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Posts Tagged ‘SPORTS CARS’

Audi trademarks seven new nameplates for upcoming cars

Now it seems like one of the ways that automakers are trying to hint at future products is publicizing the trademarks that they file for. This time around, a German publication announced that Audi has apparently filed for trademarks on a seven new names. They are: Q6, Q8, R6, S2, S9, RS8, and RS1….and whew! [...]

Audi released a R8 Drifting video celebrating 500,000 Facebook fans

To celebrate reaching 500,000+ fans of Facebook, Audi got Dindo Capello to take their flagship model R8 V10 to a track in Barcelona and burn the number ’500,000′ with donuts done with the supercar. Dindo Capello said, “In the past, it would have been impossible to something like that without preparing the car for the [...]

Porsche drops plans to launch an entry-level sports car

According to German newspaper Stuttgarter Zeitung, Porsche has apparently dropped plans to build a two-seater entry-level sports car that would have been smaller and cheaper than its Boxster model. In an interview with Porsche CEO Matthias Mueller, the newspaper learned that such a model would risk dropping the credibility of the brand and alienating traditional [...]

Lamborghini Urus SUV will be the lightest and fastest in its segment, if produced

While Lamborghini is still decided whether to build a sedan or a production version of the Urus SUV, it seems to be leaning towards that latter. In a recent interview with Maurizio Reggiani, Lamborghini’s R&D director, Automotive News Europe learned that Lamborghin believes that the SUV segment is the right one. “It has the biggest [...]

2015 BMW Z4 Roadster in the works

BMW Group is working on the next-generation Z4 Roadster and that the successor will be a more dynamic sports car than the previous models. The model will hit roads sometime around 2015 and will be much sportier than the current generation model. The sportier character of the next-generation model may force BMW to make some [...]

Land Rover planning sportier Range Rover Evoque model by 2014

In an interview with the British magazine AutoExpress, Land Rover design director Gerry McGovern has suggested that the company is planning a sportier version of the Range Rover Evoque. The model will most likely carry the Range Rover Evoque Sport name. “You can go too far with the Evoque, but what’s so right about the [...]

Volkswagen Passat R-Line launched in Europe

Volkswagen has released details and images of its new R-Line package for the Passat, giving the sedan more sportier and aggressive look. Based on the Euro-model, the Volkswagen Passat R-Line features new bumpers, side skirts and a glossy black rear diffuser. It also gets a body-colored rear-spoiler, a sport turned suspension and 17-inch alloy wheels. [...]

New Bugatti 16C Galibier teaser video released

After a bunch of reports telling us that Bugatti has been moving forward with the production of the Galibier sedan it was expected to launch by 2013, but now we heard some sad news that the plan has now been delayed till 2015 or even later. Finally, the company has released a new teaser video [...]

Lamborghini Estoque 4-door sedan mystery solved!

The mystery of Lamborghini’s luxury super sedan, the Estoque now solved. It was debuted a whole four years ago in 2008 at the Paris Auto Show. Considering the amount of time that has elapsed since then, by now, we expected to see a big super sedan duke-out between Lamborghini, Aston Martin, Posrche et al. But [...]

Lamborghini Urus SUV Concept images leaked, just before its Beijing debut

A couple of days before we said, we can definitely expect some leaked images of the new Lamborghini SUV Concept prior to it’s officially unveil at the 2012 Beijing Auto Show next week. Now images have been leaked on to the Internet, the incredibly sexy looking Lamborghini SUV Concept is christened as Urus. Though official [...]

Teaser image of Lamborghini SUV Concept, will debut at the 2012 Beijing Motor Show

It’s not secret by now that Lamborghini is working on an SUV as the third model in its lineup. The Italian supercar maker has just released a teaser of the new SUV concept, which will reportedly carry the ‘Urus’ or ‘Deimos‘ badge. The new Lamborghini SUV Concept will officially show itself on April 23, but [...]

Ferrari celebrates twenty years in China with special edition 458 Italia

Later this month at the 2012 Beijing Motor Show, Ferrari will celebrate its 20th anniversary of the brand’s presence in China. The first Ferrari in China, a 48 TS, was ordered 20 years ago and to celebrate the milestone Ferrari will hold its first ever permanent brand exhibition outside of Maranello at the Italia Center [...]

Nissan mulling to offer new sports car below 370Z

According to design head Shiro Nakamura, Nissan is looking to follow along with the latest German engineering techniques of creating motors with smaller displacement fitted with forced induction to power upcoming models. Along with smaller motors, Nissan is also looking to make its models smaller and lighter. “I much prefer smaller sports car,” says Nakamura, [...]

Audi develop fake sound for upcoming e-tron electric models (video)

One of the largest issues with electric-cars is the lack of ‘engine’ noise they make, which poses a threat to pedestrians on the road that don’t look both ways before crossing the road or that have vision-impairment. Audi, not being the first to tackle the issue in this way, is working on developing ‘synthetic’ engine [...]

Jaguar confirms C-X16 Concept to enter production as the F-Type

Jaguar has been making quite the hype with their C-X16 Concept, the car that they’ve been pitching as a ‘baby XK.’ But in lieu of the 2012 New York International Auto Show, Jaguar’s Global Brand Director, Adrian Hallmark, has just confirmed that the drop-dead gorgeous C-X16 will be hitting your local showrooms within the next [...]

Iconic bike maker Harley Davidson has added a new model, Fat Boy Special to its Indian portfolio, priced at Rs 19,70,000/- (ex-showroom Delhi) and will be imported as a completely built unit. It is available across all Harley-Davidson dealerships in addition to the 14 models currently available in the 2011 line-up. The Fat Boy Special is a visual upgrade over the standard Fat Boy motorcycle model. Changes over the standard model include new colours and features a reshaped seat and handlebar. The half-moon footboards, black wheels and leather tank panel complete the Fat Boy Special. It comes with a 1584cc V twin engine good for 125Nm of torque produced at a lowly 3500 rpm and features the Electronic Sequential Port Fuel Injection. The engine for the bike is black powder coated with silver-ish accentuation for the cylinder fins. Mated to a 6-speed Cruise Drive transmission, the gearbox features a new helical-cut fifth gear for smooth operation. Also see - Harley Davidson FXS Blackline Softail in India