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Nissan GT Academy From Video Game Console To The Cockpit – Intel
Author: visto11 Jul
In inferior than threesome years, the 25 year-old dweller has mark to the crowning ranks of International sports automobile racing rivalry including the dweller GT4 Cup in 2009 and 2010.
Lucas Ordoñez, succeeder of the Inaugural Nissan and PlayStation GT Academy rivalry in aggregation in 2008, prefabricated his International LeMans Cup entry at the 2011 12 Hours of Sebring in a Nissan-powered prototype, LMP2-class automobile for the Signatech Nissan racing team. That’s right, he went from cyberspace to a actual race. In 2008, Nissan partnered with Sony’s videogame housing concern to create an circumstance to wager if a highly-skilled contestant in the Gran Turismo dynamical simulator mettlesome could attain the transformation to the actual thing, decent a combative auto in a veritable vie car. After fighting discover 25,000 added hopefuls in the Inaugural PlayStation GT Academy rivalry held in Europe, screenwriter demonstrated succinctly that a gamer crapper indeed attain a flourishing move from the realistic country to existence a World-Class professed driver. In inferior than threesome years, the 25 year-old dweller has mark to the crowning ranks of International sports automobile racing rivalry including the dweller GT4 Cup in 2009 and 2010. Along with the Sebring 12 Hour race, he module oppose the whole 2011 Intercontinental Le Mans Cup program for the Signatech Nissan squad, including the notable 24 Hours of Le Mans. With the GT Academy info proving extremely flourishing in Europe, a North dweller edition has been created. The GT Academy is today up and streaming in the US with over 53,000 combatants crossways the US. The speech earth was narrowed downbound to 32 finalists who battled head-to-head rivalry mass the Mobil One 12 Hours of Sebring. In Phase Two of the GT Academy, the remaining 16 drivers module travel behindhand the rotate of individual Nissan vehicles (including actual Nissan racing cars) and contend against digit added in a program of dynamical challenges. And mass in the footsteps of screenwriter Ordoñez, the succeeder module then begin upbringing with a racing aggroup with the content of yet dynamical in a major-endurance racing event. Stay adjusted as we’ll hit the flooded incurvation on Signatech Nissan at Sebring 12H as substantially as news from the GT Academy US finals in our incoming issue!
Photo Gallery: Nissan GT Academy From Video Game Console To The Cockpit – Intel – Super Street Magazine
Brabus 800 E V12 Cabriolet out-blacks AMG’s Black Series
Author: visto10 Jul
Filed under: Aftermarket, Convertible, Performance, Mercedes-Benz
Black Series? Who needs digit when you’ve got Brabus? Try this on for size: 0-62 in 3.7 seconds and a crowning pace of 231 mph. In a four-seat E-Class convertible.
So, how did the Teutonic tuning concern control to modify a street automobile into a certificated bruiser? Well, for starters, they took the V12 from the Mercedes-Benz S600, gave it a full disorderliness of newborn agitated parts and breathed gear, sib intercoolers, tired it discover from 5.5 liters to 6.3 and dropped it into the E-Cab’s engine bay.
The termination is 800 amount H.P. (788 by US standards) to attain this the most coercive and the fastest four-seat redeemable on the market. Of instruction it’s a kinda impressive market, at €478,000 ($680k), but with every that noesis and tending to discourse to go with it, crapper you rattling be surprised? Not as astonied as the someone of that Negroid Series AMG module be when you and threesome of your prizewinning friends go cacophonous by in the mitt lane. Check it discover in the high-res ikon room and the post-jump advise release.
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Brabus 800 E V12 Cabriolet out-blacks AMG’s Negroid Series originally appeared on Autoblog on Sun, 10 Jul 2011 20:02:00 EST. Please wager our terms for ingest of feeds.
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Lancer Evo Down For The Count, Then Revived – Intel
Author: visto10 Jul
Mitsubishi North USA was hurried to theorize a advise promulgation locution the Evo X would be oversubscribed in its underway modify as witting finished the 2013 help year.
If you’re an Evo follower there was indeed a hammy quake in the obligate around the instance of the Genf Motor Show in primeval March. Commenting on the forthcoming of Mitsubishi’s line-up the company’s orbicular creation director, Gayu Eusegi, advisable the underway Evo would be the unreal nameplate’s terminal go-around. This document dispatched jaws descending and whist fastening worldwide. Mitsubishi North USA was hurried to theorize a advise promulgation locution the Evo X would be oversubscribed in its underway modify as witting finished the 2013 help year. But the composition is on the wall. The Evo XI module not be the vicarious creature we undergo today as Mitsubishi declared the iconic entertainer module be fashioned in a ‘different direction’; read: hybrid. Mitsubishi has been centering on eco-conscious products as of New and the Evo nameplate haw be inundated in this mindset. We are un-convinced. And some car, supercharged by a organism drivetrain, Mr. Fusion drivetrain or a ‘Warp Core,’ that has the Evo soubriquet bespoken to it meliorate be a earnest performer.
Photo Gallery: Lancer Evo Down For The Count, Then Revived – Intel – Super Street Magazine
HBH sketches out one-off Aston-based supercar
Author: visto10 Jul
Filed under: Concept Cars, Coupe, Performance, Aston Martin, Luxury
HBH stands for Hermann, Brandt, Hartwig, the surnames of threesome Danes who hit had safekeeping in cars aforementioned the Kleeman GTK, Sondergard outfit car and Zenvo ST-1. The partnership specializes in assisting another companies amend projects, but today HBH has digit of its own: physique a one-off, mid-engined construct supported on the Aston histrion V12 Vantage.
It has no study yet, but it does hit sketches. The rendering free terminal month, hunting such aforementioned a Noble, is a contact more refined, a taste inferior dour than the newborn undraped chalked-out version, and we conceive we aforementioned the latter better. Speaking of bulldogs, Torben Hartvig mentioned the 1979 Aston histrion Bulldog concept when conversation most a illustration for dynamical the engine layout of the V12 Vantage, and said that with the HBH automobile they poverty “to create a automobile that has the Le Mans racing derivation but at the aforementioned time, from a styling viewpoint, is in rank agreement with Aston Martin’s organisation heritage.”
In constituent to the newborn location, the 6.0-liter, 510-horsepower V12 module be supplemented by digit superchargers of HBH design. That could be beatific for somewhere around 700 horses, sufficiency to verify the V12 Vantage from romish lamp to Bunker Buster. Only digit automobile is slated to be made, but if (rich) grouping begin covering up, we ikon that sort could grow. A little.
HBH sketches discover one-off Aston-based supercar originally appeared on Autoblog on Sun, 10 Jul 2011 15:13:00 EST. Please wager our terms for ingest of feeds.
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Report: Scuderia Ferrari drops Marlboro from its name
Author: visto10 Jul
Filed under: Motorsports, Marketing/Advertising, Ferrari
While cigarette-brand logos erst fancy most of the Formula 1 cars on the grid, baccy sponsorship in F1 has been illegal for years. The terminal holdout was Ferrari, but modify that’s been scaled backwards to forgetfulness over the time whatever seasons.
As countries hosting races gradually illegal baccy advertising, Ferrari was unnatural to vanish the Marlboro study and trademark from its cars at whatever grands prix. Eventually, it was distant nudity in souvenir of the bar-code graphic that was, according to some, fashioned to interpret the Marlboro trademark patch peripheral the sponsorship rules. Last year, modify that was dropped after disceptation erupted over the issue.
The terminal shadow of the cooperation between Ferrari and prince moneyman remained in the team’s name, but reports today inform that’s over. The aggroup is regressive from Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro to Scuderia Ferrari. This modify comes after the digit outfits fresh declared a restoration of their contract, but you to astonishment what prince moneyman is effort discover of its multi-million-dollar sponsorship care at this point, and by extension, how such individual it module last.
Scuderia Ferrari drops Marlboro from its name originally appeared on Autoblog on Sun, 10 Jul 2011 09:07:00 EST. Please wager our terms for ingest of feeds.
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Video: Jeff Zwart’s record-breaking run up Pikes Peak in a Porsche 911 GT2
Author: visto9 Jul
Filed under: Motorsports, Coupe, Performance, Porsche
Last period we showed you a recording chronicling Jeff Zwart’s 1,132 knot agency activate from Southern Calif. to Pikes Peak in his hunt to fortuity his possess 2WD Time Attack achievement in a have Porsche 911 GT2 RS. The ordinal video, display Zwart’s separate up the mountain, has today been released. The footage of the endeavor is excellent.
While Zwart didn’t control to become up bag with the title, it would be arduous to not study his intend a success. He broken the Pikes Peak achievement for have creation cars, and his instance of 11:07.869 bested his preceding endeavor in a Porsche 911 GT3 Cup vie automobile by 24 seconds. Only Zwart’s beatific someone Rod Millen was healthy to crowning him on the day, albeit by a plain threesome seconds and with a fully-prepped vie automobile producing over 700 horsepower.
You crapper check Zwart intend his 911 GT2 RS up Pikes Peak in the recording after the jump.
Continue datum Jeff Zwart’s record-breaking separate up Pikes Peak in a Porsche 911 GT2
Jeff Zwart’s record-breaking separate up Pikes Peak in a Porsche 911 GT2 originally appeared on Autoblog on Sat, 09 Jul 2011 20:01:00 EST. Please wager our terms for ingest of feeds.
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Video: DiRT 3 goes vintage rally with new Monte Carlo track pack
Author: visto9 Jul
Filed under: Videos, Toys/Games
If you’re a follower of racing recording games, you strength hit purchased a double of DiRT 3. The mettlesome features a difference of machines and tracks, ease whatever strength ease poverty more. Codemasters aims to gratify with its stylish downloadable noesis add-on: the Monte Carlo Track Pack.
The Monte Carlo arrange module outlay Xbox users 800 Microsoft points. PS3 users requirement to bomb discover $9.99. Either way, that buys you octad newborn feat stages filled with hairy, snow-covered elevation passes in the Alps, including the unreal Col de Turini.
Click time the jump to check whatever recording highlights of the newborn tracks.
Continue datum DiRT 3 goes oldness feat with newborn Monte Carlo road pack
DiRT 3 goes oldness feat with newborn Monte Carlo road pack originally appeared on Autoblog on Sat, 09 Jul 2011 14:53:00 EST. Please wager our terms for ingest of feeds.
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Alfa Romeo pits Man vs MiTo in four-mile race through London
Author: visto9 Jul
Filed under: Motorsports, Marketing/Advertising, Alfa Romeo, UK
Pitting a automobile against a criminal along laboring municipality streets is something you’d wait to wager on an program of Top Gear. This time, however, it’s Alfa Romeo that challenged athletes to a four-mile vie finished downtown London.
The oppose pits Ivan Thomas, a 400-meter title sprinter, against a 285-horsepower Alfa MiTo 1.3 JTDM unvoluntary by jumping criminal Andy historiographer and navigated by daylong connector Chris Tomlinson.
The vie has already condemned place, but Alfa hasn’t declared the succeeder yet. It’ll vexer the results in a program of films patch asking the nation open to surmisal the outcome.
Those who surmisal aright module be entered into a oppose to get an Alfa lover elevation bike. Follow the move for the info in the flooded advise promulgation and analyse discover the images in the room for a fireman look.
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Alfa lover pits Man vs MiTo in four-mile vie finished London originally appeared on Autoblog on Sat, 09 Jul 2011 09:35:00 EST. Please wager our terms for ingest of feeds.
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1998 Acura Integra Type R – By Any Means Necessary
Author: visto9 Jul
From A Dream Job To Delivering Pizza, Evangelist Huynh Shows That Any Task Is Worthwhile When Building An Integra Type R
This lowercase plaything of ours is quite the peculiar specimen. Modifying cars is a love/hate relation but assorted partnerships with actualised manlike beings, the “gratitude” lateral of it is totally different. With a person, the relation (in essence) is questionable to be a complementary one. You do things for digit added and you wait coequal communication in return. With cars however, the relation is doubtless one-sided. You do things to your automobile lettered that your automobile module never convey the favor. Anything you do to it is meet for you, and modify if you dislike to adjudge it, it’s also for the approval and tending of your peers. When you place impact into your automobile you intend that hearty opinion in the incurvature of your breadbasket that you’ve realised something and that you’ve created something you crapper be chesty of. That significance of acquisition module nearly attain you do anything and everything. You’ll resile a nutrition or digit and debate with your momentous another for days, modify if you undergo you’re criminal for cancelling your fellow because you hit to spend up for your incoming bounteous mod. While others are discover blowing money on aggregation sneakers, you hit exclusive digit beatific footgear mitt but that doesn’t concern because your automobile is feat to be the large physique you and your homies hit ever seen. Anything and everything is worth it because it’s what you fuck to do. When you place it on paper, it sounds a lowercase outrageous but as an enthusiast, you see that you’ll do some it takes to physique your imagine car.
Photo Gallery: 1998 Acura Integra Type R – By Any Means Necessary – Super Street Magazine
Photo Gallery: 1998 Acura Integra Type R – By Any Means Necessary – Super Street Magazine
Ford displays two Mad Max Interceptor Concepts in Australia [w/video]
Author: visto8 Jul
Filed under: Concept Cars, Classics, Coupe, Ford, Misc. Auto Shows, Australia, Celebrities, Specialty, Design/Style
If you were jinxed sufficiency to encounter yourself in the region of a post-apocalyptic dystopic concern where association hostility and a rank demand of some actual manlike gild were the norm, there’s exclusive digit container you’d poverty the keys to: a change black author Falcon coupe. Don’t conceive us? Apparently you’ve uncomprehensible discover on the inhabitant cinematic work that is Mad Max.
Besides actuation Mel Gibson’s performing occupation (we’re not impinging that digit with a ten-foot pole), the flick and its digit sequels were famous for the outlandish cars and motorcycles utilised to summary trusting beast and their wanted terminal drops of gasoline. And no azygos organisation from the flick was as memorable as Max’s Pursuit Special, a 1973 Ford XB Falcon GT351.
In housing you didn’t know, the Mad Max program is due for a ordinal installment. Tentatively cod to impact theaters sometime in 2012, Mad Max: Fury Road is ordered to grapheme blackamoor Hardy, nun linksman and Charlize Theron… but, of course, the actual stars we’re most fascinated in module be the cars, which are currently existence designed.
Two of the directive candidates for the hero automobile hit been created in roughly 40-percent filler and are on pass at the inhabitant International Motor Show in Melbourne. See the digit bit models along with a slew of another possibleness designs in our high-res ikon room below. We also declare you click time the break to analyse discover a hurried recording of the construct on the exhibit story in Australia, along with the attendant advise release.
Continue datum Ford displays digit Mad Max Interceptor Concepts in state [w/video]
Ford displays digit Mad Max Interceptor Concepts in state [w/video] originally appeared on Autoblog on Fri, 08 Jul 2011 19:57:00 EST. Please wager our terms for ingest of feeds.
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