The top secret Top Secret LF-A that doesn’t exist
Written by admin on May 17, 2008 – 2:20 am -
Created by Jon Sibal, the car is an LF-A with some “Nagata san flavor,” customized graphics, and a hunger for the 400 km/hr mark. We’ll take it standing still. We don’t know how many more people will need to nudge Toyota before the company will give us a sports car again. But if Toyota asked itself “What kind of bada** statement can we make to get back into the sports car game?”, this kind of car could the answer. Toyota? Anyone?
Thanks for the tip, Michael!
[Source: Bespoke Ventures]
Tags: Concept Cars, Coupes, Etc., Lexus, Motorsports, Sports/GTs, Supercars, Toyota
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Sam Hubinette filming Gallardo drifting commercial for Lamborghini
Written by admin on May 10, 2008 – 4:25 pm -
He usually spends his time behind the wheel of a Dodge Charger, but recently Samuel Hübinette made an exchange for something with a lower roofline. Lamborghini asked him to take a seat in a 2009 Gallardo for the filming of a European-market commercial set on the streets of Los Angeles and Palm Springs. Blowing tire smoke for the camera is nothing new to Sam since his blue Mopar-mobile has been featured in many a BF Goodrich tire commercial. Unlike the Charger though, the Gallardo isn’t quite the towering elephant. It is also equipped with all wheel drive, a feature that requires a bit more driving finesse in order to pull off an extended slide. Look for the spot to hit YouTube sometime in the not too distant future. Also follow the link to see a few more of Sam’s photos from filming.
Thanks for the tip, Eric!
[Source: Samuel Hubinette Blog]
Tags: dodge charger, DodgeCharger, drifting, Lamborghini, lamborghini gallardo, LamborghiniGallardo, sam hubinette, SamHubinette
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VIDEO: Driving games begin to land on iPhone
Written by admin on May 10, 2008 – 4:22 pm -
The iPhone has been a hit since its release and Apple has ratcheted up the excitement the last couple of months, as the recently-released software development kit for the phone is already bearing fruit. In a short period of time and on what we’d guess is a very limited budget, one group of developers has designed a cool racing game called Raging Thunder that features quality graphics, a number of cars, and steering that utilizes the iPhone’s revolutionary accelerometer. While the game isn’t exactly groundbreaking, it demonstrates that we should see some very cool racing games when big-time developers really start to focus on the iPhone. Follow the jump to see the sweet-looking Raging Thunder in action.
[Source: Kotaku]
Tags: apple, iPhone, racing game, RacingGame, raging thunder, RagingThunder
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Spied on the Nuerburgring: You tell us
Written by admin on May 10, 2008 – 3:47 pm -
Wednesday, I was surfing the Internets on my iPhone, checking all my usual sites, one of which is the Nuerburgring Web cam. Usually I either get pictures of an empty staging area or darkness. But this time I got the photo you see above. And, yes, we realize the quality isn’t that great. I had to take a picture of my iPhone’s screen since it’s incapable of sending or downloading photos from the Net. But maybe that will be fixed in June.
Various Autoblog team members have taken guesses at what this mystery car might be, but we can’t definitively pin it down. Someone guessed the Gumpert Apollo Hybrid. Another guess was a Le Mans prototype of some sort. I’m not convinced it’s either.
So we present this Web cam mystery to our readers. Anyone have any clue what this might be? Click on the photo for a larger (yet no less blurry) photo.
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Tags: Nuerburgring, Nuerburgring webcam, NuerburgringWebcam
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KEY FOR-D-GT kit fixes Ford supercar’s only fault
Written by admin on May 9, 2008 – 4:31 am -
The Ford GT is on the short list of coolest cars in the 21st century, with up to 600 horsepower, killer retro looks, and Ferrari F430-beating athleticism. Buyers were more than happy to accept a limited edition Ford supercar, but many owners were less than thrilled with Ford’s corporate key and fob. While it sounds a bit petty, sharing a key with an F-150 just doesn’t scream exotic track star.
The creative key kit crafters over at ExotiCARe have remedied the situation with a limited edition kit that turns your pedestrian keys into a car starter worthy of a Ford GT. The easy to install kit is nothing more than silver-finish covers for your existing keys, which doesn’t exactly seem like $295 well-spent, but for those who can afford a $175,000 sports car it may be a deal. ExotiCARe is only making 350 of the kits, so there is an exclusivity factor, as well. Is $295 too much for nothing more than key decoration that you have to assemble yourself? You tell us after the jump. Thanks for the tip, Andrew!
[Source: ExotiCARe]
Tags: Ford GT, FordGt, Key Fob, KeyFob, Keys
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