In some weeks management Lotus will announce the seven-year plan for development of the company, but some details of the future strategy of a motor-car manufacturer managed to be found out already now.
According to the plan for development, the company intends to reanimate super car Esprit, whose manufacture has been curtailed five years ago. Concern Proton, the owner of brand Lotus, is going to return for a long time to English mark former glory when production Lotus competed to models Ferrari and Porsche. As confirms Autocar again to become competitive in a segment of super cars, Lotus by 2012 will begin sale of following generation of model Esprit. The capacity parity to weight becomes a basic problem of working out of the car. It is expected that on 1 t car weight will have from 275 to 325 h.p. At super car Audi R8 with engine V10 this indicator makes 320 h.p. on 1 t weights.
Lotus Esprit should be constructed on a new platform of company Versatile Vehicle Architecture which approaches for workings out, both sport cars, and sedans and crossovers so it is not excluded that in the near future Lotus can adjust release sports suv, following the lead Porsche where prepare already the second generation Cayenne. Also it is informed that Lotus Esprit begins to be completed not only petrol motors, but also, probably, hybrid and even with electric installation.
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Tuning studio Novitec Rosso, having learnt about phase-out of Italian sport penalty Ferrari 430 Scuderia, has decided to please at last the clients, having developed for “stallion” a package of completions. The tuners specialising on operational development of lineup Ferrari throughout many years, have named next masterpiece Novitec Rosso Edizione 747. A body of Italian a sport penalty have painted in yellow-grey colour and toned rear optics that the car was more brightly allocated against factory version Ferrari 430 Scuderia. Have put model on 20-inch disks of black colour ideally approaching under a body of the car. In interior Novitec Rosso Edizione 747 have installed carbon underwheel “petals” of a gear shift and “steering-wheel”, and also have added an interior with the tablet with a car serial number. But, of course, in studio are proud most of all not of perfection of an ex-terrier and an interior, and power-plant modernisation. Under the car name it is easy to guess, that number 747 means quantity of horse powers of the engine. Having equipped standard 510-strong motor Ferrari 430 Scuderia two compressors, tuners managed to raise power of installation to 747 h.p., and a twisting moment - to 738 Nanometers.
Engine operational development should be reflected in dynamics of model. Italian of sport penalties of all for 3,4 sec is dispersed to 100 km/hour, and 22,9 сек the car has enough to accelerate momentum 300 km/hour. Maximum speed of Novitec Rosso Edizione 747 makes 351 km/hour, it is spoken in the official press release. For daily driving on a city, sport penalties besides have equipped with the special system capable of 40 mm to raise a front axle for overcoming of such obstacles, as “lying policemen” or tram ways.
Category: Fast Cars
The newest fast car is presented by firm Noble, super fast car - M600 before which costs aim to replace in the market of model M14 and M15, and also to show all advantages of the British mark. M600 This motor is completed bi-turbo version of engine Volvo V8 in volume 4.4 power of 650 h.p. connected to a 6-speed manual box.
In spite of the fact that M600 costs on the steel chassis, at the expense of use carbon elements the weight of a body is essentially lowered. To 100 km/h the car reaches only in three seconds.
As well as Dodge Viper, M600 cannot brag of a set of electronic devices. The Trekshn-control, perhaps, unique of them, and that can be disconnected manually. Also on M600 it is not offered ЕSP or anti-blocking system. On sale Noble M600 will appear in the end of September. A car guiding price - £200 000.
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Lamborghini “bakes” novelties one for another: several weeks ago fastest of all ever issued by a motor-car manufacturer has been presented Murciélago LP 670-4 SuperVeloce (SV). Before it it was informed on working out of four-door concept Estoque, and now, probably, the company will deduce on the market of super car Reventon in a body “roadster”.
Let out in the limited circulation Reventon technically is based on Murciélago LP640. Probably, shortly Reventon will get collapsible top made of cloth and there is even to more magnificent, than a coupe. The manufacturer plans to assemble only 9 cars with open top. The roadster will receive 6,5-litre engine V12 power of 670 h.p. with the moment of 660 Nanometers.
Let’s notice, that on all 9 copies Reventon Roadster the company has already received advanced orders.
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Company Melkus in November of this year will begin realisation of new sport car RS 2000 which will arrive on the market in the limited number of cars.
Company Melkus will assemble only 25 cars of model RS 2000 which will outwardly repeat lines of the predecessor Melkus RS 1000 who were built twenty years ago.
As well as RS 1000, car RS 2000 has type doors a side panel of a seagull and quite good aerodynamic indicators. That new sport penalties it was well steered on the big speeds, it have equipped with the rear choke tube, the big modesty panel and have completely closed the car bottom. The model has the aluminium chassis and carbon body. Its weight makes only 454 kg. Company Melkus promises to open the information on technical characteristics of the car in the summer, is spoken in the press release.
At design Melkus RS 2000 have worked Lutz Fügener and Jens Timmich.
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If concept Corvette Stingray is the predecessor of following generation C7 Corvette whereas the industrial version will look? The artist has tried to find the answer to this question in the images legendary a sport penalty of 2011.
Looking at massive wheels, elaborate appearance, and extremely low line of a roof of a concept, it becomes obvious, that in such kind to the conveyor it will not reach. However it is improbable, that GM has created a concept abstractly, without a binding to the concrete project.
Considering it, the given sketches have been created. Presumably, new version C7 Corvette will receive small lamps of head light, and in appearance will have something in common both bends of lines of the previous model, and a concept. To official presentation of a novelty to wait remains very little then it will be possible to be convinced - courageous assumptions were how much justified.
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Company Lotus for Switzerland has prepared sport penalties Evora Launch Edition and has shown it on a motor show in Geneva where these days all automobile beau monde has prepared.
Lotus Evora - while the unique representative in the market sports car with tuned configuration and the landing formula 2+2. The car is equipped 3.5 l by engine V6 power of 280 h.p. and as much as possible twisting moment of 342 Nanometers. To 100 kms/h sport car it is accelerated by the little more than 5 sec, the maximum speed reaches 280 km/hour.
Despite good dynamic indicators, the car it is impossible to name too gluttonous. On the average it spends to 8,7 l of fuel on 100 kms, and at this lung the sport car makes blowout CO2 205/km
The special version of model - Launch Edition - differs from the serial car silver disks, bi-xenon head optics, a rear-view camera and “luxury” audiosystem Alpine Imprint.
Standard colors for body coloring - Ardent Red and British Racing Green, but at desire the buyer, of course, can choose and other color. In Europe sales of this sport car Lotus Evora start in May of this year. The average price of the car makes €65 thousand, this is spoken in the press release.
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Management of Nissan, not waiting official opening of the International motor show in Los Angeles, has opened today all details new a sport car Nissan 370Z which debut will take place on November, 21st.
Nissan 370Z will come in the stead a sport car 350Z, and there is nothing surprising that the novelty becomes more unique from the point of view of “a technical stuffing” and design. Nissan 370Z 3.7 l with motor V6 power of 332 h.p. while sport penalties 350Z it is equipped with the 306-strong engine are completed. As much as possible twisting moment of the motor of model 370Z makes 370 Nanometers at 5200 rpm. The engine a sport penalty works together with a seven-high-speed automatic gear box or with six-step “mechanics”.
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Today we wrote that in a global network there was a first image car McLaren P11, and now, after it, on the Internet the first “espionage” picture of the car is published also.
Unfortunately, the paparazzi was possible to make photos only a model rear, as it is not surprising, after all to catch up superpenalties is problematic enough. Under a cowl at McLaren P11 V-shaped “eight” in volume of 6.2 l by power about 500 h.p. the Motor, according to some information, is established works together with the semi-automatic transmission developed on technologies, used in Formula-1. The maximum speed of the car will make an order of 320 km/hour, and dispersal to “hundred” will occupy less than 4 seconds.
The first, that is evident on a back part of the car are huge rear air intakes and fins on a roof which, however, hardly will appear on the serial version superpenalty McLaren P11.
Sales of this super car can take place not earlier than the end of 2010, and cost will make from £150 thousand to £200 thousand
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German tuning studio Vorsteiner is a good judge of good cars and the Mercedes-Benz and Porsche is engaged basically in operational development only models BMW. Last masterpiece of studio became changed sport penalties Porsche 997.
Masters from Vorsteiner have set for themselves a problem to create more aggressive and remembered car, and also to lower weight of model. For this reason many new details of an ex-terrier are made from carbon.
Experts have established on sport penalties Porsche 997 V-GT a new extralight front bumper, carbon rear wing and the modernised rear bumper with the integrated choke tube and sports system of an exhaust.
That the car differed from the colleagues, it also have decorated also with firm logos Vorsteiner. To the potential buyer on a choice are offered light-alloy wheels by dimension from 19 to 22 inches with low profile tires, writes portal WCF. Tuning package cost in studio hold back.
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