Archive for March, 2010

Full Details On McLaren MP4-12C

Friday, March 19, 2010 7:49 by Arman Barari 2 Comments

McLaren unveiled the new Mp4-12C, again! But this time during an official ceremony at the company’s headquarter in Woking in presence of their F1 drivers and the whole factory crew. They have also released full technical details of this superb supercar which we have brought to you after the jump. Reviewing the car’s specs, we [...]

This was posted under category: Exotics, featured Tags: Mclaren, McLaren MP4-12C

Official: BMW Going FWD

Friday, March 19, 2010 6:52 by Arman Barari No Comments

BMW officially announced that it’s ready to ignore all its traditions and make front-wheel-drive cars in the future for the sake of more profit! Of course it doesn’t mean that the next M5 will FWD, they are considering this for the small car segment for now, but it might be expanded to bigger cars like [...]

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Kia Forte Koup R Performance Package

Friday, March 19, 2010 6:41 by Arman Barari 1 Comment

The coupe version of Kia Forte, known as the Koup, is a nice, simple and affordable two-door coupe which offers sporty styling, high level of equipments and driving fun. So no wonder it’s become so popular. And it seems that Canadians are particularly fond of this model as the company is giving them a new [...]

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

2011 Scion xB Facelift Pricing Announced

Friday, March 19, 2010 6:22 by Arman Barari No Comments

The new facelifited version of the Scion XB is going on sale in America as a 2011 model, and while it comes with refreshed styling and equipments, it also gets a slight bump in price. The new model starts at $16,000 for the manual and $16,950 for the automatic. But you get new bumpers and [...]

This was posted under category: Toyota Tags: Scion, Toyota Scion

Toyota Aygo Black Edition

Friday, March 19, 2010 6:14 by Arman Barari No Comments

Toyota is launching a new special editions of the Aygo in the British market called the Black. Based on the Aygo+ trim level, the car with some styling tweaks and additional equipments. It’s powered by Toyota’s Optimal Drive 1.0-litre VVT-i petrol engine with a five-speed transmission, which might not be powerful but returns 62.8mpg and [...]

This was posted under category: Toyota Tags: Special Editions, Toyota, Toyota Aygo

Video: Tanner Foust Drifting On Mulholland

Friday, March 19, 2010 6:01 by Arman Barari No Comments

TV presenter and drift champion Tanner Foust has come to Youtube again with his specially prepared Scion TC, and this time he is drifting all over Mullholland Road, more specifically “The Snake” Stretch. This dude is the drifter equivalent of Ken Block and he is good, just watch for yourself in this vid. It’s amazing [...]

This was posted under category: Motorsport, Videos Tags: Drifting, Tanner Foust, Videos

Alfa Romeo MiTo Gets New MultiJet Turbo-Diesel Engine

Wednesday, March 17, 2010 18:33 by Arman Barari 2 Comments

Alfa Romeo is introducing a new turbo-diesel engine from the MultiJet II series for the MiTo in the UK market. The MiTo 1.3 MultiJet II comes standard with Start&Stop system and features a Diesel Particulate Filter, and as a result fully complies with Euro 5 standards while delivering 95 bhp. Read More… With only 95 [...]

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