Take a look at the first generation Audi RS5. Audi’s uber-coupe should rock a 450 horse 4.2-liter FSI V8 (that’s 30 ponies more than an R8!) coupled to the company’s S-Tronic double-clutch transmission, as well as a standard manual transmission(!), though at this stage in the game no one can say for certain. If you [...]
Lieberman: Full disclosure right up front: I’ve owned one Subaru WRX or another for the past seven years. Hopped-up, hot-handling little rally cars are my bag. That said, I wasn’t mentally prepared for how screamingly competent the new EVO X would be. If you think of cars as athletes, you can call a Viper a [...]
Around here, some of us really love dual-clutch transmissions and see then as the the future. Others of us (ahem) are row ‘em if you got ‘em types; backwards but happy. One thing we can agree on is that plain old regular manumatics suck. Save for Mercedes’ 7-speed and the crazy-fast 8-speed Lexus stick in [...]
Another day, another round of updates to Porsche’s brat und butter. Yesterday was all about the refreshed 911 Turbo. Today’s 911 story is the new for 2009 AWD Carrera 4 & 4s in both coupe and Cabrio form. Like all the other 997s, the addition of direct-injection will be boosting power while increasing MPGs [...]
As my bio states, I’ve had a poster of a Countach on my wall since I was a kid. Still do. Why? Because the Countach is the most bonkers, bat guano car of all time. Put more intelligently, despite it’s shortcomings (tractor clutch) the Countach is a near-perfect distillation of the Lamborghini brand. Mad, untamed, [...]
Mr. Zach Bowman told us all about the updated 911 Carrera and Carrera S that will be hitting dealers and pocket books pretty soon. And you just new a faster Turbo wouldn’t be far behind. Yesterday we speculated that because of the never-ending horsepower wars, 997 Turbo owners would be miffed that their $126,200 steed [...]
As much as we like our dog boxes, the face of transmission technology is changing faster than you can say synchros. Porsche just dropped the ‘Ring lap times for the new 911 Carrera S we told you about a while back. Equipped with the company’s PDK double-clutch tranny, the car put a hurting on the [...]
America is getting a heaping helping of German sports car come September, with four refreshed 911 models hitting dealerships. The new comers—the 911 Carrera Coupe, 911 Carrera Cabriolet, 911 Carrera S Coupe and 911 Carrera S Cabriolet—will all sport new flat-six engines with first-time-ever direct fuel injection. The 3.6 liter Carrera offers 345 horsepower, [...]
