Mini Countryman by X-Raid

Mini Countryman by X-Raid

Mini is preparing to return to Dakar. The company campaign All4 five cars racing last year, and took the win with driver Stephane Peterhansel and co-driver Jean-Paul Cottret. The second place to hide so mini, and the other three cars absorbed spots in the top ten for an impressive finish. This year, Mini is directed back with specially prepared models Countryman Peterhansel in the race as attempts to defend his crown by a new group of rivals. The team will also make use of service vehicles Countryman, all with. For off-road package and a lot of mini accessories to help them overcome the 5,000 km of land brutal in Peru Continue reading

Brutus offroad motorcycle

Brutus offroad motorcycle

Take an old three-wheeler and lop off one of those big tires with low pressure at the back and you have the basic concept of Brutus (not to be confused with the electric drive, US-built Brutus). But there’s more to this bike of bad road tires inflated. Continue reading

Spy Shots: Audi RS7 Sportback

Spy Shots: Audi RS7 Sportback

We have not heard a lot about a lot of proposal Audi RS7 since we saw some spy photos of potential early last year, but the crew over at Fourtitude.com gave us a whole new reason to lust after a high-strung version Audi four-door coupe. Using a mix of traditional ideas and spy photos Audi RS, the site was able to get a pretty good idea of ??the machine to create some impressive rendering of RS7 from the point of view of almost everyone. Continue reading

2013 Mazda MX-5 Miata Club: First Spin

2013 Mazda MX-5 Miata Club front 3/4 view top down

In what could be my final time to revise a current generation Mazda MX-5 Miata, I have to say it was bittersweet to say goodbye to an old friend. You see, the third-generation Miata (NC) is my favorite iteration of the roadster bit ‘of fun, and with the next phase of Miata developed in collaboration with Alfa Romeo, I am afraid that the machine might lose some of the “Jinba Ittai” which made it incredible track car for the last 23 years. If this was to be my last record full in the MX-5 Miata, I could not have asked for a better farewell with being a tester black on a red background with a soft top, manual transmission and the new Club level cut. Continue reading

2013 SRT Viper: First Drive

2013 SRT Viper front 3/4 view

My aversion to the famous American sports car has nothing to do with its immensely powerful ten-cylinder or its Matchbox-like style – these attributes are really catchy. Instead, I found little to like in a vehicle that is brash, crude, rude and unreliable to the limit. Instead of downloading a large number of complaints love directed at each of his previous four generations, let’s just say that the Viper has always been the automotive equivalent of barbaric mechanized mayhem. Continue reading

Duramax Engine

Duramax Engine

General Motors and Isuzu have officially sewn together 1.5 million Duramax 6.6-liter diesel. The joint venture between the two manufacturers began in 1998, and now the plant employs 517 workers in DMAX 584,000-square-foot facility. GM introduced the Duramax turbo diesel for the U.S. market for model year 2001, and can be found trucks like the Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra HD high definition as well as the full-size Chevrolet Express and GMC Savana vans. Rpm in its current configuration, the engine produces 397 horsepower and 765 pound-feet of torque at just 1.600 Continue reading

Europe’s car market continues to shrink in October

As for the European market, the news was bleak throughout the year. Car sales fall by 7.3 per cent on the continent have in 2012, but the decline was not so bad in October to 4.8 percent according to Automotive News Europe. Continue reading