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Cadillac will make a 7 seat crossover

Cadillac replenishes its own range of seven-seat crossover, built on a platform Lambda. On this edition of Insider Line vice president, GM Global Engineering Charles Strack.

Lambda platform represents an elongated and slightly modernized “cart” GM Epsilon. Currently, based on lambda produced full-size crossover Chevrolet Traverse, Buick Enclave and GMC Arcadia.

In Cadillac’s in the lineup there is no such car, so will new niche between the more compact and full-size Cadillac SRX SUV Escalade.

According to Strack, work on a new crossover for the Cadillac brand had been suspended during the formal bankruptcy procedure, the group GM, but to give up plans to launch such a model in mass production of the company’s management is not going to.

No details about the future new product yet. Rather, as soplatformennye crossovers, model Cadillac will get 3.6-liter V6 engine with direct injection and six-”machine”. It is possible, however, that for this Cadillac’s engine be equipped with the turbo.

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Los Angeles Design Challenge: The Mercedes-Benz SilverFlow

A car which changes at a touch of a button to fill the owners needs, thats the idea behind Mercedes Benzs Silver Flow which is being presented at the Los Angeles Design Challenge held at a part of 2007 LA Auto Show.

If needed, this Mercedes-Benz of the future will become a fast highway cruiser, a compact city car or a spacious one seater depending on the task. This being made possible by magnetic control elements called SilverFlow, a look into the future by the Mercedes Benz, which would take only second to reconfigure the whole car from small metallic particles.

The Mercedes-Benz SilverFlow is one of the best concept cars at the Los Angeles auto show. Design Challenge, where 8 car design studios in California had to create the “Robocar 2057″ as a test to combine car technology and artificial intelligence.