Ultimate Fiero resurrection: Lamborghini Reventon replica

What to do when you want the style of a Lamborghini without the obscene payment? Seek refuge in GM's stunted program of 1980s awesomeness, the Fiero, that's what. Armed with time and skill, a steel fabricator from Canada named Woody has done an incredible job transforming a $60 mid-engined Pontiac wedge into an amazing homage to the Reventon. Obviously talented, the finished Woodighini is going to be incredible, Woody's done a fine job of transferring the Reventon's proportions to the Fiero's chassis.



When you're rocking Sant'Agata styling, you can't make do with an Iron Puke or even the L44 V6. Woody's tucking a hotted-up GM small-block under the engine hatch, fed pressurized atmosphere by a pair of turbos. The blow-through carburetor is a bit too stone age for our tastes, but we're sure it's not going to stand in the way of this car being a wheeled rocket. Flat out amazing work, and it's likely to have the same amount of attention lavished on it by passerby as a real Lamborghini gets; it's sure had as much extreme care in its crafting as anything wearing the Bull.

Tata mulls Jaguar return to Le Mans

Ratan Tata would like to see Jaguar return to Le Mans someday, and seeing as he owns the British marque's new parent company, he probably has a lot of say in the matter. Tata expressed his wishes at his company's annual meeting at the end of July, but jag aficionados shouldn't get their hopes up just yet. There's no timetable attached, and when asked for further clarification, a Tata rep told Endurance-Info.com that nothing has been finalized. Jaguar and Le Mans were synonymous in the 50s, when it won the race outright 5 times between 1951 and '57 with its C- and D-Type racers. It later returned to the top of the podium in 1988 and 1990 with the XJR-9LM and XJR-12, respectively. It would be great to see the cat return with a factory effort in one of the prototype classes.

Sebastian Vettel,Scuderia Toro Rosso

Sebastian Vettel,Scuderia Toro Rosso.F1 > Hungarian GP, 2008-08-01 (Hungaroring): Friday practice 2 Sebastian Vettel (born July 3, 1987 in Heppenheim) is a German race car driver. He is currently contracted to the Scuderia Toro Rosso Formula One team alongside Sébastien Bourdais after replacing Scott Speed on July 31, 2007. He had been the third (test and reserve) driver for the BMW Sauber Formula One team from the 2006 Turkish Grand Prix onwards. By taking part in Friday practice for the 2006 Turkish Grand Prix, Vettel became the youngest ever Formula One driver to drive at a Grand Prix meeting, at 19 years and 53 days. On Sunday September 30, 2007, during the Japanese Grand Prix Vettel became the youngest driver to lead a race in Formula One history. (Mike Thackwell remains the youngest driver to compete in a championship Grand Prix race; Nico Rosberg the youngest to drive an F1 car in private testing[1]). He also became the quickest driver to get a fine in F1, being fined $1,000 nine seconds into his career, after speeding in the pitlane.[2] He also became the sixth youngest driver to start a Grand Prix, the youngest driver to score points in a Grand Prix and lead a Grand Prix.

Yamaha Fazer 250 Pengganti Scorpio

Yamaha Fazer 250,  it will replace yamaha Scorpio, Yamaha Fazer 250 Photo here, the Foto is all for you.the Spesification of Yamaha Fazer 250 will come soon
Scorpio Out! Fazer 250 in! During the first time seeing Yamaha Scorpio implied the negative question about the motor 220cc this. Did this motor deserve to be made the product flagship Yamaha Indonesia? Seen from tongkronga him that very bore when compared with his competitor. When disandingkan with Honda Tiger Revo, Scorpio was seen not solider. When being pitted with the product kebanggan Kawasaki Indonesia, Ninja 150 easily meng CO Scorpio both in a manner the performance and the appearance. Moreover after the birth “adiknya” V-Ixion that was very innovative Scorpio fate was increasingly unclear. Possibly indeed has become fate for Scorpio to become the Yamaha product of the emptiness filler post pensiu him TZM or RZR. Currently Yamaha in the prediction produces Fazer 250 to replace the “tanggung” Scorpio. The product that will become flagship Yamaha Indonesia this was present with the machine have a capacity 250cc. Tampilan the motor cruiser that was adapted from Yamaha Brazil this was seen so solid especially if was seen from alongside and behind. Appear at first glance resembled Honda CBF the peer's 250 rivals

By the Numbers July 2008: Everybody Hurts Edition

NOTE: There were 26 selling days in July 2008 versus 24 selling days in July 2007. All percentages are the change in the average number of vehicles sold per day or Daily Sales Rate (DSR), not the difference in actual number of vehicles sold for each month.

This is an easy month of sales to report. Every brand and automaker sold fewer vehicles per day on average in July 2008 versus July 2007 except for Mercedes-Benz, MINI, Nissan and Nissan North America.

Of the major automakers, Chrysler LLC's average daily sales fell 34% while General Motors saw a 32.4% drop. FoMoCo saw its DSR fall 21.5%, and even Toyota felt the pain to the tune of an -18.7%. Nissan North America did post positive numbers, but just barely at 0.12%.

Some model specific news: The Ford F-150 is back to being the best-selling vehicle in the U.S. with July sales of 44,289. Check out the Top 10 at KickingTires Blog. Also, shortages in nickel-metal hydride batteries have once again kept Prius sales around 15,000 units/month, and though the Focus is selling well (up 26.2% so far this year), Toyota still sold twice as many units of the Corolla/Matrix last month (15,200 vs. 34,438).

Biggest Winner
MINI14.9% at 5,063 | 195/day
(7/07: 4,069 | 170/day)

Biggest Loser
HUMMER-65% at 1,877 | 72/day
(7/07: 4,895 | 204/day)

AUTOMAKERS
BMW Group-5.7% at 28,977 | 1,114/day
(7/07: 28,364 | 1182/day)
Chrysler LLC-34% at 98,109 | 3,773/day
(7/07: 137,728 | 5,739/day)
Ford Motor Co-21.5% at 161,530 | 6,213/day
(7/07: 189,920 | 7,913/day)
General Motors-32.4% at 235,184 | 9,046/day
(7/07: 320,935 | 13,372/day)
Honda America-9.2% at 138,744 | 5,336/day
(7/07: 141,049 | 5,877/day)
Nissan North America0.12% at 95,319 | 3,666/day
(7/07: 87,877 | 3661/day)
Toyota Motor Co.-18.7% at 197,424 | 7,593/day
(7/07: 224,058 | 9,336/day)

Follow the jump view the sales performance for individual BRANDS.

BRANDS
Acura-17.7% at 12,828 | 493/day
(7/07: 14,381 | 599/day)
Audi-11.9% at 6,804 | 262/day
(7/07: 7,127 | 297/day)
BMW-9.1% at 23,914 | 920/day
(7/07: 24,295 | 1,012/day)
Buick-44.5% at 10,013 | 385/day
(7/07: 16,654 | 694/day)
Cadillac-31% at 13,022 | 501/day
(7/07: 17,412 | 726/day)
Chevrolet-30.5% at 137,823 | 5,301/day
(7/07: 183,103 | 7,629/day)
Chrysler-44.4% at 20,858 | 802/day
(7/07: 34,631 | 1,443/day)
Dodge-23.4% at 54,546 | 2,098/day
(7/07: 65,742 | 2,739/day)
Ford-20.6% at 138,175 | 5,314/day
(7/07: 160,590 | 6,691/day)
GMC-42.5% at 27,447 | 1,056/day
(7/07: 44,060 | 1,836/day)
Honda-8.2% at 125,916 | 4,843/day
(7/07: 126,668 | 5,278/day)
HUMMER-65% at 1,877 | 72/day
(7/07: 4,895 | 204/day)
Hyundai-13.6% at 40,703 | 1,566/day
(7/07: 43,511 | 1,813/day)
Infiniti-10.3% at 9,249 | 356/day
(7/07: 9,526 | 397/day)
Jeep-44% at 22,705 | 873/day
(7/07: 37,355 | 1,556/day)
Kia-3% at 28,021 | 1,078/day
(7/07: 26,690 | 1,112/day)
Lexus-25% at 22,182 | 853/day
(7/07: 27,141 | 1,131/day)
Lincoln-8.8% at 8,819 | 339/day
(7/07: 8,929 | 372/day)
Mazda-20% at 22,418 | 862/day
(7/07: 25,853 | 1,077/day)
Mercedes3% at 20,733 | 797/day
(7/07: 18,586 | 774/day)
Mercury-20% at 9,412 | 362/day
(7/07: 10,852 | 452/day)
MINI14.9% at 5,063 | 195/day
(7/07: 4,069 | 170/day)
Mitsubishi-14% at 9,644 | 371/day
(7/07: 10,347 | 431/day)
Nissan1.4% at 86,070 | 3,310/day
(7/07: 78,351 | 3,265/day)
Pontiac-22% at 25,373 | 976/day
(7/07: 30,023 | 1,251/day)
Porsche-10.6% at 3,128 | 120/day
(7/07: 3,230 | 135/day)
Saab-42.4% at 2,026 | 78/day
(7/07: 3,247 | 135/day)
Saturn-20.2% at 17,603 | 677/day
(7/07: 20,368 | 849/day)
Subaru-2.7% at 16,271 | 626/day
(7/07: 15,438 | 643/day)
Suzuki-5.8% at 8,103 | 312/day
(7/07: 7,943 | 331/day)
Toyota-18% at 175,242 | 6,740/day
(7/07: 196,917 | 8,204/day)
Volkswagen-4% at 20,422 | 785/day
(7/07: 19,653 | 819/day)
Volvo-50.4% at 5,124 | 197/day
(7/07: 9,549 | 398/day)

Not Reported:
Jaguar
Land Rover

2009 Audi A4 sedan and wagon priced

The 2009 Audi A4 sedan and Avant will be hitting lots later this year, and before dealers can begin taking orders in September, they've got to let people know what it'll cost to get behind the wheel of the thoroughly revised entry-level Audi.

Prices for the sedan start at $32,700, equipped with the all-new 2.0-liter TFSI four that sends 211 hp and 258 lb-ft of torque through the front wheels. Quattro will be available on the four-banger, along with Audi's six-seed Tiptronic transmission. Buyers that opt for the Avant will have to shell out $34,500 for the added hatch, extra cargo room and standard Quattro all-wheel-drive. If you choose the 3.2-liter FSI V6, the six-speed manumatic is standard, along with the Quattro system.

Dealers will have a limited supply of A4 sedans and wagons available for test-drives later this month and customer deliveries should begin later in September.

No plans to release Mazda6 hybrid

Despite having the ability to snatch the 2.3-liter gasoline-electric hybrid from FoMoCo's arsenal – the same engine found in the Mazda Tribute Hybrid, Ford Escape Hybrid and 2009 Fusion – Mazda has decided to keep the new Mazda6 hybrid-free for the time being. Jay Amestoy, veep of public and governmental affairs for Mazda, told InsideLine that the automaker is content that the new 6 can hold its own against the competition, despite the high cost of fuel. "Our real-world MPG numbers will be strong, and we think the fuel economy is pretty good the way it is."

The 2009 Mazda6, equipped with the base 2.5-liter four and a manual transmission is rated at 20/29 mpg on the EPA's city/highway estimates, while the 3.7-liter V6-equipped model comes in at 17/25 mpg.

Sales of hybrids continued to rise, but consumer's tastes seem to favor dedicated hybrid models like the Prius, instead of hybrid sedans and cute 'utes based off normal models originally equipped with traditional powerplants.