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| HOT WHEELS Hyundai Veloster |
Wow, never thought I say this but a Hyundai Veloster gets a HOT WHEELS treatment and wow, this can drove through walls on episode 4 of TEAM HOT WHEELS web series! Check it out!
Monday, June 18, 2012
Welcome Back: HKS Time Attack Evolution
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| This car destroyed every Japanese race tracks' lap times but is it possible to destroy the Power Lap Boards? |
This car was showcased at the 2007 Tokyo Auto Salon and this tuned Evo was made to break every single record known to Japanese racing circuits. It's first steps was on April 2, 2006 when it recorded a lap time of 55.063 seconds at Tsukuba Circuit in Shimotsuma, Japan. Later on, the CT230R lapped a 1:42.37 round the Fuji Speed Way and soon afterwards, it destroyed every single lap record in Tokachi Circuit, Central Circuit (Hyogo), Okayama International, Sugo, and Suzuka Circuit.
On December 2006, the CT230R returned on Tsukuba and set an impressive 53.999 seconds and a year later, the record was beaten again in a manly 53.589 seconds. This record breaking tuned Evo was piloted by Nob Taniguchi, based on the Lancer Evolution, and most of the parts were from HKS, while the 2.0L 4G63 engine was upgraded to 2.3L. It comes with HKS' GT3240 turbo that provides 552HP of power and 470.1 ft-lb of torque. For weight loss, most of the body panels are replaced with carbon fiber.
This car is listed as a unicorn car.
2012 24 Hours of Le Mans
So, the 2012 24 Hours of Le Mans became a hot topic on the whole Father's Day Weekend. It was 24 hours of slash, crash, and bash until Audi won again. Sadly, I'm short on words so here's an article found from Autoblog.com:
With Peugeot's withdrawal from the world's greatest endurance race, everyone was looking to the rookie Toyota team and its two petrol-hybrid TS030 race cars to provide some kind of worthy competition for the two diesel-hybrid Audi R18 e-tron quattros and two Audi diesel R18 Ultras. And they did. Five hours from the drop of the green flag, Nicolas Lapierre in the No. 7 Toyota passed Benoit Treluyer in the No. 1 Audi R18 e-tron quattro on track to take the lead.
At almost the same time, Anthony Davidson in the No. 8 Toyota was getting launched into the air when a GT Pro-class Ferrari turned into him heading into Mulsanne Corner. Both drivers had massive impacts with the tire barrier, ending their races, and Davidson is now lying in the hospital with two fractured vertebra. Worse yet, the second Toyota had fallen to second due to a pit stop during the safety car period, and on the restart it crashed into the Nissan DeltaWing. That DeltaWing's race was ended after a solid run in its experimental class – its biggest issue appeared to be that other drivers couldn't see it. The Toyota returned to the pits for repairs and got back on track, but retired with engine failure about 12 hours in.
That left the four Audis to box for the victory, and they took the boxing seriously, making contact with tire walls, with other cars and with each other before the No. 1 Audi R18 e-tron quattro driven by last year's winners Treluyer, Andre Lotterer and Marcel Fassler took the win, the first Le Mans win by a hybrid-powered car. Second was the No. 2 R18 e-tron quattro of "Mr. Le Mans" Tom Kristensen, Allan McNish and Dindo Capello, then the two diesel-powered R18 ultras in third and fifth. Nicolas Prost, son of four-time F1 champion Alain Prost, took fourth in a Lola Toyota, breaking up the Audi family.
The LMP2 class win was snagged by Ryan Dalziel in an HPD-Honda, pursued heavily by the Oreca-Nissan team. Giancarlo Fisichella took the AF Corse Ferrari F458 Italia to victory in the GT Pro class after having crashed the car so badly on Wednesday that the team had to start the race at the back of the pack; the GT Am Corvettes were beset by mechanical trouble and on-track incidents. Redemption for the home team came from Pedro Lamy in the Labre Corvette C6.R, who claimed GT Am honors ahead of the Imsa Porsche team.
About the YD25DDTi engine
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| Nissan YD25DDTi engine |
What you're looking up here is a diesel engine newly developed by Nissan for the recently-launched NV350 Caravan. Designated as YD25DDTi, this new diesel engine is incorporated with clean diesel technology that achieves the class-leading fuel economy of 12.2 km per liter based on Japan's JC08 mode test cycle.
Okay, now tell me, how does this new YD25DDTi engine work?
The YD25DDTi engine adopts clean diesel technologies such as controlled variable nozzle turbocharger and electronic 2000bar high pressure common rail system, was also significantly improved fuel economy while increasing power performance, 2.5-liter diesel engine is.
In NV350 caravans are in compliance with (exhaust gas regulations, 2009) post in the new long-term regulations to adopt Lean Nox trap catalyst of the first commercial vehicle, equipped with large capacity and high efficiency DPF.
And that's how the YD25DDTi works.
Honda to stop producing Legend and Accord Inspire
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| 2012 Acura RLX Concept |
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| 2012 Honda Accord Coupe Concept |
What about the production version of the Acura RLX? Some say that Honda has yet to decide to produce a production version of the Acura RLX sedan to its North American facility when a remodeled version is introduced next year.
That's all for Top Gear Korea Season 2!
So, Season 2 of XTM Top Gear Korea is finished but most TGK fans have a lot of memories from Season 2 such as the introduction of a new presenter named Jo Min Gi (which replaced Kim Gam Soo from the first one) while retaining Yeon Jang Hoon and racing driver Kim Jin Pyo, a Corvette ZR1 vs. the Cobra attack helicopter, Porsche 911 (991) Carrera S, turning budget cars into remote-controlled cars, Audi S4 vs. snowboarders, Ferrari FF, Volkswagen Scirocco R-Line vs a sprinter, reattempting Chevrolet Sonic's first skydiving, Mercedes-Benz CL63 AMG, Hyundai Veloster Turbo, Rolls-Royce Ghost, three executive premium hybrid sedans (Mercedes-Benz S400 Hybrid, Porsche Panamera S Hybrid, and Lexus LS600hL), Lamborghini Aventador in Yeongam, new Chrysler 300, a Ferrari-only race, Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X in a real vs. virtual race, a Mini Cooper converted into a car boat, Volkswagen CC, car football, and the Kia K9 vs. BMW 7.
Yep, the Kia K9 was featured on the final episode of 2012 Top Gear Korea.
Guests who pushed the Volkswagen Golf round the XTM Top Gear Korea Test Track include Lee Sung-Jae, Song Sun-Mi, Shinji and Bbaeka from Koyote, Ryu Soo-Young, Denny Ahn, Ga-Yoon and Hyun-A from 4MINUTE, Son Ho-Young, Lee Chun-Hee, Bak Jun-Gu, and of course Bora and Da-Som from Sistar.
On that bombshell, that concludes season two of XTM Top Gear Korea.
Lokomoko goes boxing....
So, Iwa Moto, Princess Ryan, Ritz Azul & Patani guested on the June 17, 2012 episode of Lokomoko U ANG KULIT, eh? Let's see what just happened....
- Boxing gags
- Tanong Ko Lang Kulang...Kung ang taong natatakot ay dinadaga, ang daga bang natatakot ay tinatao?
- VIOLENTE...VIOLENTE...Sumasagot ng telephone...VIOLENTE....VIOLENTE...
- Father's Day Messages from the Lokomoko U gang
- Behind the scenes interview gags
- Tanong Ko Lang Kulang...Ang gagambang bahay ba ay pwedeng tumira sa apartment?
- Some Bird Talk in THE AWESOME SHOW
- Tanong Ko Lang Kulang...Marunong bang manahi ang tutubing karayom?
- Gags for the dads
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