gumbyrux: May 2011

Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Video: Paul Dallenbach teams up with Banks Power to tackle Pike's Peak

Filed under: Aftermarket, Motorsports, Videos, Specialty, Racing

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Dallenbach Racing Team Pike's Peak racer - Click above to watch video after the jump

Last year, at the 2010 Pike's Peak International Hill Climb, our very own Drew Phillips ascended the mountain to chat with some of the race's drivers. The most exciting class is arguably the Unlimited group, which run insanely powerful machines driven by mad men looking to break the elusive 10-minute mark. In 2010, only three men strapped into Unlimited-class racers, and one of them goes by the name of Paul Dallenbach.

Phillips captured the following quote from Dallenbach's mouth:

"My car is good on hard surfaces... but I really need to come back with some factory help on an engine. That's my big thing that's hurting me right now. I'm running the same engines I've had for ten years. They're great engines, and they have great torque, but I really need something that's more reliable."

Well, Dallenbach has a helping hand for the 2011 race. Two of them, in fact, and they've been provided by Banks Power. Banks has teamed up with the Dallenbach Racing Team, and the two are sharing a wealth of turbocharging and engine-tuning knowledge. As a result of the twin-turbocharged shove, power has been pushed from 745-horsepower and 650 pound-feet of torque up to 1,307-horsepower and 1,206 pound-feet of torque.

That's a healthy dose of added scoot.

Paul Dallenbach and the Banks Power team now believe they have a record-breaking machine on their hands. Rhys Millen and Nobuhiro Tajima are equally confident in their own machines. Should the weather cooperate, this looks like the year we see a sub-10-minute ascension of Pike's Peak. We will be in Colorado to capture the action, but in the meantime we have video of the Dallench Racing Team car taking a few shakedown runs. Click past the jump to get an idea of how quickly that much power can push a car around.

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2013 Fiat 500 Abarth Spotted Poking About On Michigan Freeway

One of our readers caught the Fiat 500 Abarth out testing on a Michigan freeway, cleverly disguised as a 500 Sport model. We’ve already sampled the Abarth, so the giveaways were easy to spot, namely the dual exhaust outlets and the blacked-out Abarth front fascia with inset fog lamps, distinct badge frame, and air inlets [...]

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2010 Cadillac SRX 2.8T Test Drive: 300-hp Turbo Gives Luxury Crossover an Edge

The 2010 SRX that arrived earlier this year is aimed squarely at the heart of the crossover market. A battle we staged between the two left us thirsty for more thrust out of the SRX. Does the new Audi-built 2.8T motor upgrade transform Cadillac's crossover?

Source: http://feeds.popularmechanics.com/~r/pm/blogs/automotive_news/~3/NuRH_iGv8CQ/4327158.html

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Saab resumes production in Sweden

After a seven-week shutdown that began on April 6, Saab vehicles have once again begun rolling down the assembly line at the automaker's Trollhattan, Sweden home plant.

Source: http://rss.kbb.com/~r/kbb-car-news/~3/prqwy4iKfig/

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2012 Volkswagen Passat ? First Drive Review

McVolkswagen: VW supersizes its Passat for the byways and driveways of America. Let?s get one thing straight: Tennessee is not Germany. If you haven?t previously stopped to consider this remarkable fact, we suggest you take a moment to ponder it. Nashville isn?t Stuttgart, Chattanooga isn?t Wolfsburg, and that eight-foot-long snake encased in Lucite and mounted [...]

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2011 Infiniti M37 and M56 First Look: Athletic Sport Sedan Gains Muscle

Infiniti showed its next-generation M sedans-virtually. The new cars were rendered in 3D on a foam buck at an event sponsored by Infiniti and Hearst magazines at the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance.

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Mercedes-Benz Creates Crushingly Expensive Grand Edition GL-class SUV For Wealthy Rock Crushers

Mercedes-Benz has upped the lux factor of its GL-class SUV with a new Grand Edition for those who feel the GL wasn’t private jet-y enough. Starting with a standard GL, Mercedes adds tinted headlight covers, high-gloss black mesh in the grille, LED daytime running lights, and 20-in wheels with a special “Himalayas gray” finish. The [...]

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For Memorial Day: The Arsenal of Democracy ? the Big 3 Go To War

Tank testing at General Motors’ Milford Proving Grounds To commemorate Memorial Day here in the US, we’re taking a look at how the American auto industry was mobilized into war production for World War Two. Because that mobilization was so extensive, the conversion to military production so complete, a blog post by it’s very nature [...]

Source: http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2011/05/for-memorial-day-the-arsenal-of-democracy-the-big-3-go-to-war/

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Monday, May 30, 2011

2011 Dodge Durango Crew V6 AWD Tested: Athletic, But Still a Comfortable Cruiser

The V6 Durango offers the R/T?s sportiness without the harshness penalty. What Is It? It?s the third-generation Dodge Durango, and it marks the nameplate?s return from the sabbatical it took for the 2010 model year. Built on a lengthened version of the Jeep Grand Cherokee?s unibody platform?instead of the old body-on-frame underpinnings of its forebears?the [...]

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Name That Exhaust Note, Episode 90: 2011 Lotus Evora S

On Tuesday, we posted an audio recording of a mystery car?s exhaust note. To hear it again, click play above. Only a few of you who commented figured out that this week?s sound came from the Lotus Evora S, although most of you correctly identified that the sound was from a six-cylinder engine. Like that [...]

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Remember Our Fallen Heroes: Was The Bailout Worth It?

This is the Memorial Day weekend, when we commemorate our fallen heroes and raise our cancer risk by burning chopped beef. Listening to the media, it looks and sounds like the fallen heroes of the year are not the ones who gave and give their lives in ceaseless wars, but the auto industry. It didn?t [...]

Source: http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2011/05/remember-our-fallen-heroes-was-the-bailout-worth-it/

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The Continental: Some Europe-Only Products, Opera Windows for the M-class, and the Boxster?s Inspiration

Each week, our German correspondent slices and dices the latest rumblings, news, and quick-hit driving impressions from the other side of the pond. His byline may say Jens Meiners, but we simply call him . . . the Continental. I thought it was supposed to get a Chrysler grille, but Lancia merely added horizontal bars [...]

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Ford and Health Industry Collaborate on Concept System to Monitor Your Health ? In Your Car

Yesterday, Ford and several health industry partners unveiled a vision of a future in which its SYNC device becomes not just a voice-activated infotainment system, but a ?health and wellness? tool for drivers and occupants of a vehicle. The system will not attempt to cure your sniffles with a song; instead, it would serve as [...]

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Mini Commissions the One-Off ?Red Mudder? To Raise Money for AIDS Charity

While it might look like Canada?s latest national rally car, the Mini Cooper S ?Red Mudder? is actually a factory-commissioned one-off. The minuscule dirt plugger was presented at this week’s Life Ball event, an annual fundraiser for AIDS-fighting projects. This is the 11th time Mini has prepared a special vehicle for the event; past Life [...]

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Hyundai sells 5 millionth car in Europe

A Hyundai i30 became the automaker's 5 millionth car sold in Europe over the last 34 years.

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Honda not optimistic about NA Civic production

High gas prices should spell strong sales for the new Honda Civic, but the automaker says it has been forced to trim production until fall.

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Sunday, May 29, 2011

Name That Exhaust Note, Episode 89: 2011 Audi Q7 TDI Quattro

On Tuesday, we posted an audio recording of a mystery car?s exhaust note. To hear it again, click play above. Almost everyone who commented figured out that this week?s sound came from a diesel engine, and more than a few of you specified that the sound came from the 2011 Audi Q7 TDI Quattro. Like [...]

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Azure Dynamics logs 27 additional Ford Transit Connect Electric orders

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Ford

Ford Transit Connect Electric - Click above for high-res image gallery

Azure Dynamics has logged 27 additional Ford Transit Connect Electric sales, including a five-unit sale to returning customer FedEx, a four-unit order from the City of Toronto, a three unit purchase made by DTE Energy and a 15-unit order from various Ford commercial truck dealers.

At FedEx, the five Transit Connect Electrics - ordered through Holman Ford-Lincoln in Pennsauken, NJ - will join one of the world's largest fleets and further FedEx's goal of decreasing the environmental impact of its day-to-day operations.

DTE Energy, headquartered in Michigan, is expanding its use of alternative-fuel vehicles and the three electric vans will be vans among the first pure electric vehicles that the utility company will employ.

An additional 15 Transit Connect Electrics were sold to 14 Ford commercial truck dealers who will use the vehicles as demonstrators to entice potential customers and increase awareness of electric vehicles.

Gallery: Ford Transit Connect Electric