http://dfweliteautorental.com/blog Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:03:23 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The everyday sports car from Lotus. BY JAKE HOLMES, PHOTOGRAPHY BY CARPIX AND THE MANUFACTURER July 2008   Lotus has released full information and photos of its latest sports car, the Evora. Previously known only by its "Eagle” code name, the car was revealed at the British auto show. The Evora will be positioned above ... http://dfweliteautorental.com/blog/2010-lotus-evora/2329 When it comes to exclusively refining BMWs, HAMANN-Motorsport is one of the first addresses. Again, the Laupheim-based company gives proof to this by introducing its latest refinements for the new BMW 6-series. By developing an entire tuning programme not only for the coupé, but also the convertible, HAMANN-Motorsport renders an ... http://dfweliteautorental.com/blog/bmw-6-series-by-hamann-more-sport-more-refinement/2328 The new BMW 7 series: * World’s first Night Vision system with individual pedestrian recognition * World’s first production car with front side view camera * First BMW Saloon with speed-related Integral Active Steering * First BMW with Lane Change Warning * BMW 7 Series to feature EfficientDynamics for class-leading CO2 emissions and fuel consumption The ... http://dfweliteautorental.com/blog/bmw-7-official-press-release-details/2327     It has been responsible for some of the most iconic cars in recent history and last night Norfolk-based Lotus unveiled another classic of the future - its first new model in 13 years. Only known as Eagle, its project name, until the official debut at the British Motor Show next Tuesday, ... http://dfweliteautorental.com/blog/new-lotus-unveiled/2326 This month will see the debut of the Lightning GT electric sports car at the British Motor Show on July 23. The nano-titanate battery pack will provide 740-HP and a 0-60 sprint in just four seconds. Those batteries have also been spaced around the car to give it a 48/52 ... http://dfweliteautorental.com/blog/lightning-gt-ev-sports-car-coming-this-month/2325 TERRY BOX No one laughs at your lime-green car when it's a Lamborghini. They might smile slightly as you bend, fold and stuff yourself into the Lamborghini's impossibly low driver's seat (aimed, I guess, at the car's primary demographic group, millionaire gymnasts.) They may grin when you have to stop and ... http://dfweliteautorental.com/blog/lamborghinis-gallardo-has-a-need-for-speed/2324 Fans of Harley-Davidson motorcycles are going to be flocking to Milwaukee this weekend for the opening of the new Harley-Davidson Museum, an interactive experience featuring 450 of the popular motorcycles and a first rate collection of Harley-Davidson memorabilia. The museum will even feature the room where the first Harley-Davidson ... http://dfweliteautorental.com/blog/the-harley-davidson-museum-almost-as-much-fun-as-renting-a-dodge-viper/2321 ANAHEIM, California — The company is relatively new, but the name behind it and the products should seem familiar to fans of Steve Saleen, who's been tastefully modifying pony cars for 25 years. Saleen's most recent project with his new company (SMS), the 570X Challenger, was announced in May. Now, ... http://dfweliteautorental.com/blog/quite-the-birthday-present-steve-saleen-celebrates-25-years-with-720-hp-mustang-concept/2318 With a stock price that hasn’t been this low since the Eisenhower administration, GM is shifting the focus of its auto production away from big pick-ups and toward small cars like the new Chevrolet Beat. “The long product development cycle for cars has made it tough sledding for all of the ... http://dfweliteautorental.com/blog/chevrolet-beat-new-40-mpg-chevy-coming-to-us-market/2314 By JACOB LINGEMAN Novitec amps up a Ferrari F430 with a pair of superchargers. From the "Things We Don't Need But Want Badly" file comes Novitec's Rosso Ferrari 430 Scuderia. The German tuner of Italian hardware upped an already super supercar to 717 hp and 532 lb-ft of torque, from the 510 hp ... http://dfweliteautorental.com/blog/new-from-novitec-717-hp-twin-supercharger-ferrari/2313