Author: karla

Despite having a huge aftermarket following, Honda has been absent in the world of manufacturer-approved performance parts. Well, that’s about to change with the Honda Performance Development (HPD). Its first project: the CR-Z hybrid. Owners of manual-transmission CR-Zs can now have Honda install a 200,000 rpm Rotrex centrifugal traction-drive supercharger mated to a Griffiths air-to-air intercooler. A respectable 57-horsepower increase is expected, bringing total horsepower to 187 ponies, while fuel consumption remains at 42 mpg. Other modifications to the CR-Z includes a performance exhaust, suspension upgrades, a wheel and tire package, and a big brake kit. Not bad for a hybrid, at all.

Source: Top Speed

The bar at the Langham Place hotel in New York City is serving a $176 cocktail. Before you open your mouth to protest, read this: the drink, known as the Quattroporte, comes with a luxury ride. If you order the drink, a Maserati Quattroporte—which travels up to 176 miles per hour—will take you anywhere that you want to go in Manhattan. To arrange the Quattroporte experience, you have to order it 24 hours in advance, and it will only be available in November.

Source: Complex Rides

If you could drive only one car in your lifetime – any car at all, never mind the price, location, etc – what would it be?

Shown in photo: Pagani Huayra (Speed Hunters)

Featuring a menacing Mazda Design-exclusive Composite Grey finish and a Brilliant Black rooftop, this beast also comes with motorsport-inspired badging in neutral gray, black and red. The special Club Sport graphics featured on this concept car have a varying line frequency and width, giving them a sense of movement.

This is the first Mazda6 production model shown to the North American market with a SKYACTIV-D 2.2-liter, clean-diesel engine. This engine will be offered on the production version Mazda6 starting the spring of 2014, and it will pump out 172 horsepower and 309 pound-feet of torque.
Source: Top Speed