Jay Leno’s Chevrolet Z06 For Real Car Simulator
Let’s flashback for a couple of years. There is a Drag Tag simulator setup in Australia. The simulator will allow you to use your very own car for a simulator, in a virtual environment which will simulates hundreds of locations. You can set the weather conditions, and the time of the day. These features and the whole experiences sounds like a very nice way to waste a couple of hours in a fun way.
Recently, Jay Leno is being visited by the Tag simulator crew, and they brought an example of their simulator into Leno’s Garage. Leno is using his yellow Chevrolet Corvette Z06 which is strapped into the dyno. Jay was taking a tour with the simulators in som different tracks and driving conditions. The long straight road is allowing Leno to push his throttle as hard as he want without any legal or safety repercussions.
Yes, it sounds pretty awesome. A machine will make sure that the air is blowing into the front side of the car while the extractor pulls the gases from the rear. It will be a slick setup and it will look great if you have it in your own garage.
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Land Rover’s Hybrid Diesel Coming To Geneva
Land Rover is preparing themselves for the upcoming 2011 Geneva Motor Show by bringing new four models to be shown off. One of their new models will make the automaker looks more green. It is the Land Rover Range_e plug in diesel hybrid. This Range Rover Sport will come with 3.0 liter turbodiesel V6 engine with ZF eight speed automatic transmission, and of course an electric motor. The driving range of this Range e is said to be up to 700 miles, and the electric power itself could drive approximately 20 miles. It is good enough for the SUV inside the city.
The other car that will lighting up the auto show are the Range Rover Autobiography Ultimate Edition which we have talked before, Evoque with two and four door variatns, and 2011 Discovery/LR4 Landmark Edition. The car that I mentioned first is said to be the most luxurious car that Land Rover ever produced with yacht based flooring and an iPad for the rear passengers.
The Evoque will bring a handful trims which is offering some unique customization options for the consumers. The last car, Landmark LR4 Edition will be available with two color, Black or White them, with upscale interiors and unique color.
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The Future Of GMC’s Acadia Uncertain
There is some rumours on the web which are saying that the GMC Acadia will be back to the market soon. You may remember that this big crossover car was found itself to be dire straits once before the GMC brand was having a strategic review when the General Motors is close to bankruptcy.
After it is close to death at that moment, the company’s decision makers wwere decided to give the entire brand a stay of execution, including for the Acadia. Now, the latest report suggests that the successor of the past Acadia may be scrapped to reduce the product overlap at GM’s dealer network. Currently, General Motors only produces three Lambda based crossovers, and they are saying that they want to keep the overlap minimum for the dealers of GMC and Buick.
Those three crossovers are Chevrolet Traverse, GMC Acadia, and Buick Enclave. The next generation of Lambda based crossover are expected to be coming in 2014 as their 2015 models. But even if finally the Acadia car will be totally ended, I think GM will still keep their formation of three Lambda crossover, with Cadillac replacing the place of GMC.
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Porsche 911 GT3 Hybrid Marks 1 Million Facebook Fans
Porsche is currently celebrating their milestone in a social media with a new custom 911 GT3 R Hybrid. Their fan page on Facebook has reached more than 1 million fans. So, in order to mark this occasion, their dsigners have releasing the hybrid 911 racer alongside with more than 27,000 signature of Porsche fans. For the fans who want to see this vehicle, it will be on display at Porsche Museum in Stuttgart.
You might be wondering on why would they pick the 911 GT3 R Hybrid for their Facebook celebration? This Germany automaker says that they think this car will be the future of racing. It is equipped with an engine which is able to deliver 480 horsepower from 4.0 liter flat six cylinder engine with two electric motors that bring 80 horsepower each.
The car is different with most hybrids in the market. Porsche choose to store the energy in a flywheel accumulator which will boosting when the driver is braking instead of a generally used battery pack. This technology has proved itself to be able to compete during the last year’s 24 Hours at Nurburgring.
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Revival of De Tomaso Shown Before Geneva
De Tomaso SLC Concept will be back with their glory. If you are stay tuned with some site which is offering automotive news, this might not be the first thing that come to your mind when you heard that De Tomasso will be resurrected from their ashes of bankruptcy and is aiming to return to the world stage. De Tomasso said that their SLC is a luxury sports crossover vehicle.
Besides its stubby and kind of odd proportions, the car might be a serious blast to drive. Some reports said that it has 524 horsepower V8 engine under its hood, but the buyers still be able to opt for two other option of 296 horsepower V6 or 247 horsepower turbodiesel six pot that suits their hearts and wallets. This company said that the SLC Concept will arrive at Geneva Motor Show next month, and will start producing 3,000 units next year.
For the pricing, it might be around $ 115,000, so you better start saving your money if you are interested. If you also wanted to se the infamous Pantera, there is also a word that the company is working hard to bring the successor along with the Porche Panamera.
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