Archive for December, 2009

Video: Mercedes SLS AMG Desert Gold

Wednesday, December 23, 2009 16:22 by Arman Barari No Comments

A few days ago at Dubai Motorshow, Mercedes released a special edition of the newly introduced SLS AMG supercar exclusively for the Middle East market. Called the Desert Gold, the car features a special matte gold paint job with gloss black parts and rims. It also comes with unique carbon fiber trims for the interior. [...]

This was posted under category: Mercedes Benz, Videos Tags: Mercedes Benz, Mercedes Sls, Videos

Video: Jay Leno rides in McLaren MP4-12C

Wednesday, December 23, 2009 12:48 by Arman Barari No Comments

Our favourite petrolhead celebrity Jay Leno has been recently around the Top Gear test track with McLaren test driver Chris Goodwin to have a ride in the upcoming supercar by the British firm, the MP4-12C, courtesy of Sunday Times. As you can in this video, Leno praises the car’s extremely agile handling and nimble character. [...]

This was posted under category: Exotics, Videos Tags: Jay Leno, Mclaren, McLaren MP4-12C, Videos

Official: Schumacher signs with Mercedes GP

Wednesday, December 23, 2009 12:35 by Arman Barari No Comments

Well, apparently Michael Schumacher’s neck injury is totally gone now and while he couldn’t make a comeback for Ferrari earlier this year, he is in good shape to race again in F1, this time for Mercedes GP. The new Mercedes team has also recently signed Malaysian oil company Petronas as the main sponsor for 2010 [...]

This was posted under category: Formula1 News, Mercedes Benz Tags: Formula 1, Michael Schumacher

Honda HSV10 – NSX successor in SuperGT

Tuesday, December 22, 2009 16:51 by Arman Barari No Comments

Earlier this year Honda officially announced that due to economy turmoil, plans for a new generation of the NSX sportscar are canned. Now as the economy is healing it feels that they made a harsh decision. Because look what they’ve just revealed! It is the HSV10 GT racer which will replace the NSX in Japan’s [...]

This was posted under category: Honda, Motorsport Tags: Honda, Honda Nsx

Gemballa Tornado 750 GTS based on Cayenne Turbo

Tuesday, December 22, 2009 16:30 by Arman Barari No Comments

Who said Germans don’t have sense of humor?! Well he should check this out! Behold the magnificence of Gemballa Tornado 750 GTS, a car that is based on Porsche Cayenne Turbo and designed to look like Porsche Carrera GT inside and out. If there were an award for the ugliest tuned car ever, this would [...]

This was posted under category: Porsche, Tuning Tags: Gemballa, Porsche, Porsche Cayenne

Aston Martin One-77 set 354 km/h top speed!

Tuesday, December 22, 2009 16:07 by Arman Barari No Comments

Perfect is probably the best word to describe Aston Martin One-77! This amazing blend of style, performance and heritage is so swell it can melt your heart! and then it’ll be boiled and blown away by the speed of the thing! During recent development tests the One-77 managed to achieve a top speed of 354.86 [...]

This was posted under category: Aston Martin Tags: Aston Martin, aston martin one77

2010 Peugeot 207 Verve For Europe

Tuesday, December 22, 2009 7:18 by Arman Barari No Comments

Peugeot is increasing the value of its popular 207 hatchback by introducing the Verve edition which will go on sale in Europe from January 2010 starting at £12,330.62 on-the-road. The car comes with three new exterior colors, two new engines and a long list of standard equipments. Read More… 207 Verve will be available with [...]

This was posted under category: Peugeot Tags: Peugeot, Peugeot 207, Special Editions