maandag 30 november 2009

Mille Virages @ Francorchamps

The Mille Virages-tour : From Francorchamps to the Nordschleife with a supercar!
Lamborghini LP560-4, LP640, Ferrari 430Scuderia & Scuderia 16M, Audi R8 (V8 & V10), Porsche Panamera 4S and the Panamera Turbo, and many more...
More info on this event here.

Lamborghini LP560-4 / Lamborghini LP640 / Lamborghini Gallardo Spider
Ferrari 430 Scuderia and the brandnew Ferrari Scuderia16M!
Porsche Panamera 4S
Porsche Panamera Turbo
Bentley Continental Flying Spur Speed
2 x Ford GT
Bentley Continental GT & Caterham
A real "Vaillant"! Maybe you know the Michel Vaillant-comics? If not, shame on you!
Maserati Quatroporte 2009 & Audi R8-combo
Audi R8 V10

donderdag 26 november 2009

'Black on black' McLaren F1

In 2007, there was a Bugatti Veyron @ the 6h. of Francorchamps. In 2008, another one!
This year, no Veyron, but a black-on-black Mclaren F1 with a very special plate!The F1 was designed by Gordon Murray and McLaren Automotive, and was in 1998 the fastest production car with a topspeed of 391km/h. Today, this is still the fastest naturally aspirated production car. This was also the first production car to use a carbon fibre monocoque chassis.
The F1 is a 3-seater: the driver sits in the middle, two small seats are placed right and left of the driver. If you want to talk to each other, it's best to use the headset, 'cause this car makes a lot of noise...
(This car uses gold foil as a heat shield! Maybe that's why the F1 is so expensive...)
More info on the McLaren F1 here
Topgear test with the Mclaren and the Bugatti Veron here

woensdag 25 november 2009

Car premieres for me...

Lotus Evora, the new 2+2 coupé with a huge 3,5l. V6-engine!
(276hp., 0-100km/h in 4.9sec, topspeed 269km/h.)
Nice car, a bit to heavy (1350kg.) and way to expensive...
Link to the Topgear review here
First Evora for me... and 2 minutes later, the second one!Porsche 997 GT2
The Bi-Turbo 3,6l. engine produces 520hp. and pushes the car to 331km/h. (0-100km/h. in 3.7sec.)
Too bad most people won't see the difference between a GT2 and the 997 Turbo...
Qvale Mangusta (Originally DeTomaso Bigua)
De Tomaso worked togheter with Qvale, but as the first cars were about to be delivered, they parted ways. The first Mangusta's still have the De Tomaso logo. (This one also!)Only 272 ex. were build, most of them were exported to the U.S.A.Mercedes AMG CL65, V12-biturbo! Woowie!
Down : Bentley Continental Speed GTC Mercedes AMG S65 (also V12-biturbo engine!) next to the Ferrari 430 Scuderia!
Audi S8 and a white Volkswagen Touareg R50
After the Golf and Passat (R32 & R36), this Touareg is given the R-treatment.
The V10 diesel-engine has 345hp. and a stunning 850Nm of torque!
Mini Works GP, nr. 935
Only 2000 ex. were made, each one with the productionnumber on the side of the roof.
The GP has 218hp. ... and no backseats to reduce the weight!
It's a Jaaaaaag....
But not just a Jaaaaaag, it's the XKR-S!
Lancia Hyena (with the bubblegum-roof) designed by Zagato!
A white KTM X-Bow, tuned by 'ROC'
2 x Jaguar XKSS