The new Turbo is everything but slow, this brand new Uber-Carrera romps to 60 mph within 3.7 seconds. The top speed of almost 193 mph should work for the everyday use – almost.
However, for the true performance enthusiasts, too much is simply never enough. These men can never have enough power ” and for this reason power hungry Turbo owners who demand maximum performance insist on 9ff enhancement shortly after their purchases. Not for the average Porsche driver, 9ff customers insist on performance without compromise.
In fact, it’s so sure of the Iroc that it just left it on the turntable. No scantily clad French models. No overdramatized unveiling. Just a grasshopper-green, menacing hatchback left spinning in solitude. Well, not exactly. In fact, we practically had to elbow our way to the front just to get a glimpse of the thing.
The R33 Skyline GT-R has the potential of making ungodly amounts of power, especially when it’s uncorked by one of the premier Japanese tuners. This particular submission, to what’s turned into a Skyline tribute day, comes from Top Secret and their head engineer, Kazuhiko Nagata.
The Top Secret R33′s RB26DETT has been tuned to create over 1,200 BHP, which dispatches the 1,320 in a mere 9.6 seconds. It performs that feat above. Enjoy the insanity.
With the new MINI on its way and the Clubman on the horizon, how else can BMW capitalize on the iconic hatch’s popularity? Diversify.
According to AutoExpress’ sources within BMW/MINI, the Cooper will likely come equipped with some manner of all-wheel-drive in the future, along with an “intelligent” transmission and a flexible interior that makes the most of the interior space. If such a beast comes to fruition, the possibility of a crossover version and even a pickup variant are also in the cards.
That last part leaves us a little stunned and somewhat worried about brand dilution, even if they are just rumors. Then again, with total sales of the new MINI likely to reach one million sometime in 2007, the automaker’s momentum may allow for some interesting spinoffs.
If this doesn’t define the phrase “money can’t buy brains,” then nothing does. It shows what we hope to be the vehicle’s owner attempting to autocross a Ferrari F 50 in the wet. Fortunately for us, everything is caught on tape from both inside the car and out. Unfortunately, the only thing that this guy manages to hit is a corner worker, who he nearly runs over and then lands on top of after his hands-on lesson in understeer.
SEAT is now offically in South Africa, boasting for base models that wil be available in various forms to the South African public.
Now, for those of you who follow the World Touring Car Championship will know that SEAT are currently 2nd in the manufacturers championship race which means that in no way are SEAT coming into the market without a racing legacy behind their name. Something that only the German powerhouse BMW can better at the moment, this because BMW are a mere 10 point ahead of SEAT in the standings.
SEAT have now taken this thoroughbred racing hatch, made it more reliable, neatened up the interior, added a few safety features and thrown in a sound system and named it the Leon Cupra. Surprised, you shouldn’t be as yet, most of the manufacturers do a similar thing but none have seemed to have made such an impact as SEAT have made. The car looks splendid with beautiful curves in all the right places, has enough power to compete with the new Golf R32 and is priced similarly to the Golf VI GTI. Read the rest of this entry »
News from the RP1 camp is that things are slowly starting to take form.
A new site is being opened during the course of the week called Kustamyz, with a monthly DVD title being released on a monthly basis. One of the main features on KUSTAMYZ DVD is the actual video birth of RP1 – as well as some of the sponsors involved. DVD’s will be on sale at Auto Africa at RP1’s stand.
Getting back to RP1, Handle Street have done work on the seats which have been completely covered in leather, yes, genuine leather, not the stuff you get at the Oriental Plaza!
The Auto Africa is a car show held in South Africa annually. It is an internationally rated show and it allows car manufacturers to show off their brand and to show the public what the future of their brand holds, and also many choose to show what kind of capabilities they have with many concept cars being on display.
A few examples are Toyota, Renault and Ford with their concepts cars, Honda with the “oh so” cute AI Robot and then Audi with their amazing RS4 Convertible and the mouth watering, eye catching, sexy and exhilarating to say the least R8.
There is so much more to speak about and show you, but i will leave you with these few images..
As you walk onto the Audi stand you are surrounded by almost 2500 kW of power, but not brute power, the elegant sophisticated power you expect to get from Audi. You stand around scanning the stand amazed at the site of the Q7, the worlds most powerful SUV, then the TT, South Africa’s most popular convertible, then the S8 with a R50 000 sound system, then all thought and movement stop as your eyes cross the charcoal black beauty that proudly sits in the limelight of centre stage.
We all love touchscreens. We just can’t help ourselves. We touch, stroke, and then do some more touching.
Nokia have released news of a new concept cellphone, called “Aeon”. I hope I’m not the only one who immediately thinks of a very tight clad Charlize Theron when I hear that word. But I digress.
The new Nokia Aeon concept phone, is an entire touchscreen. Including a touchscreen keypad. It also looks remarkably thin – so thin that I would seriously worry about snapping it in half if I sat down with it positioned wrong in my pocket.
SEAT is now offically in South Africa, boasting for base models that wil be available in various forms to the South African public.
