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The California of Ferrari Sold out!

Until the year 2010, the Ferrari California will be sold out. To bad.. I just wanted to order one! :D
Kiddin’ off course.. what a ride. On the show in Paris they showed this amazing ride in some kind of blue color. To bad, because Ferrari needs to be red. Well we found some images of that as well.

So let’s have a nice better look on this car… even if you can’t buy one, just like me.

Here some big images, click on them for a nice big view!

Source: Autoblog

Fuel cell automobile for Honda

Japan the innovative oriented country has promised that the masses would be getting a fuel cell automobile very soon. The Honda Company is doing it this time.

FCX Clarity is a car of Honda which is to operate with the proposed cell technique. Japan has a history of making the technology in the lab a reality. It takes up mass production of fuel cell cars which will be available at a time when the world is reeling under the bursting gasoline prices.

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Ferrari introduced the 430 Scudera

Ferrari introduced the 430 Scudera that is based on the Coupé, but with a bit more power and lower wieght. The result: a sublime sports car.  Empty this car weights 1250 kilograms and has 510 horsepower, which makes 4.3 liter V8. It goes from 0 to 100 km/h in less then four seconds and can ride well over 300 km/h.

According to Ferrari, there is much Formula 1 technology in this car. The switching time reduced to six hundredths of seconds. Also the 430 has a traction control system and is using light materials like carbon fiber.

Ferrari 430 Scuderia

Production of the Donkervoort D8 GT started!

The dutch company Donkervoort started their production of the D8 GT.

“Meet the first ‘no compromise’ GT that the world has ever seen. It’s a car with two faces, combined in a thrilling design. Maybe you feel attracted to the stylish GT, beautifully finished and built with dedication, according to the highest standards of craftsmanship? Or, maybe you prefer it as the ultimate, high-tech race car, built with thirty years experience and fed by the passion for racing? The Donkervoort D8 GT offers the best from both worlds. This is the new standard in the segment of ultra light super cars.”

The first 8 D8 GT’s have been sold already, and they will increase the amount of builds for this car to 25 a year.
Prices for the D8 GT are between €110.000,- till €185.000,- depending on what options you take.

You can get a 180HP, 210HP or 270HP version of this car and it weights only 650KG! Other company’s are searching for technical issues to lower their CO2 level, but Donkervoort changed some settings to get the weight of the car lower, so this will lower the CO2 level as well.
What they do is, creating the roof and doors from carbon fiber, so the roof weights even less then the substances roof.

Donkervoort factory - D8 GT Carbon Fiber rood and doors Donkervoort D8 GT

Source: Autowereld