Mitsubishi Motors Preston

Mitsubishi Motors Corporation is a multinational automotive manufacturer headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. In 2011, Mitsubishi Motors was the sixth biggest Japanese automaker and the sixteenth biggest worldwide by production. It is part of the Mitsubishi keiretsu, formerly the biggest industrial group in Japan, and was formed in 1970 from the automotive division of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries.

Lamborghini Aventador-Roy

Lamborghini Aventador is a mid-engined luxury sports car with two seats by  and it was publicly announced on 28th of February 2011 at Geneva Motor Show to celebrate Lamborghini's 50th anniversary. The purpose of development and designation of Lamborghini Aventador was to replace the old model  Murciélago. The standard price of the latest model is averaging nearly 1 million dollars. The Lamborghini Aventador production started before the announcement and the company production facility produced 447 units in 2011 and totally 2536 units. Based on the Lamborghini Aventador model, Lamborghini introduced the further development of the new models, such as Lamborghini Veneno.
(Wikipedia, 2014, "Lamborghini Aventador" viewed on 2nd of May, <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamborghini_Aventador> )

Lamborghini-Roy

Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A.  is an Italian brand and manufacturer of mid-engined sportscars owned by the Volkswagen Group through its subsidiary brand divisionAudi. Lamborghini's production facility and headquarters are both located in Sant'Agata Bolognese. 

in 1963, Italian Ferruccio Lamborghini founded Automobili Ferruccio Lamborghini S.p.A.  with the objective of producing a refined grand touring car to compete with offerings from established marques such as Ferrari. In the mid-1960s, the company released the first models and were noted for their refinement, power and comfort. 

Lamborghini grew rapidly during its first decade, but sales decreased in the 1973 worldwide financial downturn and the oil crisis. The firm's ownership changed three times after 1973, including a bankruptcy in 1978. Subsequently, American man Chrysler Corporation took control of Lamborghini in 1987 and sold it to Malaysian investment group Mycom Setdco and Indonesian group V'Power Corporation in 1994. In 1998, Mycom Setdco and V'Power sold Lamborghini to the Volkswagen Group's subsidiary brand divisionAudi. New products and model lines were introduced to the brand's portfolio and brought to the market and saw an increased productivity for the brand Lamborghini. In the late 2000s, during the worldwide financial crisis and the subsequent economic crisis, Lamborghini's sales saw a drop of nearly 50 percent.

Lamborghini's Sant'Agata Bolognese production facility produces V12 engines and finished cars. Lamborghini currently produces the V12-powered Aventador and the replacement for the V10-powered Gallardo, theHuracán.

(Wikipedia, 2014, "Lamborghini Automobile",  viewed on 3rd of May <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamborghini> )

Bugatti Veyron-Roy

The Bugatti Veyron is a mid-engined sports car,  which designed and developed by the Volkswagen Group and manufactured in Molsheim, France by Bugatti Automobiles S.A.S.

The original model has a top speed of 408.47 km/h (253.81 mph). The latest version is the Super Sport version that has been proven the fastest street-legal production car in the world, with a top speed of 431.072 km/h (267.856 mph). From 2000-2009 it was named Car of the Decade  by the BBC television programme Top Gear. In particular, The standard Bugatti Veyron won Top Gear's Best Car Driven All Year award in 2005.

On 6 April 2013, Bugatti set the record for having the highest top speed of any roadster in the world with the Veyron Grand Sport Vitesse, reaching on average a top speed of 408.84 km/h (254.04 mph).

The Veyron's chief designer was Hartmut Warkuss, and the exterior was designed by Jozef Kabaň of Volkswagen, with much of the engineering work being conducted under the guidance of engineering chief Wolfgang Schreiber.

A number of special variants have been produced. In December 2010, Bugatti began offering prospective buyers the ability to customize exterior and interiors colours by using the Veyron 16.4 Configurator application on the marque's official website. The standard price of Bugatti Veyron is 1.4 million Euro excluding delivery and taxes.

(Wikepidia, 2014, "Bugatti Veyron", <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bugatti_Veyron> )

Bugatti-Roy

Automobiles Ettore Bugatti founded by Italian-born Ettore Bugatti in 1909 in the then German city of Molsheim, Alsace.  It  was a French car manufacturer of high-performance automobiles.  Bugatti cars were known for their design beauty because Ettore Bugatti was from a family of artists and considered himself to be both an artist and constructor. With tragic events happened  In 1939 and 1947 the death of Ettore Bugatti and the death of his son Jean Bugatti ensured there was not a successor to lead the factory. No more than about 8000 cars were made totally, The company struggled financially, and released one last model in the 1950s, before eventually being purchased for its airplane parts business in the 1960s. In the 1990s, an Italian entrepreneur revived it as a builder of limited production exclusive sports cars. Today, the name is owned by German automobile manufacturing group Volkswagen.
(Wikipedia, 2014, "Bugatti Automobile", <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bugatti> )

Land Rover Preston

Land Rover is a brand of the British car manufacturer, which specialises in four-wheel-drivevehicles.Jaguar Land Rover, with its headquarters in Whitley, Coventry, was acquired by  Tata Motors in 2008.

Land Rover is the second oldest four-wheel-drive car brand in the world.

The Land Rover name was originally used by the Rover Company for one specific vehicle model, named simply the Land Rover, launched by Rover in 1948. Over the following years it developed into a marque encompassing a range of four-wheel-drive models, including the  Defender, Discovery, Freelander, Range Rover, Range Rover Sport and Range Rover Evoque. Land Rovers are currently assembled in the company's Halewood and Solihull plants, with research and development taking place at JLR's Gaydon and Whitley engineering centres. Land Rover sold 194,000 vehicles worldwide in 2009.

Honda ------- piesong yao

Honda has been the world's largest motorcycle manufacturer since 1959, as well as the world's largest manufacturer of internal combustion engines measured by volume, producing more than 14 million internal combustion engines each year. Honda became the second-largest Japanese automobile manufacturer in 2001. Honda was the eighth largest automobile manufacturer in the world behind General Motors, Volkswagen Group, Toyota, Hyundai Motor Group, Ford, Nissan, and PSA in 2011.

BMW ----- peisong yao

BMW is headquartered in Munich, Bavaria, Germany. It also owns and produces Mini cars, and is the parent company of Rolls-Royce Motor Cars. BMW produces motorcycles under BMW Motorrad. In 2012, the BMW Group produced 1,845,186 automobiles and 117,109 motorcycles across all of its brands. BMW is part of the "German Big 3" luxury automakers, along with Audi and Mercedes-Benz, which are the three best-selling luxury automakers in the world.

Hongqi Preston

Hongqi is a Chinese luxury car marque owned by the automaker FAW Car Company, itself a subsidiary of FAW Group. Hongqi cars were the first domestically produced Chinese passenger vehicles.
While the name has endured, the vehicles that bear the brand have been surprisingly varied. The erstwhile dignitary's car has become a taxi, a cut-rate businessman's sedan, and during the 60th anniversary of the People's Republic of China parade, returned to its roots and participated by carrying party leaders. If there is a common thread linking the disparate Hongqi cars other than the brand name, it may be the fact that nearly all are based on foreign technology. Today, party officials commonly prefer Audis.

Bentley---Rui Jiao

Bentley Motors Limited is a British luxury automaker, and a wholly owned subsidiary of the German Volkswagen AG. Its principal activity is the design, engineering, manufacture and distribution of luxury automobiles sold under the Bentley marque. Based in Crewe, England, Bentley Motors Limited was founded by W. O. Bentley on 18 January 1919 in Cricklewood near London and was acquired by Rolls-Royce in 1931.

Bentley Motors Limited is the direct successor of Rolls-Royce Motors, which Volkswagen AG purchased in 1998. The purchase included the vehicle designs, model nameplates, production and administrative facilities, the Spirit of Ecstasy and Rolls-Royce grill shape trademarks, but not the rights to the use of the Rolls-Royce name or logo, which are owned by Rolls-Royce Holdings plc and were later licensed to BMW AG.

Bentley vehicles are sold via franchised dealers worldwide, and as of November 2012, China was the largest individual market for Bentley automobiles. Most Bentley cars are assembled at the company's plant in Crewe, with a small number of Continental Flying Spurs assembled at the Transparent Factory in Dresden, Germany.Automobile bodies for the Continental model line are produced in Zwickau, Germany. Bentley cars are largely hand-built.


Bentley Continental:
The Continental fastback coupé was produced principally for the domestic home market, the majority of cars produced (165, including a prototype) being right-hand drive. The chassis was produced at the Crewe factory and shared many components with the standard R type. Other than the R-Type standard steel saloon, R-Type Continentals were delivered as rolling chassis to the coachbuilder of choice. Coachwork for most of these cars was completed by H. J. Mulliner & Co. who mainly built them in fastback coupe form. Other coachwork came from Park Ward (London) who built six, later including a drophead coupe version. Franay (Paris) built five, Graber (Wichtrach, Switzerland) built three, one of them later altered by Köng (Basel, Switzerland), and Pininfarina made one. James Young (London) built in 1954 a Sports Saloon for the owner of James Young's, James Barclay.

The early R Type Continental has essentially the same engine as the standard R Type, but with modified carburation, induction and exhaust manifolds along with higher gear ratios. After July 1954 the car was fitted with an engine, having now a larger bore of 94.62 mm (3.7 in) with a total displacement of 4,887 cc (4.9 L; 298.2 cu in). The compression ratio was raised to 7.25:1.
 

Maserati---Rui Jiao

 


Maserati (Italian pronunciation: [mazeˈraːti]) is an Italian luxury car manufacturer established on December 1, 1914, in Bologna.The company's headquarters are now in Modena, and its emblem is a trident. It has been owned by the Italian car giant Fiat S.p.A. since 1993. Inside the Fiat Group, Maserati was initially associated with Ferrari S.p.A., but more recently it has become part of the sports car group including Alfa Romeo.



History :

The Maserati brothers, Alfieri, Bindo, Carlo, Ettore, and Ernesto were all involved with automobiles from the beginning of the 20th century. Alfieri, Bindo and Ernesto built 2-litre Grand Prix cars for Diatto. In 1926, Diatto suspended the production of race cars, leading to the creation of the first Maserati and the founding of the Maserati marque. One of the first Maseratis, driven by Alfieri, won the 1926 Targa Florio. Maserati began making race cars with 4, 6, 8 and 16 cylinders (two straight-eights mounted parallel to one another).
The trident logo of the Maserati car company is based on the Fountain of Neptune in Bologna's Piazza Maggiore. In 1920 one of the Maserati brothers, artist Mario, used this symbol in the logo at the suggestion of family friend Marquis Diego de Sterlich. It was considered particularly appropriate for the sports car company due to fact that Neptune represents strength and vigor; additionally the statue is a characteristic symbol of the company's original home city.

Alfieri Maserati died in 1932, but three other brothers, Bindo, Ernesto and Ettore, kept the firm going, building cars that won races.
  
Current Models:

Maserati Quattroporte: The Maserati Quattroporte is a luxury four-door saloon made by Maserati in Italy. The name traslated from Italian literally means"four doors". There have been 6 generations for this car.

Maserati Ghibli (M157):The Maserati Ghibli is an executive car produced by the Italian car manufacturer Maserati in the new Giovanni Agnelli Plant in Grugliasco near Turin.

 

 

 

Maserati GranTurismo:The Maserati GranTurismo is a two-door 2+2 coupé produced by Maserati. It shares the platform of the Maserati Quattroporte V.

 

 

 

 

Maserati Levante:The Maserati Levante is a luxury crossover SUV based on the Kubang concept vehicle that debuted in the 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show, and will be built by Maserati at the Mirafiori factory, in Turin, Italy in 2014.It uses the same platform as the Dodge Durango and Jeep Grand Cherokee but is equipped with a typical Maserati body with a prominent grille, front fender vents and LED headlights and tail lights. The Levante was launched at the 2012 Paris Auto Show.

 

 

 

 

 

Audi---Rui Jiao

Audi AG(pronounced [ˈaʊdi]) is a German automobile manufacturer that designs, engineers, manufactures and distributes automobiles. Audi oversees worldwide operations from its headquarters in Ingolstadt, Bavaria, Germany. Audi-branded vehicles are produced in nine production facilities worldwide.

Audi has been a majority owned (99.55%) subsidiary of Volkswagen Group since 1966, following a phased purchase of AUDI AG's predecessor, Auto Union, from Daimler-Benz. Volkswagen relaunched the Audi brand with the 1965 introduction of the Audi F103 series.

The company name is based on the surname of the founder, August Horch. "Horch", meaning "listen" in German, becomes "Audi" when translated into Latin. The four rings of the Audi logo each represent one of four car companies that banded together to create Audi's predecessor company, Auto Union. Audi's slogan is Vorsprung durch Technik, meaning "Advancement through Technology". Recently in the United States, Audi has updated the slogan to "Truth in Engineering". Audi is a member of the "German Big 3" luxury automakers, along with BMW and Mercedes-Benz, which are the three best-selling luxury automakers in the world.

Models
Current model range (Audi cars) :

A1 Supermini:

• 3-door Hatchback
• Sportback (5-door Hatchback)

A3 Small Family Car:

• 3-door Hatchback
• Saloon (Sedan)
• Sportback (5-door Hatchback)
• Cabriolet

A4 Compact Executive Car:

• Saloon (Sedan)
• Avant (Estate/Wagon)
• Allroad (Crossover Estate/Wagon)

A5 Compact Executive Car:

• Coupé
• Sportback (5-door Hatchback)
• Cabriolet (Convertible)

A6 Executive Car:

 

• Saloon (Sedan)
• Avant (Estate/Wagon)
• Allroad (Crossover Estate/Wagon)

A7 Executive Car:

• Sportback (5-door Hatchback) 

 



A8 Full-size Luxury Car:

• Saloon (Sedan)

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Audi coupés and SUVs

TT Compact Sports Car:

• Coupé
• Roadster (Convertible)

R8 Sports Car:

• Coupé
• Spyder (Convertible)

Q3 Compact Crossover SUV:

• SUV

Q5 Compact Crossover SUV:

 

•  SUV

Q7 Full-size Crossover SUV

•   SUV

Porsche Carrera---Rui Jiao

Porsche Automobil Holding SE, usually shortened to Porsche (German pronunciation: [ˈpɔʁʃə] ( listen)), is a German holding company with investments in theautomotive industry.Porsche SE is headquartered in Zuffenhausen, a city district of Stuttgart,Baden-Wurttemberg and is owned by the Porsche families.
The company was founded in Stuttgart as Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche GmbH in 1931 byFerdinand Porsche (1875–1951), his son-in-law Anton Piëch (1894–1952).

Carrera (Spanish for "race" and "career") is a brand of Porsche automobile.Porsche automobile.The name commemorates the company's success in the Carrera Panamericana rave. 

The following vehicles have been called Carrera:

• Porsche 356：
  
  The Porsche 356 is a luxury sports car which was produced by German company Porsche from 1948 to 1965. It was the company's first production automobile. Earlier cars designed by the company included the Volkswagen Beetle as well as Auto-Union and Cisitalia Grand Prix race cars. The 356 was a lightweight and nimble-handling rear-engine rear-wheel-drive 2-door sports car available in hardtop coupe and open configurations. Engineering innovations continued during the years of manufacture, contributing to its motorsports success and popularity. Production started in 1948 at Gmünd, Austria, where approximately 50 cars were built. In 1950 the factory relocated to Zuffenhausen, Germany, and general production of the 356 continued until April 1965, well after the replacement model 911 made its autumn 1963 debut. Of the 76,000 originally produced, approximately half survive.
  
  
  
  
  
   
• Porsche 904：The Porsche 904 is an automobile which was produced by Porsche in Germany in 1964 and 1965. It was officially called Porsche Carrera GTS due to the same naming rights problem that required renaming the Porsche 901 to Porsche 911.

 

• Porsche 911: The Porsche 911 (pronounced Nine Eleven or German: Neunelf) is the flagship of the current line up of Porsche. It is a two-door, high performance sports car made by Porsche AG of Stuttgart, Germany. It has a distinctive design, rear-engined and with independent rear suspension, an evolution of the swing axle on the Porsche 356. Since its introduction in 1963, it has undergone continuous development, though the basic concept has remained little changed. The engine was air-cooled until the introduction of the Type 996 in 1998.

• Porsche 924:
  
  The Porsche 924 was a luxury sports car produced by Porsche AG of Germany from 1976 to 1988. A two-door, 2+2 coupé, the 924 replaced the 914 as the company's entry-level model, and was the model that finally retired the 912. In production terms, the 924 was the first Porsche model powered by a water-cooled, front-mounted engine although the similarly configured 928 was designed first. The front-engine, rear wheel drive arrangement was normal for most other manufacturers, but it was unusual for Porsche having previously only used mid- or rear-mounted engines of a boxer configuration, all of which had been air-cooled. It was the first Porsche to be offered with a fully automatic transmission.

• Porsche Carrera GT: 
  
  The Porsche Carrera GT (Project Code 980) is a mid-engined sports car that was manufactured by Porsche between 2004–2007 in Leipzig, Germany. Sports Car International named the Carrera GT number one on its list of Top Sports Cars of the 2000s, and number eight on Top Sports Cars of All Time list.

Aston Martin---Rui Jiao

Aston Martin Lagonda Limited is a British manufacturer of luxury sports cars. It was founded in 1913 by Lionel Martin and Robert Bamford.

From 1994 until 2007, Aston Martin was a wholly owned subsidiary of the Ford Motor Company, becoming part of Ford's Premier Automotive Group when it was formed in 2000. In March 2007, a consortium of investors led by Prodrive boss David Richards purchased 90% of Aston Martin for £479 million, with Ford retaining a £40 million stake David Richards becomes chairman of Aston Martin. In December 2012, the Italian private equity fund Investindustrial signed a deal to buy 37.5% of Aston Martin, investing £150 million as a capital increase.

Aston Martin was founded in 1913 by Lionel Martin and Robert Bamford. The two had joined forces as Bamford & Martin the previous year to sell cars made by Singer from premises in Callow Street, London where they also serviced GWK and Calthorpe vehicles. Martin raced specials at Aston Hill near Aston Clinton, and the pair decided to make their own vehicles. The first car to be named Aston Martin was created by Martin by fitting a four-cylinder Coventry-Simplex engine to the chassis of a 1908 Isotta-Fraschini.

They acquired premises at Henniker Mews in Kensington and produced their first car in March 1915. Production could not start because of the outbreak of World War I, and Martin joined the Admiralty and Bamford the Royal Army Service Corps. All machinery was sold to the Sopwith Aviation Company.

2014 Aston Martin Vanquish

Volkswagen Preston

Volkswagen is a German automobile manufacturer headquartered in Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony, Germany. Volkswagen is the top-selling and original marque of the Volkswagen Group, the biggest German automaker and the second largest automaker in the world.

Volkswagen has three cars in the top 10 list of best-selling cars of all time compiled by the website 24/7 Wall St: theVolkswagen Golf, the Volkswagen Beetle, and the Volkswagen Passat. With these three cars, Volkswagen has the most cars of any automobile manufacturer in the list that are still being manufactured. Volkswagen ranks first in spending the most money of any automaker on research and development as of 2011.