Showing posts with label Sports Cars. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sports Cars. Show all posts

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

2009 Audi TT RS Modified and Tuned by MTM - 340 HP

2010 Audi TT

Price Range
$37,800.00 - $40,800.00
Fuel Economy
21 city / 29 highway
Base Engine
200-horsepower L4
Value Rating
N/A
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After Avus Performance and MCCHIP-dkr, now MTM takes on the mighty Audi TT-RS and immediately gives its 340 hp 5-cylinder Turbo engine a huge bump in power!


The tuner fiddles with the car’s electronic control unit and also installs a new exhaust system...


Read more at MotorWard.com

Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Danica Patrick holds temper as Rookie crashes her at Honda Grand Prix

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Danica Patrick's season got off to a tough start after she crashed out early in the season-opening Honda Grand Prix.


She was running ninth in the 22-car field on Sunday when rookie Raphael Matos tried to pass as the two went into one of the tightest turns on the 1.8-mile, 14-turn temporary street circuit.

Both cars crashed, with Patrick's Andretti Green Racing entry slamming hard, rear end first into a tire barrier.


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Monday, April 6, 2009

Tesla Model S Motor Trend Preview

Here's a musing for you: If one were to rename Tesla's electric sports car its Model R instead of its Roadster, what would be the moniker of its third car -- the truly low-cost one they hope to someday build after the voluptuous Model S that was shown to the press last Thursday?



The Model T?

If so, Mr. Musk may be thinking bigger than any of us are imagining. The name Model T is heavy symbolism of revolutionary change. A century ago, the T put the world on motorized wheels. Anybody using the name today to suggest a second-century electric reincarnation of Ford's everyman automobile would be displaying chutzpa of monumental proportions, right? Well, chutzpa is one thing Elon Musk doesn't lack. Consider this nutshell description of another company he runs, SpaceX, which he offered to Inc.com when it named him Entrepreneur of the Year in 2007:




"I started SpaceX because I wanted to help reduce the cost of space transportation so it would be feasible to establish life on another planet. We optimize not only the launch costs but also the cost of developing and manufacturing the rocket. We're like a low-cost version of Boeing and Pratt & Whitney, on top of a Southwest."



Hey, what's creating the electric Model T compared with establishing life on another planet?...Continued