The Latest Trends in German Luxury Sports Cars

LATEST TRENDS IN LUXURY GERMAN SPORTS CARS EFFICIENCY AND PERFORMANCE GO HAND-IN-HAND, BUT THESE GERMAN LUXURY MAKES HAVE DIVERSE APPROACHES TO THE SAME GOALS: Audi TDI 30% 12% MORE 90% REDUCED NO, EMISSIONS MORE FUEL EFFICIENT THAN GASOLINE POWER COUNTERPARTS Audi FSI 15% FUEFFICIENT Audi ASF Audi Space Frame INCREASED PERFORMANCE 60% INCREASE IN FRAME RIGIDITY & LIGHTER WEIGHT Pioneered full-LED headlamps in 2008 RECREATES DAYLIGHT AT 5,500 KELVIN o 1,500 3,200 5,500 7,500 KELVIN (IN THOUSANDS) LED HEADLAMPS REACT LED LIGHTS ARE 10X 4X FASTER THAN MORE EFFICIENT THAN CONVENTIONAL HEADLAMPS CONVENTIONAL LIGHTS BMW Efficient Dynamics with ECO PRO Mode IMPROVES FUEL ECONOMY BY UP TO 15% IMPROVES PERFORMANCE & REDUCES RESPONSE TIME (1.E. “TURBO LAG"). Brake Energy Regeneration • Electric Power Steering • Gear Shift Indicator • Optimized Air Conditioning • BMW 8-Speed Automatic Transmission • VALVETRONIC (VARIABLE VALVE AND ELECTRONIC CONTROL) LOWERS FUEL CONSUMPTION BY 10% • DOUBLE-VANOS (DOUBLE VARIABLE CAMSHAFT CONTROL) LOWERS FUEL EMISSIONS AND INCREASES ENGINE PERFORMANCE. · HIGH PRECISION INJECTION MAXIMIZES ENERGY. * INTELLIGENT LIGHTWEIGHT CONSTRUCTION-ALUMINUM, ALLOY, AND CARBON-FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS PROVIDE GREATER STABILITY AND LIGHTER WEIGHT. CFRP IS AS STABLE AS STEEL AND IS S0% LIGHTER. PROBLEM: VWHEEL HOUSINGS AND WHEELS CREATE APPROX. 30 PERCENT OF VEHICLE DRAG. SOLUTION: BMW AIR CURTAIN PORSCHE REDUCES EMISSIONS BY 1,7% ANNUALLY ONE OF THE HIGHEST IN THE AUTO INDUSTRY DFI Direct Fuel Injection REDUCES FUEL ECONOMY UP TO 15% IN THE PORSCHE CAYENNE PDK Porsche Doppulkupplung REDUCES FUEL CONSUMPTION BY AS MUCH AS 15% USED WITH THE AUTOMATIC START-STOP FUNCTION, IT WILL REDUCE FUEL CONSUPTION IN THE CITY DRIVING BY AN ADDITIONAL 10% OR, OR 5% OVERALL. More than Two-THIRDS Of all Porsche sports cars EVER BUILT are still being driven worldwide. All Porsche vehicles can be driven on TEN PERCENT BIOFUEL BLEND (25 PERCENT for the Cayenne in some countries) Over 85 PERCENT of vehicle materials in the Porsche lineup are recyclable. INFOGRAPHIC PROVIDED BY: SOURCES: http://www.audileds.com/ R http://www.bmw.com/com/en/insights/technology/efficientdynamics/phase_2/technology" serodynamics.html http://www.porsche.com/international/aboutporsche/responsibility/environment/facts/ http://www.porsche.com/all/media/pdf/enviranment_usa.pdf http://www.rennwerkssanjose.com/ CANDLELIGHT CONVENTIONAL HEADLAMPS HEADLAMPS OVERCAST AMS LATEST TRENDS IN LUXURY GERMAN SPORTS CARS EFFICIENCY AND PERFORMANCE GO HAND-IN-HAND, BUT THESE GERMAN LUXURY MAKES HAVE DIVERSE APPROACHES TO THE SAME GOALS: Audi TDI 30% 12% MORE 90% REDUCED NO, EMISSIONS MORE FUEL EFFICIENT THAN GASOLINE POWER COUNTERPARTS Audi FSI 15% FUEFFICIENT Audi ASF Audi Space Frame INCREASED PERFORMANCE 60% INCREASE IN FRAME RIGIDITY & LIGHTER WEIGHT Pioneered full-LED headlamps in 2008 RECREATES DAYLIGHT AT 5,500 KELVIN o 1,500 3,200 5,500 7,500 KELVIN (IN THOUSANDS) LED HEADLAMPS REACT LED LIGHTS ARE 10X 4X FASTER THAN MORE EFFICIENT THAN CONVENTIONAL HEADLAMPS CONVENTIONAL LIGHTS BMW Efficient Dynamics with ECO PRO Mode IMPROVES FUEL ECONOMY BY UP TO 15% IMPROVES PERFORMANCE & REDUCES RESPONSE TIME (1.E. “TURBO LAG"). Brake Energy Regeneration • Electric Power Steering • Gear Shift Indicator • Optimized Air Conditioning • BMW 8-Speed Automatic Transmission • VALVETRONIC (VARIABLE VALVE AND ELECTRONIC CONTROL) LOWERS FUEL CONSUMPTION BY 10% • DOUBLE-VANOS (DOUBLE VARIABLE CAMSHAFT CONTROL) LOWERS FUEL EMISSIONS AND INCREASES ENGINE PERFORMANCE. · HIGH PRECISION INJECTION MAXIMIZES ENERGY. * INTELLIGENT LIGHTWEIGHT CONSTRUCTION-ALUMINUM, ALLOY, AND CARBON-FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS PROVIDE GREATER STABILITY AND LIGHTER WEIGHT. CFRP IS AS STABLE AS STEEL AND IS S0% LIGHTER. PROBLEM: VWHEEL HOUSINGS AND WHEELS CREATE APPROX. 30 PERCENT OF VEHICLE DRAG. SOLUTION: BMW AIR CURTAIN PORSCHE REDUCES EMISSIONS BY 1,7% ANNUALLY ONE OF THE HIGHEST IN THE AUTO INDUSTRY DFI Direct Fuel Injection REDUCES FUEL ECONOMY UP TO 15% IN THE PORSCHE CAYENNE PDK Porsche Doppulkupplung REDUCES FUEL CONSUMPTION BY AS MUCH AS 15% USED WITH THE AUTOMATIC START-STOP FUNCTION, IT WILL REDUCE FUEL CONSUPTION IN THE CITY DRIVING BY AN ADDITIONAL 10% OR, OR 5% OVERALL. More than Two-THIRDS Of all Porsche sports cars EVER BUILT are still being driven worldwide. All Porsche vehicles can be driven on TEN PERCENT BIOFUEL BLEND (25 PERCENT for the Cayenne in some countries) Over 85 PERCENT of vehicle materials in the Porsche lineup are recyclable. INFOGRAPHIC PROVIDED BY: SOURCES: http://www.audileds.com/ R http://www.bmw.com/com/en/insights/technology/efficientdynamics/phase_2/technology" serodynamics.html http://www.porsche.com/international/aboutporsche/responsibility/environment/facts/ http://www.porsche.com/all/media/pdf/enviranment_usa.pdf http://www.rennwerkssanjose.com/ CANDLELIGHT CONVENTIONAL HEADLAMPS HEADLAMPS OVERCAST AMS