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Street Racer,Porsche 911 GT3

Sunday, November 29th, 2009

2010 Porsche 911 GT3: A Street-Legal Race Car

Top Speed:193 mph

Acceleration: 0 to 60 in 3.7 seconds

Engine Size: 3.8 liter flat-6

Power: 435 hp at 7600 rpm

Torque: 317 lb-ft at 6250 rpm

Fuel Economy: 15 mpg city/22 mpg highway

Price at Time of Writing: $113,150

 

The 2010 version of the Porsche 911 GT3 is a serious sports car. Talk about specific engineering: 7 oil pumps for the engine and a gear box with its own cooling system. These cars are built for race speed, and many will actually see action on the track. The 2010 model sees the car more powerful and exciting to drive.

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The Aston Martin One-77.On in a Million.

Monday, October 19th, 2009

The Specs

Top Speed: 200 Miles per Hour

Acceleration: 0 to 60 in 3.5 Seconds (320 km/h)

Engine Size: 7.3-liter V12

Power: 700 hp

Torque:  516 lb.-ft.

Price at time of writing: $2.3 million

 

The Scoop

The highly anticipated official unveiling of the Aston Martin One-77 took place at the 2009 Geneva auto show in March.  The principles of front-engine/rear-drive touring-car racers are what the One-77’s architecture is based on according to Aston Martin.  As such, this fine piece of machinery features a carbon-fiber monocoque and a double-wishbone suspension that features inboard, pushrod-actuated dynamic shocks.   As if that weren’t enough, final suspension tuning is to be executed at the time the vehicle is physically delivered to the new owner.vw dealership in Pretoria. How’s that for the ultimate in customization?

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The Fantastic History behind Ferrari

Monday, September 29th, 2008

Ferrari cars, are one of the most wanted vechiles on the planet, usually due to both the compaines and vechiles reputations, they are also regarded as a sybmol of success in certain parts of the world.As time passed, Ferrari built cars either for the race track or the road, as it was impractical to make dual purpose automobiles. In 1987, to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the company that bore his name, Enzo Ferrari personally introduced the F40. The X1′s real secret is how Wright engineers it all to keep the car in optimum race mode whenever you hit the accelerator. Company founder Enzo Ferrari himself, always felt that design of the road cars should stem from the racers. Therefore, it was entirely logical that the company’s latest creation should bear his name The Enzo, built in a limited run of 399, is an outstanding expression of the concept of extreme sportiness, developed for road use, yet epitomising the most advanced concepts of Formula 1 racing technology Ferrari set out to develop the Enzo as an integrated system designed for extreme performance, in which even the limits of the performance achievable by the driver were enhanced, thanks to a man-machine interface typical of Formula 1 . Obviously this sort of cars are difficult dreams to achieve for someone interesting in buy a ferrari , trust me: they are not cheap.

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