Archive for April, 2009

F1 China GP: Vettel’s driving remind us of Schumi !

Sunday, April 19, 2009 14:53 by Arman Barari 1 Comment

In another soaking wet Grand Prix of 2009 season where the Red Bull team enjoyed a one-two win, Sebastian Vettel made history and became the youngest GP winner of all times. His victory and pole position aside, his flawless driving and his precision, promise a new Michael Schumacher! Read More… Honestly, the track was a [...]

This was posted under category: Formula1 News Tags: Ferrari, Formula1 News, Michael Schumacher, Red Bull, Ross Brawn, Safety Car

Ford Fiesta arrived in the USA

Sunday, April 19, 2009 9:40 by Arman Barari 1 Comment

Desperate time calls for desperate measures! Thanks to the economic downturn the super-sized Americans are getting accustomed with much smaller cars than they are used to! Toyota Yaris is a good example in this case and now here comes another lil’ car from Ford Europe, the amazing Fiesta. Read More… Fiesta’s launch in the States [...]

This was posted under category: Ford Tags: Ford, Ford Fiesta, markets, Toyota Yaris, USA

Jaguar XKR GT2 by Rocketsports Racing

Saturday, April 18, 2009 13:19 by Arman Barari 1 Comment

The GT2 contenders in 2010 American Le Mans Series will be facing a tough new competition in form of a Jaguar XKR prepared by Rocketsports Racing! The team is led by Paul Gentilozzi (sounds like a mafia name!) and might seem to be a privateer, but Jaguar backs it in every way. Read More… Although [...]

This was posted under category: Jaguar, Motorsport Tags: Alms, Grand Prix, Jaguar, Jaguar Xkr, Lemans 24 Hours

CNG powered VW Scirocco GT24 Race Car

Saturday, April 18, 2009 8:37 by Arman Barari No Comments

Along with the Scirocco R20, VW is preparing two gas powered units for the 24 hour race of Nurburgring to prove that cars running on compressed natural gas can be as good as petrol or diesel powered ones. Read More… The Scirocco GT24-CNG has a 2.0 liter engine converted to burn gas and turbocharged for [...]

This was posted under category: VW Tags: Nurburgring, racing, VW, Vw Scirocco

Novitec TuLesto supercar based on Ferrari F430

Friday, April 17, 2009 14:37 by Arman Barari No Comments

This is supposed to be Novitec Rosso’s 20th anniversary birthday cake, but only 11 of their favoured customers will have a taste of  it! That makes it very exclusive or as Novitec puts it: “world’s most exclusive high-end sports car”, eh? Read More… Novitec’s recipe for this orange cake is quit special. The V8 engine [...]

This was posted under category: Exotics, Tuning Tags: Exotics, Ferrari, Ferrari F430, Novitec Rosso, Tuning, V8

BMW X6 Diesel by Hartge

Friday, April 17, 2009 7:12 by Arman Barari No Comments

BMW X6 is a handsome car, no doubt about it. So you think that it would become hilarious with some professional tuning, but weirdly all of the jobs done on the X6 so far only made it worse, much worse! The latest company trying their hands on ruining the car is Hartge… Read More… Hartge, [...]

This was posted under category: Bmw, Tuning Tags: Bmw, Bmw X6, Bodykit, hartge, Tuning

2010 Nissan GT-R claims new Ring record

Thursday, April 16, 2009 12:35 by Arman Barari No Comments

You remember the feud between Nissan and Porsche about the GT-R’s Nurburgring lap time? Well, Nissan’s new time would shut Porsche’s mouth for a while! They took the new 2010 upgraded model to the Ring and set a lap time of 7:27.56 which is 1.5 seconds faster than the old one. Read More… The upgrades [...]

This was posted under category: Nissan Tags: Nissan, Nissan Gtr, Nurburgring, Porsche, Suzuki