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In 2013 company Porsche will present the first copies of the hybrid supercar of Porsche 918 Spyder.
Hybrid Spyder by Porsche
The prototype of supercar has been presented in March on the Geneva autoshow. The car has been equipped by a hybrid power-plant which combined the 500-strong 3,4-litre atmospheric 8-cylinder engine, two electromotors the general capacity of 218HP, the complete set of special accumulators and a 7-step gear box with two clutches.
The hybrid supercar Porsche 918 Spyder can finish the well-known Northern hinge strain of a Nurnburgring faster, than coupe Carrera GT, less than for 7 min 30 sec. Thus average fuel consumption of the car does not exceed 3,1 litres on 100 kilometres of run, and level of blowouts CO2 — 70 grammes/km.
1st Real Test Drive of Porsche 918 Spyder
The project of Porsche 918 Spyder has been approved by company management in the middle of current year, however then exact terms of occurrence of the car on the conveyor were not called. As of July the number of potential buyers of this model, according to some information, exceeded 2,000 persons. The main competitors of the given model: Porsche Cayenne 2011 and Porsche 911 Turbo.
In Paris has taken place the presentation of 17th car BMW from collection of Art Car. 500-strong racing coupe M3 GT2 decorated with known American artist Jeff Koons became the main car of exhibit. Such car in the middle of June will take part at "24 hours of Le Mans".
Art Coupe
For the first time to create design of car BMW for collection of Art Car, Jeff Koons has expressed desire in 2003, however to carry out idea it was possible just now.
New Ford Mustang 2011 V6 become the judicial car of racing series NASCAR (Food Land 500) on track Bristol International Speedway.
New Pace Mustang
It already the second occurrence of "Mustang" on racing track NASCAR in a kind pace car this year. In February red Mustang GT carried judges on legendary car Daytona 500. Under a cowl 2011 Ford Mustang V6 Pace Car there is the new 3,7-l power unit entered into a lineup of 2011.
Company Peugeot has presented the special updating of a hatchback 207 made in honour of the pilot of the French command of Kris Meeke, become in last year the champion of rally IRC.
Limited version Peugeot 207 S16
The car which has received in the name additional index S16, will make in the limited circulation in 250 copies. The novelty has received the aerodynamic weather-cloth of a body including a forward and back spoiler, overlays on body thresholds, and a back bumper which is only imitation.
Also special version Peugeot 207 will include stickers on a body, 17-inch wheel disks, a mesh air inlet in the forward bumper, the blacked out glasses and the special tablet in salon with the engraved autograph of the race driver.
Technical characteristics of special version Peugeot 207
The technical stuffing of the special version of a hatchback 207 will not undergo to any modernisation. The car will be offered with the 1,6-l petrol engine power of 120HP. According to Peugeot, with 0 to 100 km/h the car is dispersed for 10,7 sec. The maximum speed — 201 km/h.
The novelty will be on sale only in the Great Britain. Cost of special version Peugeot 207 — 14,695 pounds sterling.
Company BMW announced the most powerful updating of roadster Z4 — Z4 sDrive35is which is equipped with the 3-litre engine forced to 340HP with two turbines. The novelty debut will take place on a motor show in Detroit in the beginning of January.
Roadster BMW Z4 sDrive35is
This car surpasses in the dynamic characteristics Z4 M the previous generation. The 3-litre turbo-engine after completions develops 450Nm of the twisting moment, and with 0 to 100 km/h Z4 sDrive35is is dispersed for 4,8 seconds. Standard transmission for the most powerful BMW Z4 is a 7-step transmission with two couplings and function Launch Control.
New roadster BMW Z4
Besides, the fast and the most powerful Z4 in the base version will be already completed with sports "M-package" into which the body weather-cloth enters, the underestimated sports suspension bracket with electronic control and 18-inch wheel disks (19-inch are offered for surcharge).
Autocompany Audi develops magnificent four-door coupe R7 which will make competition Porsche Panamera. Serial version of the future novelty will receive magnificent furnish, an all wheel drive, the powerful ten-cylinder engine and a gear box with double clutch.
Audi R7
Sales of coupe Audi R7, possibly, start not earlier than 2011, and the official premiere of the car should take place within 2010.
At festival Goodwood Revival which will take place on September, 19th in the Great Britain, British manufacturer Noble will present completely ready to a batch production of supercar M600.
As informs magazine Autocar referring to the message of the head of firm, power of the engine of this car will make 650 h.p., and to 100 km/h the car is dispersed for 3 seconds.
The novelty will receive a tubular steel skeleton, a carbon body of the panel and 4,4-litre petrol V8, developed by the Japanese company Yamaha. In a base variant such unit is completed in cars Volvo, however experts Noble slightly modernised V8, having added two turbo-superchargers Garrett and the block of management of motor Motec. According to representatives of the British manufacturer, engineers during power-plant operational development managed to "squeeze out" of this engine of 750 h.p., however subsequently it has been decided to limit power on 650 h.p. Thus in car salon there will be the special switch allowing the driver to choose two more values hallows — 450 or 550 h.p.
According to Noble, on the maximum power the supercar which begins to be equipped with a six-step mechanical transmission of company Graziano (similar transmission is used on Aston Martin V8 Vantage), can be dispersed to 160 km/h for 6,5 seconds. The maximum speed — 360 km/h.
Supercar weight balancing on axes — 40:60 with weight displacement in a back part of the car makes only 1275 kgs, and. Besides it, the novelty will not have a system of stabilisation and antiblocking system of brakes, and the driver can switch off the track-control the special toggle-switch from British fighters Tornado on which the similar switch starts rockets.
It is expected, that in the Great Britain cost Noble M600 will make about 200 thousand pounds sterling.
The German manufacturer of exclusive sportcars Wiesmann will bring on automobile show in Frankfurt which will take place from September, 15 till September, 27th, the open version of coupe MF5.
This car becomes the most powerful roadster in scale of the company and will be made by the limited circulation in 55 copies. On it informs magazine Automobile.
The novelty will receive the five-litre ten-cylinder petrol motor from BMW M5 which develops 507 h.p. and works together with seven-step transmission SMG. According to company Wiesmann, from zero to hundred km/h the most powerful roadster of the company can be dispersed for 3,9 seconds. The maximum speed — 310 km/h. Thus the fuel expense in the mixed cycle at opened MF5 will make 13,1 litres on hundred kilometres of run, and in a city and on a line — 19,3 and 9,6 litres accordingly. The prices for a roadster in Germany will begin from 189 thousand 500 euros.
Tuning studio Edo Competition has presented a unique variant of Italian a superpenalty under name Ferrari Enzo XX.
Power of standard 650-strong engine V12 have increased to 800 h.p., having approached Ferrari Enzo on the dynamic indicators to supercar Bugatti Veyron which is equipped by the motor power of 1001 h.p. As a result of Ferrari Enzo XX about 100 km/h of all for 3,2 seconds, the maximum speed — 390 km/h are dispersed.
On Tuesday company Ferrari has officially presented new supercar which becomes the most younger model in scale of eight-cylinder cars of mark and will be shown general public September of this year on automobile show in Frankfurt.
The novelty received the name 458 Italia and developed in studio Pininfarina, will come in the stead Ferrari F430.
The supercar is constructed on the aluminium chassis and equipped by special aerodynamic elements reducing resistance to a running stream of air. Supercar Ferrari F430 is completed by 570-strong 4,5-litre motor V8 with direct injection of fuel and the seven-step robotised transmission with two couplings.
The maximum twisting moment of this engine makes 540 Nm. According to Ferrari, from zero to hundred kilometres per hour the novelty can be dispersed for 3,4 seconds. The maximum speed of the car will make more than 320 kilometres per hour.
Besides, rear-wheel Ferrari 458 Italia has received active differential E-Diff, carbon-ceramic brake mechanisms with system "prefill", 20-inch wheel disks, and also "closed" air inlets of a forward bumper (hidden behind a grid of ventilating apertures aerodynamic elements block air stream, reducing resistance).
It is expected, that on sale in the European market the novelty will appear in the beginning of next year.
Cost Ferrari 458 Italia will make about 170 thousand euro.
Within the next several weeks six private racing commands will receive 12 sports cars GT3 power over 500 h.p.
Transfer of the first client car has taken place on Tuesday on March, 10th in building Audi Forum. The head of sports division Audi, doctor Wolfgang Ulrih has solemnly handed over keys from R8 LMS to the head of Italian division Audi Sport Emilio Radaelli.
Together with participation of a factory command in series DTM and creation of sports prototypes our new client sports program should become the third major direction of work Audi Sport, — Wolfgang Ulrih explains. — 2009 becomes year of design workings out and tests of sports model R8 LMS, the primary goal of division — to save up the maximum experience of management by the given car. Thus we are glad, that we will manage to make it thanks to participation in competitions of commands with which we and fruitfully co-operate for a long time.
In a season of 2009 commands Abt Sportsline, Argo Racing, ORECA, Phoenix Racing and Team Rosberg also focus attention on the new sports car GT3, developed AUDI AG. For a season 2010 division Audi Sport will begin transfer to clients of cars in the autumn of current year.
In total in an automobile sports season 2009 on start leave twelve R8 LMS which will take part more than in 40 competitions almost on 30 European racing lines. R8 LMS — the first racing car developed by division Audi Sport specially for use in the client program. Participation of a factory command on R8 LMS in official sports meets is not provided.
Bodies, including tubular skeletons, are made by the company quattro GmbH in specially equipped to shop on manufacture of cars for the client sports program. Engines V10 are delivered by factory Audi located in the city of Der.
After engineers Novitec Rosso and German tuning studio INDEN-Design has presented a package of completions for Ferrari 430 Spider.
Power of the super car have increased approximately by 35 h.p., and the maximum speed - more than to 300 km/h. The car differs low planting, sports system of an exhaust from a stainless steel and some changes in standard electronics. On wheels have put the facilitated 20-inch disks and tyres 235/30 R20 (in front) and 325/25 R20 (behind).
The aerodynamic complete set included the changed forward spoiler, lateral flaps and original hydrocarbonic spoilers. Salon have finished with an original skin, also tuners have changed the instrument panel and the central panel.
In company Audi AG very much like to operate accurately and clearly. After a premiere of serial model practically time of sports version S at once comes, and the gloomy determination in the name of the RS-version leaves trace on a scene also. Certainly, last option exists only for several models. As a rule, the given version wait more strongly the others, after all it as a rule an embodiment of high technologies which became for a long time already the company motto.
Recently family RS totaled only two models — RS4 and RS6. Someone even has started to think of extinction of this kind, but recently left new Audi RS6, and the absolute novelty — Audi TT RS has appeared trace also. It is quite probable, that in Audi TT RS, sports more than in the predecessor.
Here only hardly these sports can be beheld from apart. The impression is made, that appearance sports Audi create specially that they were not especially allocated in a city stream. Certainly, changes are, but they, as always, the trivial. There are 18-inch disks, in a forward bumper there are the big air inlets, slightly changed back bumper with an exhaust pipe.
New Audi TT RS
Knowing people will ask at once a question about the engine which really deserves that in it were interested. The five-cylinder turbo-motor is history Audi. For the first time, the engine has appeared in 1980, giving out 200HP. Now an old tandem have diluted with direct injection FSI and it has turned out, that the new interpretation created from a blank leaf, quite adequately continues old victorious traditions. The beginner only 183 kg, working volume of 2,5 litres, and power of 340HP.
So it turns out about 136HP from one litre of volume. The twisting moment of this engine in 450Nm. To 100 km/h Audi TT RS it is dispersed for 4,6 sec, all for 0,1 sec overtaking a roadster.
Having seen any model from series RS, you precisely want to look in salon, to sit in improbable armchairs or simply to be taken for a hi-tech wheel.
At the disposal of the driver there is a chronometre to measure the circles on a line, and also standard pair of the gauges showing pressure of the turbine and temperature of oil. Besides it there is button Sport switching the car in a sports mode. The motor, a suspension bracket and ESP — all passes in a fighting mode. Besides in an exhaust system the special valve that the exhaust sound too corresponded to speed is switched.
So with occurrence in a RS-series of the new version of the old best seller under a cowl all only have won. Having kept old advantages, engineers have increased them, having added with weight of adrenaline and strict appearance, not without the aid of designers, certainly.
This model for a long time waited, occurrence Audi TT RS expected after announcement Audi TTS. Certainly, it is fine. Here only fans of a TT also do not know now, that else it is possible to wish. Probably, it is necessary to dream only absolutely new generation.
Company Ferrari prepares for release sport package Handling GTE (Handling Gran Turismo Evoluzione) for a superpenalty 599 GTB Fiorano.
The premiere of this version of model has taken place in March on a motor show in Geneva, and now owners of super cars can order a tuning package in two different variants, depending on a year of release of their car (to or after 2008), writes RSTcars.
In the first case the car will receive a radiator lattice in style 430 Scuderia, 20-inch wheel disks with sports tyres, branch pipes of final system, furnish of salon with hydrocarbonic inserts and the new seats, the improved springs, stabilizers of cross-section stability and final system with the recustomized sound.
For cars with a mechanical transmission of 2008-2009 of release will in addition change operating electronics for which work switch Manettino located on a steering wheel answers. He allows to change an operating mode of a suspension bracket, the engine, transmission and stabilisation system. For a mechanical check point tuners will reduce gear change time to 85 milliseconds.
The first version of a sport package is on sale for $28,3 thousand, the second — $32,4 thousand.
Englishman Peter Saywell has developed the unique sports car on the basis of Pagani Zonda.
In the property of the British already there are such magnificent superpenalties as Koenigsegg CCX, Lamborghini LP640, Porsche Carrera GT and Techart GTStreet. According to sources, tuning Pagani Zonda, existing in the single copy, it is constructed on chassis Zonda F.
On the car the same engine with what it will be completed sport car Pagani Zonda C9 is put. Specially by request of the master the unique exhaust system with 4 branch pipes concluded in an oval has been developed. And a back spoiler at this car in accuracy as at supercar Zonda Cinque.
