August 1, 2007

[Redwood]

-Infiniti Announces Pricing on 2008 G37 Coupe
-2008 Bentley Continental GT Speed
-First Drive: 2008 Volvo C30
-New from Johnson Controls: The Hideaway Seat
-Full test: 2008 Volvo C30
-First Drive: 2008 Honda Civic Mugen Si Sedan
-Sanyo Introduces State-of-the-Art Back-up Camera
-BMW's second-quarter profit slips 4.3 percent on rising euro, model launch costs
-BMW Mobile Tradition: New Parts for Old Cars
-(F1) Mosley agrees to re-open McLaren spy case
-Mazda sees big drop in second quarter profits

[Paul]

Re: August 1, 2007

http://www.autoblog.com/2007/08/01/r...-more-details/

Rumoured New Toyota AE86

1000kg rear wheel drive...

[Redwood]

Re: August 1, 2007

Ok, I'm not getting it. A couple hundred pounds heavier than an Elise and way down on horsepower. What's the excitement?

[bfitz]

Re: August 1, 2007

1000kg, RWD, and...

The committee's final directive is to keep the new car's sticker price below 1.5million Yen. That's about $12,300 USD in today's money.

[hancheyb]

Re: August 1, 2007

"What has been unknown until this time is where Toyota would source a cheap RWD drivetrain, but Best Car has learned that it will come from new partner Fuji Heavy Industries - better known to you and me as Subaru. "

NOOOOOOO!

[Redwood]

Re: August 1, 2007

Ok then, I guess a cheap, small RWD is up some people's alley. I just remember my 2500lb Escort GT with 127hp in 1993 and umm I'll stick with the BMWs, thanks. I don't think FWD or RWD would've made much difference. Kudos to Toyota for adding a RWD car though. They need SOMETHING exciting, because the rest of their lineup is dull as heck.

[hancheyb]

Re: August 1, 2007

Ok then, I guess a cheap, small RWD is up some people's alley. I just remember my 2500lb Escort GT with 127hp in 1993 and umm I'll stick with the BMWs, thanks. I don't think FWD or RWD would've made much difference. Kudos to Toyota for adding a RWD car though. They need SOMETHING exciting, because the rest of their lineup is dull as heck.

Drifters need something newer than 1980 to play with. I'm all for smaller, lighter cars. They need shocks too.

[C3]

Re: August 1, 2007

Drifters need something newer than 1980 to play with. I'm all for smaller, lighter cars. They need shocks too.

Can you even drift with 120hp? They'll have to start wetting down the lots!!

[hancheyb]

Re: August 1, 2007

Can you even drift with 120hp? They'll have to start wetting down the lots!!

Sure with 1500 pounds springs in the back.

[McCall]

Re: August 1, 2007

from the Evo forum:

The non-nascar network..
Hey guy's

are you tired of all that nascrap on speed?

do you want to see more non-nascar racing coverage?


http://www.theracingnetwork.com/


Quote:
The Racing Network (TRN) just put out a call to motor racing fans. Well, fans of racing other than just NASCAR. Trying to gauge public interest, they have asked visitors to vote on their very existence. The question they ask is simple, if a bit wordy: "Would you be willing to: Switch from your current cable or satellite provider to the cable or satellite provider that carries the new non-NASCAR Racing Network, or add the additional cable or satellite provider in order to watch the new non-NASCAR Racing Network?"

What they are offering is "a 24/7 racing network" that's "devoted exclusively to the NON-NASCAR race fan." The programming would include "thousands of hours of live, historical and first run racing as well as many weekly race magazine-style shows including weekly coverage of major domestic series, [with] behind the scenes access..."

They're talking about coverage of Open Wheel, Drag racing, Rally, GT, Touring Car, Bike Racing (road and off road ), Karting, Vintage, Rallycross, Sports Cars, Endurance, Motocross, Supermoto, Off Road/Dirt, European Truck racing, UTE racing, Hill Climb, Porsche Cup, Desert, Speedway, Adventure, Historical, Various Club programs, (Porsche, Corvette, etc), and Various manufacturer series. Sounds super to us. If it sounds like something in which you'd be interested, visit their site by clicking the Read link below and vote. Please note, they request only one vote per household.
VOTE today! lets make this network a reality!

[Redwood]

Re: August 1, 2007

I already have that for tomorrow's news. I just sent out today's news so early that Autoweek hadn't posted that yet. Fair even emailed it to me this afternoon.

[Paul]

Re: August 1, 2007

"What has been unknown until this time is where Toyota would source a cheap RWD drivetrain, but Best Car has learned that it will come from new partner Fuji Heavy Industries - better known to you and me as Subaru. "

NOOOOOOO!

That means R160, R180 and R200 center sections, all good.

[hancheyb]

Re: August 1, 2007

That means R160, R180 and R200 center sections, all good.

All purchased from Datsun. 510s has 160s, 240/260 had R180 and 280z-300ZX had R200s. Datsun pickups have a R180 with 4.10s.