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These HD (1920 X 1299) and Normal (1024 X 768) which we are going to share are specially designed for Foot Ball game Soccer lovers. As all you know Fifa World Cup 2010 is going to start in South Africa from June 2010. So in this event many of the Soccer cup 2010 lover can used these wallpapers for your desktops. These wallpapers contains FIFA Soccer Cup 2010 Match Schedule, Time, Date, Place, World Cup 2010 Team groups, Amazing Shorts, and Soccer Football favorite team player Ronaldinho. With these beautiful High definition and Normal resolution wallpapers you desktop will look beautiful and will stay up to date with upcoming match.

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Researchers blaming radioactive cosmic rays for unintended acceleration

Some researchers are now blaming radioactive cosmic rays for unintended acceleration. Sounds fake? Well, believe it or not, there is some evidence to back it up.

Researchers believe that the some cosmic rays make it to the surface of earth and affect electronics. They think that if electronics are the cause of the unintended acceleration, although Toyota says otherwise, than these rays could be causing the electronic issues.

This issue was discovered during the 1950s at high altitude. Aircraft and spacecraft manufacturers install safeguards against such interference. In the 1970s, more research showed that some rays reach the surface and could affect small electronics, such as cell phones and computers. So maybe it could affect car electronics. However, though says that their electronics  “are not the same as typical consumer electronics. The durability, size, susceptibility and specifications of the automotive electronics make them robust against this type of interference.”

The only way to test the theory is placing moving vehicles in front of particle accelerators and spraying them with radiation. There are companies out there which can do this, but Toyota will have to lend them the cars, and also hand them quite a big wad of cash for the test. We’ll have to wait and see whether or not they’re willing to do so.

Source: Detroit Free Press via Autoblog

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Mitsubishi Strada Vs. Toyota Hilux

The Mitsubishi Triton is a compact pickup truck produced by Mitsubishi Motors. It was originally known as the Mitsubishi Forte in Japan from 1978 to 1986, when the name was discontinued in favour of the Strada. For most export markets the name L200 is used, while Storm was used for Malaysia during the early 2000s. It was previously known as the Rodeo in South Africa until 2007. Cumulative sales of the first three generations now exceed 2.8 million units around the world.

The Toyota Hilux and Toyota Tacoma are compact pickup trucks built and marketed by the Toyota Motor Corporation. The Hilux name was adopted as a replacement for the Stout in 1969, and remains in use worldwide. In North America, the Hilux name was retired in 1976 in favor of Truck, Pickup Truck, or Compact Truck, until it was renamed the Tacoma in 1995. One popular option package, SR5 (Sport Rally 5-Speed), also became synonymous with the truck, even though it was used on other Toyota models as well. In 1984, the Trekker, the camper version of the Hilux, was changed to the 4Runner in Australia and North America, and as the Hilux Surf in Japan. The 4Runner is now a full SUV, and the more recent models do not resemble the Tacoma.

GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS

Length x Width x Height


Strada: 5000 mm x 1800 mm x 1780 mm

Hilux: 5255 mm x 1835 mm x 1810 mm

Wheelbase


Strada: 3000 mm

Hilux: 3085 mm

Ground Clearance


Strada: 205 mm

Hilux: 212 mm

Gross Vehicle Weight

Strada: 2570


Hilux: 2790

Curb Weight

Strada: 1850 kg


Hilux: 1880 kg

Minimum Turning Radius

Strada: 5.9 m


Hilux: 6.5 m

Fuel Tank Capacity


Strada: 75 l

Hilux: 76 l

Steering Capacity


Strada: 5 pax


Hilux: 5 pax

ENGINE

Model & Type


Strada: 2.5 Liter Intercooled Turbocharged Direct Injection Diesel (4D56)


Hilux: 3.0 Liter Diesel, 4-Cylinder, 16-valve, DOHC, Variable Nozzle Turbo with Intercooler (1KD-FTV)

Fuel System


Strada: Common Rail Direct Injection


Hilux: Direct Injection Common Rail (D-4D)

Displacement


Strada: 2447 cc

Hilux: 2982 cc

Maximum Power


Strada: 140 ps / 4000 rpm

Hilux: 163 ps / 3400 rpm

Maximum Torque


Strada: 32.7 kgm / 2000 rpm

Hilux: 35.0 kgm / 1400~3200 rpm

WHEELS AND TIRES

Wheels

Strada: 17” Alloy


Hilux: 15” Alloy

Tires

Strada: 245 / 65 R17


Hilux: 255 / 70 R15

Based on PH models and specifications


Mitsubishi Strada 4X4 GLS A/T


Toyota Hilux 4X4 G A/T

Notes and references:

http://www.wikipedia.org

Mitsubishi Motors Philippines Corporation


Toyota Motors Philippines Corporation

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Does D.C. have it in for Toyota?

Washington stands accused of launching a self-serving witch hunt into Toyota’s spectacular fall from grace — thanks, in part, to U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood, who warned Americans to stop driving all recalled Toyota vehicles before facts forced him to admit his advice was unwarranted. Indeed, with support from the governors of Alabama, Indiana, Kentucky and Mississippi, which all house Toyota plants, more than a few observers now wonder if public ownership of General Motors and Chrysler influenced the decision to hold congressional hearings into Toyota’s product woes.

Whatever the case, attitudes toward Toyota are clearly harsher in the States than Canada. (In this country, sales actually jumped 25% last month, despite federal rumblings about the need for a political probe.) “When people were dying from tampered Tylenol in the ’80s,” says American business professor Scott Testa, who teaches at Cabrini College in Philadelphia, “Johnson & Johnson pulled the product and gave everybody money back. And they stopped advertising. But I am still seeing ads for Toyota minivans. That’s insanity.”

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Why Toyota Can't Admit It Has Computer Problems

Toyota is desperate to convince a congressional committee that dangerous bouts of uncontrolled acceleration in its cars are the result of mechanical problems, not computer glitches. That’s because a faulty floor mat or a sticky gas pedal can be replaced. If the problem turns out to be electronic, Toyota is going to face a more difficult problem, both in the vehicle and in the minds of consumers.

The car maker understands this, which is why its worked long and hard to make this issue a mechanical problem. The company recently bragged that it saved over $100 million in 2007 by negotiating a recall of “defective” floor mats rather than thoroughly investigating electronic problems.  Now the ghost in the machine has resurfaced, and those savings are coming back to haunt them.

Read the full post over at BNET

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Next-generation Lexus IS may get wagon variant, hybrid-only drivetrain options

From 2001 to 2005, Lexus offered the IS in a wagon variant, called SportCross. Sadly, the following generation didn’t inherit this variant. However, Autocar reports that the next generation IS will be offered in a wagon variant.

The IS needs something to fight wagon competitors from the likes of BMW and Audi. The loss of wagon variant has hurt sales in Europe, so this move makes perfect sense.

It is also being reported that the next-gen IS will only be offered in hybrid form due to Lexus’ push towards hybrid technology. It’s unknown how this will affect the prospect of an IS F successor. However, it doesn’t sound like a very good idea to me, IS F or not.

The third-generation IS is due in 2011, so we’ll find out the truth soon enough. Hopefully it won’t be hybrid only, but I’m definitely looking forward to the wagon. IS F SportCross anyone?

Source: Autocar

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Toyota's Troubles

We’ve all seen the news stories. Many of Toyota’s models had what I guess one could refer to as defective carpeting. When drivers were holding the throttle wide open, it would stay that way when they took their foot off. 4.2 million vehicles were recalled to have the floor mats replaced, and another 2.4 million cars were recalled to have a shim installed behind the gas pedal.

What I’m finding annoying with this whole story is how people and the media are reacting. The issue is know as Sudden Unintended Acceleration (SUA) and is nothing new in the automotive industry. Audi faced similar problems with the ‘82-’87 models of the Audi 5000. In the last decade, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration received 24 000 customer complaints regarding SUA involving almost every manufacturer. Very few of these cases were actual mechanical or electronic issues. It seems stupid, but many cases were most likely caused by driver error. To put it in other terms, confused individuals pressing the gas when they wanted to press the brake.

The other thing that gets on my nerves in this whole story is people wanting to make some money out of Toyota’s unfortunate situation. You might have heard of Jim Sikes by now, the guy who allegedly experienced SUA in his 2008 Toyota Prius on an interstate in San Diego, California. Obviously, the media made a huge circus of this, immediately pointing fingers at Toyota. We now know that Mr. Sikes has a history of suspicious behavior. For example, he recently filed for bankruptcy and gave the house to the bank, but his entire kitchen just happened to have been stolen. He attempted to defraud his own insurance company of $60 000, tiwce.

Toyota and the NHTSA investigated and could not explain the events. The Prius has a double redundant accelerator system, and if any irregularities pop up, they register in the onboard computer and the check engine light will come on. Yet in Toyota’s investigation report, they state “There were no diagnostic trouble codes found in the power management computer, nor was the dashboard malfunction indicator light activated.” When Sikes was on the phone with the 911 operator, she instructed him many times to put the car in neutral and apply the brakes, or to push the engine on button and hold it for three seconds to automatically cut the engine. All of these systems worked on Sikes’ Prius when tested, and as seen in the video below, applying the brakes should stop the car. It’s now been declared a hoax by just about every party involved, except Mr. Sikes himself, who still stands by his story and says he’s not after a lawsuit. Yeah…

Source: jalopnik.com

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iPad Wallpapers | Free iPad Wallpapers

The iPad is the first tablet computer developed by Apple Inc. Announced on January 27, 2010, it is part of a device category between a smartphone and a laptop computer. Similar in functionality to a larger and more powerful iPhone or iPod touch, it runs a modified version of the same operating system (iPhone OS). Its user interface has also been redesigned to take advantage of the larger screen with added functionality similar to their Mac OS X counterparts.(Wikipedia)

Apple always presents something cool and different, specially iphone and ipod. Now with the introduction of iPad, apple starts a new era for future of the technology. iPad is with large size, high resolution screen, more speed, and more easy to use. So as like iPod and iPhone, iPad wallpapers will be most important thing in your iPad. So here i am sharing some new iPad wallpapers for you, i hope u like that.

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3D HD Wallpapers | Free High Definition Wallpapers

These wallpapers which we are going to share are High Definition (HD) 3D-Wallpapers contains 3D Natural wallpapers, HD Cartoons, Animes, Buildings, Rainy Wallpapers, 3D Dinosaurs and many more HD-Wallpapers ...