Showing posts with label European. Show all posts
Showing posts with label European. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Video: Spada Codatronca Monza (details)

Despite the old school mojo, the car is fully-modern as it has an aluminum chassis, a composite body, Brembo brakes and OZ Racing wheels with Pirelli PZero Corsa tires.




Power comes from a supercharged 7.0-liter V8 engine with 720 PS (530 kW / 710 hp) and 950 Nm (701 lb-ft) of torque. It is connected to a six-speed manual transmission which enables the 1,180 kg (2,600 lb) supercar to run from 0-100 km/h in three seconds and hit a top speed of 335 km/h (208 mph).
While the vehicle is technically a one-off, SVS will build a production model on demand.

Top speed of 335 km/h (208 mph)
















































Monday, July 11, 2011

With MAN and Scania, VW is now Europe's biggest truck builder


Volkswagen announced today that they have built up a 55.9% share of German truck and heavy diesel engine manufacturer MAN. Volkswagen will have influence on the 253-year-old MAN's supervisory board, making it easier to create a functional partnership with another VW truck builder, Scania.
This will give Volkswagen more ability to compete with the heavy truck manufacturing divisions of Daimler and Volvo.

MAN and Scania's combined output of 172,000 truck units weighing more than six tonnes was just slightly higher than Volvo's output, but still 37% lower than Daimler's.