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Icona Vulcano Supercar Concept debuts at Shanghai Auto Show
Article by Ayan Sengupta
Italian design company Icona has unveiled its new Vulcano supercar concept at the 2013 Shanghai Auto Show. The car was mainly constructed to represent the firm’s talent and new technologies that was hired in this car.
The Vulcano comes with the possibility of the two powertrain configurations, first of which comes with the front mounted V12 coupled with the electric system and delivers the peak output of 950 horsepower. The other powertrain is based on V6 that delivers slightly less power.
The man behind the powertrain is the Italian Engineer Claudio Lombardi, who also witnessed many of the Lancia’s motorsports victories in World Rally Championship during 1980s and also development of the Ferrari’s formula one powertrain during 1990s. Recently the renowned motorsports engineer has been [...]
Citroen unveils DS Wild Rubis Concept at Shanghai Auto Show
Article by Ayan Sengupta
Citroen has unveiled its DS Wild Rubis concept at the 2013 Shanghai Auto Show. The latest model from the DS line up, Wild Rubis measures about 4.7 m in length, about 1.59 m in height and about 1.95 m in width. The car features bold designing complete with 21 inches alloy wheels. The front reminds of the beautiful Numero 9 concept.
The three dimensional radiator grille has been embedded with the DS emblem and side chrome torches. The grille follows elegantly to the full LED headlights with the scrolling lights that surrounds its base 2013 Shanghai Auto Show.
The tiny wing at the back channels the air flow through the sleek body lines.
The new rear light arrangement appears to be part of the elevated tailgate. The tail housing has been carved in chrome and the rear tailgate foot hires twin exhaust [...]
Fast & Furious 7 Slated to Release on 11th July 2014
Article by Hamza Ansari
Adrenaline Rush is churning out everyone in its stride, as seen Need for Speed 6 is still in the pipeline but announcement came running for the release for seventh part, must say, audience is crazy about seeing the heavy metals in action and this time, expectations are much higher than the previous editions due to some of the exclusive names being attached to title.
It’s being official; suspense for the Fast and Furious 7 will end on 11th July 2014, whereas the sixth part is going to conclude traffics on 24th May 2013.
These words are not being uttered by the director or producers, but the casting crew consisted of Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Tyrese Gibson and Michelle Rodriguez screeched the bespoken schedule at CinemaCon, a convention of movie exhibitors in Las Vegas, and but obviously they [...]
Volkswagen CrossBlue Coupe Concepts to makes its debut at Shanghai Auto Show
Article by Ayan Sengupta
Volkswagen (VW) is planning to bring in a new competitor for the Range Rover Evoque and BMW X4. The new vehicle is the VW’s CrossBlue Coupe concept that is more dynamic and sportier than the CrossBlue three row crossover that was revealed at 2013 Detroit auto show.
The CrossBlue Coupe will be making its debut at the 2013 Shanghai auto show as a strict coupe, including a four door and rear hatch. The roof profile is also similar to the coupe and justifies the name to much extend.
Despite of the similarities it shares very little with the previous CrossBlue. It is based on the smaller MQB platform that can be found in the 2015 Golf and houses a gasoline-electric hybrid system while CrossBlue crossover share its platform with the Passat and comes with the diesel electric hybrid system.
The [...]
2014 Subaru WRX STI spied
Article by Ayan Sengupta
Just a couple of weeks after revelation of Subaru WRX concept at the 2013 New York Auto show, here comes the first spy shot of one of the nearly completed prototype of the production version of the upcoming Subaru WRX.
But if one gives it a closer eye one could easily find that it may be a prototype of even more extreme version i.e. WRX STI version of the upcoming vehicle.
The most oblivious sign is the rear wing that can be found on any of the STI versions even on the current one. A slightly downgraded version of the rear diffuser can also be seen on the vehicle as the rear wheels fills out the arches completely. The styling is not as dramatic as what was represented with the concept version at the New York auto show, although car has still inherited the similarities with the vehicle – [...]
