The 2014 Factor Aurelio Prototype

 

The Philippines' Supercar

 

         

 

     Recently the people of the Philippines have decided to put their country on the supercar map by making a prototype supercar called the Factor Aurelio Prototype. By the picture I'm showing you it looks as amazing as a supercar from either Britain or Italy but there is one problem. This car may likely never make it into production because the two men who founded the company are said to be fighting like when Ferrucio Lamborghini and Enzo Ferrari fought before Lamborghini left to make the legendary company we all know and love. Anyway let's see what the engineers did with this car.

     The Factor Aurelio Prototype is a Filipino supercar equipped with what is rumored to be either a Mitsubishi four-cylinder 4G63 turbocharged engine or a Honda B16A VTEC four-pot engine. Either way it's said that either of the two engines will deliver 350 hp and a top speed of 186 mph. Naught to sixty will take...yes you heard me...4.2 seconds. Honestly I think the engineers and the company's two founders could've added a better zero to sixty time but since the car looks so nice I don't care...much. The car's engine will be coupled to a currently unknown drivetrain.

     Not much is known about the interior or exterior of the car.    What is known is that the interior will likely contain carbon fiber seats and other stuff made in carbon fiber. Design cues for the car are said to have been taken from the Ferrari 458 Italia, the McLaren F1, and the Lamborghini Murcielago. This is all good to start slow by borrowing existing designs and combining them into one car, but I like it when upstart companies make their own designs with little or no designs borrowed from other cars such as the car Glickenhaus SCG has made recently.  The price of this car is also unknown. However people are saying this car will be made to compete with the new Ford Mustang GT, and the new Nissan 370Z Nismo which seems a bit odd to me at least. You would think a car like this would be made to compete with perhaps McLaren, Aston Martin, Lamborghini, and above all Ferrari. Either way like I said this is amazing looking.

 

 

The 1998 Shelby Series 1

 

One Of My Favorite Cars from the 1990s

 

 

     Hello everyone. Today I'll be talking about one of my favorite supercars from the 1990s called the Shelby Series 1. I've driven this car on Forza Motorsport 4 and it grips well, corners well, and has plenty of powaaahh. Let's talk more about this American supercar that is actually good.

     The Shelby Series 1 is an American supercar equipped with a naturally aspirated Oldsmobile L47 Aurora 4 liter V8 or an Oldsmobile 4 liter supercharged V8 that delivers 600 bhp and 530 lb-ft of torque. Top speed is 170 mph. Naught to sixty takes 3.2 seconds. The engine is coupled to a standard 6-speed manual.  
     The Shelby Series 1 uses dual wishbone suspension featuring coil-over remote dampers mounted inboard, and are actuated by what Shelby called "rocker arms."
     The engine is mounted completely behind the front axle and it drove a drive shaft supported in what Shelby called a "torque tube" that spins a 6-speed ZF trans-axle that was specially modified for the Series 1.
     The chassis is made of extruded and formed 6061 aluminum. Aluminum honeycomb panels were also bonded into the floor boards and rocker panels for increased structural integrity and stiffness. The body panels were made of carbon fiber and fiberglass laminate. The car runs on Goodyear Eagle F1 tires which are the same tires used on some of the best Ferraris like the Ferrari F40. The Series 1 also used IMSA racing "rain tire" for the "show car" model.
     I don't know the price of the 1998 Shelby Series 1 but if the price of the car in Forza Motorsport 4 is accurate than this car costs just a little over 110,000 US dollars.