Archive for May, 2009

2009 Auto Italia Brooklands

May 2nd, 2009 | 4 Comments
Carshows, Supercar News

Today saw the annual Auto Italia event at Brooklands, and we were there to check out some of the Italian Exotica! For owners of Italian cars, from Fiats to Ferrari’s, it’s one of the first chances of the year to show off their pride...

Usain Bolt crashes his BMW E92 M3

May 4th, 2009 | 4 Comments
BMW, Car Crashes

Multiple Olympic champion, Usain Bolt, lost control of his BMW M3 on a wet road in Kingston, Jamaica. That together with speed and a ditch in the road made him ending up next to road on the roof. Luckely he and his two passengers could escape...

Video: 2010 Corvette Grand Sport

May 4th, 2009 | No Comments
Car News, Corvette, Supercar News, Videos

Last week we told you about the Corvette Grand Sport, Chevrolet’s newest family member. The LS3 6.2 liter engine has an output of 430bhp together with 575Nm of torque, that with a standard exhaust system. An optional two-mode exhaust...

Ferrari F430 crash at Nicholas Cage’s movie set

May 4th, 2009 | 4 Comments
Car Crashes, Ferrari, Videos

Two pedestrians got injured in a car crash on the set of “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice”, Nicolas Cage’s latest movie. In the video below you can clearly see that the Ferrari slid of the road due to a combination of speed and...

Bertone Mantide Production Expanded & Price Tag Known

May 4th, 2009 | 1 Comment
Car News, Supercar News

The Corvette ZR1-based sportscar with its controversial design was unveiled at the Shanghai Motor Show and showcased at Grand Hotel Villa d’Este last week. Bertone’s chief designer has indicated in an email to the NY times they will...

Lingenfelter 2010 Camaro SS

May 4th, 2009 | No Comments
Car News, Tuning News

Lingenfelter, famed for their huge horsepower Corvettes, have turned their attention to the 2010 Camaro SS. We’ve seen what other companies such as Hennessey can do with the iconic muscle car, so can Lingenfelter better them?

Photo Of The Day: Concorso d’Eleganza at Villa d’Este

May 4th, 2009 | 1 Comment
Carshows, Photo Of The Day

Today’s photo of the day is more like a series of pictures made by our forum member smartdriver at the Concorso d’Eleganza in Italy one and half week ago. He visited the event and made some excellent pictures we are willing to share...

Novitec Tridente Maserati GranTurismo S

May 5th, 2009 | 3 Comments
Car News, Maserati, Novitec Rosso, Tuning News

The Maserati GranTurismo is a sportscar you do not see that often in a tuningshop. Novitec Tridente decided to upgrade the GranTurismo S. They gave the engine a supercharger creating 600bhp. Together with an exhaust system, ECU upgrade, KW/Novitec...