The 2000 BMW Z8, the fastest BMW?
Not counting concept cars like the Nazca, the 2000 BMW Z8 may be the fastest BMW ever produced.
Powered by a 4941 cc(4.9 L)V-8 engine producing 394 bhp, this BMW could cover the quarter mile in 12.6 sec at 112 mph.
It's zero to 60 was 4.2 seconds, and going into hyper drive, it could run 0 to 100 in 10.2 seconds.
The top speed is listed at 155 mph, but I'm guessing it's a tad higher, barring any electronic governors.
The price for blasting around the country side at warp speed?
Around $128,000.
That, of course, is not counting how high your automobile insurance would go up!
The car was featured in the James Bond movie The World Is Not Enough in 1999.
New Audi R8 Cars Details 2008
Audi Launched new car model Audi R8 in india. The Audi R8 is a mid-engined sports car. Audi R8 based on the Audi Le Mans quattro concept car With a mid-engine, and Audi R8 is 420-horsepower vehicle has permanent all-wheel drive and an all-aluminium space frame body.The Audi R8 made by FSI technology. in this technology the fuel is injected directly into the combustion chamber, it helps in increasing the engine efficiency and the engine performance. Audi R8 is mid-mounted V8 engine of car with 4.2 litre displacement produced by a 4,163 cc petrol engine. it is highly capacitive to produce 309kw of power and is capable to accelerate the New Audi R8 from 0 to 100 km/hr in just 4.6 seconds. The six speed manual gearbox is such developed that it fulfills the requirments of a racing car. This manual gearbox has been much more advanced to a R tronic transmission in order to increase the performance of the car. Automatic mode with wire shift technology allows even very short shift times. The maximum torque delivering capacity of Audi R8 is 430 Nm with the amazing thrust it providing. With a top speed of 301 Km/hr the Audi offers a maximum comfort of power and thrill as possible, all there by providing excellent driving enjoyment.Audi has launched Audi R8 in 1 variant - Audi R8 4.2 FSI quattro.
The ExshowRoom Price of Audi R8 Variant is :-
(Delhi Ex-Showroom)
* Audi R8 4.2 FSI quattro - 1,17,00,000
Available Colors of Audi R8 :-
* Ibis White
* Brilliant Red
Technical Specifications of Audi R8 :-
* Fuel Type: Petrol
* Mileage-City(kmpl): 7
* Mileage-Highway(kmpl): 8.5
* Transmission Type: Automatic
* Engine Description: 4.2L 420bhp FSI V8 mid-engine
* Engine Displacement(cc): 4163
* Maximum Power: 425.8 @ 8,250 (PS@rpm)
* Maximum Torque: 43.8 @ 4,500-5,500 (kgm@rpm)
* Fuel Tank Capacity(litres): 90
* Seating Capacity: 2
* Brakes: Front Disc , Rear Disk
* Gears: 6 Speed
* No. of Doors: 2
New Audi R8 Cars Details 2008
Audi Launched new car model Audi R8 in india. The Audi R8 is a mid-engined sports car. Audi R8 based on the Audi Le Mans quattro concept car With a mid-engine, and Audi R8 is 420-horsepower vehicle has permanent all-wheel drive and an all-aluminium space frame body.The Audi R8 made by FSI technology. in this technology the fuel is injected directly into the combustion chamber, it helps in increasing the engine efficiency and the engine performance. Audi R8 is mid-mounted V8 engine of car with 4.2 litre displacement produced by a 4,163 cc petrol engine. it is highly capacitive to produce 309kw of power and is capable to accelerate the New Audi R8 from 0 to 100 km/hr in just 4.6 seconds. The six speed manual gearbox is such developed that it fulfills the requirments of a racing car. This manual gearbox has been much more advanced to a R tronic transmission in order to increase the performance of the car. Automatic mode with wire shift technology allows even very short shift times. The maximum torque delivering capacity of Audi R8 is 430 Nm with the amazing thrust it providing. With a top speed of 301 Km/hr the Audi offers a maximum comfort of power and thrill as possible, all there by providing excellent driving enjoyment.Audi has launched Audi R8 in 1 variant - Audi R8 4.2 FSI quattro.
The ExshowRoom Price of Audi R8 Variant is :-
(Delhi Ex-Showroom)
* Audi R8 4.2 FSI quattro - 1,17,00,000
Available Colors of Audi R8 :-
* Ibis White
* Brilliant Red
Technical Specifications of Audi R8 :-
* Fuel Type: Petrol
* Mileage-City(kmpl): 7
* Mileage-Highway(kmpl): 8.5
* Transmission Type: Automatic
* Engine Description: 4.2L 420bhp FSI V8 mid-engine
* Engine Displacement(cc): 4163
* Maximum Power: 425.8 @ 8,250 (PS@rpm)
* Maximum Torque: 43.8 @ 4,500-5,500 (kgm@rpm)
* Fuel Tank Capacity(litres): 90
* Seating Capacity: 2
* Brakes: Front Disc , Rear Disk
* Gears: 6 Speed
* No. of Doors: 2
Lamborghini
Lamborghini has cultivated an image for fast and exclusive supercars, but the Reventon broke the mold. Although rumors at one point suggested that the exotic automaker would increase the production run, Lamborghini stuck to its guns by producing just 20 examples as originally promised, all of which were spoken for almost immediately after the announcement was made despite a whopping million-euro price tag. Now the last one has rumbled out the factory gates in Sant'Agata Bolognese into the hands of one elated new owner.
Well, we'd be elated, but the car's owner was instead described as "understandably delighted". That's British understatement for you. The car was sold from a dealership in Birmingham, England, which had the honor of hocking the only Reventon to make it to the car-crazed UK. Fortunately for British supercars fans, the owner – whose identity was not disclosed and his face blurred out in the photo – pledges to drive the machine and will start by driving it across Europe from Italy to Engand.
Lexus LF-A supercar
Toyota's showing in Tokyo was rife with disappointments, none more so than what was over at the Lexus booth. Beyond its LF-Xh hybrid crossover, rumor had it that a revised version of the LF-A supercar would make an appearance. No such luck. Instead, the same show car we've seen over the last year stood alone, longing for refinement.
According to Winding Road's Japan correspondent, the reason for the dismal showing was a shakeup on the engineering side of Lexus' new halo. A number of "key engineers" have apparently been yanked off the project to work on other programs within Toyota, and that, partnered with problems providing power from both a V10 and a gas-electric hybrid V8, along with reaching the 218 MPH targeted top speed, has caused delays in development.
The business plan for the LF-A includes building 26 units per month, and sources suggest that sales are likely to begin in 2009 – the same year Acura will bring its own supercar to market.
Suzuki Pixy & SSC
There's more than a hint of Toyota's PM, i-Swing and i-REAL series about this concept. But where Toyota admits that the driver may occasionally want to get out of the pod, Suzuki sees no reason for such extravagant use of your legs when operating the PIXY. Leaving the city for a blast down the highway? Just drive your PIXY in to your SSC mothership. Want to go for a thrash though the mountains? Park up in your SSF sports-car unit. There's even a speed boat (SSJ) on the cards, not that you'd be able to smell the sea breeze. Both the PIXY and SSC appear to be hermatically sealed and were unbearably hot under the stage lights. Ideal transportation for a post nuclear war world perhaps?
Under the skin of the 2010 Acura NSX
We don't know what the next Acura (Honda) NSX will ultimately look like, but we do know that it will have a 5.5-liter V10 throwing down 560 hp through a torque-vectoring SW-AWD setup. The folks over at Auto Express have a cutaway view of the NSX's gizzards, and what lurks beneath the creased and chevroned skin of the next do-it-all-faster supercar could be good for a few extra heartbeats. We do hope, however, that these exterior renderings are quite a ways off. Otherwise, it might not be so bad if Acura offers a cutaway version of the actual car so that you don't have to see its body, because even under the camo, the new NSX is shaping up to be um, homely.
interesting..
Honda NSX to spearhead RWD model
Now, Autocar has gotten word from a Honda insider that the NSX is bound for the 2009 Tokyo show, sporting a new front end that "has Chevrolet Corvette undertones" and is slated to for production in the fall of 2010.
The new NSX will supposedly kick off Honda's first serious attempt at producing rear-wheel-drive vehicles to rival BMW, Mercedes, Lexus and Infiniti, including new platforms that will underpin Acura's larger sedan offerings and an S2000-based Acura sports car that takes aim at the Mercedes SLK. The launch of Acura's 7-series fighter isn't due to make an appearance until 2015. For Honda' sake, let's hope they can expedite development to make it happen around the turn of the decade.
New Maruti Swift Car Details 2008
Maruti Swift is a sedan in its segment launched by Maruti. Maruti Swift has 6 variants - 3 of petrol and 2 diesel. Maruti Swift is a five door hatchback would fit into the B - segment. At the heart of this advanced technology lies a DDiS engine(The DDiS engine is manufactured indigenously at the new state-of-the-art plant at Manesar, Haryana) that delivers completely new levels of power,refinement, response and fuel efficiency, Swift is a clean-sheet design, built on a newly developed platform with three- and a five-door models on offer. Underneath the cutesy styling, though, it’s a lot less avantgarde, with contemporary (if hardly revolutionary) mechanicals. Suzuki has adopted torsion beam rear suspension – as is the class norm with cars in the B segment – instead of their usual three-link set-up, and fitted necessary modern safety systems such as electronic brake force distribution and brake assist. Accompanying those active safety systems are twin front airbags, and optional side and curtain airbags. Big-car features such as keyless ignition are also optional, There’s a choice of three engines: a 65bhp 1.3-litre four-cylinder petrol, a 75bhp 1.5-litre petrol with variable valve timing, and a 1.3-litre turbodiesel with common-rail injection. There are also three gearboxes on offer, with a five-speed manual, robotised five-speed manual and four-speed automatic gearboxes available on selected engines.The ExshowRoom Price of Maruti Swift Variants is :-
(Delhi Ex-Showroom)
* Swift LXi - 3,99,990
* Swift VXi - 4,63,874
* Swift ZXi - 5,25,589
* Swift Diesel'Ldi' - 4,78,016
* Swift Diesel 'Vdi' - 5,32,356
Available Colors of Maruti Swift :-
* Midnight black
* Metallic silky silver
* Solid Bright Red
* Metallic Azure Grey
* Pearl Met. Arctic White
* Metallic Ozone Blue
* Metallic Sunlight Copper
Technical Specifications of Maruti Swift :-
* Fuel Type: Petrol, Diesel
* Mileage-City(kmpl): 12.2(Petrol), 14.2(Diesel)
* Mileage-Highway(kmpl): 16.2(Petrol), 17.8(Diesel)
* Transmission Type: Manual
* Fuel Tank Capacity(litres): 43
* Seating Capacity: 5
* Gears: 5 Manual
New Maruti Swift Car Details 2008
Maruti Swift is a sedan in its segment launched by Maruti. Maruti Swift has 6 variants - 3 of petrol and 2 diesel. Maruti Swift is a five door hatchback would fit into the B - segment. At the heart of this advanced technology lies a DDiS engine(The DDiS engine is manufactured indigenously at the new state-of-the-art plant at Manesar, Haryana) that delivers completely new levels of power,refinement, response and fuel efficiency, Swift is a clean-sheet design, built on a newly developed platform with three- and a five-door models on offer. Underneath the cutesy styling, though, it’s a lot less avantgarde, with contemporary (if hardly revolutionary) mechanicals. Suzuki has adopted torsion beam rear suspension – as is the class norm with cars in the B segment – instead of their usual three-link set-up, and fitted necessary modern safety systems such as electronic brake force distribution and brake assist. Accompanying those active safety systems are twin front airbags, and optional side and curtain airbags. Big-car features such as keyless ignition are also optional, There’s a choice of three engines: a 65bhp 1.3-litre four-cylinder petrol, a 75bhp 1.5-litre petrol with variable valve timing, and a 1.3-litre turbodiesel with common-rail injection. There are also three gearboxes on offer, with a five-speed manual, robotised five-speed manual and four-speed automatic gearboxes available on selected engines.The ExshowRoom Price of Maruti Swift Variants is :-
(Delhi Ex-Showroom)
* Swift LXi - 3,99,990
* Swift VXi - 4,63,874
* Swift ZXi - 5,25,589
* Swift Diesel'Ldi' - 4,78,016
* Swift Diesel 'Vdi' - 5,32,356
Available Colors of Maruti Swift :-
* Midnight black
* Metallic silky silver
* Solid Bright Red
* Metallic Azure Grey
* Pearl Met. Arctic White
* Metallic Ozone Blue
* Metallic Sunlight Copper
Technical Specifications of Maruti Swift :-
* Fuel Type: Petrol, Diesel
* Mileage-City(kmpl): 12.2(Petrol), 14.2(Diesel)
* Mileage-Highway(kmpl): 16.2(Petrol), 17.8(Diesel)
* Transmission Type: Manual
* Fuel Tank Capacity(litres): 43
* Seating Capacity: 5
* Gears: 5 Manual
Canadian cancer patient wins Koenigsegg, opts for cash instead
If you won a lottery that offered you million-dollar supercar or a large cash prize, which would you take? Okay, well you might be a little biased if you're reading Autoblog. So let's make this a little more challenging: what if you lived in a town with no paved roads like Norman Wells (population: 761), some 690 kilometers northwest of Yellowknife in Canada's Northwest Territories, where Louie Edgi lives with his family.
Edgi bought ten tickets for the Alberta Cash and Cars Lottery, which was giving away a Koenigsegg CCX and supports local cancer research funds, on a trip down from his northerly home-town to Edmonton, Alberta, (still considered ridiculously close to the North Pole for the rest of the world, including this Canadian-born writer) to undergo cancer treatment. Since getting the car home would have required a long trip up a winter ice road – a prospect that apparently hasn't caught on in the Northwest Territories as it has in Koenigsegg's home country of Sweden – Edgi opted for the cash instead, and is reportedly feeling a lot better about his treatment now.
Porsche 4 door
This weekend's Porsche Panamera photos have everyone talking, and it had us thinking it's time for a Sunday Poll. Sportier, coupe-like four-doors are no longer a novelty; everyone's doing (or plans to do) it. So, given the choice, which one would you pick. Our candidates are a mix of cars already here, cars on the way, and one concept that seems like a lock to come to fruition. Are you beguiled or bewildered by Stuttgart's new four-door? Maybe you like Fisker's green-but-beautiful approach. How about the Mercedes CLS, which basically started this trend? VW's now in the game with the CC, and Aston's busy cooking up the production Rapide. Let's not forget Jaguar's wide-eyed kitty, the XF. And we'd be remiss if we left out the Lamborghini Estoque, a concept that has cash cow written all over it for Sant'Agata. So, throw all those pesky restrictions like budget and availability out the window. In your opinion, who's got the best take on the coupe-sedan look so far?
who knows..
First Look: 2009 Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4 Spyder
Now Entering Into the Ring is the Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4 Spyder
By Kirill Ougarov
From the first day Lamborghini announced its new and improved Gallardo LP560-4, it didn't take a rocket scientist to figure it was only a question of time until the Gallardo Spyder received the same treatment.
That time has come. Now entering into the (Raging Bull) ring is the Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4 Spyder, which is making its world debut at the 2008 Los Angeles auto show.
Like the coupe, the LP560-4 Spyder loses 44 lb and gets 200 cc added to its V-10 engine -- a new, 5.2L aluminum unit with 552 hp, 398 lb-ft on tap. Mated to the updated engine is Lambo's reprogrammed e.gear six-speed transmission that Lamborghini claims shifts 40% faster in the sportiest "corsa" mode. The improvements led to a claimed 0-to-62-mph time of 4.0 sec and a top speed of 201 mph for the LP560-4 Spyder according to the automaker. At the same time, Lamborghini points out that both fuel economy and CO2 emissions are substantially improved. The outgoing Gallardo Spyder achieved 10/15 mpg with the stick and 10/16 mpg with the e.gear, but the LP560-4 gets 12/20 with the stick and 13/20 with the e.gear. Impressive numbers for a supercar.
The LP560-4 Spyder's brakes have been upgraded as well. The standard brake system consists of 14.4-in. vented discs with eight-piston Brembo calipers up front and 14.0-in. vented discs with four-piston calipers at the rear. If that's not enough, Lamborghini offers a carbon-ceramic brake package consisting of monster 15.0-in. discs up front and 14.0-in. discs at rear.
One thing that hasn't changed is the Spyder's roof design. The Gallardo remains a softtop convertible. Its canvas top, available in four colors -- black, blue, gray, and beige -- opens or closes in just 20 sec, a remarkable contrast to the infamous afterthought top on the Murcielago Spyder. With the top down, the rear glass can be left up to serve as a wind deflector, or it can be folded independently with the top up. Rollover protection is provided via a pair of spring-loaded bars behind the seats that deploy within 250 msec if necessary. According to Lamborghini, the extra flexibility associated with the lack of a fixed roof is compensated for with structural elements within the frame designed to increase rigidity.
Standard features include dual side curtain airbags, dual-zone climate control, leather seats, HID headlights with LED driving lights, and a stereo with a USB input. Optional features include Bluetooth, a navigation system and a rearview camera. Also available are Alcantara-upholstered seats and various carbon trim options. Still no scissor doors though.
Lamborghini couldn't have picked a more suitable of a place to launch its new drop-top model than Southern California, specifically at the 2008 Los Angeles International Auto Show. With supercar-friendly weather virtually year 'round, it's little surprise that the area is a huge market for the Raging Bull. Earlier this year, the company announced it would be setting up its North American headquarters in Santa Monica and until recently, Southern California was home to the world's number-one Lamborghini dealer, the now-closed Lamborghini of Orange County, which accounted for about 10% of Lambo's global sales annually. Dealer drama aside, the 2009 Gallardo LP560-4 Spyder should start at around $220,000 when it goes on sale sometime next year.
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First Look: Honda FC Sport Concept
Honda's Hydrogen-Powered Vision of Its Sports Car Future
By Scott Evans
At the 2007 Los Angeles auto show, Honda raised the bar for hydrogen-fuel-cell vehicles by unveiling the 2009 FCX Clarity, a production-ready vehicle presently being leased by a select group of customers. One year later, the company has attempted to upstage itself with the introduction of the Honda FC Sport concept, essentially a reinterpretation of the FCX Clarity as a sports car.
In much the same way the FCX Clarity stands out as a unique vehicle while still strongly resembling other Honda sedans, the FC Sport is obviously unlike any other car we've seen from Honda and yet is still identifiable with the FCX Clarity. The key difference is in the sharpness of the car's lines. While the FCX Clarity and FC Sport share the same basic shape, the FCX Clarity is smooth and rounded, whereas the FC Sport has gone the opposite direction, instead using straight lights and sharp geometric shapes. While the side profiles are nearly the same, the nose and tail of the FC Sport give it away as an all-new car.
This radical, futuristic styling is meant to reflect the car's performance orientation. Where the FCX Clarity demonstrated how a hydrogen-fuel-cell car can be practical and easy to live with, the FC Sport seeks to demonstrate the performance possibilities of an electrically driven, hydrogen-fuel-cell-powered car. Honda says the driving idea behind the design of the FC Sport was to showcase the possibilities of an electrically driven supercar using a powerful electric motor, perfect weight distribution, and lightweight materials -- all while producing zero emissions.
Passengers in the FC Sport sit in a triangular pattern, similar to that of the McLaren F1 supercar. The driver sits in the middle of the vehicle, much as does a race-car driver, while two passengers sit behind and to the sides. The fuel cell has been moved from between the driver's and passenger's seats in the FCX Clarity to between the rear passengers' seats in the FC Sport and is mounted as low as possible to give the car a low center of gravity. The battery pack is also mounted low and amidships, while the electric motor is mounted just ahead of the rear axle. This keeps a majority of the vehicle's weight between the axles and as close as possible to the ground, giving the car a low center of gravity and what Honda says is optimal weight balance for the best possible handling. Two hydrogen tanks, likely the same 5000psi units as used in the FCX Clarity, sit directly above the rear axle and cooling radiators for the fuel cell hide in the rear bodywork.
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Where the FCX Clarity is practical, the FC Sport is decidedly not. The three passengers enter and exit through a front-hinged canopy, and there doesn't appear to be any space for luggage. That isn't the point, though. American Honda executive vice president John Mendel sums it up best: "The Honda FC Sport explores how to satisfy automotive performance enthusiasts in a world beyond petroleum. People who love sports cars will still have a reason to love them in a hydrogen-powered future."
Despite its supercar aspirations, the FC Sport is still an eco-friendly car at heart. Honda claims that when the source and conversion of hydrogen for fuel-cell vehicles are taken into account, the FCX Clarity is responsible for just one-third the well-to-wheel emissions of a gasoline-powered car and half the emissions of a good hybrid. The FC Sport utilizes the same powertrain as the FCX Clarity, albeit in a different orientation, so it should produce similar numbers. In fact, the FC Sport is likely to have a greater range, as well as better performance, than the FCX Clarity, thanks to the extensive use of lightweight materials. The body panels, for example, are expected to use plant-derived bio-plastics.
Shortly after the Clarity made its debut last year, Motor Trend technical editor Kim Reynolds was able to test-drive the car and came away impressed with the production-level fit and finish, the flawless performance of the fuel cell, and the ease of living with the hydrogen-powered sedan. As the FC Sport is still a concept, we'll likely not be able to test it as we did the FCX Clarity.
Some say hydrogen-powered cars are an expensive exercise in futility and that efficient production and delivery of hydrogen will never materialize. Those people do not work at Honda. By spending the massive amount of money needed to engineer multiple models of hydrogen-fuel-cell-powered cars, Honda believes it has demonstrated the technology does have a future. Only time will tell if it has bet wisely.
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