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Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Serial off-road car Spyker will present in Frankfurt

Spyker

The Holland company Spyker which is engaged in release of exclusive sports cars, plans in September on automobile show in Frankfurt to present the first serial off-road car.

Judging by the first espionage pictures which have been made at factory of firm and are published by site Autogespot, the novelty will receive the name not D12 Peking-to-Paris as it was supposed earlier, and D8 Peking-to-Paris.

Index change is connected by that instead of six-litre motor W12 power of 500HP on an off-road car will use the eight-cylinder engine of concern General Motors. Under the preliminary information, under a cowl of the serial car there will be a 556-strong 6,2-litre unit with mechanical supercharger Eaton from sedan Cadillac CTS-V. Earlier the manufacturer declared, that with 0 to 100 km/h D12 Peking-to-Paris is dispersed for 5 seconds, and the maximum speed will make 300 km/h. As dynamic characteristics in connection with a new power-plant will change — it is not known.

Off-road Spyker

Off-road Spyker is constructed on motives of the conceptual working out D12 Peking-to-Paris for the first time presented in 2006.

It is expected, that the novelty will receive an adjustable suspension bracket and six-piston brake mechanisms AP Racing with 400mm carbon-ceramic disks.

As it was informed earlier, company Spyker is full determination to concentrate on sales of the off-road car basically in the markets of the Eastern Europe, the Near East and China. It is supposed, that the prices for the car will begin from 235 thousand euro.

Friday, August 21, 2009

The British supercar to 100 km/h is dispersed for 3 seconds

Noble M600

At festival Goodwood Revival which will take place on September, 19th in the Great Britain, British manufacturer Noble will present completely ready to a batch production of supercar M600.

As informs magazine Autocar referring to the message of the head of firm, power of the engine of this car will make 650 h.p., and to 100 km/h the car is dispersed for 3 seconds.

M600 GB

The novelty will receive a tubular steel skeleton, a carbon body of the panel and 4,4-litre petrol V8, developed by the Japanese company Yamaha. In a base variant such unit is completed in cars Volvo, however experts Noble slightly modernised V8, having added two turbo-superchargers Garrett and the block of management of motor Motec. According to representatives of the British manufacturer, engineers during power-plant operational development managed to "squeeze out" of this engine of 750 h.p., however subsequently it has been decided to limit power on 650 h.p. Thus in car salon there will be the special switch allowing the driver to choose two more values hallows — 450 or 550 h.p.

Salon Noble

According to Noble, on the maximum power the supercar which begins to be equipped with a six-step mechanical transmission of company Graziano (similar transmission is used on Aston Martin V8 Vantage), can be dispersed to 160 km/h for 6,5 seconds. The maximum speed — 360 km/h.

Speedometer

Supercar weight balancing on axes — 40:60 with weight displacement in a back part of the car makes only 1275 kgs, and. Besides it, the novelty will not have a system of stabilisation and antiblocking system of brakes, and the driver can switch off the track-control the special toggle-switch from British fighters Tornado on which the similar switch starts rockets.

It is expected, that in the Great Britain cost Noble M600 will make about 200 thousand pounds sterling.

Saturday, August 8, 2009

Photospies have embodied new sports car BMW Z Vision

BMW Z

On Thursday site Bimmerpost has published the first espionage photos new conceptual BMW.

Pictures are made during car loading in an autocart, for transportation on the Frankfurt automobile show. The world premiere of the car there should take place. It is expected, that the prototype will receive name Z Vision and becomes a harbinger of serial ecologically pure sports car BMW.

BMW Z Vision

Judging by pictures, appearance double BMW Z Vision combines elements of design of conceptual working out CS (for example, lines of a lattice of a radiator and the general registration of a forward part of a body) and a coupe 3-Series. The official information on a novelty yet is not informed, however, according to some information, the prototype will be constructed on the aluminium chassis and a carbon body. Besides, the conceptual car also begins to be equipped with the engine with direct injection of fuel, system "start-stop" and system of balancing of energy at the moment of braking.

Z Vision

It is expected, that serial version BMW Z Vision will appear on sale in the end of 2012, and, only the limited number.

Photo by: BIMMERPOST.COM

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Friday, August 7, 2009

Tuning studio Sportec has finished versatile person Audi S4

Audi S4

Swiss tuning studio Sportec has presented a package of completions for sports universal Audi S4.

Power of the 333-strong engine have increased to 425 h.p., having reduced time of dispersal of the car to 100 km/h for 0,1 seconds.

To improve controllability of model, a gleam have underestimated on 30 mm and have put on Audi S4 more effective brakes. For the car have developed small aggressive external design and have put on wheels carbon disks dimension from 19 to 20 inches.

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Thursday, July 30, 2009

Ferrari has officially presented supercar F430 successor

Supercar Ferrari

On Tuesday company Ferrari has officially presented new supercar which becomes the most younger model in scale of eight-cylinder cars of mark and will be shown general public September of this year on automobile show in Frankfurt.

The novelty received the name 458 Italia and developed in studio Pininfarina, will come in the stead Ferrari F430.

The supercar is constructed on the aluminium chassis and equipped by special aerodynamic elements reducing resistance to a running stream of air. Supercar Ferrari F430 is completed by 570-strong 4,5-litre motor V8 with direct injection of fuel and the seven-step robotised transmission with two couplings.

Legendary Ferrari

The maximum twisting moment of this engine makes 540 Nm.
According to Ferrari, from zero to hundred kilometres per hour the novelty can be dispersed for 3,4 seconds. The maximum speed of the car will make more than 320 kilometres per hour.

Besides, rear-wheel Ferrari 458 Italia has received active differential E-Diff, carbon-ceramic brake mechanisms with system "prefill", 20-inch wheel disks, and also "closed" air inlets of a forward bumper (hidden behind a grid of ventilating apertures aerodynamic elements block air stream, reducing resistance).

Ferrari Italia

It is expected, that on sale in the European market the novelty will appear in the beginning of next year.

Cost Ferrari 458 Italia will make about 170 thousand euro.

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Saturday, July 18, 2009

Ferrari prepares sport package Handling GTE for 599 GTB Fiorano

Ferrari GTB Fiorano

Company Ferrari prepares for release sport package Handling GTE (Handling Gran Turismo Evoluzione) for a superpenalty 599 GTB Fiorano.

The premiere of this version of model has taken place in March on a motor show in Geneva, and now owners of super cars can order a tuning package in two different variants, depending on a year of release of their car (to or after 2008), writes RSTcars.

In the first case the car will receive a radiator lattice in style 430 Scuderia, 20-inch wheel disks with sports tyres, branch pipes of final system, furnish of salon with hydrocarbonic inserts and the new seats, the improved springs, stabilizers of cross-section stability and final system with the recustomized sound.

For cars with a mechanical transmission of 2008-2009 of release will in addition change operating electronics for which work switch Manettino located on a steering wheel answers. He allows to change an operating mode of a suspension bracket, the engine, transmission and stabilisation system. For a mechanical check point tuners will reduce gear change time to 85 milliseconds.

The first version of a sport package is on sale for $28,3 thousand, the second — $32,4 thousand.

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