vineri, 29 aprilie 2011

Chrysler ME-412 - 2004

Chrysler ME-412 is a concept car, with a cabon fiber and aluminium body which weights 1310 kg. Around 300 copy's were built in United States of America. Top speed of 400 km/h with a duble clutch system and flappy paddle gearbox. It is said that it is much faster than a Mercedes SLR. Chrysler wanted to built it, but their partner at that time, Mercedes didn't agree. It had a 7 litres AMG V12 engine with 4 turbo chargers which developed 850 bhp @5750 rpm. Torque of 1150 Nm @2500-4500 rpm.










Mosler MT900 - 2001

MT900 had a fiber carbon chassis with a V8 engine and rear traction. 5.7 litres V8 engine produced 350 bhp and a torque of 475 Nm. Weight: 1175kg, 0-100 km in just 3.5 seconds and could reach a top speed of 241 km/h. Urban consumption was 12.4 L/100 km and extra-urban consumption 8.4L/100 km. MT900 costs US$164.000 and only 14 copy's were built.















Mazda RX500 - 1970

In 1970s, this car was the star from Tokio Motor Show. It had a futuristic aspect, scissors doors for passengers and butterfly doors at the engine. Weight: 500kg, the body was made of plastic. Top speed of 200 km/h. In the back of the car it had a set of green lights, which were turned on when you were accelerating, one of yellow lights when the speed was constant and you hit the brake pedal, the lights turned red and as hard as you pressed the pedal, the brighter the lights were. Engine produced 245 bhp.
















marți, 26 aprilie 2011

Cizeta Moroder V16T - 1991

V16 engine, 540 bhp (402.7 kW), manual gearbox, weight 1700 kg and a top speed of 328 km/h.
0-100 km: 4 seconds. In 1991, the price of the car was  €250,000 and now it costs  €650,000.















Spyker C8 Spyder - 2000

4.2 litres V8 engine from Audi, developing 400 bhp (298 kW), with a maximum speed of 300 km/h.
Weight: 1250 kg. Petrol tank: 75 litres. Performance: 0-100 km: 4.5 seconds.



TVR Speed 12 - 1998

The most powerful TVR from '90. It was built to humiliate any McLaren F1.
Price: £188,000 - most expensive TVR ever built.
Performance: 0-100 km in just 2.9 seconds; weight: 1000 kg, 800bhp (597 kW), top speed: 390 km/h












Ford Indigo - 1996

Ford Indigo - Concept car
Only 2 exemplars were built and only one was functionable. It had a 6L, V12 engine which produced 435 bhp (324 kW). Consumption: 8.4L/100 km.