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May 30, 2008
Reigning Formula 1 Champion, Lewis Hamilton, apparently jumped right on the McLaren jet straight from his dominating victory in Monaco, and is hanging out in Los Angeles for a while.
And if you’re the best of the best in Formula 1 and in Los Angeles, you’re certainly can’t go hit up Avis to rent a Ford Focus. Well Claus Ettensberger, owner of the So. Cal. tuning shop CEC, to the rescue. Ettensberger was kind enough to provide Lewis Hamilton with a fully-kitted Techart Porsche 997 911 during his stay in L.A.
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Posted by Admin on
May 14, 2008
The idea of an all electric Pony car or Shelby Cobra might not sit well with some people, but California-based company, HST International has developed a pair of electric vehicles ready for sale based on the iconic pony cars. Dubbed the Tjaarda EVX Mustang and HST Shelby Cobra EVX, the 2 new cars will be on show at the 34th Annual Toyota GP in Long Beach, California.
Isn’t the throaty grumble of the exhaust part of the allure for these cars though? Where’s the passion when simply pressing the go pedal and the 1,355Nm (1,000ft-lb) of torque at 0 rpm and a peak output of 300hp shoots you from to 60 MPH in only 3.9 seconds for the Stang, and 3.2 seconds for the Cobra? Sure that’s damn fast, and you can get a 100 miles on an 8 hour charge at 120V, or a 3 hour charge at 220V, but still, don’t we want to keep our E-cars separate from our muscle cars? The Tjaarda EVX Mustang starts at $80,000, while the Cobra comes in at $125,000.
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April 25, 2008
The Lamborghini Murcielago isn’t exactly one of those automobiles that needs much improvement, but that sure hasn’t stopped people from trying. This time, Japan-based Premier4509 has launched a limited edition kit for the Murcielago. For those of us who have an extra $28,000 lying around, you can buy what is essentially a carbon fiber bumper, sidepods and adjustable rear spoiler. Wheels and exhaust tips are “coming soon.” As far as carbon fiber body additions go, the touches are nice.
Photos and press release are below.
Premier4509™ Introduces Murcielago Design Package
Paramount, Calif. – (March 24, 2008). Premier4509™ announced that it will be developing a new line of products that have been created for performance luxury cars. The Premier4509 line launches with the performance based aero enhancement package for the Lamborghini Murcielago. The kit is limited to 300 sets worldwide and will feature a numbered serial plate.
The complete package includes a full front bumper with the boxed bumper support system, side pods and a rear bumper with optional adjustable rear spoiler. The total price is an MSRP at $28,000.00
The team responsible for the Premier4509 line has been developing performance products for nearly twenty years, holds two world racing records and owns more than twenty design awards.
The pieces will be manufactured with a combination of composites made of Carbon Fiber and Fiber Reinforced Plastic (FRP) and will be hand crafted by a handpicked team of experienced technicians in Japan.
“The Murcielago is a difficult car to design with,” said Hironoa Yokomaku, president of Premier4509. “The boxed bumper support system makes it tricky to elaborate on designs. This is why many other companies will only offer a front bumper skin or a lip spoiler. Our product quality is good enough to do it the right way and offer the full set up. ”
The Premier4509 collection will even expand later this year to include more products for cars such as Lamborghini, Bentley, Aston Martin, Maserati and more. The Premier4509 line will include limited edition wheels, soft goods and executive class accessories.
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April 24, 2008
Fireblade Concept – The New 2009 Corvette ZR1
It’s hard not to like the New Chevrolet Corvette ZR1. Any time you take a standard Corvette, give it more power, lighter weight, bigger brakes and a better suspension, our supercar-loving hearts start thumping right out of our chest.
It’s the Bat-Corvette, its the Corvette Reventon! NO! Its called The Fireblade Design Concept, which is basically a re-skinning of the already potentially iconic Corvette ZR1 by South African designer Idries Noah.
Now, currently, this is nothing more than a 3-D dream car, but it’s still making at least one of us feel that pants-tightening excitement we haven’t felt since the first time we spotted the ZR1 in an embargoed press event around the time of the last Detroit Auto Show.
Follow the link for some high quality pictures of the Fireblade Design Concept at seriouswheels.
The idea for the FireBlade was to “reflect raw power” and to “be a brute, a car that has muscle car qualities”, according to designer Noah. Inspired on such mythical vehicles like the Shelby Daytona and Corvette Stingray, the FireBlade would have a promising career if it ever had the chance to see the production lines.
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April 23, 2008
While most enginge transplant stories can go by mostly unnoticed, this is one of those rare occurances that you should stand up and give this man a round of applause. It takes a certain kind of crazy to remove the already nice-for-the-time 2.2 liter 4-cylinder Lotus engine and it’s Citroen gearbox from an otherwise impeccably well kept 1981 Lotus Esprit and shoehorn in a monster 4.2L German V8 of aluminum and steel. Read more about this wild project thanks to the miracles of forums at Motorgeek.
I have to wonder how a 4.2L Audi V8 fit into a 4Cylinder space to begin with?
Check out the thread at Motorgeek here.
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