We recently took a trip to Houston for the annual Houston Auto Show. We had lots of fun with our car enthusiast friends from around Texas. Check out some of the pictures we took at the auto show.
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Paris Auto Show 2010: the Lotus Surprise
2010 Paris Lotus Concept
Lotus is, and has been, one of our favorite manufacturers for a long time. Keeping focused on lightweight and driver feel, the company has been successful in building a few dedicated cars. This year, Lotus had announced that they would be producing more cars and planning to cut into more market share. Some like it and some don’t. Some think that Lotus should stay a small company making cars that weigh in less than 2000 lbs. Others, like us, don’t care as long as they make them look great and perform better than anything out there!
So what did Lotus show us in Paris? Not just one or two new cars, but a total of five! Five new cars from Lotus in one year is an amazing feat. The design and direction used in all these cars doesn’t ring back to traditional Lotus, but they look fantastic! They are all using modern and updated powertrains from Toyota and the best the auto world has to offer in 2011.
Check out each model below: Continue reading
Lotus Evora Type 124 Endurance Racecar
Lotus Evora 124 Endurance Racecar
As you may know Lotus is one of our favorite car manufactures, at txGarage, from the Elise and Exige to the Seven and the Carlton. Lotus has been making uncompromising sports cars since its Mk1 in 1948.
The new Evora, launched in July 2008, was to be a 2+2 sports car with a mid mounted 3.5L V6 engine. To some this would not be a true lotus with the added weight and comfort given special attention in this car. The first of these cars had only been delivered to customers a week ago and Lotus is already showing off the newest, inevitable, variant of the Evora. That would be the Type 124 Endurance Racecar already set to debut at the ADAC Nurburgring 24 Hours Race. It’s a stripped down light weight ready built Racecar aimed at the FIA GT racing series. The mid mounted Toyota V6 engines power has been increased and is hooked up to a six speed sequential paddle shift racing gearbox.
We look forward to seeing this amazing new machine from Lotus racing next year.
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Cool Car Spotting
Lotus 340R
Today I stumbled across a car for sale that I have never seen before, this is a rare occurrence for me. This, obviously rare, Lotus is called a 340R. I have seen 2-Eleven cars, Lotus 7 cars, and a bunch of cup race cars by Lotus but this 340R is a first for me.
It shows to crank out 190hp with a weight of 1450 lbs with a 0-62 time of 4.4 seconds and a top speed of 130mph. Like all Lotus cars this thing is a track king! Only 340 total examples were built and everyone was sold before they were ever manufactured, which explains the fact that I’ve never seen one. This car uses a totally custom built body shell with no roof or doors to add unneeded weight, every car came with a silver and black color scheme.
Needless to say I love Lotus cars and this one is right up there with the coolest cars around.
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Hennessey Venom GT
Hennessey Venom GT
Our buddies at Hennessy announced a few years ago that they would be building a supercar of their own. Going from a tuning shop to producing your own supercar doesn’t happen overnight and now almost two years after their announcement they are telling us the car will be debuting at the Geneva Motor Show in March 2010.
If you have been following the Venom GT you know it was supposed to be powered by the Viper V10, as Hennessey has a good relation with the Viper brand. We also heard that it would be weighing in at 2700 lbs with a 1,000 horsepower ratting. Now we are hearing a little different, but better, story. Hennessey is now saying that the Venom GT will be powered by a “Hennessey V8” the weight is down to 2400 lbs and horsepower is up to 1,200 bhp. This spectacular looking mid-engine supercar will be able to deliver the goods, but will it make a real splash within the supercar world? That we’ll just have to wait and see…
Let us know what you think!