Showing posts with label high performance cars. Show all posts
Showing posts with label high performance cars. Show all posts

Monday, November 14, 2011

600HP Ford RS200 Evolution Group B Homologation Special Sale



In today's high performance cars are involved in a war starting, trying to outdo each other with more and more power. How 570HP Ferrari 458 sounds like Italy? Perhaps it would be better to settle for 700HP Lamborghini Aventador? You might also prefer something less visible, exclusive, and perhaps faster than the 800 Coupe Brabus.

Now, if you want something that is not only fast, but still the last game of the finest supercars, you can buy only a fraction of the price. If you are aware of a distinctive, forget it. But if you have the performance, you might consider something a little 'older than a company that is built on the Escort.

Yes, we're talking about Ford. The car in question is the RS200 homologation special - just create a model for the Group B World Rally Championship, forcing a run of 200 units of annual production.

Originally introduced by the FIA ​​in 1982, the Group B class very relaxed rules to attract more manufacturers to competition. Well, the plan worked, and the rally cars the most extraordinary the world would never been created.

Ford was the RS200 input. Unveiled at the 1994 Salon in Belfast, was born from the dead ashes Escort 1700RS prototype. This time, Ford's engineers have decided to abandon all connection to the Escort, and creates a composite-bodied, mid-engine, four wheel drive purebred racing car.

Initially, the production of 200 cars were rated at 247HP Ford, but the upgrade kits has increased production of the 1.8-liter turbocharged four-cylinder over 300 hp.

Outgunned by rivals like the Peugeot 205 T16, Ford decided to take advantage of the rule, which allowed the construction of a scalable version of a season, provided that the 20 production cars were also made.

As a result, developed the 2.1-liter 600HP RS200 Evolution was built for the 1987 season in just 24 pieces. However, in late 1986, the FIA ​​decided to ban cars from Group B after numerous accidents that have killed three spectators at the Rally of Portugal and Lancia driver Henri Toivonen and his co-driver Sergio Cresto in Corsica.

In spite of not intervening in the event of an RS200 24 development, which can accelerate 0-60 mph (0-96 km / h), only 3.1 seconds faster than the McLaren F1 or Ferrari Enzo, is for sale on eBay.

The amazing thing is that this car is in perfect condition and is located in Houston, Texas, has only 192 miles (311 km) on its odometer. It was not street-legal when it was imported to the United States, but its status may have changed now that he has 25 years, it's something you can check with the DMV .

By the time the message was written, a reserve set by the vehicle owner has not been achieved, with the highest tenderer offering U.S. $ 110 300 so far. If you are interested, you have until the end of the day to place your bid.
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Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Production-Ready 180HP Ford Fiesta ST Concept Unveiled in Frankfurt



There are concepts you know beforehand, no matter how marvelous they look, that are never going to roll their wheels on the road, but there others that are essentially production ready with minimal disguise previewed just months before the actual launch. The Fiesta ST Concept displayed at Ford’s stand at the Frankfurt Motor Show definitely belongs to the second category.

Ford states that “the possibility of a Fiesta ST joining the Focus ST would bring Ford performance to drivers in to major segments.” Come on, stop pretending: the Fiesta ST is ready to enter production tomorrow morning, if needed. We've even seen it testing at the Nordschleife.

The hottest Fiesta has been visually enhanced by the addition of the large honeycomb trapezoidal grille with the red ST badge, the sportier front bumper and the rear-end diffuser that incorporates the twin exhausts. The body kit along with the 17-inch wheels allude to the Fiesta WRC rally car, as per Ford’s intention to exploit its racing activities.

A 1.6-liter turbocharged 4-cylinder EcoBoost engine with direct injection and twin variable valve timing powers the Fiesta ST. It has an output of 180 HP and 240Nm (177 lb-ft) of torque. According to Ford, the 0-100 km/h (0-62 mph) sprint takes less than 7.0 seconds and top speed exceeds 220 km/h (135 mph).

Power is transmitted to the front wheels through a manual six-speed gearbox which along with the engine’s inherent characteristics, enables the Fiesta ST to deliver less than 140 g/km of CO2 emissions.

“The Fiesta has a rich history of high-performance cars so a new ST model is a logical next step” said Ford’s vice president for global product development, Derrick Kuzack. In addition, the press release mentions hot Fiestas of the past like the XR2, RS1800 and RS Turbo, as well as the previous generation ST.

There you have it: when a company starts talking about CO2 emissions and past glories, you know the production version isn’t far away. Our take is that we’ll see the production version in six months’ time at the Geneva Motor Show.

 
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Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Williams Wants to Extend Jaguar Partnership Beyond C-X75 Supercar



The Williams Formula 1 team, which only recently announced its deal with Renault as an engine partner from 2012 sparking rumors about special editions of the French company's cars like the acclaimed Clio Williams of the past, now says it also wants to expand its cooperation with Jaguar beyond the C-X75 hybrid supercar.

“We would like to become the competition and sporting side of Jaguar” Williams chairman Adam Parr told British magazine Autocar. Parr said that the cooperation in the development of kinetic energy recovery systems (KERS) to be used on the C-X75 is very relevant to Formula 1.

And this technology will be developed even more in the near future since the 2014 rules stipulate that all F1 cars must be powered solely by electric power in the pit lane (Bernie Ecclestone’s objections not withstanding).

“When the C-X75 was first envisaged it was powered by two turbines manufactured by Bladed Jets, which is part owned by Jaguar owner Tata Motors. But we have concentrated on adopting a path that will make the C-X75 the cleanest and more environmentally friendly supercar of all time” said Parr. “So at the moment we are concentrating on a downsized internal combustion engine combined with some pretty amazing kinetic energy recovery systems.”

So, will Jaguar reenter racing and specifically the Le Mans endurance race where it had considerable success in the past? Parr does not confirm nor deny such a possibility: “The C-X75 is not a Le Mans car, of course. But Jaguar had a tremendous record at Le Mans and I think competition and high-performance cars are an area where it’s keen to develop the brand.”

 
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