News and tuning about February, 2008

550 bhp V8 Caterham


Would you like a 2.4 liter V8 engine car with carbon fiber cockpit, sophisticated launch, Kevlar seats and traction control system on your car?
Well, I would love one! So, Caterham Cars in association with RS Performance presents you a “crazy car”.
The new Levante - named after a wind that strikes the coast of Fuerteventura – boasts more than 1,000 bhp-per-tonne, twice that of a Bugatti Veyron. Levante uses a supercharged V8 developed by Russell Savory, the man behind the initials of RS Performance.
The great Levante car needs less than 3 seconds to accelerate from 0 to 62 mph and the top speed is somewhere around 150 mph.
Now, I guess you all ask how much this beauty costs. The Caterham supercharged model costs £115,000. Do you have enough money to buy it?

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240 Mph Wooden Supercar

I bet you don’t believe me, but it is true! The car presented in the feature images is really made out of wood: plywood, maple and MDF. It is the creation of designer Joe Harmon, a North Carolina State University student who worked with fellow undergraduate designers to create the world’s first wooden supercar.
Harmon declared: “We aren’t trying to sell anything, we aren’t trying to save the world, and we aren’t advocating that everyone should drive a wooden car. This project is a scholastic endeavour in which we are simply trying to explore materials, learn, teach, share ideas and stimulate creativity.

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Mitsubishi Lancer Hatchback at Geneva

If you don’t like the standard model you can choose the hatchback model of Mitsubishi Lancer. The Japanese are presenting the concept named Prototype-S, but they announced that there is already a hatchback version for Lancer, that will make its début this year.
Mitsubishi is sure that this 5 doors version is the most important Lancer in Europe and will totalize around 70% of Lancer’s sells.
Prototype-S will borrow elements from Sportback concept exposed few months ago, from Lancer Evolution and from Lancer Ralliart. It will have integral traction and a turbo 2 liter engine, capable to develop 240 hp and 343 Nm.

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