Now that Mercedes has given the standard S-Class facelift, it’s time for the AMG models to get a touch up. The actual car won’t be revealed until the Shanghai Auto Show later this month.
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You name it and John Hennessey will make it faster. From Vipers to Vettes to Challengers, Hennessey Performance will take competent sports cars and make them into tire-shredding speed demons with more horsepower than any street-going vehicle should ever logically have. The latest creation to come from the Texas tuner is the GTR700 based on the Nissan GT-R. The upgraded Godzilla now sports 715 horsepower and 662 lb-ft torque thanks to numerous modifications including a stainless steel exhaust system, new ECU programming, modified turbos with larger compressor wheels, 100mm cold air intake, high-flow fuel injectors, transmission cooler, clutch pack upgrades, and more. The result is stupefying. Sixty mph comes up in just 2.8 seconds, 100 mph in 6.7 seconds and 150 mph in 14.5 seconds. Compared to a stock GT-R, the GTR700 reaches 186 mph in less than half the time.
BMW is working on a new 1-series that should arrive in the U.S. by 2012. What keeps getting us excited are rumors about SuperSport Version of the new little Bimmer.
CAR is furthering some of the same rumors we reported back in January about the hottest 1-Series. This means a return to fast four-cylinder engines in the U.S. with a 2.0 or 2.2-liter turbocharged powerplant. The 300 hp expected in this engine is the same as in the six-cylinder used in the current 135i. The difference will be the weight savings of a smaller engine as well as other lightweight replacements BMW will implement for the SuperSport model.
The most recent reports pegs the new 1-Series with new styling that include narrow LED headlamps (CAR’s rendering above). The SuperSport model will get its own distinctive look, including dual round headlamps that is reminiscent of the 2002 tii. So even if BMW won’t use the proper ‘tii’ name, at least it can still look like it.
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McLaren has been hinting at offering a full range of sportscars for a while, but now there is some real exciting news: it’s working on a successor to the McLaren F1. When the original F1 debuted back in 1992, it was the fastest and most expensive car in the world. It’s 240 mph top speed held the production car record until the Bugatti Veyron beat it in 2005 (then the SSC Ultimate Aero beat the Veyron.)
Now a source within McLaren to a news, “We have just started looking at doing another F1. It is a clean sheet design.” So will the new F1 try to regain its spot at the top of the supercar mountain? All we can guess right now is that the BMW-sourced V12 in the original will be swapped out for something from McLaren’s new partner Mercedes. A likely candidate is a reworked version of the 6.3-liter V8 that’s already in service in cars like the SL63 AMG and the new E63 AMG.
Unlike the original F1, the new one will likely be more conventional. There were only 106 of the first F1s build over its seven-year life cycle, and only 64 of those were intended for road use. For McLaren to break even on this new car, it will likely have to raise the production numbers and maybe even forget about the gold engine lining.
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The Mercedes-Benz CLS was one of those cars that when it hit dealer showrooms it was RED HOT.
Stylish and well equipped, although based on the E-Class the CLS was a sexy alternative to the stoic sedan from MB, and buyers flocked to dealers to own this fashion statement. Mercedes-Benz was even so brazen as to market this car as a coupe even though the 4-doors really made it a sedan. The low slung roof line and seating for 4 however met the coupe requirements for MB hence the marketing as such. Like most fashion trends however, the style came and went and now the current CLS simply takes up space at dealers as sales have fallen off drastically.
In the meantime however, BMW, Audi and VW all want a piece of this new market segment created by Mercedes and have rushed their own interpretation of the 4-Door coupe to the auto show circuits, but so far only VW has official plans for production with the Passat CC.
Mercedes-Benz is not one to sit on their laurels however, and a redesigned CLS is coming for model year 2010. Wearing a front end very similar to the CL-Coupes, MB has done a good job updating the CLS coupe without straying to far from the formula set forth with the original. The pictures are grainy, but they are good enough to get a sense of what the new design looks like.
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Feast your eyes on Ferrari's all-new F430 replacement! Spied being rolled onto the back of a truck in Italy, these are the first pictures of the Prancing Horse's new entry-level model – the F450.
As you can see, the new model looks very different to the current car with a pair of sweeping side air vents, which have been enlarged to cool the improved engine and brakes.In a bid to compete with the Lamborghini Gallardo, the new car will get a larger 4.5-litre V8 engine – hence the name – putting out around 500bhp thanks to modified mechanicals including a higher rev limit.
It will also get a new gearbox too, in the shape of the California’s seven-speed double clutch unit. This is likely to modified to suit the mid-engined car’s sportier demeanour.
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The Honda Civic is the only car in recent memory to outsell the Ford F-150. So is it any wonder that it was the most searched vehicle? Like the Honda Accord, the 2009 Honda Civic is available as a coupe or sedan, but it also comes as a hybrid, which no doubt helped it in these troubled times. With available leather, a navigation system and other high-end goodies, the 2009 Honda Civic can be equipped like a miniature luxury car...if you have the cash.
The BT92's M3 engine has been upgraded to racing specification in almost every respect. The dimensions of the cylinders are now 93.3mm-by-80.2mm against the original 4.0-liter V8's 92.0mm-by-75.2mm, yielding a displacement of 4.4 liters. A forged crankshaft has been carefully balanced and the camshaft profiles are new, while the cylinder heads have been machined for bigger valves and the pistons have been given a low-friction coating. Naturally, the all-new intake and exhaust systems have been optimized for more power, some 494 hp at 8,300 rpm and 354 pound-feet of torque at 5,700 rpm
Another aspect to the expensive, 20-day process that converts an ordinary 2010 BMW M3 to the Brabham Racing BT92 is the use of a full complement of carbon-fiber body panels (the M3 roof panel remains, of course). The result of all the carbon fiber is added structural rigidity, together with a weight loss of 110 pounds in the body alone.
The standard M3's factory-estimated 4.5-second dash to 60 mph is improved by the BT92 to 4.1 seconds (3.9 seconds with the latest dual-clutch GK gearbox that's being developed as an option
Fifty buyers total (that's the production run for this limited edition)
This is a valid point made with some honesty, and it's crucial to the BT92's future. In fact, Brabham Racing intends to break the lap record at the Nürburgring Nordschleife for modified production cars, set at 7:20 by a 2009 Dodge Viper ACR last summer. It will be done with the Clubsport version of the 2010 Brabham Racing BT92, which has been the real goal of the little company's whole M3 project. In fact, Michael Trick wants to take Brabham Racing into real motorsport with a team of BMWs in the World Touring Car championship and even one day (why not dream big), a team of BMWs for the DTM in a collaboration between Brabham Racing, Alpina and Schnitzer.
According to Sources, “This car has all the stuff James Bond’s cars have plus other stuff BOND wishes he had.” Take the Retinal Scanner for example. The only two eyeballs in the world that can start this car are in Rado’s skull. And what about an on board Flame Thrower that’s capable of melting your face from more than 40 feet away? “We went through 17 different flame throwers before we got the one I wanted. I was going for After Burner type shit.” Mission accomplished.
The really sweet part is that all of this stuff is controlled by an onboard computer complete with a full keyboard that folds out of the center armrest. “The car is fully online, “it has wireless Internet connectivity also "
SPECIFICATIONS
EXTERIOR
Extreme Dimensions Rado Series Wide-Body Kit, Graphics by Stick It
ENGINE AND DRIVETRAIN
Scion tC 500+ hp 2.4 Liter Engine, Clutch by Advanced Clutch Technology, 5-Speed Manual Transmission, NX Nitrous System with Automatic Bottle Opener and Regulator
TURBOCHARGER
Descendent Turbo Kit featuring BorgWarner S200, WORLD electronics TBC-1 Turbo Boost Controller
EXHAUST AND SUSPENSION
007 Rado Series Flame Thrower Exhaust by Twins Turbo, Fully Adjustable Tanabe Coilover Suspension
WHEELS, TIRES AND BRAKES
HRE Wheels; 19” x 12” Rear; 19” x 10”, Front; Tires: 305/30ZR 19, Rear; 275/25ZR 19 Front, Brakes; 14” Rotors, 4 Piston Calipers
INTERIOR
Seats, Shift Knob and Peddles by MOMO, Audio System by Rockford Fosgate featuring 15” T2 Subwoofer and 6 ½” Front and Rear Components and Amplifiers, Interior Motorization & Suede by J&G Customs, Two Intel Mobile Centrino Processors running Windows XP, Global Positioning System, DVD RW, Broadband Internet Access, Mobile Audio
SPY TECHNOLOGY
Smoke Screen, Oil Slick, Flame Thrower, Night Vision, Thermal Imaging by FLIR Systems, Actuated Covert Passenger Computer, Visor and Rear View LCD Monitors, Retina Scan Authentication, Fingerprint Identification, Rear View Camera, Police Scanner, Radar Detecting Technology
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