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Main > Car Makers News > Alfa Romeo > Alfa Romeo builds special edition ‘Mille Miglia’ Spider Alfa Romeo has created a special edition of its Spider convertible in order to commemorate the historic Mille Miglia 1,000 mile race that takes place in Italy annually. The carmaker will build just 11 examples of the ‘Spider Mille Miglia’ to mark the 11 victories it’s had in the famous Italian race, which heralded the rise of the original sports grand tourer. While there are no performance increases, the Spider Mille Miglia is based on the standard 3.2 V6 powerplant that outputs 260hp... Full article... Article added: 2008-05-16 07:18:55 Article Views Rating: 208 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Axon enters Automotive X Prize with new hatchback Axon Automotive, creators of last year’s Eco-M super lightweight speedster, has entered the $10 million Automotive X Prize with a new hatchback aimed at city dwellers. The new vehicle features a full carbon-fiber chassis and will likely be powered by a compact turbodiesel engine. Keeping weight down will be a big consideration for the Axon hatchback as it strives to achieve the Automotive X Prize’s requirement for competitors to produce a 100mpg car. The UK based company has pioneered a special... Full article... Article added: 2008-05-28 08:53:23 Article Views Rating: 135 Main > Car Makers News > Other > California easing zero-emissions mandate for carmakers California may be well known for its stance against pollution when it comes to legislating on emissions rules, but environmentalists have become incensed about the state’s increasingly lax attitude towards reducing pollution through regulation of new zero-emissions vehicles. In 1990, California adopted legislation that required 10% of carmakers’ fleets be zero-emissions vehicles by 2003. When it became clear this goal wasn’t going to be reached, the rule was changed to include ‘low-emissions’... Full article... Article added: 2008-03-28 05:33:55 Article Views Rating: 121 Main > Car Makers News > Chevrolet > Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 officially rated at 638HP When introduced at the Detroit Auto Show back in January, the 2009 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1’s power was estimated at more than 100hp for each liter of its 6.2L of supercharged V8. GM has lived up to that promise and delivered an official SAE certified power rating of 638hp 476kW and 819Nm 604lb-ft of torque. This puts the LS9’s output at nearly 103hp per liter, or just about 1.7 horses for each of the engine’s 376 cubic inches. It also makes the new powertrain the most powerful engine ever released... Full article... Article added: 2008-04-28 06:23:34 Article Views Rating: 341 Main > Car Makers News > Chevrolet > Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 officially rated at 638HP When introduced at the Detroit Auto Show back in January, the 2009 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1’s power was estimated at more than 100hp for each liter of its 6.2L of supercharged V8. GM has lived up to that promise and delivered an official SAE certified power rating of 638hp 476kW and 819Nm 604lb-ft of torque. This puts the LS9’s output at nearly 103hp per liter, or just about 1.7 horses for each of the engine’s 376 cubic inches. It also makes the new powertrain the most powerful engine ever released... Full article... Article added: 2008-04-28 06:23:35 Article Views Rating: 249 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Fisker Karma plug-in hybrid confirmed for Europe Just days after the announcement Tesla’s all-electric Roadster is to be sold in Europe comes confirmation rival niche sports carmaker Fisker Automotive will sell its Karma luxury plug-in hybrid saloon in Europe as well. Fisker appointed its first European importer today, Fisker Italia, and eventually hopes to sell up to 50% of its fleet in Europe. Fisker plans to build up to 15,000 units of its new Karma in the short term and eventually plans to lift production up to 100,000 units annually. Unlike the... Full article... Article added: 2008-04-11 13:43:30 Article Views Rating: 143 Main > Car Makers News > Ford > Ford builds 9 millionth Mustang Ford announced today it had built its 9 millionth Mustang, a GT convertible that will be delivered to a dealership in Iowa. The announcement comes less than a week after the Pony Car celebrated its 45th anniversary and at a time when the Mustang is one of the top selling sports cars in the world. The car is also Ford’s longest-running nameplate, having been introduced on April 17 at the 1964 New York World Fair, and today one out of every two sports cars sold in the U.S. is a Ford Mustang. Sales... Full article... Article added: 2008-04-25 06:15:29 Article Views Rating: 174 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Green Vehicles prepping two electric vehicles for U.S. The electric vehicles market has become one of the most watched segments as the world begins to favor fuel economy over other more speed-related aspects of a car. While start-ups such as Tesla and Fisker are already offering electric sports cars, other segments of the electric vehicle market remain wide open. A new Northern Californian company going by the name of Green Vehicles is set to enter the burgeoning market, having developed a range of new electric vehicles in secrecy. Green Vehicles is... Full article... Article added: 2008-05-12 10:09:42 Article Views Rating: 126 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Guangzhou Coupe-Cabrio Concept This week’s Beijing Motor Show is coming to a close but there are still a few surprising vehicles coming out even after most of the motoring journalists and industry officials have packed up and left. Take for example the new Guangzhou Auto Coupe-Cabrio concept – one of China’s first vehicles equipped with a folding hardtop. According to The Tycho, the new car will hit the market in production form before the end of the year and is designed to head to head with the F8 convertible from Chinese... Full article... Article added: 2008-04-23 06:16:14 Article Views Rating: 136 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Italian man builds his own supercar A new supercar has emerged out of Northern Italy that was singlehandedly built by a car enthusiast by the name of Filandri Moreno. Dubbed the Uragano Italian for Hurricane, the car has taken up every spare hour of the 47-year-old’s time for the past four years. The entire car is fabricated from hand, and not just the panels and body but even the brakes, suspension and steering system were all built personally by Moreno. In fact the only thing not built by Moreno is the Audi sourced 4.2L V8 engine... Full article... Article added: 2008-04-17 07:39:18 Article Views Rating: 135 |
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