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McLaren F1 Successor to Get Close to the 1,000 HP Mark
McLaren F1 Successor to Get Close to the 1,000 HP Mark

11 Sep 2012, 11:40 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Additional details regarding the car McLaren has planned as the successor for the extreme F1 of the 1990s - the P12. It will predictably be powered by an uprated version of the 3.8-liter V8 unit tha...

 
Camaro Bumblebee Transformers Edition Donut Fail
Camaro Bumblebee Transformers Edition Donut Fail

10 Sep 2012, 09:58 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Ladies and Gentlemen drivers, the adjacent video is a perfect example of what happens when you want to put on a hooning show and you mix a rear-wheel drive car with no LSD with a driver that’s...

 
Anton Kasabov’s Hamann-Tuned Mercedes-Benz G-Wagon
Anton Kasabov’s Hamann-Tuned Mercedes-Benz G-Wagon

7 Sep 2012, 12:31 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The Mercedes-Benz G is an SUV in a class of its own, having changed little, from a design standpoint, when compared to the original 1979 model. However, even the latest incarnation, which is now pac...

 
Mercedes CLK63 AMG Black Series Growls at the Ring
Mercedes CLK63 AMG Black Series Growls at the Ring

7 Sep 2012, 10:51 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The Mercedes-Benz CLK63 AMG Black Series, a car produced between 2007 and 2009 is a real monster. While it may be slightly heavier than the car on which it’s based, it is considerably more pow...

 
Mercedes-Benz S63 AMG by Lorinser is Very Loud in Germany
Mercedes-Benz S63 AMG by Lorinser is Very Loud in Germany

7 Sep 2012, 10:19 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Do you want a German luxury limousine which sounds and drives like a muscle car? Well, all you need is a Mercedes-Benz S63 AMG and still have some money left over for a nice tuning kit, like this on...

 
Audi RS5 Cabriolet Facelift Released
Audi RS5 Cabriolet Facelift Released

6 Sep 2012, 13:02 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Audi has just launched the facelifted version of the RS5 Cabriolet, with the vehicle following the coupe model that has already been launched. The vehicle is wearing the specific RS bodykit and Audi...

 
Infiniti to Drop V8 Engines
Infiniti to Drop V8 Engines

4 Sep 2012, 15:10 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / It seems like Infiniti will be seriously affected by the downsizing trend, with the automotive producer set to give up V8 engines altogether. An Infiniti executive recently let it slip that the comp...

 
Plymouth Prowler Gets the Power it Always Deserved
Plymouth Prowler Gets the Power it Always Deserved

4 Sep 2012, 11:12 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The Plymouth Prowler has always been a striking car to behold, with its unmistakably uber-retro styling and big presence, it was definitely not a car for those who don’t want to get noticed. H...

 
McLaren MP4-12C Sounds Modern and Awesome
McLaren MP4-12C Sounds Modern and Awesome

1 Sep 2012, 13:43 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The McLaren MP4-12C is one of the most advanced cars you could legally drive on the road. It was built by engineers with decades of racing experience behind them, which they have expertly adapted fo...

 
Jaguar Launches XFR Speed Pack in Moscow
Jaguar Launches XFR Speed Pack in Moscow

31 Aug 2012, 08:24 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Jaguar have just announced the introduction of the XFR Speed Pack, at the Moscow Motor Show. It includes a new front splitter, as well as a larger rear spoiler. However, the biggest and most importa...

 
Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG - Hooned in Town
Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG - Hooned in Town

30 Aug 2012, 14:19 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Ever since Mercedes-Benz released the first pictures of the SLS AMG, people’s imaginations exploded. It looked so mean, so brutal that it had to have an equally brutal engine note - it does. I...

 
Marussia F1 Team to Use Williams KERS System in 2013
Marussia F1 Team to Use Williams KERS System in 2013

29 Aug 2012, 11:20 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The Marussia F1 have announced that they will be using a Williams-sourced KERS (Kinetic Energy Recovery System) system as of next season. The announcement was made by Marussia consultant, Pat Symond...

 
Two Cobras Are Better than One
Two Cobras Are Better than One

28 Aug 2012, 14:17 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / You know what’s better than a Cobra? Nope, the answer isn’t simple, as there aren’t many cars that can generate emotion so violently as the car that became known as the “Wido...

 
Dany Bahar's Lotus Esprit V8 For Sale
Dany Bahar's Lotus Esprit V8 For Sale

28 Aug 2012, 10:13 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Now that Dany Bahar got fired from Lotus, he won’t be needing his special company car, a rebuilt 2002 Esprit V8, so the vehicle is currently up for sale. The car’s V8 engine and gearbox...

 
Supercharged BMW M3 V8 with Akrapovic Exhaust Sounds the Business
Supercharged BMW M3 V8 with Akrapovic Exhaust Sounds the Business

27 Aug 2012, 09:43 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The E92 BMW M3 is easily one of the best-sounding cars to come out of Geramny in recent years, being surpassed by the now-defunct V10 M5, some Audi V8s and the 2.5-liter straight-five, also from Aud...

 
Aston Martin V12 Vantage is Aromatherapy for Your Ears!
Aston Martin V12 Vantage is Aromatherapy for Your Ears!

24 Aug 2012, 12:27 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / We recently posted a video of the Aston Martin V8 Vantage and we said we would rather prefer that to its bigger brother, the V12 Vantage. We still stand by that, but that doesn’t mean we don&r...

 
Aston Martin V8 Vantage Amazing Sound!
Aston Martin V8 Vantage Amazing Sound!

20 Aug 2012, 15:43 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The Aston Martin V8 Vantage has arguably one of the best-sounding engine notes in the business. Its 4.3- or 4.7-liter V8 engine creates a symphony of V8 goodness like no other engine can - we say it...

 
McLaren X-1 in the Real World
McLaren X-1 in the Real World

20 Aug 2012, 08:17 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The first images of the McLaren X-1 are still in our cache, but now we want to give you a video that shows the MP4-12C-based one-off setting wheel in the real world. The vehicle was built for a s...

 
Bentley To Use Diesel Engines and Drop 6¾-liter V8
Bentley To Use Diesel Engines and Drop 6¾-liter V8

17 Aug 2012, 08:03 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / While Rolls-Royce customers don’t want to hear about green powerplants, with the company dropping plans to use hybrid or all-electric propulsion after negative response from customers, it seem...

 
2013 Hyundai Genesis Unveiled
2013 Hyundai Genesis Unveiled

16 Aug 2012, 15:57 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Hyundai has officially announced the Genesis sedan for the 2013 model year. The styling has stayed the same, but the car has lost a couple of engines but gained some tech that should keep buyers int...