Lotus Elise Club Racer is Stripped Out

Lotus Elise Club Racer is Stripped Out

Lotus is the manufacturer that defining about ‘adding lightness’. They are now creating the more stripped out version of the Elise, which is actually already flyweight. This two seater car that calledas the Club Racer will do its debut at the Geneva Motor Show next month. This car will be 52 pounds lighter than the standard version. Lotus do this by using a lightweight battery as well as removing the noise insulation.

You might think that this is not really an enormous weight reducing, but if you remember that the standard Elise already below 2,000 pounds, this weight reduction is pretty noticeable. In order to make it even more special, Lotus has set the car’s Dynamic Performance Management system. This driving aid will allows less experienced drivers to drive like a master, and might be better than the experienced enthusiasts.

You can expect that the Club Racer will go on sale in the very near future. The price will starting from EUR 27,500 or around $ 44,590 based on today’s exchange rates. However, it is still unclear whether or not the car will be available in the United States. But at least we will se the car’s official debut at Geneva soon.

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2011 Chevrolet Cruze and Ford Edge Become Canadian Car and Utility of the Year

This is a news from 2011 Canadian International Auto Show, where Ford and Chevrolet received some titles. The Automobile Journalist Association of Canada (AJAC) has named the 2011 Chevrolet Cruze as the Canadian Carof the Year, while Ford Edge is the Canadian Utility Vehicle of the year. The General Motors said that AJAC’s members was seen the compact sedan’s efficiency, price, and refinement as the reason why they picked it, besides the 10 standard air bags for the Cruze.

While the 2011 Ford Edge crossover has an additional value with its extensive redesign as well as appearing ahead in both road and track tests. In addition to that, the Ford Edge’s onboard technology also helped the car to take away the win.

Cruze has logged more than 6 million kilometers in both quality and durability testing around the world, makes the car be the most real world tested products before the launch. It also has a five star safety ratings in every market where the car is sold. While the other winners, the Edge, is blending technology, design, and high powertrains in an elegance package. It also has MyFord Touch connect technology for a simpler way to connect the driver with technologies.

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Spectre 341 Challenge For Everyone

Back in 1972, Hans Tanner and some members of the South California Ferrari Owners Club was set the track which is known as Nevada Highway 341 today. Tanner was greatly climb the hill in the event where he participated in Europe. Virginia City Hill Climb is considered as the best place to take a shot when recapturing the glory. Unfortunatelyon 2002, the event was discontinued because of a tragedy.

Then last year, the new organizers has rebooted the Virginia City Hill Climb to celebrate the first annual Spectre 341 Challenge. The second event will be held next June 17-20, 2011. Unlike the event last year which is limited to the invitation, the 2011 Spectre 341 CHallenge will be opened to anyone.

It means that you can join the 5.2 miles of climbing in Nevada. The road has multiple blind corners, some constant elevation shanges, and even in some points, you will meet no guardrails. If you think that you and your car will able to complete the task, you can join this event. To do that, you should pay $ 341 for the entry fee, and you better move to Nevada quickly and get into 3:41 club. To give you a glance on how was the event last year, you can watch it here on YouTube.

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All BMW Four Cylinder Will Be Turbocharged

I am hoping that you love your four cylinder engine on your BMW cars, because Autocar said that the German automaker has committed to plant a turbocharger to any of their four cylinder engine in the future. They claims that the report is coming from ‘company sources’, as well as saying that BMW is planning to use the turbo four cylinder to produce 241 horsepower.

Moreover, any four cylinders engine from the company will all based on the 2.0 liter aluminum block that has different engine management and turbocharges to help the crank dilver a better power. Autocar said that the block will use 0.3mm thick sprayed iron, while the conventional models is using 1.5mm cast iron sylinder for less weight, as well as adding its durability.

It is likely that we will see the engine firstly coming in the next X1, and Autocar also informed that it will be launched later this week. It will bring the best variation of a four cylinder engine. BMW has already rated their variable valve timing, high pressure fuel injection system, and twin scroll turbocharger for 245 horsepower.

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Civic’s Touring Car Looks For UK

This is a model which is aimed to UK’s Honda fans. Now, they will get the Civic five door special edition, with some new design elements which is inspired from British Touring Car Championship series. The car will be called Honda Civic Ti, and it looks like in the picture above. It will be available on both 1.4 and 1.8 liter i-VTEC Civic SE Models. For the ‘Limited Edition’ tags, Honda will only produce 500 units of this car, which will be going on sale from March.

There are no performance enhancements on this car, as it is only a looks package. In the outside, you will find a GP body kit with spoilers at the front and rear, as well as the side skirt inserts and rear body skirts. The only available color is Premium White Pearl like you see above. It has a 17 inch Pro Race wheel in matte black color from Team Dynamics, Honda’s BTTC racin partner.

In the inside, the car will have a standard Pioneer navigation and multimedia system with iPod and USB connectivity which is supported by hands free calling. For your info, Pioneer is the main sponsor in 2011 BTCC series for Honda. The pricing will starts at $ 25,985 for the 1.4 liter and $ 27,612 for the 1.8 liter.

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