Archive for January, 2009

Subaru offers Justy with LPG fuel

Monday, January 26, 2009 16:42 by Arman Barari No Comments

Subaru, unlike other manufacturers is not developing hybrid or electrics, instead they have chosen a much simpler cheaper and older path to go green! by using Bi-fuel system. After Forester, Legacy and Impreza now the small Justy city car is getting the LPG plant. 27 liter LPG tank with the conversion kit is located in [...]

This was posted under category: Green Motoring, Subaru Tags: Green Motoring, Legacy, LPG, Subaru

Lotus Extrema by UK Garage

Monday, January 26, 2009 16:28 by Arman Barari No Comments

An Italian importer and tuner called UK Garage has done something scary to the Lotus Exige Mk1 and named it the Extrema . They offer three choices : a Chevrolet V8 with 420 hp or 500 hp, a Corvette ZO6 V8 LS7 engine with 650 hp or a 2.8-liter turbo V6 GM engine with an [...]

This was posted under category: Lotus, Tuning Tags: Lotus, Lotus Exige, Ls7 Engine, Tuning, Uk Garage

Mitsubishi i MiEV Sport Air Concept

Monday, January 26, 2009 16:14 by Arman Barari No Comments

Mitsubishi is developing their very own EV in form of a small sportscar which will debut at this year’s Geneva Autoshow in March. Mitsu says their idea of EV is different than other mainstream manufacturers because they are going to make a proper sportscar with zero emission. Fine, but maybe they still have not heard [...]

This was posted under category: Concept, Mitsubishi Tags: Ev, Mitsubishi, Sportscar

Lotus upgrades KIA Soul

Monday, January 26, 2009 10:03 by Arman Barari No Comments

KIA is serving its British customers better than others! In a joint project with sportscar maker Lotus, The new KIA Soul, before going on sale in the UK will have to first visit Lotus workshop and become adapted through a special handling package and maybe some not so great visual mods!  According to a spokesman [...]

This was posted under category: Kia, Lotus Tags: 2009, Kia, Lotus, UK

Mansory Bugatti Veyron Linea Vincero new details

Monday, January 26, 2009 7:44 by Arman Barari No Comments

Kourosh Mansory finally revealed a bit more about his mysterious Vincero. Based on Bugatti Veyron the car was first launched at Prestige Cars showroom in Abu Dhabi, UAE and is now set for an official introduction at Geneva Motorshow. According to Mansory statement, the idea is actually inspired by Persian novella 1001 days and tenor [...]

This was posted under category: Bugatti, Tuning, featured Tags: Bugatti Veyron, Geneva Motorshow, Mansory, Prestige Cars, Tuning, Uae, Vincero

Porsche preparing Cayman Clubsport

Monday, January 26, 2009 7:02 by Arman Barari No Comments

When you see spy pictures of a sportscar secretly going around Nurburging you know something hot’s coming. This time Porsche test drivers have been spotted with this stripped-out Cayman which according to rumors is a light-weight hardcore version of the Cayman. Possibly named Clubsport, the track-ready car has lost some weight than the normal Cayman [...]

This was posted under category: Porsche, Spyshots Tags: Porsche, racing, Sportscar, Spyshots

Ford’s new NASCAR race engine

Monday, January 26, 2009 6:44 by Arman Barari 1 Comment

Ford Amercia’s latest contribution to motorsport is this newly developed FR9 NASCAR race engine in partnrship with Roush Yates. It will be featured in this years NASCAR Sprint Cup series and as ford says this is the first NASCAR-purposed engine by the company which has significant improvements over previous Windsor engines. A re-worked cooling system [...]

This was posted under category: Ford, Motorsport Tags: 2009, Ford, Motorsport, Nascar