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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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Fast and Furious – 1327, Home of the Torettos FEATURETTE
Family Home! The house originally belonged to Jack Toretto, a stock car racer and the father of Dominic, Jakob and Mia. We learned the background story in the ninth part of this franchise. Visually, hardly anything has changed inside or out over the years, apart from bushes and trees that have been newly planted. Therefore, it was a must for us to add this iconic diorama to our collection! Assembly and painting took several hours, the end result speaks for itself! How it all Started: In the very first movide, after destroying Brian’s (Played by Paul Walker) 1995 Mitsubishi Eclipse, Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel) invited him to his home as…
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Tiniest FIRST PERSON VIEW Remote Car EVER? – Sniclo Micro FVP FEATURETTE
A whole new perspective! Who doesn’t dream of this: to feel like a toy for once in their life? Of course the Toy Story films made us wonder back then. How would it feel to be loved by your owner, or even more interesting: what does everything look like from down there? Thanks to Sniclo, we can finally find out! Our first FPV experience! Each SNT model is available in many different colours. If you haven’t heard of this brand before, you’ll be amazed by now! Because the guys at Sniclo offer a whole range of vehicles in 1:64 scale (or slightly larger, 1:100) that can be manoeuvred by remote…
