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The faction Porshe U.S. firm has designed and produced, in collaboration with Brumos, the famous house of preparations, the final ‘special edition’ of the Porsche 997, and relieved . This model is the Porsche 911 GTS Road B59 , which is dedicated to Pilot Hurley Haywood, who won five grand prize of 24 hours of Daytona. This model is characterized by the body painted Carrera White, tinted mirrors and a black vinyl in black, blue and red, fully customized.

Looking for an imaginary restro for this model, the B59 is equipped with 911 wheels to 19-inch alloy designed under the precepts of Sport classic black color and the outline worked and polished . Inside the vehicle can see the use of black leather seats, Alcantara interior finishes and an autograph of pilot metallic plate installed inside. As extras additions, the 997 Sport Chrono Package offers Package Plus, which comes with (PASM sports suspension), a satellite navigation, Bose audio system and an LSD differential.

As regards the technical aspects of the vehicle, its 3.8-liter flat 6-cylinder boxer has not been modified in any case, that means maintaining the 408 horsepower and 420 Nm of force original pair . Arguably, therefore, that all prestacións remain unchanged in the Carrera GTS, reaching from zero to sixty in 4.4 seconds around, and reaching a top speed of over two hundred miles per hour.

A Porsche 911 with seven-speed manual gearbox … rumor or reality?

The Internet rumors are quite tiring me, but when the rumor comes from the U.S. edition of Car and Driver the thing has a good chance of being true.

So far several automatic gearboxes have been offered for sale with seven, eight or even nine relations , but manual changes have stalled the six speeds. Apparently the manual gearbox Porsche seven-speed is directly derived from the dual-clutch automatic gearbox Porsche PDK is not a new development or anything like that.
Thus, Porsche offers its range of dual-clutch automatic transmission, automatic traditional torque converter and manual six or seven speeds. Almost anything…

Why seven speeds now? Apparently the only function of this “overdrive” modern is to save fuel and make the new Porsche more comfortable (less noise, less vibration, less fuel stops) on long journeys by road and highway.

The Porsche purists can now start pulling their hair go … times change and who is not board the train stays on the ground. Now Porsche addition to freak us convey feelings and also must travel at 110 km/h on the motorway at 2,000 RPM consuming 8 liters and in absolute silence. Who cares if it makes a few extra pounds to the car?

One of the largest concentrations of Bugatti step on the Spanish soil for the first time in history. The Bugatti International Meeting will travel over 1,200 miles by the most beautiful spots in Burgos, Palencia, Valladolid and La Rioja.

Bugatti International Meeting dates from the 50′s and is consolidated into the brand as one of the largest concentrations. This year visit Spain and will feature no fewer than 96 participants from several countries ( USA, Italy, Mexico, France, Australia or New Zealand, etc). Motorsports real gems handmade between 1920 and 1938 except for a Bugatti T57 , 1957, the unique and controversial Bugatti EB 110 (my favorite as a child) and of course two units of the Bugatti Veyron , to date the most powerful production car with 1,001 hp. Read the rest of this entry →

Currently, the resurrected Abarth is devoted to preparing the most radical versions of some of sports and Fiat models, including 500 which were the ones who gave more glory to the brand for decades, in their golden years.

Are rumors that Abarth is developing a sporty two-seater with the help of Lotus will deliver 200hp and should reach the market in about two years. Initially going to be (or say) based on next-generation Lotus Elise, but in the end it will not, but if they keep their “similarities”with the British model.