An Introduction to Car Wraps

Personalizing your car is not a new concept, it has been around for years- for year's people have 'pimped' up their ride by adding body kits, custom spray jobs and private registration plates- in fact the good old slogan bumper sticker could be considered a form of personalization. What, however, has prevented it from becoming a widespread trend is the presumption that it is costly, a car for many people is an incredibly expensive purchase- why fork out £1000 for a paint job that you will probably want to change in several years time anyway?

Several factors have led to the increasing desire to personalize ones car; firstly television shows such as Pimp My Ride offer an insight into extreme car modification with many participants driving away with the custom spray job, six in car plasma screens and an in-car coffee maker- the works. Secondly; car manufacturers such as Mini and Fiat are now giving buyers the choose the finishing's to your car, allowing you to add and remove features such as checked roofing, racers stripes, and chrome detailing producing a car unique to the models displayed in the showroom.

Of course if you don't fancy purchasing a new car altogether there are several options that are cheaper and non permanent- giving you the chance to remove whatever personal touch you choose to inflict on the poor vehicle before you sell it on. I am of course speaking about vehicle wraps. Car and vehicle graphics, traditionally used for commercial livery, is now readily available for use on personal vehicles. Its works by digitally printing your chosen image or design onto highly conformable films which are then carefully applied to the car, they can then be removed at a later date revealing your paintwork still in its original pristine condition.

Obviously this technique is still widely used for commercial vehicles, and I predict that their popularity with personal car users is set to increase; ranging from small vinyl graphic designs to completely transform your vehicle, car wraps really is the future of car personalization and vehicle graphics.

OPG Graphics design and create vehicle livery Scotland for commercial and private clients.

Audi Q7 Review

The Audi Q7 is a luxury full-size SUV (Sport Utility Vehicle), manufactured by Audi and was kept at Auto Show in Los Angeles, in the year 2006. In the name Q7, the word "Q" represents the new series from the Audi family, and the number "7" indicates the order in Audi's production i.e., the position in between Audi A6 and Audi A8. The Audi Q7 Limousine is available in 3 different colors in UK. They are Silver, Black and White, and is now available all over in UK. This number from audi is now decorating most of the Asian weddings, adding extra glamor to the ceremony.

Speaking about its interior, Q7 Limousine has got flat screen TVs, CD and DVD players with a disco floor which changes colors and a stunning mirrored ceiling. Apart from the weddings, Audi Q7 is also a favourite number for stag nights, hen nights, airport transfers, corporate events and birthdays. As a matter of fact, it is a crowd pleaser regardless the event. The Audi Q7 Limousine can be rowed in one of the luxurious cars in the present world along with Porsche Cayenne limo, BMW X5 limousine and Range Rover limousine.

Getting in to the technical part of the car, Audi's 280 PS with 360 N-m, 3596 cc and 350 PS with 440 N-m, 4163 cc V8 petrol engines are offered, especially both come with FSI technology. The interesting fact is, both the engines of Q7 has the same 0 to 100 km/hr performance. There are two diesel options available with Audi Q7 such as the 4.2L 331 PS diesel with 760 N-m and 3.0L 240 PS V6. Audi released the hybrid version of the Q7 Limousine in the year 2008. Audi exhibited the Q7 Hybrid at Hanover Motor Show.

In the early months of 2005, Nissan filed a case against Audi for the usage of the letter "Q" as their model name. In real, Audi is using the letter "Q" to represent their Quattro 4 wheel drive system, which is used in car production for more than 25 years. Audi's Quattro TM is factually an umbrella term for various types of 4 wheel drive systems made by Haldex Traction AB, Torsen, and Borg-Warner, latter been used in Q7). Since 1989, Nissan's Infiniti had been using the letter "Q" as the name for SUVs (the QX56 and the QX4) and sedans (Q45). Beside Q7's safety electronics and multiple airbags, it could score only 4 stars out of five at crash test in the Euro NCAP. Audi Q7 was the first Audi model with warning system and blind-spot detection.