Posts Tagged ‘Economy Downturn’

Porsche is taking over VW – Now owns 50 percent of its shares

Tuesday, January 6, 2009 11:05 by Arman Barari 1 Comment

Porsche is continuing its effort to control its parent company Volkswagen. They just announced that they’ve purchased further ordinary shares in Volkswagen AG, now owns 50.76 percent of VW’s shares. Now the question is why the hell Porsche wants to control VW? They have been one of the fewest car makers which never suffered form [...]

This was posted under category: Porsche, VW Tags: Economy Downturn, Hell, Indirect Control, Ordinary Shares, Porsche, Scania, Stock Exchange, Stuttgart, Threshold, Truck Manufacturer, Volkswagen, Volkswagen Ag, Wolfsburg

1000hp Dodge Challenger SRT8

Sunday, January 4, 2009 15:06 by Arman Barari 1 Comment

It’s good to hear that horsepower obsession is still live and alive in spite of economy downturn and global warming and all that nonsense like that. This Challenger SRT8 started life as a normal one which was very happy of its 425 horses, but guys at RDP Performance from Ohio has turned it into a [...]

This was posted under category: Dodge, Tuning, Videos Tags: Dodge, Dodge Challenger, Economy Downturn, Global Warming, Horsepower, Horses, Hp, Inspite, Kooks Long Tube Headers, Monster, Nitrus, Nonsense, Obssesion, Pri Show, Quarter Mile, Roll Cage, Supercharger System, Torque Convertor

Honda halted new NSX project

Wednesday, December 17, 2008 17:57 by Arman Barari No Comments

It was quit a thrill when Honda announced that the new generation of NSX supercar is almost done and will be coming soon. Everyone was eagerly waiting for more news about this car to come out and now it just did! Honda canned the project ! Read More… Like everything else that goes wrong these [...]

This was posted under category: Honda, News Tags: Economy Downturn, F1, Financial Health, Formula1 News, Honda, Honda Nsx, Nsx, Supercar

Porsche out of ALMS and Subaru out of WRC – Motorsport is dying

Wednesday, December 17, 2008 7:33 by Arman Barari No Comments

It started by Honda pulling out if Formula1 and then Audi left ALMS and it was all because of economy downturn. Now another punch into motor sport’s face, Subaru pulls out of World Rally Championship and Porsche says bye-bye to its ALMS career. Read More… The German sports car maker announced that they won’t compete [...]

This was posted under category: Motorsport, News Tags: Alms, American Le Mans Series, Economy Downturn, Financial Crisis, Formula1 News, Motor Sport, Motorsport, Peugeot Citroen, Porsche, Prototype, Rally Championship, Spectator, Spectators, Sports Car, Subaru Wrc, World Rally Championship