Don't Forget Your E-Brake!
The driver of a Lexus LFA steps out of the car without applying the emergency brake and almost has to learn the hard way!
(August 27, 2011 / Irvine, CA)
2011 Ford Mad Max Concept
Ford Australia, in partnership with TopGear Australia magazine, has unveiled not one, but two spectacular new Mad Max Interceptors.
The 21st century concepts have been designed by Ford's designers for TopGear Magazine Australia to help celebrate the revival of the Mad Max action movie genre.
It is more than 30 years since Hollywood director, George Miller's original Mad Max movie - starring Mel Gibson and a jet black Ford XB coupe-based Interceptor - hit movie screens around the world.
Ford Australia's Melbourne-based Asia, Pacific and Australia Design Director, Chris Svensson, jumped at the chance to design a new Interceptor and has since thrown the full weight of Ford Australia's Research Centre behind the project, with stunning results.
"Our entire team was very excited to be involved in this after-hours project and they approached it with a great deal of enthusiasm - even those that were too young to remember the first Mad Max movie," Svensson said. "We had a special screening of the original movie so they could understand it."
Led by chief designer passenger cars Asia, Pacific and Africa, Todd Willing, the team created several way-out concepts that pay homage to styling cues from the original XB Coupe Interceptor.
Out of the concepts two have been chosen by the magazine to feature in the April issue of TopGear Australia magazine, on sale now, because they take body design, power sources and weaponry to a futuristic level.
TopGear Australia magazine readers will be invited to vote on which design Ford should take to the next level.
The winning car will be turned into a clay model, and then a scale version, which is expected to be revealed later this year.
The two competing designs - by designers Nima Nourian and Simon Brook - are limitless in their imagination, technology and weaponry. Among the weaponry is an industrial-strength "taser" mounted to the bonnet to zap bad guys on bikes straight off the road.
Other futuristic movie features include a titanium-lined body shell to interrupt police scanners and wheels with extendable spikes to shred enemy vehicles.
Nourian said his design paid tribute to the 1970s Interceptor, but also drags the car into the future.
"There are some great scenes in the first movie with high-speed chases and clashes with the bad guys, and I thought I'd take that one step further," he said. "So instead of having weapons and machine guns, we've got an industrial strength taser that'll zap cars dead and out of the way.
Brook's car was equally threatening. "During high-speed pursuits, the wheel's inner spokes on my design would pop out and start ripping up other cars," Brook said. "They'd do some serious damage to other people's vehicles."
Brook's design takes cues from the current FG Falcon but advances it further into Armageddon-land, while adding touches of the retro Interceptor as well. "I wanted to keep it clean and aerodynamic in its essence, but still brutal and tough."
240mph ART twin turbo Viper - Texas Mile - March 2011
The A.R.T. Twin turbo Ballista Viper at the Texas Mile - March 2011
Record breaking 240mph run.
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2010 Dodge Viper SRT10
Visit Us at: http://LTWTV.us - What is not to like about a small sports car with a V10 engine and 600 horsepower?
It is an American Muscle Car Icon. The Viper is a street legal racecar that the Europeans cannot understand. They don't have to understand, it because it is the Dodge faithful that truly love this car. The Viper is a true American treasure. It goes on hiatus until 2012 when it should return even better. I hope you enjoy my review!
Mike Herzing
Narration by: Mike Herzing
Videography by: Lynn David Cole
UPDATE: New 2013 Dodge Viper Revealed
i have something very important to report: Dodge has finished the development of the new generation Viper and will have it displayed next month in Miami. The official reveal will be made during a charity event called "Rides and Smiles" at Homestead-Miami Speedway in Homestead, Florida.
Porsche 9ff GT3 RS vs Dodge Viper SRT-10
Porsche 911 GT3 RS (997) 9ff vs Dodge Viper SRT-10 Paxton Supercharged
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Spy Video 2013 Dodge Viper Unleashed - Black Sunshine
Here is a sneak peak of the highly anticipated 2013 Dodge Viper SRT10 set to debut in mid-2012. Place your orders early, with a new chasis and limited production, this may be the most talked about rollout in the new history of Chrysler. All new Dodge Viper SRT-10 Coming soon http://www.ProChryslerJeep.net Pro serving the world from Denver, Colorado
2013 Dodge Viper Preview
UPDATE!!: I have recently recieved new pics of the Viper. Click The Link To Go To The New Video! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8a8rwquqvk
Dodge is hard at work trying to reinvent the Dodge Viper for the 2013 model year. As of right now, they are working on the new powerhouse engine that will be found under that long hood. This is evidenced by a Viper mule recently caught testing with the new Viper front end attached to the old body style. Something is cooking under that hood and whatever engine that may be, it will need plenty of fresh air to keep it cool. Check out the big air intake in the front bumper and what looks to be three air intakes in the hood. This engine will be a beast and Dodge is doing whatever it can to keep it at bay.
2013 Dodge Viper concept
The Dodge Viper will return as early as 2013. This is just one concept of two, and the second concept will likely be the one put into production, not this one. Ferrari will be getting involved with the engineering, they will be giving it a 700HP engine according to car and driver. Car and driver also says the price wont change, and even with the power increase, it should start at $96,000
