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		<title>Sketches with a never ever seen MG sports car</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2010 11:29:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anetoiu</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the title says, we got some very interesting sketches with a never ever seen sport car coming from the MG auto maker. There are more of them and not just one as it is usually happening so you can see this car from any angle excluding the interior, you can also see that one [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: center"><a title="MG Sport Car" href="http://www.automotorblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/MG-Sport-Car-1.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-6295" src="http://www.automotorblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/MG-Sport-Car-1.jpg" alt="" width="450" height="240" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align: left">As the title says, we got some very interesting sketches with a never ever seen sport car coming from the <strong>MG auto maker</strong>. There are more of them and not just one as it is usually happening so you can see this car from any angle excluding the interior, you can also see that one in the sketches when the roof of the car is down because that car is a <strong>convertible</strong>.</p>
<p>The all three cars are looking almost the same so you can consider that it is only a single car. Anyway, these sport cars are going to use the next generation <strong>TF architecture</strong> and also an engine developing between 120 and 180 horsepower. <span id="more-6294"></span></p>
<p>Also, these three vehicles were made on the idea of an aluminum-tub. I think that in the next 5 years, there are some really big chances for the MG auto maker to build these <strong>3 amazing sport cars</strong>.</p>
<p style="text-align: center"><a title="MG Sport Car" href="http://www.automotorblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/MG-Sport-Car-2.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-6296" src="http://www.automotorblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/MG-Sport-Car-2-150x150.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="150" /></a><a title="MG Sport Car" href="http://www.automotorblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/MG-Sport-Car-3.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-6297" src="http://www.automotorblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/MG-Sport-Car-3-150x150.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="150" /></a><a title="MG Sport Car" href="http://www.automotorblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/MG-Sport-Car-4.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-6298" src="http://www.automotorblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/MG-Sport-Car-4-150x150.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="150" /></a></p>
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		<title>Chevrolette is getting ready to build a mid-engined Corvette C8</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 06:32:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anetoiu</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As you can see in the title, we know what plans got the Chevrolet for the best car they every built namely the Corvette. In the photo from this post you are seeing the Chevrolet Corvette Stingray Concept which is also looking very good and I think you remember it as the Sideswipe personage from [...]]]></description>
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<p style="text-align: left">As you can see in the title, we know what plans got the Chevrolet for the best car they every built namely the <b>Corvette</b>. In the photo from this post you are seeing the <b>Chevrolet Corvette Stingray Concept</b> which is also looking very good and I think you remember it as the Sideswipe personage from the Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.</p>
<p>Also, the designers that will make the new <b>radical mid-engined</b> Corvette C8, will get the inspiration from this Spingray concept so there will also be a radical change talking about the new design of the next generation of Corvette. <span id="more-6183"></span></p>
<p>On this new Corvette C8, the V8 engine is going to be replaced by a <b>twin turbocharged V6 engine</b> being able to develop up to 440 horsepower. Also, we know that this new Chevrolet C8 is going to eat the streets by 2016 so there are going to happen a lot of things until that.</p>
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		<title>Spy shots and details about the 2011 Pagani C9</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 20:31:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anetoiu</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here we have the best spy shots in the past time that we’ve seen and I bet that you will appreciate them very much because of the details that they are revealing caused by the distance that the photos were taken and also because it was not on the road and it is not camouflaged. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: center"><a title="2011 Pagani C9" href="http://www.automotorblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/2011-Pagani-C9-1.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-5034" src="http://www.automotorblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/2011-Pagani-C9-1.jpg" alt="" width="450" height="240" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align: left">Here we have the best spy shots in the past time that we’ve seen and I bet that you will appreciate them very much because of the details that they are revealing caused by the distance that the photos were taken and also because it was not on the road and it is not camouflaged. <span id="more-5033"></span></p>
<p>This 2011 Pagani C9 will come with a 6.0 liter V12 engine which is able to develop up to 700 horsepower and also a maximum torque of 737 pd-ft. I may say that this is pretty amazing but taking a look at the shapes of this car, it is pretty understandable the power that it comes with.</p>
<p>These 2011 Pagani C9 cars will be built just in 60 units per year and you may consider this way too few but I tell you that’s enough because I don’t think that there will be a lot of people buying such a car.</p>
<p style="text-align: center"><a title="2011 Pagani C9" href="http://www.automotorblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/2011-Pagani-C9-2.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-5035" src="http://www.automotorblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/2011-Pagani-C9-2-150x150.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="150" /></a><a title="2011 Pagani C9" href="http://www.automotorblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/2011-Pagani-C9-3.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-5036" src="http://www.automotorblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/2011-Pagani-C9-3-150x150.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="150" /></a><a title="2011 Pagani C9" href="http://www.automotorblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/2011-Pagani-C9-4.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-5037" src="http://www.automotorblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/2011-Pagani-C9-4-150x150.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="150" /></a></p>
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		<title>Spy photos with Ferrari 599 GTO</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:59:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anetoiu</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I must say that I’m very surprised to see this Ferrari 599 GTO spied because for me is like seeing a super star naked. As you see, it doesn’t really have a camouflage, it looks to have something white on it but it is curved so well that it is like it’s not there. Anyway, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: center"><a title="Ferrari 599 GTO" href="http://www.automotorblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Ferrari-599-GTO-1.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-4669" src="http://www.automotorblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Ferrari-599-GTO-1.jpg" alt="" width="450" height="280" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align: left">I must say that I’m very surprised to see this Ferrari 599 GTO spied because for me is like seeing a super star naked. As you see, it doesn’t really have a camouflage, it looks to have something white on it but it is curved so well that it is like it’s not there. <span id="more-4668"></span></p>
<p>Anyway, I should remember you that according to the 2009 Geneva Auto Show, this Ferrari 599 GTO comes with a 6.0 liter V12 engine which comes from Enzo’s motor and it will be able to develop up to 690 horsepower at just 9,000 rotations per minute.</p>
<p>Amazingly but not so amazing if it comes from this auto maker, this Ferrari 599 GTO is able to sprint to 100 kilometers per hour in just 3.2 seconds which is 0.5 faster than Ferrari 599 GTB. Also, this Ferrari 599 GTO can reach a maximum top speed of 350 kilometers per hour.</p>
<p style="text-align: center"><a title="Ferrari 599 GTO" href="http://www.automotorblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Ferrari-599-GTO-2.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-4670" src="http://www.automotorblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Ferrari-599-GTO-2-150x150.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="150" /></a><a title="Ferrari 599 GTO" href="http://www.automotorblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Ferrari-599-GTO-1.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-4669" src="http://www.automotorblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Ferrari-599-GTO-1-150x150.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="150" /></a><a title="Ferrari 599 GTO" href="http://www.automotorblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Ferrari-599-GTO-3.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-4671" src="http://www.automotorblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Ferrari-599-GTO-3-150x150.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="150" /></a></p>
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		<title>Photo and details with Audi TT RS tuned by Pogea</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:37:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anetoiu</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The supercars are tuned as they get out of the factory but as you see, there are some maniacs like the tuners from Pogea which probably are not yet satisfied what this Audi TT RS can do or probably they wanted to put their fingerprint on this car, anyway, they made a quite a good [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: center"><a title="Audi TT RS tuned by Pogea" href="http://www.automotorblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Audi-TT-RS-by-Pogea.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-4644" src="http://www.automotorblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Audi-TT-RS-by-Pogea.jpg" alt="" width="450" height="220" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align: left">The supercars are tuned as they get out of the factory but as you see, there are some maniacs like the tuners from Pogea which probably are not yet satisfied what this Audi TT RS can do or probably they wanted to put their fingerprint on this car, anyway, they made a quite a good job. <span id="more-4643"></span></p>
<p>I want to let you know that Pogea is original from the south of Germany in a city named Makrdorf. This Audi TT RS tuned by Pogea has two power stages. The entry level is a 367 horsepower engine developing a maximum torque of 383 lb-ft.</p>
<p>The other model of Audi TT RS tuned by Pogea which is also the most powerful one, can develop up to 420 horsepower and a maximum torque of 443 lb-ft while the stock Audi TT RS tuned by Pogea can develop 335 horsepower and a maximum torque of 450 Nm. The prices are starting from €1,099.</p>
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		<title>Lexus SC rendering photo</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 00:55:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anetoiu</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I must say that I don’t know why, but I like very much this time before launching a car namely that part when all you got about that car is the name of the car and of course, the most important, the rendering photo / photos with the namely car, in this case, we talk [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: center"><a title="Lexus SC" href="http://www.automotorblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Lexus-SC.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-4273" src="http://www.automotorblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Lexus-SC.jpg" alt="" width="450" height="280" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align: left">I must say that I don’t know why, but I like very much this time before launching a car namely that part when all you got about that car is the name of the car and of course, the most important, the rendering photo / photos with the namely car, in this case, we talk about the Lexus SC. <span id="more-4272"></span></p>
<p>First, I would like to mention that this rendering have been designed by avarvarii. If you look at some renderings and then to the original released car, in renderings it was look a bit better but in some cases this is not happening.</p>
<p>According to this rendering photo, the Lexus SC is going to look awesome but it remembers me the Nissan 350Z which will probably be one of the main competitors. Also, the color from this rendering is making this Lexus SC to look more than awesome so it would be great if after the release, it will come with this color.</p>
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