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The Features Of New Volvo Cars

C30: The small, svelte Sweedish sportster gets a new model lineup; last year’s “Version 1.0″ and “Version 2.0″ are now known respectively as the T5 and T5 R-Design. The T5 sees no major changes, but the T5 R-Design gets snazzier exterior trim. Both models offer a new optional Preferred Package with power driver’s seat, front fog lights, trip computer, keyless ignition, premium sound system, and leather-wrapped handbrake lever.

C70: The C70’s retractable hardtop can now be raised and lowered with a single button, and the windows automatically lower when the top goes down; however the button that operates all four power windows at once has been deleted. The interior gets revised trim, the optional navigation system has an improved interface, and the 6-disc CD changer, formerly standard, moves to the options list.

S40: Volvo’s smallest sedan gets a host of new standard equipment including Bluetooth phone interface, “high-performance” sound system with 6-disc in-dash CD changer and SIRIUS satellite radio, fog lights, power driver’s seat, moonroof and trip computer. Volvo S40 T5 models get a standard R-Design trim package (photo) with unique interior and exterior trim. The S40 2.4i’s manual transmission has been dropped, meaning that all Volvo S40s are automatic-only.

S60: Several previously-optional features are now standard, including “sport” leather seats, moonroof, power passenger’s seat, wood interior trim, and auto-dimming rear view mirror; T5 models also get premium leather interior trim, premium sound system, rear park assist, active headlights, and the Interior Air Quality System. The 5-speed automatic transmission now includes a manual-shift feature on all models.

V50: The V50 wagon gets the same new standard equipment as its sedan sister, the S40. The front-wheel-drive T5 has been discontinued; the all-wheel-drive T5 AWD remains, and it gets a Dynamic Sport Suspension as standard equipment.

XC60: Volvo and its new small crossover SUV makes its debut for 2009. The XC60 comes with a 281 horsepower six-cylinder turbocharged engine and all-wheel-drive.

XC70: Bluetooth phone interface is now standard. A new XC70 T6 model joins the XC70 3.2; it features a 3.0 liter 281 horsepower turbocharged six-cylinder engine.

XC90: Volvo’s big SUV gets power-operated rear-door child locks as standard, and both 3.2 and V8 models get revised option packages. The V8 Sport model has been replaced by the V8 R-Design, which gets unique trim inside and out, 20″ wheels, and a stiffer suspension for improved handling. There’s also an R-Design version of the six-cylinder XC90 3.2; it gets R-Design trim, 19″ wheels and a self-leveling sport-tuned suspension.

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Introduction To Bombardier Challenger 600

The Bombardier Challenger 600 series is a family of business jets designed by Bill Lear and produced first by Canadair until that company was bought by Bombardier Aerospace in 1986.

The aircraft was an independent design by Lear in 1976, who had resigned as Chairman of Lear Jet seven years previously. Originally dubbed the LearStar 600, Lear sold exclusive rights to produce and develop the design to Canadair, who renamed it the CL-600 Challenger.

While similar in general configuration to Lear’s previous designs, notable changes were made that distinguished the new aircraft from the Learjets, including the use of a widened fuselage that allowed a ‘walk-about cabin’, a feature not shared by any other business aircraft of the time.

On November 8 1978, the first prototype of the aircraft took off for the first time in Montreal, Canada. An April 3 1980 test flight in the Mojave Desert resulted in disaster, the aircraft crashing due to a deep stall, killing one of the test pilots (the other parachuted to safety). The second and third prototypes flew in 1979.

Despite the crash, both Transport Canada and the Federal Aviation Administration in the United States certified the aircraft in 1980, albeit with both handing over some restrictions to pilots including a limited maximum take-off weight. A large program to reduce the aircraft’s weight was then implemented to improve the aircraft’s range.

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