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Official: SRT Viper GT3-R is ready to kick racetrack butt

Filed under: Motorsports, Coupe, Performance, Racing, SRT

SRT Viper GT3-R race car - front three-quarter view

This weekend, SRT Motorsports will be focused on returning to the 24 Hours of Le Mans with the Viper GTS-R, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t looking a bit further down the road. While the GTS-R is the factory-backed racecar running at Le Mans and in the America Le Mans Series, SRT is also preparing to introduce this new Viper GT3-R for private race teams to run in various GT3 classes around the world.

Culminating from a collaboration with Riley Technologies in Mooresville, NC, the SRT Viper GT3-R uses many of the same performance technologies as the GTS-R. While a stock Viper produces 640 horsepower and 600 pound-feet of torque, the GT3-R’s unrestricted V10 lays down 680 hp and 640 lb-ft. This car goes on sale – ready to race – later this year with a starting price estimated at around $459,000. Scroll down for more info on the newest member to the Viper family.

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SRT Viper GT3-R is ready to kick racetrack butt originally appeared on Autoblog on Thu, 20 Jun 2013 19:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Cheeky coed’s butt wins vintage VW bus

Filed under: Classics, Minivan/Van, Etc., Volkswagen, Humor

Hollister 1978 Volkswagen Microbus winner Lizzy Marola – Click above for high-res image gallery

Hollister and Facebook have teamed up to take social media to new and lofty heights. The clothing company just wrapped up a contest in which users were invited to submit photos of their derrières in Hollister jeans. Both guys and girls could enter for a chance to take home one very awesome, custom 1978 Volkswagen Microbus, complete with all the surf gear you’d need to at least pretend like you’re a beach bum. Facebook users were invited to judge the competing rears and vote on their favorites, and one rump stood above the rest.

Lizzy Marola entered the contest at a Hollister store on a whim and wound up winning the eyes of enough voters to take home the bus of her dreams. Marola is a freshman at Coastal Carolina University, so there’s at least some chance that those long boards will hit the water in the near future.

The Microbus was delivered to Marola at her home in Torrington College, Connecticut recently on a trailer before being inspected and registered. If you’re interested to see the image that won it for her, click here.

Gallery: Hollister 1978 Volkswagen Microbus Giveaway

[Sources: Litchfield County Times, Facebook]

Cheeky coed’s butt wins vintage VW bus originally appeared on Autoblog on Mon, 24 Jan 2011 17:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Hyundai Accent to “kick Fiesta’s butt” says U.S. CEO John Krafcik

Filed under: Detroit Auto Show, Etc., Hatchback, Hyundai

2012 Hyundai Verna/Accent

Given the chance to ask Hyundai’s US CEO John Krafcik a question, what would you ask? If you’re a Jalopnik reader, you’re apparently curious if Hyundai plans to bring over a five-door Accent hatchback. Krafcik took the time to answer the question in the affirmative, and then used the opportunity to proclaim that a five-door Hyundai Accent hatchback “will kick the Fiesta’s butt.”

Until we see the car in the flesh at the upcoming New York Auto Show and go for a drive, we’ll hold off on coming down on one side of the butt-kicking. However, with the recent run of new products flowing from Hyundai there is a strong chance that Krafcik’s words will hold true.

[Source: Jalopnik]

Hyundai Accent to “kick Fiesta’s butt” says U.S. CEO John Krafcik originally appeared on Autoblog on Mon, 10 Jan 2011 16:39:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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