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BMW Vision EfficientDynamics Concept

September 2nd, 2009

BMW Vision EfficientDynamics Concept

BMW has released the Vision EfficientDynamics Concept. It is powered by a fuel-efficient 3-cylinder turbodiesel plug-in full-hybrid with one electric motor on each axle. The top speed limited electronically to 155mph and it accelerates from 0 to 100km/h (62mph) at 4.8 seconds while the fuel consumption is 3.76 liters/100 kilometers. The design is awesome, check out more after the break. Read more…

Gemballa Mirage GT Matte Edition

August 12th, 2009

Gemballa Mirage GT Matte Edition

The Gemballa Mirage GT Matte Edition is powered by 5.7L V10 engine, churning out 670hp and hit 3.7-seconds from 0-60mph. Check out more pictures after the break. Read more…

Chrome BMW M3

June 13th, 2009

Chrome BMW M3

This Chrome BMW M3 is the first project of custom chrome painting in Russia. It is done by Dereiter Racing. Video after the break Read more…

The World’s Smallest Car

May 16th, 2009

The World's Smallest Car

47-year-old Terry Watkins from The UK, has created the world’s smallest car ~ 39 inches tall, 26 inches wide and 51 inches long which is almost half the size of the current world record holder. The little car is powered by the engine found on lawn mower and has got the chassis from children’s toy car. Watkins has put on working headlights and tail lights, windshield wipers, signals and horn, and he got his license plate making it fully street legal. This little car can speed up to 40mph and it gets 70 miles per gallon. Video after the break. Read more…

Audi R8-based PPI Razor GTR

May 14th, 2009

Audi R8-based PPI Razor GTR

This is the latest Audi R8-based PPI Razor GTR powered by stock 4.2-liter V8, producing 580hp. It has a specially engineered supercharger and a ram-charged sport air filter system + a high performance stainless steel exhaust. With the main focus on optimizing the power-to-weight ratio, R8 just lost 521 lbs that helps to increase torque to 600Nm, shooting to 60mph at 3.7 and goes to the max 200mph. More pictures after the break. Read more…

Top Gear – Caparo T1

May 13th, 2009

Top Gear - Caparo T1

Jeremy Clarkson took Caparo T1 for a road test. This car is powered by a mid-mounted supercharged 3.5L V8 engine that produces 575 horsepower and 310 lb-ft of torque. Video after the break. Read more…

Car Crash Test Failure

May 12th, 2009

Car Crash Test Failure

OMG! A car test failure. This shows how engineers shouldn’t design a car, it was a China-made vehicle at a 40mph crash test.

[update]The car has no structural integrity whatsoever.[/update]

Video after the break. Read more…

Top Gear – Extreme Ford Fiesta road test

May 12th, 2009

Extreme Ford Fiesta road test

Jeremy Clarkson took the new Ford Fiesta for an extraordinary road test, a car chase in a shopping center and a Royal Marine assisted beach assault. I love this episode. Video after the break. Read more…

Mercedes-Benz E-class: Dreams Will Have To Wait

May 12th, 2009

E-Class Attention Assist

This is the new Mercedes-Benz ad, promoting its E-Class Attention Assist (security item) to keep driver awake and alert. Video after the break. Read more…

Scorpion by Ronn Motors

May 7th, 2009

Scorpion by Ronn Motors

The Scorpion by Ronn Motors is a 450 horsepower hydrogen powered vehicle that drinks the water from your garden hose to create hydrogen on demand. It gets 40mpg, the hydrogen is mixed with 91-octane gasoline to improve the fuel economy and reduce the emissions of the car’s 3.5-liter internal combustion engine. It is priced at $150,000. More pictures after the break. Read more…