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Lamborghini Egoista Concept

Lamborghini Egoista Concept

Men in dark suits, in dark sunglasses, in a darkened room, applauding their own work really isn’t  a good look. Call it the pinnacle of douchery if you will. But that’s just how Lamborghini chose to reveal their surprise 50th birthday present to themselves.

The concept, called the Egoista, which means “selfish” in Italian, is a single seat hyper car with stying inspired by the deadly and stealthy Apache attack helicopter. Sounds promising.

Yet somehow the Egoista somehow manages to take Lamborghini’s stealth aircraft inspired design language and turn the dial up so far the system can’t handle it and overloads. In my book Lamborghinis should be mad, fast, and effortlessly cool – in that order. The Aventador J is a prime example. The Egoista tries way too hard. It’s a bit like those tangerine-colored guys you see wearing fake tan who are unable to accept the fact they don’t have the body to carry off a muscle shirt anymore. You know the type.
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2014 Porsche 911 Turbo and Turbo S

2014 Porsche 911 Turbo S

This year the Porsche 911 Turbo is 40 years old. So to celebrate that milestone, Porsche did what any self-respecting car manufacturer does when something like this comes up. They had their PR people make a big deal about it, and carried on making cars.

The 2014 Porsche 911 Turbo and Turbo S sit atop the varied and growing mountain of different 911′s on offer. This year’s 911 Turbo sees a number of major changes and updates; including the removable of a manual gearbox as an option, and the introduction of rear-wheel steering. They’re fast too. Obviously. The 911 Turbo can scoot to 60 mph in 3.2 seconds, while the Turbo S can accomplish the same feat in just 2.9 seconds. Top speed of both models is 197 mph.

At the heart of the 2014 Porsche 911 Turbo is its 3.8 litre flat-six engine. Force fed by two variable geometry turbochargers the engine produces 520 horsepower in the Turbo, and 560 horsepower in the Turbo S. Power is sent to all-four wheels through a seven-speed dual-clutch PDK transmission.
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Audi R10 hypercar progresses to the design stage

Audi R10

Reports published in Autocar suggest an R8-trouncing, ultra-high performance hypercar – tentatively dubbed the “R10″ – has just moved into the design stage. However that still doesn’t mean the car is guaranteed to make it into the showrooms, as Audi bosses still haven’t greenlighted the car for production.

The main sticking point at the moment is trying to make a business case for the car. Audi aren’t in desperate need of a halo car, having a number of high-performance models to draw on. So for the R10 to stand any chance of life, they need to find a way to make it profitable.
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50 Years of Lamborghini – A brief history

Lamborghini 50th Anniversary

As all of you who watch the latest and greatest unfold here on diseno-art.com already know, 2013 is a very special year for a certain Italian manufacturer. Yes, it’s Lamborghini’s 50th Anniversary, and during the 15th Shanghai International Automobile Exhibition they unveiled a special edition model to mark the occasion.

As I’m talking about Lamborghini and the Aventador LP720-4 50th Anniversario , I also decided to take a walk down memory lane and revisit some of the milestones in the history of one of the most important supercar manufacturers in the world.
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Icona Vulcano

Icona Vulcano

One of the Shanghai Motor Show’s star attractions this year had to be this, the Icona Vulcano. It was designed by Icona, an Italian design firm based in Shanghai. The development of the Vulcano’s drivetrain was overseen by Claudio Lombardi, a former powertrain technical director of Ferrari.

Icona have a bit of history with the Shanghai event. In 2011 they unveiled the Fuselage concept, an aerodynamic electric-powered, four-seat sedan concept car. Due to the positive reaction this concept received worldwide, the company decided to have a go at a two-seat supercar.

Right from the start it was decided that the Vulcano would use a front engine layout. Samuel Chuffart, Design Director of Icona explains how the concept developed; “As different ideas came together, the most challenging design issue which we faced was how to create a balance between power and beauty. When you’re trying to create a feeling of aesthetic harmony, you risk creating too many sweet lines, which decreases the feeling of power. On the other hand, if you make too much of the powerful features which are necessary to a super sports car such as its cooling cutouts and blades which manage the air flow, they become graphically too dominant, and this makes the car less beautiful. The way we found the right balance was usually by looking for the greatest simplicity”.
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Lamborghini Aventador LP720-4 50 Anniversario

Lamborghini Aventador LP-720-4 50 Anniversario-1

You don’ t have to speak fluent Italian to know what the Lamborghini Aventador LP720-4 50 Anniversario is all about. This year marks 50 years of Lamborghini, and this car marks that milestone. Due to be unveiled in the next couple of days at the Shanghai Motor Show, the Aventador LP720-4 50 Anniversario features a few engineering and aerodynamic changes designed to help it look better and go faster than the standard Aventador.

First off it’s got 720 horsepower, 20 more than the Aventador. That should allow it to post a 0-62 mph (100km/h) time of under 2.9 seconds, and attain a top speed in excess of 217 mph (350 km/h).
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Icona Vulcano one-off supercar preview

Icona Vulcano

The Icona Vulcano is a one-off supercar which is scheduled to be unveiled at the upcoming Shanghai Motor Show. The car is the result of a collaboration between a number of individuals and Icona STC, a Shanghai-based design, engineering and prototyping company.

The drivetrain was put together under the guidance of Claudio Lombardi, a former director of Ferrari and designer of numerous championship winning race cars and motorbikes. Powering the Icona Vulcano is a mid-mounted V12 which produces 900 horsepower. This is backed up by electric motors providing additional thrust. Icona say the top speed is in the region of 217 mph and that it takes under 10 seconds to reach 124 mph.
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SRT Viper TA (Time Attack)

SRT Viper TA

The SRT Viper is barely a year old, but thankfully that hasn’t stopped SRT’s engineers going back to the workshop to try and spice it up a bit. The SRT Viper TA is a track-focused vehicle which features all the best performance options currently available on other Viper models, and also a number of special components exclusively developed for the TA.

Highlights of the SRT Viper TA include bigger brakes, a revised two-mode suspension system with Smooth and Rough settings, a carbon fiber aero kit, carbon fiber X-brace across the engine, and extra-light wheels wrapped in Pirelli P Zero Corsa tires. When it comes to the paintwork, if you don’t like orange, tough luck. Only 33 cars will be built and they’re all very, very orange.
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Tushek Forego T700

Tushek Forego T700

Almost exactly one year ago, Tushek burst on to the supercar scene with the Tushek Renovatio T500, an Audi V8-powered, track-inspired, lightweight road/race car. But at the same time the company also promised something even more special was on the way.

Called the Tushek Forego T700 the new car is significantly more powerful than the Renovatio T500, offering the driver around 700 horsepower from its mid-mounted Audi V8 engine. The car is incredibly light for its size thanks to a carbon fiber chassis and body panels, as well as numerous titanium components. The projected weight for the Forego T700 is 2,200 lbs (1,000 kgs). I say projected because the first car isn’t actually finished yet.
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Corvette Stingray Shooting Brake AeroWagon conversion by Callaway Cars

Callaway Corvette AeroWagon Shooting Brake

Callaway Cars have just announced plans for their shooting brake conversion kit for the 2014 Corvette Stingray. Called the Callaway AeroWagon, the kit features carbon fiber body panels and redesigned windows. The increase in load space and practicality is nice. But the real draw to the AeroWagon conversion is the fact it looks downright amazing!

The carbon fiber components have been manufactured using the company’s KRTM (Krämer Resin Transfer Molding) process, which produces load carrying carbon fiber parts in one quick step. Callaway are expecting that the Corvette Aerowagon will be able to achieve 200+ mph thanks to some unspecified performance enhancements they have in store for the C7  Corvette.
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