Launch Control: 991 GT3
Climb aboard the insane 991 GT3 for a flat six, 475 horsepower, 9000RPM dobbelkupplungsgetriebe 0 to 200 km/h launch. Engine sounds strong, capable and awesome! What a machine!
Video by Magazine Motorsport
Archive for month: July, 2013
Ferrari 458 Monte Carlo
Check out the renderings here!
These are the first photographs of Ferrari testing the new hardcore 458. Due for the International Autoshow Frankfurt in september this year.
The Ferrari 458 is getting the treatment we’ve been waiting for. Going by the project name of Monte Carlo, this lightweight 458 will drive in the tracks of the Ferrari F430 Scuderia, probably at a faster pace. Aggressive looks, aero-upgrades, larger intakes and wider air vents to cool that powerful V8 which will be delivering up to 600 horsepower courtesy of an ECU remap and some engine upgrades.
Via Autogespot
Let’s see how the normal 458 compares to the F430 Scuderia in a straight line. video by M5board.com
Driven: Jaguar F-Type
In 1961, British car manufacturer Jaguar created one of the most revolutionizing cars, the E-Type. This was a car that made everybody crazy. It caused people to splash the cash even after only seeing it at a motor show. The design, performance and quality was way ahead of its time, no wonder why it appealed to so many. A lot has happened in the meantime though. It has been over half a century since then and have we barely seen a Jag shine as hard as the E-type must have done those days. However, don’t leave in a strop just yet, Jaguar made a good deal with Tata Motors. Give Jaguar more money, and good things start to happen.
They call it the Jaguar F-Type, and the good news is, we’ve driven it! All three of them!
The Jaguar F-Type may look small, but don’t take it for a midget, because if anything, it’s got to be one of the most powerful cars (less than £100K) on the market! And what sort of punch does it pack under the hood? Well, the Jaguar F-Type comes with 3 different engines, a 3.0-liter V6, 3.0-liter Supercharged V6 and an absolutely mad 5.0-liter Supercharged V8 .
V6
V6
The 3.0-liter V6 is the most sensible out of the bunch, it doesn’t crackle, pop and fart as much as the other two, it’s the more mature and grown up one out of the lot. However, that doesn’t mean it can’t kill most cars off the line at a traffic light grand-prix. The 3.0-liter V6 packs 335 horsepower and 330 lb-ft torque, which is quite adequate in this day and age of ridiculous horsepower figures. However, if you’re planning to be a complete yob with the least powerful engine out the bunch, expect to hit 60 mph front naught in just 5.1 seconds and a top speed of 161 mph. All-in-all, the V6 is a good engine, but it’s just missing that X-Factor, it doesn’t have as much character as the other two.
V6 S
V8 S
HANDLING
The Jaguar F-Type features double-wishbone suspension at the front and rear with adaptive dampers and fully adjustable suspensions settings to keep the geekiest of drivers happy. As well as tinkering and tweaking the suspension settings, the F-Type has a total of 25 different driving mods to suit all road conditions and driving styles. On the road, it feels very different to most cars today, the V6 is the cruiser out of the bunch, adequate performance and handling, just a car you can use everyday.
The V6 S isn’t so subtle, we think it’s the perfect blend between handling and horsepower, think of it as a ‘handling to horsepower ratio’, it’s just the perfect amount, you know exactly what the car wants to do every time you go around a corner. The V8 S on the other hand is much more different. That ‘handling to horsepower ratio’ just doesn’t matter with this car because if anything, it has more horsepower than it can actually handle, this car will drift at any given second, it’ll spin its tires in third gear if you push it hard enough! The ultimate hooning car!
EXTERIOR
It seems the F-Type has to live up to a lot seeing as its predecessor, the E-Type, was a design success back in the 1960’s.. In fact, even Enzo Ferrari himself said that the E-Type was the most beautiful car ever made. Forward to 2013 and we have the F-Type, is it a design success? Is it a car that a high-ranking founder from another manufacturer say it’s the most beautiful car ever made? Well, in this day and age of rivalry and hatred, we don’t think so, but to our eye, it has the potential to put Aston Martin’s to shame.
It has the same key design elements from the E-Type, such as the long bonnet, big shoulders and distinctive taillights. All-in-all, it just looks like Jaguar done an absolutely epic job on modernizing that old brute.
After that, the similarities end, the F-Type is absolutely brand new from the ground up, and the higher you go with the engines, the better the exterior gets. The V6 and V6 S just about only have rim sizes to set them apart, but once you get onto the V8 S, you get some mean black rims, unique S badging (also on V6 S) and quad tailpipes instead of the usual two, which obviously helps that beatly V8 breath.
Don’t get confused though, this may be only slightly bigger than a Boxster, but it is no Boxster rival. If it was, the Boxster would be put to shame in no time. Despite the size, this car is actually a Porsche 911 rival, though it’s hard to believe, Jaguar have almost cracked it.
The interior makes the F Type look bigger than it is. It incorporates details from its big daddy, the XJ, and the odd thing is, it fits very well! The seats are very different to other Jags as they are very supporting sport seats that hold you in place very well while blasting around a corner. The vents are electronically funcioned like the XF, only instead of flipping around they now rise up from the dash, a bit like Audi’s sound system.
The leather used on the interior is very high quality, almost Bentley like. When you look at a roadster, and then you’er about to climb in, only one thing goes through your head, “Will I fit?”, but this is no MX-5, almost anyone can get in to an F-Type and go.
VERDICT
Hmm, what do we think of the F-Type? We have absolutely no objections to it, we just can’t seem to think of any negatives about this car. Well done Jaguar, we look forward to seeing the Coupe soon!
Twin Turbo Gallardo Breaks World Record
Because at Unlim500+ in Russia, a stock Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4 with a V10 and 560 horsepower just doesn’t cut it. Might be enough for most of us, but not if you want to join the Russian Unlim recordholders. Welcome then, to the Underground Racing Twin Turbo Gallardo. How much power? Here’s a clue: Lamborghini Gallardo LP2005-4. Yes, 2005 horsepower!
HOLY SH*T!
This car has set a record at UNLIM500+ by running 21.852 on a mile straight hitting, wait for it… 263 mph (423.2 kph)!
Mercedes-Benz Unleashes S63 AMG
Since Mercedes-Benz released the W222 S-Class, it was no surprise that AMG would get their hands on one, and after a not-so-long wait and a bunch of leaks and a teaser video, here it is, fresh out of Affalterbach, the brand-spankin’-new Mercedes-Benz S63 AMG!
The new S63 AMG is no joke, it has mountains of power, an exquisite interior and a beautiful exterior design with added aggression which doesn’t only enhance looks, but performance too.
The big powerful ‘Benz will feature the same 5.5-liter biturbo M157 motor found in most AMG’s today (CLS63, ML63, SL63, E63, G63, GL63 and CL63), the only difference is, that it will produce 585 horsepower and 900 Nm torque! As ridiculous as those numbers get, we’re pretty sure you can expect an S Model which will push it to well over 600 bhp!
The new S63 AMG will come in 3 different variants, a short-wheel-base, long-wheel-base, and for the first time ever in a S63 AMG, a 4MATIC long-wheel-base. Now that you’ve heard ‘4MATIC’, you must be wondering the 0-60 times, well, the short and long-wheel-base models both do it in 4.4 second, while the 4MATIC on the other had does it in a stupendously fast 4.0 seconds dead! However, we reckon if you push it hard enough, it will hit 3.9, if you keep trying of course.
Even though weight isn’t that important when it comes to a big luxury car, the new S65 is still pretty impressive, this time, the short-wheel-base has the edge as weighs 1970 kg whilst the long-wheel-base weighs just 25 kg more at 1995 kg. Nonetheless, the S63 AMG is still lighter than its ‘new’ rival, the Rolls-Royce Ghost’s which weighs 2,470 kg.
On the subject of rivalry, from the way the S-Class has been designed inside and out, it really seems like Mercedes-Benz has pushed the S-Class out of the executive car segment (BMW 7 Series, Audi A8, etc..) to the luxury car segment (Rolls-Royce Ghost/Phantom, Bentley Mulsanne, etc..). The W221 wasn’t a rival as such but now, the W222 has really pushed those boundaries out of the way.
AMG hasn’t opted for a double-clutch , instead, they went for their traditional AMG SPEEDSHIFT MCT gearbox which is also found in most AMG’s that have the M157 motor.
For those who don’t understand what ‘4MATIC’ means, it essentially means ‘all-wheel-drive’. The good news is that this drivetrain is rear-biased where 33 percent goes to the front axle and 67 percent is sent to the rear axle, which of-course means a more pleasurable driving experience.
The latest technology in the new S-Class is the MAGIC BODY CONTROL suspension. This great bit of kit scans the road ahead and adjusts the suspension accordingly to give thus giving the feeling that the bumps in the road have been ironed out.
Moving on to the sexy exterior (got a little biased there), the S63 AMG features some great new enhancements. First of all, the normal S-Class’s bumper has been ditched in favour of a much more aerodynamic bumper as well as a splitter which infact looks very cool indeed! The rear is very AMG-like, with a nice diffuser and quad-square exhaust pipes which of course have AMG logo’s embedded onto them.
You might of also noticed the new exclusive AMG 19-inch lightweight alloys which are held by 255/45 tyres at the front and 285/40 at the back.
The interior, well, have a look yourself. Isn’t it one of the most exquisite places to be?
The new Mercedes-Benz S63 AMG will make its debut at Frankfurt Auto Show this September and will go on sale soon after at a price of around £120,000.
Lexus IS-F Coupe
Watch out BMW.
Lexus isn’t fully concentrating on hybrids, The BMW M3 M4 (four, ‘get used to it!’) is getting competition from Japan. In the shape of a Lexus IS-F Coupe. Which looks like an exorbitant BMW from the back. Even with the camouflage.
So, it is supposed to be Lexus image-booster, should BMW sweat their chests?
It simply looks like the controversial styled Lexus IS, with two doors. And is related to the LF-CC concept which was shown as a concept not too long ago.
However this one that will have an -F written behind it. That means 4 exhaust pipes and wider fenders with holes in them.
We haven’t seen a normal IS-coupe yet, but we know some extra power for this -F version is very likely too.
Lamborghini Thinks It Has Wings
Check this out! Its your every day Lamborghini Gallardo race car but it seems this one had one too many Red Bull’s to drink! Although the car thought it had wings, in reality, it really didn’t… Or maybe the Gallardo took its fighter-jet-style design a bit too seriously?
What actually happened here is simple: the lack of downforce. Yes, this is the perfect example to showcase the importance of downforce and aerodynamics at high speed. The air that usually flows around the car ended up getting caught up beneath the car and more-or-less just picked it up.
(Jeremy Clarkson Voice) Still, could be worse…
Ferrari To Debut 458 Scuderia At Frankfurt
Following this years Geneva Motor Show, it seems Ferrari is on quite a roll! First it was LaFerrari, a ridiculously fast hypercar and next will be this- the Ferrari 458 ‘Scuderia’ (or whatever it will be called, Monte Carlo has been rumored). The ‘Scuderia’ will essentially be a hardcore 458 Italia which will come with aero-upgrades, larger intakes and wider air vents to cool that powerful V8 which will be delivering up to 600 horsepower courtesy of an ECU remap and some other engine upgrades. Did we mention that there’ll be an upgraded exhaust system too?
The other main point of the 458 Scuderia apart from out-right power, is lightness. The F430 Scuderia was 100 kg lighter than a stock F430; expect around the same kg figure for the 458 Scuderia.
Achtung! S63 AMG Teased
Following the all-new W222 Mercedes-Benz S-Class’s reveal, it is no surprise it’ll be getting some AMG treatment, and finally, we have the first official teaser.
The W222 Mercedes-Benz S63 AMG will feature the same M157 motor found in most modern AMG’s today. The output is not yet known but it is expected to produce around 557 hp and around 590 lb-ft torque on a rear-wheel-drive platform. The new S63 AMG is also rumoured to be a part of the S trim found in the E63 AMG S and the CLS63 AMG S, this will evidently push the horsepower figure up to around 585 hp.
Expect a ridiculously powerful S65 AMG variant to join the AMG family too!
