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Panoz in 2010
Panoz Rendering
Panoz is by far one of my favorite car manufacturers, namely because of their contribution to motorsports – more over putting an American company into the list of great cars – but also because of their mission statement as a company. The whole point of Panoz is to build great, race ready, luxurious cars right here in America. It has been a while, though, since Panoz has come out with a new car. The Esperante, their only production car at the moment has gone essentially unchanged since it’s conception back in 2000.
A decade later, Panoz finally has come out with an updated design! Or at least a rendering of one. The new “Abruzzi” as Don Panoz calls it, will debute to the public at the 24 Hours of Le Mans this June. No details are known for now but except a front engine, rear wheel drive, and a Ford sourced engine. Despite the rumors of Panoz moving to Chevy LS motors, we believe that they will stick with Ford into the future.
As we here more, we’ll let you know!
New from Hennessey: VelociRaptor 500
Hennessey VelociRaptor 500
The Boys at Hennessey must be getting bored with 1,000 horsepower monster cars because today they announced their new monster truck, the VelociRaptor 500. That’s right, Hennessey Performance has taken a Ford F150 Raptor and bolted a Whipple supercharger on the already stout 5.4 liter V8. This fearse Raptor now produces 501 HP and 520 lbs-ft of torque at 9.1 pounds of boost. They also added a K&N intake, stainless steel exhaust and headers, tuned the ECU, and upgraded fuel injectors. Now look for the VelociRaptor to hit 60 in a staggering 5.6 seconds. › Continue reading
The 2010 Texas Truck Rodeo
2010 Ford F-150 Truck of Texas
The Texas Auto Writers Association gathered together last weekend for their annual truck event known as the Texas Truck Rodeo. This year it was held in San Antonio where the trucks and SUV’s would be put through the test at the Knibbe Ranch.
Every year, the Texas Auto Writers Association (TAWA) names the Truck of Texas after this event and for the past six years that truck has been the Ford F-150. This year was no different with the new Ford F-150 taking the big prize yet again. For 2010, the F-150 didn’t just get a new look, it got an all around new package. The interior is a nice place to be whether you are roaring down a highway or driving through an open field. The powertrain has been tweaked giving the new F-150 a boost in fuel economy by as much as 12% over the prior year model. The title for Truck of the Year seems to be well deserved for Ford’s hard work on the F-150 year after year.
The Toyota FT-86 Concept
Toyota FT-86 Concept
Today, in anticipation of the Tokyo Auto Show next month, Toyota has released the first images of the new FT-86 concept. This would be the Toyota/Subaru machine meant to bring a rear wheel drive setup back to Toyota and using a boxer-four power plant from Subaru in both cars, at around $20K sticker price. This has been a hot issue for a long time and has been rumored to have been killed, then back on, then killed again, but with the new pictures being released from Toyota we have no doubt that we’ll be seeing this tie-up on the streets soon. › Continue reading
Update: Hennessey’s LS9 Camaro SS w/Video
Hennessey HPE700
Today we got to see new video of the overly insane project Hennessey has been working on. The first dyno pull to make it to YouTube with speaker busting exhaust notes and all. If you’ll take a second to remember why this project is so… well awesome, here you have a 2010 Camaro with a modified LS9 V8 engine named the Hennessey HPE700. LS9 you say? Yes that would be the same engine found in the ZR-1 Corvette, only finding a new home. With 645 HP at the rear wheels and 653 lb-ft of torque this monster will hang with the best of them. Again this is the first dyno we know about so more tuning may come. No word yet on when the project will be finished and what the planned price for the package will be but trust me, we are all ears.
My Top 10 Cars at Frankfurt:
Frankfurt Germany
The International Motor Show or (IAA) is the world’s largest motor show and is held in Frankfurt Germany. The very first show was in 1897 in a small hotel in Berlin. Since then the show has grown with attendance almost reaching the one million mark. All the big and small manufacturers of the world bring their best and most advanced technology and design to Frankfurt to show to the automotive world.
I know this is a Texas car blog and Frankfurt is a long ways away from Texas and many of the cars displayed there will never see our shoreline. But bear with me as I go through my top picks from the Frankfurt Motor Show. This is an enthusiast site, so I hope you enjoy the cars as much as I do.
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