Monthly Archives August 2014

For your reference, the current record holder of the fastest production car from 0–300 kilometres per hour, is the Hennessey Venom GT. The record is set on January 21, 2013. The Venom GT is equipped with a GM-sourced 1,244 turbocharged 7.0L V8 engine.

It looks like Hennessey is not satisfied with the record they have already own, so it is now making a even more powerful Venom, called the “Venom F5”.

The Venom F5 will still use the same 7.0L V8 engine, but with larger twin turbochargers, larger intercoolers and an updated fuel system. Total output is expected to be north of 1,400hp. Design top speed is 290mph.

The Venom F5 will extensively utilize aluminium and carbonfib...

Today Land Rover unwrapped the high performance model of the 2015 Range Rover, it is called the “Range Rover Sport SVR”.

Below are some of the essence features of the Range Rover Sport SVR, you won’t find this summary in any other places:

– The only SUV that has full aluminum body construction
– Same V8 engine as the one in the Jaguar XKR-S
– ZF-sourced 8HP70 8-speed transmission
– Electronic limited-slip central differential, 50:50 default F/R torque distribution
– 2-speed transfer case with off-road gear
– eLSD rear differential with torque-vectoring functionality
– Official Nürburgring lap time: 8’14”

The major difference between the SVR model and the Rover Sport Supe...

Yesterday (Aug. 8), the Lexus NX SUV started its production at Toyota’s Kyushu plants.

The Miyata Plant, is responsible for assembling of the NX; while the Kanda Plant is building the NX200t’s 8AR-FTS turbo engine. The NX200t is the first Lexus vehicle to receive a turbocharged engine.

The first production NX is a red NX200t FSport. This is the first production NX200t rolling off the assembling line.

And this is how the NX200t’s 8AR-FTS turbo engine is build in the Kanda Plant.

Today Mercedes-Benz USA announced the news that, for the 2015 model year, the M-Class SUV will discontinue the V8 ML550, which will be replaced by the ML400, comes with a twin-turbo V6 which also can be found in the 2015 C400, output is identical: 329 hp and 354 lb-ft of torque, good for a 0-60 mph acceleration of 6.0 seconds. Fuel consumption is greatly improved from the ML550’s 14/20 mpg (city/highway) rating to a much better 18/22 mpg result.

Despite downgrading from the V8 to V6 and also a big drop of horsepower/torque (402 to 329hp, 443 to 354 lb-ft of torque), the 2015 ML400 is more expensive than the 2014 ML550...

Review Index

2014 Acura RDX – Part 1 (Exterior)
2014 Acura RDX – Part 2 (Interior)
2014 Acura RDX – Part 3 (Interior – Gauges/Seats/Capacity)
2014 Acura RDX – Part 4 (Powertrain)
2014 Acura RDX – Part 5 (Suspension and Chassis)

In this section, we will continue to review the interior features of the RDX.

The gauges are simple, if you just look at it you won’t tell the difference between it and a Honda-branded vehicle. However it is practical and considering the RDX’s price, it is reasonable too.

This is the layout overview of the dash. Frankly speaking, it cannot distinguish itself from some cars bearing the Honda badge...