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VW Service, Repair and Consignment Sales Redwood City - Volkswagen Beetle GRC is lean and mean - Bosch European Redwood City - (650) 368-3000

Earlier this year at the Chicago Auto Show, Volkswagen showed us its latest foray into motorsports, theBeetle GRC global rallycross machine. Now, the Beetle is officially making its public debut, and while it looks a little different, it's still packing one heck of a punch.

Now, when the original racecar debuted in Chicago, Volkswagen told us it would make more than 560 horsepower. But the official specs reveal otherwise: the 1.6-liter turbo-four is actually rated at 544 hp. That's still crazy, of course, especially considering the car's sub-3,000-pound weight. Volkswagen estimates that with the help of all-wheel drive, this racer will hit 60 miles per hour in just 2.1 seconds. Hot.

The Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross entrant will be driven by Tanner Foust and Scott Speed in the Red Bull Global Rallycross series, which is already underway. Thus far, Foust and Speed have been running in VW Polo racecars, but the Beetle will make its debut at the Volkswagen Rallycross D.C. event this weekend

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BMW Service, Repair and Consignment Sales Redwood City - M235i outpoints 911, Corvette in CR testing, becomes highest-scoring BMW ever - Bosch European Redwood City - (650) 368-3000

Good news just keeps coming for BMW, as Consumer Reports has just handed out a stunner of a verdict – the M235i, a spritely, 320-horsepower coupe that starts at just $43,100 has bested the likes ofthe Chevrolet Corvette Stingray and Porsche 911, vehicles that can easily cost twice as much and come to battle with considerably more power.

CR awarded the spiritual successor to the 1 Series M Coupe a score of 98 out of 100, beating out the 911 and the Stingray by three and six points, respectively. In fact, the M235i is remarkably close to the Tesla Model S' 99, making it one of the highest scores CR has ever handed out. It's also, not surprisingly, the highest-rated BMW ever.

Of the M235i's many attributes, Consumer Reports cited the car's performance potential as well as its quiet ride and comfort for front-seat passengers. While it's a shock to no one, CR called out the limited space in the backseats as well as some finicky controls as this Bimmer's biggest shortcomings.

Do you agree with Consumer Reports' score? Have your say below in the Comments.

News Source: Bloomberg

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Mercedes Service, Repair and Consignment Sales Redwood City - Mercedes details new 503-hp twin-turbo 4.0L V8 for AMG GT - Bosch European Redwood City - (650) 368-3000

Mercedes-Benz can't seem to help itself from leaking out information about the upcoming AMG GT sports coupe, but this is one seriously big drop of news. We already knowwhat its sounds like, but a new video reveals a ton of juicy technical details about its twin-turbocharged, 4.0-liter V8 called the M178, including its power and torque figures.

Mercedes claims that the M178 cranks out an impressive 503 horsepower and 479 pound-feet of torque. A narrator also explains in very carefully enunciated English some of its other attention-grabbing features, like a dry-sump lubrication system and turbos in the V between the cylinder banks. Compared to the original, standard SLS AMG that the AMG GT is replacing, the new engine is down 60 hp but has the same amount of torque. Keep in mind, the GT is meant to be a smaller vehicle than its predecessor, as well.

This same engine is also heavily rumored to show up under the hood of the next-generation C63 AMGto replace the current 6.2-liter V8. Assuming the C-Class has the same tune of the M178, it would have nearly as much power and more torque than the current C63 AMG Edition 507 model.

The AMG GT isn't scheduled to fully debut until sometime this fall, but it seems Mercedes isn't afraid to drop big details about it up until then. Scroll down to watch the video detailing AMG's latest engine.

News Source: Mercedes-AMG via YouTube

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Porsche Service, Repair and Consignment Sales Redwood City - Autocar pits Porsche 911 Turbo S against Formula 4 racer - Bosch European Redwood City - (650) 368-3000

There is a long-running argument among performance car fans: power vs. weight. In one corner you get cars generally with small engines making modest numbers but able to corner like they are telepathic, and in the other there are big thumping mills that are rocketships in a straight line but lumber in the turns. Autocar takes an interesting look this continuum in a recent video pitting a 552-hp Porsche 911 Turbo S against a 185-hp Formula 4 racecar. It hopes to find whether the Porsche's huge power advantage is enough to defeat the better grip and aero offered by the nimble racer.

There's no doubt that the Porsche is an utterly fantastic road car. The 911 Turbo looks mean with all of those intakes to suck in cool air, and it backs up the posture with huge amounts of grip available thanks to its all-wheel drive-system. However, at 3,538 pounds, it's a bit of a porker compared to the 1,135-pound Formula 4 car. The open-wheel car boasts just a 2.0-liter naturally aspirated four-cylinder from Ford and a six-speed sequential-manual gearbox, but it has loads of downforce to make up for it.

It shouldn't be a surprise that the formula car wins in the corners. After all, that's what it's made for. So do you think the massive horsepower superiority of the Porsche is enough to even the playing field? Scroll down to watch the video and find out, and even if you're not curious of the winner the 911 does some mean power slides. 

News Source: Autocar

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Jaguar Service, Repair and Consignment Sales Redwood City - Watch this Jaguar XJ220 perform a fiery burnout - Bosch European Redwood City - (650) 368-3000

We like to think that at least some supercar owners drive their exotic machinery the way they're meant to be driven. The reality is more likely that most pamper them in climate-controlled environments and rarely actually drive them. But Tax The Rich seems dedicated to balancing them all out by hooning the heck out of some of the most expensive and desirable supercars the world has ever seen – whether it's a Ferrari Enzo rallying along dirt roads or a pair of F50s playing tug of war.

The YouTube channel has even played around with a Jaguar XJ220 before, but not quite like this. In its latest clip, Tax The Rich goes a step or two beyond the usual smokey burnout, lighting up the rear wheels of a super-rare Jag, all for our viewing pleasure. And take pleasure we do in the video below, even as part of us cringes at the thought of potentially reducing one of the fastest Jaguars in history to a smoldering hulk.

source: Tax the Rich via YouTube

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Audi Service, Repair and Consignment Sales Redwood City - Audi reveals updated RS7 Sportback in Europe - Bosch European Redwood City - (650) 368-3000

It was just a couple of weeks ago that Audi revealed a few mild updates to its A7. It even ported those changes over to the warmed-up S7 performance version. All that was missing was the full-steam RS7, and that's precisely what we have here.

Now before you get all excited, note that the new RS7 packs the same powertrain as the model it succeeds, but then again, the existing RS7 hardly lacked in the power department. The 4.0-liter twin-turbo V8 still churns out 560 horsepower and 516 pound-feet of torque, transmitted to all four wheels through an eight-speed automatic. Revealed initially for the European market (with US details presumably to follow), the 0-62 kilometers per hour time is quoted at 3.9 seconds, so the 0-60 mph time ought to match the 3.7 seconds of the preceding model.

What has changed are the subtle tweaks Audi has made to the exterior and equipment upgrades inside. The grille now features has a horizontal section at the bottom with the Quattro logo emblazoned across like all other recently revised RS models, flanked by new headlights (Matrix LED units for the European market). Inside the cabin the air-con vents and shift paddles have been reshaped, and the new MMI system ports over from the new A7 and S7 with 4G LTE connectivity and a Bang & Olufsen sound system.

Buyers will be able to opt for a differential on the rear axle, adaptive dampers, dynamic steering, carbon-ceramic brakes, 21-inch wheels (instead of the standard 20s) and a top speed raised from 174 mph to 190. This version of the RS7 is set to arrive sometime next year as the 2016 model, by which time we should have a handle on pricing and availability.

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