Dodge Challenger SRT Demon Revealed With Full Carbon-Fiber Body

Dodge Challenger SRT Demon Revealed With Full Carbon-Fiber Body

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It's difficult to imagine a production car more singularly focused than the Dodge Challenger SRT Demon. From the factory, the car comes without both a front passenger seat and a rear backseat, shaving 113 pounds off of the big-boned Challenger. Now, it looks like the lightweight aficionados over at SpeedKore are ready to help trim the Demon's weight further with new carbon fiber body panels.

Following last year's debut of its carbonized Challenger SRT Hellcat, SpeedKore will roll out a Demon show car wearing a full assortment of carbon-fiber body panels, including the fenders, bumpers, hood, and rear decklid. SpeedKore isn't letting on how much weight this shaves from the 4,280-pound coupe, but considering the carbon panels on the similar SpeedKore GT350R project saved "at least 400 pounds," it wouldn't be a stretch to imagine at least an equivalent reduction on the larger Demon.

Complete details remain scant, but more information will be revealed after the car's official debut at this year's SEMA Show. As a bonus, Sammy Hagar, the Red Rocker himself, will be on hand to pull the covers off the SpeedKore Demon, so make sure you stop by the booth.

Here below are more pictures of Dodge Challenger SRT Demon :

Source: SpeedKore
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The First Look of Mazda MX-5 Miata RF

The First Look of Mazda MX-5 Miata RF

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Ever since the fourth-generation Mazda MX-5 Miata debuted last year, our imagination has run wild concocting new body styles like a Miata coupe, a Miata retractable hardtop, and even a Miata shooting brake. But we didn’t predict the 2017 Mazda MX-5 Miata Retractable Fastback (RF), which combines a power-retractable targa top with a gorgeous fastback roofline. In other words, it’s the Miata coupe you’ve been waiting for, only better.

The Miata RF’s power-folding targa top operates like the Porsche 911 Targa’s intricate roof in concept, although it’s somewhat simpler in practice. The 12-second roof-opening process can be performed at speeds up to 6 mph and works thusly: The two roof panels over the occupants’ heads fold while the rear window lowers itself behind the seats and the two flying-buttress supports lift up to accommodate the folded top. Those sail panels, by the way, are a visual trick, wrapping around a conventional trunklid that opens to a cubby with the same 4.6 cubic feet of cargo space as in the Miata softtop.

According to Mazda’s North American president Masahiro Moro, the fourth-generation ND Miata’s shorter overall length doesn’t leave enough space to accommodate a full retractable hardtop like that on the third-gen NC Miata. The RF’s slightly smaller foldable roof fits in the same cubby space that the regular Miata’s softtop folds into behind the seats, keeping the car’s weight balance and interior space uncompromised. That the design allowed Mazda to craft this wonderful roofline that has already won us over is purely a bonus.

Here are below Mazda MX-5 Miata RF's pictures:

Source: www.caranddriver.com

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The First Look of 2018 Lexus LS

The First Look of 2018 Lexus LS

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With the ambitiously redesigned 2018 Lexus LS, that's no longer the case. When it goes on sale in February 2018, can the new 2018 LS surprise and delight buyers who are new to the brand without alienating loyal Lexus buyers?

The bolder 2018 Lexus LS tries harder to earn its flagship-sedan title with unique interior details, better dynamics, more interior space, and improved proportions that visually distinguish it from the brand's smaller sedans. Now offered in one long-wheelbase size, the car includes LS 500 (V-6) and LS 500h (V-6 hybrid) models, both with standard rear-wheel drive and available all-wheel drive. 

Don't discount the 2018 LS 500 just because it's powered by a six-cylinder engine—this twin-turbo V-6 easily outpowers the outgoing V-8, with 416 hp at 6,000 rpm and 442 lb-ft of torque from 1,600-4,800 rpm. Acceleration from 0-60 mph comes in a manufacturer-estimated 4.6 seconds for the LS 500 or 5.1-5.2 seconds with the LS 500h hybrid. The LS 500's 10-speed automatic transmission is responsive after a slight delay, with smooth but not imperceptible shifts. The LS 500h is also responsive, though the hybrid powertrain—which produces a combined-system 354 hp—whines quietly in its sport modes.

About those sport modes—all Lexus LS cars have multiple driving modes that are easily activated by twisting a small stalk just above the instrument cluster. Even without twisting over to the eco mode, the quicker 2018 LS is also more efficient than the 2017 LS 460, with the 2018 LS 500 anticipated to receive fuel economy ratings of 19/29 mpg city/highway with rear-wheel drive and 18/27 mpg with all-wheel drive. Not surprisingly, the LS 500h is also more efficient than its eight-cylinder predecessor, with 25/33 mpg in rear-drive form and 23/31 mpg with all-wheel drive.

Here are below the pictures of 2018 Lexus LS:

source: www.motortrend.com

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2018 Aston Martin DB11 V8 First Drive The First Look

2018 Aston Martin DB11 V8 First Drive The First Look

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The 2018 Aston Martin DB11 V8 has four fewer cylinders, develops 97 hp less, and its torque output falls short by 18 lb-ft. And it's the better car for it.

The DB11 V8 looks virtually identical to its gorgeous V12 powered sibling. But under that thrusting hood is one of our favorite engines—the thundering 4.0-liter twin-turbo V-8 developed by AMG, whose parent company, Daimler, owns a 5 percent stake in Aston Martin. Codenamed M178, this engine is a versatile yet charismatic workhorse, powering all versions of the AMG GT coupe, as well as the 63-series AMG versions of Mercedes sedans, coupes, wagons, and SUVs, with outputs ranging from 469 hp to more than 600 hp.

In DB11 trim the engine makes 503 hp and 498 lb-ft of torque, about the same output it delivers when fitted in the Mercedes-AMG GT S coupe. Changes made by Aston engineers include a new intake system, new engine mounts, a new slim-line wet sump, unique engine mapping, and a new exhaust system. Aston claims the DB11 V8 will accelerate from 0 to 60 mph in less than 4.0 seconds and has a top speed of 187 mph.

The DB11 V8 is a tenth or two slower to 60 than its 12-cylinder sibling, and it won't hit 200 mph. And none of that matters because for the overwhelming majority of DB11 owners, those are utterly abstract numbers. What does matter is the M178 reduces the weight over the DB11's front axle by 253 pounds when compared with Aston's own 5.2-liter twin-turbo V-12. It matters because you can feel it every day.

Here below are the 2018 Aston Martin DB11 V8's pictures:

source: www.motortrend.com

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2018 Alfa Romeo Stelvio Q4 (Ti Sport AWD) The Look

2018 Alfa Romeo Stelvio Q4 (Ti Sport AWD) The Look

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When you heard Alfa Romeo was building an SUV, you expected it to be a one-trick cavallino, but when you saw it, you were convinced it would be just a jacked-up Giulia, not a Jeep.

Alfa Romeo makes sports cars. Always has. It wasn't unreasonable, then, to assume such a company hopping on the SUV bandwagon would build the sports car of SUVs, the Alfa Romeo of SUVs. You're right. They did. But they also built something much more.

For a four-cylinder premium SUV, it's pretty potent. The Stelvio is quicker than every other four-cylinder SUV in its class, even the twin-charged XC60 T6 (and tied with the twin-charged and electrified T8). The GLC300, the X3 xDrive 28i, the Q5—they're all slower. In fact, the Stelvio is even quicker than some of the V-6 competition such as the XT5, the RDX, and the RX 350 F-Sport. Turbocharging your six won't save you, either, unless you're serious about it. The Stelvio is quicker than the Levante Q4 and the MKX EcoBoost.

The Stelvio is everything we've come to expect from an Italian car. It's shamelessly good-looking and drives with a passion normally reserved for expensive sports cars, but it's got quirks you're going to have to be willing to put up with. As always, they seem to be the price of the passion, even in 2017 when we probably should've moved past such things.

Below is the specification of 2018 Alfa Romeo Stelvio Q4 (Ti Sport AWD):

And here below the pictures of 2018 Alfa Romeo Stelvio Q4 (Ti Sport AWD):

source: www.motortrend.com

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