Posts Tagged ‘1 liter’
It's no secret that Gordon Murray, the man behind the McLaren F1, has been working on a city car called the Type 25. It appears now, though, that the lure of the supercar is still strong with him. Autocar magazine discovered recently that Murray is considering a supercar to be built using the build ......
SEMA Preview: Mopar supercharger for Dodge Challenger
Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008
Click above for a high-res gallery of the Dodge Challenger SRT-8.Mopar can't let Speedfactory have all the fun supercharging the Dodge Challenger SRT-8, so when the SEMA show rolls around this November, the in-house tuners of all things pentastar will unveil a blown Challenger of their own.The Mopar......
VW 1-liter eco-friendly car set to make a return
Tuesday, July 1st, 2008
Click above for more shots of the VW One-Liter concept carA few years back, Volkswagen introduced a concept vehicle which derived its name from its stated goal of using just one liter of fuel per one-hundred kilometers traveled, and according to CAR production version may be on the way in 2010. The ......
2008 International Engine of the Year awards announced…
Wednesday, May 7th, 2008
And the grand winner is not surprisingly an engine from BMW, just like it has been for the last three years going back to 2005. The Bavarian automaker's 5.0L V10 won the award that year and in 2006, and BMW's luscious 3.0L twin-turbo inline six-cylinder engine won it in 2007 and has repeated its per......
Chicago 2008: Dodge Challenger SRT8 - LIVE REVEAL [w/VIDEO]
Wednesday, November 28th, 2007
UPDATE: video of the Challenger live reveal is available after the jump
Click image for hi-res live gallery of the Challenger SRT8 It's finally here. No, not here's-a-few-more-official-press-pics, but the actual latest challenger to the modern day retro muscle car. It was presented by Jim Press, wh......
Barrett-Jackson 2008: Right to own first Dodge Challenger SRT8 worth $400,000
Saturday, November 10th, 2007
Click on the image above for more of the first concept Challenger
We were hoping Dodge would give us our first look at the production version Dodge Challenger at Barrett-Jackson (we've seen plenty of it already with the reader-submitted photos!), but to no avail. The concept car was brought to repr......
Dodge pre-sells 6000 Challengers
Tuesday, September 25th, 2007
Click image for scans of the full presales brochureApparently people really want to buy the Dodge Challenger. So much so that 4,300 people put down deposits when Dodge opened ordering on Monday. A total of 6,000 orders have come in since then. If Dodge sticks to its claim of only producing 5,000 Cha......
Chrysler limiting Challenger output to 5,000 units in 2008
Sunday, August 26th, 2007
Say it with us now: create demand. Challengers won't roll off the line en masse next year. Instead, as we reported last month, Dodge is going to make just 5,000 of them for the '08 model year, all SRT models with 5.7- or 6.1-liter Hemis. In 2009, Dodge will widen the sluice some, with output expect......
SEMA 2007: Chrysler Barracuda Concept
Friday, August 24th, 2007
click image above for more high-res pics of the Chrysler Cuda ConceptUnless you've got an uncle on the verge of buying the farm or Grand Canyon deep pockets, you won't be able to pick up an actual 'Cuda anytime soon. According to a Chrysler exec on hand at SEMA, the Barracuda concept is a one-off pr......
eBay Find of the Day: Charity auction for Dodge Challenger #2
Sunday, July 22nd, 2007
The second Dodge Challenger to roll off the assembly line is currently being auctioned on eBay, but only to Dodge dealers. (The first Dodge Challenger produced will be auctioned in January 2008 by Barrett Jackson in Scottsdale.)The winning dealer bidder will get the orange-and-black-pinstriped Chall......