Yeah, this make a lot of sense, as Jalopnik notes (sarcastically, of course). An ancient Ford Granada with a custom built, massive 1,700 HP, twin turbo V8 engine. We don’t even wanna know how fast this car goes, because it probably disintegrates at 150 MPH.
The US State of Virginia raised some of its speed limits to 70 MPH, and now car navigation maker TomTom has compiled a nice map to show the different speed limits in each state.
Japanese automaker Mitsubishi has revealed that their newly released SUV in Japan, the ASX, has sold a whopping three times more than they expected it to sell. Apparently, the Japanese consumers got decent tax breaks by buying the car, plus of course that ASX was well received among industry analysts and reviewers in Japan.
Yesterday we reported that McLaren has begun production of the MP4-12C, and now we get to see the insides, more particularly, the simplistic dashboard, which is exactly the way it should be in a supercar. The car features an on board system that’s powered by a 1.6 GHz Intel Atom CPU and Microsoft software — the latter part might be a bit concerning, considering you don’t wanna get hit with a blue screen of death while doing 150 MPH on the track.
Want a Lexus LFA but can’t afford the full price tag of $375,000? No worries, you can rent one for just $12,400 over 24 months. Oh, and you need to put down the $300,000 on the day of signing. Yep, completely and utterly outrageous for a car that looks like a Nissan GT-R with a slightly more powerful engine.
There was some rumor that BMW would be releasing a new class beneath the 1-series cars, a new, cheap entry version with front wheel drive. Now BMW has confirmed the news, with company boss Robert Reithofer confirming: “We are exploring the possibility of developing a joint architecture for the front and four-wheel drive systems of these cars. In other words: There will be front-wheel drive BMWs in the smaller vehicle classes in the future.” Perhaps a 0 series?
This might be one of the weirdest highway “accidents” in a while: a truck, a high speed, apparently doesn’t see the car it’s pushing ahead of it. At all.
While F1 has the stunning Mercedes SLS AMG as its pace car, the NASCAR folks are going with something more common: A Ford Mustang. While it’s the least powerful Mustang, with a 3.7 liter V6 and 305 Hp, it’s more than enough to keep the 100 MPH or so pace to keep the herd of NASCARs at bay.
The Honda CR-Z only just entered into production this past January and is already showing promise. Honda has just reported almost 8,000 vehicles have been sold in less than 3 weeks on the Japanese market. Currently, Honda predicts to sell between 40,000 – 50,000 CR-Zs worldwide. However, with this unforeseen critical acclaim they are sure to be spiking that number up a bit. Of course, that’s if the rest of the world takes to the Honda CR-Z like Japan has.
We’ll have to wait and see.
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