Posts Tagged ‘formula one car’
Click above to view more screenshots of the Ferrari F2007 on GT5The beauty about driving games like Forza 2 and Gran Turismo 5 is that they give us (yes, even us here at Autoblog) the chance to drive cars we otherwise couldn't get anywhere near. The latest virtual joy ride to hit the news cycle is ......
Fisker Karma to project a jet turbine sound using speakers
Friday, March 14th, 2008
Click above for more high-res images of the Fisker Karma
Every automaker realizes that they need to make their vehicles consume less gas, reduce emissions and lessen their overall effect on the environment. One obvious way to make this happen is to go electric, but that solution poses its own host o......
CES 2008: Preshow Peek
Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007
click above for more high-res preshow pics of CES 2008CES doesn't officially open until Monday morning, but we were able to get a really quick, escorted tour of the Las Vegas Convention Center's north hall where all of the automotive booths are concentrated.Many of the photos are badly focused, almo......
Ferrari’s latest Vertu phone features gated shifter
Friday, July 20th, 2007
No, you read that right. A gated shifter. On a mobile phone. Not only that, but the box holding the high-priced handset even includes a valve from a Ferrari Formula One car. This is certainly the phone for the Ferrari fan with the problem spending money on the overpriced, outdated electronics.As far......
Video: Lexus LF-A on the Nurburgring
Thursday, May 10th, 2007
Lexus' upcoming LF-A supercar has been spotted scorching up the pavement at Germany's Nurburgring, the place to be for any respectable prototype these days. This latest video captures the car doing some intense laps of the notorious circuit and reveals the sound of the car's new 5.0L V10 engine.
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Behind the wheel of the Caparo T1
Saturday, April 28th, 2007
Although we've covered the entire gestation of the Caparo T1, we've yet to drive it. No surprise, as we'll be the first to admit that it outclasses us in every conceivable way. On the other hand, Nick Hall, the supercar scribe from across the pond, is one of the few motoring journos that actually ha......
Nick Heidfeld tackles the Nordschleife in a BMW F1.06
Thursday, March 8th, 2007
UPDATE: Video of the event can be found after the jump.Once upon a time, fragile little grand prix cars raced on circuits that had no huge run-off areas, no enormous corporate hospitality suites, and lots of blind corners. Then the 70s happened.. Drivers like Jim Clark had already died at the wheel......
Volvo readies three C30 concepts for SEMA
Monday, July 17th, 2006
click on image above to enlargeAs you know, we were unabashedly impressed with the C30 when it debuted as a concept at the 2006 North American International Auto Show and were equally excited to see the production version lost little of the concept's charm. It turns out that Volvo is pretty excited......
Ferrari espionage spies to go on trial
Wednesday, March 9th, 2005
Never being one to let professional basketball get all the bad press, it appears as though two of the three former Ferrari employees suspected of industrial espionage, for stealing information from Ferrari which was then used by Toyota's Formula One program, will face charges and be tried in an Ital......