Archive for January, 2011

Video: Lamborghini Gallardo Performante In Action

Wednesday, January 26, 2011 11:04 by Arman Barari 1 Comment

The guys from Evo Magazine UK recently got a chance to put a new Lamborghini Gallardo Performante through its paces. They’ve released a short video of this test, as a sort of teaser, shot at the amazing roads of Vence in the South of France. So it might not be the perfect weather to test [...]

This was posted under category: Lamborghini, Videos Tags: Lamborghini, Lamborghini Spyder Performante, Videos

Toyota Issues First 2011 Recall

Wednesday, January 26, 2011 10:55 by Arman Barari No Comments

As it turned out Toyota’s rotten luck with recalls is not over yet and continues into 2011. They’ve just announced a big worldwide recall of nearly 1.7 million vehicles including 1.2 million in Japan and 421,000 overseas. The issue is with  a rubbish fuel pipe which may crack and eventually lead to fuel leakage and [...]

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Pagani Huayra Officially Unveiled

Wednesday, January 26, 2011 10:26 by Arman Barari 2 Comments

Given the recent leaked pictures Pagani didn’t bother with the fifth teaser video and just dropped official pictures and details of their all-new supercar. Pagani Huayra replaces the Zonda and to all intents and purposes it appears to be an evolution of that car rather than a new model from the ground up. Read More… [...]

This was posted under category: Exotics, featured Tags: Geneva Motor Show, pagani, Pagani Huayra

Volkswagen XL1 Concept Revealed In Qatar

Tuesday, January 25, 2011 18:36 by Arman Barari No Comments

At the first international Qatar Motor Show, Volkswagen reveals the XL1 Concept, the latest in their line of Super Efficient Vehicle (SEV). And let’s cut straight to the chase, it does 0.9L/100 km on the combined cycle! CO2 emissions? that’s 24 g/km. These numbers are too fancy but VW has been developing this technology since [...]

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Alfa Romeo 4C GTA Teased For Geneva Debut

Tuesday, January 25, 2011 18:09 by Arman Barari 2 Comments

The first image of the Alfa Romeo 4C GTA released by the Italian company confirming its Geneva Motor Show debut. We have no confirmed details on the car, but based on different reports it will be a downsized version of the 8C Competizione probably powered by with an efficient four-cylinder engine. The teaser image is [...]

This was posted under category: Alfa Romeo Tags: Alfa Romeo, Geneva Motor Show

Need For Speed SHIFT 2 Unleashed Trailer

Tuesday, January 25, 2011 17:59 by Arman Barari 1 Comment

EA Sports released a new trailer from SHIFT 2 Unleashed promising it will be the most realistic racing game ever. To be honest the word “Unleashed” in the title made us reminisce about the old Need For Speed Porsche Unleashed which was amazing not becasue of the graphics or simulation, but becasue it was the [...]

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2012 Nissan GT-R Launch Control Video

Tuesday, January 25, 2011 17:46 by Arman Barari 1 Comment

Here’s the proof that the 2012 Nissan GT-R can be ordered with a launch control, and based on what we see in this video it works pretty darn well. Well, you never know if it’s going to blow the transmission into pieces like it used to do but as far as acceleration matters, the LC4 [...]

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