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Insane Local Jeep Wrangler STR8

By Brucester | January 27, 2011 | Custom Exotics, Jeep, Local Cars | No comments
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It’s very common to see pimped out Jeep Wranglers on a weekly basis barreling down our roads. Take a trip down to your local 4×4 hangout and it’s no wonder why, they really do out perform their price tag competitors on the dunes, in the mud and bundu bashing. Take a closer look and you will see all kinds of aftermarket extra are fitted. Check out Jeep Maniacs for these parts and fitment at http://www.maniacmanufacturing.com/

Now this blog is about road and racing motor vehicles, but one cant but help take an interest in such an insane modification as this. Squeezing a 6,1lt Hemi V8 from the Chrysler 300C STR8 into a Jeep must have been no small task, but the grin factor has to be huge when planting the loud pedal! When you consider that the motor standard kicks out 317kw and 570nm, many a fast car at the lights will catch a big wake up…add raised some raised suspension, cruise to the dunes and you basically have a big quad bike!  Matt black vinyl for a menacing presence, a couple ‘extras’ and you have the meanest Jeep in town. Sweet!

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Lambo limo’s green light

By Brucester | January 21, 2011 | Car News, Lamborghini | No comments
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Move over, Aston Rapide – the Lamborghini limo is on the way!

The Italians’ fast, edgy Estoque is back on the cards after senior executives at owner Audi threw their support behind the four-door supercar last week.
Lambo first revealed the 
model at the 2008 Paris Motor Show, before putting it on the back burner. But now, senior sources at the German marque have stated that the Estoque is exactly what Lamborghini needs to more than double sales, and gain financial independence.

But Audi has done more than simply comment on the Estoque. By unofficially confirming plans 
for its own A9 limo-coupé, it has 
also given Lamborghini the 
perfect production chassis.

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Porsche puts future models on ice

By Brucester | October 18, 2010 | Porsche | No comments
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Porsche has announced that it will be putting the production of several future models, such as the ‘Cajun’, Porsche’s small SUV, and a sub-Boxster roadster, on hold while it assesses their viability.

Porsche boss, Matthias Mueller, told Autocar, “We have to clarify how we are to spread out our product programme — below, above, left and right and so on — and we will see”

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BMW 1-Series M Coupe

By Brucester | October 15, 2010 | BMW, Car News | No comments
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BMW M development head Albert Biermann revealed the baby M model will come with a twin-turbo 3.0-litre straight-six engine mated ‘exclusively’ to a six-speed box driving, obviously, the rear wheels.

He said: “A closer look at the prototypes will reveal many similarities to the chassis, brakes and rear diff of the BMW M3.”

That 1,500kg weight is an interesting figure – around 200kg lighter than the current, V8-powered M3 (and so keeping to M Boss Kay Segler’s promise of a ‘small, lightweight racer), but still 200kg heavier than the original E30. This may upset some Internet fans.

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Jet-engined four-wheel-drive Jaguar C-X75 at the Paris Motor Show

By Brucester | October 1, 2010 | Car News, Jaguar | No comments
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Bet you weren’t expecting this, right? Jaguar has stolen the Paris motor show with a sensational JET-ENGINED supercar concept. That’s right, JET-ENGINED.

The Jaguar C-X75 uses four electric motors – one at each wheel – powered by Lithium-ion batteries, each producing 195bhp, giving a maximum 780bhp and a heart-busting 1,180lb ft of pulling power.
The purely electric mode gives SuperJag a range of just 68 miles, so engineers have fitted a pair of micro gas-turbines which spin to 80,000rpm and weigh 35kg each, to recharge the batteries (or supplement them), extending the range to a possible 560 miles.

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Gallardo meets Reventon in a radical Paris concept

By Brucester | October 1, 2010 | Car News, Lamborghini | No comments
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More than 300 kg lighter than a Gallardo Superleggera, powered by a screaming 419 kW V10 engine and possessed of a radical design hewn from advanced carbon-fibre reinforced plastic technology; the Lamborghini Sesto Elemento is a glimpse into the Sant’Agata Bolognese firm’s radical future.

A quick glance will fool the uninformed into believing that Lamborghini’s latest concept is the fighter jet-inspired and ultra-rare Reventon hypercar, and while the matte finishing and sharp lines might add to that belief, the Sesto-Elemento is more Gallardo overall.

The extensive use of carbon-fibre in the Sesto Elemento (Italian for sixth element) in the monocoque structure, and carbon-fibre reinforced plastic for everything else (even the rims, prop shaft and suspension components have been fashioned from the woven material) means that Sant’Agata’s latest raging bull tips the scales at 999 kg. The triangular design elements are not just for show either – as the numerous edges and recesses help achieve excellent aerodynamic properties as well as cooling air to various vents and hidden radiators.

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Ferrari’s 599 finally drops its top

By Brucester | September 27, 2010 | Car News, Convertible, Ferrari | No comments

There were murmurs of a convertible version of Ferrari’s 599 GTB doing the rounds at this year’s Pebble Beach Concours event, but apart from a private viewing little was heard about the car since…Now, Ferrari has disclosed the first regarding its biggest drop-top model: the 599 SA APERTA.

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Normally going topless for an 80th birthday celebration would be frowned upon, but in the case of the SA APERTA it’s a fitting way to highlight 80 years of Ferrari’s long-time styling partner Pininfarina – the SA prefix pays tribute to the styling firm’s founders: Sergio and Andrea Pininfarina.

The SA APERTA is regarded as a “true roadster” in the very sense of the term, with a removable soft top that is only brought into play when the weather conditions are truly abominable. With regards to styling, the SA APERTA features a more rakishly-angled windscreen and integrated roll-bars flanked by aerodynamic fins.

In addition to lowered suspension, the SA APERTA sits on a comprehensively overhauled version of the 599 GTB’s chassis with extra bracing to ensure optimal structural rigidity.

As with many coupé-to-roadster conversions, the additional bracing does equate to additional weight. However, the SA APERTA shouldn’t be adversely affected thanks to the adoption of the same 493 kW 6,0-litre V12 doing service in the road-and-track special 599 GTO.

The SA APERTA will make its full public debut at this year’s Paris Motor Show. Only 80 examples will be built, as per the Pininfarina anniversary they celebrate, and all of them are already spoken for.

Source: www.carmag.co.za