GTA Spano production version will make its first public appearance on April 15th at the Top Marques Monaco. The company announced that only 99 units will be produced; prices will be announced at a later date.

Spano is powered by a mid mounted V10 engine rated at 780 HP. It makes the 0 to 60 mph sprint in 3 seconds, while top speed goes up to 217 mph.

The supercar will feature Kevlar, carbon fibers and titanium chassis, 380-mm-diameter carbon ceramic ventilated disc brake system and 6 piston callipers supplied by AP Racing, glass panoramic roof and front 19" wheel and 20" rear wheel...

 [ Source: topspeed.com ]

 After five days of 1/4-mile drags and 1000 road miles later, the ProRides built 1967 Camaro of Denny Terzich is now the "Fastest Real Street Car in America!"

In a real-world test, in the most extreme way we can think of, Billet Specialties has teamed up with Pro Rides & Denny Terzich to run a set of Street Lite wheels on their earth rotating ’67 Camaro. How does 1500+ horsepower and seven second ETs sound? Now throw in five days of 1⁄4-mile racing combined with 1000 miles of road driving and you’re now in the element the Street Lite is designed for. Get the win light…Street or Strip!

No, this isn't a joke. Really. Automotive News reports that BMW CEO Norbert Reithofer shared this statistic during a call with analysts last week. It is unclear where this information came from within BMW, but it still comes as a staggering surprise that 80 (eighty!) percent of 1 Series owners believe that they are living with front-wheel drive.

As we reported earlier, BMW is planning to bring front-wheel-drive vehicles to market in the near future, and the automaker is worried that it might confuse customers by adding these new products to the rear-drive-only lineup...

[Source: Automotive News - sub. req.]

We called the Taurus-based Ford Police Intereceptor "Robocop's replacement." Buy why have the sequel when you can have the original? Be part-man, part-machine and all awesome and buy the original Robocop Ford Taurus for around $19K...

 [ Source: jalopnik.com ]

These electric minivans will haul the mail.

About a year ago, we got tipped off that Chrysler was planning to build plug-in hybrid versions of the Dodge Ram and Chrysler Town & Country. Of course, at the time Chrysler was struggling to stay out of bankruptcy, and the tip was soon forgotten. With bankruptcy fears behind it, Chrysler has announced the development of that plug-in Dodge Ram as well as a fully electric Town & Country minivan...

[ Source: blog.caranddriver.com ]

Your dreams have come true for under $ 50,000. Tesla has redefine the green market with the new Model S sedan. The big difference in the S sedan verses the glorious Roadster is four doors and seven passenger seating capabilities. You get all the green milles as the Roadster which is in the three hundred plus range. The coolest upgraded feature is the ability to swap out a battery pack and faster than you could fill a tank of gas. There is nothing like the Tesla Model S Sedan meeting and exceeding all thoughts of what the electric car of the future should be.

AMG has been producing racing versions of Mercedes-Benz cars and high performance street machines for over four decades. That tradition continues with the unveiling today in Mexico of a GT3 spec version of the new SLS gullwing coupe. Sales will start this fall and AMG hopes to have the homologation process completed in time for the 2011 race season.

The GT3 SLS will use the same 6.3-liter V8 as the road car, but the FIA will determine its final output for racing. The aerodynamic enhancements are the big news here, with changes to the bodywork evident all over. The front end features a deep carbon fiber splitter that's only bested by the large rear wing out back...

[Source: Mercedes-Benz]  [ Source: google.com ]

In today's LA TIMES, FOX Sports chief David Hill says 3-D will be "tremendously beneficial to auto sports"; he also runs SPEED which carries some NASCAR series. This year FOX is carrying baseball's All-Star game in 3-D. What do you think?

David Hill has run FOX Sports for 18 years; Hill also runs the Fuel cable channel and 19 regional sports channels, among other entities. 

FOX SPORTS CHIEF - AUTO RACING IN 3-D?

If you build it, they will come. That would be our advice if Porsche decided to ask us if it should offer a production car based on the 918 Spyder Concept that wowed attendees at the Geneva Motor Show earlier this month. Somehow, though, we'd imagine that the German automaker would want a more solid business case than our personal opinions. Good news, then.

Rumor has it (by way of Automobile Magazine) that Porsche is actively working with its dealers to find enough buyers who are ready and willing to plunk down their hard-earned dollars on the next halo car from the quintessential sportscar maker. Porsche R&D chief Wolfgang Dürheimer says that the company would be rather pleased "if customer feedback is positive and we end up over time with about 1000 firm orders."

[Source: Automobile Magazine]  [ Source: green.autoblog.com ]

The tricked out Buell 1125R prototype by Magpul Ronin seems to have generated positive feedback in such a measure that Magpul went further on and refined it with the limited production goal in mind.

The main features setting the Magpul Ronin apart from a standard Buell 1125R are designed in-house and consist in girder front suspension, linkage fork with Penske coil-over monoshock, and front mounted radiator, all contouring a different approach towards the streetfighter style and we happen to like it very much...