The fastest sedan in the world

One of the producers of the most powerful cars on the road, BMW brand, made a great speed and power upgrade. The tuners from G-Power transformed this sedan, BMW M5, in a beast named “Hurricane”.

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The standard V10 propeller had 507 HP, but it now has 730 HP because of the modifications. Because of this change, now the top speed that this car can touch is 363 km/h, but this speed was touched on a circuit that had a bend of 50 degrees and the conditions were not so good: rain, snow and wet road. As the German tuners said, on a good weather, this car should touch the top speed of 402 km/h.

Geneva 2008: Ford Focus Coupe-Cabriolet

You can see the new Ford Focus Coupe-Cabriolet at the Auto Salon at Geneva, 2008, from 6 to 16 march. The new model will complete the Focus array: 3 doors, 5 doors, wagon and sport models ST. Ford will now offer the Focus model in a complete range. But, we were told that in 2009 there will appear a new powerful model: Ford Focus RS.

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The car will be made in Pininfarina, Bairo – ford partner in making and developing Focus Coupe-Cabriolet cars. With the roof assembled above the passengers, a capacity of 534 liters for transporting bags, the space still remains reasonable: 248 liters.

The most beautiful concept car

Citroen C-Metisse was picked “The most beautiful Concept Car” at the International Festival of Automobile, 2008 at Paris, where, for the first time there was a true parade of concept cars. At the same event, Citroen  got the Big Special Award for its wonderful commercial performances.

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Very modern and powerful, this car proves that it can be fast and safe for the environement, combining the 250 km/h speed with only 6.5/100 km consumed when it uses  the combined cycle (diesel and electricity). This new concept has a diesel HDi V6, 208 HP engine, with DPFS, 6 speeds automatic gear box and two electrical engines for the front and back wheels. In town, this concept car can run in Zero Emission Vehicle mode (no CO2 emissions). C-Metisse can accelerate from 0 to 100 km/h in only 6.2 seconds.

Geneva 2008: Rinspeed sQuba

Have you ever wanted to be like James Bond and save the world, walking under the water? Because of the Helvetians from Rinspeed, now your dream can become reality. The legend of Lotus Esprit that agent 007 was driving in the movie called “The Spy Who Love”, realized in 1977, will be reborn at Geneva where the sQuba concept will be presented.

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Rinspeed sQuba is a vehicle that does not pollute, and it’s capable to run either on earth and water or 10m under the water.

Because of the Lotus chassis, sQuba can move on land like a cat and in the water it’s like a fish. The first step for making this car was that the engine based on gas was changed with an electrical one. The second step was making this car water-proof (we all know that we can’t combine water with electricity). The power comes from the lithium-ion batteries.

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While driving under water, the car is propelled by two propellers with a SeaBob jet, positioned in the back and 2 fans positioned in the front. This concept also has three engines, one for land and two for water. The passengers of sQuba can easily breath with some Oxygen tubes, like the frogmen.

Top 10 muscle cars

In the following lines and pictures we will present you the most powerful beautiful American cars of the ’70 years.

Number 10: Mercury Cougar, 1967

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This was the first muscle car of the producer called Mercury, the engine went up from 200hp to 335hp. This cougar’s category it was between Ford Mustang and Ford Thunderbird. Mercury wanted to give it an European look. Mercury Cougar won the award for the best car of the year 1967 from the Motor Trend magazine.

Number 9: Pontiac Firebird 1968

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Pontiac Firebird had the same platform as Chevrolet Camaro. It had different motorizations, the most powerful version had 350 HP at an engine of 5,7 liters.

Number 8: Pontiac GTO – The Judge 1969

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It was considered as the first true muscle car. It had a very powerful engine of 370HP at 5000 RPM. It touched the speed of 100 km/h in 5,5 seconds.

Number 7: Dodge Dart-Swinger 1970

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Based on the model from Plymouth (number 6), it was hard to drive this car and it had an inefficient braking system. If you watch Bundy Family, you will recognize this car.

Number 6: Plymouth Duster 1971

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It was on the factor that lowered the Barracuda model selling (see number 4). This model had a great success, so the people from Dodge order too a same model and the parents from Chrysler delivered them one: Dodge Dart-Demon (see number 7). The model appeared in movies like Dazed and Confused, Beavis and Butthead and The Simspons.

Number 5: Mercury Cyclone GT 1970

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This model was built from 1964 up to 1972, at the beginning it was a model for Mercury Comet. Under the bonnet it had a V8 engine of 240HP and 4000 RPM.

Number 4: Plymouth Cuda 1970

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This day, this is the most expensive muscle car. This model was produced in only 50617 exemplars. It had V6 motorizations and V8 but many exemplars had a motorization in 8 cylinders. It was difficult to drive this car and the breaking system wasn’t so good. Chrysler decided to reborn Barracuda in 2009 beside the reborn Dodge Challanger, Ford Mustang and Chevrolet Camaro.

Number 3: Chevrolet Camaro 1968

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This model saw the light of day on the date of 26 September 1966, at it was created to be a rival for Ford Mustang. It shars the same platform with Pontiac Firebird, introduced in 1967. Chevrolet Camaro was the official car at International Race of Championship in 1979 till 1989.

Number 2: Buick Riviera, 1963

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It touched 100 km/h in 8 seconds and the maximum speed of 200 km/h. Under the bonnet it had a V8 engine with 360HP. The car it was light and it had the suspensions modified a little. You could drive this car very easy. This model was sold in 120.000 exemplars, it was a real rival for Ford Thunderbird.

The winner: Ford Mustang 350 GT 1965

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On 9 march 1964 the first Mustang was leaving the Ford’s brand in Michigan. Ford Mustang appeared in the movie called Goldfinger from the James Bond series in the same year. In the movie produced in 1968, with Steve Mcqueen, Bullit, Mustang showed the whole world its real power. In 18 months there were sold more than 1 million Mustangs. The car was equipped with a V8 engine of 225 HP. Ford Mustang won the prize for the year’s car in 1974 and 1994. It won five times the prize for the best car in 1983,1987,1988,2005 and 2006.

Morgan LifeCar [pictures pack]

LifeCar is based on Morgan Aero8 and it is propelled by hydrogen. The aspect of this concept represents a combination between retro and modern style. At this moment, we don’t know much thing about this car but it will be present at the Auto Salon Geneva.

Morgan LifeCar pictures pack:

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