Roselli Foreign Car Repair San Jose - Ever Heard of the Zenvo ST1 01

Zenvo Automotive may not have the prestige like that of the Bugatti or a Corvette but the Danish car maker aims to join the ranks of these marques with their Zenvo ST1. The ST1 derives the DNA of its engine from the Corvette Z06.

The ST on its tag explains it all. The 7.0L engine will be supercharged and turbocharged to squeeze out an amazing 1,104 horsepower and a torque of 1055 poun-feet. The figures double the output of the LS7 stock engine.

The power of the engine is transferred to its wheels by a six-speed manual transmission system. The bi-fuel setup powerplant can zoom from 0 to 60 mph in a blink of 3.0 seconds and reach a lightning speed of 233mph.

The Zenvo ST1 designers used steel space frame for the bones of the car and laid down carbon fiber for its shell. It is also set up with an adjustable stabilizers and shocks, and double-wishbone suspension. The car gets 19 inch Michelin tires in front while a bigger 20 inch rolls at the rear.

Zenvo will only 15 units of this speed monster. The cars are all hand-built and the sticker price for the Zenvo ST1 is expected to start at $1,275,000.

With its looks and the power under its hood, the Danish beast can really give the Ferrari and Lamborghini a fierce fight as a poster car. The recently unveiled Arash AF-10 may also look a little weak when you look at the price-performance numbers.

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Roselli Foreign Car Repair San Jose - Indianapolis 500 Update form Autoweek

Andretti Autosport finally put Danica Patrick and Marco Andretti into the Indianapolis 500 field, but it couldn’t save teammates Mike Conway and Ryan Hunter-Reay from missing the show.
Conway on Sunday failed to earn a spot in next weekend’s 100th-anniversary race with three qualifying attempts during Bump Day at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. In fact, it was Andretti who bumped Hunter-Reay from the 33-car starting grid as time expired.

Talk about a bittersweet day. Patrick had to endure an agonizing rain delay that began at 3:13 p.m. At the time, she was not in the race--and more storms were coming as the clock ticked. She was in that precarious position because the car failed technical inspection earlier in the day following a part change, putting her in the back of the qualifying line.

None of the Andretti team cars have been particularly fast throughout practice and qualifying at the Speedway. Then they were bunched at the back as bumping began.
Andretti survived on the bubble as seven drivers failed in their attempts. Finally, Alex Lloyd knocked him out with a 223.957 mph run. Only a couple minutes remained in the session.
Andretti began his final run with 55 seconds left on the clock, meaning either he was going to join the field or Hunter-Reay was going to keep the spot. Andretti’s four-lap average: 224.628 mph. Hunter-Reay was helpless, and others felt similarly.

Rookie James Jakes, Rafa Matos and Sebastian Saavedra joined a list of drivers left out. Patrick Carpentier drove the Dragon Racing car of rookie Scott Speed in the morning practice but he crashed trying to find the necessary pace. With rookie Ho-Pin Tung out with a minor concussion from a crash on Friday, no Dragon car made the race.

Conway’s omission was a painful blow to his championship hopes. The winner of this season's race on the streets of Long Beach sits fifth in Izod IndyCar Series points, but missing the 500 will cost him significantly.

Those who made the show on Sunday included Ryan Briscoe, Graham Rahal, Ana Beatriz and Paul Tracy, who missed the race last year, and rookies Charlie Kimball and Pippa Mann.

Roselli Foreign Car Repair San Jose - The Lamborghini Sesto Elemento is already listed for sale

The Sesto Elemento concept was conceived as a design study, technology and previewing the styling we might expect to see on the next generation of Lamborghini supercars.A few months back, shortly after it was revealed at the Paris Motor Show, reports began to become apparent suggesting that the Italian automaker could put it into production, however limited.

Now the car is listed for sale by an exotic car dealership in Germany. Although the reported original listing on the mobile.de online marketplace is no longer there to be found, it is still up on Auto Salon Singen's website with an approximately €2 million ($2.63M USD) list price –

The production Lamborghini Sesto Elemento will be offered at a princely sum and rumors suggest that payment will be taken Reventon-style, which means three equal payments of $300,000 or higher with the remainder being paid at the end of the deal. That kind of price tag will bring its owner a 570 HP V10 engine and a power-to-weight ratio of only 1.75 kilograms per HP. This allows the Sesto Elemento to sprint from 0 to 60 mph in a sensational 2.5 seconds, while top speed will be higher than 186 mph.

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History of Bentley Motor Cars

One of the most prestiges motor marques in the world has a rich history in racing and their automobiles are enjoyed around the world.

 

Bentley Begins: 1912 - 1921:

W.O. Bentley (WO to his friends) and his brother HM bought Lecoq and Fernie, a French auto company, renaming it Bentley and Bentley, with headquarters in Mayfair. In 1919, after a stint making airplane engines during WWI, the company was resurrected as Bentley Motors. The first Flying B insignia appeared on the 1920 Bentley 3 1/2 Liter test car, which was built near Baker Street in London, and the first production car, another 3 1/2 Liter, was delivered to Bentley's first customer in 1921.

 

The Race for More Power: 1921 - 1930:

Bentley saw its first win at Brooklands in 1921, then entered its only Indianapolis 500 in 1922, where it qualified and finished last. A privately owned Bentley took 4th place in the first-ever Le Mans in 1923, prompting W.O. Bentley to support a factory team. (He called it "the best race I had ever seen," according to "Bentley: The Story.") Engines grew ever larger in Roaring Twenties, with a 6 1/2 Liter, a 4 1/2 Liter, a supercharged Speed Six, and an 8 Liter that weighed two and a half tons rolling out of the Cricklewood factory. Driver Tim Birkin got private financing to build the supercharged Birkin Blowers.

 

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Ferrari F355

The F355 was originally launched as a replacement to the 348 in 1994 with two models - the GTS and the Berlinetta. The Spider came a year later. This article describes the options that were available and the various special editions that were produced during the manufacturing period.

F1 Gearbox
In 1997, Ferrari launched the 355F1. The 'F' was dropped from the model designation for this model, presumably because F355F1 sounded a bit ridiculous. The F1 gearbox is not an automatic. It is a manual gearbox complete with clutch, which is hydraulically controlled such that moving either the up or down shift paddle carries out all of the same actions as in a manual car, except it is controlled by computer and is done in around 150ms. This produces astonishingly fast gearshifts, which although brilliant has been improved even further in 360 and 430 models.


Motronic Engine Management System
In 1996, Ferrari updated the engine management system and made some other subtle changes to the car. While doing your research you might find references to 2.7 and 5.2 cars, or even M2.7 and M5.2. This is a reference to the version number of the engine management system, which originally started out as 2.7 and was later upgraded to 5.2.

The 2.7 cars can be easily identified by looking at the airbox configuration in the engine bay. If you see a single inlet pipe, with the pipes from the two airboxes joining onto it, then you are looking at a 5.2 car. If you see two airboxes with separate inlet pipes, then you are looking at a 2.7 car. The 2.7 car has two separate mass air flow sensors - one for each bank of the engine, whereas the 5.2 car has only one - which is why the two airboxes feed into the same inlet pipe. In the pictures below, the 2.7 car is the first one.

2.7 cars are not bad cars in any way. In fact they are reputed to have 5-10 more horsepower than 5.2 cars, but it isn't anything you'd feel under your right foot.

Airbag

At the same time as the engine management system was upgraded, Ferrari also introduced both driver and passenger airbag. Unfortunately, in doing this they replaced the rather tasty steering wheel with a rather oversized affair. It is possible to revert to a smaller wheel but you'll lose the airbag.

355 Serie Fiorano

For the last 100 or so (reported by some to be the last 104 cars) Ferrari built the ultimate Spider. All cars came with a quicker steering rack, stiffer and lower suspension, wider track, drilled and ventilated discs, competition brake pads, and a stiffer anti-roll bar.