Archive for December, 2010
Toyota Etios Production Started In India
Monday, December 27, 2010 15:14 by Arman Barari No CommentsA year after Toyota introduced the Etios hatchback concept it goes into production at the firm’s new Kirloskar plant in Bangalore, India as a compact sedan. The Indians are very fond of this car, based on the comments posted on our first report about it, so they must be chuffed to bits now that it’s [...]
Ford F-150 EcoBoost Engine Teardown At NAIAS
Monday, December 27, 2010 15:01 by Arman Barari No CommentsFord, Confident of the quality of their 3.5 liter EcoBoost engine that powers the F-150 truck, will tear a particular one that has done the equivalent of 160,000 miles and 10-years of rugged use at the 2011 NAIAS Detroit show. It’s free for everybody to come and watch the process to see the engine’s parts [...]
Mini Clubman STREETWORKER by Schmidt Revolution
Monday, December 27, 2010 14:45 by Arman Barari No CommentsSchmidt Revolution, wheel manufacturer, decided to turn their Mini Copper Clubman S equipped with John Cooper Works Aerodynamic package into a STREETWORKER using Urban Lifestyle tuning. Looking at the car that probably means slammin’ the car on 18s! Of course there’s more to this concept. Read More… This 200 hp and250 Nm Mini which can [...]
Top Gear Middle East Special Cars Go On Display
Monday, December 27, 2010 14:29 by Arman Barari No CommentsWithout a doubt the ‘Three Wise Men Christmas Special’ aired last night was one of the most fascinating episodes of Top Gear. In this challenge the trio had to get from somewhere in Iraq to Bethlehem, alive, using cheap sports convertibles. It was such a memorable journey for them they decided to put the cars, [...]
Ford Expands Usage Of Start-Stop System
Monday, December 27, 2010 14:10 by Arman Barari 1 CommentAfter rear-view camera Ford is making one other nice feature available as standard on most of the North American models since 2012 and that’s the Auto Start-Stop system. Currently this system is found on Ford Fusion Hybrid and Ford Escape Hybrid and some Ford cars in Europe, but from 2012 it will also be added [...]
Ken Block Gymkhana RC Car
Monday, December 27, 2010 13:56 by Arman Barari No CommentsKen Block has teamed up with Traxxas to create a nice Christmas present for the true fans of Gymkhana who like to have a crack at it themselves, but in a smaller scale! They have launched the Gymkhana Fiesta RC car, which is 1/16 scale model of the actual car and can be had as [...]
Red Bull’s Funniest Xmas Card 2010
Saturday, December 25, 2010 16:27 by Arman Barari 3 CommentsRed Bull Racing not only won the 2010 season thanks to the incredible performance of their young world champion Sebastien Vettel, they have also won the battle of F1′s funniest Christmas card by picking on the right subject! As you see the message reads: “Santa is faster than you. Please confirm you understand this message!” [...]








