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Can You Fit A Corvette V8 Inside a Matiz? Yes and It's For Sale!
Can You Fit A Corvette V8 Inside a Matiz? Yes and It's For Sale!

1 Nov 2012, 16:43 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The concept of putting large engines in small cars is extremely widespread, yet few take it to an extreme level. The old generation Chevrolet Matiz/Spark was powered by an 800cc engine, which develo...

 
2013 Nissan Altima Supercar V8 Supercar Revealed
2013 Nissan Altima Supercar V8 Supercar Revealed

30 Oct 2012, 08:32 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Nissan has taken the wraps off the brand new racing car that will be used for next year’s Australian Supercars Championship. No, it’s not the GT-R, it the 2013 Altima Supercar V8 Superca...

 
Jaguar Shows the Sound Difference: F-Type V6 vs. F-Type V8
Jaguar Shows the Sound Difference: F-Type V6 vs. F-Type V8

29 Oct 2012, 12:30 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Contemporary times are making choosing a sports car extremely difficult, with the financial and eco concerns acting as some sort of handbrake for models with bigger engines. However, the displacemen...

 
Snow White BMW M3 by Mode Carbon
Snow White BMW M3 by Mode Carbon

29 Oct 2012, 10:40 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / We have to tell you that you are looking at a pretty lucky BMW M3, as this example wasn't just born to be a standard car, if we can call the M3 that, but was to become Mode Carbon's "...

 
Chevrolet Reveals Gen 5 LT1 V8 for C7 Corvette: 450 HP 6.2-Liter <span>· Video</span>
Chevrolet Reveals Gen 5 LT1 V8 for C7 Corvette: 450 HP 6.2-Liter · Video

25 Oct 2012, 08:18 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Good news Corvette fans, there’s no turbo V6 under the C7’s hood like the false rumors suggested. INstead, when the all-new 2014 Corvette arrives next year, it will do so powered by a br...

 
Cosworth For Sale, Prodrive Wants to Buy
Cosworth For Sale, Prodrive Wants to Buy

25 Oct 2012, 08:49 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / David Richards, the man who runs Prodrive has confirmed that the company is interested in buying F1 engine supplier Cosworth. HRT, together with Marussia supplier Cosworth are currently owned by Ger...

 
Miltek Launches Sport Performance Exhaust for Porsche Panamera Turbo
Miltek Launches Sport Performance Exhaust for Porsche Panamera Turbo

20 Oct 2012, 09:54 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The Porsche Panamera Turbo is not the best sounding of the luxury four-door’s range, as the turbochargers take away some of the crispness of the sound, and even muffle it a bit. The best sound...

 
Fastest Porsche SUV Ever: Cayenne Turbo S on Track
Fastest Porsche SUV Ever: Cayenne Turbo S on Track

17 Oct 2012, 08:05 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Porsche has built the fastest Cayenne ever with this brand new Turbo S, producing 550 horsepower. Of course, BMW also has that sort of power, but they can not match the build quality achieved in Lei...

 
Audi Explains Development of Refreshed R8 - No Changes, Just Optimization
Audi Explains Development of Refreshed R8 - No Changes, Just Optimization

12 Oct 2012, 09:54 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Audi is a very strict and sober automaker, and it really shows in the cars that they make. Jeremy Clarkson’s ‘cement salesmen’ reference is very good to describe the kind of people...

 
World’s Fastest BMW M5 Set for SEMA Debut
World’s Fastest BMW M5 Set for SEMA Debut

9 Oct 2012, 14:32 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / At this year’s edition of SEMA, held in Las Vegas, you will be able to admire ‘the world’s fastest BMW M5’, a title which definitely makes the car in question very interestin...

 
World’s Smallest Supercharged V8 Engine Enters Production
World’s Smallest Supercharged V8 Engine Enters Production

3 Oct 2012, 15:24 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Model cars are a great way to have a constructive and educational hobby, which is also rewarding because you get to build various scale models of your favourite cars with your own hands - nothing be...

 
Audi RS5 Gets Floored Away From Toll Booth
Audi RS5 Gets Floored Away From Toll Booth

1 Oct 2012, 08:30 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The Audi RS5 is arguably one of the better looking cars to bear the four circles on its front grille, and while it is still bland compared to similar offerings from other manufacturers, we say it ra...

 
Watch the Unveiling of the McLaren P1
Watch the Unveiling of the McLaren P1

28 Sep 2012, 16:55 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / McLaren will be forever remembered in automotive history for one car in particular - the awesome F1 they made in the late 1990s. Now, though, they want to make their mark yet again with another stun...

 
BMW M5 F10 Driven Hard - Good or Bad Exhaust Note?
BMW M5 F10 Driven Hard - Good or Bad Exhaust Note?

25 Sep 2012, 10:04 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / We are still not convinced by the exhaust note of the new twin-turbo V8-powered BMW M5. We have no reserves whatsoever about its performance, or response for such a big engine which uses forced indu...

 
BMW M5 and M6 Owners from US Urged to Stop Driving!
BMW M5 and M6 Owners from US Urged to Stop Driving!

22 Sep 2012, 10:26 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / While most BMWs are renowned for their extremely competent reliability records, it seems that the new 4.4-liter turbocharged engine which powers the M5, M6, X5M and X6M has its fair share of serious...

 
Stock BMW M5 Runs 11.78 Second Quarter Mile
Stock BMW M5 Runs 11.78 Second Quarter Mile

21 Sep 2012, 12:12 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Everybody advises everybody to take their cars to the drag strip, not race them between the lights, when they want to see how fast the rides really are and we are now here to show you what happens w...

 
Manhart Shows Off 750 Hp MH3 V8 RS Biturbo Clubsport
Manhart Shows Off 750 Hp MH3 V8 RS Biturbo Clubsport

18 Sep 2012, 09:19 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / For those who think the regular BMW M3 E92 is a bit slow, Manhart may have the answer - the MH3 V8 RS Biturbo Clubsport. They have transplanted the 4.4-liter twin-turbocharged unit out of the X5M, X...

 
GM Trademarks Z28 Name, Hot Camaro Coming?
GM Trademarks Z28 Name, Hot Camaro Coming?

17 Sep 2012, 08:17 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The “Z/28” designation is enough for any Camaro of muscle car fan to start a chat that can go on for hours, but this has been out of GM’s vocabulary for quite a while. However, the...

 
Toyota Tundra Chosen to Tow Endeavor Space Shuttle to California Science Center
Toyota Tundra Chosen to Tow Endeavor Space Shuttle to California Science Center

13 Sep 2012, 12:06 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The Endeavor has been officially put out of use. However, instead of abandoning it in the desert, NASA have decided to take it to the California Science Center, where it will stay on display as its ...

 
Chrysler Teams Up With Fashion Designer John Varvatos to Create 300C Special Editions
Chrysler Teams Up With Fashion Designer John Varvatos to Create 300C Special Editions

12 Sep 2012, 10:26 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Chrysler has teamed up with award-winning fashion designer John Varvatos, in order to create the 300C John Varvatos Limited Edition and Luxury Edition. The aim was to bring a little bit of Varvatos&...