You will see weekly updates about cool car news.
If you can managed to squeeze in one visit a week, you will see articles about muscle cars, hot rods, and cruisers. You will see reports from the last several car shows of the season. You will see updates, on the event calender, of where you need to be to see these events in person.
And finally, you will see pics of each and every vehicle from our Second Annual Show.
On to some news...
A few months ago, I reported on the Noble M400 or N400 or whatever they called it then. If you remember, it was a company from Florida who takes a British chassis and puts in the motor of your choosing.
I think they have really done it now. Meet the Noble M600. They put more room under the hood and have decided on one engine for all to enjoy: a Volvo 4.4 V8 with a pair of turbos hanging off the front.
You can look up the performance specs of the 400 model, but they are nothing compared to this new version: 650 horsepower...
...225 mph...0-60 in 3.0 seconds.
One thing that more and more hi-po auto companies are doing is allowing separate power settings.
In 1990, Chevy put a system on their new-for-that-year top-of-the-line Corvette ZR-1. There was a key on the dash that allowed fuel injectors to be turned on and off. Full power was 385 horse, and lower settings were there for less experienced drivers.
BMW has a system like this, and so does the new Noble. With the twist of a knob, you can dial in 450, 550, or 650 horsepower. Being a driver's driver, at first this offends me, but then again, driving a high powered, rear wheel drive car in the rain can be and exciting experience for all the wrong reasons.
When it comes right down to it, you only really need about 300 horse to get into some trouble. And did I mention the Noble M600 doesn't have antilock brakes, electronic skid protection, and the traction control can be turned off?
Jay Leno was recently quoted lamenting the death of the super car. I hope he sees one of these and changes his mind.
Shifting gears and burning rubber,
geoff
