918 Spyder

This is a highly efficient and also ultra fast car. It is a concept car that comes with a plug in hybrid. The car was introduced by Dr. Ing Porsche of Stuttgart.

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It is a high performance mid engine car with low emission drive technology and is ultra efficient. The good thing about this car is the fact that it has a combination of the high- tech racing features and the electro mobility which makes it offer a wide range of qualities.

This 918 Spyder is among the three models of Porsche with hybrid drive in their making and were launched in 2010 in Geneva. The car combines Porsche’s intelligent performance technology, the high tech in the motorsport and the design which is modern that makes it truly the car of this century.

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The Ferrari F430 is going to make its way quite soon with the replacement of the vehicle at Frankfurt show; two German firms have joined hands to give F430 a real unique style of branding with their efforts, these firms are Novitec Rosso and Unique Sportscars.

The new tattoo-style painting, which is a masterpiece of well-known airbrush artist Knud Tiroch, is going to answer many questions that are not asked usually including how it looks like if spent too much time with it on beach at Venice.

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Best Sports Cars

During the past few decades a large number of sports cars have been produced by various automakers in almost every part of the world and it is, indeed, somewhat tough to decide what are the best sports cars of all time. Here is a list of 15 best sports cars of all the time. The list has been developed considering the power, innovative design and fastness of these cars. Let’s have a look what my 15 best ever picks have in them.

1. Ferrari 250 GTO

Many are of the view that the 250GTO was the best Ferrari ever produced; this exceptional sporty was launched in 1962. Design-wise it was a compact berlinetta and Giotto Bizzarrini was behind its concept. When it comes to performance, with its V12 3-liter engine it could produce 302hp and covered 0-60mph in just 6.1seconds.

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2. AC Cobra 427

It was Carroll Shelby who dreamed that car and AC, the British automaker was brought this dream into concrete form, but he was Shelby who named it Cobra. One interesting fact about the car was that it got its parts and accessories from different cars. The 427 was available with a 7-liter engine and could produce 425hp with 0-60mph acceleration of 4.2seconds.

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The famous art cars by BMW will be available on display until February 24th. These art cars will be featured at The Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

Beauties at display will include Frank Stella’s graph-paper 3.0 CSL, Roy Lichtenstein’s 1977 Group 5 320i with its wild wing and body work, Robert Rauschenberg’s 1986 6-series and the 1979 Group 4 M1 that Andy Warhol painted with a brush.

These three legends raced with elegance having their new paint treatment, at the Le Mans. The Robert Rauschenberg’s 1986 6-series was not exactly a sports car. It has a more of a conventional look with a strained body work.

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On Monday Nissan has recorded its first loss in almost a decade. This economical crunch has forced Nissan, the third biggest automotive in Japan, to slice down 20,000 employees.

The expected net loss of Nissan Motor Co. is 265 billion Yen i.e. $2.9 billion for the fiscal year across March. Nissan is facing a yearly loss for the first time in the past 9 years. Carlos Ghosn, Chief Executive Nissan said, “The global auto industry is in turmoil, and Nissan is no exceptional.”

In an effort to subside the loss impact, Nissan is expelling a large number of employees. By March 2010, Nissan will reduce the number of employees from 235,000 to 215,000. The board directors too will not enjoy their bonus for the year, ending in March.

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MJ Acquisition is the group that has recently bought most of specialty car maker Saleen Inc.

Now there are some reports that show these guys are also considering buying the business of Dodge Viper as well.

However, it is not clear yet whether these guys include in the three bidders that Chryslers has announced publicly.

“We have been planning to buy Viper,” says Mike Shields who has controlling interests in different auto companies in Michigan.

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The forth coming Mercedes-Benz SLC super car will be on roads in 2011. Some spy shooters have taken its pictures and we can have a look on web.

This gives us all a chance to see what magnificence we will see in Mercedes -Benz SLC.

It is said to be the successor of SLR McLaren sports car. SLC has also a long hood bent downwards, giving it a road touching profile. With a wide and big front grill, looks like a car coming out of central casting.

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It has been confirmed by Honda that its S200 sports car to be done after the model year 09.

It was in 1999, when the two-seater was unveiled as 2000 model and it was come forward as one of the most favorite sport cars for those auto enthusiasts who wanted to have some polished manual transmission with tight chassis.

Then in 2008, the CR S2000 was added another model that seemed quite inspired from the club racer trim.

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Though its hype is dying down somewhat, for many the Audi R8 is, undoubtedly, the hottest entry in sports-car arena. Its still looks stunning on the road with its striking mid-engine magnitude.

However, you would find shrinkage in waiting lists at a lot of places including its native country where it can now be given within two to three months.

Now after three years of its debut, Audi once again trying to force up this hype and this time we can expect the much-rumored new version that may use the name Spyder, but it has not been finalized what name it will bear.

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Well, we can expect that it would be a real treat for sports car fans, the R4, a new striking mid-engined machine that Audi is planning for. The newcomer is said to be based on an entirely new platform and it sits above the TT in Audi’s range.

The R4 is emerging as a result of a rumoured joint venture with Porche and this project will produce a new platform to support Roadster and Coupe versions of the R4.

With LED lights, deep air intakes and sweeping profile, it seems that the new Audi is quite visually inspired from the R8 supercar, however, this similarity is not just by chance as Audi plans to reveal a range of R-badged sports cars.

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