Motor Mania

I have seen i-Phones destroyed in many ways but this is surely the best so far. The car you see in the video is evidently a heavy modified Toyota Supra. The car has a two-step system which is basically an aftermarket rev-limiter, the limitation is achieved by modifying the timing or momentarily deactivating the spark plugs. As a result, in both cases, some fuel gets in the hot exhaust and ignites, this makes the cool flames and explosions you hear. Often this system is confused with an antilag which may use the same principle, in some cases, but it has a different purpose which is spooling the turbo also when the gas pedal is depressed.


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Nowadays it is nearly "normal" to see a hypercars with 1000 plus horsepower, but one car has power figures that are literally shocking. We are talking about the Devel Sixteen, a monster that has 5007 hp and will be reaching speeds of over 500 km/h (310 mph). The fist time i came across this car on the web a couple years ago i thought it was some kind of joke especially because the first prototype looked very boxy and unrefined. Well, the guys at Devel are taking this thing very seriously in fact some weeks ago something closer to what could be the production version was presented at Dubai International Motor Show.

First prototype:




Latest version:



The look is quite different from what i saw time ago, it is surely more convincing. The engine is a 12.3 liter quad-turbo V16 made by Steve Morris Engines starting from two LS V8s which are basically joined in series.


Lately Devel also started a collaboration with M.A.T. (Manifattura Automobili Torino) whose CEO is Paolo Garella, the chief engineer who recently worked on the 2.7 million dollars Apollo Intensa Emozione, in the end you can't have a supercar without a touch of Italian magic.


There will be three versions of the Devel Sixteen: the first one will have a turbocharged LS V8 with 1500 hp, the second comes with a V16 tuned for 3000 hp and a top speed around 515 km/h (320 mph) and finally the 5007 hp version, which probably will not be street legal. The last version is the most expensive costing over 2 million dollars, which is less than i thought. The car still poses big challenges related to the high speeds at which it will be operating so there is still a lot of work before we can see the speed record broken anyway it is exciting to see that there have been some developments.

Even high performance vehicles today have been affected by the trend of engine downsizing, basically reducing the displacement and adding forced induction or hybrid systems to recover some power. There are however some companies who still preserve the purity of an internal combustion engine,  Apollo is one of them. The German auto maker founded by Roland Gumpert came out with a hypercar that goes in a completely different direction, a car which reunites the old and the new.

Finally after a very long wait, Automobili Lamborghini has revealed the production version of the Urus. The concept made its first appearance five years ago at Bejing Motor Show in 2012 after then it only appeared in some spy videos on the internet. The name Urus has an interesting origin, it is the name of the wild ancestor of  today's fighting bull that what Stephan Winkelmann, the president of the company, said when the concept was launched. He also claims that this vehicle is the precursor to a new car segment the Super SUV. The look is astonishing, at first glance you can immediately recognize the features of a true Lamborghini.
Let's get to the engine, under the hood we can find a bi-turbo 4.0 liter v8 delivering 650 hp and 850 Nm of torque. I haven't seen Lamborghini with a front mounted engine in a while. The top speed is 305 km/h, it is the fastest production SUV, super SUV to be precise, and it can accelerate from 0 to 100 km/h in just 3.6 seconds. It is a very vesatile car it features a lot of driving modes: STRADA (normal road), TERRA (off-read), NEVE (snow), SABBIA (sand), SPORT and last but not least CORSA (racing mode). Another cool feature is the rear wheel-steering system introduced with the Aventador S which works trough the whole speed range. The starting price is 206.000 euro it a lot but let's not forget it is still a Lamborghini.

The four-time WRC champion finally had his chance to try a F1 car for the first time. In 2016 he and the Moto GP legend Valentino Rossi were invited by Mercedes F1 team to test their race-car but apparently only Rossi ended up doing the test. Finally nearly one year later he had the occasion to get in a Red Bull Racing F1 car, the same team he runs for in the WRC, realizing another of his dreams as he states in a tweet  the day before the test "Reached Already so many dreams, met the love of my life, became daddy, WRC world champ…Tomorrow another dream will come true!".

The new X Class is classy but it's not afraid to get dirty, after the concept presented in 2016 we heard a lot of talking about it until finally on the 5th of July Mercedes Benz released a teaser on You Tube. This is just an anticipation, the official debut of the pick-up will be on the 18 of July. The look is astonishing, i am very curious to see if also the production model will have the same "grill-tailgate".

Some times even F1 drivers loose their mind, that was the case with Sebastian Vettel. During Azerbaijan Gran Prix, at the exit of a corner, the four time world champion hit Hamilton from the back and then out of rage surpassed him and bumped into his side. Maybe Hamilton was trying to compact the group behind Vettel or he was just waiting for the safety car to get out of the way we don't know. In any case Vettel was penalized but he still managed to finish ahead of his rival.

This ETS Nissan GT-R by English racing is officially the fastest GT-R in the world. The car has 3000 hp and is able to reach this power thanks to a massive twin turbo system and lots of tuning. The run took place at Pikes Peak Airstrip Attack where, despite a slight disadvantage due to altitude, the car reached 255.53 mph equivalent to 411.24 km/h in half mile. That is crazy fast! The same car previously reached 255.2 mph but in one mile, double the distance.

700 cars, 30 tracks in over 200 configurations and real-time-changing weather all in 4k resolution at 60 fps. These are the numbers of the new Forza Motorsport 7. The release was announced with a trailer on 11 June 2017 at E3 but it will not be available until October 3, 2017 for Xbox one/Windows 10 and on November 7 for Xbox One X. A cool new feature of this game is that the player is able to create his own character choosing among 300 designs. The graphics are amazing and the models are extremely detailed, almost lifelike, as you will see in the videos. Also check out the new Need For Speed Payback which will be coming out on November 10, 2017.

Everyone heard of these new toys which are supposed to relax you while playing with it. Well for some people that was too boring so they started to spin the toy to crazy rpm with compressed air. That's quite fun but it's nothing compared to what this guy did. He decided to spin it using a 850 psi tank of NOS (the pressure in the tank is  58,6 times the atmospheric pressure). Not just that crazy but it's also extremely dangerous as you will see. Here is a link to his channel he does a lot of car related stuff and he's very funny.

On june 2, 2017 the trailer of the new Need For Speed Payback was revealed.  The game will be released worldwide on november 10, 2017. The trailer seems more like a gameplay and it looks very cool and exiting at leaset like the other titles form the franchise, enjoy!