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Forget the hybrid drive vehicles that Toyota, Lexus and Honda are pushing. As an intermediate stage they’re fine but with the speed at which the technology is advancing it may be no more than a token gesture. Reducing emissions is important, and concentrating on the mass market will have the biggest impact but none of the models released so far can truly be considered mass market can they?
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Nov
5
Jul
15
North America’s drift competition sanctioning body, Formula Drift, has partnered with Red Bull to create the first world wide drift championship: the Red Bull Drifting World Championship. The new championship will bring together 32 of the worlds best drifters on the 15th of November 2008 to decide the Drifting World Number Champion.
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Jul
15
I’ve never been a fan of speed cameras, not because I’m some sort of deranged speed freak, but because I don’t think they work. I’m glad to find somebody else has the same opinion. Councillor Peter Greenhalgh, in charge of transport policy for Swindon Borough Council has stated that speed cameras were “a blatant tax on the motorist”. This comment follows news that Swindon Borough Council plan to scrap its funding for speed cameras.
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Jul
15
Mazda are to introduce a new version of its Renesis rotary-engined Mazda RX-8, the RX-8 R3. Powered by an improved version of the 231ps twin-rotor engine, Mazda promise the new R3 will offer faster steering, chassis and engine responses, more refinement and more equipment.
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Jul
8
Fiat are set to release a limited edition version of the Fiat 500 Abarth: the Fiat 500 “Opening Edition”. This limited edition model has a tweaked version of the Abarth turbocharged 1.4 engine that will produce 160bhp at 5750rpm and 230Nm of torque at 3000rpm.
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May
8
It has taken some time, but I’ve eventually got round to adding some new ECU pinout references to the site. The new references are for the S14 & S15 SR20DET ECU’s and the Nissan Stagea RB25DET Automatic.
Apr
3
I popped up to Knockhill at the weekend with some friends to watch the first Scottish Motor Racing Club event of the season. Our main reason for visiting was to see the Sports/Saloons races and two cars in particular. The old Ford Focus Built by Andy Gallacher and now owned and modified by Charlie Shaw and Andy Gallachers new car for this season: a spaced framed, 670bhp 4WD Ford Focus.
Dec
5
There have been rumblings on the net about a new Mazda RX-7, which if true is very exciting. The Last UK RX-7 was produced in 1996 whith production in Japan stopping in 2003. The Mazda RX-8 succeeded the RX-7 in 2003 and has been very popular since.
Nov
13
Ford recently announced a new version of their high performance Focus ST. Its badged as the ST500 and is based on the current range topping Focus ST-3, unfortunately the 500 in the name doesn’t refer to any extreme power hikes but rather thae fact that it is a limited run of 500 cars.
