Sep 22, 2010

Weird looking cars or desired supercars? One thing that I can tell you about supercars is that everyone desires them but not all have the money to posses them. The line between supercars and weird cars is very tight so be carefull what you buy so that you’ll not be considered a weirdo. There are a lot of supercares but I want to talk a little bit about these ones: Porsche Ferdinand GT3 RS, Mercedes SLS AMG, Audi R8 PPI Razor GTR, Dacia Duster (considered a supercar in Romania, by Romania), Bugatti Veyron and the BMW 5 series GT. Porsche Ferdinand GT3 RS is a economic and ecologic car in the same time and driving it is as you would ride a bicycle. For economic motives they forgot to “skip it” with a engine. Mercedes SLS AMG is a real car and maybe you remember that it was promoted in a clip by Michael Schumacher. Audi R8 PPI Razor GTR is a a tuned version of the Audi R8 car that everyone has seen it in music clips. The PPI Razor GTR is a customised version of the...

Jul 15, 2010

Ferrari press office has just published the photo and the official press release on the 458 Challenge, a few hours after the escape of some spy images. The Ferrari 458 Challenge made its world debut at Maranello, at the Annual Dealer Meeting, the appointment that each year brings together the international Ferrari sales network. The new sedan, which will complement the track season in the 2011 Ferrari Challenge Trofeo Pirelli is the fifth model used by Ferrari to give life to the brand, that from next season will be enriched by a new series scheduled in Asia-Pacific. The 4.5 direct injection V8 engine with 570 bhp and 9000 rpm, is strictly standard. Finishing touches were made on the ratios and the calibration of the F1 gearbox with double clutch, to provide greater torque at low revs. Using the E-Diff electronic differential, also on the road is new compared to predecessors of this Challenge. A big work has been done on the field of weight reduction involving both the exterior and...

Jul 8, 2010

Volkswagen presented the first images this weekend with the strongest version of the Bugatti Veyron. Officially called Bugatti Veyron Super Sport, the new version develops 1200 brake horsepower and it’s emerging in the automotive world in style: overcoming the world speed record for a production car. According to the official announcement from Volkswagen, Bugatti Veyron Super Sport has reached an average speed of 431 km/h on the VW Group test circuit in Ehra-Leissen, at the event being present and representatives of the TÜV (German Technical Inspection Agency) and a representative of the Guinness World Records. They validated the record, Bugatti Veyron Super Sport becoming world’s fastest production car reaching the highest top speed of automobile history. Speed reached by the Veyron Super Sport was calculated under the rules Guinness Book of World Records, by the average of three tests conducted by the test pilot Pierre-Henri Raphanel. The first one ended at 427,933...

Jun 15, 2010

Audi R8 V10, Mercedes SLS AMG, Porsche 911 Turbo and the charm of the landscapes of American wilderness: these are ingredients of good videos made by children of Motor Trend. According to them these cars are among the best solutions to the problem of stress and boredom of office and how they can be wrong? Nearly 1600 hp total for 3 among the most intriguing supercars on the market, although we believe that only 2 of them have a sound that “awakens the senses.” In the test, according to MT, that the SLS has a power and an exaggerated handling that you would expect from a car with this architecture and this weight. The 911 Turbo provides a grip for racing cars with four-wheel drive and is capable of incredible speed, more weight on the content and powerful twin-turbo 3.8 engine. But the best is the Audi R8 V10, with its mid-engine configuration, and one of the best supercars ever as regards the handling. Beautiful all three, but given the choice, testers take home the...

May 25, 2010

Here’s a video that shows some stages of assembly of an Audi R8 Spyder, the discovery of variant supercar from Ingolstadt, equipped with the 5.2 FSI V10 engine and 525 hp, for sale at 157,500 euros. The movie focuses on the production steps that are done by hand, in the German plant in Neckarsulm, where it also assembles the Audi A6 and A8. Perhaps a little over three minutes is not enough to describe how a supercar is...

One of the last editions of the Bugatti Veyron supercar could receive a total of 1,200 horsepower, squeezed from the same 8.0-liter W16 engine, what could be the most (powerful) swan song model… Ferdinand Piech, chairman of the board of Volkswagen Group, recently held a speech at the...