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Tuesday, October 8, 2013

SRT Announces Return to Le Mans 24 Hour Race with New Viper GTS R

Even SRT boss Ralph Gilles has admitted that the previous Vipers had an “axe-murderer” kind of demeanor but, despite that, the “snake” has had been quite successful in racing, competing against the best production-based rivals in the world and beating them not only in America but across the globe, too.

One of its greatest triumphs has been finishing in the first two places in its class for three years in a row, from 1998 to 2000, in the most prestigious endurance race in the world: the 24 Hours or Le Mans.

2013 is heralding the return of the Viper to La Sarthe, as SRT Motorsports will field two GTS-R racers in the LM GTE Pro class of the race that will take place on June 22-23.

“Racing is truly a part of the illustrious history of Viper and a proving ground for the SRT brand”, commended Gilles. “Historically, the Viper GTS-R has enjoyed great success at Le Mans, so we couldn’t be more excited and proud to accept the challenge to return to France”.

The new racer is based on the 2013 Viper GTS and has been developed by SRT Motorsports in cooperation with Riley Technologies. It made its debut last year in Mid-Ohio, as a part of a four-race test in order for a full-on assault on the GT class of the 2013 American Le Mans Series (ALMS).

You can scroll down for an image gallery and videos of the 2013 GTS-R as well as the Viper’s racing history right after the break.

Articles Source : Carscoop

Monday, September 16, 2013

2014 Toyota Yaris Hybrid R Review

2014 Toyota Yaris Hybrid-R Review, The aggregation Toyota has appear aboriginal images of 2014 Toyota Yaris Hybrid-R, which will be absolutely appear on its accessible admission in Frankfurt next month. The abstraction of 2014 Toyota Yaris Hybrid-R is based on the three-door adaptation of the Yaris, and is powered by a 1.6 liter Global Race Engine (GRE), which works with two electric motors, which is why the abstraction of 2014 Toyota Yaris Hybrid-R has a drive to all four wheels.

2014 Toyota Yaris Hybrid R foreground attending 2014 Toyota Yaris Hybrid R
The 2014 Toyota Yaris Hybrid-R uses the technology affected by the archetypal TS030 Hybrid racing, such as the adeptness to acknowledgment braking energy, which is acclimated to drive added power. It is accessible that this technology is acclimated to archetypal GT86.
Japanese architect will present their latest achievements in the acreage of Hybrid car with ammunition corpuscle propulsion in Frankfurt, and 2014 Toyota Yaris Hybrid-R will be produced 2015th year. By the end of the year this tehnology for Hybrid cars will be acclimated on not beneath than 16 Hybridcars.

Image credit : © Toyota

Saturday, September 14, 2013

KTM 1290 Superduke R concept is crazy Video

KTM 1290 Superduke R concept is crazy [Video]
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This is the Kiska designed KTM superduke 1290 R that was unveiled at EICMA in Milan and is a pretty crazy looking motorcycle with an estimated 180hp and a custom made akrapovic exhaust.

As we can see by the name, it is based on the new KTM Super Duke and uses the LC8 engine from the KTM 1190 RC8 R with an extra 100cc.

Official info from KTM:

Engine: Liquid-cooled V-twin based on the RC8 R with ride-by-wire

Displacement: one.point.three

Power and torque: More than ever

Electronic assistance: ABS, traction control, anti-stoppie, and anti-wheelie control (all can be deactivated)

Frame: Chrome-molybdenum steel tubular frame

Swingarm: Light-alloy single-sided swingarm

Suspension components: WP prototypes – upside-down fork with gas pressure cartridge, directly connected shock absorber

Wheels and tyres: Light-alloy wheels with slicks

Brakes: Brembo racing callipers front and rear

Weight: Unbelievably low