Month: September 2018

The new Monza(s)

On this September 18th Ferrari officially revealed their new models, the Monza SP1 and SP2. Only 500 of them will be produced, so don’t take too long to order yours.

Their the same car, but one is a monoposto while the other is a biposto. Both barchettas (barchette?), they use the same chassis and power train of the Ferrari 812 Superfast. Powered by a 6596 cm³ V12, the cars are rated at 810 hp. And that’s good enough for “over 300 km/h” and a 0 to 100 km/h in just 2.9 seconds. With no windshield I bet that would be interesting…

A new LSR

On September 15th, the Turbinator II achieved 777 km/h at the Bonneville Salt Flats, in Utah, USA. Though the car is wheel-driven, its powered by a Lycoming 255, a turbojet engine. Originally used in the Boeing CH-47 Chinook helicopter, it produces 4360 hp that are directly transmitted to Turbinator’s four wheels.

Below you can see the record run through four different cameras:

Impressive to say the least .

Brilliant racing!

At the start of the Fordwater Trophy race of Goodwood Revival 2018, Sam Tordoff had his Porsche 356 Pre-A in the pole position. But when the flag went down, his engine stalled. Until he could get it running again, he came out of the line in 29th place, dead last.  BUT, with some utterly brilliant racing, in two laps he passed almost everybody and finished in 2nd place!

The onboard footage is awesome to experience a little of what it’s like to participate in a classic car race. And since Sam passed 28 cars, there’s a LOT of classic beauties to see!

Going to Germany?

I just added the Automuseum Protyp Hamburg to my bucket list of places to visit in Germany. From their page:

Since 2008, Automuseum PROTOTYP presents on approx. 2,500 m² rare sports and racing cars from 70 years of automotive history. On display in the carefully modernized factory building are prototypes – well, but not only prototypes. Also, the museum looks at itself as a “prototype” for the concept of the exhibition which is experience-oriented, interactive and multimedia. To allow a sensitive look, the valuable cars are displayed without barrage.

The German term “Personen. Kraft. Wagen.” (English: Persons. Power. Cars.) is associated with the common German abbreviation “PKW” for a passenger car and thus creating the well chosen motto of the museum, as it not only presents seldom historic vehicles, but also gives an interesting insight into the lives of those Persons who made the automobile sport great. Another issue is the Power (in German “Kraft”), be it as the power of the engines, as the creativity of the designs or as the desire to win a race. The Cars (in German “Wagen”) on display – from self-built cars of the early post-war period to prototypes of modern Formula 1 cars – give an impression of the fascination of this subject in different facets.

More information HERE.