Organic Racing Car
An interesting idea came to the heads of a team of designers in England. They have decided to create a racing car built from natural materials that runs on waste products. Formula 3 car is mostly made out of recycled carbon fiber and runs on vegetable oil and chocolate waste. Some features of the car come from famous brands: 2.0-liter turbodiesel engine is from BMW, chassis from Lola, brakes from AP Racing and suspension from Koni. However, there have been a lot of work done toward making the WorldFirst...

Spano: Supercar from GTA Motor
The City of Arts sand Sciences in Valencia, Spain always welcomes a big number of visitors. Last week there seemed to be even more of them than ever because the racing car manufacturer, GTA Motor, decided to introduce its first supercar there. A combination of a Dodge Viper and European style is called Spano.GTA Motor is really careful about the supercar. The company’s representative said that it holds five world patents on the Spano. Five years of designing work were long but fruitful: they say...

Auto Tuning: Geiger Corvette Z06 biTurbo
German tuner Geiger Cars decided that CorvetteZ06 is not powerful enough with 505 horsepower and 470 pound-feet of torque. After some work the modified car became much stronger: the tuner claims that the modifications help the Corvette engine to output 890 hp and 694 lb-ft of torque.Geiger Cars has improved many important elements: after increasing the engine capacity from 7.0 liters to 7.6, the tuner upgraded the transmission, driveshaft and the differential. For the better air flow they installed a...

Obama auto bailout draws fire | detnews.com | The Detroit News
-- Members of Congress, who left GM and Chrysler on the brink of collapse five months ago, sought Friday to take control of the auto bailout, with dozens of lawmakers pressing claims for dealers, workers and lenders. The complaints came from the political left and the right in a series of indignant press conferences and letters to administration officials: Rep. Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio, one of Congress's most liberal members, compared the Obama's auto rescue to smothering a hospital patient with a...

Camaro SS: Hit the throttle and hang on! | detnews.com | The Detroit News
Despite some published reports, the 2010 Camaro SS is not really what you'd call a sports car, unless you tend to shave with a chain saw or sign your name with a piece of burning timber or make scrambled eggs by dropping a piano on a chicken. The consonant quality of this car, from the moment you turn the key to the moment you gratefully leave it in the chiropractor's parking lot, is a wanton and cheerful disregard for finesse and delicacy. This is exactly right. You have to understand, after four...

Detroit cars still in teens' daydreams | detnews.com | The Detroit News
"Dad, would you buy me a Camaro?" Before I could muster an answer to my 17-year-old daughter's question, she spotted a new Ford Mustang. "That's a cool car, too," she said, as I drove her to school one morning. There followed a brief and poorly received lecture from me on why a powerful rear-wheel-drive sports model is probably not the best choice for a teenager's first car. Further efforts to ascertain what makes the Mustang and Camaro "cool" in a 17-year-old's opinion did not reveal much. But the...

Solar-powered car draws stares in cross-country trek | detnews.com | The Detroit News
It's a glimmer of gold and black topping out at 75 mph. No stops for gas. Just food, rest and friends. But it's a looker. Power of One, a solar-powered car trekking across North America on three wheels, stopped at the University of South Florida in Tampa. Creator and driver Marcelo da Luz told his story to students and faculty members before continuing a tour to extend his world record for distance traveled in a solar car. For this odyssey, da Luz quit his 10-year job as an Air Canada flight attendant...

2010 Camaro gets more power | detnews.com | The Detroit News
With a V-6 as powerful as some competitors' V-8s, and with a V-8 developed for the Corvette, the 2010 Chevrolet Camaro is not short on performance. Still, some people want even more, and John Hennessey hopes to provide it. Hennessey built his reputation as a high-performance car tuner with his version of the Dodge Viper. He's branched out into other makes and models and recently launched his spin on the new Camaro. Tuning cars, said Hennessey, was "a hobby that got out of control" for 15 years. But five...

Auto dealers: Ease up credit | detnews.com | The Detroit News
The banks need to loosen up. That's the message from a month's worth of interviews with consumers and automobile dealers nationwide. It's also the conclusion of a new study by Accenture, a global management consulting company. The banks need to be less stingy with credit. That would do as much to help the struggling automobile industry as the latest government bailout. Tight credit is strangling the industry, putting suppliers, dealers and consumers at risk. It's not so much that consumers are on strike...

Autos help, carbon limits tied | detnews.com | The Detroit News
WASHINGTON -- The 2010 budget that President Obama outlined Thursday promises a 10-year, $150 billion effort that could help domestic carmakers produce fuel-efficient cars. But the money is tied to a plan to limit carbon emissions that opponents say could cripple the industry. The money will help "build more efficient cars and trucks right here in America," Obama said Thursday. To pay for the effort -- as well as for a middle-class tax cut -- Obama's budget would collect more than $600 billion in...