February 2010 Blog Posts (69)

For the fith time, Ken Block has taken a win at 100 Acre Wood Rally.

X-Games Champion and all-round motorcross legend,Travis Pastrana, held a minute lead over the Monster World Rally Team at the start of the second leg. It was going to have to be an epic drive for Block to pull back the 60 seconds - luckily fate was onside for the DC CEO.

Canadian driver, Antoine L'Estage, allowed Block to jump into second place after losing time due to a water crossing…

Custom concepts and one-off coachbuild supercars is something we see more and more. This Rolls-Royce Phantom DC Concept is basically a Phantom converted to fastback. The DC designed drivable Concept was originally designed for a Maharajah’s private collection in 2005. This bizarre Phantom is currently listed in the United Kingdom for sale for £750,000. What do you think? Overkill or cool?

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Update! My Kudos grille finally arrived so I popped into the shop to drop it off.



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I'm going to step back a week here as I didn't manage to post any photos of…

I really need experts on this one...

I can say that I know how to install a turbocharger on this (^) engine, but I need experts to tell me what are the little details that I need to pay attention so that I could really use a turbochargers with Intercooler full potential.

At…

Dubbed The Boneyard, but officially known as the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group (AMARG) facility, this sprawling US airbase is reputed to be the world's largest military aircraft cemetery.

Spread across the huge 2,600 acre site, equivalent in size to 1,430 football pitches, is a collection of over 4,000 retired aircraft including nearly every plane the US armed forces have flown since World War II.

Now, for…

In Texas, USA, a local Chevrolet dealer didn’t know what happened to him when a customer came along with his Bugatti Veyron. That on itself doesn’t sound too spectacular, but when we tell you that the man came to the dealership to trade his Veyron for a Corvette ZR1, your thoughts might change. That is trading a $1.6 million car for a $100,000 car. The owner let the car at the dealership in exchange for the Corvette and some extra…

Just spotted this on GTROC - made me chuckle...

As pointed out in the thread, some important points need to be raised here:

- Does this person need FIVE…

Fueltopia catch five with rallying legend, Mikko Hirvonen, to ask him about his old cars, driver trainning and tactics for Mexico.

FT: Firstly, congratulations for your recent win in Sweden. It’s an amazing result!

Thank you

FT: How did you celebrate the win?

We had quite a steady and calm celebration in Karlstad. It had been a long and cold weekend…

Ask any racing driver or sports car enthusiast what “Green Hell” means to them and they will all say the samething; exactly the Nurburgring. After visiting the track the guys at IND decided to call their latest project after the wonderful track in Germany. The result? An ESS supercharged BMW E92 M3 with 600bhp!

We showed you the …

Sad news to start the week. Pictures of a third crashed Lamborghini Murciélago LP 670-4 SV have reached us. We do not know for sure if this happened accidently or if this LP 670-4 SV was part of a crash test, as the car’s series number is 000/350. The fact that the car is a total loss is…

Maximillion Cooper, founder of the famous Gumball 3000 rally, is selling his very rare 1993 Jaguar XJ220S. Only six Carbon Fibre race spec editions of the XJ220 have ever been made for the road and they cost over £600.000 new.

It is 650bhp strong engine has only rolled 11,000 miles (17,600km) and the car was always properly looked after by Don Law, a Jaguar’s XJ220 specialist in the United Kingdom. It is no surprise that…