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poniedziałek, 27 lutego 2012

Twelve photos of the Infiniti EMERG-E electric sports car concept have unceremoniously leaked to the Internet today, ahead of concept car's official announcement.

Luciano Burti Roberto Bussinello Jenson Button Tommy Byrne Giulio Cabianca

F1 2011 Launch Catch Up – McLaren, Mercedes, Red Bull, Sauber, Toro Rosso, Renault…

Catching up on the launches in one mega post. Here in you’ll find quick interviews with senior members of the team and photos from the Red Bull, Sauber, Renault Lotus, Toro Rosso, Mercedes and McLaren launches. Apologies for being somewhat late, the whole blog isn’t running at full power until the season starts again. Red [...]

Conny Andersson Mario Andretti Michael Andretti Keith Andrews Elio de Angelis

Red Bull under the spotlight

Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel celebrate with Red Bull boss Christian Horner on the podium © Getty Images

Sections of the international media have questioned Red Bull's strategic approach to the world championship. After Sebastian Vettel won the Brazilian Grand Prix from the team's points leader Mark Webber at Interlagos, Der Spiegel noted: "Red Bull gives (Fernando) Alonso wings". Not switching the places means that Spaniard Alonso can take his Ferrari to just second place this weekend in Abu Dhabi and be champion, whereas the alternative strategy would have set up Webber for a straight fight. "It is not easy for Webber to drive in a team that considers him a burden to be up against Vettel," said La Gazzetta dello Sport. Tuttosport noted that it seems "the Austrian team would be happier to lose than to see Webber beat Vettel". "No team orders at Red Bull. Another own goal," headlined La Repubblica. Joan Villadelprat wrote in his El Pais column: "Had Red Bull opted for Webber a few races ago, the Australian would probably now be champion." Red Bull, however, is unrepentant. Team owner Dietrich Mateschitz told Salzburger Nachrichten newspaper that "second under proper conditions can often be more valuable than a first". But there is a feeling that the team is not simply giving up the fight for the drivers' title. One columnist in Brazil's Globo wondered if Vettel's radio message in Abu Dhabi might sound something like 'So ... Mark is faster than you'. "I'm always in favour of leaving the fight on the track with equal chances for both sides," said Rubens Barrichello. "But I wonder if they would do that if the situation was in reverse. “Mark has done a great job this year and he has been told by his team what position he is in," said Lewis Hamilton. "Against adversity he has kept at it. I want to see Mark win." Webber believes that, if a strategy is deployed, it will only be on the "last lap" of the season this weekend. "Sebastian is part of a team," said Niki Lauda, who believes Webber should be backed fully by Red Bull. "If he does anything it should be helping Webber and not just on the last lap." Webber is quoted by Bild newspaper: "It makes sense. Otherwise it would mean that Ferrari's team orders would have paid off for Fernando." Red Bull team boss Christian Horner hints that sense will ultimately prevail. "We have already given too many presents to Fernando this year," he is quoted by Autosprint.

Thierry Boutsen Johnny Boyd David Brabham Gary Brabham Jack Brabham†

niedziela, 26 lutego 2012

Custom/Show Truck

While things dry on the 33, thought I'd let this one out of my head and into some plastic. Calling it PU3762T

Thanks for looking, J2

Marcel Balsa Lorenzo Bandini Henry Banks Fabrizio Barbazza John Barber

2012 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 features an improved TapShift transmission [video]

Chevrolet has announced the 2012 Camaro ZL1 will offer a six-speed automatic transmission with an upgraded TapShift function. It enables the model to accelerate from 0-60 mph in 3.9 seconds

Luciano Burti Roberto Bussinello Jenson Button Tommy Byrne Giulio Cabianca

Karthikeyan Makes Surprise F1 Return With HRT

Narain Karthikeyan has made a surprise return to Formula One after being announced as one of Hispania HRT’s drivers for the 2011 season. The Indian driver was unveiled as the first racer to be working with the Spanish based squad, who look likely to enter into a second season of racing despite on-going financial concerns. [...]

Tom Belso JeanPierre Beltoise Olivier Beretta Allen Berg Georges Berger

Williams and Mercedes lead testing mileage as Lotus hit trouble | 2012 F1 testing

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Williams have been the busiest team in testing so far, racking up over 3,750km with their FW34.

This is an original article from F1 Fanatic If this article has been published anywhere other than F1 Fanatic it is an infringement of copyright.

Christian Danner Jorge Daponte Anthony Davidson Jimmy Davies Colin Davis

sobota, 25 lutego 2012

60-66 Chevy longbed question...Done!!

Hi Guys,

I'm going to attempt to convert the Revell 64 Chevy fleetside to a longbed 4x4. The best research I have been able to come up with is a parts oder sheet that shows the different quarter panel lengths below.s

I have the extra parts, and scored a set of 8 lug wheels that should finish things off. I didn't realize that the longbeds were longer both front and back of the wheel well, although I suspected as much. I've also got some pretty good reference pics of finished trucks. I'm just wondering if anyone else has been here and what kind of problems/solutions others may have discovered.

Thanks.

Bernard Collomb Alberto Colombo Erik Comas Franco Comotti George Connor

Ferrari 620 GT teaser no. 2 released [video]

It has been only 2 days since the first teaser arrived and now Ferrari has bestowed upon us a second video showing scenes of the 599 successor's manufacturing.

John CampbellJones Adrián Campos John Cannon Eitel Cantoni Bill Cantrell

piątek, 10 lutego 2012

1/16 K & K Dodge

I built this in 1987 out of a General Lee . The nose and wing are balsa wood . Also , no decals used . . . my hands were steady back then ! TooOld

Julian Bailey

Audi TT-RS Plus

Audi is preparing to bring out the new generation TT-RS in 2013, but before that happens, the company is sending the current generation out with a more powerful bang. Called the TT-RS Plus, this new model will be offered in both coupe and roadster versions. In Germany, the TT-RS Coupe equipped with a manual transmission will be priced at €60,650 ($80,500 at the current exchange rates) and €62,800 ($83,500 at the current exchange rates) with the seven-speed S tronic . The TT RS Plus Roadster has a list price of €63,500 ($84,500 at the current exchange rates) with the manual transmission and €65,650 ($86,000 at the current exchange rates) with the seven-speed S tronic.

The Audi TT-RS Plus will be the most powerful TT-RS model launched on the market. It is powered by a 2.5 liter five-cylinder turbo engine that delivers a total of 360 HP - an increase of 20 HP over the standard version. As a result, the model will sprint from 0 to 60 mph in 4.1 seconds with a top speed that has been increased to 173 mph.

UPDATE 02/10/2012: This review has been updated with the official details and images for the Audi TT-RS Plus.

Hit the jump to read more about the Audi TT-RS Plus.