Friday, March 5, 2010

Porsche Panamera performed Mansory

396.jpg  Tuners essentially working with a 4.8-liter heart of the car, equipping it with a new turbine, new stainless steel exhaust system and refined the system ECU. Standard 500 hp and 700 Nm of torque has been increased to 690 hp and 850 Nm, allowing the car to reach 100 km / h in less than four seconds. Speed was increased to 25 km / h, reaching a total of 328 km / h.


Thursday, March 4, 2010

The finalists of the "World Car of the Year"

  In Geneva, the international jury of 59 journalists selected the finalists of the "World Car of the Year - 2010". From the long list, which include 10 positions in each of the nominations, the vote created a shortlist of three candidates for one of the most prestigious automotive awards. Thus, in the main nomination - "Car of the Year" - for the victory will fight these do not resemble each other model, as


Schumacher back in F1

 

  Michael Schumacher, returning after a three-year break in Formula 1, decided to change not only the team, leaving Ferrari for Mercedes GP, but also the personal manager - Willi Weber.


U.S. car market grew by 13%

ъ_1.jpg   In February 2010, Americans bought 780 463 new vehicles (including SUVs and pickups), reports Automotive News. This figure is 13% higher than year-ago results, but only for the past two months in the United States has sold 1 479 456 cars - 10% more than during the same period last year. Given these figures analysts adjusted annual sales forecast to 10.36 million vehicles. For comparison, a year ago it was only 9.1 million cars.


Bentley Continental became three-door hatchback

637.jpg   Italian design studio Carrozeria Touring Superleggera presented at the Geneva Motor Show hatchback Flying Star, established on the base convertible Bentley Continental GTC.

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Toyota Corolla 2010 was awarded Top Safety Pick from IIHS

   Not all the news from the camp of the company Toyota - bad. Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) does not check the work of the accelerator pedal, brake, etc., when it decides to assign the title of Top Safety Pick any car.


Schumacher and Rosberg made a presentation Mercedes SLS F1

  The parquet floor of the Geneva Motor Show a new pace car, rolled out Michael Schumacher and Nico Rosberg.

  Designed to replace the SL 63 AMG, which was used as the Safety Car, in the seasons 2008 and 2009, SLS AMG even more suited to its direct function in the class of Formula-1.


Porsche 911 Turbo modified by 9ff

     The German tuning-studio 9ff has released a package for the new Porsche 911 Turbo, transforming supercar into this monster.

  The tuner offers three levels of modification, allowing customers to choose between the fine tuning and finalizing the complete engine.


Lincoln MKS by Hennessey

   American tuning-studio Hennessey Performance has developed a new package for the model Lincoln MKS. The standard output of 355 hp and 474 Nm of torque from the engine EcoBoost V-6, increased to strapping 435 "horses" at 5 400 rpm and 549 Nm at 3 000 rpm.


Bentley introduced the world's fastest convertible

   At the Geneva Motor Show, producer of luxury cars, Bentley introduced the world's fastest convertible. New unambiguous name Continental Supersports Convertible.