Archive for November, 2011
Corvette Crashes Spectacularly During Autocross
Thursday, November 24, 2011 15:54 by Arman Barari 1 CommentYep, you actually can crash in autocross. Ask this guy who thought he can test his Corvette to the limit in the safe environment of Speed Ventures autocross event where the only thing you can run into are some cones. In his defense, Corvette has a happy tail and they’ve got really tall curbs over [...]
700-hp Brabus Mercedes SLS Roadster Unveiled
Thursday, November 24, 2011 15:16 by Arman Barari No CommentsBrabus announced its latest creation, a 700-hp monster based on the new Mercedes SLS Roadster, to be reveal at the Essen Motor Show. Read More… Official details of the car are yet to be released, the similarities between this and the hard-top Barbus SLS kinda make them easy to guess. Brabus recipe remains always the [...]
Citroen DS5 Cinemagraphs Are Pretty Cool
Thursday, November 24, 2011 14:54 by Arman Barari 1 CommentCitroen UK has come up with a couple of cinemagraphs publicizing the new DS5 in an artistic way, in accordance to the car’s artsy design. Read More… For those of you who might not know, these moving images are not witchcraft. These are just GIF images each exquisitely made by photographer Jamie Beck and motion [...]
Ford Focus Awarded For Its Advanced Safety Features
Thursday, November 24, 2011 14:40 by Arman Barari No CommentsThe new Ford Focus is, as we’ve said a thousand times, a very well-engineered car. And here’s a solid proof for that. The car just won receive four Euro NCAP Advanced safety rewards after its Driver Alert and Forward Alert technologies. Read More… The Focus introduces high-tech safety features to the smaller, more affordable class [...]
Volkswagen up! Earns Five-Star NCAP Rating
Thursday, November 24, 2011 14:31 by Arman Barari No CommentsIt might be tiny, but Volkswagen up! seems to one tough little car. It passed EruoNCAP crash test with flying colors bagging all five stars. Read More… NCAP tested the up! alongside the new 2012 Beetle and awarded both vehicles with top safety rating. The Beetle is a rather sizable thing and you kinda expect [...]
2012 BMW 3-Series Priced From $35,795 In America
Thursday, November 24, 2011 13:39 by Arman Barari No CommentsBMW released official pricing for the new generation 3-Series ahead of its launch in the USA in February 2012. Read More… The new 3er launches in America with two models, the four-cylinder 328i with a base price of $35,795, and the six-cylinder 330i starting at $43,295. Both prices include $895 destination and handling. The 328i [...]
Interview: Al Oppenheiser On Camaro ZL1
Thursday, November 24, 2011 13:27 by Arman Barari 1 CommentMany people think that Ford’s new Shelby GT500 with 650 hp kinda overshadowed Camaro’s newest weapon, the ZL1. Obviously, GM is not going to give in. So instead of focusing on horsepower, they talk about cornering and handling, stuff that aren’t really muscle carish. This is what Camaro Chief Engineer Al Oppenheiser put an emphasize [...]








