Honda and Ariel Motor Company decided to renew their 16-year strong exclusive supply agreement which sees the Atom powered by Civic Type R and the new off-road Nomad by the Civic 2.4 power unit.
This news comes as the two automobile leader brands celebrate their 1500th Honda-powered Ariel, produced at the small factory in Somerset. As you might know, at this place work incredibly skilled and experienced craftsmen and technicians that spend between 100 and 200 hours for crafting a single vehicle, starting from the single parts and finishing with a brand-new and fully-operating machine.
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Going into Ariel’s cozy British workshop is one of the best things that can happen to a automobile fan. And as any automobile fan can tell you, there are no two one and the same Ariels: each unit is made to special order and there are countless available configurations. And something more: Ariel offers affordable vehicles with reliable parts and construction.
For more than 12 years Ariel brand has been using the Civic Type R engines by default: the first vehicle to benefit the Civic engine was the flagship Atom and now, for the new season year, the Civic 2.4 unit will be the heart of the fresh and agile off-road Nomad.
Definitely an alliance that stood the test of time, this one will continue to impress us with wonderful blends and results of brand collaborations.
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The new Volvo S90 and V90 are already available for order. Both models are offered with brand’s all-new Scalable Product Architecture (SPA) and the new lineup of Drive-E engines. Furthermore, both models will be available with a choice of two 2.0-liter four-cylinder diesel power units: the efficient D4 and the agile D5 PowerPulse.
Alpha-N Performance have designed one-off EVOX upgrade for the Abarth 500, 595 and 695 models, which boosts their power levels extremely high. Although extremely cuddly in design, these cute small cars hide something “evilish” in their character, which comes to manifestation even more when boosted with the radical EVOX uprating.
Chevrolet Colorado will get for the 2017 model year a hot special edition called “Shoreline” that targets the midsize pickup market. The vehicle joins Chevy’s portfolio of special editions for trucks that comprises of the Colorado Z71 Midnight, Colorado Trail Boss, Silverado Realtree, and Silverado Special Ops. Some of them we have discussed previously in our blog.
1972 Porsche 911 F-series is one of those automobiles we only get to see on the TV screen. Unfortunately we rarely encounter the beauty of these automobiles. As a person who is keen on dramatic and exclusive old cars like this one, the project done by Kaege is feasting my senses. I hope it does to yours the same, because it is based exactly on this “car-rarity”… or at least it looks so.
Toyota will unveil the heavily revised 2017 Highlander mid-size sport utility vehicle (SUV) on Wednesday, March 23 at the New York International Auto Show. The popular vehicle has received tons of improvements and additional features. So, let’s check it out!
Audi debuts the new advertising and marketing campaign for the new 2017 Audi A4. Going under the slogan “Intelligence is the New Rock and Roll”, the campaign will showcase the new breed of special kind of rock stars. With refined exterior lines, enhanced indoor technologies and tons of drivetrain system innovations.
GKN Driveline will be responsible for bringing the hybrid technology from cars such like the Porsche 918 Spyder and BMW i8 into affordable compact vehicles, and this announcement fires up an excitement in us. The reason for this important and future changing step is that the company has developed an eAxle module, which will help C-segment cars to be produced as plug-in hybrids, thus offering improved performance and CO2 reduction. And this of more than 50%.
This is the first teaser image of Mazda CX-4 SUV and it appears to be captivating and leave us with good expectations. In fact, many customers in the USA and the Old Continent will love to see that kind of SUV in their market, but unfortunately this won’t be happening because the crossover is dedicated to only Chinese customers. The Mazda CX-4 is debuting at the Beijing Motor Show in the end of April.
Lotus 3-Eleven, the fastest series production vehicle to come from Hethe Headquarters, has set a new record: the vehicle marked the fastest lap time ever recorded at the well-known Hockernheimring short Circuit with the stunning 1 minute and 06.2 seconds. Driven by Christian Gebhardt, a highly-skilled driver and Road Test Editior for “sport auto” magazine, the 3-Eleven behaved confidently and brave in the harsh weather conditions: the temperature didn’t get higher than 8 degrees Celsius.
You must remember that the Audi A4 allroad Quattro was revealed in the beginning of this year posing some serious questions whether it really is as fuel efficient as Audi says. Whatever the case is, the car is now set to conquer the hearts of the European citizens with its exclusive looks, variety of engines and stability available in all situations. The model has 34 mm (1.3 in) additional ground clearance and features quattro drive as standard, which make it even more attractive.
The one and only Lamborghini Miura SV, presented at the Geneva Motor Show back in 1971 has underwent elaborate restoration that lasted for more than a year. The vehicle with chassis #4846 was the pre-production model for the Miura SV production unit and is still considered as one of the most interesting and special Lamborghini models up to this date.