Future Performance In A Greener World – Part 2 of 3

Posted by Robert.Maddrey On January - 3 - 2013

What is the key to the future for Lamborghini? We are pretty sure that carbon fiber will be one of the major players for the structural parts of the next decade. It was forecast that in the next four years the automotive business will be the number-one consumer of carbon fiber, so this is clear. Carbon fiber will be a key for the future to improve safety, to improve the stiffness, and reduce weight.

The 2011 Lamborghini Sesto Elemento Concept

One of the most striking features of the Sesto Elemento is that its entire body is constructed from visible, matte-finish carbon fiber (the so-called “sixth element” indicated by translating the concept’s name from Italian), as expensive a material as it is light. In fact, the curb weight of the entire car is claimed to be a mere 2200 pounds. That’s 1100 fewer than our estimated curb weight for the supposedly “superlight” Gallardo Superleggera.

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Model Mondays: Mercedes Terrell

Posted by Robert.Maddrey On August - 27 - 2012

Mercedes Terrell is one of those  great west-coast models that we’ve always wanted to work with but with Down Shift being an east-coast publication we’ve just never found the right project, time or place. Never the less, having run into Mercedes on several occasions at SEMA we know this about Mercedes; she’s extremely friendly, talented, versatile, smart and absurdly gorgeous…yep, Mercedes Terrell is quite possibly the perfect product model.

One of the west coast’s top import/product models, Mercedes Terrell has been featured in numerous  magazine and print media campaigns as well as regular product model for Monster energy drink among others. Talented, composed and accomplished Mercedes is as successful as she is alluring.

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The 2012 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance

Posted by Robert.Maddrey On August - 18 - 2012

Thousands of people will flock to the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance Sunday to see rare, historic cars on the 18th fairway of the famed golf course by the sea.

The 62nd annual Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance happens this weekend, which means the $9.75 fee to enter town and the $500-a-round greens fee to play the course will disappear into Monterey’s notorious fog.

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Jennifer Metcalfe – May 2012 Hottie of the Week

Posted by Robert.Maddrey On May - 23 - 2012

May 2012′s Hottie of the Week Jennifer Metcalfe is a successful English television actress and part time commercial model.

28 year-old Jennifer Metcalfe plays a popular character named Mercedes on one of England's most popular soap-operas, a classically trained child actress with a degree in Health & Fitness she also competed on the UK reality show, "Dancing on Ice." Click to Enlarge - 1920x1200

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Raikkonen & Friends Tackle the Nürburgring Norschleife

Posted by Robert.Maddrey On May - 3 - 2012

This week’s excellent video of the week was brought to our attention by none other than Down Shift associate and resident technical adviser Ric Q, thank-you sir!

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1937 Mercedes-Benz W125

Posted by Robert.Maddrey On April - 20 - 2012

Due to the non-competitiveness of their W25 car, Mercedes pulled out of the 1936 Grand Prix Season midway through the year in order to concentrate on designing a car that would see them return to the top of the rankings…

The W125 made its first competitive outing in May at the 1937 Tripoli Grand Prix with Mercedes-Benz entering four cars. German Hermann Lang won his first Grand Prix motor race to give the W125 a victory on its début and provide Mercedes with their first victory over rivals Auto Union since May 1936. (Click to Enlarge - 1920x1200)

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1930 Mercedes-Benz SSK

Posted by Robert.Maddrey On April - 18 - 2012

Another icon of the 1930′s. the influential SSK was the last car designed for Mercedes-Benz by famed engineer Ferdinand Porsche before leaving to found his own company…

Fitted with a supercharged single overhead camshaft 7-litre straight-6 engine producing 200–300 metric horsepower and over 500 lb·ft of torque. (HQ Image Available - 1920x1200)

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2008 Mercedes-Benz AMG C-Class

Posted by Robert.Maddrey On March - 23 - 2012

After the performance of the AMG models in the previous generation, Mercedes-Benz attempted to increase sales among high-end buyers by introducing two different AMG versions in the new model, also in 2001.

Featuring a 5.4 L naturally aspirated V8, the C55 AMG saw it's overall power raised to 362hp at 5750 rpm with torque of 376 lb·ft. (Click to Enlarge - 1920x1200)

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