<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303660585907118844</id><updated>2011-11-27T16:58:08.675-08:00</updated><title type='text'>---R@cer$ p@r@di$e---</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://racersthrist.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2303660585907118844/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://racersthrist.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Ravi Rockzzzz</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05998748599072504474</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>15</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303660585907118844.post-1754010064430349736</id><published>2010-12-27T20:31:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2010-12-27T20:34:39.022-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Yamaha's new superbike on the block</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0CJt9YHidZQ/TRlodvZ3aBI/AAAAAAAAAF8/g5mZuq3ymbo/s1600/fz1slide.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0CJt9YHidZQ/TRlodvZ3aBI/AAAAAAAAAF8/g5mZuq3ymbo/s320/fz1slide.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555586475488667666" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; " &gt;The new Yamaha FZ1 may not be faster than a speeding bullet but the 998cc superbike comes close enough with 0-100 in less than 4 seconds. Ok, maybe not &lt;em&gt;that&lt;/em&gt; close, but you get the drift.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As part of their strategy to “transform the (Indian) market from utility to pleasure and lifestyle” the Japanese two-wheeler company has launched their high-end sports model – the Yamaha FZ1 – in India.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;With a sleek and sporty look, it comes with a 4-cylinder engine, 6-speed transmission and a maximum speed of approximately 246 kph.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Available in two colours - black and white, the Yamaha FZ1 costs Rs. 8.7 lakh (ex-showroom Delhi).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2303660585907118844-1754010064430349736?l=racersthrist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://racersthrist.blogspot.com/feeds/1754010064430349736/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2303660585907118844&amp;postID=1754010064430349736' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2303660585907118844/posts/default/1754010064430349736'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2303660585907118844/posts/default/1754010064430349736'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://racersthrist.blogspot.com/2010/12/yamahas-new-superbike-on-block_27.html' title='Yamaha&apos;s new superbike on the block'/><author><name>Ravi Rockzzzz</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05998748599072504474</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0CJt9YHidZQ/TRlodvZ3aBI/AAAAAAAAAF8/g5mZuq3ymbo/s72-c/fz1slide.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303660585907118844.post-5164231057232381908</id><published>2010-12-20T22:10:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-12-20T22:12:16.255-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Earn upto Rs. 9,000 pm with PaisaLive.com!</title><content type='html'>&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.paisalive.com/register.asp?2034-1683073"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span&gt;Earn upto Rs. 9,000 pm checking Emails. 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But thats not the case for &lt;strong&gt;Yamaha India&lt;/strong&gt; with their damp and not so exciting current line-up of bikes. Realizing the power and growth potential of the Indian 2-wheeler market, Yamaha is bent on re-establishing themselves in India, only this time aiming for the brand image rather than going after mass market sales. As part of their strategy &lt;acronym title="Yamaha Motor India"&gt;YMI&lt;/acronym&gt; recently launched the &lt;a href="http://www.redlineblog.com/yamaha-yzf-r1-india/" title="Yamaha yzf r1 technology"&gt;world class YZF R1&lt;/a&gt; and MT01, furthermore Yamaha will be launching 3 new bikes in India in 2008.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h2&gt;Yamaha YZF-R15:&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0CJt9YHidZQ/SU2hURmrM_I/AAAAAAAAAEs/sPaf0yr4ybk/s1600-h/yamaha_yzf_r15.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 332px; height: 209px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0CJt9YHidZQ/SU2hURmrM_I/AAAAAAAAAEs/sPaf0yr4ybk/s320/yamaha_yzf_r15.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5282055307670533106" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Sports oriented, &lt;strong&gt;Yamaha YZF R15&lt;/strong&gt; is a track ready, made for India bike inheriting from the Yamaha R1. The new single cylinder, 4-stroke, 150cc engine has 4-valves, is liquid cooled and will have Fuel Injection. The bike also has front and rear disc brakes. R15 will be launched in India some time in June-July of 2008. Though price and performance specs are not available at this time, current speculation is it’ll be priced around Rs 90,000 and the power output will be around 18 bhp.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h2&gt;Yamaha FZ (150):&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0CJt9YHidZQ/SU2iDfsMD1I/AAAAAAAAAE0/o9Hy7aY4-mA/s1600-h/yamaha_fz_150.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 356px; height: 199px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0CJt9YHidZQ/SU2iDfsMD1I/AAAAAAAAAE0/o9Hy7aY4-mA/s320/yamaha_fz_150.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5282056118905605970" border="0" /&gt;&lt;acronym title="In My Opinion"&gt;&lt;/acronym&gt;&lt;/a&gt; The best looking among the 3, the &lt;strong&gt;Yamaha FZ&lt;/strong&gt; is a mean-looking naked street bike, again made for India inheriting from the European FZ1. FZ will share R15’s 150cc single cylinder engine but will be air-cooled, no further specs available right now. Yamaha FZ 150 will to be launched in India by November 200.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h2&gt;Yamaha Gladiator Type SS / RS:&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0CJt9YHidZQ/SU2ih0veahI/AAAAAAAAAE8/3i8moiwyFZY/s1600-h/yamaha_gladiator_ss_rs.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 370px; height: 186px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0CJt9YHidZQ/SU2ih0veahI/AAAAAAAAAE8/3i8moiwyFZY/s320/yamaha_gladiator_ss_rs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5282056639952611858" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Current &lt;strong&gt;Yamaha Gladiator&lt;/strong&gt; will be available in two new variants - &lt;strong&gt;Type SS&lt;/strong&gt; (Stylish &amp;amp; Sporty) &amp;amp; &lt;strong&gt;Type RS&lt;/strong&gt; (Racing Sports) and these bikes will have the 125 cc engine block. Yamaha says SS &amp;amp; RS have 26 improved features to make them dynamic and best performing bikes in their class. Gladiator Type SS / RS are to be commercially launched in India by the end of February 2008.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2303660585907118844-5077687124628370423?l=racersthrist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://racersthrist.blogspot.com/feeds/5077687124628370423/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2303660585907118844&amp;postID=5077687124628370423' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2303660585907118844/posts/default/5077687124628370423'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2303660585907118844/posts/default/5077687124628370423'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://racersthrist.blogspot.com/2008/12/3-new-yamaha-releases-for-india.html' title='3 yamaha new releases for india'/><author><name>Ravi Rockzzzz</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05998748599072504474</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0CJt9YHidZQ/SU2hURmrM_I/AAAAAAAAAEs/sPaf0yr4ybk/s72-c/yamaha_yzf_r15.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303660585907118844.post-6214629850663124402</id><published>2008-06-12T00:39:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-12T06:58:01.264-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Suzuki Hayabusa-world's fastest byk</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0CJt9YHidZQ/SFEJlDUxRjI/AAAAAAAAAD4/zOG6Src7F5o/s1600-h/overview_img.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0CJt9YHidZQ/SFEJlDUxRjI/AAAAAAAAAD4/zOG6Src7F5o/s320/overview_img.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5210956775996606002" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;li&gt; The &lt;b style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;Suzuki Hayabusa&lt;/b&gt; &lt;i&gt;(also known as the &lt;b&gt;GSX1300R&lt;/b&gt; in some countries)&lt;/i&gt; is a &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyper_sport" class="mw-redirect" title="Hyper sport"&gt;hyper sport&lt;/a&gt; motorcycle originally introduced by &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suzuki" title="Suzuki"&gt;Suzuki&lt;/a&gt; in 1999. It has a 1340 cc (81.7 cu in) inline-4 engine and was consistently tested as the fastest production &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motorcycle" title="Motorcycle"&gt;motorcycle&lt;/a&gt; in the world before the 2001 detuning agreement referred below. The 2008 model has a &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MSRP" class="mw-redirect" title="MSRP"&gt;MSRP&lt;/a&gt; of &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US%24" class="mw-redirect" title="US$"&gt;US$&lt;/a&gt;11,999&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The motorcycle in stock form was capable of the following performance:&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;li&gt;1/4 mile (402 m): 9.85 seconds @ 149.7 mph (241 km/h)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;0–60 mph: 2.77 seconds&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;0–180 mph: 18.9 seconds&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h1 style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);" id="content_title"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Why the Suzuki Hayabusa is the&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;h1 style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);" id="content_title"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt; World's Fastest Motorcycle....?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;Although it weighs only 500 pounds, the Suzuki Hayabusa can achieve a speed of 200 miles per hour. The motorcycle's &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="link" href="http://www.associatedcontent.com/theme/1654/weight.html" title="weight"&gt;weight&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt; contributes to its speed, but the Suzuki has at least a half dozen other features that help to ensure it ability to rapidly cover distance on a highway or racetrack. This article will provide the reader with details on those same features.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;The designers of the Suzuki Hayabusa found a way to combine the ignition coil and the spark plug cap. That combination gives the motorcycle an added thrust. The rider feels that thrust following his or her decision to kick the throttle. That thrust causes the front wheel of the motorcycle to actually leave the ground for a brief interval of time.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;An experienced rider would no doubt note the unique nature of that thrust. With most motorcy cles, a push of the throttle gives the rider a far different sensation With most motorcycles, a kick of the throttle produces what feels like a "pull." That "pull" seems to be coming from the cycle's wheels.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;After feeling that initial thrust, then the rider starts to feel the torque created by the Suzuki Hayabusa's engine. That torque is produced by forces generated by torsion and rotation. Torsion and rotation give the cycle added speed. They can also generate a good deal of heat. The Suzuki Hayabusa has special features that serve to reduce that same heat.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;The motorcycle's four-cylinder engine feels the cooling action of a well-chosen liquid. The engine's plated cylinders permit a reduction of the cylinder size. The plated cylinders also help to improve the heat distribution within the engine.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;The Suzuki Hayabusa has an aerodynamic design. That reduces the amount of expected drag. According to a basic law of physics, "For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction." Drag is the reaction to the force that's driving the motorcycle forward. Because of its aerodynamic design, a Suzuki Hayabusa can deliver more than a fast ride. 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width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303660585907118844.post-5035060980958587567</id><published>2008-02-11T00:55:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-02-11T01:03:33.315-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Worldz fastest Train-- TGV !!!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://media.techeblog.com/images/duplex_1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://media.techeblog.com/images/duplex_1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:courier new;" &gt;The TGV in Paris, France is claimed to be the "world's fastest" train, reaching a speed of 357.2MPH (April, 2007). To accomplish this, a modified TGV train rode the track under test conditions -- voltage boosted to 31,000-volts, along with tamping an extra ballast onto the right-of-way. Continue reading for a video.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="355"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Dw4zn-qw1oM&amp;rel=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Dw4zn-qw1oM&amp;rel=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2303660585907118844-5035060980958587567?l=racersthrist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://racersthrist.blogspot.com/feeds/5035060980958587567/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2303660585907118844&amp;postID=5035060980958587567' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2303660585907118844/posts/default/5035060980958587567'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2303660585907118844/posts/default/5035060980958587567'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://racersthrist.blogspot.com/2008/02/worldz-fastest-train-tgv.html' title='Worldz fastest Train-- TGV !!!'/><author><name>Ravi Rockzzzz</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05998748599072504474</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303660585907118844.post-7603293047261929986</id><published>2008-02-09T05:44:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-02-09T06:20:22.045-08:00</updated><title type='text'>~~CONCORDE~~</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0CJt9YHidZQ/R621p6m262I/AAAAAAAAACE/q76ejjnmqAU/s1600-h/AirFranceConcorde.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0CJt9YHidZQ/R621p6m262I/AAAAAAAAACE/q76ejjnmqAU/s320/AirFranceConcorde.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5164984079375330146" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%C3%A9rospatiale" title="Aérospatiale"&gt;Aérospatiale&lt;/a&gt;-&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Aircraft_Corporation" title="British Aircraft Corporation"&gt;BAC&lt;/a&gt; Concorde&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supersonic_transport" title="Supersonic transport"&gt;supersonic transport&lt;/a&gt; (SST) was the more successful of the only two &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supersonic" title="Supersonic"&gt;supersonic&lt;/a&gt; passenger &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airliner" title="Airliner"&gt;airliners&lt;/a&gt; to have ever operated commercially (the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tupolev_Tu-144" title="Tupolev Tu-144"&gt;Tupolev Tu-144&lt;/a&gt; being the other).&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;The development programme was a product of an Anglo-French government treaty, with 20 aircraft built. The costly development phase thus represented a substantial economic loss. &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_France" title="Air France"&gt;Air France&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Airways" title="British Airways"&gt;British Airways&lt;/a&gt; were subsidised to buy the aircraft by their governments, while other sales were blocked by the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1973_oil_crisis" title="1973 oil crisis"&gt;1973 oil crisis&lt;/a&gt; and competition from the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_747" title="Boeing 747"&gt;Boeing 747&lt;/a&gt;. However, overall, Concorde made very large operating profits for British Airways.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;First flown in 1969, piloted by Andre Turcat, Concorde service commenced in 1976 and continued for 27 years. It flew regular transatlantic flights from &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Heathrow" title="London Heathrow"&gt;London Heathrow&lt;/a&gt; (British Airways) and &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_de_Gaulle_International_Airport" title="Charles de Gaulle International Airport"&gt;Paris Charles de Gaulle&lt;/a&gt; (Air France) to &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_F._Kennedy_International_Airport" title="John F. Kennedy International Airport"&gt;New York JFK&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Dulles_International_Airport" title="Washington Dulles International Airport"&gt;Washington Dulles&lt;/a&gt;, flying these routes at record speeds, in under half the time of other airliners. Concorde also set many other records, including the official &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%C3%A9d%C3%A9ration_A%C3%A9ronautique_Internationale" title="Fédération Aéronautique Internationale"&gt;FAI&lt;/a&gt; "Westbound Around The World" and "Eastbound Around the World" world air speed records.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;As a result of the type's &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_France_Flight_4590" title="Air France Flight 4590"&gt;only crash&lt;/a&gt; on &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/July_25" title="July 25"&gt;25 July&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000" title="2000"&gt;2000&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_economic_effects_arising_from_the_September_11%2C_2001_attacks" title="World economic effects arising from the September 11, 2001 attacks"&gt;world economic effects arising from the 9/11 attacks&lt;/a&gt;, and other factors, operations ceased on &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_24" title="October 24"&gt;24 October&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003" title="2003"&gt;2003&lt;/a&gt;. The last "retirement" flight occurred on &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/November_26" title="November 26"&gt;26 November&lt;/a&gt; that year.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Concorde remains an icon of aviation history, and has acquired an unusual nomenclature for an aircraft. In common usage in the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom"&gt;United Kingdom&lt;/a&gt;, the type is known as "Concorde" rather than "&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Article_%28grammar%29" title="Article (grammar)"&gt;the&lt;/a&gt; Concorde" or "a Concorde".&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;THE DROOPING NOSE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Concorde's famous drooping nose was a compromise between the need for a streamlined design to reduce drag and increase aerodynamic efficiency in flight and the need for the pilot to see properly during taxi, takeoff, and landing operations. A delta-wing aircraft takes off and lands with a high angle of attack (a high nose angle) compared to subsonic aircraft, due to the way the delta wing generates lift. The pointed nose would obstruct the pilots' view of taxiways and runways, so Concorde's nose was designed to allow for different positioning for different operations. The droop nose was accompanied by a moving visor that was retracted into the nose prior to the nose being lowered. When the nose was raised back to horizontal, the visor was raised ahead of the front cockpit windscreen for aerodynamic streamlining in flight.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;A controller in the cockpit allowed the visor to be retracted and the nose to be lowered to 5° below the standard horizontal position for taxiing and &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takeoff" title="Takeoff"&gt;takeoff&lt;/a&gt;. Following takeoff and after clearing the airport, the nose and visor were raised. Shortly before landing, the visor was again retracted and the nose lowered to 12.5° below horizontal for maximum visibility. Upon landing, the nose was quickly raised to the five-degree position to avoid the possibility of damage. On rare occasions, the aircraft could take off with the nose fully down.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;A final possible position had the visor retracted into the nose but the nose in the standard horizontal position. This setup was used for cleaning the windscreen and for short subsonic flights.&lt;/p&gt; The two prototype Concordes had two fixed "glass holes" on their retractable visors.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;source: &lt;a href="http://www.wikipedia.com"&gt;wikipedia&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2303660585907118844-7603293047261929986?l=racersthrist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://racersthrist.blogspot.com/feeds/7603293047261929986/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2303660585907118844&amp;postID=7603293047261929986' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2303660585907118844/posts/default/7603293047261929986'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2303660585907118844/posts/default/7603293047261929986'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://racersthrist.blogspot.com/2008/02/concorde.html' title='~~CONCORDE~~'/><author><name>Ravi Rockzzzz</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05998748599072504474</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0CJt9YHidZQ/R621p6m262I/AAAAAAAAACE/q76ejjnmqAU/s72-c/AirFranceConcorde.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303660585907118844.post-6266112922715107517</id><published>2008-02-09T05:38:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-02-09T05:42:44.086-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Planes that fascinated me!!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0CJt9YHidZQ/R62te6m261I/AAAAAAAAAB8/6wusqOVOWlc/s1600-h/765px-Lockheed_SR-71_Blackbird.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0CJt9YHidZQ/R62te6m261I/AAAAAAAAAB8/6wusqOVOWlc/s320/765px-Lockheed_SR-71_Blackbird.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5164975094303746898" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The &lt;b&gt;Lockheed SR-71&lt;/b&gt; is an advanced, long-range, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mach_number" title="Mach number"&gt;Mach&lt;/a&gt; 3 strategic &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reconnaissance_aircraft" title="Reconnaissance aircraft"&gt;reconnaissance aircraft&lt;/a&gt; developed from the Lockheed &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_YF-12" title="Lockheed YF-12"&gt;YF-12A&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_A-12" title="Lockheed A-12"&gt;A-12&lt;/a&gt; aircraft by the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_Corporation" title="Lockheed Corporation"&gt;Lockheed&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skunk_Works" title="Skunk Works"&gt;Skunk Works&lt;/a&gt;. The SR-71 was unofficially named the &lt;b&gt;Blackbird&lt;/b&gt;, and called the &lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habu" title="Habu"&gt;Habu&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; by its crews. &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarence_Johnson" title="Clarence Johnson"&gt;Clarence "Kelly" Johnson&lt;/a&gt; was responsible for many of the design's advanced concepts, with the SR-71 being one of the first aircraft shaped to reduce its &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radar_cross_section" title="Radar cross section"&gt;radar cross section&lt;/a&gt;, although its radar signature could be tracked by contemporary systems unlike later &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stealth_technology" title="Stealth technology"&gt;"stealth"&lt;/a&gt; aircraft. A defensive feature of the aircraft was its high speed and operating altitude, whereby if a &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surface-to-air_missile" title="Surface-to-air missile"&gt;surface-to-air missile&lt;/a&gt; launch were detected, standard evasive action was simply to accelerate. The SR-71 line was in service from 1964 to 1998, with 12 of the 32 aircraft being destroyed in accidents, though none were lost to enemy action.&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;source: wikipedia&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2303660585907118844-6266112922715107517?l=racersthrist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://racersthrist.blogspot.com/feeds/6266112922715107517/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2303660585907118844&amp;postID=6266112922715107517' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2303660585907118844/posts/default/6266112922715107517'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2303660585907118844/posts/default/6266112922715107517'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://racersthrist.blogspot.com/2008/02/planes-that-fascinated-me.html' title='Planes that fascinated me!!'/><author><name>Ravi Rockzzzz</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05998748599072504474</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0CJt9YHidZQ/R62te6m261I/AAAAAAAAAB8/6wusqOVOWlc/s72-c/765px-Lockheed_SR-71_Blackbird.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303660585907118844.post-2804435948763638191</id><published>2008-02-09T03:11:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-02-09T03:15:46.644-08:00</updated><title type='text'>History of SUV</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0CJt9YHidZQ/R62LVKm260I/AAAAAAAAAB0/qstjY_j8ydw/s1600-h/800px-06-Ford-Explorer-2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0CJt9YHidZQ/R62LVKm260I/AAAAAAAAAB0/qstjY_j8ydw/s320/800px-06-Ford-Explorer-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5164937543404677954" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;span class="mw-headline"&gt;Origins&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;  &lt;p&gt;The first Sport utility vehicles were descendants from commercial and &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_vehicles" title="Military vehicles"&gt;military vehicles&lt;/a&gt; such as the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeep" title="Jeep"&gt;Jeep&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_Rover" title="Land Rover"&gt;Land Rover&lt;/a&gt;. SUVs have been popular for many years with rural buyers due to their off-road capabilities.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The earliest examples of wagon-type SUVs were the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willys_Jeep_Wagon" title="Willys Jeep Wagon"&gt;Willys Jeep Wagon&lt;/a&gt; (1948), &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_Rover_Series" title="Land Rover Series"&gt;Land Rover Series&lt;/a&gt; II 109 (1958), and the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Harvester_Scout" title="International Harvester Scout"&gt;International Harvester Scout&lt;/a&gt; 80/800 (1961). These were followed by the more 'modern' &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeep_Wagoneer" title="Jeep Wagoneer"&gt;Jeep Wagoneer&lt;/a&gt; (1963), &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Bronco" title="Ford Bronco"&gt;Ford Bronco&lt;/a&gt; (1966), Toyota &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_Cruiser" title="Land Cruiser"&gt;Land Cruiser&lt;/a&gt; FJ-55 (1968), the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet_K5_Blazer" title="Chevrolet K5 Blazer"&gt;Chevrolet Blazer&lt;/a&gt; / GMC Jimmy (1969), and the Land Rover &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Range_Rover_Classic" title="Range Rover Classic"&gt;Range Rover&lt;/a&gt; (1970).&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;In the last 25 years, and even more in the last decade, the popularity of SUVs has increased among urban drivers. Consequently, more modern SUVs often come with &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxury_SUV" title="Luxury SUV"&gt;luxury&lt;/a&gt; features and some &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossover_SUV" title="Crossover SUV"&gt;crossover SUVs&lt;/a&gt; have adopted lower ride heights and utilize unibody construction to better accommodate on-road driving.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name="Popularity" id="Popularity"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span class="editsection"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="mw-headline"&gt;Popularity&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;p&gt;SUVs became popular in the United States, Canada, and Australia in the 1990s and early 2000s for a variety of reasons. Vehicle buyers were drawn to their large cabins, higher &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ride_height" title="Ride height"&gt;ride height&lt;/a&gt;, and perceived &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Car_safety" title="Car safety"&gt;safety&lt;/a&gt;. Additionally, some full-size SUVs have far greater towing capacities than conventional cars, allowing owners to tow &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Travel_trailer" title="Travel trailer"&gt;travel trailers (caravans)&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trailer_%28vehicle%29" title="Trailer (vehicle)"&gt;trailers&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boat" title="Boat"&gt;boats&lt;/a&gt; with relative ease. This coincided with very low oil prices of the 1990s which made the running costs of SUVs affordable to the masses.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Some of the SUV's popularity can be attributed to it "utilitarian" image, which could explain the large growth in SUV popularity and among some women. Women constitute more than half of SUV drivers, and SUVs are one of the most popular vehicle choice of women in the United States. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;In Australia, a unique situation resulted in the growth in popularity of SUVs. There, SUVs have a much lower &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Import_duty" title="Import duty"&gt;import duty&lt;/a&gt; than cars. This means a typical SUV has a price advantage over a similarly-equipped, imported sedan. However, in recent years, the import duty has been lowered for cars as well, and is currently at 10% (compared with 5% for SUVs).&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Current model SUVs (crossovers) take into account that most SUV owners never go &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Off-road" title="Off-road"&gt;offroad&lt;/a&gt;. As such, some SUVs now have &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ride_height" title="Ride height"&gt;lower ground clearance&lt;/a&gt; and suspension designed primarily for paved road usage. However with the advent and popularization of air suspension, many SUVs have the benefits of a low suspension while on road with the ability to raise it to go offroad where a car or other vehicle might not be able to. In addition increased ground clearance is useful in climates with heavy snow.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;In addition, full-sized SUVs have replaced old-fashioned full-size &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Station_wagon" title="Station wagon"&gt;station wagons&lt;/a&gt; and bear similar features such as 3-row seating.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);"&gt;source: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);" href="http://www.wikipedia.com/"&gt;wikipedia&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2303660585907118844-2804435948763638191?l=racersthrist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://racersthrist.blogspot.com/feeds/2804435948763638191/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2303660585907118844&amp;postID=2804435948763638191' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2303660585907118844/posts/default/2804435948763638191'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2303660585907118844/posts/default/2804435948763638191'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://racersthrist.blogspot.com/2008/02/history-of-suv.html' title='History of SUV'/><author><name>Ravi Rockzzzz</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05998748599072504474</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0CJt9YHidZQ/R62LVKm260I/AAAAAAAAAB0/qstjY_j8ydw/s72-c/800px-06-Ford-Explorer-2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303660585907118844.post-366146293557651946</id><published>2008-02-09T02:26:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-02-09T03:04:14.247-08:00</updated><title type='text'>""What is a SUV ??""</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0CJt9YHidZQ/R62Ihqm26zI/AAAAAAAAABs/NQhpGc9beM0/s1600-h/thumb-lamborghini_suv.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0CJt9YHidZQ/R62Ihqm26zI/AAAAAAAAABs/NQhpGc9beM0/s320/thumb-lamborghini_suv.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5164934459618159410" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="mContent"&gt;&lt;div name="intelliTxt" id="intelliTXT"&gt; &lt;p&gt;SUV is the widely used and known acronym for Sport Utility Vehicle. At first conception, an SUV was a vehicle that combined the towing capacity of a full-size truck with the passenger and storage capacity of a minivan. However, as consumer demands have changed, so has the SUV. Many manufacturers now focus on fuel-efficiency and driving and riding comfort, rather than towing capacity.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt; Typical features of an SUV include seating for five to seven, high seating and road positioning, roomy interior, non-dedicated trunk space, high engine capacity and 4 wheel drive capability. Though the SUV was originally designed to be an off-road vehicle for sporting purposes, their popularity has spawned several different breeds, including the luxury SUV.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Like cars, the SUV has different classes and sizes. The mid-sized SUV, which typically seats five, is the best-selling variety in the United States. During the SUV’s height of popularity, the Ford Explorer remained the top-selling model. The compact and full-size SUV appeals to many consumers equally, but for different reasons. The luxury SUV has the same features as standard class models, but contains upgraded interiors and trim packages typically associated with luxury model vehicles, such as leather interior. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Though many modern day motorists value the SUV for its size and roominess, many others criticize their lack of fuel-efficiency and their contribution to air pollution. Consumers who value the SUV do so not only for its size, but the perceived safety of driving such a bulky vehicle. Though crash test safety ratings vary with makes and models, some SUVs are known to pose the risk of rollover. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Some of the more popular makes and models of SUVs include the Cadillac Escalade, Chevy Blazer, Dodge Durango, Ford Explorer, Honda CRV, Jeep Grand Cherokee, Hummer and Land Rover, and the Nissan Pathfinder. For those who enjoy the flexibility of combining weekday comfort with weekend fun, the SUV has proven to be a leading choice in vehicles. Similarly, having 4 wheel drive capability and towing capacity without the passenger restrictions of a truck appeals to many car buyers and keeps the SUV a leading seller. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; As a concern for the environment and the demand for fuel-efficient vehicles increases, manufacturers worldwide are continuing to explore ways to make improvements to the SUV family to keep them a leading selling vehicle.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;source:&lt;a href="http://www.wisegeek.com/"&gt; wisegeek&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2303660585907118844-366146293557651946?l=racersthrist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://racersthrist.blogspot.com/feeds/366146293557651946/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2303660585907118844&amp;postID=366146293557651946' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2303660585907118844/posts/default/366146293557651946'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2303660585907118844/posts/default/366146293557651946'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://racersthrist.blogspot.com/2008/02/what-is-suv.html' title='&quot;&quot;What is a SUV ??&quot;&quot;'/><author><name>Ravi Rockzzzz</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05998748599072504474</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0CJt9YHidZQ/R62Ihqm26zI/AAAAAAAAABs/NQhpGc9beM0/s72-c/thumb-lamborghini_suv.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303660585907118844.post-3373284759819297409</id><published>2008-01-12T06:05:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-01-12T06:11:13.544-08:00</updated><title type='text'>This is what the Tata Rs 1-lakh car looks like!</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family: courier new;" class="f12"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:6;"&gt;T&lt;/span&gt;he Tata Rs 1-lakh car is here! And it's called the &lt;strong&gt;Nano!&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;p style="font-family: courier new;"&gt;&lt;span class="f12"&gt;Tata Group chairman Ratan Tata on Thursday unveiled the Tata Nano at the 9&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; Auto Expo in New Delhi.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family: courier new;"&gt;&lt;span class="f12"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Details of the People's Car:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family: courier new;"&gt;&lt;span class="f12"&gt;Ratan Tata, while unveiling the nano, said: "The car will meet all current safety norms and all emission criteria. The pollution it will cause will be lower than 2-wheelers."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family: courier new;"&gt;&lt;span class="f12"&gt;The car, Tata said, is smaller than a Maruti , but has 21 per cent more volume or space inside than the 800. He said that the dealer price of the car will be Rs 1 lakh, plus value-added tax (VAT) plus transport charges.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family: courier new;"&gt;&lt;span class="f12"&gt;The car will have a 624-cc petrol engine generating 33 bhp of power. It will sport a 30-litre fuel tank and 4-speed manual gearshift. The car will come with air conditioning, but will have no power steering. It will have front disk and rear drum brakes. The company claims mileage of 23 km per litre. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family: courier new;"&gt;&lt;span class="f12"&gt;The car's dashboard features just a speedometer, fuel gauge, and oil light. The car does not have reclining seats or radio. The shock absorbers are basic.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family: courier new;"&gt;&lt;span class="f12"&gt;&lt;img alt="Tata Nano. Photograph: Rajesh Karkera" src="http://im.rediff.com/money/2008/jan/10tata2.jpg" align="right" border="0" height="325" width="450" /&gt;Nano, the world's cheapest car, costs almost half of the cheapest car currently available anywhere in the world.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family: courier new;"&gt;&lt;span class="f12"&gt;''Since, a promise is a promise the standard dealer version will cost Rs 1 lakh,'' said Tata Sons chairman Ratan Tata. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family: courier new;"&gt;&lt;span class="f12"&gt;He informed that the car is 8 per cent smaller bumper to bumper, than the Maruti800 but at the same time 21 per cent larger in its interiors and can sit up to four people. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family: courier new;"&gt;&lt;span class="f12"&gt;Dispelling myths that the car was not safe enough Tata said, 'The car has passed the full-frontal crash and the side impact crash''. He also side stepped emission concerns and said the car will meet Euro IV norms. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family: courier new;"&gt;&lt;span class="f12"&gt;While critics had been sceptical throughout about the car meeting safety and emission norms, coming as it is at that price, Tata said he was happy to announce that Nano meets all norms as would a modern car. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family: courier new;"&gt;&lt;span class="f12"&gt;The car is eight per cent shorter than Maruti 800 on bumper to bumper length, but is 21 per cent more spacious, claimed Tata. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family: courier new;"&gt;&lt;span class="f12"&gt;Alluding to fears expressed by environmentalist R K Pachauri and green activist Sunita Narain that the car at that price would add more vehicles on the road leading to higher vehicular pollution, Tata said the 624 cc, 33 HP petrol engine meets Bharat Stage-III emission norms and can also meet the Euro 4 norms. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family: courier new;"&gt;&lt;span class="f12"&gt;"Pachauri will not have a nightmare and Sunita Narain can also sleep," he quipped, while recalling that some people had suggested that the car should be called 'Pachauri' and some others said that it should be named 'Mamta' � probably referring to the position TMC leader Mamta Banerjee had taken against the setting up of the small-car project at Singur in West Bengal. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family: courier new;"&gt;&lt;span class="f12"&gt;Commenting on the safety standard, he said the car has gone through a full frontal crash test as per norms. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family: courier new;"&gt;&lt;span class="f12"&gt;The Nano will come in three variants -- standard and two deluxe models with AC. The standard car would be available for Rs 1 lakh (ex-showroom), while VAT and transportation costs are extra. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family: courier new;"&gt;&lt;span class="f12"&gt;The Nano is expected to be commerically launched in the second half of 2008. News reports say that Tata Motors &lt;span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 10px; color: rgb(117, 117, 119);"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;hopes to sell 500,000 units of the car, almost four times the number of Indicas it sells. Tata plans to focus on a market segment hitherto untapped.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family: courier new;"&gt;&lt;span class="f12"&gt;Not since the launch of the Maruti 800 in 1983 has any car gripped the imagination of a nation and indeed car manufacturers the world over so intensely. If commercially successful, the Tata Nano can alter the passenger car market in India, and perhaps the world, beyond description.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family: courier new;"&gt;&lt;span class="f12"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 153, 153);"&gt;source: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="color: rgb(51, 153, 153);" href="http://www.rediff.com"&gt;rediffnews&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2303660585907118844-3373284759819297409?l=racersthrist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://racersthrist.blogspot.com/feeds/3373284759819297409/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2303660585907118844&amp;postID=3373284759819297409' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2303660585907118844/posts/default/3373284759819297409'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2303660585907118844/posts/default/3373284759819297409'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://racersthrist.blogspot.com/2008/01/this-is-what-tata-rs-1-lakh-car-looks.html' title='This is what the Tata Rs 1-lakh car looks like!'/><author><name>Ravi Rockzzzz</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05998748599072504474</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303660585907118844.post-2409796977795952748</id><published>2007-12-02T04:04:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2007-12-02T05:50:36.317-08:00</updated><title type='text'>LATEST BIKE RELEASES</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0CJt9YHidZQ/R1KfjlxD_vI/AAAAAAAAABk/XRY_3vXWGKs/s1600-R/hayabusaGSX1300RK8.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0CJt9YHidZQ/R1KfjlxD_vI/AAAAAAAAABk/CeJAO29u44s/s320/hayabusaGSX1300RK8.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5139345558565289714" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2008 Hayabusa 1340 MSRP: $11,999.00&lt;br /&gt;Engine: 1340cc, 4-stroke, four-cylinder, liquid-cooled, DOHC, 16-valve, TSCC*&lt;br /&gt;Bore Stroke: 81.0 x 65.0mm*&lt;br /&gt;Compression Ratio: 12.5:1*&lt;br /&gt;Fuel System: Fuel Injection&lt;br /&gt;Lubrication: Wet sump&lt;br /&gt;Ignition: Digital/Transistorized&lt;br /&gt;Transmission: 6-speed, constant mesh&lt;br /&gt;Final Drive: #530 chain&lt;br /&gt;Overall Length: 2195mm (86.6 in.)*&lt;br /&gt;Overall Width: 740mm (29.1 in.)*&lt;br /&gt;Overall Height: 1170mm (46.1 in.)*&lt;br /&gt;Seat Height: 805mm (31.7 in.)*&lt;br /&gt;Ground Clearance: 120mm (4.7 in.)*&lt;br /&gt;Wheelbase: 1485mm (58.5 in.)*&lt;br /&gt;Dry Weight: 220 kg (485 lbs)*&lt;br /&gt;Suspension Front: Inverted telescopic, coil spring, fully adjustable spring preload, adjustable rebound damping and adjustable compression damping&lt;br /&gt;Suspension Rear: Link-type, gas/oil damped, fully adjustable spring preload, adjustable compression &amp;amp; rebound damping&lt;br /&gt;Brakes Front: Dual hydraulic disc&lt;br /&gt;Brakes Rear: Single hydraulic disc&lt;br /&gt;Tires Front: 120/70-ZR-17*&lt;br /&gt;Tires Rear: 190/50-ZR-17*&lt;br /&gt;Fuel Tank Capacity: 21 liter (5.5 gal.) 20.0 liter (5.3 gal.) CA. model*&lt;br /&gt;Color: Orange/Black, Black/Gray, Blue/Black&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;source :: &lt;a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.suzuki-bikes.com/"&gt;www.suzuki-bikes.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;## Heyy have a go at these sites ,, u can find real bike reviews,posts,wallpapers,newsletters n much more  ##&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.sportbikes.com/"&gt;www.sportbikes.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.motorbikestoday.com/"&gt;www.motorbikestoday.com&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.sportrider.com/"&gt;www.sportrider.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.motorbikes.be/"&gt;www.motorbikes.be&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.sportbikes.net/"&gt;www.sportbikes.net&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.superstreetbike.com/"&gt;www.superstreetbike.com&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.exoticsportbike.com/"&gt;www.exoticsportbike.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.sportsbikerider.com/"&gt;www.sportsbikerider.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.4strokes.com/"&gt;www.4strokes.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;for wall papers :::&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.motorcycles.about.com/"&gt;motorcycles.about.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.supercar-wallpapers.com/"&gt;www.supercar-wallpapers.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.hotrodpaintings.com/"&gt;www.hotrodpaintings.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.cars-info.net/"&gt;www.cars-info.net&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.autodrum.com/"&gt;www.autodrum.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.born2speed.com"&gt;www.born2speed.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2303660585907118844-2409796977795952748?l=racersthrist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://racersthrist.blogspot.com/feeds/2409796977795952748/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2303660585907118844&amp;postID=2409796977795952748' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2303660585907118844/posts/default/2409796977795952748'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2303660585907118844/posts/default/2409796977795952748'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://racersthrist.blogspot.com/2007/12/latest-bike-releases.html' title='LATEST BIKE RELEASES'/><author><name>Ravi Rockzzzz</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05998748599072504474</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0CJt9YHidZQ/R1KfjlxD_vI/AAAAAAAAABk/CeJAO29u44s/s72-c/hayabusaGSX1300RK8.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303660585907118844.post-8275917069632306695</id><published>2007-11-29T22:41:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2007-11-30T19:43:18.433-08:00</updated><title type='text'>LATEST RELEASES</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0CJt9YHidZQ/R1DJhlxD_uI/AAAAAAAAABY/K5AyFZ5U12w/s1600-R/lrg_article_11469-img_0.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0CJt9YHidZQ/R1DJhlxD_uI/AAAAAAAAABY/trFtERfr-kg/s320/lrg_article_11469-img_0.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5138828753740496610" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;Ferrari's newest high-performance two-seater Berlinetta, the 430 Scuderia, will make its nationwide debut at the Los Angeles International Auto Show, giving evidence of the brand's tradition and ability to translate Formula One technology into its production vehicles.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;With a dry weight of 2775 lb (1250 kg) and 503 HP (510 CV) delivered at 8500 rpm by its naturally aspirated 4308 cm3 V8 engine, the 430 Scuderia boasts an extraordinarily low weight-power ratio of just 2.45 kg/hp, which allows it to sprint from 0 to 100 km/h in just 3.6 seconds.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanks to its sophisticated aerodynamics, F1-SuperFast2 gearbox, that brings to just 60ms the gear-shifting time, and E-Diff coupled with the sophisticated F1-Trac traction control system, this sporty new mid-rear engined berlinetta combines ultra-nimble handling with blistering fast acceleration.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;According to Maurizio Parlato, President and Chief Executive Officer for Ferrari North America, Inc., the new Scuderia exceeds its North American clients' expectations.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"The 430 Scuderia features a racing soul, which symbolizes the very passion and excitement that enthusiasts around the world have come to expect from Ferrari," said Parlato. "Our North American customers specifically have played a significant role in our owner's racing programs for nearly 15 years, and now we have a vehicle to share that spirit for street driving, while maintaining a stunning example of our racing heritage. For 2008, 250 cars will be available to this market".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;All owners who finance or lease their 430 Scuderia through Ferrari Financial Services will be offered a two-day driving course through the Ferrari Driving Experience in Mont Tremblant, Quebec. The course has been specially tailored to allow clients to fully explore the performance capabilities of their Ferrari in a controlled and safe environment. The Scuderia Driving Course also features some challenging exercises conceived by Michael Schumacher, the 7 time Formula 1 World Champion who contributed to develop the 430 Scuderia at different stages. Launched in July 2007, Ferrari Financial Services was created to introduce Ferrari clients to a new world of services, including but not limited to financing options utilizing a wide range of personalized flexible programs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;for further review ::: &lt;a href="http://www.digiads.com.au"&gt;digiads.com.au&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0CJt9YHidZQ/R1DDBVxD_tI/AAAAAAAAABQ/IF4-ydDvviY/s1600-R/ssc-aero.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0CJt9YHidZQ/R1DDBVxD_tI/AAAAAAAAABQ/5TesWt1rndU/s320/ssc-aero.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5138821602619948754" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Nov 26, 2007 - Koenigsegg&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;have released an upgraded version of their fastest car called the CCXR Special Edition. The standard model debuted earlier this year at the Geneva Auto Show and this new Special Edition improves upon its theme. It has the same 1018 horsepower engine, but with an upgraded body and interior. &lt;p style="text-align: left;"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: left;"&gt;The most obvious change is a contoured rear wing which is permanently fixed by long stantions. This was probably motivated by Top Gear and Jeremy Clarkson who requested a larger wing to steady the car during its second visit at the show. Beyond the wing, only detail changes such as uncovered headlights, color-coded carbon fiber and new suede seats are fitted. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: left;"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: left;"&gt;Underneath the skin, the CCXR remains largely unchanged, but we now know that the Bio Fuel V8 produces 1018 bhp @ 7200 rpm which is good for 250 mph and 0-60 in 2.9 seconds.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;For more on this refer to ::&lt;a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.supercars.net/"&gt;www.supercars.net&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.coolsupercars.com/2007-bugatti-veyron-review/" rel="bookmark" title="2007 Bugatti Veyron Review"&gt;2007 Bugatti Veyron Review&lt;/a&gt;&lt;h2 style="font-family: courier new;"&gt; &lt;/h2&gt;  &lt;small&gt;November 28th, 2007 &lt;!-- by tonks --&gt;&lt;/small&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.coolsupercars.com/wp-content/pics/2007/11/bugatti-veyron.jpg" alt="2007 Bugatti Veyron" title="2007 Bugatti Veyron" align="left" /&gt;The 2007 Bugatti Veyron has arrived and we have all the details. We are going to start off by telling you that this supercar does not come cheap. It costs $1,400,000 making it the world’s most expensive supercar.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;The Bugatti Veyron is powered by a four-turbocharged, 8-litre, 16-cylinder engine that creates 1001hp. A complicated 7-speed transmission and AWD system allows the Veyron to control the 1001hp. Depending on the circumstances, the AWD system can distribute 100% of the power to either the front or rear tires. Only 300 Veyrons will be produced and each costs over $1 million. Some unique features are a large rear spoiler that tips forward at elevated speeds to act as an air brake and a large interior cabin designed to accommodate six-foot seven-inch drivers.&lt;/p&gt;source:::&lt;a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.coolsupercars.com/"&gt;www.coolsupercars.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;all about australian v8 supercars ::: &lt;a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.v8supercar.com.au/"&gt;www.v8supercar.com.au&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4 da latest releases in supercars frm aston martin 2 subaru u name it they have it&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;----&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.thesupercars.org/"&gt;www.thesupercars.org&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;----&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.supercarnews.net/"&gt;www.supercarnews.net&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;----&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.seriouswheels.com/"&gt;www.seriouswheels.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;---&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.forbesautos.com/"&gt;www.forbesautos.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-----&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.autoblog.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;www.autoblog.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;have a glance at da japaneese cars ,, honda,mazda,suzuki,nissan,toyota  n so on&lt;br /&gt;---&gt; &lt;a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.japanesesportcars.com/"&gt;www.japanesesportcars.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;for all da cool wallpapers n reviws of latest  cars visit ---&gt;&lt;a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.exoticcarsite.com/"&gt;www.exoticcarsite.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;----&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.motordesktop.com/"&gt;www.motordesktop.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;  ----&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.sportscarcup.com/"&gt;www.sportscarcup.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;---&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://bestsupercars.com/"&gt;www.bestsupercars.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;---&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.allcarnews.com/"&gt;allcarnews&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-----&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.worldcarfans.com"&gt;www.worldcarfans.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;----&gt; for all da stats n performance  visit &lt;a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.supercarstats.com/"&gt;www.supercarstats.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;----&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.top-supercars.com/"&gt;www.top-supercars.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2303660585907118844-8275917069632306695?l=racersthrist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://racersthrist.blogspot.com/feeds/8275917069632306695/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2303660585907118844&amp;postID=8275917069632306695' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2303660585907118844/posts/default/8275917069632306695'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2303660585907118844/posts/default/8275917069632306695'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://racersthrist.blogspot.com/2007/11/nov-26-2007-koenigsegg-have-released.html' title='LATEST RELEASES'/><author><name>Ravi Rockzzzz</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05998748599072504474</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0CJt9YHidZQ/R1DJhlxD_uI/AAAAAAAAABY/trFtERfr-kg/s72-c/lrg_article_11469-img_0.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303660585907118844.post-6851876192797527898</id><published>2007-11-29T22:28:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-11-29T22:41:55.184-08:00</updated><title type='text'>LAMBORGHINI</title><content type='html'>The brand new, super exotic Lamborghini Reventón has been unveiled during the press conference at the 2007 edition of the IAA MOTOR SHOW in Frankfurt, a totally different car than the Murciélago LP640 it was based on, but still very much a Raging Bull.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The official press release unveiled all the details, but some details are this, a modified LP640 engine with no less than 650 Hp from a total displacement of 6.5 liters, other than that the engine is just about the only item from the base car that hasn't been modified or replaced during the creation of the impressive Reventón.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;for more regarding all latest models n previous ones n also for some super cool  wallpapers of LAMBORGHINI  visit&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.lambocars.com/"&gt;www.lambocars.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2303660585907118844-6851876192797527898?l=racersthrist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://racersthrist.blogspot.com/feeds/6851876192797527898/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2303660585907118844&amp;postID=6851876192797527898' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2303660585907118844/posts/default/6851876192797527898'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2303660585907118844/posts/default/6851876192797527898'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://racersthrist.blogspot.com/2007/11/lamborghini.html' title='LAMBORGHINI'/><author><name>Ravi Rockzzzz</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05998748599072504474</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
