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Audi R8 LMS joins 24-Hour Nurburgring Race
Audi announced today that it will also join the Nurburgring 24-Hour Race with R8 LMS. The Audi R8 LMS will be raced by four different teams from ABT Sportsline and Phoenix Racing with two cars each.
The Audi R8 LMS packs some 500-hp and has completed two test-races as a part of the BFGoodrich Endurance Championship on the Nurburgring-Nordschleife. The R8 LMS will go through another test-race on May 2nd before the 14 drivers take on the 24-Hour Nurburgring Race on May 23/24.
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Ford Mustang Cobra Jet – Sport
The off-the-shelf drag car: Want to burn up the quarter-mile? Don’t build a car. Just visit your local dealer.
BY JERRY GARRETT
She was young, cute, built, and knew it—poured into tight-fitting jeans and an even tighter top. And she wanted to strike a pose. She sidled up next to a new Ford Mustang Cobra Jet drag car, arched her back, hand on hip, tilted her head and smiled with a little smirk while her male companion snapped a photo.
“It was like one of those classic, old-time drag-racing poses, like Linda Vaughn in the 1960s,” says Jesse Kershaw from Ford Racing’s Performance Group. “It was great seeing a young couple, the kind you haven’t seen down in the Sportsman pits all that much in recent years, checking out the cars. Maybe we’re doing something that’ll get young people interested and involved in Sportsman racing again.”
Drag-racing old-timers will recall that in the late 1960s, Detroit’s Big Four automakers ruled America’s quarter-miles. Each of the factories built cars made especially for drag racing—the Ford Fairlane Thunderbolt and 428 Cobra Jet Mustang, Chevrolet’s Z11 427, Pontiac’s Catalina with the “Swiss cheese” frame holes, the Hemi ’Cuda and Challenger from Mopar, and the COPO Camaro. Even little American Motors had the AMX. From about 1963 through 1969, these drag-pack specials engaged in an ever escalating horsepower war of historic proportions. By the early 1970s, though, factory interest in the horsepower party quickly wound down because of tougher emissions and safety standards, spiking insurance premiums, and the Arab oil embargo.
2010 Toyota Prius
The top-selling hybrid tops 50 mpg.
BY PATRICK BEDARD
If the Toyota Prius is about sending messages—and even some owners agree that it is—then this new, third-generation model speaks through a bullhorn. Ignore this if you can: 51 mpg city, 48 highway, and 50 combined for the official EPA mileage ratings.
Fifty mpg! Free hugs at Whole Foods, no limit, while they last.
The big five-oh ekes out a clear margin over the old Prius (48, 45, and 46) and leaves Honda’s new Insight hybrid back in the shadows (40, 43, and 41). Good enough for its position as the “most affordable hybrid,” but no high-fives.
Maybe the saints of old had to flagellate themselves to show their piety, but messaging by Prius is as soothing as silk underwear. Interior space for passengers and cargo is up by five cubic feet, Toyota says, though the car itself is longer and wider by less than an inch each way.
BMW X5 Security Plus prevents attacks from AK 47s
BMW is beefing up its never ending range of security vehicles with the new BMW X5 Security Plus. Building on the BMW X5 Security which prevents attacks with a .44 caliber Magnum, a .357 Magnum caliber or 9 mm Luger, the Plus takes it one step further protecting passengers against everything up to a AK 47.
Power comes from BMW ’s 4.8L V8 making 355-hp with a maximum torque of 350 lb-ft. That allows the X5 Security Plus to run from danger with a 0 to 62 mph time of 8.2 seconds.
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BMW X5 Security Plus:
Press Release:
A new level of comprehensive protection:The new BMW X5 Security Plus.BMW first high-volume manufacturer to offer a vehicle in the bullet resistance class 6.
BMW is extending its range of security vehicles by an additional model in a new protection class. The BMW X5 Security Plus complies with the requirements of bullet resistance class 6 (APR 2006), bringing versatile mobility and comprehensive protection against criminal assault into line with each other. It is the first vehicle produced by a high-volume manufacturer to offer a security concept aimed at lessening the danger of attacks using the world’s most widely used handgun of the type AK 47. The vehicle, which was developed on the basis of the successful BMW X5 Sports Activity Vehicle (SAV), offers room for up to four persons inside an exceptionally well-protected passenger cabin. Moreover, its superior drive and suspension technology also allows the driver to cope effortlessly with demanding situations, both on the road and on rough terrain. With the BMW X5 Security Plus, BMW is defining a new benchmark in protection against crime on the road.
The security concept for the BMW X5 Security Plus focuses on its armoured passenger cabin. It guarantees excellent protection, including the use of high-performance steel moulded components and panels. The body features sealed joints, which also provide protection in critical areas – e.g. between doors and frames as well as between side panels and pillars – thus preventing bullet or fragment penetration, as well as security glass conceived exclusively for this bullet resistance class. Furthermore, the windows resist attack using clubs, crowbars etc. and feature a polycarbonate coating that protects the interior from glass shatter.
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2010 Nissan GT-R laps Nurburgring in 7:27.56, still looking to beat Corvette ZR1
As reported last month, Nissan was to head back to the Nurburgring with the 2010 GT-R and the GT-R SpecV to break its own and other records at the famous German track.
According to EVO, the Nissan GT-R has allegedly broken its previous record of 7:29. Piloted by Toshio Suzuki, former F1 driver and Nissan’s Chief Test Driver, the 2010 model year lapped the Nordschleife in 7:27.56.
However that time is still slower than the Chevrolet Corvette ZR1’s 7:26.40 so Suzuki will be giving it another shot in a few days. We’re guessing Nissan will officially release all the figures once it’s satisfied with its lap times. Can’t wait to see the GT-R SpecV’s numbers.
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