Dutch Sport Cars : Spyker C8

Spyker Cars NV is a Dutch hand-built car manufacturer and the owner of Saab Automobile. The company is not affiliated with or controlled by the previous Spyker company that went bankrupt in 1929. The modern Spyker Cars only has the legal right to the brand. The company motto is “Nulla tenaci inVia est via”, which is Latin for ‘For the tenacious, no road is impassable. “

The reborn company was founded by Victor Muller and Maarten de Bruijn 1999, and since 2000, building exclusive sports cars like the Spyker C8 and the C8 Laviolette. Spyker’s history of producing airplane engines is reflected in details such as new cars in the logo.

The C8 Laviolette has a 4172 cc Audi V8 engine produces 395 hp (295 kW) and a top speed of 300 km / h (190 mph). On July 14, 2005 announced that the C8 was approved for marketing in the U.S. market.
In 2006, the Spyker D12 Peking-to-Paris high-performance SUV, which began production in late 2007, was announced at the Geneva Motor Show.

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German Sports Cars : Porsche 911 GT3

Porsche 911 GT3

The Porsche 911 GT3 is a high performance version of the Porsche 911 sports car. It is the latest in a long line of high-performance models, which began with the 1973 911 RS. The GT3, after the FIA ​​GT class was named after it offered a 3.8-liter six-cylinder atmospheric, the unit used in the Porsche 962 and Porsche 911 GT1 race car is based.

have developed since its inception in 1999, a number of variants for both road and rail to the area were recorded. The current range (997) consists of two blocks and three racing models. Porsche is also developing a hybrid version that uses two electric motors and a Kinetic Energy Recovery Systems, originally developed for Formula One.

The GT3 has a successful racing career, both in creating a national Porsche Carrera Cup series, the Porsche Supercup and won many international championships and endurance races, including the GT class of the American Le Mans Series was seven, the 24 Hours of Daytona winner and 24-hour race five times.

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The Audi R8 Super Car

Audi R8 has made a spectacular debut at the Mondial de l’ Automobile in Paris in 2006. The super ultra-high performance Audi R8 combines the best tradition of classic sports cars buildings futuristic, suspension and technology transfer supported by the reassertion of power system Four-wheel drive. Longitudinally mounted behind the cab of his relatively light 1560 kg of aluminum-bodied sports car Audi V8 is a powerful engine.

Freewheeling limit of 8,250 rpm, the Audi R8 can operate at 62 km / h in a matter of 4. 6 seconds and can reach a top speed of 187 mph, which is extraordinary for a continuous path of Audi. fans of sports cars can choose a transmission six-speed transmission transmits torque to drive four-wheel racing as inspired “R tronic” sequential gearbox with paddle joysticks and control using cable technology, probably change appeal to driving purists, as they provide an unparalleled gears rapid change.

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