Toyo Tires® Unveils New Toyo Girl Posters

Toyo Tires® Unveils New Toyo Girl Posters

February 24, 2006 — Toyo Tires® recently unveiled two exciting new posters featuring the Toyo Girls. This year, the Toyo Girls are back in force, now totaling seven lovely ladies featured on both an automotive lifestyle poster, as well as an off-road poster.

The automotive lifestyle poster features a modified sport compact “on the rack” behind new models (from left-to-right): Mercedes Terrell, Naomi Kaye and Nikki Gray. The fourth model, Kathie Smith (shown on the right), returns from last year’s successful tour as a Toyo Girl.

If off-road action is your pleasure, three all-new ladies spice up the off-road poster which also features the bright yellow Nissan Titan “Tattoo Truck” from television’s “Inked”, and a rugged black Hummer H3 built by Aries Offroad. Posing from left-to-right are: Kelsi Vasquez, Tanya Schafer and Shay-Lyn. Vasquez is the winner of the 2005 Fan Focus Model Search which was run in conjunction with SPEED World Challenge® and Modified Toyo Girls Off-Road 2006Magazine.

These great looking posters are available at events attended by Toyo Tires® and the Toyo Girls throughout the year including: drag racing, road racing, off-road, rock crawling, lifestyle and specialty shows. For more information on the Toyo Girls and the full line of products from Toyo Tires®, log on to toyo.com. Toyo manufactures and distributes a complete line of high performance and original equipment replacement tires for passenger car, light truck, commercial truck, bus, off-road and construction applications.

smart forfun2 a monster good time

With the recent announcement that Roger Penske's UnitedAuto Group will be offering SMART FourTwos in the US in 2008, DaimlerChrysler has decided to have a little fun and show people what the SMART brand is all about. To that end they have married a SMART car to a Unimog chassis developed by Greek rally racer Stefan Attart. Although similar to a vehicle created in 2005, known as the forfun, the forfun2 has a much higher stance and manages to be cute and imposing at the same time.


OK, so it's no Smartuki, but it's still wacky enough to be entertaining. While the Smartuki replaced the SMART 3-cylinder with a Suzuki GSXR1000 mill that had been massaged to 180 hp, this beast is Unimog powered. Although only capable of 84 hp, the torque is impressive at 191 ft-lbs. The quarter-mile might be a challenge, but rocks, sand and MINIs should be no problem: full press release and additional photos after the jump.


[Source: DaimlerChrysler]

smart forfun2: The combination of two vehicles with cult status


Stuttgart, Sep 13, 2006

The smart forfun, a smart forfour with monster truck ambitions, caused quite a stir at the Athens Motor Show in November 2005. Following the extremely positive response to this, the decision to develop a further vehicle with a similar character was a logical step.


Following the initiative of Mercedes-Benz Hellas, Stefan Attart (46), Greek Champion in 4x4 Rally Races had clear ideas: the new off-road vehicle should have the body of a smart fortwo. A suitable platform now had to be found.


Awakening the inner child

DaimlerChrysler has always had an unusually large range of off-road vehicles -- from the M-Class to the G-model and the Unimog. One look at the smart forfun2 (pronounced smart for-fun to the second) and you see straightaway that it is based on a Mercedes-Benz Unimog 406 series.


This is what makes it so fascinating: the combination of two vehicles, each of which has achieved cult status in its respective segment. So it's no wonder that the smart forfun2 awakens the inner child in everyone who sees it.


Combining vehicle and platform

But first things first: once the platform for the smart forfun2 had been decided, in January of this year Stefan Attart started working on the first designs. It goes without saying that there's more to an off-road vehicle like this than simply screwing four wheels under a smart fortwo.


Based on technical drawings of both vehicles, a design was created that for the first time clearly showed the direction the new vehicle was to take. Stefan Attart laid down the design that was to connect the vehicle with the platform, and precise attachment points were defined on the axles and the chassis.


Oversized dimensions

The engine and transmission were adopted from the Unimog. The OM 352, a six-cylinder diesel engine with a capacity of 5,675 cc, was given a prominent and clearly visible position on the front axle. It delivers 84 bhp -- an impressive figure for the smart forfun2. The diesel version of the production car has a 41 bhp engine.


The dimensions also turn heads: tyres on 26 inch rims with a diameter of 140 cm. Not to mention ground clearance of 65 centimetres and an unbelievable total height of 3.7 metres.


Maximum off-road mobility

The designers wanted to give the smart forfun2 maximum off-road mobility -- and the platform of the 406 offers optimum prerequisites for off-road driving. The off-road character is further emphasized by oversized wheels and the safety cage made of aluminium tubes.


To optimise the vehicle for off-road driving, in addition to special shock absorbers Stefan Attart fitted manually controlled air suspension. This enables the driver to specifically influence individual springs -- a particular advantage on extreme downhill gradients.


Uncompromising vehicle concept

Everything in one car that is sure to divide opinions -- or boys from men. Two vehicles, which each represent an uncompromising vehicle concept in their respective environments, and yet remain unique. And this combination in the smart forfun2 is sure to cause even more controversy.


As with the real smart fortwo, some people are sure to find the concept of the smart forfun2 too radical, whilst others will love it -- with not many opinions in-between. However running apart from the herd is probably the best prerequisite for achieving cult status.

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* Engine: 3.7L V 6 double overhead cam with VVT ( 10.3 :1 compression ratio ; four valves per cylinder)
* Fuel: unleaded ( 87 octane)
* Multi-point injection fuel system
* 20.1 gallon main unleaded fuel tank 16.7
* Power: 273 HP ( 204 kW) @ 6,250 rpm; 270 ft lb of torque ( 366 Nm) @ 4,250 rpm

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* 2,672 cc 2.7 liters in-line 4 front engine with 89.9 mm bore, 105.0 mm stroke, 10.0 compression ratio, double overhead cam, variable valve timing/camshaft and four valves per cylinder
* Unleaded fuel 87 and petrol
* Multi-point injection fuel system
* 17.7 gallon main unleaded fuel tank 14.7
* Power: 136 kW , 182 HP SAE @ 5,800 rpm; 182 ft lb , 247 Nm @ 4,200 rpm

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* Engine: 3.5L V 6 double overhead cam with VVT ( 10.8 :1 compression ratio ; four valves per cylinder)
* Fuel: premium unleaded ( 91 octane)
* Multi-point injection fuel system
* 19.2 gallon main premium unleaded fuel tank 16.0
* Power: 275 HP ( 205 kW) @ 6,200 rpm; 257 ft lb of torque ( 348 Nm) @ 4,700 rpm

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* Supercharger compressor
* 4,371 cc 4.4 liters V 8 front engine with 91.0 mm bore, 84.0 mm stroke, 9.0 compression ratio, double overhead cam, variable valve timing/camshaft and four valves per cylinder LC3
* Premium unleaded fuel 91
* Multi-point injection fuel system
* 17.0 gallon main premium unleaded fuel tank 14.2
* Power: 349 kW , 468 HP SAE @ 6,400 rpm; 439 ft lb , 595 Nm @ 3,900 rpm

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* 3,189 cc 3.2 liters V 6 front engine with 84.0 mm bore, 95.9 mm stroke, 10.9 compression ratio, double overhead cam, variable valve timing/camshaft and four valves per cylinder
* Premium unleaded fuel 91
* Multi-point injection fuel system
* 14.5 gallon main premium unleaded fuel tank 12.1
* Power: 186 kW , 250 HP SAE @ 6,300 rpm; 236 ft lb , 320 Nm @ 2,500 rpm

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* 3,956 cc 4.0 liters V 6 front engine with 94.0 mm bore, 95.0 mm stroke, 10.0 compression ratio, double overhead cam, variable valve timing/camshaft and four valves per cylinder 1GR-FE
* Unleaded fuel 87
* Multi-point injection fuel system
* 21.0 gallon main unleaded fuel tank 17.5
* Power: 176 kW , 236 HP SAE @ 5,200 rpm; 266 ft lb , 361 Nm @ 4,000 rpm

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* Turbo compressor
* 3,800 cc 3.8 liters horizontal 6 rear engine with 102.0 mm bore, 77.5 mm stroke, 9.8 compression ratio, double overhead cam, variable valve timing/camshaft and four valves per cylinder
* Premium unleaded fuel 91 and petrol
* Gasoline direct injection fuel system
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* Power: 373 kW , 500 HP SAE @ 6,000 rpm; 480 ft lb , 651 Nm @ 1,950 rpm

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SAAB Unveils Aero-X Concept

If you've been waiting for a futuristic sports coupe, look no further than SAAB's Aero-X concept. Powered by a twin-turbo, 400 bhp BioPower V6 engine, this concept is all about eye candy, with a cockpit canopy (replaces doors and windscreen pillars) that gives the driver full 180-degree views. The ultralight carbon fiber chassis, lightweight powertrain, and all-wheel drive suspension help the Aero-X rocket from 0-62 mph in just 4.9 seconds (computer simulated trials).

The Aero-X concept deliberately evokes Saab's aerospace heritage.

Ferrari Zobin

Ferrari Zobin Concept is an aerodynamic single seater with compact dimensions (4,114mm long and 1,855 mm wide), inspired by Ferrari Formula 1 cars.

Ferrari Zobin Concept’s exterior design is characterized by the original front structure made of a metal band, which supports the headlights and integrates the front spoiler and the front fenders, and gives the car an “open-wheels” look.

Ferrari Zobin Concept is powered by a compact unit mounted in mid-rear position as this car is focused on efficiency.

Ferrari Zobin Concept was designed by Iranian engineer Siamak Ruhi Dehkordi as a design study of a single-seater aerodynamic sportscar.

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