Car News: Oct. 11

Remember that Juke-R I talked about a few days or so ago? Well, here is a video roughly explaining how the feat is going to be done. I am still surprised that Nissan is going to build at least one of these, this little SUV is going to be insane.

Mercedes is known here in the states for premium luxury vehicles and the AMG branch is known to make some scary fast cars. Recently, AMG has come out with even faster cars and slapped on the Black Series tag. The newest Benz to join this family might be the C63 AMG, which is already quick enough. Word has it that only suspension modifications, including brakes and a larger oil cooler, are going to be fitted to the Black Series. Here is a picture of the C63 AMG Black Series driving around the Nurburgring. Thanks to autoblog for the picture.

After the many years that Mercedes' AMG branch and BMW's M division have been around, it seems like other companies are dipping their toes into a performance division line of their own. Ford has been on and off with SVT, Chrysler products use SRT, Lexus might have F, and recently Infiniti started with the idea of using IPL and might be using Sebastian Vettel in the future. Sebastian is some sort of race car driver, F1 I believe. It uses the same engine, but with a new intake and exhaust as well as a re-flashed ECU. Output is rated at 414 horsepower and claimed to reach 60 mph in 5.6 seconds. That isn't that much faster than stock, but it can reach a top speed of 186 mph. That is fast for anything, let alone an SUV. Here is what it will look like when it reaches production.
Do you enjoy Legos as much as I do? Then what is better than a Lego set that looks like a car? Enjoy the video.