In Maranello, Italy it doesn’t matter that your AudiR8 5.2 V10 has the chassis of an Italian thoroughbred underneath. Don’t drive it through the city of Maranello. It’s just wrong and the residents won’t like you very much.
Yet another jab by Audi’s marketing folk. This time showing that the AudiR8 5.2 V10 super car brings shame and horror to the residents of Ferrari’s home town. It’s okay little AudiR8, come see us. We promise we’ll welcome you with open arms.
Feast your eyes on the new BMW X5 M and BMW X6 M, both powered by BMW’s brand-new 555 HP 4.4-liter V8 M engines, and are the first all-wheel-drive models in the history of the BMW M series.
Both the new BMW X6 M and BMW X5 M, debuted at the New York Auto Show, are powered by a newly-developed 4.4-liter V8 M engine delivering 555 HP at 6,000 rpm a whopping 500 lb-ft of torque from 1,500 to 5,650 rpm. The new M engine is the first with a pulse-tuned exhaust manifold encompassing both rows of cylinders combined with high-performance twin-scroll twin turbo technology.
All that twin turbo goodness helps both of these SUV-type-things accelerate from 0-to-60 MPH in 4.5 seconds. But the real story here is from a handling standpoint, as both vehicles, with careful tuning of their xDrive systems, are the first BMW M vehicles with all-wheel-drive capability.
The damage done to the truck looks to be light, but the damage to the front of the Diablo, and the driver’s ego, is gonna be a whole lot more expensive and time consuming to fix. Read the rest of this entry »
While the 540 HP 2010 Shelby GT500 is still new to the world, those lucky folks over at Garage419 got a chance for a little hooliganism in the car already! While most cars have enough trouble trying to do a forward burnout that encases the surrounding area in smoke, this stallion has the power to liquefy the tires going forward or backwards!
While its a 1 minute video for a 12 second burnout, if you have the patience to watch the whole thing(or the smarts to move the slider bar), the last 10 seconds prove just what happens when you floor the car while its in reverse. Read the rest of this entry »
These pictures were taken at VIP Status, where Queen Latifah’s S-class was unceremoniously lowered off a tow truck. No helpful information exists regarding the crash besides what’s evident in the images. The wrecker driver said he fished it out of the ditch.
