Ferrari 430 Scuderia

Ferrari 430 Scuderia saw the light of the day in the hands of the world famous racing maestro Michael Schumacher at the 2007 Frankfurt Auto Show. The sports car can be termed as the successor to the Challenge Stradale. This super model car has been introduced to fight the competition with hot cars like Porsche RS-models and the Lamborghini Gallardo Superleggera with the extra light weight feature of Ferrari 430 Scuderia. It is in fact extra lighter by 100 kg or 220 lbs but yields better power with 515 PS or 508 hp or 379 kW at 5800 rpm than the standard models of this variety.

The reduced weight to power ratio from 2.96 kg/hp to 2.5 kg/hp is a remarkable achievement of this car. Over and above, the super fast semi-automatic transmission, known as “Superfast 2” software enables the car to attain faster 60 millisecond shift-times. The presence of the novel traction control system combines the ‘F1-Trac’ traction and stability control with the ‘E-Diff’ electronic differential quite efficiently.

Ferrari 430 Scuderia attains 0-60 miles per hour or 97 km per hour in 3.1 seconds and 0-100 km per hour or 60 miles per hour in less than 3.6 seconds. It can reach the top speed of 198 miles per hour or 319 km per hour.

There is obvious external difference between the Ferrari 430 Scuderia and the F430. The change includes a redesigned front fascia, the changed side skirts, twin exhaust tips, a modified rear diffuser design, carbon fiber wing mirrors, carbon fiber stylish grille, a couple of racing stripes along the middle and the 430 Scuderia emblem.

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The Mercedes-Benz GLK, the solid luxury car

The Mercedes-Benz GLK bearing the code name of X204 first revealed its face at the 2008 Beijing Auto Show for competing with the Audi Q5. The compact luxury car was again put on a show in 2009. The exquisite model is scheduled to hit the North American market by 2010.

The novel model of GLK-Class, which was unveiled in 2008, was a production from the car shop at Bremen, Germany. The same workshop produced the first Mercedes SUV. Experts remarked that the new model has been impressed by the C-Class.

A famous actress appeared at the gorgeous unveiling ceremony at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit on the 12^th of January, 2008. The actress went on to confirm her desire that she would drive the SUV in a special movie based on her popular TV serial as per the car news.

Mercedes-Benz Vision GLK Freeside concept was the basis of the GLK, which was first appeared in 2008 in Detroit. The freshly released GLK for 2008 at SEMA show in Las Vegas had MBUSA partnering with four tuners to develop custom designs of the car. The partners were Boulevard Customs, Brabus, RENNtech and Leegendary Motorcar Company.

The GLK-Class relies on the C-Class i.e. W204 platform and the production were carried on unlike the certain halting plans of the Smart Formore.

The vehicle has engines, which are 2.2 L diesel I4 170 PS (168 hp/125 kW), 2996 cc V6 228 hp (171 kW), 3498 cc V6 268 hp (201 kW) and 3.0 L diesel V6 224 PS (221 hp/165 kW).

The vehicle has been launched in Germany with all-wheel drive version against a popular anticipation of the rear-wheel drive as per the car news speculation.

The range included GLK 220 CDI - 2.2-Litre-I4 - 170 PS (168 hp/125 kW), GLK 280 - 3.0-Litre-V6 - 231 PS (228 hp/170 kW), GLK 350 - 3.5-Litre-V6 - 272 PS (268 hp/200 kW) and GLK 320 CDI - 3.0-Litre-Diesel - 224 PS (221 hp/165 kW)

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