The Cayman GT4 Clubsport gets track-focussed upgrades; engine remains unchanged from standard Cayman GT4.

Porsche has revealed the Cayman GT4 Clubsport, a track-focussed version of its Cayman GT4..

Mechanically, the GT4 Clubsport is quite similar to the standard GT4. The engine is the same 380bhp 3.8-litre flat-six as in the standard GT4 though the manual gearbox from the road-going GT4 is replaced by Porsche’s dual-clutch PDK unit. The front and rear suspension of the GT4 Clubsport are borrowed from the 911 GT3 Cup race car. In the cabin, the passenger seat has been removed and a roll-cage has been installed. The driver seat on the standard car has been replaced by a bucket seat with a six-point safety harnesses.

Stopping power is provided by 380mm steel discs on all four ends with six-piston callipers up front and four-piston callipers at the back. The car comes equipped with adjustable ABS offering 12 stages to breitling replica choose from. The ESP has been tweaked to work with slick tyres.

Porsche says it plans to homologate the car for use in a number of sportscar racing championships around the world, including the Pirelli World Challenge, the Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge and club races run by the Porsche Club of America.

The GT4 Clubsport name could also possibly be a hint at a more hardcore road-going and racing model badged the Cayman GT4 RS.

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Hyundai has revealed the first renderings of its new range-topping Genesis G90 luxury sedan, which will get the EQ900 badge in Korea. The car is the first model from the newly launched Genesis sub-brand, and is part of six new launches planned till 2020, starting this December.

The model will be the South Korean automaker's new flagship offering, succeeding the Hyundai Equus, which will be phased out. The design resembles the current Hyundai Genesis sedan and styling cues include a plus sized front grille with horizontal slats, LED head and tail lights, door mounted wing mirrors, sharp body lines, chrome / silver lining around the bumpers and doors, along with a low slung and stretched C-pillar.

Powertrain options will include a range of high displacement petrols, with the the Korean, Chinese, North American and Middle Eastern luxury car markets being the first targets.

The launch of the G90 is scheduled for early next month in Korea, and the brand will directly target luxury car makers like Audi, Mercedes-Benz and BMW. Other models in the range will include the G80 and G70, with the alphanumerical nomenclature being used to represent the model's segment. Apart from sedans, the Genesis badge will also adorn an SUV, a crossover and a coupé.

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Lamborghini has officially unveiled the Huracán LP580-2 and as the name indicates, the car employs a two-wheel drive transmission, with the grunt being channeled to the rear wheels through a seven-speed dual rolex replica watches uk clutch gearbox. The car uses the same 5.2L, V10, but it has been detuned to make 572 BHP and 540 Nm of torque (vs the LP610-4's 602 BHP / 560 Nm).

With the power output, the weight is also dropped by a healthy 33 kg. At 3.2 seconds, the RWD Huracán is just 0.2 seconds slower to 100 km/h than the 4-wheel drive model, with the top speed rated at 320 km/h.

Changes include new front intakes, new 19-inch wheels with Pirelli PZero tyres that have been specially developed for the car, steel brake discs, and a restyled rear bumper. The LP580-2 is around €19,500 (INR 13.76 lakh approx.) cheaper replica watches uk sale than the standard LP610-4 coupe.

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Specially crafted for Middle-Eastern customers, the Nissan Patrol Desert Edition made its global debut at the 13th Dubai International Motor Show

World over the Nissan Patrol is renowned for its ruggedness and off road capability. But for those who still want more, the Japanese car maker has now unveiled the Patrol Desert Edition at the 2015 Dubai International Motor Show. Designed with help from former Middle-East Rally Champion Mohammed Ben Sulayem, the Patrol Desert Edition will be sold specifically in the Middle-Eastern countries. 

Managing Director of Nissan Middle East, Samir Cherfan, said: “The development of the Nissan Patrol Desert Edition followed a research study that we conducted in the GCC, which outlined that our consumers wanted an ultimate off-roading version of the Patrol tailored to the region. The Nissan Patrol already occupies a unique place in the hearts and minds of off-road enthusiasts in the Middle East, teamed with the survey results we believed it was fitting for us to offer a special Desert Edition for its fans here.

How’s this Desert Edition different from the standard Patrol you ask? This Patrol Desert Edition gets special skid plates for underbody protection. The car gets an on-board tyre inflator for your drive back home after some dune bashing. It also sports ‘Bead-lock’ wheels that enable those tyres to be used at extremely low pressures, without the risk of the tyres coming off. To make your off-road expeditions simpler, the Nissan Patrol Desert Edition also gets a navigation system with front and rear cameras. To add to all of this, the car also gets special over fenders to make it look even more visually appealing. 

The Nissan Patrol Desert Edition will go on sale only in UAE and is priced at 2,55,000 DHS (Rs 45 lakh approx). 

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After months of speculation and uncertainty, the Mahindra buyout of legendary design house Pininfarina has been confirmed. Pininfarina are best known for designing a whole range of Ferrari cars until recently.

The Mahindra Pininfarina deal has been on the cards for a while now. After both sides denying the fact, sources now say that the deal will finally go through very soon. The Italian car designing firm has announced that they will likely sign the papers in the next few weeks making the buyout public. Currently, the controlling shareholder in Pininfarina is Pincar.

The delay in making the announcement pubic was due to the fact that Pininfarina was in a huge 87 million euro debt and that the creditors were not pleased that the deal entitled erasing half of the debt figures. Pininfarina has been allegedly hemorrhaging money for the last decade and in the first half of 2015 they have posted a net debt of 52.7 million euros. According to sources, the investors in Pininfarina, the cash inflow from Mahindra will rejuvenate the famed automotive designer.

One of the reasons why Pininfarina is in such a bad shape has to do with the fact that many automakers prefer to hire more in-house designers rather than externalize the design process. The last car to wear Pininfarina’s signature is the South East Motor (SEM) DX7, a Chinese SUV that made its debut earlier this year at Auto Shanghai. Expect a radical redesign in all future Mahindra products as soon as the Indian auto giant completely acquires Pininfarina. 

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