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Modelcars featuring Exposed Carbon Fibre? – NEXT LEVEL FEATURETTE
What’s the matter about carbon fiber? Carbon is considered one of the materials in automotive construction whose importance will increase in the future. Designers love it in all its variations: Real carbon, partial carbon, carbon foil, in the interior or as add-on parts – the dark material looks noble and sporty at the same time. Engineers are at least as enthusiastic about carbon: it guarantees high strength and rigidity with a low specific weight. For this, however, it has to be produced at great expense. So it is beautiful and valuable – and that makes carbon the black gold among high-tech materials. In motor sports in particular, every kilogram saved…
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Porcelain on four wheels – LJM Bugatti Veyron L’or Blanc FEATURETTE
The debut of the Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport… More than 12 years ago, in 2011, Bugatti announced its intention to produce a very special edition of the Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport in small series. In June 2009, Bugatti started production of the Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport open-top roadster, of which a total of just 150 cars would be made. Rare editions are a tradition at the manufacturer, which belongs to the Volkswagen Group. The Veyron itself was produced between 2005 and 2015. The Grand Sport, the roadster version, was offered in 2009 from a base price of 1.4 million euros. The special editions were just under the 2 million mark…
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Koenigsegg Gemera -The most powerful production car in the world – FEATURETTE
A masterpiece of engineering, how it started in 2020: Christian von Koenigsegg, owner and genius since the very beginning of the Koenigsegg company, has been working on the Hyper-GT with high practical value since 2003. State 2020: The four-seater ( the brand’s first, by the way) comes with three electric motors and a three-cylinder with an incredible 600 hp from a tiny 2 litre engine. In total, the 1,850-kilo Gemera provides 1,700 hp and 3,500 Nm of system output. This power comes from a unique hybrid drive train, with 2 turbochargers additionally supporting the three-cylinder petrol engine. Thus, the combustion engine weighs only a minimal 70 kg. Again, similar to…
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The Story of AMG – FEATURETTE
Two men, three letters… 50 years ago, a unique company was born out of an overwhelming passion for motorsport. A for Aufrecht, M for Melcher and G for GroΓaspach – the names behind these three letters are the starting point of a rapid development from a two-man business to a global brand. The story begins in the 1960s: The two engineers Hans Werner Aufrecht and Erhard Melcher worked on the 300 SE racing engine in the Daimler-Benz development department. until the company discontinued all motorsport activities. But Aufrecht and Melcher’s hearts continue to beat for racing. In Aufrecht’s house, they continued to fine-tune the engine’s performance in their spare time.…
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Tarmacworks LANCIA 037 RALLY – A legendary FEATURETTE
A history of its own… Group B is considered by fans to be the golden (and towards the end, unfortunately, also dark) era of rallying. Walter RΓΆhrl and the Lancia Rally 037 were among its heroes. That car, which RΓΆhrl likes to call the best rally car of his career, turned 40 in 2022. Tarmacworks took this as an opportunity to present us with 4 different Lancia Rally 037s in 2022 and 2023. With their new series HOBBBY64+, Tarmacworks entered completely new spheres! Martini, Bastos and Rothmans: The sponsors at the time were, as everywhere else, mostly tobacco and spirits companies. The development of the Lancia Rally 037 began in…
