New Lamborghini Centenario Roadster LP 770-4

When the Lamborghini Centenario debuted at the Geneva Auto Show as a tribute to honor the Ferruccio Lamborghini’s 100th birthday, there was one thing that was overshadowed by coupe’s debut. That was the fact Lambo also a Centenario Roadster in the works. What’s more, the 20-unit production run was already sold out ahead of the auto show. Like the Coupe, it was likely shown to prospective buyers as a 3D hologram during Monterey Car Week in 2015.

And it features a fill key smooth silver finish that really make this rare model stand out. Every angle on this card is designed with a purpose. Aerodynamics aid with stability cooling and speed and boy is this car fast. A massive naturally aspirated v12 engine is mounted midship making over 700 horsepower. Meaning this is the most powerful Lambo available. 0 to 60 takes under three seconds and you expect at top speed of over 200 miles-per-hour.

Helping this car maintain its stability at speed is an active rear spoiler and of course this car sports all-wheel drive.

Inside you can see a few luxuries including a 10.1 inch touchscreen that features apple carplay and other performance data like speed x and g forces can be displayed as well. Don’t forget to take in that brown Alcantara interior with those beautiful leather inserts as well.

So how can get your hands on this car. Sadly you can’t because all 20 of these 2.2 million dollar roadsters.

Specification

Engine: v12, MPI (Multi Point Injection),

Max. power: 770 CV (566 kW) @ 8.500 rpm

Emission control: Euro 6 – LEV 2

Transmission type: Electronically controlled all-wheel drive system (Haldex gen. IV) with rear mechanical self-locking differential

Gearbox: ISR (Independent Shifting Rods) gearbox with 7 speeds

Max. Speed: >350 km/h (>217 mph)

Acceleration 0-100 km/h (0-62 mph): 2,9 s.

Body: Exteriors in carbon fiber

External mirrors: Electrically operated, heated and foldable

Rims-Front: 20’’ specific forged rims; 9J x 20 ET 17.2

Rims-Front: 21’’ specific forged rims; 13J x 21 ET 51.7

Control system: Electronic Stability Control (ABS e TCS integrated)

Published: Patrik Jonsson

Source: https://cartofuture.com/new-lamborghini-centenario-roadster-lp-770-4/

Ken Okuyama Kode57 Enji – Japanese supercar with a Ferrari engine

One of the most unusual Premier Automotive Week in Monterey became roadster Ken Okuyama kode57 Enji. Ken was involved in design projects of Porsche 911 (996 series) and Boxster, Maserati Quattroporte, Alfa Romeo several models, and the top of creativity – Ferrari Enzo and a P4 / 5.

About ten years ago in Japan Okuyama created his own design studio, which is developing furniture, tableware, fashion accessories, high-speed trains, agricultural equipment, and of course, automobiles. The first machines Ken Okuyama K.O 7 Spider and Coupe K.O 8 were shown at the Geneva Motor Show in 2008. They are built for Ken Japanese engineering firm MODI, and its own little factory in Yamagata was opened two years later. At the Tokyo Motor Show 2013, the company reported a second model – a beautiful two-seater car kode9.

You do not look like appearance? Of course, the car is like on the Ferrari Enzo, and on the other models of this brand sixty years ago – an index of 57 is assigned the spider after 1957. The Monterey car appeared in the status concept, but small-scale production is assumed explicitly: the company says about the two possible versions located behind the front axle V12 6.0 engine prepared by the German tuning house Novitec Rosso. Power – 619 or 702 hp Engine manufacturer is not called, but just look at the blatant head units to establish their Ferrari F140 engine, which is installed on the model 599 and Enzo. Especially since the company Novitec Rosso just been forcing Ferrari engines: they put the Germans two Rotex supercharger drive and get the output to 800 hp.

The experience of previous models can be assumed that the production version will kode57 little different from the concept car. That is, it has preserved and hung on the rear hinged “door-scissors”, and the front suspension with variable ground clearance (in the range of 45 mm), and leather upholstery and «super suede» Ultrasuede Toray. It is easy to assume, and the fate of the market model: the limited one hundred or so copies Party Ken Okuyama cars usually sold out lovers of exclusivity before the start of production. According to rumors, the first order for the car price of $ 2.5 million has already gone by boxer Floyd Mayweather.

The kode57 is an exclusive limited edition model that we invite discerning enthusiasts of sports car history to experience in the flesh.

Specifications

Length：4650mm

Width：2080mm

Height：1175mm

Wheelbase：2750mm

Front tread：1765mm

Rear tread：1720mm

Gross vehicle weight：1650Kg

Engine：V12

Displacement：5999cc

Bore Stroke：92.0 75.2mm

Maximum power：620PS(456kW 612hp)/7600rpm

Option – NOVITEC ECU 702PS(509kW 692hp)/7600rpm

Maximum torque：608N/m at 5600rpm

Option – NOVITEC ECU 641N/m at 5600rpm

Transmission type：6-speed semi-AT

Suspension type：Double wishbone NOVITEC hydraulic lift system, coaxial spring/ telescopic damper

Brake type：Front carbon ventilated disk, 6pot caliper Rear carbon ventilated disk, 4pot caliper

Wheel：Front NOVITEC NF4 Forged 10.0J×21 Rear NOVITEC NF4 Forged 12.0J×22

Tire Size：Front PIRELLI P-ZERO 295/25ZR21 Rear PIRELLI P-ZERO 335/25ZR22

Body panels : Carbon fiber

Video kode57 Conference

Published: Patrik Jonsson

SOURCE: https://cartofuture.com/ken-okuyama-kode57-enji-japanese-supercar-ferrari-engine/

Smart Car Destroys Mustang Off the Line

Smart Car Destroys Mustang Off the Line

 This Smart Car has book smarts and street smarts! Watch as Mark Cryer’s ’09 BBC 462CI Smart Car, tastefully sporting the massive “NU BIG THING” logo, slaughters this Mustang!

Top 10 Fastest Motorcycles In the World 2016

10. Ducati 1098s – 273.5 km/h (169 mph)

This splendor is not only one of the fastest bikes in the world but it is also the favorite of many, being one of the most bought super-bikes.

9. Yamaha YZF R1 – 277.2 km/h (172 mph)

By combining awesome horsepower, lightweight and the responsiveness that a 600-class chassis affords the Yamaha YZF R1 becomes the best racing motorcycle you could possibly hope for!

8. Aprilia RSV 1000 Mille R – 278 km/h (172 mph)

The RSV R was an instant success right as it was released in the late 1999! The motorcycle rapidly gained popularity by winning sports bike shootouts around the globe. Although the company which made this motorcycle is Italian the 998 cc V-twin engine was manufactured by the Austrian company named Rotax.

7. WV Agusta F4 1000 R – 286.7 km/h (178 mph)

The MV Agusta F4 1000 R is what strengthened the Agusta image! Initially, the MV Agusta was manufactured by Italian automotive giant Ferrari. Over the years, the MV Agusta has undergone a “style revolution” and you can tell they hit the jackpot with this particular model.

6. BMW K1200S – 286.95 km/h (178 mph)

BMW maintains the popularity of its company with this model. It is not only the best looking but its features also do not cease to amaze! Undoubtedly, this is one of the best looking bikes on the list! But let’s not forget about its other awesome features.

5. Kawasaki Ninja – 299 km/h (186 mph)

This stunning motorcycle is produced by Japanese company Kawasaki and presently, Kawasaki motorcycles dominate the market in the United States. Thanks to its amazing 11352 cc liquid cooled engine the top speed that this beauty can reach is 299 km/h.

4. Honda Super Blackbird CBR1100XX – 303 km/h (188 mph)

The motorcycle was named after the high-speed American spy-plane and was built to take back the unofficial title of Word’s Fastest Motorcycle from Kawasaki. Although the Super Blackbird could not manage the 306 km/h that Honda implied it could, the motorcycle was close enough and fast!

 3. MTT Turbine Superbike Y2K – 402 km/h (249 mph)

The Y2K bike is powered by a gas turbine engine which belonged to a helicopter. Yes, the bike is using a helicopter engine and the amazing speed results are not that surprising after knowing this.

2. Suzuki Hayabusa – 483 km/h (300 mph)

Although the previous model could reach up to 303-312 km/h that wasn’t enough for Bill Warner who was the fist man to exceed 483 km/h using a Turbocharged methanol fueled Hayabusa motorcycle.

1. Dodge Tomahawk – 643 km/h (399 mph)

This is the real deal when it comes to speed! This 4-wheel single-passenger vehicle represents the perfect combination between extreme engineering and art. the Dodge Tomahawk is the fastest motorcycle in the world!

 
Published: Patrik Jonsson  

Source: cartofuture.com

The muscle car Dodge Charger Daytona 1969

Muscle car is a 1969 Dodge Charger Daytona and these cars are the stuff of many many legends and stories. It’s kind of interesting today you see one and the novelty is kind of the big wing and the nose cone, but the story is that stuff is all business I mean this is done for a very specific purpose these were not just gimmicky things that the Dodge division put on this car to sell cars or to have a flash image. I mean now this thing has been featured in you know fast and furious movies, but back then the whole reason for this was to go faster.

The look of the Daytona is all business, it’s all done for a reason. Basically throughout the 60s everything about NASCAR was getting bigger. The crowds are getting bigger, popularity of the sport cup bigger, cars got faster and even, the tracks got longer they invented the super speedway which is a NASCAR track that’s over my long. On the shorter tracks the slick aerodynamic Dodge Charger 500 was doing very well. That car had a 426 Hemi maxed out for NASCAR performance so they added a few aerodynamic tricks like a flush rear window and I cleaned up nose and on the short tracks that was one of the cars to be. However it wasn’t enough room to make a successful car on the super speedways and that’s where the Daytona project came from. They named it Daytona after one of the super speedways and they realized they couldn’t do anymore to the engine. Legally, so they looked at other ways to clean up the aerodynamics on a charger to make it competitive. What they came up with was what you see here it’s a very unique package. It starts at the tip of the nose, with a nose cone that added length to the front of the car and smooth out that leading edge they hit the headlights there’s an air dam underneath that nose cone, that smooth’s out the bottom of the car, the fenders are unique with little bubbles that provide a couple things tire clearance and a way to get heat output the brakes. But of course the biggest thing physically and for performance was the big giant where wing.

There’s a lot of tall tales about the height of the Daytona swing it’s an adjustable wing it’s got fasteners on the end and you can change the pitch, which is what they did a NASCAR to change the downforce on the back. Chrysler engineers knew that by reaching higher above the car. They would get into what they call the clean air. Clean air is air that isn’t disturbed by the shape of a car. So they can reach up there to get air they would help push back the car down. And the big debate is about the height of the wing. And the engineers knew that you know between 20-25 inches over the rear duckweed they be in the right area that they wanted. However to make the thing functional it still had to clear the deck later. So both of those stories are true, that yes they had to make it high enough to get into the air that they wanted and it had to be high enough to clear the deck lid when you open the trunk. So that settles all the arguments your.

This car feels nice and kind of broken inside, the odometer showing fifty thousand four hundred and forty eight miles the seats feel like a comfortable pair of shoes, although this was kind of like sitting in a whole a lot of headroom but this is a big car so they had a lot of headroom. The dashboard is something you’d expect from a super speedway cruiser, hundred and fifty mile an hour speedometer, fuel gauge temp gauge, oil pressure and alter our gauges all lined up ready to keep you informed it also has an 8,000 rpm tachometer and o’clock in the middle of the tax. So, it’s a nice display, one thing that I noticed is that you know whoever put 50,000 miles on this car. Knew it pretty well because you cannot see the front of that nose cone you have no idea how long this car is. And the visibility in the back really isn’t that great either this rear window is you know a little restrictive. You’re not going to hit anything with the wing but you got to be careful in parking lots, next time you drive a Daytona.

And these cars really did get along with that nose cone I mean this thing’s over two hundred and twenty six and a half inches long so you’ve got to be careful. You could get your Dodge Daytona built a couple different ways, this one has the 440 single four barrel, 375 horsepower engine under the hood, most of them came with that package there were 294 these built with the 440 and the automatic transmission, they made 70 of them that had the 426 Hemi. Most people think that if it’s got a wing it’s a heavy car it’s not really the case. There was five hundred and three of these things built total, but the vast majority were 440 automatics. That 440 is interestingly kind of a lower compression it’s about 10 to 1 which wasn’t as radical as some of the other things you get in 1969. But, it made for a nice driving car in the street 375 horsepower 4600 RPM 480 foot-pounds of torque at 3200 RPM. It’s got a torque flight automatic transmission – sure grip rear differential the gear ratios range from 323 as the factory stock option up to 4-10 if you want to order some special, dual exhaust. And the rest of the Daytona package, included basically everything the charger 500 had, so that meant heavier-duty front portion buyers, front sway bar, heavy-duty breaks, heavy duty springs, rear heavy duty springs and shocks. 14 by 6 inch wheels, this one’s got the magnum wheels on it and 14 inch tires this one has red stripe tires on it. So it all looks the way it did when it was brand new. But one note is that these are not charged or five hundreds that had the nose and wing put on. These started off as regular chargers and had the 500 suspension put on them and then convert it to Daytona with the nose and the rear wing they. Were all about going fast 150 mile an hour speedometer could easily be buried by that 444 barrel and the 426 Hemi cars were pushing me but faster. They said that the street versions with the right Road you could probably hit a hundred and sixteen hundred seventy miles an hour.

The big question is did it work and the answer is absolutely. This car had a drag coefficient of point 28 and there’s a fine balance because of that wing was too high it became an aerodynamic drag. So they found the sweet spot and that point 28 drag coefficient, to put that in relative terms. Most of the cars that you buy, you know the late nineties even the two thousand even today. Don’t have that low of a drag coefficient and without that wing and nose cone and spoilers this thing was a brick. So it really paid off in fact buddy baker in nineteen seventy was able to drive one of these things that masks are a super speedway over 200 miles an hour. He set the speed record the first car to go over 200 miles an hour. And that record held true all the way into the eighties.

So it was definitely worth it and help Chrysler and the Dodge boys reclaim a lot of the victories on the super speedways and Richard Petty, famously drove the Plymouth version to victory after victory so it really paid off. The bummer is that NASCAR change the rules and outlawed all the stuff so by 1971 it was all done. But that’s why it’s super cool whenever you see a Daytona in person take some time and look at it because everything here was done for a reason.  But worked on the speedway didn’t necessarily always work on the street that nose cone blocked off a big part of the radiator at low speeds these things are famous for overheating. So for the people that want to drive around as an everyday car their experience wasn’t that great at low speeds and idling in traffic. And there’s another kind of interesting irony in NASCAR throughout 1969-70 the Ford Torino Talladega one at Daytona and the Dodge Charger Daytona one at Talladega.

Specifications

Production: 1969

Assembly: Hamtramck, Michigan (Lynch Road Assembly)

Class: Muscle car (today) and Race car(past)

Body style: 2-door coupe

Platform: Chrysler B platform

Related: Dodge Charger 500, Plymouth Superbird

Engine: 426 Hemi 426 cu in (7.0 L) V8, 440 Magnum 440 cu in (7.2 L) V8

Accelerations: 0- 60 mph 5.9 s; 0- 100 km/h 6.2 s

Transmission: 4-speed manual, 3-speed automatic Torqueflite 727

Wheelbase: 117 in (2,972 mm)

Reference weights: estimated curb weight: 1865 kg / 4110 lbs

Review video muscle car Dodge Charger Daytona 1969:

Source: https://cartofuture.com/muscle-car-dodge-charger-daytona-1969/
Published: Patrik Jonsson