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Long before Porsche became luxury automobile manufacturer, it was more famous as sportscar manufacturer. It is almost like the heart of Porsche beats in a sportscar. Today the German manufacturer under its umbrella has four-door sedans, SUVs and also a station wagon which is under consideration. But there are certain models which are a distinct league in themselves. They range from a hybrid, a V10, a homologated racer, an AWD rally machine and two 911s which were completely rebuilt by independent manufacturers.

• 918 Spyder: A concept which debuted at the 2010 Geneva Motor Show will be finally hitting the markets. It is a part of a new generation of hybrid cars with 4.8-liter V8 engine coupled to a pair of electric motors. This ensures delivery of 800 horsepower upwards. It is expected to go down as the fastest vehicle ever to roll out the gates at Zuffenhausen.
  

  Carrera GT can do impressive 205mph!

• Carrera GT: Marking its launch in 2004, the Carrera GT comes packed with a unique 5.7-liter V10 engine fitted in the middle of its carbon monocoque chassis. It delivers 612 horsepower to the rear wheels through a six-speed manual transmission. Handling this beauty isn’t an easy job. But once in expert hands, it can accelerate to 60 in 3.6 seconds and on to a 205mph top speed.
  

  Porsche 911 GT1 – As extreme as it can get!!

• 911 GT1: It was among the most extreme Porsche supercars by successfully passing 47 endurance races. This also includes the 1998 24 Hours of Le Mans. It featured a 3.2-liter twin-turbo flat six which was slightly detuned to 537 horsepower. It could reach 62 in 3.9 seconds and a 191 mph top speed.
• 959: Although a Group B rally car, it was one of the most sought-after models by collectors like Jerry Seinfeld and Bill Gates. Reports suggest that Gates and his Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen successfully lobbied for a special law to get the 959 enter their country. Talking of its on road capabilities, the 959 was the fastest and most technologically advanced car ever made. It packed an advanced all-wheel drive system and a twin-turbo flat six with 444 horsepower to drive it to 62 mph in 3.7 seconds and on to a 195mph top speed.
• 9ff GT9, RUF CTR3: Based on the 911 but a work of art by independent manufacturers, these two models are simply breathtaking. While the 9ff GT9 was fitted with a 997-gen GT3 which was extensively rebuilt with its 4.0-liter twin-turbo flat six sitting in the middle of its bespoke chassis. The RUF CTR3 was packed with a 3.8-liter twin-turbo flat six. The 9ff GT9 delivered around 1,000 horsepower to reach a 254mph top speed and RUF CTR3 with 691 hp went upto 233mph top end. There two models are extremely rare and priced at around half a million.

About the Author: Armando Lopez is a Porsche enthusiast. His early passion for cars and Porsche bloomed in to a thriving business. He is the founder of GT3 TEK which specializes in custom body Kits and parts for all Porsche models. Check the website here

On January 10, 1962, 51 years ago, Ford began to assemble the Ford Falcon in the neighborhood of La Boca, located in the city of Buenos Aires. La Boca is also home to many famous telenovelas that used the Falcon as the main getaway vehicle. Ford Motor Company Argentina began to put together the most successful car by a U.S. company in the country.

The bodies and engines of the Ford Falcon were imported directly from the United States. The finished model did not differ at all compared to those from North America. In October 1962 they started producing the engine of the 6-cylinder Ford Falcon in the General Pacheco plant. It was not until July 1963 that Argentina had a completely national version of the Falcon.

The auto recycling industries play an important role in maintaining ecological balance in the environment. The auto recycling industry disposes of those cars which are now inoperable. These industries are better known by the name of junk yards or auto salvage yards. They use to take the car, recycle it and pay cash for it to the junk car owner. They disassemble all the parts of the car and sell those parts which are working to the other owners. The auto recyclers have been contributing to environmental conservation for over seventy five years. Approximately 95% of the auto vehicles are recycled which saves 85 core barrels of oil, which is then used for manufacturing new parts.

Automotive recycling also plays an important role in reducing air and water pollution, solid waste generation etc. Auto recyclers must follow national and local regulations on handling the wastes generated by the car during salvaging. Gasoline, diesel fuel, motor oil consists of petroleum hydrocarbons which are harmful for aquatic life. These harmful substances can be carried by rain water into the ground and contaminate the ground water.

Heavy metals like lead, cadmium, chromium, zinc, arsenic and aluminum are toxic and harm aquatic life. Moreover acids from the car batteries, solvents can contaminate water, soil and create harmful conditions for humans as well as animals. The operations of auto salvage yard are controlled in such a way that any of the toxic substance from the car doesn’t contaminate the environment. Many individual recyclers have started and implement their own management programs to reduce the harmful effects of the byproducts of automobile recycling.

In a nutshell auto recycling industries do their business in an environment friendly way and saves the environment in the following ways:

• Helps in preserving natural resources
• Saves the environment from contamination
• Reduction in emission of green house gases
• Reduction in amount of carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide
• Conservation of coal, gas and oil reserves.

The auto recycling industry has become a technology driven and sophisticated industry which is bringing innovations in manufacturing techniques of automobiles. The operations which an auto salvage yard NYC includes: first, the drainage of harmful or toxic fluids, second, dismantling of the parts, third, checking the parts and if they are working then they are being sold. Auto salvage yard is a place where you can get the auto parts at cheap rates.

Today, auto recyclers use computer and internet to locate the parts from other auto recyclers all over the country. This allows the auto recyclers to offer quick and efficient services for giving or selling the auto parts to the customers. If someone wants to buy a particular auto part then he/she can search junk yard in the nearby area on the internet. There are many junk yards located in US, almost in every city or town like NJ, WA, and TX etc. These junk yards assist you with all the services. Here you can sell your junk car and can also buy some of the auto parts which you are not getting in the market

Author Bio: This is a Guest Post by Shalini. Rusty Salvage Yard in US is a  junk yard where you can Sell Your Junk Car and get cash for it.

Even if we like it or not, having a youngster car owner in our family will price us a little bit more when it comes to auto insurance. Unless he will pay for this part, which is unlikely, the mother or father will have to get the money out of the wallet for his kid. We all know that youngsters are regarded to be a dangerous classification. They do not have much generating experience and they usually drop their head in various circumstances. Also they are more willing to take threats when it comes to generating than grownups.

In this case it is important to see how we can get low prices for direct auto insurance for youngsters as not to pay too much. First of all you need to get under 21 auto insurance for you vehicles. Having a generating youngster can impact the plan price of your other vehicles. Be sure that you can dissociate all this. Secondly, you should not buy an activities car with many horse-powers prices as these are regarded of dangerous in the arms of a youngster.

You need for making you kid realize the fact that he has to research hard, as some insurance organizations give reductions on a’s and b’s. Also the youthful person needs to realize that having no visitors’ accidents will carry him reductions later on.

By notching up more than 5900 booking in just 2 days, Mahindra has thrown a challenge to its more illustrious competitors.

If we go by the number of bookings, the Mahindra XUV5OO is on its way to create a record after over 5900 bookings were made in 2 days after the company reopened bookings for its bestseller SUV on January 25, 2012. During the first phase of the SUVs launch in October 2011, Mahindra had received over 8,000 bookings across five cities.

This time around, the bookings are open across 19 cities – Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai, Bangalore, Pune, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Ahmedabad, Chandigarh/Panchkula, Jallandhar, Patiala, Kochi, Trivandrum, Calicut, Trissur, Coimbatore, Nagpur and Nasik. The bookings are open from January 25, 2012 to February 2, 2012.

In the event bookings cross 7,200 applications, Mahindra will conduct a draw that would be judged by Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu India Pvt. Ltd, an audit firm. This has been done to ensure a reasonable waiting period for eligible customers in a fair and transparent manner. The details of the draw process have been announced on the brand website, www.mahindraxuv500.com.

The XUV5OO has been well appreciated by customers.