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Alfa Romeo Announces Quadrifoglio Carbon Editions for 2024

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Though electric vehicles can be brutally quick and offer staggering performance, there’s nothing like the sound of a howling exhaust and a rowdy gas engine. Staggered 19-inch (Giulia) or 21-inch (Stelvio) wheels hide gold brake calipers, and the cars get an exposed carbon roof.& It remains a twin-turbocharged 2.9-liter

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Audi introduces new CNG A3 Sportback

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Its turbocharger with variable turbine geometry makes optimal use of the exhaust gas energy for early and harmonious torque development. They are made of fiber-composite materials and, in keeping with Audi’s lightweight construction philosophy, each weighs just 26 kilograms (57.3 The A3 Sportback 30 g-tron 1.5

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Range Rover Sport SV is the Most Powerful Rangey Ever Built

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The new Range Rover Sport SV takes the concept and cranks its wick to 626 horsepower, meaning this Rangey is capable of hitting 60 mph from rest in just 3.6 Under the& hood & bonnet is a 4.4L twin-turbo V8 engine belting out those 626 ponies plus 553 lb.-ft V8 installed in rigs like the last-gen Range Rover Sport SVR.

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Road Test: 2023 McLaren GT

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Unassuming Speed McLaren lets you know right away the GT is a serious driver’s car—the carbon fiber steering wheel is void of all buttons and controls for the audio, telephone and cruise control—meaning serious driving ahead. seconds and believe the 203 mph top speed quoted by McLaren. We held on for 0-60 in 2.8

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CNG Hot Rod Debuts at AFV 2010

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Based on engine power and gear ratios, the estimated acceleration from 0-60 mph is 2.5 seconds, with 0-100 mph in less than 5 seconds. Carbon Fiber HRE racing wheels. At the same time, the team expects to hit an emissions target of EPA bin 3, according to Kevin Fern, president of AFVTech. 4 10x33 Luxfer CNG cylinders, 10.4

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2022 Lexus LC 500 Convertible Review – Still Got It

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Doing so will take about 15 seconds and can be done at speeds up to 31 mph. Should the temperature drop or the sky darken, you can close the top (again at speeds up to 31 mph) in about 16 seconds. That’s a neat rolling party trick. The windows move in concert with the top.

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Furtive eGT electric sports car hits 240 km/h on the Nordschleife; small production series for 2013

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The racing driver Sabine Schmitz has tested the battery-electric Furtive eGT sports car from Exagon Motors ( earlier post ) on the Nordschleife (north loop) of the Nürburgring, achieving a top speed of nearly 240 km/h (149 mph) on the 20 kilometer long Nordschleife.

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