With Robert Nardelli behind the wheel of Chrysler we may never know the truth about the Viper brand. He is not the outgoing CEO but while he was steering the ship the Viper brand went on sale. Robert claims they go no worthy offers for the brand while others in the company said they had offers that were three times what they were asking for. Regardless Chrysler has claimed the Viper brand is here to stay for 2010 and beyond.
In a quick press conference where Jeremy Clarkson encourage’s people to buy Range Rover’s so if it snows they can get to work. On the bright side if you (the viewers) buy a Ranger Rover it will heat up the earth and not snow so it’s a win win according to him. Nothing else really useful in this whole entire press conference.
At 6:30 in the conference he put on blast on the USA series saying that they don’t get it and the show has been officially canned. Sadly we will just have to find ways to keep in tune with the BBC version of the show and enjoy Jeremy Clarkson and the original cast. It looks like Formula D driver Tanner Foust will just have to work on winning his third championship in a row.
This Lamborghini feud has been started too many high school students buying Soulja Boy (AKA DeAndre Cortez Way) album. He recently just purchased a balloon white 2010 Lamborghini Gallardo Spyder in cash as he claims on his Youtube video.
Towards the end of the video he calls out Lil Bow Wow and wants to race him for pink slips in his orange Lamborghini Murcielago. According to our sources Lil Bow Wow owns a 6.2L Lamborghini Murcielago which puts him at 571bhp and not the 632bph 6.5L. Soulja Boy is still short at 512hp in his Gallardo. Lil Bow Wow, a rapper from Atlanta, then took to Youtube to reply to Soulja Boy’s pink slip challenge.
Lil Bow Wow defends himself and proves he knows quite a bit about Lamborghini’s. He points out that Soulja Boy owns a “poor man’s Lambo” and his doors don’t even open the right way. Lil Bow Wow doesn’t approve of him riding with a guy in his passenger seat either because he only allows women in his Lambo. Of course next comes a response from Soulja Boy replying to Lil Bow Wow’s video. Yes, this is going to be a ton of talking and not much action we are sure but while they fight about Lamborghini’s we are going to stay on top of this one.
Soulja Boy took some time out of his busy day while shooting for a CW show called “The Game” to rebuttal Lil Bow Wow’s video. Soulja Boy first wants to point out that he thinks that Lil Bow Wow’s Lamborghini is rented. He even takes to the Internet to show some rap gossip sites claiming that the Lamborghini is rented. Soulja Boy claims he cannot race for pinks because he doesn’t have his title. However, he admits he knows nothing about the Lamborghini but he jut dropped cash on it because he’s got the money and it don’t really matter. He then tells Lil Bow Wow to not reply back to him and say anything but just show his papers.
Lil Bow Wow brings out his Georgia DMV paperwork to prove he has had that car since 2006. Then he makes fun of the Gallardo some more saying how the car is made by Audi and in the United States but his Murcielago (purchased with his AMEX black card he says) was made overseas. Hence why his doors don’t open on his “Audi.” He then goes on to accept the terms of the race claiming that he can get Lamborghini to sponsor the race and he wants it to air on Speed TV or ESPN. Lil Bow Wow does have a reason to be confident since he clearly has the faster car of the group. Just when we thought this couldn’t get even more crazy the Florida rapper Sean Kingston gets involved with a video on WorldStarHipHop.
Now Sean Kingston pulls up in a black/black Lamborghini and he wants both of them to race him for pink slips and put their Lamborghini’s on the line with his Lamborghini Gallardo coupe. So at least he doesn’t have all the extra weight from the vert but still he falls short on the performance of Lil Bow Wow’s Lamborghini Murcielago. Soulja Boy continues to stir stuff up with Lil Bow Wow on his Twitter page but didn’t reply to Sean Kingston’s challenge. We have told more videos are coming and we are going to stay on top of this till some pink slips swap hands. Clearly the new Fast and the Furious 4 commercials have had some interesting affects on the youth of America lately. Hopefully we get to see a race sooner than more Youtube videos but we doubt it!
We found this on G35driver and ouch! It looks like someone dropped this Aston Martin Vantage while trying to unload it. You can see the back end of the top loading trey snapped as it’s laying below on the ground. The owner of this car has to be rather upset being that he shipped it carefully to his destination. Now do you deny delivery, send it back, or just get her fixed? That is a tough call but at least he didn’t buy the car from Lamborghini of Orange County!
Everyone was up in arms when the largest Lamborghini dealer in the WORLD closed down without notice in November. Some people predicted it was the beginning of tougher times while others got left high and dry on vehicles. It turns out now that Volkswagon has filed a lawsuit against Lamborghini Orange County for the tune of $12,000,000 and suddenly things are becoming more clear. According to the lawsuit,
“The owners of Lamborghini Orange County in Santa Ana committed “outright theft” of approximately $12 million by selling its fleet of exotic sports cars at deep discounts and failing to pay their creditor, according to a lawsuit filed by Volkswagen Credit Inc. in Orange County Superior Court.”
According to this suit within the last 8 days they were open for business they unloaded 54 cars at hefty discounts! This total (54 Lamborghini’s) accounts for 8% of total Lambo sales for the 2008 year. Volkswagon knows they got some money but are not exactly sure where it went but they claim it wasn’t to them! Apparently VW isn’t the only ones looking for it’s money. Other news has come out that multiple suits based on money issues have come forward.
“In a separate suit filed in Orange County Superior Court, East-West Bank is suing the Keuylians and Lamborghini Orange County for defaulting on a $3 million loan, for which they failed make payments in November and December.
Another lawsuit filed in Las Vegas seeks $340,000 from Vik Keuylian for failing to pay him for a 2008 Lamborghini Murcielago formerly owned by Stephen Cloobeck, owner of Diamond Resorts.
“They took the car but never gave me the check,” Cloobeck said.”
With 150 roadsters delivered Tesla is going to produce a “sport” version of the Roadster. The 1,100 people on the waiting list will have an option tp upgrade to the sport version if they are interested. A hand-wound stator was added to increase winding density and eliminating resistance. This modification also increases peak torque in the Roadster. Some high performance Yokohama tires are being installed (Autoblog is assuming it will be the Advan A048s which come factory on the Elise/Exige). The sport is boasting a 0-60 time of 3.7 seconds putting the car .2 seconds quicker than the basic Tesla Roadster. To finish off this sport package they have brought some more Lotus influence with anti-roll bars and adjustable dampers.
The Bentley Continental has sold tons of units across the world and has become quite the popular chariot of certain affluent areas. The GTC Speed convertible will be the most powerful Bentley convertible in history and it’s about time they gave some more horsepower to the Bentley line. With the top up you can reach 200mph in the Bentley but with the top down you don’t have the luxury of hitting the 200mph club while maxing out at 195mph. Below we have tons of specs from Bentley which should tell you everything you want to know and more about the King’s new chariot:
CONTINENTAL GTC SPEED AND GTC
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
MODEL TYPE
Body type Two-door, 2+2 Grand Tourer convertible
Construction Steel monocoque with aluminium, steel and composite panels and closure
ENGINE
Type Twin-turbocharged W12 engine
Installation Front, longitudinal
Construction Alloy block and heads
Bore/stroke 84.0 x 90.2 mm
Capacity 6.0-litre, 5998 cc
Compression ratio 9.0:1
Valve gear Chain-driven DOHC per bank, 4 valves per cylinder, cam phased inlet and outlet
Power
GTC Speed 600 bhp / 610 PS / 449 kW @ 6000 rev/min
GTC 552 bhp / 560 PS / 412 kW @ 6100 rev/min
Torque
GTC Speed 750 Nm / 553 lb ft between 1750 – 5600 rev/min
GT 650 Nm / 479 lb ft @ between1600 – 6100 rev/min
Fuel 98 (95) RON
TRANSMISSION
Type Continuous all-wheel drive
Gearbox ZF 6-speed automatic with fully automatic or
sequential ‘manual’ operation with paddleshift feature; torque converter lock-up clutch
Ratios 1st: 4.17
2nd: 2.34
3rd: 1.52
4th: 1.14
5th: 0.87
6th: 0.69
Final drive: 3.524 (front), 3.528 (rear)
SUSPENSION
Front Four-link double wishbones, computer-controlled self-levelling air suspension, anti-roll bar
Rear Trapezoidal multi-link, computer-controlled self-levelling air suspension, anti-roll bar
Springs Computer-controlled progressive air springs
Dampers Continuous damping control, with four adjustable settings
STEERING
Type Rack & pinion, power-assisted, speed-sensitive
Turns lock to lock 2.7
Turning circle (kerb to kerb) 11.4 m ( 37’ 5”)
BRAKES
Front 405 mm ventilated discs (optional 420 mm carbon/ ceramic, cross-drilled discs – with 20-inch wheels)
Rear 335 mm ventilated discs (optional 356 mm carbon/ ceramic, cross-drilled discs – with 20-inch wheels)
Anti lock Standard ESP and Electronic Brake Force Distribution (EBD)
WHEELS & TYRES
Wheels
GTC Speed 9.5J 20-inch Alloy
GTC 9.0J 19-inch Alloy (optional 9.0J 20-inch Alloy)
Tyres
GTC Speed 275/35 x ZR20 bespoke Pirelli PZero UHP
GTC 275/40 x ZR19 Pirelli PZero Rosso
(optional 275/30 x 20 Pirelli PZero)
DIMENSIONS
EXTERIOR
Overall length 4804 mm (189.1 in)
Overall width (inc. mirrors) 2194 mm (86.4 in)
Height (roof raised)
GTC Speed 1388 mm (54.6 in)
GTC 1398 mm (55.0 in)
Wheelbase 2745 mm (108.1 in)
Front track 1623 mm (63.9 in)
Rear track 1607 mm (63.3 in)
INTERIOR
Front headroom 942 mm (37.1 in)
Front legroom 1075 mm (42.3 in)
Front shoulder room 1568 mm (61.7 in)
Rear headroom 979 mm (38.5 in)
Rear legroom 743 mm (29.3 in)
Rear shoulder room 1318 mm (51.9 in)
WEIGHTS & CAPACITIES
GTC Speed & GTC
Kerbweight 2485 kg (5478 lb)
Gross vehicle weight 2900 kg (6393 lb)
Luggage capacity 235 litres
Fuel tank capacity 90 litres (24 US gallons)
PERFORMANCE
Top speed (roof up)
GTC Speed 200 mph (322 km/h)
GTC 195 mph (312 km/h)
Top speed (roof down)
GTC Speed 195 mph (314 km/h)
GTC 190 mph (306 km/h1)
0-60 mph (0-100 km/h)
GTC Speed 4.5 seconds (4.8 seconds)
GTC 4.8 seconds (5.1 seconds)
0-100 mph (0-160 km/h)
GTC Speed 10.6 seconds (10.5 seconds)
GTC 11.4 seconds (11.4 seconds)
FUEL CONSUMPTION/EMISSIONS
EU CYCLE
GTC Speed and GTC 11.2 mpg (25.3 litres/100 km)
Urban
Extra-Urban 24.3 mpg (11.6 litres/100 km)
Combined 17.0 mpg (16.6 litres/100 km)
CO2 emissions 396 g/km
Emission controls EU 1V and US LEV II
EPA DRIVE CYCLE
GTC Speed and GTC
City Driving 10.0 mpg (US)
Highway Driving 17.0 mpg (US)
Yes, what your looking at above is a 1937 Bugatti Type 57S Atalante found in a garage in the United Kingdom. This car is one of 17 Bugatti ever made. This one belonged to a British surgeon who passed away recently leaving his children a garage full of collectable cars. This was the true gem of the bunch which reportidly had not been driven in almost 50 years. At least four of the seventeen belong to the French Musée National de l’Automobile in Mulhouse, Alsace,while the others location are in private hands or remain unknown.
The odometer on the car reads 26,284 which is remarkable for a car from the 1930’s. The first owner of the vehicle was Earl Howe, the winner of the 24 Hours of LeMans in May of 1937. He had the car for eight years before selling it and eventually in 1955 it made it’s way to Harold Carr. The car is causing a big stir among collectors who think it could possibly be the most expensive car ever to be bought at auction surpassing the current $8,700,000 mark held by a 1931 Bugatti currently.
Source: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/driving/article5430023.ece
Even with a $1,100,000 price tag on this item we are pretty sure the 75 units will sell through rather fast. I would pretty much put this thing towards the top of my list for cars I want before even seeing it. Designed with Stirling Moss’ 1955 300 SLR (my second favorite car of all time) in mind it’s just a spectacular production. A 5.5L V8 five-speed automatic supercharged motor is under the hood. The engine produces 650hp and carries this sled 0-60 in 3.5 seconds. Claiming a top speed of 217mph that no one will attempt without a wind screen I am going to guess. Keep an eye out for this at the Detroit Auto Show right around the corner.
Honda CEO Takeo Fukui announced that production and R&D is officially halted on the new 2010 Acura NSX. This V10 powerhouse was set to shake up the exotic car market just like the Nissan Skyline had done. The prototype ran a 7:37 at the Ring already and Honda really seemed like it was going to pack the biggest punch. Acura was also set to launch in Japan as a luxury brand but that was also canceled for the new year. The first V10 NSX was going to reinvent the Honda brand on a level of performance but instead all they will be coming out with soon is more hybrids.
