The Lotus-based Venom GT that packs 1,200 Hennessey Performance horses under the hood will get showcased at the SEMA show. HP has said that no more than 10 Venoms will be made per year and at $600,000 that is probably a good thing. Scope it out in the video below don’t forget the bib! [...] Read the rest of this entry »
Stop by next Saturday Nov. 6th for the Grand Opening of Hotslots 1809 Philo Rd Ste A. Urbana Il 61802. There will be slotracing all day with prizes given out to racers and attendees as well. I’ll be there doing a Carrera Race Day event, so stop by with your slot car and do a bit of racin’!
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In what comes as no surprise, AutoTrader.com has signed a letter of intent to purchase Kelley Blue Book. KBB, a leader in used-car valuations, came up for sale months ago surprisingly. Kelley will continue to operation independently, but as a subsidiary of AutoTrader. This purchase will greatly bolster AutoTrader’s already expansive offering. [The Detroit News] Read the rest of this entry »
While Chrysler will be packing tons of hot vehicles with them on their journey to Vegas and the SEMA show in a week, the 2011 Challenger will be unveiled to the public for the first time there. It is rumored that there will be a limited edition model called the SRT8 392 that will come [...] Read the rest of this entry »
A few photos from Italiaslot to show today from the NSR Porsche that’s coming soon.
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In a show of capabilities, Evolution Performance of Aston, Pennsylvania has run the first sub-9 second quarter mile pass with a 8.89 @ 148 mph. Of course this was done with anything but a stock power plant but it shows that the new 5.0 has potential lots of it. Sporting a 5.0 race engine [...] Read the rest of this entry »
Photos of the new Scaleauto Porsche RSR in 1/24 “Matmut” decoration.
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The General has thrown together a compilation video of some of the sights you may see if you’re attending SEMA next month. Of course, if you can’t make it, you’ll likely see some of these same things in the press during or following the show and may even see a good lot of them released [...] Read the rest of this entry »
Pix of the new Slot It Ford GT40 (Gulf) and the new Slot It Toyota 88C. Both are being shown at IHobby and both are prototypes.
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