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Bugatti EB110 SS In Naked Carbon Fiber Laughs At Your Veyron
While the current hypercar mega-star, the Bugatti Veyron, may be a very impressive piece of machinery, the kids today often forget all about its predecessor. Yes, we're talking about the good ol' EB110, from the decade that brought us the Ferrari F50, Porsche 911 GT1, and McLaren F1. Since then, we've moved onwards and upwards— or have we? While a modern hypercar wafts along with a cozy cabin and an excess reserve of power, the definitive essence of the '90s was that of an unforgiving hardcore attitude. Case in point, this naked Bugatti EB110 Super Sport.More »
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2009 Corvette ZR1 Raptured, Leaves Behind Carefully Labeled Carbon Fiber Clothes
Here's a pretty slick wall display from Plasan, the supplier of the carbon fiber parts for the 2009 Corvette ZR1. Instead of just stacking their stuff on the floor and making a path for people to walk through, like we do in the home office, they decided to utilize the wonders of vertical storage and even went all the way with a clever labeling scheme. Here we find out the weights of all the carbon fiber bits they supply for the mega-Vette.
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Jalopnik Drives Hybrid Technologies Lithium-Powered Super Car
Hardigree and I drove our respective red supercars at roughly the same time yesterday. While he went for the flashy Audi R8 V12 LeMans TDI Prototype and was escorted through traffic like a Russian Oil Baron by a phalanx of Audi Q7s, I hopped into the Hybrid Technologies Lithium Powered Super Car with the guy who built it. There was no top, so I enjoyed the welcome good weather—at last!—in NYC. OK, maybe the name needs a little work, but the car itself was a hoot to drive.More »
9:00 AM on Fri Mar 21 2008
By Ben Wojdyla
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Latest by stopcrazypp: @iamjames: @Tyson: This press release from Jan 2007 (before the Popular Mechanics article on april 2007) shows the L1X-75 probably NEVER had those stats. The range quoted was 100 miles in this article too.[www.autobloggreen.com] I think there might have been some more »
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Caparo T1 adopts F1 style crumple zone
Now this is our kind of safety package, not an overly enthusiastic traction controls system or side-curtain airbag in site. The Caparo T1 relies instead on a Formula 1 style carbon fiber an aluminum honeycomb tub surrounded by a crumple zone made from the same material. Carbon is again employed in the nose, which models itself on the crushable items found on the front of F1 cars. Retardation is supplied by AP racing 14-inch disks all round, with 6 piston calipers at the front, 4 at the rear, capable of hauling the car down from 100mph in under 3 seconds. To ensure that drivers are able to make the most of the T1's incredible handling and braking abilities, Caparo run a mandatory -yes that means everyone - training course for potential customers. More »
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For the last several weeks we've been sticking with the classics. Cars like the Facel Vega HK500, Mercedes-Benz 300 SL and the all-conquering Bugatti Royale — vehicles that aren't so much pure fantasy as they are automotive high water marks. This week we're turning our attention to a modern classic, and the more things change... Back when Farago first launched our little Fantasy Garage, there was no question than an F1 would (someday) grace our car hole. The McLaren F1 should actually be synonymous inside every pistonhead's head with the word "Fantasy." In point of fact, it very well might be the greatest supercar ever made. Which may be why the Sultan of Brunei owns eight of 'em. Have a look.
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McLaren F1
For the last several weeks we've been sticking with the classics. Cars like the Facel Vega HK500, Mercedes-Benz 300 SL and the all-conquering Bugatti Royale — vehicles that aren't so much pure fantasy as they are automotive high water marks. This week we're turning our attention to a modern classic, and the more things change... Back when Farago first launched our little Fantasy Garage, there was no question than an F1 would (someday) grace our car hole. The McLaren F1 should actually be synonymous inside every pistonhead's head with the word "Fantasy." In point of fact, it very well might be the greatest supercar ever made. Which may be why the Sultan of Brunei owns eight of 'em. Have a look.
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12:00 PM on Wed Nov 28 2007
By Jonny Lieberman
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Latest by wonkydonky: @b.borrman: oh, I just meant: I disagree with your prior comment. The post is not a cliche. on day 1 of Jalopnik, they knew there would be a variety of posts saying McLaren F1 == Awesome. (and they probably saved them up -to more »
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How To Wrap Your Car Mirrors In Carbon Fiber
So we noticed at SEMA this year that carbon fiber has become the new matte black. And if you remember, as we learned from SEMA last year, matte black is the new black. Now, because of a desire for the "carbon fiber look" — lovers of tuners of all shapes, colors and chrome appendages are taking the time-honored tradition of finding ways to lighten their cars — and throwing them out the window. Most of us already know that instead of fabricating new carbon-fiber parts, many lovers of the over-pimped are merely wrapping their pre-existing car parts in carbon-fiber. Yay, 1.25 times the weight, and 1.25 times less performance. Anyway — if you happen to be one of the[via VolvoSpeed]
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SEMA 2007: ENDLESS APPLICATION POTENTIAL!
Carbonetic is an offshoot of Across, which produces carbon-carbon composites using a patented method. The translation is that since they can make nearly anything out of carbon-carbon, they can also produce a series of clutches, limited slip differentials, and brake pads using the same stuff. What impressed us the most was the multiplate clutch setup. The usually heavy steel floater center plate discs in carbon-carbon weigh almost nothing. Picking one up makes for a hand does not believe the eye kind of thing. Carbonetic also has a line of single plate street clutches using sprung hubs and carbon composite for the under 500 horsepower cars out in the garage or driveway. [Carbonetic]
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Pagani Reveals New Zonda R Renderings
Because the old Zonda wasn't bat guano enough, right? This sucker seems to have been born from the same design chic that hatched the Countach 5000QV. That is to say, "Josepi, if you find any flat surfaces, put a scoop in 'em. Also, definitely needs more wing." Apparently more power (up to 750 horses) and carbon fiber, too. The new track-focused Zonda is longer and wider than the "regular" Zonda. In fact, the two cars will only share 10% of their parts. We just like how it looks a tiny bit like an Audi R10, because we so love the Audi R10. We'll supposedly be seeing this particular track-car next spring at the Geneva Auto Show. [Motor Authority]
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Turn Your Heap into an Evo MR!
By and large we're not big fans of adding carbon-fiber gewgaws and doohickies to vehicles that honestly don't need them. But for readers of Max Power, it seems to be a pretty common pastime. Witness this fine example of CF-accesorization — a vortex generator a la Mitsu's AWD road-torcher that can be fitted to your ride. We can't wait to see our first Aveo so equipped. [Monster Modz via Max Power]
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Caparo T1 Breaks The 1,000 HP Per Ton Barrier, to Debut at Goodwood
If you've been dreaming about an F1 car you can drive to Starbucks, dream no further. Caparo will begin delivering their close to $400,000 track-day special in July. And the stats are just stoo-pid: 575 horsepower at 10,500 rpm from a 3.5-liter V8; zero to 60 mph in 2.5 seconds; 0-100 mph in less than five seconds. Top speed is rumored to be infinity and the brakes are so powerful the T1 goes slower than not moving (fine, 100-0 mph in 3.5 seconds). The biggest news of course is that Caparo, for the first time ever, is going beyond 1,000 hp per ton in a production vehicle. In fact, they have achieved the insane figure of 1,045 hp for every 2,000 lbs. Not a word about five-mile-per-hour bumpers, though. Completely bonkers specifics after the jump. More »
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Bad News For Rich Guys: Cost Of Carbon Fiber Quadruples
Hey Blake, you might want to hold off on your order for the new Lamborghini Murcielago Superveloce. Looks like Boeing and Airbus are snapping up all the super lightweight resin they can get their hands on. The price per pound for the good stuff has mushroomed from $5 to $20. There is a certain irony to this story. As you may know, the filthy rich the world over are using private aircraft more and more. Yet commercial planes are still able to piss them off. We think its a pity, not for the rich, but for the you and mes, as a mega-lightweight econobox with fantastic mileage would be 99 times better than a dirty old hybrid. Stupid Adam Smith. More »
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More Carbon Fiber in the Future?
The whiz kids down in Oak Ridge, TN, at a lab originally established to enrich and extract the uranium 235 used to incinerate/ irradiate Hiroshima, is working with a consortium of auto manufacturers on ways to make carbon fiber cheaper, and thus a more viable option for everyday vehicle construction. Currently, commercial-grade carbon fiber's running around 8 bucks a pound; the goal is to drop the price by three to five dollars and make it easier to work with on a large scale. More »
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USA Today on the Carbon Fiber Boom
If 1967's "The Graduate" were remade in 2005, Benjamin Braddock would probably drive a Scion instead of an Alfa Duetto (natch), and the poolside career advice he recieved would have encompassed two words instead of one: "carbon fiber," not "plastics." These days, carbon-fiber — which costs nearly 10 times more than steel — is the ultimate prestige accessory. Carmakers like Porsche and Ferrari and BMW (M6 roof, pictured) have been using the megabucks material to lighten up their supercars, and aftermarket suppliers are selling truckloads of expensive carbon-fiber doodads like hoods and body panels. What's next for this space-age material, other than $500 day-glo interior trim?Carbon fiber sparkles with diamondlike appeal [USA Today] More »
