News from the UK as Land Rover has launched 2 special editions of their Freelander 2 SUV. They’re called simply the White & Black special editions and will be put on sale in January 2010.
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The BMW Z4 GT3 racer
The old Z4 GT3, as BMW hasn't released pictures of the new one yet.
BMW have been quite busy at work with their latest Z4 sports car and now, part of their customer racing programme, they made it possible for private teams to buy a new racing car from BMW: the GT3 Z4.
Alfa Romeo Giulietta – new pictures
More pictures of the new Alfa Romeo Giulietta have been found on the internet showing us some stunning shots of the Alfa’s detailing. As they are high-resolution pictures, remember that you can click them and perhaps use them as a wallpaper if you like them.
Great Wall comes to the UK
But no, it’s not what you’re thinking. The Chinese haven’t gone mad and, no the Great Wall of China will not be shipped to the UK. Instead, the Chinese car maker Great Wall, a manufacturer you’ve probably never heard of, has announced that it will sell cars in the UK.
Video Special: Slow Motion Group B Monsters
I’ve decided to make another slow motion video for the blog, this time with some fantastic archive footage of the Group B rally cars – the wildest and most powerful rally cars ever. As the footage is quite old, I highly recommend clicking the HQ button.
Note that the video is exclusively for The Blog of Cars!
Saab may not be dead yet
After General Motors has announced that it was set to kill the Saab brand, it seems that the last bidder who was left in the game, Spyker Cars, has made the American giant a new offer to try to secure Saab’s future. Spyker CEO Victor R. Muller said today that a new offer has been submitted to GM with the 11 points that prevented Spyker for taking Saab last time being reconsidered. They are very confident that they have removed any obstacle that stood in the way of the transaction the last time therefore hoping no problems will arouse this time.
Aston launches special DBS and Vantage
After revealing the updated Vantage, Aston Martin have decided to launch special editions of their DBS and V12 Vantage sports cars. They’re called the Carbon Black editions and while that sounds very cool and exciting, the changes made to the cars aren’t all that significant. The name comes from the paintwork the cars will receive which takes more than 50 hours to apply and after being completed have to go through a rigorous quality check.
Ford Mustang to get 412hp 5.0-liter V8
As it is often the case these days, a lot of details about upcoming cars are released via the internet (Facebook, MySpace or any other site is a possible location for insiders to post their information). So, thanks to one of these insiders, we can now reveal that the 2011 Mustang GT will get a massive 5.0-liter V8. This massive engine will get massive power as well – 412 horsepower in fact. Compared to other new muscle cars that’s actually pretty good. Even tough European engineers can squeeze much more power from such an engine, the upcoming Mustang V8 has a decent amount of bhp for a muscle car. The new engine produces 390 pound-feet of torque at 6.5000 RPM. Fuel economy shouldn’t be bad either, amazingly, you should get about 25 MPG. That is ok for such a big monster. You can link the engine to either an automatic or a 6-speed manual gearbox.
GM closes Saab
Yes, unfortunately, the deal between Saab and the last remaining bidder left in the running, Spyker Cars, could not be made. As a result, General Motors, the owners of Saab, have decided to axe the Swedish manufacturer.
BMW responds to Volvo with an electric 1 Series
BMW escalates the fight in the eco-friendly cars segment as it’s 1 Series has been converted to take on Volvo’s new electric C30.