Archive for July, 2009
Earlier this year we reported on Nissan testing a GT-R FIA GT1 race car in Japan, last week Nissan Motorsports (Nismo) entered the Nissan GT-R FIA GT1 race car at the Total 24 Hours of Spa endurance race at Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium. The race car was driven by Michael Krumm of Germany, Darren Turner of [...]
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Ferrari has revealed details about the successor to the Ferrari F430, namely the all-new Ferrari 458 Italia. However, the Ferrari 458 Italia will only make its public debut at this year’s Frankfurt Motor Show in September. Like its predecessor, the latest two-seater mid-rear engined berlinetta will feature an aluminum chassis to reduce weight to just [...]
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Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. (FHI), the maker of Subaru automobiles, have launched the Subaru Impreza STI Spec C – a limited edition version of the current Subaru Impreza WRX STI. A Spec C will see a limited production run of only 900 units but will only be on sale in Japan. The modifications carried out [...]
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The Japan car magazine, Best Car is reporting that the recently discontinued Honda S2000 will return in 2012, but that the new S2000 will be powered by Honda’s second-generation hybrid drivetrain used in the Honda Accord rather than by Honda’s high-revving F20C 2.0-Liter engine. What will probably disappoint fans of the original Honda S2000 more [...]
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Honda sources have announced that an all-new sporty hybrid, which will officially be named the Honda CR-Z, will be available in the U.S. market in 2010. Details are yet to be released but Honda has confirmed that the hybrid will be based on the Honda CR-Z concept car that made its North American debut at [...]
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Nissan UK have released a limited edition of Nissan’s affordable 370Z sports car in a stunning yellow paint with special black 370Z graphics down the sides, harking back to the 1975 Datsun B210 HoneyBee in North America, but named the 370Z Yellow! Along with the Ultimate Yellow paint job, the 370Z Yellow also gets 19-inch [...]
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