Shelby Supercars announced new car name Tuatara

Shelby Supercars the US supercar manufacturer has announced the name of its new car Tuatara.

The Shelby Supercar Tuatara will be powered with 6.8L V8 engine system which produces 1,350-hp. The car is accelerated from 0-60 mph in 2.8 seconds and top speed of the car is 275 mph. So it is the fastest car in world after Bugatti Veyron Super Sport.

The design specifications for Next Generation SSC were extreme we knew early on that a proper name would be a key piece of puzzle for this project said in a report by Jerod Shelby, Founder, Lead Designer and CEO of SSC.

The car name Tuatara was inspired by modern day New Zealand reptile that stands same name. A direct descendent of the dinosaur, this reptile's name translated from the Maori language means peaks on the back, which is quite fitting, given the winglets on the back of the new car. The Tuatara is very unique car with particular property of this reptile that immediately married it with SSC. The Tuatara possesses fastest evolving DNA in world and worlds greatest supercar manufacturers.

The Shelby Supercar Tuatara is about to monumentally evolve in areas of sophistication, design, aerodynamics and shear all around performance. The car is fastest evolving DNA was a perfect definition of Shelby Supercars latest project.

Porsche revealed Porsche 918 RSR Coupe at Detroit auto show

Porsche the Germany car manufacturer revealed the Porsche 918 RSR Coupe at the Detroit auto show.

Porsche 918 RSR Coupe is powered with a V8 engine system which produces 555 bhp at 10,300 rpm. The two electric-motors on the front wheels provides 150 kW getting output to peak drive power of 767-hp. Porsche named this kind of hybrid system as Intelligent Performance.

Porsche 918 RSR Coupe uses Kinetic Energy Recovery System developed by Williams F1 racing team. The hybrid system contains flywheel generator located at drivers side as an alternative of passenger seat whose rotor spins at up to 36,000 rpm and can store energy.

Porsche 918 RSR Coupe front axle was equipped with torque vectoring system with variable torque distribution to increase the power of the front wheels. The 918 RS Coupe comes with 6-speed constant-mesh transmission with longitudinally mounted shafts and straight toothed spur gears.

The Porsche 918 RSR Coupe inside has similar type follows function design. The car has a bucket seat in brown leather for driver, gear number blazes on steering wheel while other displays provide relevant information. The exterior of the car is painted with liquid metal chrome blue which features large wheel arches, air intakes, fan wheel between the ram air intake tubes and rear spoiler.