| Newsletter | RSS

User: RCboy18

About RCboy18

— RCboy18 (View Profile)

Articles Commented On | Articles Boosted | Articles Submitted

Articles Commented On

Quite Possibly the Ugliest Concept Ever

chewy submitted on 11/19/2006 Official AutoSpies Timestamp: 11:49:23 PM

Autoblog snapped some pictures of what appears to be the worst concept car ever at the Beijing Auto Show. To protect the innocent no pictures are posted here, you will have to click the link. The sporty concept combines elements reminiscent from the ...

27 user comments | Category: Photo Galleries

27 Votes

Bigger, Badder 2009 BMW Z9 to Hit Market in 2009

Agent009 submitted on 10/19/2006 Official AutoSpies Timestamp: 10:12:44 AM

BMW may have shut down production of its range-topping Z8 sports car in 2003, but the German engineers who came up with that car clearly haven’t been sitting on their hands. Word out of BMW is the company is working on another super-sports car, both ...

45 user comments | Category: New Cars

35 Votes

Lamborghini Reveals Details Of Upcoming models

Agent009 submitted on 10/19/2006 Official AutoSpies Timestamp: 9:50:05 AM

The boss of Lamborghini, Stephan Winkelmann, has revealed details about several new models from the Italian supercar maker including the possibility of a new SUV. First and foremost, Winkelmann has quashed rumours of a front-engined vehicle built alo...

11 user comments | Category: New Cars

12 Votes

Audi TT Roadster

Sauceboy01 submitted on 10/17/2006 Official AutoSpies Timestamp: 6:01:42 PM

Audi has official unveiled the new TT Roadster. The new TT Roadster is powered by a 3.2 liter V6 engine with an maximum output of 250 hp and 236 lbs-ft of torque. A second option is a 2.0 TFSI engine with an output of 200 hp and 206 lbs-ft of torque....

15 user comments | Category: Spy Shots

19 Votes

Porsche 997 Turbo customized by Gemballa

Sauceboy01 submitted on 10/17/2006 Official AutoSpies Timestamp: 2:13:25 PM

Gemballa has just released the first info about it’s customized version for the Porsche 997 Turbo. It seems that the 480 hp of the ussual Turbo 997 was not enough so they decided to update the engine to 550, 600, 650 and 750 hp. Source: Porsche...

12 user comments | Category: Misc News

11 Votes

SPY SHOTS: Peugeot 207 CC caught in Paris

Sauceboy01 submitted on 10/17/2006 Official AutoSpies Timestamp: 2:09:34 PM

As you allready know Peugeot presented at Paris Auto Show the 207 Epure Concept that prefigures the next 207 CC. The new 207 will go on sale in the spring of 2007. The guys from feline207.net caught the next 207 CC in Paris. The 2007 will be longe...

6 user comments | Category: Spy Shots

5 Votes

Camry ECU Won't Let Drivers Give It The Boot

Agent009 submitted on 10/17/2006 Official AutoSpies Timestamp: 12:16:17 PM

A few years back I had the good fortune of owning a WRX wagon whose tenure began with me leaving it unmodified for as long as I could stand. All told, it only took about two months for all rational thought to be overwhelmed by the relentless pursuit ...

11 user comments | Category: Spy Shots

12 Votes

Test Drive: 2007 Lotus Europa S Disappoints

Agent009 submitted on 10/17/2006 Official AutoSpies Timestamp: 10:35:16 AM

This gives me no pleasure at all, for I love Lotuses in general and the Elise and Exige in particular. They subscribe entirely to the vision that Colin Chapman had for his fledgling company half a century ago: They're small, light, eye-wateringly qui...

4 user comments | Category: Misc News

4 Votes

V6 Corvette rumors are rumored to be true!

Agent009 submitted on 10/17/2006 Official AutoSpies Timestamp: 9:37:36 AM

Rumors of a V6-powered Corvette model have been floating around for years but weren't taken very seriously until Motor Trend decided to spend some ink on it a few issues ago and predict the six-cylinder model would revive the "Sting Ray" name. The mo...

27 user comments | Category: Misc News

23 Votes

BMW X5 Review

kart1 submitted on 10/16/2006 Official AutoSpies Timestamp: 10:14:15 PM

"BMW didn’t have much competition in 2000 when they dropped the sleek, fun X5 into a stodgy SUV market. Seven years later, Audi’s Q7 is more car-like, the Cayenne Turbo is faster, the Mercedes GL has more functional space, and all are plush. Never se...

8 user comments | Category: Reviews

8 Votes

Chinese Clone The MCC Smart

BMW530i submitted on 10/16/2006 Official AutoSpies Timestamp: 6:35:57 PM

The Chinese are either the best or worst reverse-engineers in the world. Check out this from Shandong Huoyun, a division of the Qilu Petrochemical Corporation; it's a nearly indistinguishable knockoff of the Smart Fortwo. Under the skin, however, it'...

22 user comments | Category: Misc News

15 Votes

COMPARISON: BMW 650i vs NISSAN 350Z GRAND TOURING

AUDBMLEXMRC submitted on 10/16/2006 Official AutoSpies Timestamp: 2:27:16 PM

If your high school science teachers were any good, at some point they described the inner workings of the scientific method. You may recall that this involves something about designing an experiment to test a hypothesis. On a sunny spring day, our e...

23 user comments | Category: Spy Shots

17 Votes

Spy Shots: 2009 Porsche Panamera and GT Coupe

AUDBMLEXMRC submitted on 10/16/2006 Official AutoSpies Timestamp: 2:16:55 PM

This is the best shot we’ve seen of the upcoming four-door Porsche. The image sourced from CocheSpias reveals a car that borrows its styling from the 911, but that’s about all it shares with the iconic coupe. Much of the Panamera’s internals will be ...

17 user comments | Category: Spy Shots

15 Votes

Bentley To Show New Concept @ Geneva '07

Sauceboy01 submitted on 10/16/2006 Official AutoSpies Timestamp: 1:35:58 PM

Responding to the shot fired by Rolls-Royce with its 101EX concept coupe, Bentley will show a design study of an Arnage-based coupe at the Geneva show next year, Automotive News is reporting today. The concept car, dubbed "Havana," could hearken a fl...

4 user comments | Category: Misc News

5 Votes

Scion Announces Pricing For xB Release Series 4.0

Sauceboy01 submitted on 10/16/2006 Official AutoSpies Timestamp: 1:28:33 PM

Scion, of Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc., announced today that the fourth and last limited production Scion for 2006, the xB Release Series 4.0 (xB R.S. 4.0), will hit dealer showrooms next month. The 2006 xB Release Series 4.0 will come in Mazi...

10 user comments | Category: New Cars

10 Votes

Next Page