Like the Subaru WRX is to the STi, the Lancer Ralliart is to the EVO X – a low carb version powered by a turbocharged 4B11-type 2.0-liter 16-valve DOHC MIVEC engine
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Today, Accura released this photo of the upcoming 2009 Acura TL sedan. Available starting this fall, the TL will be the most powerful car Acura has ever produced, whatever that means, because Acura hasn’t released any further details on the car. Except that it will feature Super Handling All-Wheel Drive(SH-AWD). The guys over at Autoblog think that the car will probably be powered by the 300 hp 3.7 liter engine which currently powers the RL and the MDX.
That’s about all we’ve got so far, but stay tuned cause we’ll let you know once we get more info.
Chevrolet has released the video documenting the ZR1’s 7:26.4 lap at the Nurburgring. The time makes it one of the fastest cars in the world, beating the GT-R’s time by over 2 seconds and even beating Pagani Zonda F’s time. OK so maybe the (official) 160 hp advantage it’s got over the GT-R may have helped but still it’s an impressive time. It does seem that Nissan may be understating the GT-R horsepower a “littile” as unofficia tests put it at 550-580 hp versus the officia 480. Though that much horsepower might explain the GT-R’s stellar performance.
However, unofficial times put the upcoming GT-R V-Spec at 7:25 so the battle is far from over. Also we’ll have to see Porsche’s response as it’s not gonna take the loss of it’s crown in the sports coupe sector sitting down. The upcoming refresh for the 911 line, with it’s new direct injection, might help a little though Porsche will likely have to do better than that.
Hereare the current lap times if you need a refresh.
This morning, in an event where members of the TVR Car Club were invited, TVR’s Managing Director, David Oxley announced that TVR will resume production, with the 2008 version of the Sagaris, which was presented to the guests. The car is basically the same, except for the new five spoke wheels and the satellite navigation integrated into the center console.
The left hand drive indicates that the car will be produced for the global market and officials hinted that pricing will be somewhere around 85,000 Euros. Anyways, this is good news, because TVR has always been a very interesting company and we’ll keep an eye on them to give you further info when it’s available.
More photos of the 2008 TVR Sagaris after the jump.
We don’t know about it you, but we like to watch MTV Cribs, because it’s cool to see how and where celebrities live. And we always like to get down to the part where they present what’s in their garage, we saw some pretty cool cars over the time: from beautiful classics to modern super sport or fancy cars.
In one of the episode of the show, the MTV crew went down to check Bow Wow’s crib in Miami and to check out his cars. He presented two cars, a Bentley Continental GT and a Lamborghini Murcielago (what a surprise!) and he bragged about “how he ride, how he plays!”. He actually showed us the plastic covers in the Bentley, saying that it’s brand new.
However, the guys from eGMCarTech noticed that both cars had a “Prestige” license plate and did a quick search on Google and, what do you know, Prestige is actually a luxury car rental company in Miami, you can check out their website here. It costs $2,800 a day to rent the Murcielago and $1,200 for the Bentley.
To be honest, this doesn’t really come as a surprise. I’ve always had my doubts about this show and I wondered whether some celebs really own what they show off there. And this is a great example that I was right and some of them are just ordinary liars.
To car enthusiasts, the name Lotus hardly evokes visions of bob sledding. However, when considering the engineering elements involved such as composite materials and aerodynamics, such a relationship appears not so unconventional after all.
After the recent X3 sighting, we now have some fresh photos of the smaller BMW X1 prototype, and this time photographers managed to get some shots of the interior.
With a wheelbase of 2,850 mm, the curb weight of 8,500 kg (18,740 lbs.)is distributed with 3,200 kg (7055 lbs.) over the front axel and 5,300 kg (11,685 lbs.) over the rear.
The Bugatti Veyron Targa has been hitting the rumour mill for quite some time and it now looks like we are about to see the model in full production form after insideline sources confirmed it will be unveiled at Pebble Beach.
After much controversy over the authenticity of recent Nürburgring Nordschleife timed laps between the Corvette ZR1 and Nissan GT-R, GM finally released their video footage of their ZR1's ring run...
The intrepid crew at Garage419.com have edited together both video clips of the Corvette ZR1 and Nissan GT-R in a split screen comparison of their highly controversial Nurburgring runs.
Hot on the heels of the all new 7-series and following the initial leaked brochure scans, we can now bring you the 2009 BMW 3-Series in full with 43 high resolution photos.
Looking like a styling job from Mercedes tuner, BRABUS, the lower bumper openings suspiciously have dual fog lights on each side. It's not clear if these lights are functional or just a decoy, but hopefully the later is closer to the truth.
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001 wasn’t just stumbling around Moscow’s Red Square visiting with the locals and peeking over their shoulders. After sleuthing his way in to the 7-series unveil, he decided to get down to the task at hand. Joining in on the epic TranSyberian Rally! This scenic jaunt starts in Moscow and travels across Russia enroute to Japan. What will it hold for our famed super sleuth? We don’t know just yet, but when he gets back next week I bet we will hear all about it.
Most every manufacturer has a V8, and some even have a V12. But for some reason the hypnotic sound of a V10 simply can’t be matched. With a trio of cars debuting in the near future sporting V10s, we decided to give all of you a sound test. You were given the challenge to tell us which of the upcoming V10’s sounded the sexiest. Was is the Lexus, Acura’s new entry or perhaps the twin turbo Audi power plant that stole your heart? If you haven’t taken a listen yet you might want to crank up the speakers and close the office door and give it a whirl.
