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New Turkish sports car launched

Ilker Yoldas who blogs at The Thinking Blog informed me about the launch of a Turkish sports car - the Etox. It will be available in 3 different engine versions, namely:
- 1.5 liter, 125 bhp diesel engine
- 3.0 liter, 220 bhp diesel engine
- 3.0 liter V6, 272 bhp petrol engine



The company is called Etox Zafer and is based in Ankara. The car was launched on August the 30th - on Zafer Bayramı (Victory Day).

So went over to their website to check it out. Nice to see that they have an English version page. However, I was disappointed as the site doesn’t provide any more technical specifications of the car apart from the the engine. According to the site:
The company still keeps many technical specifications of this car as a secret in order to create a marketing buzz.




The site has an over all amateurish feel - I mean they could have come up with some higher resolution pictures of the car.

It was also quite funny to see Google ads plastered everywhere. Among others they were advertising Suzuki and Skoda cars. It’s not everyday that you see a car manufacturer advertising other companies on their site.

I learnt later that the Etox is technically not Turkey’s first sports car model. The first was the STC-16. Designed by Eralp Noyan, it was in production between 1973 and 1975.

Source: http://wowturkey.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=11088

Here a video clip of the new Etox:



Read Ilker’s post as well: Unveiled: World’s First Turkish Sportscar. Thanks for the buzz Ilker.
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Electric supercar


When we talk about electric cars, the first thing that comes to mind is definitely not the image of a superfast sleek car.

One company plans to change that. Wrightspeed inc. specializes in extreme performance supercars. Their TX1 Prototype concept can go from 0 to 100 km/h in three seconds, beating other famous cars such as the Ferrari 360 Spider and a Porsche Carrera GT.

Right now they are seeking investment to turn this concept into a superfast production car.

UPDATE: Read Franco’s interview with Ian Wright, CEO of Wrightspeed, at the BAIA (Business Association Italy America) blog.

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Forum for racing fans

Just joined the World Racing Forum and I simply had to blog about it. The first thing that caught my eye was their cool looking logo. Their tag line is “Leading the Motorsport debate” and rightly so, as it is one of the fastest growing motorsport communities on the net.

I am a member of a few auto forums but I had the most fun motorsport discussion experience on this Motorsport Forum.

This forum is made of various motorsports fan and if you want to discuss about sports cars then this is the Sports Car Forum for you. They have loads of pictures as well as videos. I was looking for a picture of the newly released Mercedes Benz CL65 AMG and I found some pictures posted up by a member there. This car has a 6.0L V12 AMG engine and takes only 4.4 seconds to reach 100 km/h.

Anyway, coming back to the site, I noticed that the Formula 1 Forum is probably the most active. Definitely a lot of Forumula 1 fans here. I am definitely looking forward to the watching the upcoming race in Malaysia. The race is on the 8th of this month (Sunday).

Without signing up you can only view a few posts. Signing up will give you access ro a number of features. Besides being able to post, reply and participate in polls, you can also upload and download pictures as well as videos.

You can even buy and sell motorsport merchandise and play in the WRF Prediction, Fantasy and BATracer Leagues.

Best of all, members enjoy a unique ad-free discussion environnment.

If you into motor sports and auto racing, then this Auto Racing Forum is just the place for you. You don’t need to be an actual racer, they welcome you even if you are only an arm chair (or sofa in my case) motor racing fan.
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Jay Leno's Garage

I know that Jay Leno is the host of NBC television’s long-running talk show “The Tonight Show”.

However, I didn’t know that he’s an avid collector of vehicles. He’s actually more than a just a collector. He writes a regular column in the American automotive magazine - Popular Mechanics and he also restores classic cars. He has 84 cars. Yes! that’s correct, 84 cars at last count plus 73 motorcycles.

Leno keeps his cars in his “Big Dog Garage” located in a Burbank industrial park, Southern California. It is spread across two low-slung buildings and covers about 17,000 square feet.

Check out footage of some rare cars and motorcycles owned by Jay Leno in the NBC site Jay Leno’s Garage. The site also has some how-to videos for tweaking your car. Four new videos go up every week.

The latest includes a video of Jay’s Monteverdi High Speed 375, a how-to about stopping Corvettes from overheating from fan blockage, footage of Jay’s head mechanic working on the engine of his 1924 Ace Motorcycle and a video extra of the garage’s eco-friendly ultrasonic engine part cleaner.

The Hybrid Ecojet

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The fastest production cars

Vcars.co.uk has compiled a list of the top 10 fastest cars (production) ever.

You know what they say about boys and their cars - it’s true. My mouth was literally salivating looking at the pictures.

On the top of the list is the Bugatti Veyron (2004), with a max speed of 252.2 MPH with 1001 BHP. That’s out of the World.

At the bottom of the list is the McLaren Mercedes SLR (2005), with a maximum speed of
207 MPH and 626 BHP. Even though it is at the bottom of the list, you will need at least £190,000 to own this car.

For your information, BHP stands for Brake horsepower. It refers to “the measure of an engine’s horsepower without the loss in power caused by the gearbox, generator, differential, water pump, and other auxiliary components.” (Source: Wikipedia).

They are all beautiful super cars but my favourite has to the Porsche Carrera GT (2004). It has a maximum speed of 209 MPH. It has to be the most curvaceous among all the other cars. It’s 5.7 liter V10 engine generates 605 horsepower and will not be out of place on the town roads as well as on the race tracks.

Unlike other super cars which are quite bare and austere, the Carrera GT comes with smooth leather seats, air conditioning (which I would require if I were driving in a hot and humid country like Malaysia. Other options includes a navigation system and Bose audio.

Check out the list and tell me which one is your favourite.
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