Friday, February 19th, 2010
Toyota FT-86 concept is to be sent into production and will probably see the day light as car series in 2012. Toyota wants to release it with a price under 25.000euros.
Toyota FT-86 concept will be revealed at the Geneva Auto Saloon.The engine of this car comes of a Subaru,2.0l boxer engine, but suffered some modifications. The car will have individual suspension on each wheel,will be rear wheel drive, be equipped with a limited slip differential and will have a 6 gear gearbox. Having around 1250kg it will probably be a great opponent to the real sports cars in its class like the Golf GTI
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Thursday, February 18th, 2010
BMW X 1 by AC Schnitzer was revealed.AC Schnitzer is specialized modifying BMW models and this time they gave the X1 exterior,engine and suspension modifications. This improved version xDrive23d of the X1 developes 240Hp, and xDrive20d developes 210Hp.
The tuning house gave the BMW X1 a new suspension,a new front bumper,an extended rear bumper, an aileron, air gaps on the hood and a lot of chrome.
The interior got many carbon fiber elements and the gear lever was dressed in leather.
The new package will be revealed by AC Schnitzer in front of the media at the Geneva Auto Saloon.
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Wednesday, February 17th, 2010
Lotus Elise facelift prepares to come back to the top of the sports cars segment and will be revealed next month at the Geneva Auto Saloon. Elise has now a new “face”,the lines of which were introduced by Evora.
The front bumper was re-drawn and fitted with a wider air vent,the lights were restyled, as a premiere it got LED driving lights and the hood has now a new shape.Also the rear bumper was modified and the rear lights.
The entry level version, S, is equipped with a 1.6l 136 Hp engine.Lotus has prepared 2 more versions of the Elise, a 1.8l R version with 192Hp and the 1.8l SC version with 217Hp.
The engineers fitted new technologies on the car like Valvematic and Dual VVT-i,next to a 6gear gearbox.The options list will have a new set of allow wheels and also cruise control functions.
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Monday, February 15th, 2010
Carlsson decided to step out and release their first car.They will present it for the first time at the Geneva Auto Saloon.It is called Carlsson C25 and it is a concept with 753Hp and 1150Nm of torque.The car reaches 100km/h in only 3.7s and has a top speed of 352km/h thanks to the impressive 6l V12 Bi-Turbo engine.
The Carlsson cars will be sold by Mercedes-Benz dealers but we don`t think they`ll be having them for a long time because it is a limited edition of 25 cars.They will be seeing it during the periodic checks of the car,being based on Mercedes technology.
This impressive care received special Carlsson 20″ rims,high performance braking system and unique rear and front lights design.
The interior was specially designed so the driver would have best control over all commands and was dressed in leather and has real carbon insertions.
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Thursday, February 11th, 2010
The Germans at Porsche revealed the first images of the 911 GT3 R Hybrid. Clearly the model is based on a 911 GT3 R and was specially created for competitions and will run for the first time in the 24h race at Nurburgring. A refined version will compete at Le Mans in 2012 after Porsche will get the permission to run with a hybrid in the prestigious race.According to Porsche this model offers no fuel economy, it only offers faster accelerations and extra power when outrunning opponents.
Porsche will present the new GT3 R Hybrid at the Geneva Auto Saloon.The model is equipped with a boxer 6cilynders 4l engine that offers 480Hp.The extra power offered by the electric engine is around 161Hp and is transmitted to the front wheels.
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