Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Ultimate Car Showroom in the World

Showroom car garage equipped with technologically advanced in the world are present in German. Car showroom which is located a lot of selling Volkswagen in Wolfsburg, Germany.

Although quite expensive but not discourage car lovers to buy their products. In fact, showroom Autostadt able to sell as many as 600 cars per day. In the past year about 175,893 cars sold to consumers.

There is uniqueness in the car showroom, where prospective buyers can see the car assembly process. Not only that, upon delivery of the car to the consumer, automobile speedometer still shows zero.

It is fairly rare nowadays. The secret there is in the hands of robots that work in it.

By the robot hand, the car does not need to touch the ground so the tires do not need to rotate. Although the process of delivery from factory to showroom use straps hanging.

Location of the factory and showroom are classified as luxury even chosen as a location for filming the latest movie Mission Impossible.

A spokesman for the Autostadt say, that this place is like a garden that can amaze the automotive car lovers. "Being in the new car is a precious moment and every buyer seemed to be king"

Monday, January 30, 2012

Audi R8 GRAND-AM Positive Debut At The Rolex 24


By Tarek Ramchani :

The 50th Rolex 24 at Daytona marked the American race debut for the brand new Audi R8 GRAND-AM. 2 teams represented Audi in Florida's prestigious endurance event. Grand-Am regulars APR Motorsport, moved to the major Rolex Series, after years racing exclusively the Grand-Am Challenge. The other team is Oryx Racing, from the United Arab Emirates, last season they did the American Le Mans Series.

Radically diffrent from its original FIA GT3 Spec version, to meet the Grand-Am GT rules. The R8 GRAND-AM did pretty well in qualifying. The #74 Oryx Racing got a nice 15th in class, less than a second, from the pole sitting Porsche GT3 Cup. While the #51 APR Motorsport car ended in 22nd. Not bad for a world class GT field, made by a mega 42 cars entry. With APR adding Audi's veteran and star Emanuele Pirro for their drivers line-up.

The race started saturday afternoon. Immediatelly Oryx Racing's R8 improved in hands of Steven Kane . Moving up to 8th position in class. While APR car running with consistent lap times in the middle of the GT pack. Entering the first hours of the race, bad luck started to hit both Audis. Some contacts with other cars, or some technical issues. Problems that sent them back of the GT class standing. Both teams never give up and each time returned on track fighting hard. Same bad luck hit again the #51 APR car, with only few minutes to go. The R8 crashed at the Bus Stop chicane. Again the team brought back the car to the pits and did everything to send it back on track. Great team efforts as the #51 machine resumed in the very final stages and made it to the finish line. Very emotional for a brand new racer and 2 rookie teams.

The Audi R8 GRAND-AM did quite well, as seen in qualifying and the first stages of the race. Proving it could fight and challenge the top GT cars of the series from Porsche, Chevrolet or Ferrari. Not bad for a debut in North American sports car racing. Next roud of the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series is at Barber Motorsport Park, March 31st.





Sunday, January 29, 2012

New Audi S7 LED Headlights - Game Day Commercial

Get a sneak peak of the new Audi S7 commercial. Amazingly, of all the features, they've focused more on its new daylight like LED Headlights. Besides claiming it to be more efficient, they are more like daylight thus making them even safer and visible even in the dusk.

See what becomes of the entire vampires party when they are exposed to this new Audi S7's LED Lights.
Kinda funny :-)

Saturday, January 28, 2012

The Audi R8 LMP 63 Outright Victories in Photos



By Tarek Ramchani :

5 Le Mans 24 Hours outright victories, 6 straight American Le Mans Series championship titles, 2004 Le Mans Endurance Series title. Great wins and trophies for the Audi R8 LMP. Here is the full 63 overall wins for the legendary Le Mans racer :

March 18th 2000, 12 Hours of Sebring : Frank Biela - Tom Kristensen - Emanuele Pirro

June 18th 2000, 24 Heures du Mans : Frank Biela - Tom Kristensen - Emanuele Pirro

July 23rd 2000, Grand Prix of Sonoma : Allan McNish - Dindo Capello

August 6th 2000, Grand Prix of Mosport : Allan McNish - Dindo Capello


September 2nd 2000, Grand Prix of Texas : Frank Biela - Emanuele Pirro

September 10th 2000, Grand Prix of Portland : Allan McNish - Dindo Capello

September 30th 2000, Petit Le Mans : Allan McNish - Dindo Capello - Michele Alboreto

October 15th 2000, Monterey Sports Car Championships : Allan McNish - Dindo Capello

October 29th 2000, Grand Prix of Las Vegas : Frank Biela - Emanuele Pirro

December 31st 2000, Race of a Thousand Years : Allan McNish - Dindo Capello

March 4th 2001, Grand Prix of Texas : Dindo Capello - Tom Kristensen

March 17th 2001, 12 Hours of Sebring : Dindo Capello - Michele Alboreto - Laurent Aiello

April 14th 2001, ELMS race at Donington Park : Dindo Capello - Tom Kristensen

May 20th 2001, ELMS race at Jarama : Dindo Capello - Tom Kristensen

June 17th 2001, 24 Heures du Mans : Frank Biela - Tom Kristensen - Emanuele Pirro

July 22nd 2001, Grand Prix of Sonoma : Dindo Capello - Tom Kristensen

August 5th 2001, ELMS race at Most : Stefan Johansson - Patrick Lemarie

August 19th 2001, Grand Prix of Mosport : Frank Biela - Emanuele Pirro

September 9th 2001, Monterey Sports Car Championships : Frank Biela - Emanuele Pirro

October 6th 2001, Petit Le Mans : Frank Biela - Emanuele Pirro

March 16th 2002, 12 Hours of Sebring : Dindo Capello - Johnny Herbert - Christian Pescatori

June 16th 2002, 24 Heures du Mans : Frank Biela - Tom Kristensen - Emanuele Pirro

June 30th 2002, American Le Mans at Mid-Ohio : Frank Biela - Emanuele Pirro

July 17th 2002, Road America 500 : Dindo Capello - Tom Kristensen

August 3rd 2002, Grand Prix de Trois Rivieres : Dindo Capello - Tom Kristensen

August 18th 2002, Grand Prix of Mosport : Dindo Capello - Tom Kristensen

September 22nd 2002, Monterey Sports Car Championships : Dindo Capello - Tom Kristensen

October 5th 2002, American Le Mans Challenge at Miami : Frank Biela - Emanuele Pirro

October 12th 2002, Petit Le Mans : Dindo Capello - Tom Kristensen

March 15th 2003, 12 Hours of Sebring : Frank Biela - Marco Werner - Philip Peter

June 29th 2003, Grand Prix of Atlanta : J.J. Lehto - Johnny Herbert

August 3rd 2003, Grand Prix de Trois Rivieres : Frank Biela - Marco Werner

August 17th 2003, Grand Prix of Mosport : Frank Biela - Marco Werner

August 24th 2003, Road America 500 : J.J. Lehto - Johnny Herbert

August 31st 2003, 1000Km of Spa-Francorchamps : Tom Kristensen - Seiji Ara

September 7th 2003, Monterey Sports Car Championships : Frank Biela - Marco Werner

September 27th 2003, Grand Prix Americas - Miami : J.J. Lehto - Johnny Herbert

October 18th 2003, Petit Le Mans : J.J. Lehto - Johnny Herbert

November 9th 2003, 1000Km du Mans : Tom Kristensen - Seiji Ara

March 20th 2004, 12 Hours of Sebring : Allan McNish - Pierre Kaffer - Frank Biela

May 9th 2004, 1000Km of Monza : Jamie Davies - Johnny Herbert

June 13th 2004, 24 Heures du Mans : Tom Kristensen - Dindo Capello - Seiji Ara

June 27th 2004, American Le Mans at Mid-Ohio : Marco Werner - J.J. Lehto

July 4th 2004, 1000Km of the Nurburgring : Allan McNish - Pierre Kaffer

July 5th 2004, New England Grand Prix - Lime Rock : Marco Werner - J.J. Lehto

July 18th 2004, Grand Prix of Sonoma : Marco Werner - J.J. Lehto

July 25th 2004, Portland Grand Prix : Marco Werner - J.J. Lehto

August 14th 2004, 1000Km of Silverstone : Allan McNish - Pierre Kaffer

August 22nd 2004, Road America 500 : Marco Werner - J.J. Lehto

September 12th 2004, 1000Km of Spa-Francorchamps : Jamie Davies - Johnny Herbert

September 25th 2004, Petit Le Mans : Marco Werner - J.J. Lehto

October 16th 2004, Monterey Sports Car Championships - Johnny Herbert - Pierre Kaffer

March 19th 2005, 12 Hours of Sebring : Tom Kristensen - Marco Werner - J.J. Lehto

April 17th 2005, Grand Prix of Atlanta : Marco Werner - J.J. Lehto

June 19th 2005, 24 Heures du Mans : Tom Kristensen - Marco Werner - J.J. Lehto

July 4th 2005, New England Grand Prix - Lime Rock : Marco Werner - J.J. Lehto

July 17th 2005, Grand Prix of Sonoma : Frank Biela - Emanuele Pirro

July 30th 2005, Portland Grand Prix : Frank Biela - Emanuele Pirro

August 13th 2005, 1000Km of Silverstone : Allan McNish - Stephane Ortelli

August 21 2005, Road America 500 : Frank Biela - Emanuele Pirro

October 1st 2005, Petit Le Mans : Frank Biela - Emanuele Pirro

May 12th 2006, Houston Grand Prix : Allan McNish - Dindo Capello

July 1st 2006, New England Grand Prix - Lime Rock : Allan McNish - Dindo Capello

Hope you enjoyed this photo review.