2011 STRAND CRAFT LIMOUSINE BEACH CRUISER CONCEPT In today’s highly competitive auto market, one would think there are no new niches left to explore. Well, it’s pretty true, except for imaginative individuals like the crew from Sweden’s Gray Design, which also penned the Saab supercar. Enter the world of the Strand Craft Limousine Beach Cruiser, [...]
2011 KUBATECH MERCEDES BENZ C63 AMG For some people, there is no such thing as too much horsepower. The more the better, even if we’re talking about a compact sedan like the Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG that leaves Stuttgart’s factory with a 6.2-liter V8 enginecranking out 457-horsepower and 600 Nm (442 lb-ft)of peak torque. In the case of German tuning [...]
2012 FORD FOCUS ST HATCHBACK SPYSHOT They will be powered by a new 2.0-liter EcoBoost engine delivering 250 horsepower and significantly better fuel-efficiency than the previous, Volvo-sourced, 2.5-liter five-cylinder engine. Developed together by the RS and SVT engineering teams, the Focus ST was presented as a pre-production concept car at the 2010 Paris motor show. [...]
National carmaker Proton Holdings Bhd’s effort to steer Group Lotus plc to profitability may rev cost up to 480 million pounds (RM2.3 billion) by 2015 under its so-called five-year business turnaround plan. The projected capital spending would be financed via internally generated monies and “externally secured” funding which includes the recently-inked sponsorship agreement of a [...]