Old car forum posts (merged)

[Janis Abele]

Audi TTRS

Just noticed the New Audi TTRS will come out early 2009!
The 5cylinders have came back!!!
The new TTRS has a 5cylinder 340 hp 2.5l Motor!!!
A Hell of a Ride
Check on YouTube
Can't wait to see one in real life
And the sound of 5cylinder motors is amazing!
Spending money on a 1992. Audi S4 5cylinder 2.3l 230hp motor ...

Anyway, about the TTRS!
Comment!

 

[Janis Abele]

Quite the same as 350Z ...
Same thoughts with Tyson ...
But it has more Hp than 350Z

 

[Jens Piskorsch]

Cars shown on the CES

Hi folks,

here are some pics of cars shown on the CES. Have fun!

 

[Bram Hengeveld]

Toyota Tundra

One of the most powerful beasts i have spotted in the US. What a magnificent car it is!

 

[Bram Hengeveld]

Ford F-150

I Holland the government would kill you for owning such a car :rotfl:

 

[Dave Stephenson]

Take it for a drive to switzerland!

 

[William Yunck]

One of the most powerful beasts i have spotted in the US. What a magnificent car it is!

But not as much power as my truck has even though the fuel economy is the same.
Duramax power!!!!!! Toyota looks good though.

 

[William Yunck]

I Holland the government would kill you for owning such a car :rotfl:

Yes apparantly the US auto makers figure on one thing - Big Country must need big cars. Not working out so well for them at the moment though.:wink2:

 

[William Yunck]

Fisker Karma (electric high performance)

Henrik Fisker, the ex BMW and Aston Martin designer and the relatively new CEO of Fisker Coachbuild was buoyant Monday as he introduced his production-ready Fisker Karma plug-in series hybrid luxury car, ready to roll into an expected 40 dealerships before year-end at an unbelievably approachable price point of $87,900 USD. Fisker hinted that 22 dealers were already on-board, all important ingredients to his goal of 15,000 Karmas delivered per year. According to Fisker, 1,300 Karmas have already been presold with deposits. Only 12 months from concept to reality the Karma doesn't appear to have changed one iota, which is a good thing as the gracefully penned super sedan is easily one of the most beautifully sculpted cars to come along in years.
The car will sport the same race-inspired aluminum space frame structure and the same plug-in series hybrid powertrain, boasting a small GM-sourced 2.0-litre Ecotec turbocharged four-cylinder good for 260-horsepower, but used for extended-range mobility via quickly spinning up the generator that feeds electricity to two rear-mounted 201-horsepower electric motors, making a combined output of 402-horsepower.
An exclusive lithium-ion battery pack replaces what would otherwise have been a driveshaft tunnel, improving on the highly polluting nickel metal hydride batteries currently used in today's hybrid cars. Capable of sprinting to 100 km/h under six seconds (0 to 60 mph in 5.8 seconds) and offering a comfortable cruising speed of over 200 km/h (125 mph), it's one electric vehicle buyers will get a charge out of.

 

[Dave Stephenson]

Very nice wheels. I back him to get his 15,000 target no worries.

 

[Sean Vohs]

I need to move to Holland! I'm tired of seeing pickup trucks. They're soooo annoying!

 

[Sean Vohs]

It's a bit shorter than the 350z. They shortened the wheelbase to that of the original Z as well, and also took some design cues from the original Z cars.

http://jalopnik.com/5084319/2009-nissan-370z-design-dissected

 

[Bram Hengeveld]

F1 Limo

Now you can take your kids to the formula one

 

[DeeezNutz]

Nice, would be pretty weird if that thing overtakes you.

 

[Omer Said]

I hope they soon create a championship called F1 Limo Series..This would be fun to watch

 

[Dave Stephenson]

Thats Ace. I bet its a nightmare to reverse into the garage.

 

[Péter Bártfai]

Cool! Have you seen the episode of Top Gear when they made "home built" limos? This reminds me on that one, but of course this is much better quality

 

[Corey Theman]

Have you ever driven a 350z?

Sorry guys, couldn't stand the 350 and this looks just like one... with some bits stuck over the lights and some new alloys.

Can't read dutch so assuming the drive is the same, they're as twitchy as you like. Dunno what everyone sees in um.

 

[Nick Deeley]

Cool! Have you seen the episode of Top Gear when they made "home built" limos? This reminds me on that one, but of course this is much better quality

lol, i think most things are better quality than whats built on Top Gear

 

[Knut Omdal Tveito]

2009 UK Garage Lotus Extrema

Don't know if this is the right place to post this.
http://www.autoblog.it/post/17855/uk-garage-presenta-la-lotus-extrema

It's basically a S1 Exige, with a body modified to look like S2 Exige. To make room for a longitudinal drivetrain, the wheelbase is 20 cm longer.

The Toyota engine is gone. Two families two choose from:
GM:
-LS3 engines (420 and 500 bhp)
-LS7 (519 bhp)
-LS9 (649 bhp)
from GM, with the first two engines good for an overall weight of 970 kg, while the LS9 will add 30 kg, but with a 0-60 time of 2.9 secs and 7 secs for the 0-100, top speed 200 mph.

-Still from GM, the turbo V6 2.8 liter, good for 300 or 350 bhp (overall weigh of 850 kg).

Powertec:
The Superlight options, include lightweight V8 engines (95 kg) from Powertec:
-2.6 liter and 360 bhp
-2.8 and 450 bhp
-3.4 liter version good for 450 bhp
With these engines the weight is only 750 kg.

Manual or sequential gearboxes are available.

Standard includes Koni's suspensions, Ohlins's as option, and brakes from AP. Some of the options are a full safety cage, fire extinguisher, digital instruments, and video recording system.
Bodywork made of fiberglass or carbon fiber and kevlar.
Road legal, if asked.

price from 66.000 euros taxes included, so considering Italins VAT's equivalent, base price is 55.000 euros before taxes.

:music2: Music to my ears. I love it.

What do you think?