Coloured-Potholes: The Ideal Solution To Making Potholes More Visible To Save Lives, Wheels and your Body-Kit
March 10, 2010
There’s only one way to put this, our roads suck and the local councils seem to take pride having huge pot-holes that claim the lives of motorcyclists in their jurisdiction. There’s no denying it, pot-holes are everywhere and each time someone fills it up, it just happens again. It’s almost as if they filled it up with magic dust that goes soft after a few days, giving them a chance to do it all over again and donate our hard earned tax money to some totally useless contractor to do what he does not know how to do in the first place. Bunch of idiots I say. Read more
The Audi RS5 Meets Its Fore-Father – The Ur-Quattro
March 9, 2010
Car makers love to harp on the DNA of their cars, especially if it’s a performance car that is replacing an icon of its generation, like the new Audi RS5 that has the 80’s legend “Ur-Quattro” as its forefather. Audi of course made sure that they highlighted that fact in the video above.
The ur-quattro only makes a short appearance in the video above but it sort of highlights what the RS5 is about and the type of buyers its targeted at. Its 6-minutes of driving footage with some great V8 background music. There’s another video posted after the jump of some beauty shots of the coupe’s interior and exterior.
The RS5 is powered by a naturally aspirated 4.2-liter V8 engine producing 450-horses and 430Nm of torque. It’s all-wheel-drive layout, a seven-speed dual-clutch S tronic transmission, center-differential and 1725kg weight ensures great performance figures; the magical 100km/h mark is seen off 4.6-seconds and will top-off at an electronically limited top speed of 250km/h.
Sales of the Audi RS5 Coupe will begin in the third quarter of 2010 with a European base price of around €77,000. Read more
Who Will Be Quickest This Weekend? Fernando Alonso Says Red Bull …
March 9, 2010
Fernando Alonso is not ready to place a bet, but his tip as the favourite for Sunday’s 2010 season opener is Red Bull.
“I think Red Bull were a little bit ahead at the last test,” said the Ferrari driver, who has been named as the Bahrain favourite by some of his own rivals. Read more
It All Starts With The Wheels: Hamann Introduces New Alloys For The 458 Italia
March 9, 2010
It was just a matter of time and now it has happened, Hamann is one among hundreds of tuners that will eventually individualize the new Ferrari 458 Italia according to how they think it should be like. Well, the 458 Italia is a complicated car and working on it won’t be easy, so while we wait for performance and other hardcore upgrades, Hamann is teasing us with the launch of two new 21-inch alloy wheel designs. Read more
Sebastian Vettel Names His Car: “Luscious Liz” Takes Over Where “Kate’s Dirty Sister” Left Off
March 9, 2010
Sebastian Vettel has named his new RB6 formula one car ‘Luscious Liz’. The 22-year-old German and 2009 championship runner-up famously called last year’s Red Bull ‘Kate’s Dirty Sister’ — because it was faster and more aggressive than its predecessor ‘Kate’. His 2008 Toro Rosso was called Julie. Read more
Mika Hakkinen: “Knowing Michael as I do, he would not come back if he did not think he could beat these younger guys.”
March 9, 2010
Former two-time world champion Mika Hakkinen has said he can understand why Michael Schumacher has decided to return to Formula One action this weekend. Read more
On-Board Video: Kimi’s Big Moment at Rally of Mexico
March 9, 2010
A great video of Kimi’s big six-roller at the Rally of Mexico. Ken Block had a shunt as well but managed to go much further into the stage then the ‘Ice Man’, a video of Ken’s big moment is posted after the jump. Kimi’s recent performance in rallying does beg the question though, if Formula One drivers are so great, how come they hardly do well in rallying or other race series? Read more
EVO Puts Porsche’s Claim To The Test With Rally Legend François Delecour: Is The New GT3RS Really Race Ready?
March 9, 2010
EVO UK recently put Porsche’s claim that the “new GT3RS is race-ready” to the test and to do that they sent Chris Harris to meet rally legend François Delecour and put the GT3RS through some WRC stages. His conclusion is what’s really interesting, you got to watch it and also check out the change in intensity in Delecour’s face after they turn off the electronics, nice. Read more
Mercedes Motorsport Boss: “We will not challenge for the podium in the first few races”
March 9, 2010
Mercedes motorsport boss Norbert Haug believes his team will not be in the chase for a podium at the opening round of the season in Bahrain.
Michael Schumacher recently said he expects to be fighting at the front of the field, but Haug has warned that top-three results will not be possible until later rounds. Mercedes appeared to be just off the pace of the front runners in pre-season testing and team principal Ross Brawn has admitted that it is putting its faith in car upgrades to catch up with Ferrari, McLaren and Red Bull. Read more
Blast To The Past: 1999 French Rally Championship – Group A FWD Kit Cars
March 7, 2010
The Group A class was created to promote more private entries. In order to be homologated, 2500 examples of the competing car had to be put on sale by the manufacturer. Above is a great video of the cars that used to race in the class in the late 1990s, described by the compiler of the video as “notorious little hornets”, the fast, nimble, and lightweight kit cars, the video shows some of the best bits from the 1999 French Rally Championship. And the stars? French greats like the Citroen Xsara, Peugeot 306 Maxi and the Renault Megane. In the 1999 season, the FWD Citroen Xsara won twice in the WRC and clinched the Grand Prize in Rallye Catalunya and Tour de Corse. Enjoy your 10 mins of 1999 WRC adrenalin. Read more
