Archive for June, 2010

Volvo V70 R-Design By Heico Sportiv

Wednesday, June 23, 2010 16:36 by Arman Barari 1 Comment

Volvo Specialist Heico Sportiv has released a tuning package for the V70 Wagon T6 AWD model, which already sports Volvo’s own  R-Design treatment. Limited to only 100 units, this model boasts a 325-hp straight-six turbocharged petrol engine, which makes it the most powerful Volvo ever to go on sale in Germany. Read More… This unit [...]

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World’s largest collection of cars to become a museum

Wednesday, June 23, 2010 16:22 by Bruno Silva No Comments

The largest private collection of cars in the world will become a museum next year, so everyone has the opportunity to admire more than three thousand cars owned by the American Harold E. Le May. Before he died in 2000, Le May concentrated all efforts to create a nonprofit organization in order to build a [...]

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Agip presents Hello Kitty motor oil for the Japanese market

Wednesday, June 23, 2010 14:57 by Bruno Silva No Comments

The Italian company Agip has just released the latest of the Hello Kitty products: 3 liters oil cans with the image of the famous children’s character. This is the answer of the Italian company to fierce ‘war’ in the Japanese lubricants market. The package is available with three liters specification API SM 5W 30, exclusively [...]

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Volkswagen BlueSport delayed again

Wednesday, June 23, 2010 14:46 by Bruno Silva No Comments

The development of the production version of the Volkswagen BlueSport, a Roadster has been shown at the Detroit Motor Show last year, returned to the starting point. The reason? Read More… Differences between VW, Audi and Porsche on the characteristics of the roadster that will lead to a new sports car for each brand. According [...]

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Video: Chevrolet Volt “Kinect Joy Ride” Virtual Test Drive

Wednesday, June 23, 2010 14:32 by Arman Barari No Comments

Chevrolet Volt Electric Vehicle is a highly advance car and GM cannot use traditional advertising method for promoting it. Fortunately, the problem is solved with Microsoft’s new Kinect control-free gaming technology for XboX 360. Volt’s customers will be able to virtually test drive the car in “Kinect Joy Ride”, which is the first controller-free racing [...]

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Video: Ford Focus RS Le Mans Classic

Wednesday, June 23, 2010 14:17 by Arman Barari No Comments

Here’s the official video of those five Ford Focus RS special editions we told you about yesterday. These models pay tribute to Ford’s remarkable history at Le Mans, and each come with a special racing livery resembling one of Ford’s victorious cars of the past.They’ll be featured at this year’s Le Mans Classic. Read More… [...]

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Switzer Reveals 900-hp Nissan GTR!

Wednesday, June 23, 2010 14:06 by Arman Barari No Comments

Another day and another power package from Switzer Performance for Nissan GTR! Honestly we thought that their 800-hp P800 was the best they could do, but we were wrong. They’ve now come up with a 900-hp edition, which runs on E85-Ethanol. It means this monster is also a bit environmentally responsible! Of course the modifications [...]

This was posted under category: Nissan, Tuning, Videos Tags: Nissan Gtr, Switzer Performance, Videos