After announcing that the Golf VII will be in 3-door version, the German marked by the "double V" have decided to release another important statement.
It is was announced by Martin Winterkorn, Volkswagen administrator, the news for a new sedan version of the beloved: the Golf VII will be produced in fact convertible version with cloth hood strictly.Read More
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Wednesday, November 10, 2010
From Virtual to Reality: GT5's Red Bull X1 prototype jumps out of the screen
Filed under: Concept Cars, Toys/Games, Racing
Red Bull X1 full-size model - Click above for image gallery
Polyphony's Gran Turismo games tread the line between fantasy and reality with the balance of a trapeze artist. Not only are the games themselves a close approximation of reality, but once in a while, reality jumps out of the digital world and into the tangible.
A couple of years ago the game's creators worked with the French automaker to give birth to the GTbyCitroën - a supercar designed specifically for the game. But then they made it into a concept car and put it on display. And while it never came to be, they even considered a limited production run.
The latest collaboration brought the recently-crowned world champion Red Bull Racing team on board for the X1 prototype. Again, an extreme high-performance vehicle designed specifically for the game - this time a vision of what an F1 car could be if not for all the pesky regulations. Initial reports that the car is powered by a turbine engine are now being corrected to an F1-derived, direct-injection, twin-turbo V6. Fortunately, the 1483-horsepower output remains.
Actually building the X1 into a functioning track car would be a little pointless and undoubtedly extremely expensive, but they have made a full-size mock-up that will be unveiled during the game's launch party, scheduled (don't hold your breath) for Madrid in a few weeks' time. Here's hoping GT5 can follow that same fantasy-to-reality trajectory and land in our hands on (the revised and revised again) schedule.
Gallery: Red Bull X1 prototype model
[Source: GTPlanet]From Virtual to Reality: GT5's Red Bull X1 prototype jumps out of the screen originally appeared on Autoblog on Wed, 10 Nov 2010 18:57:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
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Red Bull X1 full-size model - Click above for image gallery
Polyphony's Gran Turismo games tread the line between fantasy and reality with the balance of a trapeze artist. Not only are the games themselves a close approximation of reality, but once in a while, reality jumps out of the digital world and into the tangible.
A couple of years ago the game's creators worked with the French automaker to give birth to the GTbyCitroën - a supercar designed specifically for the game. But then they made it into a concept car and put it on display. And while it never came to be, they even considered a limited production run.
The latest collaboration brought the recently-crowned world champion Red Bull Racing team on board for the X1 prototype. Again, an extreme high-performance vehicle designed specifically for the game - this time a vision of what an F1 car could be if not for all the pesky regulations. Initial reports that the car is powered by a turbine engine are now being corrected to an F1-derived, direct-injection, twin-turbo V6. Fortunately, the 1483-horsepower output remains.
Actually building the X1 into a functioning track car would be a little pointless and undoubtedly extremely expensive, but they have made a full-size mock-up that will be unveiled during the game's launch party, scheduled (don't hold your breath) for Madrid in a few weeks' time. Here's hoping GT5 can follow that same fantasy-to-reality trajectory and land in our hands on (the revised and revised again) schedule.
Gallery: Red Bull X1 prototype model
[Source: GTPlanet]From Virtual to Reality: GT5's Red Bull X1 prototype jumps out of the screen originally appeared on Autoblog on Wed, 10 Nov 2010 18:57:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
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Subaru, Travis Pastrana part ways [UPDATE]
Filed under: Motorsports, Subaru, Celebrities
Pastrana posing next to his new NASCAR
It's official. Travis Pastrana has left his partnership with Subaru. The rally fiend joined up with the Pleiades in 2004 in supercross and freestyle motorcross before officially becoming part of Subaru Rally Team USA in 2006. Since then, Pastrana has raked in over 150 stage wins while nabbing a spot on the podium 40 times from behind the wheel of a WRX STI. His resume is also decorated with the fact he managed to walk away with four consecutive Rally America National Championship titles.
As of right now, there's no indication as to exactly what Pastrana has planned for the future, though Subaru was cordial in wishing the company's former hot shoe the best in whatever comes next. Hit the jump for the full press release.
UPDATE: In a radio interview with Speed Freaks this week, Pastrana let slip that he was in talks with Michael Waltrip Racing to possibly drive for the team in the NASCAR Nationwide Series.
[Source: Subaru, Speed Freaks]Continue reading Subaru, Travis Pastrana part ways [UPDATE]Subaru, Travis Pastrana part ways [UPDATE] originally appeared on Autoblog on Wed, 10 Nov 2010 15:26:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink | Email this | Comments
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Pastrana posing next to his new NASCAR
It's official. Travis Pastrana has left his partnership with Subaru. The rally fiend joined up with the Pleiades in 2004 in supercross and freestyle motorcross before officially becoming part of Subaru Rally Team USA in 2006. Since then, Pastrana has raked in over 150 stage wins while nabbing a spot on the podium 40 times from behind the wheel of a WRX STI. His resume is also decorated with the fact he managed to walk away with four consecutive Rally America National Championship titles.
As of right now, there's no indication as to exactly what Pastrana has planned for the future, though Subaru was cordial in wishing the company's former hot shoe the best in whatever comes next. Hit the jump for the full press release.
UPDATE: In a radio interview with Speed Freaks this week, Pastrana let slip that he was in talks with Michael Waltrip Racing to possibly drive for the team in the NASCAR Nationwide Series.
[Source: Subaru, Speed Freaks]Continue reading Subaru, Travis Pastrana part ways [UPDATE]Subaru, Travis Pastrana part ways [UPDATE] originally appeared on Autoblog on Wed, 10 Nov 2010 15:26:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink | Email this | Comments
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Video: Inside Volkswagen's cutting-edge Transparent Factory in Dresden
Filed under: Sedan, Plants/Manufacturing, Technology, Videos, Volkswagen, Luxury
Click above to watch the video after the jump
There are a lot of impressive things about the Volkswagen Phaeton. Like the notion that a Vee-Dub could share its underpinnings with a Bentley, and the sheer chutzpah of taking the People's Car up-market to compete with the likes of the Mercedes-Benz S-Class, BMW 7 Series and its own sister-company's Audi A8. But few factors stand out quite like the Transparent Factory.
While most automotive assembly plants are greasy behemoths sequestered off on the fringes of industrial cities, the assembly plant that puts together the Phaeton (as well as the Bentley Continental Flying Spur, until its transfer to Crewe in 2006) stands as a squeaky-clean, glassed-in pantheon to the automobile right in the heart of downtown Dresden, Germany.
Volkswagen developed a number of brilliant technologies for use in the factory, from the moving wood floor and electronically-tracked nuts and bolts to the magnet-driven robots that shuttle the parts around the facility and the cargo tram that delivers them there. All of this and more is on display to visitors as well as customers coming to take delivery directly on premises. It's a wonder to behold: Discovery's MegaWorld series went by to check it out, and you can too with the video after the jump. Thanks for the tip, RosenBrodi!Continue reading Video: Inside Volkswagen's cutting-edge Transparent Factory in DresdenVideo: Inside Volkswagen's cutting-edge Transparent Factory in Dresden originally appeared on Autoblog on Tue, 09 Nov 2010 20:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink | Email this | Comments
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Click above to watch the video after the jump
There are a lot of impressive things about the Volkswagen Phaeton. Like the notion that a Vee-Dub could share its underpinnings with a Bentley, and the sheer chutzpah of taking the People's Car up-market to compete with the likes of the Mercedes-Benz S-Class, BMW 7 Series and its own sister-company's Audi A8. But few factors stand out quite like the Transparent Factory.
While most automotive assembly plants are greasy behemoths sequestered off on the fringes of industrial cities, the assembly plant that puts together the Phaeton (as well as the Bentley Continental Flying Spur, until its transfer to Crewe in 2006) stands as a squeaky-clean, glassed-in pantheon to the automobile right in the heart of downtown Dresden, Germany.
Volkswagen developed a number of brilliant technologies for use in the factory, from the moving wood floor and electronically-tracked nuts and bolts to the magnet-driven robots that shuttle the parts around the facility and the cargo tram that delivers them there. All of this and more is on display to visitors as well as customers coming to take delivery directly on premises. It's a wonder to behold: Discovery's MegaWorld series went by to check it out, and you can too with the video after the jump. Thanks for the tip, RosenBrodi!Continue reading Video: Inside Volkswagen's cutting-edge Transparent Factory in DresdenVideo: Inside Volkswagen's cutting-edge Transparent Factory in Dresden originally appeared on Autoblog on Tue, 09 Nov 2010 20:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink | Email this | Comments
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