Japan Dream Cars : The Nissan Skyline GT-R

The Nissan Skyline GT-R is a Japanese sports car based on the Nissan Skyline range.
The first GT-R was produced from 1969 to 1977. After a 16-year hiatus since the KPGC110 in 1972, the GT-R name was revived in 1989 with the Skyline R32. This car was nicknamed “Godzilla” by the Australian Automobile Club publication “Wheels” in the July 1989 edition, a name that sticks to this day.

The R32 GT-R dominated the race in Japan, 29 wins from 29 races. The Nissan Skyline GTR went to the JTC Group A Series Championship four years in a row to win and also had success in winning the Australian Touring Car Championship from 1990 to 1992 was banned until the GT-R in 1993. The Skyline GT-R (R33) was the first production car to lap the legendary Nürburgring in under eight minutes.

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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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Legendary American Sports Car Corvette Grand Sport

Corvette Grand Sport 1963

The Corvette Grand Sport made its first appearanceearly brightened in the 1963 season in the C-Modified class with a production capacity of 360 hp engine in his 327 bottles £ 2000 body. It was the season as a “stock” appearing Racer. The season finale was in Nassau every year, with a “no taboos” week of racing on the island, where all teams could compete against any other employment the latest high-tech performance parts, which were otherwise prohibited by the normal club racing.

The Chevrolet Corvette (C2) is a sports car from Chevrolet division of General Motors for the 1963-1967 model years produced. Virtually all new, Sting Ray stunned the automotive world in 1963, blending world-class handling with a distinctive all-American style and performance. Bill Mitchell revisited the Super Sport race car driver and the Corvette would then re-invent radically new design, high performance and a first-ever coupe, which would become a classic, with record sales and remains one of the most sought-after collectibles cars. With a win on the track position that would benefit from two successive Engineering Innovation, the car would culminate with a fighting spirit of the best Corvette racer ever, the Grand Sport. The second generation Corvette would undergo a large five-year, that by many as the highlight of the car’s history.

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Concept Car : The Porsche 918 Spyder Hybrid

The Porsche 918  Spyder (known internally as Project XG10) is a mid-engine sports car concept Porsche and only the 80th edition of the Geneva Motor Show in March 2010 showed conceived. It is the first plug-in hybrid cars from Porsche.

The 3.4-liter V8 engine (500 hp/370 kW) is a development of the engine in the RS Spyder Le Mans Prototype race car used. This will provide an additional by three electric motors 218 hp (163 kW) was added. The gearbox is coupled to a 7-speed Porsche itself (PDK) dual-clutch system provides power to the rear.

Two electric motors drive the wheels directly above a fixed ratio, while third electric motor is connected to the transmission and provides additional power to the rear wheels. This gives the 918 Spyder to a 0-100 kmh time in nearly 3.2 seconds and a top speed of 320 kilometers per hour (200 mph).

Porsche 918 Spyder Hybrid

The Porsche 918 Spyder Hybrid concept combines high-tech racing features with electric-mobility to offer a fascinating range of qualities. For example, it is planned to provide an emission level of just 70 grams of CO2 per kilometer on fuel consumption of only three liters/100 kilometers

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Dream Cars : Dodge Challenger First generation (1970–1974)

The Dodge Challenger is the name of three different car models of the Dodge division of Chrysler sold.
The Dodge Challenger First generation was a pony car built in 1970 and 1974, the Chrysler E platform and the exchange of important parts of the Plymouth Barracuda. The second generation was developed from 1978 to 1983 Mitsubishi Galant Lambda badge. The third and current generation was revived in 2008 as competition for the developed fifth generation Ford Mustang and the fifth generation Chevrolet Camaro presented.

The Challenger is described in a 1960 book by American cars as Dodge’s “answer to the Mustang and Camaro.” It was one of two Chrysler E-body cars, the other is the slightly smaller Plymouth Barracuda. “Both the Challenger and Barracuda were a large number of trim levels and option”, to “compete against cars like the Chevrolet Camaro and Ford Mustang, and they are doing and offer virtually every engine in Chrysler’s inventory.”

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Making of Ferrari Engine

Making of Ferrari Engine. Ferrari SpA is an Italian sports car manufacturer in Maranello, Italy. Founded by Enzo Ferrari in 1929 as Scuderia Ferrari, the company sponsored drivers and manufactured race cars before going into production of street legal vehicles Ferrari SpA in 1947. Throughout its history, the company has been noted for its continued participation in the race, especially in Formula One, where he had great success.

Enzo Ferrari never intended to produce road cars when he formed Scuderia Ferrari (literally “Ferrari Stable” and generally used to mean “Team Ferrari”, it is correctly pronounced [skuderi ː a]) in 1928 as sponsor for amateur drivers in Modena resident. Ferrari prepare and successfully ran various drivers in Alfa Romeo and 1938, when he was hired by Alfa Romeo to their racing department head.

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Bugatti Veyron vs McLaren F1

The Bugatti Veyron

The Bugatti Veyron EB 16.4 A mid-engined touring car. The Super Sport version is the fastest street-legal car in the world, with a top speed of 431.072 hours kilometers (267.856 hours miles).

The original version has a top speed of 408.47 hours kilometers (253.81 hours miles).
Designed and developed by the German Volkswagen Group and of Bugatti Automobiles SAS produced at its headquarters in Château St Jean in Molsheim (Alsace, France) was the Veyron’s chief designer Hartmut Warkuss, and the road was by Jozef Kaban of Volkswagen, with shaped much of the art works under the direction of the former engineer and now Peterbilt performed Bugatti Engineering head Wolfgang Schreiber.

The car is after French racing driver Pierre Veyron, who won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1939 while racing for the original Bugatti company named. It was named Car of the Decade (2000-2009) of the BBC TV show Top Gear.

McLaren F1

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The Fastest Car in the world : Bugatti Veyron Tires

The Bugatti Veyron Tires

Even the tires the Bugatti Veyron are unique. They are specially developed by Michelin to the stress of driving 250 mph to handle. The tires are sticky like a race car and is able to handle 1.3 G on the circle of the drive. However, they also longer than the 70 or so miles of a typical racing tires.

Michelin thus completely new relationship with the Veyron unique requirements to treat. In the rear, the tires are 14.4 inches (36.6 cm) wide. In particular, the tread 245/690 R 520 A front and rear 365/710 R 540 a, 245 and 365 where the width in millimeters (9.5 and 14.4 cm respectively). The rims are 520 mm and 540 mm (20 inches). These links, in other words, are massive – the back are the largest ever built for a car.

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