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Intensa Emozine, that translates to fierce emotion. By the look at Apollo's latest creation you can see why the car was named like that. Although the owner of Apollo is chinese , he was convinced somhow that an Italian name would fit his baby more than a chinese one that has raging or dragon in it .  This prove apollo is in good hands now , we all remember the fastest car on Top Gear's test track , the Gumpert. You might recall its hedious looks as well ,but the Intensa Emozione is surely a great creation to look at . In 2001 , Ronald Gumpert returned to Germany after being in China for 3 years working as the head of marketing operations of Audi and VW . He had a dream of creating a car that is road legal and can be ready to take up corners of Monza at any speed . Automobile designer , Roland Mayer had the same idea and they joined forces to create something that would redefine the terms of speed and aerodynamics. They both provided the first prototype of the Gum...

A while ago , Porsche introduced to the world a classic Porsche with a modern wrap and they give it the honor of keep the letter R on it . The ritual continued with the "new" Porsche T , a commemoration to the model from the 60s , the 1965 to be specfic . Porsche fans and car enthusiats alike embraced the idea of resurrecting old names from the golden era of the two seater sports car and making these model more exclusive and harder to get than others , has played a broad role in shifting the concept behind the making of these models along with newly released models like the GT3 RS and GT2 .  The 1965 model had a flat six single overhead camshaft engine that produced 110 hp at 5800 rpm and 116 lb-ft of torque at 4200 rpm . It was propelled by the rear wheels and provided good amount of fun at that time because its top was over 120 mph . The 65 Carrera T had two transmission option , 4 or 5 speed manual gearbox and that can explain the" whooping top speed ...

The Toyota Century , a name that was exclusively meant for Japan. The reason behind the birth of this model was the 100th birthday of Toyata's founder sakichi Toyoda. The Century was meant for Japanese businessmen only because the luxury of Toyota can only be sensed through Lexus globally The first introduction of the Cnetury MK1 was in 1967 and it was only available with a V8 option under the bonet and the model haven't wittnessed any changes for the next 30 years until  the biggest step made in the Japanese automotive history in 1997 . The century MK2 was monuted with a V12 the first and last to date engine with that configuration. We have never seen Toyota daring to make the V12 again even with this new model which a big disappointement. A downer indeed , the new Century has another V8 , but before we get to that , we need to say a few words about the design. The car is being promoted as ever as a luxurious limousine , quite like the Mercedes S class  , the Audi A8 ...

It has been 50 years now since Lamborghini landed its first 400 GT in Japan , half a century since the nation of the rising sun was introduced to the Italian exquisitness in attempt from the company to seek new markets , although the Japanese economy was not keen to host foreign companies at the time for fears of takeovers by investors from the west , but the 400 GT was too compeling and alluring to be denied from strolling in the Japanese roads . To celebrate a relation that was built on mutual respect and trust , the Italian masterpiece maker decided to give car entusiats from Japan something to talk about  at the pub after long hours of day work . The concept was to award this nation with five exclusive Lambos Aventador S roadsters that are inspired from the 5 elements Fire , Water , Wind , Sky and Earth.  The first edition of the Five that was premiered was , water. The most intriguing part is the paintjob of course , 170 hours of labor were dedicated ...

This is the Polestar 1 , a car that many thought it won't be crafted to be road legal . Even after Volvo announced that they will consider making performance cars in the begining of 2017 through Polestar division, nobody pictured a hybrid Volvo that would rival the Model S of Tesla BMWs , Audis or Mercs .  But it's here and it looks quite like a Volvo, but before we begin the indepth look of this model we need first to introduce you to the heritage behind this car and the brand "Polestar" , it won't take long but the company been for almost 20 yeras now so it deserves a look back . Volvo's first attempt to create a Sporty performance model began in 1996 through Flash Engineering a company that was dedicatetd to transform the Swedish reliability to a track focused beast in Touring championships , and they did it with the Volvo 850 model , they went on later with model like the S40 (by Tom Walkinshaw Racing ) and S60 ( by Flash Engineering anew) . The ...

Since the start of the new mellenium Renault confirmed that it has only two spoiled children in its family , these two were called Clio and Megane . In fact the company spent more money on developing these two models more than any other name in the company . Renault went even further by crowing these two with the RS badge and promote them as performance cars .We can all associate Renault's emblem to either the Clio or Megane and that proves that the French auto maker has done a proper job to make the previous models a bit iconic to the brand .  Now Renault has released its latest RS and it the 5 doors Megane. Unlike the previous model, the new Megane RS comes with two chassis choices , either the soft sport chassis or the harder more traditional  cup chassis . All hot hatches has 4 doors now like its rivals , the Focus , Civic and the new Hyundai . We must say that the latter models are facing a serious challenge in terms of looks because the new Megane is indeed a loo...

When Karl Benz saw the Spanish commissioner 's daughter  for the first time , he was instantly struck by her alluring beauty and  impressive delicacy that he named his automobile company after her . If Karl Benz is still alive and saw the new Project one , he may have the idea of changing his company's name from Mercedes to Odin . Car enthusiats , we should be very appreciative regarding the work that is being displayed by the German automaker , because frankly no words can describe the level of precision and the technological creativity that was implemented in the Project One . Before going into the details behind the skin , we must point out that the car looks hypnotic and strange to an extent .  " There is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness in the proportion" said Francis Bacon in 1625 , and he is indeed right because the Project One has some unfamiliar design especially the shark fin at the back of the car , the scoops on top of the whee...

This is the recently released TVR Griffith , it looks quite vigorous and forceful as expected from the British brand . The company decided to resurrect the Griffith name through their newly signed partnership with Gordon Murry design and Cosworth . In other words you get a design from the man who pictured the ultimate Mclaren of all time , the F1 and an engine developed not by engineers but with legacy and heritage in the automotive industry .   Let us start by the name , Griffith . It is a male given name that derives from Griffin , a mythical creature with the head and wings of an eagle and the body of a lion and that to put emphasis on their philosophy that combines performance with agility and extreme looks . The company was founded by a British man called Travor Wilkinson in 1947 amid the second world war , he kept managing the company until he passed in 1962 then Martin Lielly from 1965 until 1981 , the company then was acquired by the British engineer and businessm...

It is official !! Dear internal combustion fans , the automotive industry is taking electric and plug-in Hybrid as the future . That is right , no longer V12 , V10 and V8s will be made and that was confirmed by Ferrari through their Turbo charged V8 488 GTB , Ford with their EcoBoost engines and the Titan of the industry Porsche with their Turbo charged V6s . Although there are some brands that are still attached to the perception of having a V12 or V10 rambling at the back like Lamborghini,the efforts made to save these configuration are fading due to regulations and the rise of a new force of hybrid performance setups. If you are familiar with  Hollywood made movies , the word Hybrid means something more powerful than both sides , a mix between a Lycan and a Vampire gives a creature more capable than both , for cars Hybrid meant for years a Toyota Prius but it is no longer the case because Porsche are now offering a Plug-in Hybrid Panamera . We were all shocked...

Unlike its twin sister Kia , Hyundai does have some sporting pedigree and to be specific I should say the World Rally Championship . The name of the Korean manufacturer been present in the competition since 1998 and it was run by a British company called Motor Sport Development , they competed with the Accent WRC and their standings were not that encouraging because they were battling against giants like Peugeot , Mitsubishi and others but Hyundai Motorsport decided to proceed with following their dreams .  Now the motorsport division or as it is called Hyundai Shell World  Rally Team is based in Germany are doing very good in comparison to their debut 20 years ago with a second place and 237 points in total of the championship so far . People runing the Motorsport division in Germany thought that this is the right moment to unveil a car that celebrates their legacy and to cement their name among other motorsport divisons by making a road going car with some tweaks take...

The car before you is the embodiment of the words heritage and legacy , it is the Renault Alpine A110 and it is back !! After more than 20 years of truancy the company behind one of the most iconic models decides to give it another try with a bespoke design and performance. Just when Porsche thought that the playground is free and that the small performance cars market is within reach , Renault decided to take the burden of facing the German Titan . The dramatic lines  of the car are surely inspired by the model from the 1970's and Renault wanted to reaffirm that through the cars circular headlights , the  shape of bonet and backend of the Alpine . The car is small in terms of height and width to give it the maximum efficiency and make an airbender out of it . The new Alpine was released at the 86th edition of Geneva Motor Show and it did turn heads by virtue of its undeniable enriched legacy . Before I proceed with the details that make the Alpine one of the be...