auto car sport: 2011

Saturday, October 22, 2011

HAVING the right car for the conditions has helped local motor sport ace Stuart Inwood “clean up” during round five of the NSW Hillclimb Championships held at Grafton earlier this month.
Inwood took outright honours in his Nissan Skyline R33 GTR. He also recorded the fastest time for a tintop and as well as taking first place in the sports sedan class.

A mechanic by trade, an indication of Inwood’s fine form can be judged by the fact that the last time a tintop racer won the event outright was way back in 1999.

It was a big day for the Bathurst contingent who headed north for the weekend with Scott Tutton just being edged out by Inwood for the outright victory.

However, Tutton’s sizzling performance did earn him a win in his Type SV class.

Not to be outdone, David Tutton rounded off a big weekend for the locals with victory in the Improved Production Over 3000cc class.

Inwood yesterday described what a nail biting day it was at Grafton.

“There were six cars all within 100th of a second of each other for the last three runs,” he said.

“In the end the biggest battle came down to myself and Scott who was driving an EVO.

“He did a great job on his final run of the day and I was five cars later. I only just managed to bump him off the top spot.”

Nissan Skyline

Monday, October 10, 2011

BMW E90 3 Series

The BMW E90 series is the fifth generation of the BMW 3 Series range of compact executive cars. The car is also available as a touring (designated as E91), coupé (E92) and coupé cabriolet (E93). A high performance BMW M3 version of the E90, E92, and E93 is also available. It is the successor to the E46 model, and was launched in March 2005. The E90 is slated to be replaced in 2012 when a new 3 Series body is introduced.
In 2002, Head of Production Norbert Reithofer and Development Chief Burkhard Goeschel started an initiative to halve the time it took to reach full production of the next generation 3-series from six months to three. First marketed in March 2005, the car quickly became BMW Group's best selling automobile worldwide, and by the end of the year 229,900 vehicles had been delivered. It is by far the best-selling entry-level luxury car in Canada and the United States.

BMW E90

2012 Ford Mustang

On one hand, the 2012 Ford Mustang is a capable, even sophisticated coupe or convertible with a big range of talents, including 31-mpg highway fuel economy. On the other hand, it's a tire-smoking pony car rechristened last year with new powertrains and given a jolt of throwback goodness for this model year with the return of the Boss.
Mostly on the strength of the GT, the new Boss and the returning Shelby GT500, we're giving the Mustang a solid 8 out of 10 for its performance strengths, and even for its upscale luxury and tech features.

Last year, Ford brought back the "5.0" Mustang, with that displacement netting it 412 horsepower in the Mustang GT. Base models gained a new corporate 3.7-liter V-6 with 305 horsepower. The GT is our clear winner: it's a torque-happy engine with good throttle response and a sharp attitude, something the old modular V-8 strained to deliver even while it turned out decently competitive numbers.

2012 Ford Mustang

dodge ram 2012

Maybach exelero mota Dollar car

But wait, you say: the original Exelero used a twin turbo V12 yanked from the Maybach 57S, and it only made 700 horsepower. What gives?
Here comes the bad news, boys and girls: the Exelero that Lamborghini Geneva will build you is based on the Dodge Viper, not anything that started life as a Maybach sedan. In fact, the company has yet to release pictures of a completed car, which doesn’t bode well for either build quality or public interest. No matter how you slice it, $670,000 is an awful lot of money to pay for a re-bodied Viper, especially when you can’t see one up close and personal. On second thought, maybe that Knight XV isn’t so ugly after all.

Maybach exelero

Maybach mota dollar

Maybach exelero

Mercedes-Benz C Class

The Mercedes-Benz C-Class is a compact executive car produced by the Mercedes-Benzdivision of Daimler AG. First introduced in 1993 as a replacement for the 190 range (W201, also nicknamed “Baby-Benz”), the C-Class was the smallest model in the marque's lineup until the 1997 arrival of the A-Class. The C-Class is built at Mercedes-Benz factories in Sindelfingen andBremen, Germany as well as in Mercedes's factories in Braziland Daimler AG's South Africanfactory in East London. The very first W202 C-Class sedan was produced on June 1, 1993, and the second generation W203 C-Class rolled off the assembly line on July 18, 2000. The third generation W204 C-Class was launched in 2007. The C-Class is the entry-level offering in Mercedes-Benz's United States lineup.

Mercedes-Benz C Class

Tuesday, September 27, 2011

2012 ford focus

One of Alan Mulally’s objectives since becoming CEO at Ford in 2006 has been to develop products on a worldwide basis. This sounds familiar, if only because another Ford CEO, Alex Trotman, did the same thing back in the 1990s. This approach resulted in products such as the Contour (not a rip-roaring success) and the original Focus (which was).

In between the Focus going on sale in the U.S. as a 2000 model and Mulally taking over, product development in Europe and North America took off in different directions. Hence, Europe was rewarded with a heavily reworked second-generation Focus in 2004. The next year, North America got a warmed-over version of the first-gen Focus sedan and hatchback.

Starting in early 2011, the Focus in both North America and Europe will be the same vehicle. This is to be applauded because there was a big gap between the European Focus and the machine sold here. The European car improved on the basic goodness of the original, with better interior quality and driving dynamics. The U.S. car essentially stayed put: The original Focus was good enough to be a C/D 10Best winner, but the competition moved on, leaving the current version dead last in a recent small-car comparo.

The 2012 Focus certainly looks terrific, especially in five-door form. The engineers and designers felt able to make the Focus sportier (by lowering its seating position and overall height) due to the upcoming C-Max—a tall-roof, five- or seven-seat derivative off this platform—that fulfills the family-car mission. Compared with the current U.S. Focus, the new car is 0.5 inch lower (at 58.1 inches tall) and 3.0 inches longer (178.0 inches overall), and it has a 1.3-inch-longer wheelbase (104.2 inches). The 2012 model’s dimensions are close to the current Euro car’s, save for a wider track and lower stance.

Bmw 3-Series Insurance

One of the highly renowned cars, the BMW 3-series is one car which anyone would love to own and drive. BMW 3-series insurance can be pretty cheap for you as the car includes a great number of safety options. The following are some of the highly secure features that you can be sure of having while driving a BMW car.

It has front, rear and side head air bags in addition to driver and passenger air bag. It has some of the best features such as traction control and break assist. The warranty for this vehicle is about 4 years for all basic and full maintenance. all these information can help you a lot in deciding the insurance premium amount you wish to pay.

When you buy the BMW 3-series insurance, there are two factors that you need to pay attention to. One is the insurance provider. you should take enough pains and time to select a reliable insurance provider.

One thing you need to be aware of while selecting a provider is that basically all operators use a strategy where the initial attractions will plainly be an eye wash. They may offer a very cheap premium in the first year which may not continue for the rest. They slowly tend to increase the premium rates over the years to make up for what they provided you in the first year. also as years pass, your car may lose value and thus to protect a less worthy property you might be paying more. Thus choosing a right insurance provider is as important as choosing a car model.

The second factor is the driver. Do not hire high risk drivers. The drive may be a fun for you but may get you to pay heavily for it. Check these out before you sign the deal!

2012 Mazda RX-8

The 2012 Mazda RX-8 was awarded four stars out of five stars for protecting the driver in case of a head on collision and all five stars in the same case for the passenger seated in the front. In case of a side on crash, the vehicle received four stars. The cockpit of the vehicle is round in shaped with gauges and center console also round. It has easy to read gauges, but the music system and climate control buttons are not easy to read. The reverse opening doors at the back make entry and exit for passengers easy, but the passengers should not be taller then 6 feet.

2012 Mazda RX-8