The short documentary "The Last Peaceful Place on Earth" follows the people who meet at the Bonneville Salt Flats every year as part of the "Speed Week" event. This year they came together again for one reason. They love speed.
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The Opel Astra TCR is Opel's new machine for racetracks, more specifically, for the TCR (Touring Car Racing) international championship series. The racer for short and endurance races like the 24 Hours of Nürburgring is the most expensive version of the new Astra, but you won't be able to park it in your home garage, although (mainly due to costs) the Germans have tried to make it deviate as little as possible from the production version. But the additions for aerodynamics, engine and so on are still too "excessive" for ordinary roads.
BMW is definitely one of those car brands that know how to make a good car. The most sporty of course carry the M designation, but for those few who even that is not enough, the completely fresh BMW M4 GT3 racing car is now available.
Currently, the third season of the Formula E championship is underway, in which ten teams with two drivers each compete with Spark Racing Technology (SRT) cars, which are powered by electricity instead of gasoline vapors. The title is defended by the Renault e.dams team, which also became champions in the christening season 2014/2015. In the fifth season (2018/19), the attractive championship is getting a new car (which will also be manufactured by SRT in the future), which will be even more aerodynamic, even lighter and even more efficient. Meet the daring Spark SRT05E racer.
At the 2015 Goodwood Festival of Speed, Lotus' most expensive car in history - the Lotus 3-Eleven, the successor to the 2008 model 2-Eleven - made its world public debut. So it makes sense that it's also the fastest. It can be driven up to 290 km/h, and from 0 to 100 km/h it takes less than three seconds. It has an extremely light and all-new body, and there will be two versions available - one ready for racetracks and the other for normal roads.
Volkswagen has revealed photos of its latest electric ID R Pikes Peak racer. With it, they want to set a new record in the class of electric cars at the Pikes Peak mountain race in Colorado. The three-time winner of this famous race, Romain Dumas, will be behind the wheel, and the four-wheel drive and electric motor will take care of everything else.
No, this is not an unsalted joke. A car that leaves behind not octane fumes, but the smell of the sea (well, at least imaginary). Do not pour gasoline or diesel into it, nor salt water directly. Although such technology might be able to stop sea level rise. A bone to gnaw on, scientists?
Well, we just waited for it! Namely, the Mercedes-AMG road formula. The Project One supercar has been rumored for a long time, but now it's finally here and has lived up to all the high expectations. That's why we offer you some extremely impressive numbers right from the start: from 0 to 200 km/h in less than 6 seconds, a top speed of over 350 km/h, more than 1000 horsepower and as much as 25 kilometers of all-electric range.
Briggs Automotive Company from Liverpool stunned the automotive public some time ago with an extremely toxic and likable road racing car, which transfers the feelings from the racing tracks to ordinary roads and traffic. Due to its low weight, its power is 520 hp per ton of vehicle, which is more than the bugatti veyron can handle.
Racecar-like performance, lightweight construction and authentic driving feel is the recipe for the new Porsche 911 GT3, the most radical version of the 911, and its bond between everyday motoring and track racing is stronger than ever.
More than 20 years ago, McLaren wrote a new chapter in sports motoring when it created the McLaren F1 GTR road sports car. Despite its enviable age, this is still not for the old model, but compared to younger rivals (eg Ferrari LaFerrari and FXX K) it is still Rocky Balboa from the sixth part and not the first part. McLaren responded to the last moves of the competition with the P1 GTR model, which will be presented in Geneva, and even earlier it walked around the circuit with its "great-grandfather", the F1 GTR.
The real and virtual worlds are more and more a reflection of each other, and when we talk about augmented reality in the field of motoring, we automatically think of racing computer games, where the windshield is not obscured by vignettes but by various data. Now this is expanding from the virtual to the true reality, as Jaguar has moved the concept from the screens to its racing cars.