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December 2009 Blog Posts (56)

Lotus Exige S Type 72 Special Edition

When reading ‘Type 72′, the die hard Formula 1 fans will inevitably think about Lotus most successful F1 car of all time that made furore with twenty Grand Prix wins between 1970 and 1975. To honour these achievements Lotus has released the Exige S Type 72 Special Edition. The British car maker will be producing twenty units for the UK, a further twenty units for the European mainland and a limited run of cars in Japan and selected markets around… Continue

Added by Andy on December 31, 2009 at 9:01am — No Comments

Ford Mustang Boss 302R

Since Ford recently discussed the 2011 Mustang GT business seems to be going into the right direction again. Only ten days after the news there is the first special edtion called the Boss 302R, a track-only version Ford Mustang.

In the nose you will find the same 5.0 liter V8 engine as in the road-legal vehicle, delivering the 412bhp through a manual six-speed gearbox and the rear wheels onto the road. To make it track-ready Ford… Continue

Added by Andy on December 31, 2009 at 8:59am — No Comments

Fueltopia Toy Run 2009

As the festive season grinds to a halt and the presents that took months to buy get shoved to the back of a draw - we decided to give something back.

Joined by several car clubs, including Petrolhead Nirvana ,the convoy left London's Ace Cafe for a swift jaunt across the Capital. The group of performance cars grabbed attention from commuters at almost every set of traffic lights as the roar and crackle of tuned exhaust broke the normal hum-drum.…

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Added by JimmyDrama on December 31, 2009 at 12:30am — 3 Comments

Cortina update

right me as in CARRIE not carl fitted the carpet in the cortina today

started off fitting the sills

then the back piece…

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Added by ninkyponk on December 30, 2009 at 6:14pm — 4 Comments

Screen Accurate DeLorean for sale

But not by me. If I had this, I wouldn't sell it. If anyone wants to buy it for me, I wouldn't say no.…

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Added by ClassicMinor on December 30, 2009 at 12:39pm — No Comments

Runduce Nissan GT-R

When we mention the words tuning and Japan, most of us think about Wald International or Kreissieg. Recently another and practically unknown Japanese tuner got to our attention, called Runduce. Most of their projects were kept in a small loop, but this Nissan GT-R package might change that soon or latter.

So far there’s only one picture released where we can see that the GT-R got refined with several carbon fiber parts making it much… Continue

Added by Andy on December 28, 2009 at 10:38am — No Comments

Unsuitable Christmas gift - Bike Bazooka

It's 01.35 on Christmas Eve and I'm still busting out some last minute shopping on the net. The later it gets, the more unsuitable the gifts become - like this bike rocket launcher.

Perfect for the ASBO youth who has everything! If the teen in your family is keen to get noticed by the plod then this is the perfect Xmas gift for you...

May my shopping… Continue

Added by JimmyDrama on December 24, 2009 at 1:41am — No Comments

Michael Schumacher returns to F1

It’s official. The maestro is back; but this time he’s in a Mercedes.

Having signed a three year deal with Mercedes GP (formerly Brawn GP), Michael Schumacher will make an F1 comeback after three years on the sidelines.

Following months of speculation, the seven time world champion was quoted by Autosport.com saying: “I am thrilled to be back… Mercedes GP is a team that has won both championships this year, our aim can only… Continue

Added by RoadRunner on December 23, 2009 at 2:30pm — 2 Comments

Porsche GT3 the sound of Christmas

In the Fueltopia office it's not the sound of angelic voices singing carols or sleigh bells ringing that get our festive boots filled - it's the bark of rallying Porsche GT3's!

This eight-minute video will give you that perfect break from all the festive madness. Cast aside the wrapping paper, mute the TV and crank your speakers up to 11 for a sound that will give you girly… Continue

Added by JimmyDrama on December 23, 2009 at 1:08pm — 7 Comments

Aston Martin's One-77 breaks 200mph

The One-77 could be described as a Marmite car - you'll love it or hate it - I totally dig the One-77 and have had the pleasure of hearing it fire up. It's like the angry hounds of hell barking through megaphones! Now that bark has been backed up with a serious bite as the car broke the 200mph barrier in testing this week.

Only 77 cars… Continue

Added by JimmyDrama on December 22, 2009 at 9:15pm — 1 Comment

Volkswagen get prepared for the 2010 Dakar

As many of us prepare for a few weeks of excess, the VW Dakar team will be far from taking it easy as the 2010 Rally appraches. Next year, VW will be fielding an impressive five race-prepared Touaregs as they look to defend the title secured in 2009 by Giniel de Villiers and Dirk von Zitzewitz.

The rally starts on January 2nd will be… Continue

Added by JimmyDrama on December 22, 2009 at 8:11pm — No Comments

Cortina update

Right whilst clearing the drive of snow on saturday i was nearly run over by the fedex man sliding down the road ,anyway turns out he was delivering the cortina carpet

then to top off the weekend the external wastegate that we had been waiting a week for turned up on sunday off all days

heres some pics of it fitted had to cut… Continue

Added by ninkyponk on December 22, 2009 at 3:13pm — 1 Comment

snow has took its toll on the pulsar

went out today to clear the snow off the pulsar as i havnt used it for months and found that with the cold ans the weight of the snow on it that i has cracked the boonet around the centre vent hard to see in the pic

also it has managed to rip my stickers off…

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Added by PROJECT on December 22, 2009 at 3:03pm — 2 Comments

New Exhaust! (Part 2)

Well after 7 months of scouring the web, 72 hours of very tense online auction bidding, and 2 months of shipping time from Japan - its finally here:

My Kakimoto Racing 'Hyper2000 Full Mega N1+Full Dual' Exhaust !!!

(Original blog here)

Like my R33 GTR, that this bit of kit is intended for, the experience has once again proven that good things come to those who wait.

I was intending to… Continue

Added by RoadRunner on December 22, 2009 at 12:30am — 4 Comments

London

Spent the weekend in london for a romatic time away ... but as im a lad i was still interested in the cars around the area .. see in loads of ferraris and R8s flying bout .. couple of 59 plate phantoms .. i managed to get couple photos .. poor quality as they where taken though glass.

brand new lexus super car .. they say this is the only place in the EU selling it…

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Added by Andy on December 21, 2009 at 5:58pm — 2 Comments

Overkill: Gemballa MIG-U1

Gemballa has unveiled their interpretation of a tuned Ferrari Enzo. The MIG-U1 package is a limited edition model made for the Ilyas and Mustafa Galadari Group of Dubai. They are the new distributor for the Middle East.

There is not a lot of information available about the FXX-styled vehicle. The details will be released after the “invitation only” launch in Dubai.

It doesn’t mean we cannot have a closer look at the design of… Continue

Added by Andy on December 21, 2009 at 5:23pm — No Comments

don't look behind the curtain

take the tata nano; world's cheapest car, production wise, that is; i just got thru reading a book, called "when china takes over" as a world power and economic powerhouse. one of the chapters dealth with the chinese and indian side of cost controls; one article, i found pretty funny, as this was a book geared to people of finance, not car nuts, was how Tata decided the make the motor and drivetrain only… Continue

Added by bob balderston on December 20, 2009 at 12:00am — No Comments

Snow problem for Ferrar Scuderia

Yesterday certain parts of the UK were blitzed with snow - excellent. Roads closed, train lines limited and planes halted. As the MR2 was tucked up in the garage I went and made a date with my snowboard and the biggest hill around as it's not every year you get to ride in the UK.

On the journey to our make-shift piste in my friends rickity old van, I clocked so many cars struggling with the weather. Beemers on the side of the road as the drivers spun the wheels - too much gas, no… Continue

Added by JimmyDrama on December 19, 2009 at 10:38am — 1 Comment

Radiator kapoet?!?!

Ahoy All

Yesterday I went through to my service station / workshop to re-tension the fanbelt on my air-con. So I thought, Cool, now I can go pack and head down to Durbs.

I was wrong as I luckily dicovered a strip of water on the radiator, just under the cap. We wiped it away to see see what the damage is.

A crack of about 6cm long!!

Now this was in Linksfield, I stay 60-70 od km South. By the time I got home it was +/-10cm. So I decided to patch it. drain the water… Continue

Added by Captian on December 19, 2009 at 9:03am — 3 Comments

Aston Martin Carbon Black Special Editions

Aston Martin has given the DBS and V12 Vantage a Carbon Black treatment. These special editions feature bespoke a Carbon Black metallic paint. Each car will undergo fifty man-hours of hand painting.

For the V12 Vantage the side strake has been fashioned from real carbon fibre backed by a black mesh and equipped with gloss black 10 spoke diamond turned alloy wheels. A new grille and front parking sensors (normally an option) complete the… Continue

Added by Andy on December 18, 2009 at 4:32pm — No Comments

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