Nissan NISMO 370Z

Nissan has unveils the Nissan NISMO 370Z at the New York International Auto Show. Powered by 3.7 liter V6 engine coupled with a 6-speed manual transmission and a rear-wheel-drive system, Nissan NISMO 370Z may develops 350 hp at 7,400 rpm and 276 lb-ft of torque at 5,200 rpm.

Nissan NISMO 370Z which will hit the showroom floor in June 2009 is developed by NNA’s Specialty Vehicles Group in collaboration with Autech Japan.

Nissan NISMO 370Z comes with new side sills, spoiler, rear bumper, an integrated chin spoiler, and also an extended front nose.

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Audi TT RS Coupe and Roadster

Audi has unveils the Audi TT RS Coupe and Audi TT RS Roadster at the Geneva Motor Show. Powered by a 2.5-liter engine, both Audi TT RS models may develops 250 kW (340 bhp) and 450 Nm (331.90 lb.-ft.) of torque.

Although the top speed for both Audi TT RS models has been limited at 250 km/h, but the acceleration time and the fuel consumption is a little different.

Audi TT RS Coupe has a fuel consumption of 9.2 liters/100 km with 0 to 100 km/h of 4.6 seconds acceleration time, while the Audi TT RS Roadster has a 0-100 km/h of 4.7 seconds acceleration time with fuel consumption of 9.5 l/100 km.

Audi TT RS comes with a new six-speed manual transmission and also equipped with the Audi’s quattro all-wheel-drive system.

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2009 Mini Cooper Cabrio

Mini Cooper (2009) has come in two models - 2009 Mini Cooper Cabrio and 2009 Mini Cooper S Cabrio. And the details as well as some images has been released by BMW.

Powered by a 1.6 liter engine, the 2009 Mini Cooper Cabrio may develops 88 kW/120 hp at 6,000 rpm and 160 Nm/118 lb-ft of torque at 4,250 rpm.

With a fuel consumption of 5.7 litres/100 km and a CO2 emissions level of 137 g/km, the 2009 Mini Cooper Cabrio may reach its top speed at 198 km/h (123 mph) and the 0-100 km/h acceleration time is 9.8 sec.

Meanwhile, with the same power of 1.6 liter engine that has been equipped with a Twin-Scroll turbocharger and direct fuel injection, the 2009 Mini Cooper S Cabrio may delivers 128 kW/175 hp at 5,500 rpm and 240 Nm/177 lb-ft of torque between 1,600 rpm and 5,000 rpm.

2009 Mini Cooper S Cabrio can get up to a top speed of 222 km/h (138 mph) and needs 7.4 sec to reach 100 km/h from stop.

2009 Mini Cooper S Cabrio has extra performance as the fuel consumption goes up to 6.4 litres/100 km and the CO2 emissions level to 153 g/km.

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