Porsche Begins Work On New ‘Driving Experience Centre’
July 25th, 2007
Porsche was in the spotlight this week as they began to break ground for their new driver training facility next to the famous Silverstone Grand Prix circuit in Northamptonshire. The brand new facility, called the ‘Porsche Driving Experience Centre’, will train brand new Porsche owners the driving skills and performance capabilities that they need to know about their vehicle. The only Porsche owners that will be able to come to the facility are the ones from the UK and Ireland.
Fast Cars & Fast Motorcycles at DragTimes.com
December 13th, 2006
Dragtimes.com is drag racing resource that maintains a database consisting of over 9,300 1/4 mile drag racing timeslips for fast cars and motorcycles. Many of the records contain dyno graphs that show horsepower and torque numbers for many of the fast cars as well as all performance related modifications to the vehicle. For records that do not have dyno sheets attached, a horsepower calculator is available to provide horsepower estimates that are calculated from the car’s trap speed, 1/4 mile ET and weight in pounds.
Most Expensive Vehicles Of The Year
December 11th, 2006
Revolutions in the auto business are rare and hard to find, so this year people are not surprised to report that the most expensive vehicles are, again, sports cars. A couple of highly expensive sedans appear here and there in the slide show that follows a slide show that features the annual list of the ten most expensive cars available in the United States.
The average price of a vehicle on the list has gone up to $351,000 from $341,000, an increase of 3 percent. Automakers increase the prices of blueblood automobiles to hedge against inflation, to compensate for disappointing sales or because they have added new features to the cars.