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!
In what seems to be one of the most speculative talks in Formula 1 since SPECing out the series it appears accorinding to some British papers/websites that Renault driver Fernando Alonso has signed a secert closed door deal with Ferrari that goes active in 2011. He just re-signed with Renault through the 2010 season so perhaps Ferrari is waiting until they have a contract expire? If Kimi performs like he did in 2008 I think it will be clear who is getting the boot for the Ferrari team. How does this effect Renault’s team moral moving through the 09/10 season as well?
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.
The BMW Z4 hardtop is a much improvement from the older model of BMW convertible it appears for sure. With a potential to pack over 300 horsepower as well in the sDriver35i model! Check out BMW’s break down of the three different options below.
Technical specifications from BMW:
• BMW Z4 sDrive23i
o Power: 204 hp
o Torque: 250 Nm
o 0-100 km/h: 6.6 s
o Top Speed: 243 km/h
o Fuel Consumption: 33.2 mpg
o CO2 Emissions: 199 g/km
o Price: 35,900 EUR
• BMW Z4 sDrive30i
o Power: 258 hp
o Torque: 310 Nm
o 0-100 km/h: 5.8 s
o Top Speed: 250 km/h
o Fuel Consumption: 33.2 mpg
o CO2 Emissions: 199 g/km
o Price: 42,900 EUR
• BMW Z4 sDrive35i
o Power: 306 hp
o Torque: 400 Nm
o 0-100 km/h: 5.2 s
o Top Speed: 250 km/h
o Fuel Consumption: 30.1 mpg
o CO2 Emissions: 210 g/km
o Price: 47,450 EUR
According to Autospies.com the Lexus LF-A might be coming to the United States after all. Much debate as been swirling about the car due to the current economic status in America but Toyota has been busy at the US Patent and Trademark office with the vehicle. On December 1st they filed for patent 77623634 which calls the car a LF-A. It seems like a step in the right direction to see this thing in the United States.
According to Jon Sibal he was commissioned by 0-60 Magazine to create a render of the 2010 Acura NSX from the spyshots you could find on Autoblog and some other automotive information sites. Jon opted for a JGTC style mock up which really makes the rendering stand out ever more with the Takata green look and glowing brake rotors. Hopefully this is close to what the 2010 NSX will come out like for all of us Acura fans that still have a little hope in the brand as they try to tackle BMW. If you want to see the renderings you can pick up the Winter 2008 issue of 0-60 Magazine with a white Lamborghini on the cover.
Ford finally made a right move perhaps and bailed on the luxury auto maker Aston Martin when the timing was right according to reports at Autoblog. They announced they will be cutting around 600 jobs in the near future and working with people at the company to pull from temp. help and permanent workers. Aston was once believed to be the only profitable part of the Premiere Automotive Group and now it looks like times might be tough. How will Aston Martin fair in the grand scheme of things, we think they will be just fine.
Nissan and some of those other brands are running away from the Motor City Audi is driving in full force. They are bringing the new V10 Audi R8 to the show according to reports at Car and Driver. According to the reports the Audi will be packing a 5.2 liter V10 pumping out a 520hp and 398 lb.-ft of torque engine just behind the driver’s head. The Audi R8 will also bail on the quad exhaust in exchange for larger duals exhaust tips. Audi should be bringing out some new wheels, upgraded brakes and some minor interior tweeks for the car as well. We will have the full story soon once the Detroit Auto Show arrives!
