August 15, 2010
Reminder: ALMS Mid-Ohio broadcast today
(photo: Kevin HD)
Honestly, I still can't get over the pinnacle of sports car racing in the US cannot find a live slot on television but, be that as it may, the ALMS race from Mid Ohio will finally be broadcast today starting at 12:30 PM ET on CBS.
A few more videos are after the jump.
(special note to anyone tuning in via iPhone or iPad: YouTube released a new player which is apparently compatible, would you let me know if you can view these videos?)
August 14, 2010
The right balance
A little film by Swedish shock masters Öhlins, featuring our friend Ron Simons from RSR Nürburg. Ron makes it clear why car companies test on that track, the perfect place to work out a very difficult compromise for chassis engineers. Have a look.
(those struts and shocks look fantastic, don't they?)
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August 13, 2010
Instant Depreciation
Ferrari owners have a reputation, it's not a good one. It's been that way forever as Il Commendatore famously said "there are Ferrari owners and Ferrari drivers".
Question is, crashing your just delivered 458 right outside the Ferrari factory gates after doing burnouts and pulls on Maranello city streets makes it
A: epically embarrassing or
B: more convenient for repairs?
Well, they do say cars depreciate as soon as they leave the showroom...
(cvdzijden/YouTube)
Ok so thanks to one of our readers, the facts of the case emerge and spoil it a little bit: the car is claimed to be a rental which in turn explains whi renting exotics is so expensive! Let's face it, if you were going to crash a $200k + rental, more fun to do it at the Nurburgring than on a back street of Maranello. A further win would be that you might make Darwin happy! Win.
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Question is, crashing your just delivered 458 right outside the Ferrari factory gates after doing burnouts and pulls on Maranello city streets makes it
A: epically embarrassing or
B: more convenient for repairs?
Well, they do say cars depreciate as soon as they leave the showroom...
(cvdzijden/YouTube)
Ok so thanks to one of our readers, the facts of the case emerge and spoil it a little bit: the car is claimed to be a rental which in turn explains whi renting exotics is so expensive! Let's face it, if you were going to crash a $200k + rental, more fun to do it at the Nurburgring than on a back street of Maranello. A further win would be that you might make Darwin happy! Win.
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August 12, 2010
Next Generation Porsche 991: longer, wider, lighter, faster and...more expensive?
According to UK's AUTOCAR the scoop on the next generation Porsche 911 (991) is that it will be bigger, yet lighter and more fuel efficient then the current 997 but it will also move more upmarket compared to the current models. This is most puzzling, because we wonder precisely what that means, that Porsche can charge more for Boxsters or that there needs to be room made for a $40000 Porsche?
In any case, the article claims the car will be, no surprises here, a refinement of the same basic ideas Porsche has been developing for the last half century: it will not be a mid engined 911. The front end will still be shared with the Boxster, Engines will be a 3.6 with 365hp for the Carrera and a 3.8 with 415HP for the Carrera S. In the continuing war between car designers and people who actually track their cars, score one for the marketing guys, the car will come standard with 20" wheels...
(autocar)
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