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Gaming
10/03/17
The Murciélago LP 670-4 SV may be a mouthful, but it translates into one of the fastest Raging Bulls ever to roar out of Lamborghini’s Sant’Agata plant. Fitting, because the “SV” tag stands for SuperVeloce—Italian for “superfast,” and Lamborghini only uses the SV name for the most highly-tuned final edition of a model going out of production. The SV modifications for the Murciélago certainly fit the bill, managing 661 horsepower (the “670” in the name is the metric horsepower rating) from the latest generation of the 40 year-old Lamborghini V12.
Opinion
09/03/17
Yes, you heard me. If you had to choose one of these bad boys, which one would it be? (Idea by: fellow CTzen (and one of the friendliest, if I may say) Ewan23) First Things, First... The Engine Before we get into the looks of both these beauties, let us start with the source of their badassery, their engines.
Opinion
07/03/17
Flux, sorry for using your idea, but…can I use it? I’m surr you can. Ahem. Welcome to F12OM’s “The Good, The Bad and The UGLY”! This time, we go Down Under, and tell about the Holden Commodore series, an Australian icon. Let’s get started.
Opinion
07/03/17
(If you read my last blog, I have to be a hypocrite for now. Just this one.) Back in the mid to late ‘60s, a horsepower war between American auto manufacturers erupted. Starting with Ford making a modified, low production version of the Ford Galaxie which made 425hp, GM responded with a modified Chevrolet Impala (known as the Z11) making 430hp. This prompted Dodge to try to end the war with the 426 Hemi Lightweight along with the nearly identical Plymouth Satellite 426, which made similar power numbers, the Dodge making 500hp and the Plymouth making 550hp.
Opinion
05/03/17
Hi CT, I’ve never done one of these before but I wanna talk a little about the problems and plans I have for this tired, old, slightly unhealthy car. 1995 Peugeot 306 1.9 D’Turbo Phase 1. (aka. “The Pug”) and is used as my daily. I bought “The Pug” with 7 months MOT for > £500 the week before Christmas 2016 and as I sit and write this (Sunday 5th March) this is the first week I’ve gone without developing a “severe” issue
Opinion
05/03/17
BMW 650i E63/64 - Budget M6 The BMW E63/E64 replaced the BMW E24 6 Series 14 years after its production had ended, BMW also decided to add a convertible to the lineup. The BMW E63/E64 6 Series used a shortened chassis from the BMW E60/E61 5 Series, and has many similarities, the BMW iDrive for example. The BMW E63/E64 design was based on the BMW Z9 Concept from 1999, its exterior was redesigned by Adrian Van Hooydonk, and David Carp designed the interior of the car.
Japanese
04/03/17
Where do you remember this open-diff drift machine from? The famous Manga touge series Initial-D,or Gran Turismo. Where ever you remember it from,we can both agree that this is one bad ass drift machine. The AE86 generation of the Toyota Corolla Levin and Toyota Sprinter Trueno was introduced in 1983 as a coupé and a hatchback. This was the fifth generation of the Corolla.
Euro
03/03/17
A kind of a #BlogPost by Mk2Golfer
I have been thinking something lately and came to a conclusion: I like Golfs (NO SHIIT, you’ll say) And I want to, a kind of, improve my content. Ya know, so that my posts don’t consist of just pictures or memes. Therefore, I decided to start writing blogposts! And what’s a better way of starting that than a blogpost about Golfs and colors.😁 WARNING: Some of the colors might be a bit strange. And some of the shades might not be correct haha. So, let’s get rolling!
Opinion
02/03/17
The Vector W8 was an american supercar produced from 1989 to 1993. It was manufactured by Vector Aeromotive Corporation, it was designed by Gerald Wiegert and David Kostka. It featured the newest and most advanced aerospace materials back then, 19 W8s were produced. 17 of them were customer cars and two were pre-production cars, the prototype W2 , and the two prototypes Avtech AWX3 and AWX3R, they featured a 7.0 liter DOHC TT engine. Only 22 cars were produced by Vector Aeromotive over the life of the company.
Opinion
01/03/17
the FISA (FIA) announced a possible replacement class to the Group B rally in 1985, it was called “Group S”. The new regulations needed 10 cars for homologation and was a prototype class for rallying. The class was planned to make its debut on January 1st 1988 as a heavily revised replacement to Group B for 1987, but was cancelled.
Opinion
28/02/17
Cars, the most perfect machines known to the mankind come in all shapes and all colors. Some of them are more attractive to the male population, yet others are preferred by ladies. Today I am going through a few cars that, by their shape and reputations, seem to be more popular and appropriate for females. Whether they were made that way, or earned that reputation on the way.
Formula 1
28/02/17
The early 1970’s were a bloodbath for F1. 7 Drivers had already died by the time F1 reached its 3rd Grand Prix in the 1974 Season. The only requirements to fill the shoes of the fallen on the grid were money and balls. A team had to have the money, and the driver had to have balls. That’s where Hesketh Racing comes into the picture. Lord Hesketh was born rich. He came from one of the richest families in England, and had everything a person would want in life. The story of what came to be a winning operation, and the birth of a F1 legend is truly one of F1’s greatest untold stories.
Japanese
26/02/17
The recently unveiled supercharged Yaris made a lot of Petrolheads and Toyota fans go crazy. But what if I told you that the new Yaris Sport ain’t the most powerful Yaris ever to buy from your Toyota dealer? Toyota Switzerland once had a pretty interesting deal with a swiss tuning company called Bemani Motorsport. But the Yaris TS wasn’t the only limited edition collab they had. They also offered tuned up versions of other models as listed here:
Bikes
26/02/17
Royal Enfield - a well known name in the motorcycle industry, starting from making and selling cycle components in Redditch, England to becoming one of the prominent name in the motorcycle industry, Royal Enfield’s story is one worth telling. So, let us begin, The Origin
Opinion
25/02/17
M535i When you think of “M” you may think of cars like the E30 M3, or E60 M5. But here is something much older. The M535i, one of the first sports sedans.
Gaming
25/02/17
Need For Speed Carbon is the tenth game in the hugely popular Need For Speed franchise. It came out in 2006 for PS2, PC, Xbox, GameCube, PS3, Xbox 360, Wii and DS. It was released by Electronic Arts and developed by EA BlackBox. I got this game when I was in 4th grade and I had no idea it existed. Since then I’ve played it multiple times on both PC and PS2 but never actually finished it, just recently I finally managed to beat the PS2 version. How is the game like? Is it as good as the older games? Let’s find out.
Funny
24/02/17
The Honda Civic is just a race car. Everyone knows that. It’s a pure,thoroughbred race car,and,the cooler your Civic looks,the faster it goes. If you play a game and you’re in a Civic and a Bugatti is beating you,just keep in mind,it’s a video game. A Bugatti cant (And never will.) beat a Honda Civic. We all know that the Civic is the best dragster. No car can keep up with a Civic in a straight line. It’s physically,mentally,religiously,and mathematically impossible. They have so much power. No car in the world has the racing pedigree a Civic has.
Opinion
24/02/17
The Audi TT was never known for lacking horsepower, but sometimes 160 - 250 HP just wasn’t enough. The one you see here has the AZR engine out of a B5 RS4, which means 380 HP. Note: This is inspired by a Jalopnik article which originally appeared on Fourtitude, photo credits: Gunter Stachon. If you own anything from the original article, please let me know.
News
23/02/17
As far back as I can remember, buying a car in a manual was the way to go. I would see someone in an automatic and scoff at their “petty choices”. Buying an automatic was seen essentially a way of telling the car world “I don’t care about cars”. I look back and I hate that. And the problem is more prevailing here on Car Throttle more than anywhere else for two main reasons. General age group. Carthrottle themselves (please don’t kill me, I still pray to you every night [Disclaimer] this post is not meant to hate on anyone.
Opinion
22/02/17
1. Chrysler 300 M 3.5 Power: 252 HP Displacement: 3.5L Number of cylinders: 6 Transmission: Automatic, 4 speed Production: 1998 - 2004 Drive: FWD Wheelbase: 113.0 in (2,870 mm) Length: 197.8 in (5,024 mm) Width: 74.4 in (1,890 mm) Height: 56.0 in (1,422 mm) Car review score: 4-4.5/5 Engine layout: Longitudinally Mounted, front Aspiration: N/A
Opinion
20/02/17
If you are a car guy like me, you probably have friends with the same passion. I want to write about my best friend, who owns a sick Ford Focus RS. Not only because he is my best friend but also because his car is straight up insane, and he let me drive it.
Opinion
19/02/17
To you this may look like a typical 3rd gen GM F-body Firebird. You may think it is a typical old, ill handling, slow, heavy, American car. But this 1990 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am GTA is so much more than that. Over the years it has been loved, hated, abused, neglected, forgotten, and re-birthed. The story of this Firebird leading up to today is far from normal. This car has blown away all of the expectations I had for it, and the car continues to surprise me. But I’m getting ahead of myself, let me give you some of the history of this Trans Am.
Opinion
19/02/17
Welcome CTzens to the final part of my history on Marcos Engineering! I just want to say,thank you so much for your support to my posts and I hope to continue for years to come… Without further ado lets begin…
Gaming
18/02/17
Street Racing Syndicate is a racing game released in 2004 on the PS2, PC, Xbox, GameCube and GBA by Namco and developed by Eutechnyx, who are famous for the PlayStation-exclusive Fast and Furious Tokyo Drift and the monstrosity that is Ride to Hell: Retribution. I remember as a kid I really wanted this game and couple years later as a 17-year old I picked it up and played it. Was it on the same level as NFS Underground or Juiced, or was it a piece of crap? Let’s take a look.