Tuesday, July 6, 2010

Most Expensive Cars in the world for 2010 (Part II)


Here is the continuation of the top 10 World's Most Expensive Car in 2010.

6.) Lamborghini Reventòn

Price: $1.42 Million













Lamborghini Reventòn (pronounced as Rebenton in Spanish) is a mid-engined sports car that debuted at the Frankfurt Motor Show in 2007. It was ranked as one of the most powerful and expensive Lamborghini road cars to date for costing 1 million euros (US$1.25 Million). The Reventòn exterior styling was inspired by the fastest airplane, and to emphasize this, Lamborghini had a staged race between Panavia Tornado fighter plane.

7.) Lamborghini Reventòn Roadster
Price: $1.56 Million













Lamborghini Reventòn Roadster design was inspired by the fighter jet with styling elements such as the powerful arrowhead look at the front, scissor doors, broad side skirts and large air intakes. Exterior paintwork is a special matt color called Reventòn Grey. Reventòn Roadster was built from carbon fibre and high strength still that displays good rigidity and at the same time light enough to kick out exceptional performance. The dimensions are 4.7 m long, 2.1m wide, 1.1 high and the wheelbase is 2.7m. And it weighs 1,690 kg (3725 lbs.) or just 25kg (55 lbs.) more than the Coupé. Both passengers sit pretty close to the ground but fortunately the suspension can be raised by 40mm at the front.

8.) Pagani Zonda Cinque Roadster
Price: $1.8 Million














The PS and other special Zondas which will be built makes this and the coupé the rarest Zondas. The production of this model started 2009 until this year 2010, the Body Style is 2-door roadster, Engines: 7.3L AMG V12, 678 hp @6400 rpm, 575 ft-lbf torque and Transmission: 6-speed sequential manual. It goes from 0 to 60 mph (97 km/h) only 3.4 seconds and it has a top speed of 217 mph (349 km/h).

9.) Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport
Price: $2 /$ 1.67 Million














Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Grandsport is said to be the topless version of the world's fastest production car. It's Engine was 7993cc, W16, Power: 987 bhp @6000rpm, Torque: 922 lb ft @2200 rpm, Transmission: 7-speed DSG with paddle shift, Fuel/Co Acceleration: 0-62 mph: 2.5 sec and Top Speed: 253 mph. It has been developed so there will be no draft inside even when exploring the upper reaches of the car's 217 mph top speed.

10.) Koenigsegg Trevita
Price: $2.21 Million














Trevita is the special edition car in which translates as "three whites" in Swedish. It has a body made entirely of Koenigsegg's proprietary material consisting of diamond-coated carbon fiber. This model was based to Koenigsegg CCXR and therefore produces 1018 HP when running on biofuel. The production was made starting 2009 until today, it was a sports car with Body Style: 2-door roadster, Layout: rear mid-engine, rear-wheel drive, Engines: Modified twin-supercharged V8 engine from the CCX, converted to use E85 or E100 ethanol fuel as well as standard 98 octane petrol and Transmissions: 6-speed manual or semi-automatic.


Sunday, July 4, 2010

Most Expensive Cars in the world for 2010 (Part I)

Cars are one of the talk about topic of men, they love discussing about how expensive, how fast, how beautiful and how great the features of the car they have bought are. Despite of the recession there are still few elite people that still manage to buy expensive cars. Let us discuss the top 10 most expensive cars in the world for 2010 and let us see which are the most expensive and which of them has better features. Let us start with the expensive to most expensive.

1.) Shelby Super Cars (SSC Ultimate Aero)
Price: $740,000













SSC Ultimate Aero is an American built mid-engine supercar by Shelby Super Cars. The production started at 2006 until today and there are 25 more to be produced. The Body Style: 2 seat Berlinetta, Layout: rear mid-engine and rear wheel drive. The Engine: 6.2L V8 Twin Turbo 1183 bhp with Length: 4,470 millimeters (176 in.), Width: 2,080 millimeters (82 in.) Height: 1,090 millimeters (43 in.) and Curb Weight: 1,292 kilograms (2, 850 lbs.) Ultimate Aero is the world's most powerful production car.

2.) Leblanc Mirabeau
Price: $765,000













Leblanc Mirabeau is the newest car from Wysstec. It was designed to fulfill all the FIA/Le Man's standards to drive the car in Lemans and for racing track. To reach the maximum of lightweight building and race feeling the car interior is optimized for maximum speed and acceleration.

3.) Koenigsegg CCX
Price: $1.1 Million












The Koenigsegg CCX
is a mid-engined roadster from Swedish car manufacturer Koenigsegg. It was engineered to comply with the U.S. regulation, market demands and replaced Koenigsegg CCR. It was a sports car class with a Body Style: 2 door roadster, Layout: Rear mid-engine, rear-wheel drive, Engine: 4.7 L twin-supercharged V8, Transmissions: 6 speed manual, Wheelbase: 2,660 mm(104.7), Length: 4,293 mm (169.0 in), Width: 1,996 mm(78.6 in), Height: 1,120 mm (44.1 in) and Curb Weight: 1,180 kg (2,601 lb).

4.) Koenigsegg CCXR
Price: $1.3 Million













The Koenigsegg CCXR is an environmentally friendly mid-engined roadster created by it's manufacturer Koenigsegg. It was the predecessor of Koenigsegg CCX. The main difference being that CCXR's engine is tuned to run on biofuel. The different fuel and tune allows the CCXR to produce 25% more power than the CCX. It's fuel capacity is 70L (15.4 imp gal; 18.5 US gal).

5.) Maybach Landaulet
Price: $1.4 Million












Laundaulet is a standard four-passenger configuration but can also be built to hold five. It's trunk space is 21.4 cubic feet with ten hidden storage compartment placed throughout the interior. Laundaulet differs from it's siblings by having a partition between the passenger and driver's compartment. There is an intercom system that allows passengers to communicate with the driver. Rear interior are more luxurious than the driver's compartment and it's headrest was slightly larger in the Landaulet to reduce the wind noise when the top is open.


Wednesday, June 23, 2010

Which is your choice 2010 Chevrolet Camaro or 2011 Hyundai Sonata?

I was looking for the latest models of 2010 and 2011, and I found out these two wonderful cars: 2010 Chevrolet Camaro and 2011 Hyundai Sonata. I pick them up not just for the volume of reviews and comments, but rather I was caught up by their individual beauty and performance. Let us check out their differences.

2010 Chevrolet Camaro is a 2 door and 4 passenger sports car and it was redesigned for 2010. The MSRP ranges from $22,680 to $33,945 and it's Invoice ranges from $21,773 to $32,587. It has 5 trims: LS Coupe, 1LT Coupe, 2LT Coupe, 1SS Coupe and 2SS Coupe. The LS Coupe is equipped with a standard 3.6 liter, V6, 304 horsepower engine that achieves 17 mpg in the city and 29 mpg on the highway. A 6 speed manual transmission with overdrive is standard.


The 2011 Hyundai Sonata is a 4 door and 5 passenger family sedan. It was also redesigned for 2011 and has a MSRP ranges from $19,195 to $25,295 and Invoice ranges from $18,390 to $23,648. Trims available are GLD Manual, GLS Auto, GLS Auto PZEV, SE Auto, Limited Auto PZEV and Limited Auto. GLS Manual is equipped with a standard 2.4 liter, 14, 198 horsepower engine. A 6 speed automatic transmission with overdrive is standard.

Now I have discussed the features of these two great cars. The choice is up to you now, which do you prefer Camaro or Sonata? Me? I really don't know how to drive a car but I do like cars, so I think I will just read reviews about them and share it here in my blog. And by the way Yahoo Autos is a good source for car reviews for your info.