http://dfwdriveyourdream.com/blog Fri, 29 Aug 2008 13:48:48 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It seems that every year as the thermometer reaches its apex in the Lone Star state, means that the State Fair of Texas is just around the corner. With temperatures hovering around 100 degrees in Dallas today, this indicator seems to be holding true for another year. The State Fair ... http://dfwdriveyourdream.com/blog/countdown-to-state-fair-of-texas-begins/2348 Posted on 08.19.2008 11:25 by Panait Filed under: Chevrolet | sports cars | chevrolet Corvette | future cars What you see in the photo above is the new Rossi 66, a new vehicle which is a modern interpretation of the 1966 C2 split window Corvette. If you like what you see, the ... http://dfwdriveyourdream.com/blog/rossi-66-based-on-the-1966-c2-corvette/2347 We've had an exciting time over the past 12 months in the world of exotic cars. It has all been about sheer power, which does not necessarily make for more exciting driving, nor is more power always more fun. What stirred it all up was the fact that Bugatti managed to ... http://dfwdriveyourdream.com/blog/exotic-car-and-supercar-news/2346 A customized F430 was caught in Maranello. Lehmann Photo-Syndicate for Brenda Priddy & Co. We appear to be seeing one of the first fruits of Ferrari’s build-your-own supercar program, as spy shooters caught this F430-based speedster in Maranello, Italy. This car seems to bear the imprint of Italian design house Fioravanti, with sleek ... http://dfwdriveyourdream.com/blog/spied-custom-ferrari/2344 Possibly one of the most elegantly handsome Rolls-Royce motorcars ever was the Phantom II Continental close-coupled Sport Saloon exhibited by coachbuilder Park Ward on its London show stand in 1933. This is not that car. But it is a near-perfect scale rendering of it, artfully adapted from the 12-foot wheelbase of ... http://dfwdriveyourdream.com/blog/escape-roads-1934-rolls-royce-2025-park-ward-touring-saloon/2343 Mercedes has gone horsepower crazy. The German automaker's line of supercharged V-8s generates as "few" as 469 horsepower (in the E55 AMG) and as many as 617 (in the SLR McLaren supercar). Then there are the V-12s, which pony up from 493 horses in the SL600 to 604 in the ... http://dfwdriveyourdream.com/blog/kleemann-55s8/2342 We have no doubt that our February issue prompted heavy breathing among many gearheads. That installment featured coverage on no fewer than eight vehicles with at least 265 horsepower, three with a minimum of 425, and two that were smuggling 500. That's the kind of artillery we usually reserve for ... http://dfwdriveyourdream.com/blog/lingenfelter-402-c6-corvette/2341 Having a five-year-old and a two-year-old at home means that I keep up on children’s movies. This would include this summer’s Pixar offering Wall E. Without spoiling the movie for anyone, suffice to say that it shows future humans as sloths incapable of even walking on their own. Apparently, ... http://dfwdriveyourdream.com/blog/toyota-winglet-set-to-make-the-world-fatter/2338 If the Internet age has taught us anything, it’s that it’s possible to have what seems out-of-reach. You can wear couture. You can drive a Bentley. You can live like a movie star—if only for a day. You just have to be creative in making it ... http://dfwdriveyourdream.com/blog/wear-a-couture-dress-from-revolve-clothing-and-rent-a-bentley-gtc/2332 Posted on 07.31.2008 09:45 by Simona Alina Filed under: Mclaren | Supercars / Exotic cars | future cars The current partnership between Mercedes and McLaren on the SLR has come to an end, and like all ugly divorces, things are getting a little tense. The next McLaren supercar (internally know as the ... http://dfwdriveyourdream.com/blog/next-mclaren-supercar-will-not-get-mercedes-engine/2331