2009 Sport Car Audi R8 GT3

Audi Sport module substance a racing sports car specifically developed for client ingest in the form of the coercive 500 hp nonnegative GT3 version of the Audi R8 which module be available from autumn 2009. The logistics and works expanse required for the AUDI AG client information module be created over the next few months in Ingolstadt, Neckarsulm and Györ.

The Audi R8 conforms to the production-based GT3 regulations allowing the car to be fielded in numerous national and planetary contend series.

Because the GT3 regulations veto the ingest of four-wheel impart the Audi R8 comes with the exemplary GT rear-wheel drive. The power is transmitted via a newborn developed six-speed sequential sports gearbox. The support uses nearly only components from the production line. A broad itemize of safety equipment guarantees the highest-level of passive safety. A modified front end and a large rear-wing generate the required downforce for the contend track.

The Audi R8, which bears the project name “R16” within Audi Sport, was developed under the direction of Audi Sport. Mid August, the first prototype successfully completed a roll-out in the safekeeping of Audi works driver Frank Biela.

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Mazda Sports Car RX-8 Hydrogen RE Vehicle

2009 Mazda Sports Car RX-8 Hydrogen RE

2009 Japan Mazda Motor Corporation (HIROSHIMA) declared that it has built the prototypal Mazda RX-8 Hydrogen RE vehicle with Norwegian specifications, developed specifically for participation in HyNor, Norway’s national gas project. The prototypal unit module take part in ceremonies marking the authorised opening of HyNor’s gas stuff stations.

2009 Mazda Sports Car RX-8 Hydrogen RE

The initial opening ceremony module be held in Oslo on May 11, 2009. The RX-8 Hydrogen RE module then undergo certification to foregather local standards and module be used for maintenance body training. Mazda plans to commence leasing of Norse specification RX-8 Hydrogen RE models in Norway in summer 2009.

2009 Mazda Sports Car RX-8 Hydrogen RE

Unlike the RX-8 Hydrogen RE currently being leased in Japan, the HyNor-specification Mazda RX-8 Hydrogen RE is based on the latest European-specification Mazda RX-8 with left-hand intend and a manual transmission.

2009 Mazda Sports Car RX-8 Hydrogen RE

The HyNor send aims to enable hydrogen vehicles to travel along a 580-kilometer stretch of route by establishing a chain of hydrogen stations between metropolis and port in Norway.

2009 Mazda Sports Car RX-8 Hydrogen RE

Mazda united to collaborate with HyNor on the project in Nov 2007 and began validation of the RX-8 Hydrogen RE’s dynamical performance on Norwegian open anchorage in October 2008.

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Capstone Supercar CMT-380

The Capstone CMT-380 was the surprise basement find of the LA Auto Show.The Capstone CMT-380 is essentially a prototype show car designed to highlight the technology and products available from Capstone Turbine Corporation. The concept for the high performance hybrid electric microturbine vehicle was developed by Electronic Arts (EA) Chief Creative Director Richard Hilleman.

After working on the car for quaternary years, creator Richard Hilleman was the Negro of the hour as he fielded questions most his unusual microturbine-lithium-ion hybrid powertrain fitted to a GTM Supercar outfit body. It may ease be in the test phase, but Capstone claims that the car crapper reach a top speed of 150mph, and is able to running from zero to 60mph in meet 3.9 seconds.

The CMT-380 features an extraordinary organism drivetrain which uses digit of Capstone's new C30 (30-kilowatt) microturbine engines to modify the range of the primarily electric powered vehicle. The turbine can be run on either diesel or biodiesel.

Capstone Supercar CMT-380

Capstone Supercar CMT-380

The CMT-380 features lithium-polymer battery cells that crapper be charged at home or at a open recharging station. While driving, the CMT-380 crapper operate on 100 percent battery power in zero emissions mode for a arrange of up to 80 miles. When the batteries reach a predetermined land of discharge, the Capstone C30 microturbine quietly fires up and recharges the batteries on the fly to modify the dynamical arrange up to 500 miles.

The diesel oxyacetylene C30 microturbine requires inferior maintenance than traditional oxidization engines and produces ultra-low wear emissions. Hilleman has owned an automobile vehicle – a regenerate Porsche 550 Spyder – for at 15 eld and has constantly upgraded it.

The EV utilised to have meet 30 hp with advance acids but now uses metal ferrous batteries and has 200 hp. The 100-mile arrange hasn't changed, though, and so he knew it was instance to physique a hybrid. He definite on Capstone's diesel microturbines as the arrange extender.

Capstone Supercar CMT-380

He knew he could rely on them – they've been used in buses for years – but there was still the challenge of fitting the organisation into a automobile same this. Hilleman built the CMT-380 just for himself, but Capstone is happy to show it off as a grounds of construct vehicle. It would be too pricey to place into accumulation creation (Hilleman estimated he place in most $375,000 hours of work), but it's not impracticable that a high-end, expensive, limited creation run could be made some day.

Capstone Supercar CMT-380

Right now, Hilleman is really happy with his creation. He especially loves the sound of the vehicle. Three feet to the side of the car, the microturbine puts out about 87 dB, but in the cabin, it's nearly silent. California accumulation might order him to add a muffler, but it's already stilly enough without one. He's got a solution for that problem, should he need it.

The chassis and bodywork of the Capstone CMT-380 are borrowed from the Factory Five GTM kit sports car, and modified to accept the organism drivetrain.

Capstone Supercar CMT-380

\"Capstone's CMT-380 is meet today finishing up the conceptual design and prototypal article testing stage,\" said Darren Jamison, Capstone President and CEO. \"We organisation to finalize rattling soon a limited production plan, in part, based on welfare received at the [2009] LA Auto Show. We look customers will be a select assemble of individuals who revalue its some innovative high-performance and high-technology dynamical characteristics, long dynamical range and ultra-low emissions,\" added Jamison.

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Veyron Centenary Bugatti Sports Car

2009 Veyron Centenary Bugatti Sports Car

2009 Bugatti Automobiles S.A.S. finishes its Centenary celebrations with threesome tailor made cars, especially developed for its discerning clientele in the Middle East: the Veyron “Sang d’Argent”, the Grand Sport “Soleil de Nuit” and the Veyron “Nocturne”, limited to five cars only. Bugatti Automobiles S.A.S. presents the Bugatti Veyron Bleu Centenaire at the 2009 Geneve Motor Show, a primary commission honouring the 100th anniversary of the company, thusly initiating a arrange of worldwide activities celebrating the creation of this mythic brand a hundred years ago. In addition Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport is shown for the first time to a wider public in Europe.

2009 Veyron Centenary Bugatti Sports Car

Honouring the groundwork of the consort in 1909 Bugatti Automobiles S.A.S opened the day with a one-off edition of the Veyron, the “Bleu Centenaire”, at the Genf Motor Show in March. At the Villa d’Este weekend at the end of April the consort paid tribute to Bugatti’s racing history – which was to a great extend responsible for the worldwide estimation of the brand – with quaternary very special Grand Sports, accompanied by their respective Type 35 predecessors, every featuring the traditional racing emblem representing France, Italy, England and Germany, videlicet blue, red, green and white. Bugatti was then one of the honoured marques at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance in Calif. in August and highlighted the circumstance with the presentation of the “Sang Bleu”, a one soured Grand Sport in a breathtaking and unequalled carbon – metal combination. The “100th Anniversary Weekend” in Molsheim in September was the platform for a looking into the future which might look like the Bugatti 16 C Galibier concept – intended to be the most exclusive, elegant and powerful quaternary door automobile in the world.

2009 Veyron Centenary Bugatti Sports Car

Building on the marque's set values of « Art - Forme - Technique » , Bugatti Automobiles S.A.S. has created the Bugatti Veyron Bleu Centenaire, a unique model to celebrate the hundred assemblage old history of the company. This special model takes up the tralatitious Bugatti two-tone-specification, but portrays it in one rather than two colours: in the most famous light shaded Bugatti blue. The Centenaire's unique compounding of a « sprintblue matt » and « sprintblue appearance » hence offers a newborn impression of the two-tone-scheme famous so far with parts of the engine also covered in this tralatitious Bugatti Blue.

2009 Veyron Centenary Bugatti Sports Car

The roof-trim-stripes and the exterior rearview mirrors are of polished, anodised aluminium. A primary rotate design has been added - enhanced by a bright red brake-capillar. The grills at the face and at the lateral air intakes are in « mirror shine ».

The interior of the Centenaire is fitted in a primary «snowbeige» leather with quilting on the seats. The bicentric console is covered in the same leather. New LED lights, Park Distance Control and a rearview camera hit embellish part of the accepted equipment for every Bugatti Veyrons from this year onwards

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2009 Veyron Centenary Bugatti Sports Car

The Bugatti Veyron Bleu Centenaire shares all action characteristics of other Veyron models performance-, acceleration- and deceleration characteristics which have been highly praised ever since the Bugatti Veyron prototypal appeared on the scene. The car will cost 1,35 Million Euro exclusive taxes and transportation. The presentation of these rattling special cars at the Dubai Motor Show is the final highlight, with which Bugatti ends its Centenary celebrations. We are honoured to complete our 100 Years at this prestigious Motor Show of a rattling important market for Bugatti.

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