Sports Vehicle
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Fuel Efficient Cars
Monday, November 7, 2011
How to upkeeping your car
Sport Cars
Monday, January 10, 2011
Lotus Elise Sports Vehicle
The MSRP on an Elise if $47,250, and for that money you get a lot. Here's a few of the names that will be on your spec sheet; Brembo, AP, Eibach, Bilstein and Advan. Those names some of the best in the business when it comes to making cars stop, turn and stick. It's no wonder these cars feel like they have tires made out of Gorilla Glue. With that MSRP, we had very little room for options, so we went with what we felt would heighten the driving experience even more; the LSD. Let's face it, if you buy an Elise, even with an unlimited budget you won't be building a comfortable coupe that bathes you in serenity and gadgets. It's a car, and nothing more. It will have a heater fan, if you're lucky. This is a bare-bones car meant for one thing; driving. The LSD ($1,790) just makes the car do its thing a little bit better. For $49,000 you won't find anything with the looks of an exotic and the handling to match.
The Mini Cooper Sports Vehicle
Starting at $28,800 the JCW Mini has a supercharged inline-4 making 208hp/193ft lbs., sling-shotting this pebble to 60mph in 6.2 seconds. With serious suspension, brake, and TC tweaks, the JCW Edition is the ultimate Mini. A Mini Cooper S turned up to 12. The ability to customize your Mini is something BMW promoted from day 1, and they still have it down in spades. What material would you like around your gauges? How about the dash, mirrors, roof, or steering wheel? What color would you like the air in the tires to be? The choices seem endless.
By adding on $17,000 worth of options (Bluetooth, red leather, NAV, stereo, carbon fiber, etc, etc etc.) we turned it into a comfortable, stylish, 100% personalized Mini that would lead the pack in any FWD hatch shootout, and give plenty of “sports cars” a serious fight on your favorite set of twisties.
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Lotus Elan, Elise, Elite, Esprit Hollywood photo gallery
Lotus has given the motoring world an early Christmas present with a bundle of new images of its stunning concept creations on location at a Hollywood beach.

Lotus unveiled the Elan, Elise, Elite and Esprit concepts at the 2010 Paris Motor Show in October, and announced all four models would be gradually rolled off the production line between now and 2015.
The Elan concept is powered by a 331kW/465Nm 4.0-litre V6 and is capable of racing from 0-100km/h in just 3.5 seconds.

The mid-engined, rear-wheel drive Elan includes a seven-speed dual-clutch automatic transmission and an optional KERS hybrid system, which helps keeps emissions to 199g/km and pushes the 1295kg rocket on to 310km/h. It will go on sale in 2013.
The Elise concept is an equally pretty piece of machinery. Expected to hit the market in 2015, the new Elise is powered by a 235kW/330Nm 2.0-litre four-cylinder engine. The sprint from 0-100km/h comes up in 4.3 seconds and the 1095kg two-seater will continue all the way to 270km/h.

The 2015 Lotus Elise will be available with a six-speed manual or dual-clutch auto, as well as an optional mild hybrid system, which uses stop/start engine technology.
Stepping up a gear is the Elite concept: a genuine four-seat sports car. Powered by a 5.0-litre V8 engine and an optional hybrid system, the Elite packs 465kW of power and a slamming 720Nm of torque.

Acceleration from 0-100km/h comes up in a brisk 3.7 seconds and the top speed is a blistering 315km/h. The all-new Lotus Elite is due for release in 2014.
And finally, saving the best for last as we like to do, the Lotus Esprit concept. The two-seater, mid-engined, rear-wheel drive features the V8 from the Elite with the same power and torque figures. But with 200kg less weight to haul around, it flies from 0-100km/h in 3.4 seconds and won’t stop until it gets to its 330km/h top speed.

Production is due to start in late in 2012 for a launch in the first half of 2013.
We can hardly wait. Until then, enjoy the pics.
Strand Craft 166 by Grey Design superyacht with supercar
It’s never too late if you’ve got the cash. Looking for a last-minute Christmas present and have an account balance bigger than you know what to do with? Try this for size. It’s called the Strand Craft 166 by Grey Design and with this present the batteries supercars are included.

Grey Design is a luxury yacht maker based in Sweden and extravagance is the company’s forte. Just looking at this thing you can smell the money floating, wafting from it. From the retracting entertaining area on the bow – with its own jacuzzi, to the huge opening sunroof above the flybridge, it is the ultimate display in wealth on water.

At the back, inside the yacht’s own garage of course, sits a bespoke Grey Design supercar. A car that can only be obtained through the purchase of the yacht. It gets by with a 4.3-litre V8 engine capable of pulling the sleek coupe to 320km/h. If you don’t fancy the custom car though, Grey Design will stow a Ferrari, Lamborghini or a Koenigsegg into the garage if you’d prefer.

Getting back to the yacht though, the power behind this creation is astonishing. It uses two MTU 20V4000 M93L, turbocharged V20 diesel engines, each outputting 4300kW, and, an additional Vericor TF50 gas turbine booster engine supplementing 4177kW. So all up, the SC166 superyacht offers 12777kW of power… or about as much as 65 Ford Falcons put together. Strangely, the top speed offering isn’t all that great; just 40 knots (74km/h).

The attention to detail is equally gob-smacking. The yacht is draped in, get this, bullet-proof leather. Yep, it’s what’s called Japanese Samurai tread leather which is woven from Vectran fibre. Grey Design will cover the walls in this stuff you wish, rendering the entire cabin bullet proof. There’s also plenty of brushed aluminium and soft LED lighting throughout.

A Grey Design press release release recently summed it up perfectly, saying,
“Her low stance, enormous length and curled haunches give this vessel a dynamic aesthetic that is guaranteed to turn heads in the the most well appointed marinas.”
It sure would. Check out the video below for a digital demonstration.