Author Archives: Derek Shiekhi

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Deliciously Fast: The 2015 Mercedes-Benz GLA45 AMG

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Mercedes-Benz has cooked up a snack-sized container of alphabet soup: the 2015 GLA45 AMG. Its hand-built, direct-injected and turbocharged 2.0-liter four-cylinder engine serves up 355 horsepower and 332 lb.-ft. of torque.  Those figures make it “the most powerful series-production four-cylinder engine in the world.”  AMG’s 4MATIC all-wheel-drive and SPEEDSHIFT DCT dual-clutch seven-speed transmission digest that […]

High Tech Racing: Corvete and Cosworth Unveil Performance Data Recorder

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The Corvette is known for offering a lot of value for the money. It offers incredible levels of performance at thousands of dollars less than European competitors. At this year’s Consumer Electronics Show, Chevy announced it will even offer a videographer for the 2015 Stingray – the Performance Data Recorder. Have you ever heard of [...]

Bulls On Parade: Lamborghini Celebrates 50th Anniversary in Dubai

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If you’ve ever driven by your local Applebee’s on a Saturday night, you’ve probably seen their parking lot full of guys standing around their Mustangs, Camaros or 350Zs at least onse. Beneath the glow of streetlamps, gearheads talk rolling-start street race victories and recent engine mods before going inside to order pitchers of beer and [...]

Las Vegas Lights to Shine on BMW i3 and ConnectedDrive at 2014 Consumer Electronics Show

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2014 BMW i3 Availability: Q2 2014 Base price: $41,350, $45,200 (Range Extender model) Power train: 170-horsepower, 184-lb-ft hybrid-synchronous electric motor with a 22-kilowatt-hour lithium-ion battery; also available with a 650cc, 34-horsepower, two-cylinder gasoline Range Extender engine 0-60: ~7.2 seconds Top speed: 93 mph Weight: ~2,700 lbs Range: 80-100 miles (higher in ECO PRO and ECO [...]
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