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January 12, 2010
Detroit showcar Audi e-tron Concept Unveiled
Neuwerks
Audi has recently taken to the idea of going electric, and is making a point to show just how much fun it can be. During late 2009 Audi introduced the e-tron concept at the Frankfurt Auto show, a car that was loosely based on the current Audi R8. This car featured a slightly more sculpted design, and an electric motor with an output of 313hp and 3,319 pound feet of torque.
The car unveiled at Detroit was not another version of the e-tron, and should be addressed formally as the ‘Detroit showcar Audi e-tron’ (not to be confused with e-tron), and is a completely new design and powertrain. This car features muscular shoulders, and a more compact design that houses a powertrain putting out a respectable 204 hp, and 1,900 lb-ft of torque.
January 11, 2010
Brown Audi S5 Cabriolet
Atomicalex
I’m not a big fan of brown cars. Brown paint is so hard to get right, and when (not if) you get it wrong, you either look like shiny dirt or the UPS truck. However…. this shade of metallic brown is working for this Audi R8 Cabriolet. I like it!
January 4, 2010
R8 Snow Day!
By John Coyle
Deputy Editor
When New York Times contributor Ezra Dyer had to run an important errand, he didn’t let the blizzard of 2009 stop him, he just hopped into an Audi R8 and trusted that the Quattro would get him there and back without a hitch. What a great winter beater!
Camouflage Porsche Panamera
Tampa Sports Car Examiner
Built for covert appeal, a Porsche Panamera sports the camouflage paint scheme. Located in Ajman, UAE this Porsche has a very unique style that is a traditional marque of UAE builds. Flawless and unique, read more about the camouflage Porsche Panamera at Tampa Sports Car Examiner.
December 29, 2009
Seasonal Automotive Affective Disorder
By Chris Trout
Troutster52
It’s that time of the season again, the time in the Midwest where the wind turns chillingly sharp and the roads begin their decay into traction-breaking, salt corroding wastelands for the classic and performance automobile. This season sadly lasts a good while into the over-celebrated New Year.
Despite the joys of the holiday season which include family, food, and, if you’re lucky, some time off work, this time of transition into a long season of cold leaves me disappointed and hopelessly obsessive towards the future. Do not misunderstand me—driving my 4×4 F150 on nearly abandoned, snow-drifted roads and parking lots is nothing but a thrill to me. However, the evading dream of a performance car, offers me no consolation during the winter season.
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December 28, 2009
The New 5.0
By Rob Einaudi
Editor-in-Chief
I’m not a huge fan of the 2010 body style and was saving up for a 2008 Bullitt, but now I’m feeling very torn… More pics and details on the new 412 hp 5.0 at Jalopnik. And be sure to check out the official Ford videos after the jump!
December 3, 2009
Dream Job
By Chris Trout
Troutster52
I wish everyone thought as highly of me as I do. Unfortunately, I have to live in a sad reality where that is not the case. I desperately want the corporate opinion of me to be so hight that everyone wants me to try their product just on the chance that I might like it. In this dream-land, my opinion is so highly valued by manufacturers of all types that they are tripping over each other just at the chance to be the benefactor of a favorable opinion from THE Chris Trout.
Everyone has opinions about something; many people have opinions on nearly everything. I find myself in the second category.
Not shockingly, automobiles are the focus of how I spend the majority of my opinion-forming energy. My wife and I only have one vehicle right now and new cars are way outside of our price range for most of our foreseeable future. However, my sharp and effective opinion-forming mind knows no limits, running wild through the world of consumer products as though the 20 foot electrified barbed wire fences of my financial limitations don’t exist.
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October 19, 2009
My Eleanor: the 1974 Dart
By David Belau
dartslantsix
In the movie Gone in 60 Seconds, the main character has a car that always gives him trouble when he tries to steal it. Its name is Eleanor. My Eleanor is the 1974 Dodge Dart. While I don’t make a habit of stealing cars, the 1974 Dart has given me plenty of trouble.
My first experience with a 1974 Dodge Dart was ten years ago. She came to me with knife stab holes in the hood where a ritual sacrifice had taken place. The previous owner had left some pictures of head wounds in the trunk. The car would die randomly and start randomly. This should have been a sign to me.
When my friend Art called me and said, “Hey I found a 1974 Dart for $100! Wanna help fix it up?” I should have warned him. I should have known better. After helping him, I now know without a doubt that all 1974 Darts are possessed.
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September 25, 2009
The 2010 Audi R8 5.2 FSI is Pretty Darn Fun
By DriverSide
DriverSide
Supercars are famous for being a lot like exotic snakes – if you’ve got enough cash you can own one, but you do so at your own risk. In either case, if you lose control for just a split second, you are going to get bit; though unfortunately no anti-venom in the world can quell the humiliation and financial ruin of a totaled supercar. Or at least that’s how it used to be, until the advent of the Audi R8.
Named after Audi’s five-time Le Mans winning prototype, the R8 may go down as the world’s first truly forgiving supercar. Its mid-engine balance and Quattro all-wheel drive make the relentlessly fast and immensely capable R8 astonishingly easy to drive at speed. And now they’ve gone and wedged a V-10 in it. Don’t get us wrong, the standard V-8 R8 was no slouch, but it hung out more in the Porsche 911 circle than it did with the supercar crowd. But now that it boasts 525 horsepower and a robustly exotic V-10 soundtrack, it has true supercar credentials. Inside, drivers enjoy typically stellar Audi build quality, not to mention the sound of that mid-mounted engine cranking away. Certainly people will find a way to wreck even this most tolerant of land rockets, but with such impeccable balance, grip and agility, they’re going to have to kick this snake pretty hard before it bites back.
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September 23, 2009
Fireball's Cool Designs of the Week!
By Fireball Tim
Movie Car Design Master
What is going on in this world? Ideas are merging, blending, taking shape, radically departing but staying the same. And that’s our world. Change.
Many people fear change. Maybe because it’s unknown. The question is, “What if you DID know the answer?” To everything? Would life be the same? Would you even be interested? Change is good. It keeps us on our toes, makes life adventurous, and forces us to have faith in things unseen.
Fortunately for you, you get to SEE this week’s designs. Some are wicked cool, some way not. But change is in the air, therefore, this week’s theme. Entitled?
CHANGE!…… DANGIT!
1. THE AUDI E- TRON ELECTRIC
Remember the Audi in “IRobot?” How could you not? It was in every DANG scene of the movie. Along with Will Smith’s beefy bod. (I had enough of that after the first scene… whatever) Well, Audi has taken their R8 and made it sweeter. Electric. And… Red. And red is good. Electric? Yea, that’s cool, but RED is cooler. Just think of RED things. Cherries. Megan Fox’s Lips. A stubbed toe. Ok,… maybe not the last one. But red is cool, dangit. (Check out the AutoDissection on the R8 here.)
