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Tarmacwork’s BIGGEST RELEASE EVER – 1/64 FEATURETTE
All or nothing… Tarmacworks has been firmly established in the 1:64 scale model car business for several years now. And more recently also with trading cards, which we have looked at in more detail in a separate article. In any case, Tarmacworks now offers an extremely wide range of model cars that we hardly know where to start and where to stop. Because every, but really every car fan will get their money’s worth here. Whether you are a Formula 1 fan, Opel lover, hypercar collector, JDM fanatic, Libertywalk supporter or whatever: Tarmacworks is now at the top of its game! In addition, Tarmacworks offers many different categories of model…
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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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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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Koenigsegg Agera R, RS, ONE:1 – The King of Sweden FEATURETTE
The most powerful super sports car! The Agera R from Koenigsegg was one of the stars of the 2011 Geneva Motor Show. With its 1115 hp, the Koenigsegg had to admit defeat to the Bugatti Veyron Super Sport (1200 hp). A 5.0 litre V8 mid-engine on only 1330 kg was an absolute challenge! Around 1.4 million Euros had to be put on the table for an Agera R. After the CC models, which really launched the Koenigsegg brand internationally, the Agera R was the next big thing from company founder Christian von Koenigsegg. We had the pleasure of welcoming the Agera R as a Hot Wheels model in numerous variants,…
