Ferrari, Lamborghini, Maserati, Aston Martin, exotic... (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
The Lamborghini Miura is the original production super car available for sale to the public (If you can call rock stars, movie stars and industrialists public). The body profile appears to have been borrowed from the Ford GT40 racing car (which was really a Lola) and the drive-train seems to have been influenced by the Austin Mini with engine and gear box sharing the same oil. The 4 liter V-12 literally...
Filed under: Etc. , Design/Style Beauty, as they say, is in the eye of the beholder. While some cars seem to be almost universally loved for their gorgeous lines and undeniable sense of style - the Lamborghini Miura and Shelby Daytona Coupe certainly come to mind. Others, such as the new Honda Accord Crosstour and even the latest Nissan GT-R , not to mention nearly everything currently wearing the...
The video is certainly a major upgrade from the last batch of videos out of MINI, featuring a creepy yet attractive pair of twins somehow advertising the upcoming MINI Coupe and Roadster, unveiled at the 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show. Mini, celebrating its 50th birthday, has since become a Bavarian company. While the John Cooper Works convertible Messrs. Hopkirk and Aaltonen take for a spin has three times...
Paddy Hopkirk and Rauno Aaltonen —winners, respectively, of the 1964 and 1967 Monte Carlo Rallies in Mini Cooper S ’s—revisit the rally course 40+ years later in a convertible John Cooper Works Mini. The beautifully filmed video, produced by the Mini company itself, intersperses vintage racing footage with the two merry old geezers driving their Mini JCW on winter roads with the...
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Turn 10, as the developer, and Microsoft, as the publisher, have announced that their upcoming racing title Forza Motorsport 3 is set to get a downloadable content pack adding both a slew of new cars and some fresh tracks to the game. The add on, called Legends Cars Pack, will be free for all those who pick up a new copy of Forza Motorsport 3 and will be offered exclusively on the Xbox 360, as the...
YouTube - Jay Leno Talks About the Green Car Challenge ["But this, I think, is the future...I think you'll save your gas carS for the weekends , you know, and when you commute around London or in the city, you'll use an electric car like this..."] Jay Leno - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Along with his collection of classic cars, he has several high-performance cars. These include a 1994...
It's a trend we're seeing more and more from publishers trying to thwart the sale of used games by incentivizing the purchase of new ones: Packing in bonuses with new copies of games that are either otherwise unattainable, or only gettable by paying a fee on the Xbox Live Marketplace or PlayStation Store. The latest publisher to employ this technique is Microsoft with the upcoming Forza Motorsport...
Turn 10 doesn't want you camping out at the GameStop and waiting for the first trade-in of Forza 3 . Microsoft has announced launch-day incentives in the form of exclusive DLC, packed in for new purchasers. Those who acquire Forza 3 new will get access to two extra race tracks, Benchmark High Speed Ring and Sidewinder Proving Grounds, as well as the Legends Car Pack, a bundle of 10 classic automobiles....
Microsoft have announced that when Forza 3 launches, there will be Free DLC for the game which has 10 new cars. the cars are classic cars from the 50's, 60's, 70's and 80's. · ’65 Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint GTA · ’64 Aston Martin DB5 Vantage · ’81 BMW M1 · ’60 Chevrolet Corvette · ’69 Dodge Charger · ’57 Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa...
Microsoft and developers Turn 10 have today announced that their upcoming realistic racing sim, Forza 3 Motorsport, will contain a free, one-time-use token card with every copy of the game, with which players are able to download an additional 10 cars and two race tracks. These additions will bolster the already enormous roster of 400 available cars and 100 tracks, which as Forza 3 follows may know,...
Think twice before buying Forza Motorsport 3 used. Earlier this morning, Microsoft announced that the upcoming racing title will have packaged-in DLC. Dubbed the “Motorsports Legends Car Pack,” the launch day DLC consists of ten additional cars and two downloadable tracks. The vehicles, listed below, have been “hand picked” by developer Turn 10 for maximum vehicular awesomeness....
As Turn 10 reveals game's full roster. Microsoft will give all buyers of Forza Motorsport 3 a coupon to download a batch of free DLC from 27th October. That will be the Motorsports Legends Car Pack, which includes 10 classic cars and two new maps. Those sporty stallions are the '65 Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint GTA, '64 Aston Martin DB5 Vantage, '81 BMW M1, '60 Chevrolet Corvette, '69 Dodge Charger, '57...
He has long been revered as one of the many legends surrounding the world’s most uncompromising sports car brand – Valentino Balboni, a remarkable test driver with his own personal cult status. Automobili Lamborghini now presents a model in his honour and bearing his name – the Gallardo LP 550-2 Valentino Balboni . The latest version of the Gallardo, Lamborghini’s most successful...
Reprints of the Lamborghini Miura Bible by Joe Sackey are now available. First published by Veloce in November 2008, the book’s entire first print run was sold out in less than four months.
For those who don’t know, including us, Valentino Balboni was hired back in 1967 by company founder Ferruccio Lamborghini himself and has helped the Italian manufactured with his fine-tuning and testing work to shape many automotive legends, from the Lamborghini Miura of the 60s through to the current Gallardo and Murcielago models. In order to thank him for his work, the Italian manufacturer decided
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