Archive for October, 2009

Jean Todt elected as the new FIA president

Friday, October 23, 2009 16:49 by Arman Barari No Comments

Today Frenchman Jean Todt has been officially elected as the new president of FIA for a four-year term, replacing Max Mosely. In their annual meeting in Paris, the FIA general assembly voted in favour of Mr.Todt so he beats the other candidate Ari Vatanen quit badly! Former Ferrari manager scored 135 votes, while the former [...]

This was posted under category: Formula1 News, Motorsport Tags: Fia, Jean Todt

2010 Dodge Challenger Plum Crazy

Friday, October 23, 2009 16:31 by Arman Barari 3 Comments

Chrysler, reminiscing about the good old days, is going to bring back the classic Plum Crazy paint job for the 2010 Dodge Challenger R/T Classic and SRT8. Plum Crazy Pearl Coat is available with matte black or new bright white dual-wide R/T body-side stripes, boosting the Challenger’s classiness even further! The car itself has a [...]

This was posted under category: Chrysler, Dodge Tags: Dodge, Dodge Challenger

Honda Civic Mugen Type-R confirmed for production

Friday, October 23, 2009 9:10 by Arman Barari No Comments

Honda’s in-house tuner Mugen has confirmed production of their exclusive Type-R Civic in a limited run of only 20 units for the UK. The car had made quit a fuss when it was revealed as a concept a while ago and that huge interest made the Japanese company to release it into the market. It [...]

This was posted under category: Honda, Tuning Tags: Honda, Honda Civic, Mugen Type-R

Hamann SLR Volcano Yellow Edition

Friday, October 23, 2009 8:50 by Arman Barari No Comments

You are probably familiar with Hamann Volcano SLR, an ostentatious body kit for the McLaren Mercedes which was released about a year ago. First model was wearing a white paint with naked black carbon parts on bonnet, fenders and the boot. Then some months ago during the 2009 IAA, the tuner released a red edition [...]

This was posted under category: Mercedes Benz, Tuning, featured Tags: Hamann, Mclaren Mercedes Slr

VW introduces new 1.2 liter TSI engine

Thursday, October 22, 2009 17:45 by Arman Barari 1 Comment

In their quest to make more efficient engines through downsizing and then turbocharging, VW is introducing a new compact TSI engine which can be ordered with the Polo, Golf and Golf Plus. The previous compact 1.4 liter engine has been a hit and won many awards. The new 1.2 liter uses the same trick (turbochargers) [...]

This was posted under category: VW Tags: VW, Vw Golf, VW Polo

GM needs you to name Chevrolet Volt’s color!

Thursday, October 22, 2009 11:16 by Arman Barari No Comments

Well I think it’s the first time that a car company is asking the public to name a color for their cars, they probably have fired their color name expert as a part of their reconstruction plan! Now you can come up with a name for this silver emerald hue paint on the Volt and [...]

This was posted under category: Chevrolet, Gm Tags: Chevrolet, Gm

Mercedes C63 AMG Performance Package Plus

Wednesday, October 21, 2009 17:03 by Arman Barari 2 Comments

Apparently someone at Mercedes was thinking that the C63 AMG is a bit underpowered! so they’ve come up with a new performance package for it for some extra horsepower and visual tweaks. This insane little Merc now comes with some engine components of the SLS AMG supercar, and has about 490 hp! That means 0-100km/h [...]

This was posted under category: Amg, Mercedes Benz Tags: Amg, Mercedes Benz, Mercedes C63 Amg