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Archive for April, 2009

Apr
25
2009

Nurburgring Wars, 2009

 • 3:31 am

Porsche and Nissan are at it again, trading (unofficial) lap times at the 12.9-mile Nurburgring Nordschleife circuit. Nissan claimed a time of 7:29.03 for the Nissan GT-R in April last year, which Porsche subsequently disputed when they could only achieve a lap time only 7:54 with a U.S.-spec GT-R! Porsche were testing the 911 Turbo, [...]


Apr
23
2009

The Bertone Mantide

 • 9:40 pm

Stile Bertone has unveiled the Bertone Mantide based on the 2009 Corvette ZR1 at the Shanghai Auto Show. Apparently the design of the Bertone Mantide has been influenced by Formula 1 and aerospace technology. Unfortunately it’s butt ugly so it’s quite fortunate that it’ll be a one off front engine sports car for an [...]


Apr
5
2009

Hennessey Performance Camaro

 • 11:36 pm

While we hold our breath as General Motors accelerates quickly to bankruptcy and its suppliers struggle, one of GM’s most anticipated cars, the Chevrolet Camaro Z28 seems to be in limbo as it will cost as much as $50 million to produce the high-performance car. For now the Z28 is being canceled but Chevrolet has [...]