Showing posts with label c. Show all posts
Showing posts with label c. Show all posts
Wednesday, August 14, 2013
Lamborghini licenses insane limited edition Reventón R C car
Like the vast majority of humanity, we were never able to lay our hands on one of the 20 Lamborghini Reventón models the company built for the fabulously wealthy. We had neither the $1.27 million it took to call the car your very own nor the connections to be one of the few to even have the chance to purchase said Raging Bull. That’s just fine, though, because Lamborghini has partnered up with De Agostini to build a 1:10 scale R/C replica of the car for the masses. Well, maybe not the masses per-se – the company is only building 65 examples, so this ain’t your garden-variety Nikko or Tamiya.
Each one of the cars is crafted with impressive detail and features a 3cc gasoline engine mated to a two-speed transmission, a fully-independent suspension with hydraulic shocks and four-wheel disc brakes – all on an R/C car. Insane? Sure, but it’s our kind of crazy. Unfortunately, with so few of the cars being produced, we’re guessing they won’t be cheap enough for anyone we know to afford. History repeats itself. You can head over to the R/C car’s site for a closer look.
Monday, July 15, 2013
Jaguar C X75 cancelled
We were so excited when the 2010 Jaguar C-X75 unveiled at the Paris Motor Show. A supercar from Jaguar in the spirit of the XJ220 and a sleek and innovative powertrain as absolute showpiece for the British carmaker. Jaguar saw more in the C-X75 than just a concept car and announced to start work on a production model and a limited production of 250 copies. Here in the newsroom was big news every reason to smile and Jaguar enthusiasts prevailed an indescribable feeling.
Poor planning
But unfortunately, today lets Jaguar Global Brand Director Adrian Hallmark opposite AutoExpress that the 1 million pound C-X75 production stages will not get it. When the Jaguar C-X75 presented the economic times were so bad that the manufacturer had expected that two years later would be a lot brighter. But unfortunately, that was an illusion. According Hallmark is currently not a good time the expensive car on the market, especially since Jaguar important priorities.
Patents
Despite the bad news let Hallmark know also positive elements from the development to have achieved. Thus Jaguar succeeded the 500 hp 1.6-liter turbocharged engines to link to an extremely lightweight motor and thus a combined power of 900 hp and torque of 900 Nm to arouse. According to the British, the car is thus faster than a Bugatti Veyron, but cleaner than a Toyota Prius. Moreover, there are 100 patents that one set without more is going to use in the development of new production models.
To swallow and move again ...
Despite the good news, as we mourn today. Despite the fact that two prototypes will be phased out and available at an auction, the Jaguar C-X75 officially never see the light of day.
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