Showing posts with label Cars. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cars. Show all posts

Wednesday, 28 October 2015

Lykan Hypersport



The Lykan Hypersport is a limited production sports car by W Motors, a United Arab Emirates based company founded in 2012 with the collaboration of Syrian and Italian engineers. It is the first supercar to be produced in the Middle East, and is featured in the film Furious 7, and the video games Project CARS, Driveclub, Asphalt 8: Airborne, and GT Racing 2: The Real Car Experience. It is the first car to be designed and produced indigenously in the Arab World.



At US$ 3.4 million, the Lykan HyperSport is the third most expensive car to ever be made, behind the very limited (four created, three sold) Lamborghini Veneno (US$4.6 million) and Maybach Exelero concept (US$8 million). As reference, the Lykan Hypersport is US$1 million more expensive than the Bugatti Veyron Super Sport, which currently holds the record as the fastest production car in the world at 431 km/h (268 mph).
Source: Wikipedia

Thursday, 21 March 2013

Bugatti Veyron

The Bugatti Veyron EB 16.4 is a mid-engined grand touring car, designed and developed by the Volkswagen Group and manufactured in Molsheim, France by Bugatti Automobiles S.A.S.

The Super Sport version of the Veyron is the fastest street-legal production car in the world, with a top speed of 431.072 km/h (267.856 mph). The original version has a top speed of 408.47 km/h (253.81 mph). It was named Car of the Decade (2000–2009) by the BBC television programme Top Gear. The standard Veyron won Top Gear's Best Car Driven All Year award in 2005.

 Bugatti Veyron

The Veyron features an 8.0-litre, quad-turbocharged, W16 cylinder engine, equivalent to two narrow-angle V8 engines. Each cylinder has four valves for a total of 64, but the narrow staggered V8 configuration allows two overhead camshafts to drive two banks of cylinders so only four camshafts are needed. The engine is fed by four turbochargers and displaces 7,993 cubic centimetres (487.8 cu in), with a square 86 by 86 mm (3.39 by 3.39 in) bore and stroke.


Bugatti Veyron Engine

The transmission is a dual-clutch direct-shift gearbox computer-controlled automatic with seven gear ratios, with magnesium paddles behind the steering wheel and a shift time of less than 150 milliseconds, built by Ricardo of England rather than Borg-Warner, who designed the six speed DSG used in the mainstream Volkswagen Group marques. The Veyron can be driven in either semi-automatic or fully automatic mode. A replacement transmission for the Veyron costs just over US$120,000. It also has permanent all-wheel drive using the Haldex Traction system. It uses special Michelin PAX run-flat tyres, designed specifically to accommodate the Veyron's top speed, and cost US$25,000 per set. The tyres can be mounted on the rims only in France, a service which costs US$70,000. Kerb weight is 1,888 kilograms (4,162 lb). This gives the car a power-to-weight ratio, according to Volkswagen Group's figures, of 446.3 metric horsepower (328 kW; 440 bhp) per ton.

Friday, 11 January 2013

Maserati Gran Turismo

The Maserati GranTurismo is a two-door 2+2 coupƩ produced by Maserati. It shares the platform of the Maserati Quattroporte V.


Maserati Gran Turismo

GranTurismo MC Stradale (2011)

In September 2010, Maserati released that they will be officially showing a new version of the GranTurismo - the MC Stradale - at the 2010 Paris Motor Show. The strictly two-seat MC Stradale is more powerful (450 PS/331 kW; 444 hp), lighter, and more aerodynamic than any previous GranTurismo model - all with the same fuel consumption as the regular GranTurismo. In addition to two slits in the bonnet, the MC Stradale also receives a new front splitter and rear air dam for better aerodynamics, downforce, and improved cooling of brakes and engine. The body modifications make the car 48 mm (2 in) longer.

The car usually operates in an "auto" mode, but the driver can switch this to "sport" or "racing", which affects gearbox operations, suspension, traction control, and even the sound of the engine. The MC Stradale is the first GranTurismo to break the 300 km/h barrier, with a claimed top speed of 301 km/h (187 mph).

GranTurismo Sport (2012)

Replacing the GranTurismo S, the Sport was unveiled in March 2012 at the Geneva Motor Show.Main changes include a revised 4.7L engine rated 460 PS (338 kW; 454 hp), a restyled front spoiler, new headlights and an interior trim with new steering wheel and seats. Two transmissions choices will be offered on the Sport; the standard gearbox is a six-speed automatic, while a six-speed sequential manual transaxle comes as an option. The latter has steering wheel-mounted paddle shifters, a feature that’s optional with the automatic gearbox.

Wednesday, 21 November 2012

Porsche 918 Spyder

The Porsche 918 Spyder is a mid-engined sports plug-in hybrid designed by Porsche and first shown as a concept at the 80th edition of theGeneva Motor Show in March 2010. The Spyder is powered by a 4.6 litre V8 engine, developing 580 horsepower (430 kW), with two electric motors delivering an additional 243 horsepower (181 kW). It is the first plug-in hybrid car from Porsche. Porsche intends to manufacture 918 units as a 2014 model year starting production on September 18, 2013, with deliveries scheduled to begin in December 2013. The starting price is rumored be €768,026.

Porsche unveiled the RSR racing variant of the 918 at the 2011 North American International Auto Show, which combines hybrid technology first used in the 997 GT3 R Hybrid, with styling from the 918 Spyder.


Porsche 918 Spyder

The 918 Spyder is a mid-engined two seater supersports car designed by Michael Mauer. It is powered by a 4.6 liter V8 engine which is a development of the engine used in the RS Spyder Le Mans Prototype racing car. The engine delivers 580 horsepower (430 kW) at 8,500 rpm and 500 N·m (370 lbf·ft) of torque. This is supplemented by two electric motors delivering an additional 240 hp (180 kW). One 85 kW (114 hp) electric motor drives the rear wheels in parallel with the engine and also serves as the main generator. This motor and engine deliver power to the rear axle via a 7-speed gearbox coupled to Porsche's own (PDK) double-clutch system. The front 95 kW (127 hp)electric motor directly drives the front axle; an electric clutch decouples the motor when not in use. The total system delivers 823 hp (614 kW) and 780 N·m (580 lbf·ft) of torque. As of October 2012 the engineering design is not finalized, but Porsche has given performance figures of 0–100 km/h (62 mph) in 2.8 seconds and a top speed of 325 kilometres per hour (202 mph). The energy storage system is a 6 kW·h liquid-cooled lithium-ion battery positioned behind the passenger cell. In addition to plugging in to recharge, the batteries are also charged by regenerative braking and by excess output from the engine when the car is coasting. CO2 emissions are 70 g/km and fuel consumption is 3 L/100 km (94 imperial mpg/78 us mpg).

Ferrari 250 GTO


Ferrari 250 GTO

The Ferrari 250 GTO is a GT car which was produced by Ferrari from 1962 to 1964 for homologation into the FIA's Group 3 Grand Touring Carcategory. The numerical part of its name denotes the displacement in cubic centimeters of each cylinder of the engine, whilst GTO stands for "Gran Turismo Omologata", Italian for "Grand Touring Homologated." When new, the GTO commanded an $18,000 purchase price in the United States, and buyers had to be personally approved by Enzo Ferrari and his dealer for North America, Luigi Chinetti.

36 cars were made in the years '62/'63. In 1964 'Series II' was introduced, which had a slightly different look. Three such cars were made, and four older 'Series I' were given a 'Series II' body. It brought the total of GTOs produced to 39.

In 2004, Sports Car International placed the 250 GTO eighth on a list of Top Sports Cars of the 1960s, and nominated it the top sports car of all time. Similarly, Motor Trend Classic placed the 250 GTO first on a list of the "Greatest Ferraris of all time".

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Lamborghini Gallardo

The Lamborghini Gallardo is a sports car built by Lamborghini and its most-produced model to date, with over 10,000 built in its first seven years of production. Named after a famous breed of fighting bull, the V-10 Gallardo has been Lamborghini's sales leader and stable-mate to a succession of V-12 flagship models—first to the Lamborghini MurciĆ©lago (4,099 built between 2001 and 2011), then to the current flagship Lamborghini Aventador.


Lamborghini Gallardo

LP 570-4 Spyder Performante

In November 2010, Lamborghini announced the LP 570-4 Spyder Performante, a convertible version of the LP 570-4 Superleggera. Employing the same 570 PS (419 kW; 562 hp) 5. 2 L V 10 and with a curb weight of 1,485 kg (3,274 lb), heavier than the coupe as usual with coupe based convertibles, the LP 570-4 Spyder Performante goes from 0 to 100 km/h (62 mph) in 3.4 seconds, to 200 km/h (124 mph) in 12.0 seconds and has a top speed of 324 km/h (201 mph)

In December 2004, two L140 Gallardos were donated to the Italian police in honour of the force's 152nd anniversary, one came from Automobili Lamborghini SpA while a second was donated by an independent organization.