Video: A Ferrari engine, hand-built in 12 minutes
The Ferrari 458 Italia is powered by the technologically marvelous, hand-built 4.5-liter V8 engine. It produces 562 hp and 398 lb-ft of torque.
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Video Find: The Birth of a BMW 3-Series in Four Minutes
The BMW 3-Series is the automaker’s biggest seller and has been the sport-sedan benchmark for nearly two decades. And to show off how its superstar is made, the automaker has just released the following video shot at its Munich assembly plant where the E90 sedan and E92 coupe are built. The four-minute video breaks down the process in four easy breezy steps.
First, a big hunk of metal is shaped into the sillouette of a 3-Series at the sheetmetal stamping shop. Then it’s on to the paint shop for a di…
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2012 BMW M5 Blows Away The Competion By Circling Nurburgring In Under 8 Minutes!
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2011 BMW Frozen Black Edition M3 Coupe sells out in just 22 minutes
Last week, BMW announced a limited-edition M3 model for the United States. Known as the 2011 BMW Frozen Black Edition M3 Coupe, the model was limited to just 20 units, 19 of which were on sale and the twentieth which is going to be held by BMW of North America. Why do we speak of the car in past tense? Because BMW has already sold out of all the 19 units.
The automaker started taking reservations for the model at exactly 11:30 AM Eastern Time on Thursday, June 16, 2011. In a total of 22 minutes all of t…
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Video: Take out 6 minutes for the history of AMG
If there is anything that gets us excited about Mercedes-Benz it has to be its AMG department. Aufrecht Melcher Großaspach was founded in 1967 and now has 700 employees.
Actually, forget us giving you a history lesson here, Mercedes-Benz has released a video that provides a a look back at the history of AMG, from its founding in 1967 through the present-day innovations.
Check out the video after the jump.
- By: Omar Rana
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Peugeot EX1 electric concept laps Nurburgring in 9 minutes and 1.338 seconds
Peugeot EX1 Concept
The electric Peugeot EX1 concept, which made its debut at the 2010 Paris Motor Show, has broke many records. Earlier this year, the concept set official records in the Montlhery for 1/8 mile and 1/4 mile run, returning times of 7:08.62 and 12:67.54, respectively. The records were set by Nicolas Vanier, the French explorer, and Han Han, the well-known Chinese blogger.
The Peugeot EX1 Concept has now set a new record for an electric car on the Nurburgring-Nordschleife. The car, driven…
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Amazing Video: Martin Jetpack Flies for Seven Minutes, Setting New Flight Record
The jetpack dream is moving forward–or perhaps upward–once again. Martin Aircraft, makers of the Martin Jetpack (a PopSci Best of What’s New winner in 2008), have set a new flight duration record with their personal flight device, putting it in the air for seven solid minutes during a recent outdoor test.
This particular test was unmanned (that’s Jetson, a dummy/counterweight, that you see up there), though we’ve already seen the jetpack take a real pilot upwards at Oshkosh back in 2008. But that was a…
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Video Find: BMW Z4 GT3 Gets Assembled in Less Than four Minutes
BMW’s Z4 GT3 may be the automaker’s ultimate track toy, but have you ever wondered what goes into assembling one? A time-lapse video demonstrates the hand assembly of one of Bimmer’s track only racers in a just under 4 minutes.
Although based on a BMW Z4, the GT3-spec racecar has few components found in a stock model. Starting with a body-in-white and several boxes of parts, Team West Coast Racing recorded every stem in the hand assembly of the car. The team notes it took some 600 hour…