Ginetta G60 | Custom Car | Video

Posted on September 4, 2012 by melwin23

The Ginetta G60 | Custom Sports Car | Ginetta G60 Video Below

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The Ginetta G60 is a mid-engined sports car produced by British based Ginetta Cars, based on the Ginetta F400, which itself was based on the Farbio GTS.It is manufactured in Garforth, Yorkshire, and only around 50 a year will be produced from the start of 2012.The Ginetta G60 is powered by a Ford Cyclone V6 engine with a capacity of 3727cc, producing 310 bhp (231 kW;314 PS) at 6500rpm and torque of 288 lb·ft (390 N·m) at 4500rpm. It can accelerate to 60 mph in 4.9 seconds, with a top speed of 165 mph (265.5 km/h).The car does without ABS, power steering and other modern technologies. It is constructed with a carbon fibre skin on a tubular steel chassis to maintain a low weight of 1,080 kg (2,400 lb).

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HARLEY DAVIDSON V-ROD | CUSTOM MOTORCYCLE ~ Grease n Gasoline

Posted on September 3, 2012 by melwin23

HARLEY DAVIDSON V-ROD | CUSTOM MOTORCYCLE ~ Grease n Gasoline.

HARLEY DAVIDSON V-

ROD | CUSTOM MOTORCYCLE BY WONDER BIKES

Wonder Bikes is a custom bike studio in Texas. The owner Jason Wonder only took a couple of months to turn a Harley Davidson V-Rod into this killer bike. The bike is called Rev-2 features Brembo 4 piston brakes attached to HogPro Daytona wheels wrapped in Metzeler tires. Of course it comes with a V-Rod motor, a fuel-injected 1130cc water-cooled V-twin engine, outputting 115 horsepower!

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1952 The Alfa Romeo C52 Disco Volante

Posted on August 30, 2012 by melwin23

Vintage Car | Concept Car ~ 1952 The Alfa Romeo C52 Disco Volante (Flying Saucer) known also as 1900 C52, is a concept car series with production starting from 1952. The cars were racing car concepts with mechanics from the Alfa Romeo 1900 and made in collaboration with Milan based coachbuilder Touring. The engine was a slightly tuned 1900 engine (1997 cc) now producing 158 bhp (118 kW). The car was very streamlined, windtunnel tested, and the body was built on a tubular space frame. This aerodynamic shape made a top speed of 220 kilometres per hour (140 mph) possible.
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Also called
Alfa Romeo 1900 C 52

Production
1952-1953

Class
Concept car
Body style
Spider
Coupe
Layout FR layout
Engine
1997 cc straight-4
Transmission
4-speed manual
Wheelbase
2,220 mm (87.4 in)
Curb weight
735 kg (1,620 lb) with 1997 cc engine

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Rimac Concept One [ VIDEO ]

Posted on July 25, 2012 by melwin23

Rimac Concept One
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It takes a lot to stand apart at an exposition as jam-packed with glitzy treasure as the Frankfurt Motor Show and impress the hordes of automotive journalists there assembled, but we were suitably impressed when we laid eyes upon the Rimac Concept One at the Messe this past September. The Croatian upstart put together a supercar of (figurative, if not literal) Bugatti proportions, but instead of building it around a fossil-guzzling conventional powerplant, Rimac designed its hypercar with the equivalent of 1,088-horsepower worth of electric motors.

The Aspid Invictus GT-21 [ VIDEO / IMAGES ]

Posted on July 21, 2012 by melwin23

The Aspid Invictus GT-21

Meanwhile, in Gotham, Aspid has released this – the GT-21 Invictus. It sounds like a hedge fund, but it’s actually a 450bhp rear-wheel-drive GT that’ll get from 0-60mph in under three seconds, top out at 189mph and pull 1.6g on the skidpad. Despite the hoofing great BMW-sourced 4.4-litre V8, Aspid’s kept weight to a piffling 989.7kg by using a composite panels and a spaceframe chassis. And they claim that, despite the diminutive mass, there’s accommodation for four actual humans as well as room for modest luggage. Underneath, there’s a set of clever pushrod dampers, all-aluminium double wishbones, adaptive airbags, stability control and anti-lock brakes.And that readers, is all the info we have so far. The company hopes to have the Invictus ready for 2014, but there’s no word on pricing either.

The Aspid Invictus GT-21

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The Aspid Invictus GT-21

2012 Lotus Evora 414E Hybrid

Posted on July 3, 2012 by melwin23

Lotus has announced that its Evora 414E Range Extender Hybrid Electric Vehicle (or REEV for short) has begun testing at its headquarters at former RAF base Hethel in Norfolk, UK. Labeled a “technology demonstrator,” the 414E delivers two and a half times the torque of the supercharged Evora S.

2012 Lotus Evora 414E Hybrid

“The Evora S has 400 Nm of torque which in such a lightweight car is already a healthy figure,” said Simon Corbett, Lotus Engineering’s Principal Vehicle Dynamics Test and Development Engineer. “But the Evora 414E has two and a half times that amount. The acceleration sensation is almost indescribable, the surge of torque is like an ocean wave.”

2012 Lotus Evora 414E Hybrid

The 414E’s 1000 Nm of torque is delivered by two electric motors, one each of the rear wheels. This figure, which appears in a Lotus press release, appears to be an increase over the previously quoted torque of 400 Nm per motor, a figure which is still live on the Lotus website.

2012 Lotus Evora 414E Hybrid

The motors’ output also seems to have increased from 306 to 309 kW (or from 410 to 414 hp) combined. Lotus has now given a top speed for the hybrid: 209 km/h (130 mph).

2012 Lotus Evora 414E Hybrid

There appears to be a subtle change, too, in the quoted battery-only mileage which the press release puts at 48 km (30 miles) down from the 56 km (35 miles) still quoted on the website. Using an Xtrac 1092 transmission, the 414E produces a claimed 55 g of carbon dioxide per km when its three cylinder ranger extender engine (which runs on either gasoline, methanol or ethanol) is required. We assume that figure is based on the engine burning gasoline.

2012 Lotus Evora 414E Hybrid

Otherwise, the performance and specs appear to have remained unchanged from those we reported when the
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Flight Test : Terrafugia Flying Car ( VIDEO )

Posted on July 2, 2012 by melwin23

Terrafugia Flying Car Light Sport Aircraft (LSA) Six years after the initial announcement that Terrafugia, Inc. would . would develop a “roadable airplane”, the Transition has completed the first phase of flight testing. The flight testing, carried out at Plattsburgh International Airport in northern New York State, assessed the light sport aircraft’s full performance envelope. The Transition prototype was reported to perform “exceptionally well”, allowing the testing to be carried out quickly.

Flight Test : Terrafugia Flying Car

Every pilot faces uncertain weather, rising costs, and ground transportation hassles on each end of the flight. The Transition® combines the unique convenience of being able to fold its wings with the ability to drive on any surface road in a modern personal airplane platform. Stowing the wings for road use and deploying them for flight at the airport is activated from inside the cockpit. This unique functionality addresses head-on the issues faced by today’s Private and Sport Pilots.

Terrafugia’s award-winning MIT-trained engineers have been advancing the state-of-the-art in personal aircraft since 2006. Now you can streamline your flying experience with the revolutionary integration of personal land and air travel made possible by the Transition® Roadable Aircraft.

Flight Test : Terrafugia Flying Car

Performance
Max, Vh:100 kts (115 mph, 185 km/h)
Cruise, Vc:93 kts (105 mph, 172 km/h)
Stall, Vs: 45 kts (51 mph, 83 km/h)
Range: 425 nmi (490 mi, 787 km)
Takeoff: 1700′ (518 m) over 50′ obstacle

Light Sport Aircraft (LSA)Convenience

Rear wheel drive on the ground
Automotive-style entry and exit
Two place, side by side
Automated electromechanical folding wing
No trailer or hangar needed
Cargo area holds golf clubs

Safety

Drive in case of inclement weather
Proven 100 hp Rotax 912ULS engine
Full vehicle parachute available
Modern glass avionics
Automotive crash safety features

Dimensions
Driving:
80” (2m) tall
90” (2.3m) wide
18’ 9” (6m) long
Flying:
78″ (2m) tall
26′ 6″ (8m) wingspan
19′ 9″ (6m) long
Cockpit:
48” at the shoulder
Carry-on luggage
Golf clubs
Two place, side-by-side
Training
Become a Sport Pilot in as little as 20 hours of flight time in a Transition®-specific course. For existing pilots, get comfortable quickly with the familiarization training included with every Transition®

2005 Elfin MS8 Streamliner

Posted on June 27, 2012 by melwin23

The Elfin MS8 models have been designed by Elfin Sports Cars and styled by the Holden Design team. This collaboration between two proud Australian manufacturing icons has been an enthusiastic exercise, by car enthusiasts, for car enthusiasts.

The Elfin MS8 sports cars are worthy successors to the famous Elfin MS7, the Chevrolet V8 powered Elfin which won the 1975 and 1976 Australian Tourist Trophy Sports Car Championships.

2005 Elfin MS8 Streamliner

Specifcations
DRIVETRAIN :: 5.7 litre alloy V8 . From 245 kW . 6 speed gearbox . Limited Slip Differential
SAFETY :: Traction control . ABS braking system . Cruise control
SUSPENSION :: Fully independent rear suspension with top and bottom wishbones plus toe link adjustment . Front suspension with top and bottom chrome moly, unequal, aerofoil wishbones . Fully adjustable race spec rose joints throughout . Elfin alloy uprights (front and rear), fully adjustable for camber, caster & toe. Coil over Koni shock absorbers, adjustable for bump, rebound and ride height.

2005 Elfin MS8 Streamliner

2005 Elfin MS8 Streamliner

BRAKES :: Slotted & ventilated 4 wheel disc brakes Front: 32 x 343mm discs. Elfin alloy billet machined 6 pot calipers Rear: 18 x 315mm discs with handbrake. Elfin alloy billet machined 4 pot calipers.STEERING/PEDALS :: Rack and pinion with adjustable steering column. Fully adjustable alloy pedal box with brake bias adjustment.

2005 Elfin MS8 Streamliner

WHEELS/TYRES :: Alloy 18″ wheels. 235 x 40 tyres.
CONSTRUCTION :: Jig assembled, hand crafted multitubular space frame. GRP body panels.

Length :: 3500mm
Width :: 1710mm
Front Track :: 1460mm
Rear Track :: 1430mm
Wheelbase :: 2290mm
Kerb Weight :: 1050kg

Price Estimates (as at September 2005) :: $135,850

(source: Elfin)

2014 Mitsubishi New Outlander – Plug-in Hybrid

Posted on June 20, 2012 by melwin23

When it comes to hybrid cars, there seem to be two types – cars that were designed from the start to be hybrids, and cars that started out as internal combustion-only models, but that gained a hybrid option along the way. Mitsubishi Motors, however, is now claiming that its soon-to-be-released New Outlander SUV will be the first mainstream car from a major manufacturer envisaged from the outset with built-in provisions for either combustion or plug-in hybrid power trains.

Mitsubishi – Plug-in Hybrid New Outlander

What this means is that the New Outlander will be available both in an internal combustion engine (ICE) version, and a plug-in hybrid EV (PHEV) model. The PHEV model claims two additional firsts, as it will be Mitsubishi’s first plug-in hybrid car, and will reportedly be “the first permanent 4WD electric car in series production.”

The New Outlander PHEV will have two electric motors, one providing power to the front wheels, with the other assigned to the rear wheels. It will also have a petrol engine that can be used to generate electricity to run the motors, or to provide power to the front wheels.

This configuration will allow for three driving modes – Pure, in which only the two electric motors are used; Series, in which the two motors are supported by the petrol generator; and Parallel, which would see the petrol engine providing most of the power, supported by the two electric motors.

The company claims that the PHEV model should offer performance similar to that of its Concept PX-MiEV II show car, with a driving distance of over 800 kilometers (497 miles), and targeted CO2 emissions below 50 g/km. Little else in the way of specs are available at this time.

Mitsubishi will be unveiling the New Outlander PHEV at the upcoming 2012 Paris Motor Show, which takes place September 29th to October 14th, with a European commercial roll-out planned for 2013. The ICE model should be introduced in Europe in the fall (Northern Hemisphere) of this year.

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Inventor killed By His Invention

Posted on June 18, 2012 by melwin23

Henry Smolinski was a Northrop-trained engineer who left his job to start Advanced Vehicle Engineers, a company focused on bringing a flying car to market. In 1973, the company built its first two prototypes made by fusing the rear end of a Cessna Skymaster airplane with a Ford Pinto. The tail section was designed to be attached and detached from the car.

Inventor killed By His Invention

Smolinski was set to begin production for the retail market the next year, but on Sept. 11, 1973, he went on a test flight with pilot Harold Blake and was killed, along with Blake, when a wing strut detached from the car. The National Transportation Safety Board ruled that bad welds were responsible for the crash. (And it did involve a Pinto.)