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Thursday, July 18, 2013

Lexus LFA Special Edition Officially Revealed – As if this NEEDED to Happen…



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Lexus feels the need to release a sub-model of its LFA. As if the car needs any more attention drummed up; enough people are drooling over this piece of engineering arrogance as it is.

Officially referenced as the SPECIAL EDITION (and not Nurburgring Edition) in the press release , it’ll be available in Black, Matte Black, “Whitest White”, or Orange.
The LFA SE will come with canards and a fixed wing in CFRP (carbon fiber reinforced polymer); you know, to make it more unique than the other $375,000 Lexus down the street. Also, they’ll apparently help at the track aerodynamically.
Power is said to get a boost from 560 to 570 horsepower (ECU work, most likely), and the suspension is “high-power-only”, whatever that means. The Special Edition’s SWs (special wheels) will be shod in grippy rubber (Haiguripputaiya), which should help get the power to the ground through the re-calibrated transmission.
Whereas a regular LFA’s shift speed on a track day would be around 0.2 seconds, an SE owner’s rack day will get done just a hair quicker at 0.15 seconds.
There’s no word yet on pricing…this is the point where clever people would usually put “If you have to ask…”, but I’m not clever, I’m realistic. You just can’t afford it. That, or you don’t live in the right area with the right roads.
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Sunday, July 14, 2013

Donkervoort D8 GTO on the market this autumn

D8 GTO
Proudly shows Donkervoort D8 know the production of the GTO to have started. The small Dutch automaker leaving both knows what the new weapon can Zeal.

The D8 GTO is the new flagship of Donkervoort, but as Premium will also quickly from the price list of the Lelystad Company disappear. There are only 25 because of this special introductory models built 19 units of which are already reserved by customers, so actually sold. The price tag amounts to 140 thousand net of taxes. In 2013 Donkervoort start with the normal versions of the D8 GTO.

6.1 seconds
currently, the D8 GTO for many months at Quattro GmbH performance division Audi, Bosch and thorough testing activities. In September hopes Donkervoort tests the Nardo Ring, the Porsche test track in Italy to finalize, but there is already fixed a glimpse of the performance given. And although not yet official, who promise much. How about an acceleration from 0 to 200 km / h in just 6.1 seconds and Donkervoort our own words into the mouth explains by saying that "the D8 GTO one of the fastest sports cars accelerated at the moment belongs.

700 kg
the gigantic task performance of the D8 GTO comes from a car weighing just 700 kg in relation to a standard output of 340 hp coming from a 2.5 liter turbocharged Audi. If desired, this Donkervoort TT-RS and RS3 engine give even more power with all the positive consequences.
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