When the sheets were pulled off of the Audi R8 V12 TDI at the NAIAS in Detroit this week - Audi’s latest study model, the sound of jaws hitting the floor was impressive.
At the January 2008 NAIAS in Detroit, Audi showed an R8 sports car with a V12 TDi diesel engine. Derived from the race engine in the Le Mans-winning R10, the 500-hp (373-kW) 1000-Nm (739 ft.lb) production unit will see its first application in the production Q7 SUV.
It's limited indeed. Rolls-Royce plans to build only 25 cars in a series called the Phantom Black. The name speaks for itself: the series is all about black. The body painted in a high luster metallic Diamond Black. 21-inch alloy wheels feature black detailing and center caps with RR badges which, I suppose, are also black.
It appears that the new Mercedes CL 600 coupe wasn’t big enough for the guys over at Fab Design, because the German tuner has just released a new wide body aerodynamic package for the Mercedes CL 600 coupe. The kit includes a new front bumper flanked by wide front fenders with large are intakes that cool both the engine and brakes.
German tuner ART tuning gmbh has presented its new appearance package for the luxurious Mercedes Benz CL-Class series. The "Program 216" kit consists of both exterior and interior upgrades, including an alcantara roof liner and upholstery, and carbonized surfaces.
The Nurburgring in Germany is the hot-spot for car spy photgraphers, and today they have spotted what can only be the new Aston Martin V12 Vantage RS (Road Sport). Aston Martin’s concept car has been confirmed for a very limited production run while reports about when the four-door coupe will go into production vary between first and third quarter of 2009.
The U.S. market is of strategic importance to any serious automaker and it seems that the golden key to the local market is a clean and powerful diesel engine.
The BRABUS V12 6.3 S biturbo engine equipping the Brabus SV12 S Biturbo Coupe develops 730 hp / 537 kW at 5100 rpm and 1,320 Nm of torque at 2100 rpm taking the
A quick car spotter on PureGT captured this Aston Martin Rapide at an Italian petrolstation this past weekend in the Alps. The license plate is the same Aston Martin Rapide mule that was filmed while testing on the Nurburgring two months ago.
Well this is not about Lavazza, the famous coffee. It's about the Lavazza GT X V12 5.3 Italian supercar. Lavazza Enrico is the designer from SymbolDesign, who also gave us the Covini C6W.
Zagato launched an exciting new sportscar on the occasion of the 1996 Geneva Show. It was a World Premier, the Raptor is a provocative styling proposal powered by Lamborghini’s classic V-12. This car will be up for auction from Blackhawk at Pebble Beach on August 13-17, 2008.
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