Luxgen Luxgen7

After revealing the Luxgen7 MPV, Luxgen has now revealed the Luxgen7 SUV, the second vehicle to be launched by the new Taiwanese brand.

Like its MPV stablemate, the SUV has been created under the direction of James Shyr, former Director of Design of GM's Global Design Leadership Team at PATAC. According to its maker, the Luxgen7 SUV expresses both power and confidence through its front face, which employs a wing-shaped chrome trim and cascading grille, while its coupe-like profile and upward sweeping beltline is meant to convey a sense of forward motion. At 4800mm long, 1930mm wide and 1760mm tall, the SUV is amongst the largest vehicles in its segment.

The interior design emphasizes the luxury aspect of the automaker's name - Luxgen is a blend of 'luxury' and 'genius' - and features an exclusive 'anti-theft sport seat' that slides forward and against the steering wheel at the push of a button, preventing unauthorized access to the vehicle.

Honda Odyssey

Honda has unveiled its fourth generation North American market Odyssey mini van, set to go on sale this Fall. Previewed by the concept vehicle first show at this year's Chicago auto show and again at the New York auto show, the production model retains the design language and many of the features seen in the concept.

Most notable of these is what Honda refers to as the 'lightning-bolt' beltline - which kinks aft of the C-pillar - adding a degree of visual entertainment to an otherwise traditionally flat mini-van side profile and - so Honda claims - making it easier for third row passengers (who are likely to be children) to see out.

Measuring 5133mm in length, 1958mm wide and 1778mm high, the new Odyssey is 40mm lower than the outgoing model, which its makers claim combine with its 35mm wider track to make it look it look sleeker and more dynamic.

Inside, Honda has worked hard to improve the level of perceived quality and increased the amount of space for oddment stowage, along with increasing provision for multi-media and communications equipment to every seat passenger.

Nissan Sentra 2.0 SL

Nissan gave the Sentra a light refresh for 2010 with new front fascia, grille, front and rear light housings and body-side molding with chrome inserts. The changes on the outside would be hard for me to pick up on unless I had the updated model and the previous model side by side, to be honest. The current-generation Sentra has never stood out to me from a design standpoint and still looks a bit dull to my eye.

However, I did pick up on the new stereo head unit in the interior, which looks sleeker and is user-friendly.

The good news for your pocketbook is that Nissan dropped the base price across the entire Sentra lineup for 2010. In the case of our 2.0 SL model, the base price was reduced by $1,100 compared with the 2009 model year--not too shabby.

The car also stacks up well against the Honda Civic and the Toyota Corolla. With a solid platform, the Sentra handles and changes directions quick. I was pleasantly surprised by the steering, which had nice weight and steering feel, unlike most regular Nissan vehicles. The suspension is competent to tackle daily road problems such as bumps and holes fine with some lean through turns.

Performance from the 2.0-liter is sufficient, and the CVT wasn't bad. I still prefer the operation of a good old-fashion torque-converter automatic instead of the drone CVT-equipped vehicles have under hard acceleration. Brake performance is also strong with a solid pedal feel.

The interior is straight-forward with good quality materials and plastics trim finishes throughout. As with the exterior, it's on the dull side, but is a comfortable enough place to be.

The thing is, simple and bland styling with competent driving performance and good fuel economy reigns supreme in this category. For that, the Sentra has it all down pat.

The Luxury Bugatti Supercarmaker

Recently, there are some rumor that Bugatti, the luxury supercarmaker is trying to build something similar of its sister company Audi with the E-tron. As the Bugatti that always expect for high horsepower. Thus, they will be looking for the range of 800 horses in this new model and they will need help from the VW Group’s repertoire of electric drive train units.

So far the unit already been built but it is only for showcase of technology and no plan to make it into production yet. The prototype is designed based on the chassis of a Bentley Continental GT, with the electric motor, which powered by an advanced lithium-ion battery, created 2,200 Nm of torque deom just 0 rpm. However, this also made a problem of discharging the battery power after a simple bout of power.