zondag 16 augustus 2009

Porsche Panamera 4S

First Porsche Panamera 4S in Belgium! This four-door Porsche has a 4.8l. V8-engine with 395hp. . It doesn't show on the pics, but this car is really wide and much larger than the Maser quattroporte or other competitors.
Topgear tested this car by racing it against a stamp.
They lost the race...
Link to the movie here

A trip to Knokke with the BMW Z1

Lots of supercars @ Knokke today
Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano, 2 x Ferrari F430 Spider , a red Ferrari F430 and a black Lamborghini Gallardo Spider. Aston Martin DB7 Volante, Mercedes C63 AMG and a black Aston Martin DB9 Volante
Lexus ISF
2 x Audi RS6 Avant C6

vrijdag 14 augustus 2009

Topspot! Bentley Continental GTZ (Carrozzeria Zagato)

Last year, at the Geneva motorshow, Zagato introduced the Bentley Continental GTZ. Only 10 would be produced. Today, I saw one of those in Diksmuide!
Zagato is an Italian automotive and design company, and has a long history of 'coachbuilding'.
They started in 1919 with cars like Alfa-Romeo and Fiat. In the 60's, they started working with Aston Martin, Ferrari, Maserati and other supercar-companies.
This is the second Continental GTZ on the road, and probably costs 550.000 euro (without the cost of the Continental GT .) so it must be around 800.000 euro. But hey, it's a very beautiful car!
Link to the Zagato website

Book a track @ Zandvoort (Nl.) : Noble M400

I saved the best for last : the Noble M400, a fibreglass sportscar with a twin-turbo V6-engine, producing 435hp. Because this car is very light, that's enough to do 0-100km/h. in 3.5sec., and reach a topspeed of 300km/h.
And it's a beautiful monster of a car...