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Honda Impossible Dream 2 commercial
The Japanese manufacturer has released the updated version Honda Impossible Dream 2 commercial video which now features new models like the CRZ or the FCX Clarity.
The main character rides in pretty much everything Honda has created that suits land, water and even air travel hinting at how far the company has come while presenting its latest developments in terms of green mobility.
Video: 2010 Chevrolet Camaro SS with Hydraulics
This video presents one of the first, if not the first 2010 Chevrolet Camaro SS with hydraulics. Apart from the bling factor we are not so sure about the practicability of such a conversion, but the car is definitely ‘something else’ and when the video gets to 4.00 minutes you would think that this 2010 Chevrolet Camaro SS on hydros is ready to go off-road.
Video: 2011 Audi A8L W12
The German carmaker has published a fresh video with the 2011 Audi A8L W12, offering details with the car’s luxurious interior and also scenes with its exterior.
Introduced in April at the Motor Show in Beijing the 2011 Audi A8L W12 is 17.5 feet long and is powered by a 6.3-litre FSI engine that generates 500 HP and 462 lb-ft of peak torque.
Kia Soul rapping hamsters promo
Another Kia Soul promo video in which this time the automaker uses rapping hamsters to promote their new hatch.
Besides being funny, these rapping hamsters put things into perspective as they compare the Kia Soul with bland looking ‘toasters’ probably hinting at the first generation Scion xB.
McLaren F1 turns 20
The iconic British built McLaren F1 is celebrating its 20th anniversary. Born in March 1990 and launched on May 28th 1992 in Monaco, the McLaren F1 was a pioneer and the benchmark for supercars for many years.
In 1994 the McLaren F1 was being sold at a price tag of no less then 540,000 GBP which made it the most expensive car in the world at that time. Besided the F1, McLaren also produced versions like the F1 LM , F1 GT anf F1 GTR, with the most powerful beeing the F1 LM Roadcar which extracted power from a BMW sourced V12 engine that produced 680 BHP.
Hulme CanAm Price
Pricing for the new Zealand built supercar, Hulme CanAm has just been announced. Honoring New Zealand’s F1 World Champion, Denny Hulme, the Hulme CanAm is an ultra-high performance roadster for which production will be limited to 20 units.
The Hulme CanAm extracts power from a Chevrolet sourced 7.0-litre V8 engine that produces 600bhp and 600Nm of peak torque, and which is mated to a 6-speed manual transmission with paddles and sequential shift as options.
Red Bull Racing F1 Car on the Beach
Red Bull Racing offered a demonstration on the Dominican Republic beach where Jaime Alguersuari drove an F1 car that has been used by the Swiss team in last year’s season.
We have to say that watching an F1 car doing doughnuts in such an environment is pretty unusual, not to mention seeing Jaime Alguersuari almost drive the Red Bull monopost into the Atlantic Ocean.
Cosworth Impreza STI CS400
Subaru has revealed official photos and complete technical specs as well as pricing for the Cosworth Impreza STI CS400.
Equipped with a tuned 2.5-litre turbocharged boxer engine that packs 33 percent more power, the Cosworth Impreza STI CS400 delivers 400 horses and 542 Nm of torque which get sent to all four wheels via a 6-speed manual transmission. The Cosworth Impreza STI CS400 takes only 3.7 seconds when accelerating from nought to 62 mph and reaches an electronically limited top speed of 155 mph.
Sportec Porsche 997 Turbo SP580
The facelift version Porsche 997 Turbo received a new performance upgrade badged the SP580.
Compared to the stock model that produces 493 bhp this conversion enables the Sportec Porsche 997 Turbo SP580 so squeeze a maximum 580 bhp at 6,500 rpm and 800 Nm of torque at 3,500 rpm from the 3.8-litre 6-cylinder boxer engine.
Racer X Designs RZ Ultima Concept
An interesting project named the RZ Ultima Concept coming from Racer X Design who decided to take the already impressive Ultima GTR and make it an overall better supercar by working on its exterior shape.
As far as performance it is only normal that things will be left untouched as the Ultima GTR with its two powering versions 640 bhp (477 kW) on the GTR640 and 720 bhp (537 kW) on the GTR720 provided by American Speed, is already one of the meanest cars on the planet, holding record like the fastest 0 to 100 mph (160 Km/h) acceleration time – 5.3 seconds, fastest deceleration time 100 mph (160 Km/h) to 0 mph in 3.6 seconds and others.