Audi’s sublime R8 has scooped yet another accolade with the guys from European Car Magazine awarding the mid-engined sex machine their 2008 Editors’ Choice award
“It’s rare to find a car like the R8, because it manages to bring supercar performance and styling to the point where it can be used every day,” said Les Bidrawn, european car’s editor. “We tend to ask a lot from our cars–we’re hard on them. The fact that the R8 stood up to our exhaustive tests speaks volumes about its fantastic technology and user-friendly ergonomics. I guess you could consider the R8 the world’s most reliable supercar…we like that.”
The South Italian ring in Nardo is a track made legendary by the cars that have conquered it. And joining their ranks will be a Lorinser-tuned limited-run special edition version dubbed “Nardo3″ of the Mercedes SL. In a bracket reserved for supercars, the exclusive SL was measured independently at 325 kph (201.5 mph). But the Nardo3 SL is not simply a car built for straight-line performance - it is ‘a racing car for the road’ which brings ambience as much to the forefront of the concept as it does racing-bred performance thrills.
Stuttgart. Dr. Ing. h. c. F. Porsche AG, Stuttgart, is presenting a new version of the mid-engine Boxster sports car at the Bologna Motor Show in early December.
The Ghedi (Brescia) military airport was the setting this week for an extraordinary acceleration race between a Tornado aircraft [A200-A] provided by the airbase, and the Lamborghini Reventón driven by an official Lamborghini test driver.
The fighter pilot and the Lamborghini test driver challenged each other on the 3000 m-long runway.
1stVWParts is offering a Bluetooth phone button handsfree retrofit kit for the Mk5 Golf, GTI, Rabbit, Jetta, GLI, EOS, and Passat cars with Multifunction Steering Wheel (Single Phone Button). It also works with Touareg with Volume buttons on Steering Wheel (Touaregs without a phone button can be used with just the volume button to answer and end a call).
Installing this kit will allow you to use the “phone†and “volume†buttons on your steering wheel to control the functions of a voice prompted Bluetooth module made for us by Parrot - the leader in Bluetooth integration. It requires no splicing of wires and can be removed without a trace at any time. There are no wires to cut, splice or tap for factory-like Bluetooth and with nothing to mount on the dash! The steering wheel phone button does all the work.
A remarkable milestone has been reached as Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles has now produced in excess of 10 million examples of the iconic Transporter van. This year marks the 60th anniversary of the creation of the model.
Apparently, this is a unique, surviving prototype made for VW of Mexico. One of two made, with the other vehicle being destroyed, hence this is the only one in existence. Created from tubular steel with a fibreglass shell, this prototype is currently not verified for road use.
Before its official launch, Carlsson has already devoted considerable attention to the new Mercedes Benz C-class Estate resulting in a new automotive dimension in both visual and dynamic terms. The company achieved these goals through a variety of measures including elegant aerodynamic parts, performance kits, new wheels and improved interior appointments. The result is a vehicle that meets the highest expectations of driving pleasure and active safety. A car with race-track engineering that meets the promise of looks and paper form.
