G'mornin! - Lancia Hyena

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The Hyena was a project by the Italian coachbuilders Zagato which was intended to prove they could be a manufacturer again. The Zagato Hyena was based on the Lancia Delta Integrale platform, but with a two-door coupe body.The Hyena was designed in 1990 by Marco Pedracini (Zagato), and introduced at the Brussels Motor Show in January 1992. A production run of 100 Zagato Hyenas was originally planned but the actual production run finished after 24 cars were built.

A N D O N I S 07 Jul, 2011

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2011 Ford Mad Max Concept

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The new Ford Mad Max Concept specially designed by Ford's designers for TopGear Magazine Australia to assist celebrate the revival of the Mad Max action movie genre. 2011 Ford Mad Max Concept Exterior style with titanium-lined body shell.

abdu 07 Jul, 2011

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2011 Hamann BMW 6 Cabrio F12 Sporty and Elegant Car

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Hamann presents individualisations sporty to BMW 6 Cabrio (F12), Hamann Motorsport is known to provide a new top-of-the-range car vast improvement shortly after they have been introduced to the market. And, true to form, tuning specialist from Laupheim city in Baden-Württemberg can now present a comprehensive range of individualization for the BMW 6 Cabrio (F12).

abdu 07 Jul, 2011

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Ford reveals Fiesta Sport Special Edition for the European market

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Ford releases a new special edition of the current Fiesta, a performance-orientated model which is comes with both styling improvements but also with two new engine choices. The new Fiesta Sport edition features an aerodynamic kit including revised front and rear bumpers, silver grille surround, Panther Black 17-inch alloy wheels as standard and silver alloys as optional.

Ford Fiesta Sport Special Edition

This special edition of the American model also comes with seven new exterior colors including matt finishes but only for the three-door model as this is the only body variant which receives this package.

Under the bonnet, Ford Fiesta Sport comes with a 1.6-liter turbo diesel unit able to deliver 95 horsepower and a combined fuel consumption of only 4,1 liters/100 km. The diesel engine also keeps the emissions at a low level, the American model issuing 107 g/km CO2 emissions.

If you want more power, the second choice is a 1.6-liter Duratec Ti-VCT petrol engine able to produce 134 horsepower and 160 Nm of torque at 4,250 rpm. This will kick the new Fiesta Sport from 0 to 100 km/h in 8,7 seconds and will make possible a top speed of 195 km/h. Ford claims that there is also a revised exhaust system and a retuned transmission that helps the model to obtain optimized performance.

Ford Fiesta Sport Special Edition

Entering the cabin, the model offers alloy metal pedals, special floor mats, silver scuff plates, air conditioning with automatic temperature control but also leather handbrake and gear knob. Of course, there’s a new pair of seats, heated seats to be more precise, wrapped in Ebony black leather and silver stitching. According to the official details, the new Ford Fiesta Sport special edition is specially designed for the European market. However, the model will be available only in a limited number of countries such as Netherlands, Switzerland, France, Italy, Spain, Belgium, Germany and UK.

"The Fiesta boasts a rich sporting heritage and the combination of the free-revving 1.6-litre Duratec Ti-VCT petrol engine and dynamic, contemporary styling inside and out means the Fiesta Sport Special Edition is a worthy addition to Ford's roll-call of performance models," said Roelant de Waard, Vice President, Marketing, Sales & Service, Ford of Europe.

Rikk 07 Jul, 2011

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2013 Porsche Cayman seen at the ‘ring plus details

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Recently there’s been a huge influx of automotive manufacturers developing and testing their sports cars around the Nurburgring Nordschleife circuit.

While that’s admirable and it leads to new standardization in terms of sport car judging few manufacturers manage to do the Nurburgring testing quite as well as Porsche.

2013 Porsche Cayman at Nurburgring

Their newest version of the Cayman was recently spotted at the aforementioned circuit during its early chassis testing and development stage.

As to be expected Porsche didn’t do anything to the design and the new Cayman still looks remarkably similar to the old Cayman.

That’s a gap of nearly 8 years in design since this new Porsche Cayman is slated for a 2013 release date. Never mind the looks, I’m sure Porsche will have done something interesting with those headlights and taillights they keep hidden for the moment.

2013 Porsche Cayman at Nurburgring

Probably the most relevant component of this new edition of the 2013 Porsche Cayman is the performance levels it promises.

This is where, speculatively at least, we’re going to get the S Model in first and it should be powered by a 3.4 liter flat-six engine developing somewhere between 320 and 350 horsepower.

Naturally, you can expect this top of the line model to be hooked up to whichever transmission you want. In Porsche’s world, that choice would either give you a six speed manual or the infamous PDK dual-clutch automatic. Some less voiced rumors even claim the 2013 Porsche Cayman S could get the same ZF 7 speed manual (we’re going into mountain bike territory) the next generation of the 911 will get.

2013 Porsche Cayman at Nurburgring

Slightly more possible than that is Porsche’s choice for the less powerful models of the 2013 Cayman. At the moment, the smallest engine you can get in the Cayman is a 2.9 liter.

That’ the powerplant the Germans may improve up to 265 horsepower and 206 lb-ft of torque or even replace altogether with a smaller, 2.5 liter four cylinder unit.

No doubt, fuel economy and emissions will also see a series of improvements and whether or not it will be down to the newly developed engines Porsche will still add a few toys to help these figures.

Chief among the fuel sipping features will be a start/stop system and changing the 2013 Porsche Cayman’s power steering to an electromechanical setup.

2013 Porsche Cayman at Nurburgring

Nurburgring testing is impressive, the amount of technology and those updated specs of the 2013 Cayman is likewise but probably the best of what we’ve heard about this new mid-range Porsche is still to follow:

A Targa model is currently under consideration.

Source: Carscoop

Lupica G. 07 Jul, 2011

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2012 Rolls Royce Ghost PromoVid

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A N D O N I S 07 Jul, 2011

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Cool Bugatti Wallpaper: 2008 Veyron Grand Sport Roadster

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A N D O N I S 07 Jul, 2011

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Acura History: NSX

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Brand New Classic is exactly what it sounds like; a feature about vehicles that have just crossed the magical 20-year mark, and are now considered classics (at least according to some definitions). Of course, 20 years a classic does not make. After all, who's going to argue that a 1991 Pontiac Sunbird deserves the title of classic? With that being said, feel free to chime in on whether our current car deserves to be a classic, along with any personal experiences you may have with it.

The Acura NSX came on the scene for the 1991 model year as a mid-engine, rear-wheel-drive car powered by a naturally aspirated 3.0-liter VTec V-6. When equipped with the five-speed manual transmission, it boasted an 8000-rpm redline, and produced 270 horsepower and 210 pound-feet of torque.

During its development, famed Formula 1 driver Ayrton Senna was able to test the NSX at Honda's Suzuka Circuit, and give feedback to the engineers. It comes as no wonder, then, that drivers saw the NSX as a great performance car for both public roads and the racetrack. We would argue that it had the looks to back up its performance chops, with obvious cues taken from design elements of exotic cars of the day. The 1991 NSX was offered in three colors: Formula Red, Berlina Black, and Sebring Silver.

Searching eBay Motors, we find that the marketplace is sparsely populated by the 1991 NSX, with only four examples available at the time of this writing. The best bargain we found for a car with fewer than 100K miles on the odometer is a red, 84,000-mile NSX selling for a "Buy It Now" price of $28,900 in Chicago, Illinois. The car is completely stock, and the seller claims it has never been raced—good selling points for this brand new classic.

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A N D O N I S 07 Jul, 2011

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Edo Competition sharpens up BMW (E60) M5 Touring with Dark Edition

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BMW’s F01 M5 may have gotten an official photo shoot and even an unofficial Nurburgring lap time to prove it’s here and planing to stay but that doesn’t mean the old one has to go.

In fact, Edo Competition plans to show the world that it would be wrong to write off the E60 version of the M5, particularly in the estate body shape.

Edo Competition E60 BMW M5 Touring Dark Edition

That is what justifies the considerable amount of work the German tuner put into developing the M5 Touring’s Dark Edition.

A Black paint finish, black 20 inch alloy wheels and tinted windows are pretty much a guaranteed part of anything that’s called the Dark Edition, but what about the rest?

Edo Competition fitted a fully redesigned aero body kit which, joyfully, does nothing but improve the aspect of this extremely fast estate.

Edo Competition E60 BMW M5 Touring Dark Edition

According to Edo Competition the interior was slightly revised with a few teaks here and there. Totally open to discussion, the tuners offer a variety of leather upholstering choices and carbon trim parts.

Small details such as a new BMW M5 Touring speedometer with special white dials and a backlit Edo Competition logo complete the picture.

And now, let’s face it, this sort of tuning is nice and pleasant but when it comes from the Germans and when it’s done to an E60 BMW M5 Touring we all know it’s going to be all about the performance.

On that front, nobody is going to be disappointed, no matter how much of a fan of the good old 5.0 liter naturally aspirated V10 you are.

Edo Competition E60 BMW M5 Touring Dark Edition

Courtesy of new new catalytic converters, high flow air filters, a (louder and better sounding) exhaust system and by finally adapting the ECU in order to handle the rest of the new modifications.

The end result is an output of 555 horsepower and 413 lb-ft of torque. Predictably, this sort of power does alter the acceleration and top speed figures by a pretty impressive amount.

0 to 62 mph comes up in 4.2 seconds and an updated, non-restricted top speed figure for the Edo Competition BMW M5 Touring Dark Edition stands at 190 mph.

Edo Competition E60 BMW M5 Touring Dark Edition

Weirdly enough, the press release from Edo Competition speaks of now braking or handling upgrades being made to the E60 BMW M5 estate. That could mean one of two things.

Either the German tuner still has a few more updates to show us, stuff like the price, availability and production figures or they reckon the standard systems are good enough to handle the increase performance.

Lupica G. 06 Jul, 2011

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POTD: Honda S600 Coupe '1965–66

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A N D O N I S 06 Jul, 2011

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BREAKING: Coventry Prototype Panels Buys Zagato Italian Design House

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The UK-based coachbuilder Coventry Prototype Panels CPP have acquired the Italian design house Zagato, their acquisitions list for the Birmingham based firm is impressive and their portfolio contains the likes of Spyker,Bowler and a close relationship with Aston Martin. (Which would explain the Aston Zagato entry in the N24).

Also Aston Martin have released pricing of the Zagato which is based on the v12 Vantage and a limited number of only 150 pieces and with a quite reasonable price of 330k Gbp will leave the one-77 owners writing another check to Aston Martin

The question is what is CPP up to and when are we going to see some new marques coming out to stalk the Black Country in middle England.

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A N D O N I S 06 Jul, 2011

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June's Top 10: Chevy Cruze is best-selling car in USA

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The March disaster in Japan continued to scramble the list of Top 10 best-selling vehicles in June, leaving Chevrolet's new compact Cruze on top as the bestselling car in the USA -- the spot typically held by Toyota's Camry -- and the No. 3 vehicle overall.

Camry did make the Top 10 -- the only Japanese vehicle to do so -- but as the No. 4 car and 7th overall, with sales down 24.8% from last June. Toyota says production is getting back to normal, so expect Camry to move back up -- boosted this fall by the rollout of the redesigned Camry for 2012. Neither Honda nor Nissan had a vehicle in the Top 10. The top Honda was the Civic at 15th, with sales down 34% vs. last year. The top vehicle for Nissan, which was not hit as hard by the disaster, was the Altima at 11th, with sales up 22.7%.

No. 1 and 2 overall were Ford's F-series and Chevy's Silverado, which had sales gains over last year of 6.7% and 5.1% respectively. They were near the industrywide gain in June of 7.1%.

The two pickups on top, plus the Ram at No. 8, should ease some fears that economy has shifted into reverse. Businesses and tradesmen appear to still be spending.

Behind the Cruze, giving Chevy a 2-3-4 finish on the list was the midsize Malibu, still showing appeal well into its cycle -- the redone 2013 will be on sale in the first quarter of next year, a few months after the new Camry.

Ford's new Focus was the third car and sixth overall, behind the brand's venerable Escape small SUV.

Hyundai's new Elantra was 10th overall and the No. 6 car. The brand continued its sales roll with a 15.6% gain, while corporate sibling Kia was up more than 41%. Taken together (which is how their sales are reported in most of the world) they've passed Nissan as the sixth-largest automaker in U.S. sales.

In order here are the USA's Top 10 best-selling vehicles for June, with their monthly sales and change from June 2010, according to Autodata:

1. Ford F-Series, 49,618, +6.7
2. Chevrolet Silverado, 32,579, +5.1%
3. Chevrolet Cruze, 24,896, new
4. Chevrolet Malibu, 23,737, +14.6%
5. Ford Escape, 22,274, +43.3%
6. Ford Focus, 21,385, +41.2%
7. Toyota Camry, 21,375, -24.8%
8. Ram Pickup, 21,362, +34.7%
9. Ford Fusion, 20,808, 13.0%
10. Hyundai Elantra, 19,992, 40.3% 

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A N D O N I S 06 Jul, 2011

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