Monthly Archives April 2014

We are publishing live photos taken from the NY auto show. Here is the Hyundai section. Two highlights: the new Genesis and new Sonata. Believe or not, now even the Hyundai Sport 2.0T has quad exhausts.

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While you may not see many Kia K900 on the road, rental car companies have already taken action to acquire the K900 into their fleet.

I was at the airport earlier today and found some rental car companies have quite a lot of the K900 parking in their lot. For example here is what Enterprise has when I was there, they have at least three K900 (there may be more because I did not check and count all).

I asked for the rate, and was told it is around $50 – $60 per day (but it may vary depending on what time frame you want to rent). I opened one K900’s door and briefly checked the interior, it is nicely equipped (even the base K900 is very well equipped) and luxury...

The 2014 Koenigsegg One:1 will be a limited edition hypercar: only 6 units will be produced.

The One:1 is powered by a 5.0L turbo V8 engine which ouputs 1,340hp and 738 lb-ft of torque (the overboost feature can reach 1011 lb-ft temporarily). The reason why this “tiny” V8 can produce such large amount of energy is because its super-high boost pressure of 26.1 psi . Of course, unless Koenigsegg programs the ECU to keep the turbine rotating all the time, high pressure boost will definitely lead to turbo lag.

However, what surprises us most is not the horsepower number of the One:1 engine, because everyone knows, as long as you are willing to raise the turbo boost pressure, ...

We are publishing live photos taken from the NY auto show. Here is the Ford section, the highlight is the 2015 Mustang 50 Year Limited Edition, available only with the 5.0L V8 engine.

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We are publishing live photos taken from the NY auto show. Here is the Bugatti section.