The Hero HX250R has to be the most exciting new product from Hero in the recent past. This lightweight and powerful quarter-litre motorcycle has been jointly developed by Hero Motocorp, America’s Eric Buell Racing (EBR), AVL (Austria) and Engines Engineering. On the design front, the Hero HX250R is quite a stunner with twin-headlights, large windscreen ...
The Piaggio Liberty showcased at the 2014 Auto Expo created quite a stir and now the Italian manufacturer is reportedly planning to launch it in India. Powering the scooter will be the same 125cc engine that is seen on the standard Vespa but it will lose the 3-valve technology to cut cost and will be tuned to deliver better fuel efficiency. The ...
The ageing Bajaj Pulsar 150 DTS-i is expected to be replaced by the much-awaited naked Pulsar 150 NS in June 2015. The next generation Bajaj Pulsar 150 has been spotted testing for more than a year and more recently, it has been showcased at trade fairs abroad. The bestselling Pulsar 150 hasn’t seen an upgrade in over almost four years while competition ...
Tata Kite Sedan The Tata Kite sub-compact sedan is expected to arrive in India after the hatchback with the same name. The new Tata car will sport an all-new design, unlike the Zest sedan - which is a clearly redesigned version of the Manza. In terms of engines, the upcoming Tata Kite sedan will get a 1.05-litre diesel engine and the 1.2-litre ...
Ford Figo Aspire Despite the competition posed by products from companies like Maruti Suzuki, Hyundai, Honda and Tata,Ford is convinced the Figo Aspire has the 'young appeal' that no other product in the segment offers. The Ford Figo Aspire will be offered with 2 engine options - a 1.5-litre TDCi diesel and a 1.2-litre TiVCT petrol. While the diesel ...
Volkswagen Polo-based Sedan The German carmaker's much-awaited sub-compact sedan - New Compact Sedan (NCS) - will be fully manufactured here at Volkswagen's Chakan plant. It will be based on the Polo and will essentially be the Polo sedan that sits under 4-meters in length. Though the NCS will compete with the likes of Honda Amaze and Maruti ...
Chevrolet Beat-Based Sedan Given the pace at which the sub-compact sedan segment in India is growing, it comes as no surprise Chevrolet India is also readying its own entrant. Codenamed MCM, this Beat-based sedan will be underpinned by the new-generation Beat's M300 platform. It will receive significant changes, especially at the front fascia ...
Ford Figo Sedan Unveiled as a concept in February 2014, the Ford Figo sedan's production version was recently launched in the Brazilian market as KA+ sedan in the second half of 2014. The Brazilian version of the sedan measures over 4 metres in length, though the India-bound model will be sub-4 metre in length. The sub-compact sedan is expected to be offered ...
Renault 800cc Hatchback While in the first half of 2015, Renault will launch its MPV - the Lodgy - in India, the much-awaited 800cc hatchback (Codenamed XBA) will come in the second half of the year. The company is working on a new 800cc, 3-cylinder petrol engine that will power its upcoming small cars. The small hatchback will be built on the CMF-A platform ...
Hyundai ix25 Compact SUV Hyundai recently unveiled the production-ready version of the ix25 at the 2014 2014 Guangzhou Auto Show, China. Expected to be launched in the Indian market in 2015, the company has already started testing the vehicle here. The vehicle will compete against the Renault Duster, Nissan Terrano and Ford EcoSport here. Taking its design ...
Maruti Suzuki Celerio Diesel Maruti Suzuki that launched the Celerio in February 2014 is now working on the diesel-engined model of the small hatch. Since the company has already started testing the vehicle in India, we expect it to be introduced in the first half of 2015.Powering the vehicle will be an all new 800cc diesel engine on which the company has ...
New Honda Jazz There is no denying that the premium hatchback segment is one of the most competitive ones in the Indian market, thanks to some really capable products like Maruti Swift, Hyundai i20, Volkswagen Polo etc. In the year 2015, we'll also have the new-gen Honda Jazz in the growing segment. The car failed to attract many buyers in its first innings ...
Maruti Suzuki SX4 S-Cross Maruti Suzuki doesn't have any crossover or SUV in its current line-up, but that will not be the case in the year 2015. The company is planning to bring a sub-compact SUV - the XA Alpha - and a crossover - the SX4 S-Cross - in the Indian market. Of the two aforementioned products, the SX4 S-Cross will come first. The Indo-Japanese ...
Maruti Suzuki XA Alpha Ever since its debut as a concept at the 2012 Delhi Auto Expo, Maruti Suzuki's sub-compact SUV - the XA Alpha - has been one of the most-anticipated cars. The car will finally hit the production lines in the year 2015. Expected to be powered by a 1.3-litre multijet diesel and a 1.4-litre petrol, this sub-4 metre SUV will take on the ...
Use only the best drivers 'We brought many drivers over from Los Angeles, but we used some Brits too. We had Ben Collins, who used to be the Stig in Top Gear. He's amazing, he will push the limit every time. It's why he was used in the latest Bond film too. 'These guys know how to make the cars look dramatic on screen. You can't fake this; it's ...
Keep it real 'We choose mainly rear-wheel drive cars, as they oversteer more and look more dramatic when they move around. They need a locking rear differential so both wheels spin together. It makes for more dramatic slides - and we always disable the traction and stability control. We do the cars up in our own workshop. 'For cars central to the ...
Keep it real Most of what we do will be planned using our experience, rather than computer-generated special effects. I'd say 95% of the stunts in Fast And The Furious 6 were done using our combined expertise. It wasn't really done on computer. If we're doing a really long and complicated motorcycle jump or something like that, we will probably check ...
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Have a good budget Doing major car stunts costs money. And lots of it. We spent millions of dollars in The Fast And The Furious 6 just on car chases and stunts. One sequence alone cost $1.5 million. 'Just think of what's involved. We have to source and prepare hundreds of cars, we have to transport them around the globe, we have a large team of mechanics ...
Use toy cars to see what the scene will look like Once we've read the script, we bring in the directors and work up some rough sketches. We mess around and will often use a set of toy cars. We position them to see how they'll look on camera - we can enact the stunts with the miniature vehicles. 'It gives us a feel for how the scene will look when we film ...
Start with the script Once we've read the script, we bring in the directors and work up some rough sketches. We mess around and will often use a set of toy cars. We position them to see how they'll look on camera - we can enact the stunts with the miniature vehicles. 'It gives us a feel for how the scene will look when we film for real: the angles, how ...
secrets of filming What makes the perfect car chase for a Hollywood blockbuster? Who better to ask than Dennis McCarthy, the stunt coordinator of the new The Fast And The Furious 6 movie. MSN asked him for his top tips for filming dramatic car chases. Click through our gallery to read about the best cars, drivers and roads for the ...
200mph plug-in hybrid flying car The TF-X’s standout feature is its ability to take off and land vertically, thanks to twin rotor blades. Once airborne, the TF-X can fly at 200mph (approx. 322kmh) and seat four people. The exact powerplant hasn’t been announced, but Terrafugia confirmed the car would be a plug-in hybrid (like a Vauxhall Ampera) with ...
Least economical car: 15.4mpg Ferrari FF (18.3 litres per 100 kilometres) The days of gas guzzlers are fast disappearing. Under pressure to reduce CO2, everyone’s getting fuel-efficient – why, even a McLaren MP4 does 24.2mpg. The FF returns just 15.4mpg on the combined cycl ...
Most economical car: 313mpg Volkswagen XL1 313mpg (0.9 litres per 100 kilometres) is a pretty impressive fuel economy figure for a car with a diesel engine, even if it is part of a plug-in hybrid powertrain. What makes the XL1 special is that it’s actually going into production: VW is going to build 250 examples, at an as yet unspecified price313mpg ...
Widest production car: Dodge Ram 3500 Feeling fat? You need a Dodge Ram 3500 Crew Cab with the dual rear wheel option. Measuring a gut-spreading 2,438mm (96in) wide, it’s comfortably the most obese car on the planet ...
Lightest production car: Peel P50 The Peel P50 made on the Isle of Man between 1962 and 1966 weighed less than an average male adult, at a mere 59kg (130lb). Remarkably, the Peel is now back in production with an electric motor instead of the original 49cc moped engine ...
Fastest-selling car: Ford F-Series If you thought the 1964 Ford Mustang was the fastest-selling car ever, think again. The Blue Oval was indeed responsible for the hottest property on the planet, but it was the humble Ford F-Series pick-up. In one month (July 2005), Ford churned out no less than 126,905 of them ...
Longest skidmarks: 6 miles (9.7 kilometres) When Craig Breedlove lost control of his jet-powered Spirit of America land speed record car on the Bonneville salt flats in Utah in October 1964, the skidmarks he left measured six miles long. The longest skidmarks measured on a public road were made by a Jaguar on the M1 near Luton in 1960: in an era before anti-lock ...
Fastest car (top speed): 430kph Bugatti Veyron Super Sport Earlier in 2013, the Bugatti Veyron Super Sport was stripped of its Guinness record because its speed limiter had been deactivated, but it’s since been reinstated. The final v-max figure was 267.9mph (430kph), achieved in July 2010 at VW’s Ehra-Lessien test track in Germany with Bugatti’s Pierre-Henri ...
Fastest-accelerating car: Ariel Atom V8 The current Ariel Atom 3.5 is claimed to have a 0-62mph time of 2.7sec, but with a 500bhp V8 engine, a 0-60mph time of 2.3sec is quoted. Is that really achievable though? Well, one magazine did do 3.02sec with two people on board, so a significantly sub-3.0 second time does seem possible ...
Highest altitude reached in a car: 6,688m in a Suzuki Samurai The highest altitude ever reached by a car is 6,688m (21,942ft), up in the Andes. Chileans Gonzalo Bravo and Eduardo Canales took their 1986 Suzuki Samurai to the peak of a volcano in the Atacama region of Chile in April 2007 ...
Longest car: 100ft limo The longest car ever built was, naturally, created in America. Legendary custom car guru Jay Ohrberg made the 100ft (30.5m)-long Cadillac limousine, which boasts 26 wheels, two driver's cabins (one up front and one in the rear) and has a hinged section in the middle so that it can actually get around corners. The spec list features ...
£12m Ferrari 250 GTO (USD $18m) British DJ Chris Evans was the man who splashed out £12m on the car of his dreams: a 1963 Ferrari 250 GTO. Sold by RM Auctions in 2010, it just beats the next most costly classic – another Ferrari, this time a 1957 250 Testa Rossa – which sold for £10.2m (USD $15.4) in 2011. According to some reports, though, another 250 ...
€3m Lamborghini Veneno (USD $3.9 million) Three million Euro is what Lamborghini will charge you for its new 750bhp, 356kph Veneno. Well actually, it won’t charge you that, as all three examples that are set to be built were pre-sold before the car’s 2013 Geneva Motor Show launch ...
Heaviest limo: 23-ton Midnight Rider It looks like an articulated truck – OK, it is an articulated truck – but Midnight Rider is actually a gigantic limousine. Created by Michael Machado and Pamela Bartholomew of the US (of course), it weighs a mighty 22,933kg, measures 21.3m (70ft) long and is 4.1m (13ft 8in) high. It can accommodate up to 40 passengers ...
Highest mileage: 3 million miles in a Volvo P1800 American Irvin Gordon is a bit of a legend. He bought his Volvo P1800S new in 1966 and now, aged 73, he’s covered very nearly three million miles (4.82 kilometres) in it, averaging around 60,000 miles (96,561 kilometres) per year. Volvo has just shot a video of him preparing for his 3 millionth ...
Smallest road-legal car According to Guinness World Records, the smallest roadworthy car is ‘Wind Up’ – a converted Postman Pat children’s ride, which measures 52in (1,321mm) long, 26in (660mm) wide and 41in (1,040mm) tall. We’ve found a smaller one though: the Aphaenogaster by Californian Neal Ormond – it’s just 40in (1,016mm) long, 22in (559mm) wide ...
Longest distance driven on two wheels You might have seen an impressive video of Terry Grant completing the hillclimb at Goodwood on two wheels in a Nissan LEAF, but we’ve got to take our hats off to Michele Pilia of Italy. In February 2009, he drove a 1983 BMW 316 E30 on two wheels for fully 371.07 kilometres.Longest distance driven on two wheel ...
Fastest speed driven by a blind driver: 182mph (293kph) in a Ferrari I like the sound of Metin Senturk of Turkey. Not only is he president of the World Handicapped Foundation, he’s also a well-known folk singer and now a Guinness record holder. He’s driven a car faster than any other blind person: 182.03mph (293kph) in a Ferrari F430.Fastest speed ...
Most donuts: 280 in a Westfield If there’s a difference between drifting and doing donuts, it’s surely the tightness of the turn. Dizziness is the limiting factor here, I reckon, and Jamie Morrow must have been swooning mightily after completing 280 consecutive donuts in a Westfield Sport 1600 at the 2011 Trax event at Silverstone ...
Longest drift: 51.3 miles in a BMW M5 In May 2013, Johan Schwartz of the BMW Performance Driving School in South Carolina drifted a BMW M5 continuously for fully 51.3 miles (82.6 km). That beats the previous record set by Abdo Feghali in a Chevrolet Camaro by over 40 miles (64 kilometres). There is some erudite discussion among drifters as to what exactly ...
World record-breaking cars The motto of the Olympic Games is ‘faster, higher, stronger’ – well, you’re about to see the results of that same brave attitude applied to cars. Here are 20 of the car world’s greatest Olympians: the longest, fastest, highest, priciest and – yes – skiddiest cars ever.World record-breaking ca ...
Honda NSX Honda has rolled out yet another version of its NSX concept at Detroit 2013. Still, with super lightweight materials, a mid-mounted V6 engine, a trick all-wheel drive system and petrol-hybrid technology, this is one supercar we can't wait to see. Build it now, Honda ...
Mercedes-Benz E63 If the BMW isn't your thing how about the latest E63 AMG from Mercedes-Benz? The E-Class gets a mid-life facelift, but the big news is the modifications to the 5.5-litre V8 engine, which now develops 549hp, or 577hp with the newly named 'S-Model' package. For us it has to be the £77,000 (approx. $123,269) estate version. Utterly bonke ...
BMW M6 Gran Coupe It will cost nearly £25,000 (approx. $40,023) more than the BMW M5 and at a price just shy of £97,500 (approx. $156,088), is some £3,500 (approx. $5,603) more expensive than the M6 Coupe, but there's no denying the appeal of this Grand Tourer. Then again, it's hard not to like a rear-wheel drive, 560hp twin-turbo V8 car with four do ...
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