Archive for February, 2009

Ferrari recalls 1950 F430 Spiders over roof problem!

Sunday, February 15, 2009 15:45 by Arman Barari No Comments

Italian cars were getting boring because you know there used to be numerous problems in their supercars which were like a characteristic, some sort of identity for them, but now with their modern production lines there is a little chance for a flaw in the cars, the typical traditional Italian way! But Ferrari, aware of [...]

This was posted under category: Ferrari Tags: Ferrari, Ferrari F430, Recalls, Supercars

2009 Audi Allroad Quattro

Sunday, February 15, 2009 9:41 by Arman Barari 1 Comment

Audi released pictures and details of the new 2009 Allroad Quattro before its official debut at Geneva Motorshow.This is a response to the recent release of Saab 9-3X which also debuts at Geneva. Like the Saab, the Audi Allroad is not a full SUV, it’s more of a jacked up estate car based on the [...]

This was posted under category: Audi Tags: 2009, Audi, Audi A4, Genava Motorshow, quattro

Mansory SLR Renovatio for sale – Guess where!

Saturday, February 14, 2009 18:47 by Arman Barari 2 Comments

Normally we should not do such posts but we saw this car and it grabbed our attention! Although it’s not the first Mansory SLR  Renovatio at Prestige Cars, Abu Dhabi but this one in two-tone black & white looks much better than the golden one. Black parts are actually naked carbon fiber. Read More… The [...]

This was posted under category: Middle East, Tuning Tags: Abu Dhabi, Carbon Fiber, Mansory, Prestige Cars, Renovatio, Tuning, Uae

2010 Hyundai Genesis Coupe R-Spec

Saturday, February 14, 2009 16:43 by Arman Barari 2 Comments

At 2009 Chicago Autoshow Hyundai announced pricing for the new Genesis Coupe and also unveiled the R-Spec variant. A tricked-out version which Hyundai believes will become the baby of tuners and drift masters. In fact this car with the value it delivers will become the baby of every car enthusiast! Read More… The R-Spec is [...]

This was posted under category: Hyundai, featured Tags: 2010, Chicago Autoshow, drift, Hyundai, Hyundai Coupe

2009 Caparo T1

Saturday, February 14, 2009 16:08 by Arman Barari 1 Comment

Caparo T1 is certainly the scariest supercar in the world. Last year this Formula wannabe appeared in many high profile events and TV shows and broke down in almost all of them! and in some occasions it caught fire in which the worst is when Jason Plato of Fifth Gear was testing it and he [...]

This was posted under category: Exotics Tags: 2009, Caparo T1, Fifth Gear, Supercar

World’s most powerful natural gas engine from Iran?

Saturday, February 14, 2009 7:52 by Arman Barari No Comments

Iran Khodro, largest auto maker in middle east claims that they’ve made the world’s most powerful natural gas engine. The turbo-charged four cylinder runs on CNG (Compressed Natural Gas) and develops 150 hp, but no more details published! It is more powerful than the Japanese samples like the Civic GX but in early 2007 Mercedes [...]

This was posted under category: Middle East, News Tags: Iran, Iran Khodro, Middle East, Natural Gas Engine

Porsche 911 prototype kills its test driver

Saturday, February 14, 2009 7:23 by Arman Barari 4 Comments

Jeremy Clarkson was right when he said your Porsche 911 will finally kill you some day and here’s the proof. It killed its own professional factory driver! 51-year-old engineer took a cabrio protorype for a night run in A5 autobahn but unfortunately it went badly wrong leaving the man dead. Read More… Apparently the driver [...]

This was posted under category: Porsche Tags: Jeremy Clarkson, Porsche, Porsche 911, Prototype