Dear Ultimatecarpage.com visitor,
This month major auto shows are held in two of the world's biggest cities; Shanghai and New York. The show in the 'Big Apple' opened its doors to the media yesterday. The gathered press was treated to a variety of high performance releases.
The most exciting was the Nissan Nismo 370Z, which is lighter and more powerful than the 'regular' 370Z. The 350 bhp coupe can easily be distinguished from its more docile brother by an aggressive body-kit. Alongside the Nismo version, Nissan also debuted the Roadster. Compared to the outgoing 350Z Roadster, power is up by 26 bhp.
At the BMW and Mercedes-Benz displays high performance also was a key ingredient. The Munich based manufacturer debuted the X5 M and X6 M. Both cars are a little superfluous but they do boast an interesting development of BMW's twin-turbo V8 engine. Now producing a hefty 555 bhp, this engine is expected to be used in future M5 and M6 models. Over at the arch-rival from Stuttgart, the wraps were taken off the Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG. Like most of the recent AMG models, it uses the fabulous all-aluminum, naturally aspirated 6.3 litre V8. The coupe version is expected to follow shortly.
At Shanghai the doors will not open for another week but BMW already released the first images of the 760Li that will be unveiled in the Chinese city. It uses an all-new twin-turbocharged V12 engine, which is good for 544 bhp.
Earlier this week during the official FIA GT test days at Paul Ricard, a new Maserati racing car took to the track. Based on the concept shown late last year, the GranTurismo MC will be used in the various GT4 championships.
Enjoy the links:
2009 Acura ZDX Prototype - Images, Specifications and Information
2009 BMW 760Li - Images, Specifications and Information
2009 BMW X6 M - Images, Specifications and Information
2009 Maserati GranTurismo MC - Images, Specifications and Information
2009 Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG - Images, Specifications and Information
2009 Nissan 370Z Roadster - Images, Specifications and Information
2009 Nissan Nismo 370Z - Images, Specifications and Information
2009 Scion iQ Concept - Images, Specifications and Information
Regards,
Wouter Melissen