Dodge Viper – The powerful Reptile

A grand big center stage car from Chrysler Group i.e 2008 Dodge Viper, 600-horsepower, 8.4-liter V10 engine with 560 lbs of torque will make other models like 500-horsepower Corvette ZO6 and 500-horsepower BMW M6 search for corners. Chrysler primary focused on the Dodge brand in the final press conference at 2007 North American International Auto Show at Detroit and as expected their highlight was on official curtain raiser for the 2008 Dodge Viper.

2008 Dodge Viper would zoom from 0-60mph in just under 4 seconds and 0-100-0mph in 12 seconds. That is really impressive. This car isn’t just outrageously powerful you can also call it not just powerful. Once you zoom on the road with the new Viper expect the world to follow behind you, i.e the power of 600 hp. Now it is going to be interesting war of horsepower and more auto rockets could be seen in near future.

Why is this car so powerful ? The increased horsepower comes from extra 0.1 liter of displacement, new cylinder heads and variable valve timing. The other prominent cosmetic change include new and improved hood that has a larger scoop for air intake and louvers thus improving engine cooling. 5 body colors will be added in 2008 Viper which will take the total color count to 8. The interior styles are going to be wide with 5 interior color combinations and a choice of bezel and center console finishes.

Nissan prepares the Van of the future

Nissan has published a teaser that embodies the next concept NV200,a small dimensions Van. NV200 was conceived in Nissan’s design center of London.The japanese concept is made as a comercial vehicle whose principal characteristics are inovation and style. Even if it’s about a Van, Nissan’s designers were concentrated on the basic estetic functions.
The nipons started from the idea of marging the eficience with the characteristics of a comfortable and elegant car.The NV200 concept will be revealed in october in the Auto Salon of Tokio.
Being known that it was conceived on Europe’s center design, an eventual production in series of this concept will be dedicated to Old Continent’s people.

Audi R8 Informations

Three years after unveiling the Audi Le Mans Quattro concept, the series version is having its debut at Paris Motor Show- the new model of Audi R8.
Audi incorporated the name and the performances of the race car ,5 times winner at the Le Mans race, Audi R8 , into a spectacular sports car.

Being the first Audi with a motor placed central, R8 combines the experience gained by Audi in numerous races from motor-sport, with an exceptional design.

2029 mm wide (with side mirrors), 4431 mm length and 1241 mm height – these are the proportions of a real race car. The ampatament of 2650 mm offers space for a comfortable cabin, and the engine mounted longitudinal at the back of cabin. Behind the doors, the huge air deflectors assure the cooling of the V8 engine.
The frontal side is characterized by the style of the trapeze shape grid, specific Audi, flanked right and left by additional oversized air plugs.
For the first time, the Audi sign formed by the 4 circles is placed on the hood over the grid. The right lines of the headlights innovative with the LED technology, covered by cases with clear sign, contributes at the sporty aspect of the new Audi R8.Audi R8 is the first series car which offers, optionally, the possibility of mounting all the headlights functions, the low and high beam , the day lights and the signal lights – by the LED technology (,, light-emitting diodes ‘’), which has an substantial advantage against the classic lightening, by the long standing life. Because occupies less space than the conventional lights bulbs, the LEDs offers the designers greater possibilities for creativity. The body is built integrally from aluminum, with Audi Space Frame design (ASF). Is the perfect synthesis of the minimum weight and the maximum rigidity, offering the ideal base for an optimum dynamics of driving, as well as extraordinary performances, with a power/weight proportion of only 3.7 kg/HP.

From a glimpse, Audi R8 is a lower car, with the rear very accentuated, seeming to strain its muscles being ready for sprint. The characteristic proportions of the vehicle are dictated by the location of the engine, at the rear of the cabin. The new Audi R8 shape is specific to the race cars. One of the best examples of this design is the Grand Prix car Auto Union Type C. The central position of the propeller is decisive in dynamic performances and allows the weight distribution to be optimum: 44% on the front axe and 56% on the rear axe.

The body seems compact. The frontal side and the gentile curves of the arch shaped roof are drew like a continuous line; a line which immediately marks the vehicle as being an Audi with 2 seats.
The cabin of the new Audi R8 is placed very frontal – a facility typical to the cars with the engine placed central, and from here the link to the car with the same name. At the rear of the cabin, placed in front of the rear axe, is situated the V8 FSI engine, a real engineering sculpture, visible not only from behind, through the big field glass, but also from the interior of the car. Read more

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