Nissan has decided to put a mild facelift along with the introduction of the wild Nismo GT-R. Cosmetically, a fresh set of light clusters will have to do until the all new GT-R will be unveiled somewhere between 2016 and 2018. Multi-LED headlights create a distinctive “lightning” motif, easily gives this model it’s own signature look. These headlamps also adapt to speed, improving visibility when driving at highway speeds. Customers looking for added visual impact now have a wider color palette to choose from.
The engineers from Japan have taken note from GT-R owners issues with previous GT-R’s and improved on all points. As with most Japanese cars, the interior has left owners with things to wish for in the new GT-R.
A better look and feel, more leather details and an overall more premium feel to travel in first class.
“LEAKED” A day before it’s debut. 595 HP and a 7:08 ‘Ring time. Insane numbers.
The twin-turbo V6 3.8-liter engine from the GT-R develops 545 HP (401 kW) and 463 lb-ft (627 Nm) of torque. Nismo revised the intake and exhaust systems, installed bigger turbochargers from the GT3-spec model and modified the ignition timing.
The 3.8 V6 now develops 595 HP (438 kW) and 480 lb-ft (650 Nm). Nissan says the engine can take even more power, but the tranny simply would not be able to cope with that.
The Nissan GT-R Nismo rolls on 20-inch wheels wrapped in rubbers from Dunlop. 255/40RF-20 run-flat Dunlop SP Sport Maxx GT 600 DSST
The GT-R Nismo with the optional track package will cost less than 200,000 USD (about 148,000 EUR / 124,000 GBP). Pricing details will be unveiled officially tomorrow.
SPORTAUTO ringtimes (same driver)
1. Gumpert Apollo Sport mit Sportreifen 7.24 min › 11/2009
2. Porsche 911 GT2 RS mit Sportreifen 7.24 min › 11/2010
3. Lamborghini Aventador LP 700-4 mit Sportreifen 7 7.25 min › 8/2012
4. McLaren MP4-12C mit Sportreifen 7.28 min › 11/2011
5. Porsche 911 GT3 RS 4.0 mit Sportreifen 7.30 min › 8/2011
6. Porsche Carrera GT 7.32 min › 1/2004
7. Pagani Zonda F 7.33 min › 5/2006
8. Porsche 911 GT2 mit Sportreifen 7.33 min › 11/2007
9. Porsche 911 GT3 RS mit Sportreifen 7.33 min › 5/2010
10. Koenigsegg CCR 7.34 min › 3/2006
11. Audi R8 GT mit Sportreifen 7.34 min min › 12/2010
12. Lexus LFA mit Sportreifen 7.34 min min › 2/2012
13. Ruf Rt12 mit Sportreifen 7.35 min min › 2/2008
Mercedes-Benz has finally revealed their ‘Vision Gran Turismo’ – a virtual concept designed for the latest Gran Turismo PlayStation game due to release on December 6th 2013.
As good as it looks, you won’t be seeing this car on the road as it is designed to be a virtual racer. It’s not all doom & gloom though because Merc’ have build a 1:1 scale model for research/development purposes.
This front-engined rolling piece of art will virtually feature a rear-wheel-drive arrangement with gullwing doors like the SLS AMG.
A fire-breathing AMG V8 will be pumping out 577 BHP and 590 lb-ft of torque, which is supported by a body that weighs just 3,053 lbs.
All of this immense power will probably need out-of-this-world stopping power, and it does! The Vision GT comes with AMG’s high-performance ceramic composite brakes which can rip your face off if you slam on the brake pedal.
All of which is normal, lots of power, a light body, beautiful design, it’s a supercar recipe that’s lasted decades, however, 8 exhaust pipes sets it apart from other Supercars.
The interior was not shown in the press release, but Merc’ says it comes with an F1-inspired cockpit with red integral sport seats and a display that floats above the steering wheel – how cool is that!
Have your chance to drive the Mercedes-Benz AMG Vision Gran Turismo when the game is released on the 6th of December
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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.
S 63 AMG SWB
Displacement: 5461 cc
Output: 430 kW (585 hp) at 5500 rpm
Max. Torque: 900 Nm at 2250-3750 rpm
Kerb Weight: 1970 kg
Acceleration (0-100 km/h): 4.4s
S63 AMG LWB
Displacement: 5461 cc
Output: 430 kW (585 hp) at 5500 rpm
Max. Torque: 900 Nm at 2250-3750 rpm
Kerb Weight: 1995 kg
Acceleration (0-100 km/h): 4.4s
S63 AMG LWB 4MATIC
Displacement: 5461 cc
Output: 430 kW (585 hp) at 5500 rpm
Max. Torque: 900 Nm at 2250-3750 rpm
Kerb Weight: 1995 kg
Acceleration (0-100 km/h): 4.0s
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.
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…
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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.
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Jaguar just revealed a F-Type variant of every racers dreams, the Project 7. It’s in concept form, and it’s an utter shame that it’s only been created to wow the crowds at the Festival of Speed. Yep, you guessed it, it’s another one-off!
It’s becoming quite annoying how Jaguar are failing to give us cars that us petrol-heads actually want, such as the C-X75, that is a supercar that belongs on the road, but Jaguar will keep it caged up.
The Project 7 Concept is based on the F-Type Roadster, and looks like a modern day successor of the Jaguar D-Type.
Based on the F-Type Roadster, the Jaguar Project 7 (the name refers to Jaguar’s seven Le Mans triumphs) is strictly a one-off design study designed to wow the crowds at the Festival of Speed.
The amazing thing is, that Jaguar’s designers actually turned it from sketch, to reality in just four-months, which is pretty impressive!
It features a new carbon-fibre front-splitter, side skirts and a rear diffuser. The windscreen been reduced down in size, giving the Project 7 a hint of D-Type. The rear features a fixed spoiler and a deeper front bumper design. The bonnet vents, wing mirrors and even inserts on those huge 20-inch alloy wheels feature carbon-fibre.
Having only space for the driver on the inside, the Project 7 Concept goes with a race-inspired theme.. Where the passenger would normally sit, is where the driver can keep his helmet, and the helmet itself goes with the cars’ theme by having it matching to the blue exterior paintwork. The seating position is also race-inspired, as the driver sits 30mm lower than the standard F-Type. Even the drivers’ seat has been changed to a composite bucket seat and is gripped by a four-point harness.
The power isn’t on the short-list, the Project 7 Concept incorporates a not-so-subtle 5.0-litre supercharged V8 from the original F-Type V8 S but with an extra 54bhp, taking the final figure to an astonishing 545bhp. Torque has also been increased from 625Nm to 680Nm
Under the bonnet is the same 5.0-litre supercharged V8 as the F-Type V8 S but with an extra 54bhp, taking the total output to 545bhp. Torque also increases from 625Nm to 680Nm. Put the pedal to the metal and you’ll be hitting 0-60 in 4.1 seconds.
Yes, this is a new generation BMW 5 series Touring. Completely new. We didn’t expect to see this so soon. We don’t even know the codename yet. Ok, BMW just released the 5 series LCI, and we know the cars from BMW undergo a full, long and thorough test programme. Where the new gen 7 series (G11) is already on the trail, this is just facing the start of it and won’t see a production version before 2016.
Even though it is packed with camouflage it does show some new design cues. Likely to be sharing some elements with the recent BMW releases and the upcoming BMW 7 series. It will go on a diet with CFRP tech, like the new gen 7series, making it much lighter then the current models.
A couple of months after revealing the all-new 2014 Mercedes-Benz A45 AMG Edition 1, Mercedes-Benz has gone that one-step ahead by giving the CLA45 AMG some Edition 1 treatment too.
In 2013, Mercedes-Benz debuted the Edition 1 for the CLA-Class, but for the 45 AMG, the Edition 1 treatment adds a whole new level of aggression which makes the CLA45 to look that whole lot meaner.
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The 2014 Mercedes-Benz CLA45 AMG Edition 1 incorporates many exterior and interior options found on the A45 AMG Edition 1, which includes: a gloss black rear lip spoiler, matte-black 19-inch alloy wheels and graphite grey side strips as well as an abundance of red accents on the car including the front grille, mirrors, wheels and brake calipers.
