الأحد، 17 مايو 2015
Lykan Hypersport Review
Who is responsible: Have yet to hear of Dubai-based W Motors? That is OK. Its Lykan Hypersport, previewed last summer and introduced in recent weeks at the Qatar motor show, is the start-up manufacturer’s first offering. With 750 horsepower from a twin-turbocharged, horizontally opposed six-cylinder engine, the Hypersport is said by its manufacturer to be capable of 245 mph.It will coddle owners in “gold-stitched interiors”, and will only be part of a five-unit run. The rationale for laying down a sultan’s sum is best explained by a W Motors spokesman: “If you are not crazy, you will not buy this.”
McLaren 650S Review
The 650S may look like a face-lifted 12C, but there’s a lot more to it: The revised styling pays tribute to the P1 hybrid, the body tub is lighter, and about 25 percent of the parts are new. The heart of the car (and the name) is the 650-PS (641-hp) 3.8-liter twin-turbo V-8. Mated to a seven-speed dual-clutch automatic, the 650S can hit 60 mph in less than 3 seconds. There’s also a Spider version. For more power, there’s the 675LT, which makes 666 hp and hits 60 mph in a claimed 2.9 seconds.
Lamborghini Veneno: All beast, no bull
A tribute to Automobili Lamborghini on the occasion of its 50th birthday, the Veneno is the ultimate party favour.
Derived from the overachieving Aventador, the arrow-shaped Veneno pushes the performance envelope even further. The car makes use of the Aventador’s mid-mounted 6.5-litre V12, bumped from 700hp to 739hp, and drives all four wheels through a 7-speed automated manual gearbox. Its chassis, featuring an inboard pushrod suspension bolted to a carbon fibre monocoque structure, is pure prototype racer, but Lamborghini is proud to note that the Veneno meets all worldwide road-car safety and registration requirements. Top speed is a breezy 220mph. (For those keeping track, the Aventador is good for 217mph.)
The Veneno is a sequel of sorts to the Gallardo-derived, and similarly futuristic, Sesto Elemento show car from 2010. But whereas Lamborghini said it would craft 20 examples of the Sesto Elemento, the automaker plans to build just three Venenos during 2013, priced at a cool 3 million euros each (at writing, about $4.1 million, plus tax). And before you get your hopes up, the company has already found buyers for its triplets, save the one on the Geneva motor show stand – chassis number 0, whose future, to quote Lamborghini, has not been determined yet.
As for the name, Veneno, according to the company, was the name of a particularly bad-tempered and fearsomely fast Spanish fighting bull who gained notoriety in 1914 for goring bullfighter José Sánchez Rodríguez to death. A vicious pedigree for a vicious machine.
الاثنين، 11 مايو 2015
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