Ultimatecarpage.com update (05-26-08)

[Wouter Melissen]

Dear Ultimatecarpage.com visitor,

Over the weekend the legendary Nurburgring Nordschleife track was filled with literally hundreds of racing cars competing in the annual 24 Hours race. These varied from racing specials to mildly modified road cars. Volkswagen was present with three examples of the new Scirocco. They clinched a first and second in class. To commemorate the effort, VW launched the Scirocco GT24, which is virtually identical to the ring conquerors. The blue street racer was shown at the annual Worthersee gathering. It was joined by what seems to be a production ready version of the Audi TT Clubsport roadster. Audi admitted that the wild machine might be built in limited numbers.
Unusual for the time of the year, the last few days were filled with interesting new releases. Much of it focused around David Richards, who is involved in three very different new machines. Firstly Prodrive and Alfa Romeo UK collaborated to create the Alfa Romeo Brera S, which promises improved handling. Unfortunately it is limited to 500 cars and the UK only. Richards' Prodrive also showed the first shots of the Subaru Impreza WRC2008, which is based on the all new Impreza hatchback. Finally Aston Martin released the first details of the completely revamped V8 Vantage. Headlined by a larger engine, most changes have been made to the drivetrain.
Renault surprised the spectators at the Monaco Grand Prix by deploying two examples of the brand new Laguna Coupe onto the track. It was later officially unveiled at the nearby Cannes film festival. Abarth used the Mille Miglia Retrospective to unveil the 200 bhp 500 Asetto Corse.
This coming weekend, the 55 selected machines will take to the Le Mans track for the traditional official test. Among them will be the Embassy Racing WF01. We will be at the track as well and will publish a well illustrated preview before the race and a complete report after.

Enjoy the links:

2008 Alfa Romeo Brera S V6 - Images, Specifications and Information

2008 Aston Martin V8 Vantage - Images, Specifications and Information

2008 Audi TT Clubsport Quattro - Images, Specifications and Information

2008 Embassy Racing WF01 Zytek - Images, Specifications and Information

2008 Fiat Abarth 500 Asetto Corse - Images, Specifications and Information

2008 Renault Laguna Coupe - Images, Specifications and Information

2008 Subaru Impreza WRC2008 - Images, Specifications and Information

2008 Volkswagen Scirocco GT24 - Images, Specifications and Information

Regards,
Wouter Melissen

[Kitdy]

Typo in the Embassy article.

"In fact he plan to build their own car was already floating around before fielding the team's Radical SR9 in the 2007 Le Mans Series. Leaving little to chance and underlining his ambition, team founder Jonathan France assembled a 'dream team' of designers, engineers and drivers."