Rely Pick-up

Esta não é a primeira vez que você vê um lançamento deste tipo no Brasil. Utilitários com esse tamanho reduzido começaram a aparecer aqui ainda na época da reabertura das importações, mas suas marcas infelizmente entraram no grupo de novatas que não resistiu a cinco anos entre nós. É este contexto que torna interessante reparar que esses carros agora estão esboçando um retorno ao país, iniciado nos últimos anos. O mais novo representante dessa nova leva é o modelo que marca a chegada de mais uma marca nova.

Não é difícil entender por que os chineses estão tentando com tanta persistência estabelecer seus modelos no Brasil. Os sucessivos recordes de vendas vêm formando um ambiente tão favorável que qualquer montadora tem vontade de ter sua própria fatia de vendas, mas o fato é que, assim como nos anos 1990, não é qualquer carro que prospera entre nosso público. Os europeus precisaram dar atenção às categorias e tamanhos de carros que têm maior aceitação aqui, os coreanos estão em processo de estabilizar as operações com fábricas em solo nacional, os japoneses agora querem ampliar o sucesso que já tinham passando a investir também em modelos mais baratos, mas os chineses ainda estão na fase inicial, de firmar uma imagem frente ao público. O problema é que fatos como as cópias descaradas de carros de outras marcas, qualidade duvidosa dos materiais ou mesmo designs que fogem do gosto do cliente ocidental colaboram para uma reputação não muito desejável. Mudar esse panorama frente a clientes tão tradicionais pode levar décadas, mas não se pode negar que os chineses já entenderam como começar a agir: olhar os rankings de vendas com calma mostrará que os carros-chefes destas marcas são quase todos populares.

Apostar no segmento de baixo custo não só traz maior volume de vendas como um público capaz de fazer vista-grossa a aspectos mais subjetivos em troca de preços menores. Pronunciada como “ríli”, a marca que acaba de chegar é uma divisão da Chery, e começa com uma micropicape no mesmo estilo das oferecidas por Changan e Effa. A cabine com desenho típico dos anos 2000 esconde uma cabine de dois lugares que traz ar-condicionado, direção hidráulica e rádio de fábrica (além de um volante que esqueceu de trocar o logotipo da Chery), mas esquece sequer de vidros e travas elétricos – já se pode imaginar que a Pick-up finge que a resolução do Contran para airbag duplo e freios ABS “não existe”. O motor é um 1.0 Acteco de potência e torque de 64 cv e 8,97 kgfm com câmbio manual de cinco marchas, que faz qualquer um começar a imaginar o comportamento deste carro subindo uma ladeira com os dois ocupantes usando o ar-condicionado e a caçamba de 2,5 m x 1,6 m levando os 800 kg que suporta. A marca começa com trinta pontos de assistência técnica espalhados pelo país, e anuncia que nos próximos meses chegam a minivan Link com sete lugares, a van H13 com 14 assentos e mais versões da Pick-up: EX com caçamba estendida e Cabine Dupla. A pioneira Pick-up deste artigo chega custando R$ 29.990.

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Audi RS7

Do you remember what Audi used to do with its sporty line until the early 2000s? The only odd-numbered vehicle was A3 which, in turn, was also one of the Germans’ three “exceptions”: A2 never achieved success and TT seemed to be enough among the sports cars, so the several S-number were only sedans and wagons and there was only one RS at a time. The current market has brought enormous changes to this brand’s showroom, though, and one way of illustrating this event is presenting this article’s vehicle.

There’s no argument that Audi can create really good cars, but this one can also be seen as a very accurate example of how the automakers are always getting divided into two groups: it starts when someone comes up with some kind of innovation, whether in luxury, mechanics or even a whole car concept. If it obtains good acceptation, this brand can enjoy some months of excellent sales exclusively for itself, but soon all its competitors start to release their versions of the same idea. Some better than the original and some worse, but all with the same essence, which leads to divide the customers once again. This is what Audi has been doing with its cars for some years, in fact. They’ve followed BMW and Porsche with a luxury crossover and later with creating smaller sizes of it, and also Mercedes-Benz with both the four-door coupes and its own supersports line. Besides, after A7 received the always-expected S7 trim, now it’s time to copy every single urban Audi but A8 and release a RS7. Sports versions are always great, but the problem with this one is that Audi is decharacterizing it. The original strategy was always to give huge powertrain upgrades with slightly visual changes to its urban cars but as the S version, leaving RS as one single very special car like RS2, the very first of them. However, since today almost every Audi offers both sporty versions, they both seem pointless.

After all, the customers who look for high performance cars at Audi’s price range wouldn’t take the “second best” trim only to avoid the price difference in favor of S. On the other side, there are so many RS cars that they’ve lost that uniqueness which in 1994 made that wagon worldwide famous. In other words, it would make much more sense to go back to offering only one line… just like BMW M or Mercedes AMG, by the way. Strategy issues aside, RS7 is the very latest Audi to receive the best performance upgrades these Germans offer. This aggressive design packed with beautiful 20” wheels really go much better with the casual very-high-end Audi than with its sedan sibling A8, also because now there’s a competitor for CLS 63 AMG and the recent M6 Gran Coupé. The driving can be customized with optional air suspension, sports rear differential and variable-ratio steering, stability control with sport option and “off” button and many others, making an already indefectible driving more suitable to each driver’s style. The common item is the twin-turbo V8 4.0L shared with RS6 Avant, delivering here 560-hp power and 516-lb-ft torque commanded by ZF’s eight-speed automatic transmission and quattro AWD system – this car goes from 0 to 60 mph in 3s9. The top speed, in turn, varies with the optional item packages which bring several improvements in style, handling and aerodynamics… and take the car from the 155-mph top speed to 174 mph or 190 mph.

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Karbon A30- Dual SIM Phablet

2012 was a successful year for smartphone manufacturers and users also. Major trends was to build bigger phones, tablets and phablets. Big chaos started by Samsung Galaxy S3 and spread over all the tech communities to take a bout with that. Indian mobile phone manufacturer Karbon Mobiles, who early got extreme success with their Karbon Jumbo, thankfully delivered a one of a kind Indian Phablet with dual SIM capabilities. Bigger and powerful with all the features that could amaze Indian users with all they want in a mobile phone. Larger display, touch screen display, dual camera, dual SIM, powerful processor, long lasting battery, 3G, FM radio, Wi-Fi everything any user could get in one place.

Some salient features of Karbon A30…

• 1.0 GHz Dual Core Processor
• Dual SIM
• Dual Camera with 8MP Main Camera
• 32GB External Memory Card Slot
• Long Lasting 2500 mAh Battery

Release Date: 20-12-2012 in India

SIM System: Dual SIM (GSM + GSM)

Network: Quad band; 3G only on SIM 1, SIM 2 is 2G capable only.

*2G: GSM/GPRS/EDGE: 900 / 1800 /1900 Mhz

*3G: UMTS/WCDMA/HSDPA: 1900 / 2100 Mhz (SIM 1 slot only)

Build & Memory:

*Processor: 1.0 Ghz Dual Core MT6577 Processor with PowerVR SGX 531 GPU

*RAM: 512 MB

*In-Built Memory: 4.0 GB (2.56 GB user memory)

*Expandable Memory: MicroSD card support up to 32GB

Body:

*Dimension H x W x D: 166.0mm X 91.0mm X 10.7mm

*Weight: 280 gram

*Available Color: Black, White (back cover changeable to several other colors)

Display:

*Size: 15 cm (5.9 inch)

*Type: LCD Capacitive TFT Multi Touch Screen

*Screen Resolution: 480 x 800 pixels

*Display Colors: 256K

Camera: Dual camera

*8.0 MP Main Rear Auto Focus Camera with LED Flash and up to 4X Zoom

*Image Resolution: 3264 x 2448 pixels

*Features: Face Detection

*1.3 MP Front Facing Camera

*Image Resolution: 1280 x 1024 pixels

*Features: 3G Video Calling, Video Recording and Still Shot

Connectivity:

*Bluetooth: Yes with A2DP

*WLan / Wi-Fi: Yes 802.11 b/g/n with Wi-Fi Hotspot and USB Tethering

*GPS: YES

*USB: Micro USB 2.0

*Built-in Data/Fax Modem

*3.5 Audio Jack

Media Player:

*Audio: MP3, MIDI, WAV, AMR, AAC, AAC+

*Video: H.263, H.264, AVI, 3GP, MP4

FM Radio: Yes

Messaging: SMS/MMS/EMS

Email: POP3/SMTP/IMAP4

OS: Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich

Web Browser: WAP 2.0 browser (you can use other mobile browser also like Opera mini)

Apps & Software: Skype, Google Talk, Gmail, Google Search, Angry Birds, Facebook, Picasa, Flickr, Twitter, Yahoo, Yahoo Messenger, WhatsApp, Kingsoft Office, Google Play, Saavn, NexGtv, PayTM, POPi

Sensors: Ambient Light Detector, Proximity Sensor, 3D G Sensor

Ringtones: MP3, 64 Polyphonic, AMR, MIDI

Battery:

*Type: Lithium-Ion

*Capacity: 2500 mAh

*Stand-by Time: Up to 600 hours

*Talk Time: Up to 10 hours

SAR Value: 0.455 W/kg

** FCC and IC limits for SAR Value is 1.6 W/kg averaged over 1 gm of human tissue.

You can have a look at Karbon A30 Unboxing video.

 


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