Showing posts with label 2008. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2008. Show all posts

Tuesday, October 7, 2025

2008 Shelby Snake Prudhomme Edition 1:24













La colaboración anunciada hace algunas semanas entre Carroll Shelby y Don “The Snake” Prudhomme ha dado como resultado este excesivamente radical Shelby Mustang GT500 Super Snake Prudhomme Edition, dejando claro que como pitoniso, no tengo ningún futuro.
Cuando se anunció comentaba que esperaba que fuese un Shelby Mustang GT500 con una decoración adaptada a los colores que llevaba Prudhomme en la década de los ‘60 cuando competía en la NHRA. Pues no, como se ve en las imágenes, es algo más que unas simples pegatinas.
Lo más sorprendente es que a pesar de su apariencia de coche de carreras genuinamente americano, está homologado para carretera. Sí, un coche como éste podrías encontrarlo aparcado en cualquier calle de Los Ángeles o de Chicago, junto a los demás coches. Y eso que llamarlo radical es quedarse corto.
Pero no será un modelo nuevo, sino que es un paquete de conversión oficial, disponible únicamente para los Shelby Mustang GT500 producidos entre el 2007 y el 2009. Eso sí, de barato nada, ya que sólo el kit de conversión costará 99.995 dólares. Si no dispones del coche, por 149.995 dólares te lo ponen ellos.
Aparte de las modificaciones estéticas, que son más que evidentes, el motor V8 5.4 se ha sobrealimentado sustituyendo el compresor de serie por un Kenne Bell que eleva su potencia hasta los 750 CV con gasolina convencional (93 octanos). Si se usa gasolina de competición (109 octanos), llega hasta los 800 CV. Brutal.
Pero claro, no sólo hay que cambiar el compresor para que esto funcione bien. Se modifican infinidad de cosas, como la admisión, los escapes, la barra de torretas, las estabilizadores, los frenos, las suspensiones y se eliminan los asientos traseros, entre otras tantas cosas.
La verdad, hubiese preferido algo mucho más sencillo pero mucho más bonito. Eso sí, por potencia bruta no será. A ver quien es el guapo que le planta cara a un bicho como este en un semáforo. No hace falta saber lo que lleva dentro para saber que será una bestia parda acelerando desde parado.

Saturday, August 14, 2021

2008 Dodge Charger Drift Police Interceptor Hot Wheels 1:64










From Fandom:

The Dodge Charger Drift Car is a vehicle from the Formula Drift racing series. This vehicle was campaigned by Nuformz Racing's Shaun Carlson and Driven by 2 time champion Samuel Hubinette.

The Dodge Charger Drift was designed by former Hot Wheels Designer Eric Tscherne. The car's build is featured in the documentary, "Drift: The Sideways Craze". Tscherne's drawing can be seen clearly during this documentary.

In posters, this casting was titled "'08 Dodge Charger Drift".

Friday, February 7, 2020

2008 Lotus Matchbox 1:60









From Wikipedia:

The Lotus Elise is a two-seat, rear-wheel drive, mid-engined roadster conceived in early 1994 and released in September 1996 by the British manufacturer Lotus Cars. The Elise has a fibreglass body shell atop its bonded extruded aluminium chassis that provides a rigid platform for the suspension, while keeping weight and production costs to a minimum. It is capable of speeds up to 240 km/h (150 mph). The Elise was named after Elisa Artioli, the granddaughter of Romano Artioli who was chairman of Lotus and Bugatti at the time of the car's launch.
 

Sunday, January 14, 2018

2008 Audi A4 Escala 1:24






Un AUDI A4 en escala 1:24 de la marca MAISTO. Un auto comprado usado sin caja y a muy buen precio.

Sunday, May 21, 2017

2008 Hummer HX Concept 1:18 Maisto













The Hummer HX is a two-door off-road concept compact SUV that was revealed at the 2008 North American International Auto Show by General Motors.
The objective of the HX concept car project was to potentially market a Hummer branded vehicle in the smaller-sized and lower priced SUV market segments. Development of the vehicle, dubbed H4, began in 2004 and the new model was to be Jeep Wrangler sized.

The 2008 HX show car was smaller than both the H2 and H3. It featured a 3.6 L (220 cu in) V6 engine mated to a six-speed automatic transmission. The HX shared with other Hummers a body-on-frame design, with front and rear independent suspensions, four-wheel-disc brakes, and full-time four-wheel drive.

The HX was shown with a slant-back configuration, wearing a desert-inspired matte olive paint scheme, and featured removable doors with exposed hinge pins and removable composite fender flares that are attached with quarter-turn quick-release fasteners.

The exterior's matte olive color was also applied to the interior's largely sheet metal-covered panels. The floor was a rubberized material. The HX seats four, with a pair of bucket-type seats in the second row. The rear seats are removable to allow cargo room. The console included a compartment for phones and MP3 players with no conventional radio, only integrated speakers and a connector for digital players or similar devices.

Three designers, recent graduates of College for Creative Studies who were new to General Motors, Robert Jablonski, Kang Min-young, a South Korea native, and David Rojas, a native of Peru, participated in the development of the Hummer HX.