Donkervoort D8 GT To Hit Europe Next Month

The Dutch specialty automaker, Donkervoort has announced that their latest car, the D8 GT based on the open-top RS model has entered production phase. It will go on sale for Europe in June 2008. The D8 GT was first premiered as a concept at the 2007 Geneva Motor Show and will be manufactured in Netherlands.

The new D8 GT has wing-doors and is powered by an Audi 1.8 liter turbocharged 4-cylinder engine which comes in various states of tuning from 180 to 270 hp horsepower. In comparison with the open D8 version, major changes have been done so that the D8 GT can be seen as a totally new car. The D8 GT comes with larger air intakes for better aerodynamics plus carbon fiber roof and doors to reduce weight. It rides on 17" light weight wheels while stopping power is provided by specially developed Tarox brakes loaded with new 6 piston alloy callipers and the larger 300mm discs.

The D8 GT is built on the same chassis as the standard D8 but the wheelbase for the D8 GT model has grown by 8 cm over the D8 due to the modified suspension. Special shock absorbers have also been introduced which allow a hydraulic ride height-adjustment and vary the stiffness of the damping in high and low frequencies.

Donkervoort will make only 50 DB GTs per year with each unit priced at 90,000 euro.

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2010 Alpha Romeo CXover SUV Confirmed For US

Alfa Romeo Chief Luca de Meo confirmed in an interview with Auto Motor Und Sport that it is preparing a new crossover SUV. The model code-named CXover will debut in 2010 and will be targeted squarely at the American market to enable Italian automaker boost its sale figures here. The CXover SUV will take cues from the 2003 Kamal Concept which was revealed at the 2003 Geneva Motor Show.

It is expected that the 2010 Alfa Romeo SUV will be based on the 159 platform, just like Alfa Q4's awd system and on launch will rival the likes of Mercedes GLK, BMW X3, Audi Q5 among others.

It was also confirmed that Alfa Romeo is planning to offer by 2009 an engine stop-start system based on hybrid technology which will be borrowed from parent company Fiat.

Source: AMS, Via: Autoblog

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Subaru Impreza WRC2008 To Debut At Acropolis Rally

The Subaru World Rally Team and STi has confirmed the launch of its new Impreza World Rally Car. The Impreza WRC2008 will make its debut on the seventh round of this year’s WRC, the Acropolis Rally of Greece, spanning from May 29 to June 1, 2008. Subaru will reveal all the tech details during an official launch on May 28th, in Athens, Greece.

Described by Subaru as ‘the most radically different Subaru World Rally Car in 15 years’, the new Impreza WRC2008 rocket will be driven by Petter Solberg and Chris Atkinson at the Acropolis Rally. The car was first introduced at the 2007 Frankfurt Motor Show and now comes with a radically new styling but retains the Subaru horizontally-opposed turbocharged engine mated to Symmetrical AWD.

“We are very excited to be able to launch the all-new Impreza WRC2008 ahead of schedule” said David Richards, Subaru World Rally Team principal. “It is testament to the dedication and commitment of the team behind the scenes in the UK and at STi in Japan. Just as the latest Impreza road car represents a new era for Subaru so the WRC2008 represents a new era for all of us at the Subaru World Rally Team and I am confident that we will arrive in Greece able to fight competitively.”

Subaru had won the FIA WRC manufacturers’ title for the year 1995, 1996 and 1997 and their last WRC rally success came way back in 2005 at Mexico. Now by replacing its old work-horse, the WRC2007 with WRC2008, Subaru is again entering the ring to try an undo the damage done due to its string of failures in last few years at WRC. We wish them success.

Source: WRC

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Gumpert Apollo Hybrid Racer Photo Gallery

This photo gallery is for the new 2008 model Gumpert Apollo Hybrid photos & pictures. It contains high-res wallpaper images of interior and exterior for Gumpert's Apollo Hybrid racer. Click on the thumbnail pics below to enlarge.


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Video: Gumpert Apollo Hybrid Being Tested At Nurburgring

The new hybrid race edition of Gumpert Apollo from supercar makers Gumpert Sportwagenmanufaktur will take part at the 24-hour endurance race at the Nurburgring in Germany later this month. The green version of Apollo is powered by a hybrid drivetrain featuring a 3.3L twin-turbo petrol V8 mated to a 100kW electric motor taking combined output to 630hp.

The supercar's 190kg battery that powers the electric motor will get recharged when the car brakes are applied. The new hybrid racer driven by Ex-F1 star Heinz Harald Frentzen will compete against likes of Audi R8, Lexus LF-A and other supercars during the two day event.

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2009 Subaru Exiga Wagon Photo Gallery

This photo gallery is for the new 2009 model Subaru Exiga MPV. It contains high-res wallpaper teaser images of interior and exterior for Subaru's Exiga minivan. Plus it also contains Subaru Exiga Concept photos and pictures. Click on the thumbnail pics below to enlarge.


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2009 Subaru Exiga MPV To Debut In Japan

Subaru has cleared its intentions to launch the production model of the Exiga Concept it showed at last years Tokyo Motor Show. This confirmation comes by the way of official Exiga wagon teaser image released by Subaru along with the launch of its micro-site (in Japanese). Impreza based Exiga is a 7-seater, three-row minivan which Subaru is going to launch on June 17th in Japan.

No information is yet availble about the possible powerplant options that might be available on the road-going version of Exiga MPV. But one of the likely engine trim could be the turbocharged 2.0L horizontally opposed boxer-four engine which powered the concept version of Subaru Exiga.

Expected to slotted between the Forester and the Legacy models, the new Subaru Exiga might proce to be a tough rival for the upcoming Toyota Venza. More details will emerge near the launch date.
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