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Is Ferrari's decision right about the SUV ? With other competitors in the race Ferrari has finally decided to make an SUV , which rather they call as the FUV (Ferrari Utility Vehicle) . Ferrari has finally decided to move on from its rigid Sports car only approach to a more flexible one. Ferrari swore that it will never make an SUV but the demands of the market are pushing the company to take such a decision, like every other sports car manufacturer has moved in the SUV segment.     Ferrari plans to sell about 2k-3k FUV's and they expect this FUV to double the company's profit by 2022. Being 3 years behind from cars like Urus from Lamborghini , they have decide to launch it by 2021. With the Urus entering the market by 2019. Ferrari FUV is to be priced around 3,50,000$ and Urus in the sub 200,000$ range. Ferrari is changing strategy with the upcoming models by providing a gas- electric option , and is speculated to come with a V8 engine. As reports sug...

Nurburgring racing circuit has been the benchmark for automakers to put their cars to the test and show off their lap times proving technological advancement and capability. But recently quite a few supercars have been in the news for their record making and record breaking lap times surprising the car community. Automakers prove their competitive advantage by making lap record and flaunting the numbers and that makes sense as car enthusiasts are more likely to buy high performing machines. Due to which some automakers have been in the news by FAKING lap times . The genuine record breaker Porsche 911 GT2 RS The Porsche 911 GT2 RS was unveiled long ago at good-wood, since then it has been a matter of discussion in the car world, and it was all sold out just after launch with people paying about $150,000 over sticker. Few months go by and our dear Porsche is still in the news breaking all records at the Nurburgring race track. And now some people suddenly realize its v...

At the Frankfurt motor show this year Porsche unveiled its plans for the future along with Porsche 911 GT3 Touring Pack and the 918 resembling mission E,. It is the first all-electric, 4 door sports sedan from the company and will be available by 2019. Moreover, it starts just at $85,000. Which is sick, It’s going to be cheaper than a Tesla! There is no doubt this is going to be a game changer for Porsche in the electric car market and we can say that for sure just by looking at the claims it has made about the car and the features it’ll be providing with the car. Tesla might have to change their product a little bit and react to this launch, because people would love to associate themselves with the Porsche brand name rather than a Tesla, with the $85,000 price tag you get the interiors of a Panamera, driving experience, quality, reliability and performance of a Porsche,with this the Mission E becomes an affordable electric car which is value for money. Key specs of the...

Recently at the Frankfurt Motor Show, Porsche revealed its new 911 GT3 Touring Pack, and the people, the media and almost everyone else went crazy about it majorly for two reasons, first one being that it is an affordable manual 911 from Porsche and the second one being,” It will lead to depreciation of the 911R” which is a purists car with a manual that costs about $5,00,000(price today) base price and had only 991 units made. But this is not the case, Porsche isn’t cheating its premium paying VIP customers and taking a sh*t on their face by dumping the car world by “a more affordable 911R”. Let me tell you what exactly are these cars. THE 911R : It’s the purest 911 ever made, it’s 3900 pounds being the lightest 911 ever, it comes with a 4 litre engine from GT3RS producing 500 horse power. This car is a project by Porsche to remind the world that making a great supercar is not only about setting lap times and a great 0-60 time but also about the driving experience, it de...

What will happen to the classics if the world goes electric? Yes, the car world is slowly going electric, big car companies are slowly dropping their massive naturally aspirated engines, and trying to incorporate electric drive trains into their production cars. The governments in various countries are trying to set higher pollution standards and many countries as well as automotive manufacturers have decided to go “all electric” by 2020 and some by 2030. And as a car guy I hate electric cars, not ‘cause they are faster than normal cars but because I do love the sound of the growling V8s,10s,12s and 16s, and that will soon be replaced by the whining noise of an electric motor. Even though electric cars are way better than ICE’s (Internal Combustion Engines) when it comes to putting more power on the ground, increasing efficiency, achieving higher torque ratio’s and even beating the oil gulping beasts in the world’s greatest drag race . But change is necessary there is a who...

Jaguar's C-X75 : The concept that never made it to production ! C-X75 the car started as a show-car to celebrate 75 years of Jaguar. In 2011 a handpicked team of engineers was assigned the task to develop a supercar with the speed of  a Veyron, range of a Volt, and carbon emissions of a Prius.The car was developed in collaboration with the F1 team Williams F1. The C-X75 had a combined power output of 850hp and 1000Nm of torque, produced from 1.6 litre dual boosted(supercharged and turbocharged) 4 cylinder engine which was capable of generating 502bhp at 10,000 rpm. Up to 5,500 rpm it is supercharged, after that turbo handles the sorcery, which keeps it going to a limit of 10,200 rpm. There are 2 electric motors one at the rear and one at the front each making 200hp and 300lb ft of torque.It came with a 7 speed automated manual transmission allowing gearshifts in under 200 milliseconds.Its very first prototype exceeded 200mph with ease during testing and had a theoretic...

2017 Ford GT Yes, one of the most anticipated cars of the year was the legendary Ford GT which made a huge comeback 50 yrs after defeating the Ferrari in the Le Mans .It took people by the awe when it was unveiled,that aero and with the most beautiful rebirth someone has ever given to a design. It bought out the petrolhead in me when I first read about the stats and the insane claims made by the company and I totally believed​ it. Because it doesn't take much to believe right ? But it really does take much to deliver, to perform... And did it ?  In some way it must have ... :P The Ford GT powered by a 3.5 litre V6 engine producing 647HP and the GT claims to hit 0-60 mph in just 2.8 secs, but ford hasn't done justice to the car by not planning it out very well. Making a great supercar is one thing , planning the launch, customer satisfaction, on-time delivery and performing as per claims is what makes it great. Unfortunately Ford couldn't do the latter. ...