Track Day Motor Sports

A muscle car cannot be strong enough, thought, Ford Racing, the motor sports division of Ford, developed, and for the Mustang GT of the model year 2011, a supercharger kit, which the muscles steels correctly: 633 hp and 727 Nm of torque, it is now essential, in the street curb version. This is a powerful performance by over 51 percent.

Does the 5.0-liter V8 engine in the standard Mustang GT no less than 412 hp / 418 PS and 529 Nm, are with the supercharger kit, the 624 hp / 633 hp at 6900 rpm and torque of 727 grown Nm at 4,700 trips. The performance Ford was not yet known, but a brutal thrust, in which the heads are literally nailed into the seats, can look forward to the passengers. Read more…

With the new S 350 BlueTec offers from Mercedes-Benz S-Class once the most efficient of all time, who knows both the interior with luxury to convince to perfection. With a combined consumption of just 6.8 liters of diesel fuel per 100 kilometers, the new diesel model is 11 percent more economical than its predecessor. Simultaneously, the power increases to 258 hp, while torque to 620 Nm At length. Other innovations for the S-class of the model year 2010 are the active and the active Blind Spot Assist lane-keeping assistant. The price for the new S 350 BlueTec is € 76 279.

With 6.8 liters per 100 kilo ¬ meter of the S 350 BlueTec undercuts the previous model by 0.8 liters. The CO₂ emissions also drop from 199 g / km to 177 g / km. The yield strength, however, is now even greater: while the maximum previously at 235 hp, the V6 engine now offers 258 hp and a mighty torque of 620 Nm. The highly efficient and clean diesel V-6 helps the luxury sedan to sprint from 0 to 100 km / h in 7.1 seconds. The top speed is 250 km / h (electronically limited). Read more…

Eventually, even the extremely patient and prudent operating Swiss have enough and it can suddenly crack correctly. For example, the “Helvetic Motor Company (HMC)”. The merger of Swiss car enthusiasts with the HMC Hidalgo created a modern tribute to legends such as the Bugatti Atlantic or the Talbot Lago. For strong driving, massive 360 hp.

Technical basis is to be lengthened Mercedes SLK 55 AMG. HMCs own claim sounds high handle with the words: “The most exquisite works of art for discerning automotive enthusiasts.” But if you look at the Hidalgo will more clearly, quickly distanced themselves from skeptic to fan of the federal aestheticians. Read more…

Everyone has individual preferences – the VW T5 Multivan bring everyone under one roof. MR Car Design nevertheless saw a need for action and missed the “bus” next to a power upgrade to 200 hp, new wheels or an air suspension. So it goes just as you like either really deep or condemned to a higher level.

But why? The lighter load in the vehicle allows a lower function of up to -70 millimeters compared to the series, so that others can pull off their show again in the city center with the vehicle crouching stance. Is it, however off the road in rough terrain, helping prevent up to 90 mm increase for sufficient ground clearance and from any damage. Read more…

Nissan Pathfinder and Navara to miss a new 3.0 V6 diesel, the care in the pickup and SUV counterpart for real power. Joining them will be a lifting exterior design that emphasizes the dynamics of the premium off-roader. The revised interior that shines through a host of facilities, the Japanese, meanwhile, set to a higher perceived quality. Prices for the Navara V6 start at € 44 869, Pathfinder V6 when there are € 53 370.

Exterior: A facelift for the dynamic appearance

The new model year, Nissan Navara and Pathfinder’s highlights are a more striking front and (the Pathfinder) and rear of their predecessors from. At the bow the facelift includes a new bonnet, a revised grille and a rounded bumper. The front overhang has been extended on both models is 80 millimeters, while the convex design of the two off-roaders a sportier and more dynamic appearance adds. Read more…

For over 50 years, three words stand for each generation of the Toyota Land Cruiser: strength, durability and reliability. The power of the Japanese off-road legend makes it the beefy Land Cruiser V8 offers the 4.5-liter whom eight-cylinder diesel with 286 hp too little power, which helps delta4x4 to a power output of 322 hp and massive torque 720 Nm . There are more ground clearance, better road holding and a shorter braking distance for the stainless-road vehicle.

Already a standard tailored heavily on off-road use, increased ride height allows delta4x4 one of about three centimeters, which is designed as a body lift kit and ensure that the site can be mounted with higher tire giant. Developed by delta4x4 increased ride height does not change the properties of the suspension, and therefore comes from comfort neutral. Read more…

Toyota iQ improved the intrinsic values of the micro-car. The combination of the innovative concept of space and urban chic convinced. In the first year of sales held in Germany already haw 10,000 customers for the Japanese Premium Mini. With its length of 2.98 meters and can accommodate four persons of the iQ is virtually unrivaled when it comes to urban mobility.

Since it is the corporate philosophy of Toyota to take suggestions and criticism seriously and to incorporate them into its future products, the quality of materials inside the iQ has now been raised again. Joining them will be the new entry-level version “iQzero” which is available from € 11 900. Read more…

The bedrock under the SUV, the Jeep Wrangler comes in model year 2011 with an improved formula on the market. The revised off-roader is expected to be available in Germany in early 2011. The most distinctive features: A completely new interior with upgraded clear surfaces, more comfort and a new, painted in body color hard top for the popular sub-models.

Highlights of the refreshed interiors in the Jeep Wrangler and Wrangler Unlimited are the newly designed instrument panel and new storage compartments. A lockable console and enhanced armrests are comfortable touch points, while achieving the modified center console easily and can use. Electrically adjustable and heated mirrors are now available as well as larger rear window for improved visibility to the outside. Read more…

Volkswagen is hot on the third “Dakar” victory in a row. Aim is to enable the new “chariot” in the form of the Race Touareg 3 (RT3) with lush 310-horsepower diesel, which the 01 come until January 16, 2011 in South America is used. Task: The hardness testing of legendary Pampa, dizzying heights of the Andes and merciless Atacama Desert in Chile and Argentina to master once again victorious.

The Dakar Rally is considered the biggest challenge in world motor sport. Volkswagen has revolutionized with the Race Touareg 2 and the TDI technology, the cross-country rally sport – and in the past two years, the legendary “Dakar” twice in a row. Volkswagen is so far the only manufacturer to the automotive-based ranking of the desert classic won with a diesel engine. Read more…

One of the once largest manufacturers of racing cars now animates the driving dynamics on public roads: Reynard 440-kilogram heavyweight “inverter” won thanks to the British special arrangement IVA (Individual Vehicle Approval) for the individual buildings and small roads. Thus the way for the inverter as sporadic racing, pure racing machine, and – a first for Reynard – street car with a license plate, whose road trim weight increases to only 490 kilograms.

The inverter shines with impressive data and is already in the paddock on by its unusual design: it looks like a vehicle that could make Batman’s cowl Schneider, based on a Le Mans racing cars. Prices for the inverter to start racing so far at 35,000 British pounds (currently about € 42,560). These range from the kit car as a kit for DIY to turnkey racing machine. The prices for road inverter are not fixed yet. Read more…