Archive for October, 2009

Renderings: Chevy Camaro ALMS style!

Wednesday, October 28, 2009 17:10 by Arman Barari No Comments

Before you get lost in the flamboyant looks of these ALMS-style Camaros with flared arches, fat tires and big spoilers, gotta tell ya it’s not for real and it’s never gonna be! These pictures are just some renderings by the Swedish artist Bo Zolland, done just for funsies! But they look superb, don’t they? Actually, [...]

This was posted under category: Camaro Tags: Chevrolet, Chevrolet Camaro, Renderings

2010 Opel Corsa ecoFLEX

Wednesday, October 28, 2009 16:55 by Arman Barari No Comments

Small and efficient diesel engines have turned out to be a very good replacement for hybrid systems because in real life they can be, if not better, equally clean and economical. You have already learned about the VW’s BlueMotion technology which is offered in the Golf,Polo and Passat here, now check out the new Opel [...]

This was posted under category: Opel Tags: ecoFLEX, Opel, Opel Corsa

“2010 Automotive Excellence Award” for Kia Soul

Wednesday, October 28, 2009 16:17 by Arman Barari 1 Comment

The cool and funky Kia Soul has won yet another award due to its superior value, fuel efficiency and its best-in-class technical features and equipments. This time it’s the “2010 Automotive Excellence Award” given to the car by Popular Mechanics magazine. Kia Soul starts at around $14,000 but even in the very basic model is [...]

This was posted under category: Kia Tags: Kia, Kia Soul

Ford Focus RS by Loder1899

Wednesday, October 28, 2009 13:31 by Arman Barari No Comments

When it comes to hot hatchbacks, you usually would think 250 hp is quit a lot of power to have. However Ford is cool enough to give you 305 hp with the new Focus RS. Now if you think that it’s a crazy amount of power you should check out the Loder’s version of the [...]

This was posted under category: Ford, Tuning Tags: Ford, Ford Focus Rs, Loder1899

Geely is Ford’s preferred bidder for Volvo

Wednesday, October 28, 2009 13:17 by Arman Barari No Comments

Looks like another car company is going to become Chinese, as Ford officially announced that the China’s Geely company, which is famous for their terrible copy of Rolls Royce Phantom!, is its preferred bidder in the ongoing discussions concerning the possible sale of Volvo Car Corporation. It’s not necessarily a bad thing, however we can’t [...]

This was posted under category: Ford, Volvo Tags: Ford, Volvo

2009 SEMA: Hyundai Genesis Coupe R-spec

Wednesday, October 28, 2009 13:05 by Arman Barari No Comments

Hyundai had promised this R-spec model a long time ago and now it is finally ready to be displayed at 2009 SEMA show and go on sale right afterward. The Genesis Coupe R-spec is a cheaper version of the car which lacks some of the luxury goods, but instead it is more performance minded. Hyundai [...]

This was posted under category: Hyundai, Tuning Tags: Hyundai, Hyundai Genesis, Sema

2009 SEMA: 700hp Dodge Challenger by SpeedFactory

Wednesday, October 28, 2009 12:45 by Arman Barari No Comments

As we are getting closer to this year’s SEMA tuning show, more and more tuners are revealing their new products, and almost all of them has one thing in common: being overpowered! This right here is a tuned 2009 Dodge Challenger SRT8 Hemi prepared by muscle car builder Speed Factory, which is kinda Moparized to [...]

This was posted under category: Dodge, Tuning Tags: Dodge, Dodge Challenger, Sema