. the premium being charged on spot sales of new honda city was rs60,000- rs100,000. he said lamented the assem- blers were not taking any action against their authorised dealers who were involved in demanding ‘own money’ on spot buying. he added that assemblers had become active by creating a de- mand and supply gap as they knew that import of used cars had already stopped and people would definitely buy the locally- made cars. he said in a bid to facilitate lo- cal assemblers the government through various measures had al- most put the import of used cars at a standstill. import of used vehicles in 2005-2006 stood at 56,653 units in which the government had col- lected revenue of rs15 billion. the import fell to 30,702 units in 2006-2007 (rs9 billion revenue earned by the government) and it further dropped to 19,232 units in 2007-2008 (rs8.8 billion reve- nue). in july-december 2008-09, the government collected only rs2.8 billion on imports of 4,624 units only. he said the government had imposed 50 per cent regulatory duty on import of used cars and enhanced the customs duty by 20 per cent. there is 250 per cent import duty on used cars which was 130 per cent in 2007-2008. “after cut in depreciation, there will be no imports of used cars in the current fiscal year,” he added.

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New Toyota Camry 2009

Toyota offers the new 2009 Camry model with three different models:

*Four-cylinder

*V-6

*HybridThe four-cylinder models are powered by a 2.4-liter excellent engine that makes 158 horsepower (155 in Partial Zero-Emission Vehicle states) and 161 pound-feet of torque(158 pound-feet in PZEV form) and is mated to a five-speed manual or five-speed automatic transmission. The V-6 is powered by a stout 3.5-literengine making 268 horsepower and 248 pound-feet of torque, driving through an incredibly refined six-speed automatic transmission.(The speed o meter have a maximum of 260 Km's Speed.)