Aventador J sold ! One of the most expensive toys at RM8.3 million

This car may not be legal on the Malaysian road, but at RM8.3 million ringgit it sure is one of the most expensive Sepang toys you can buy! It's unique design is based off the road-legal Lamborghini Aventador. This unique roofless variant uses the same V12 engine as the standard Aventador, producing 700 hp through a lightweight seven-speed automated transmission. It's weight has been reduced to just a meagre 1575kg.  0-100km/h in ? You would not believe it, slightly over 2 seconds! Well it is faster than an  Ariel Atom, better looking and more exclusive. It also costs much much more. Talk about value for money! Check out the Custom DIY Ariel Atom, made in China! How about a DIY Aventador? China has it all.

Now we are waiting for Replica car makers to make an affordable version for the rest of us!

The Stig Approves.

BMW F10 M5 survives crash at 300km/h

We know that BMW's are very safe, especially when compared to our local Proton Cars, but just how safe are BMW's actually are? Well, apparently, a 60 year old BMW driver was travelling on the Autobahn highway at the BMW F10 M5's top speed; all 300km/h of it. Just like the Proton Preve accident, some external forces swerved in and caused this gorgeous BMW F10 M5 to lose control and crash. As you can see, at 300km/h the car is a total loss. Well Proton is much better...

Proton Saga BLM / FL Turbo kits!

With the recent launch of the Proton Preve, let us take a look at the potential for turbocharging Proton's more cost effective vehicles. The Saga BLM and FL/FLX, with a capacity of 1.3L to 1.6L, proves to be a reliable lightweight, daily drive machine. However, by retrofitting it with a turbo kit, boosting at a modest 1.1 bar, the Proton Saga's Campro engine awakens and becomes a total beast! This prime example shows a stock 1.3L Proton Saga BLM converted to 1.6L using a stroker kit. With metal head gasket, and a bolt on turbo kit, this Saga BLM turbo dyno-ed at GT Auto Sunway with 190whp and 290Nm of torque! Quite impressive compared to the Proton Preve don't you think?

Horse Power? Does it really define a horse's capabilities?

Horsepower from a Horse

I am sure most people have wondered, why is the output of engines and motor vehicles for that matter termed "horsepower". Does it really measure the power of an engine equivalent to how much power a given number of horses are able to produce?

Apparently it does! The invention of steam engines to replace horses could be the root reason for this term. In order to provide a yardstick for the amount of power steam engines could produce, the term horsepower was conceived. 

"In 1702, Thomas Savery wrote in The Miner's Friend: So that an engine which will raise as much water as two horses, working together at one time in such a work, can do, and for which there must be constantly kept ten or twelve horses for doing the same. Then I say, such an engine may be made large enough to do the work required in employing eight, ten, fifteen, or twenty horses to be constantly maintained and kept for doing such a work…" (http://www.history.rochester.edu/steam/savery/)

In comparison, normal human can produce about 1.2 hp briefly, and sustain about 0.1 hp indefinitely; athletes can manage up to about 2.5 hp briefly and 0.3 hp for a period of several hours.

In 1993, R. D. Stevenson and R. J. Wassersug published an article calculating the upper limit to an animal's power output. The peak power over a few seconds has been measured to be as high as 14.9 hp. However, Stevenson and Wassersug observe that for sustained activity, a work rate of about 1 hp per horse is consistent with agricultural advice from both 19th and 20th century sources.

Source: Wikipedia.org