UPS truck gets SHO transplant, flame job

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UPS Hot Rod parcel truck

When it comes to getting packages where they’re going, few crews are more on point than the team at UPS. Whether it’s across the state or around the world, Brown gets your gear where it’s going with a quickness. The company has used a fleet of proprietary delivery trucks since 1966, but judging from what American Trucker just discovered, someone’s been turning some wrenches after hours. As it turns out, UPS has its own Hot Rod delivery special. Along with one wicked flame paint job and wild wheels, the beast packs something truly under its fiberglass hood.

Instead of a tired old diesel mill, a super-high output Ford Racing V8 dumps 500 horsepower on the rear wheels via a manual gearbox. As if that wasn’t enough to raise some eyebrows, the engine supposedly runs off of straight alcohol for a clean-burning machine that can light the rear rubber on command. We dig the truck, but if it were ours, we’d be rocking stock wheels and a standard coat of UPS brown paint for the ultimate sleeper. Head over to SPEED to check out the video for yourself.

UPS truck gets SHO transplant, flame job originally appeared on Autoblog on Sun, 08 May 2011 11:26:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Flame-Surfaced Computers? Chris Bangle reportedly signs deal with Samsung

Filed under: Europe, Hirings/Firings/Layoffs, Technology, BMW, Design/Style

Chris BangleChris Bangle, the controversial former head of BMW design, has joined forces with Samsung to oversee the design of notebooks and phones. Bangle, you may recall, left BMW in 2009 after 17 years to focus on his own design projects.

According to Samsung, Bangle is operating as an outside influence on the design of their phones and laptops and will still work on his own projects outside of the company. The American designer set up Chris Bangle and Associates shortly after leaving BMW, and has been working on designing yachts and electronics ever since.

Samsung says the move is an effort to emphasize its new focus on the design of their electronics and move the brand upmarket. Samsung says it will set up a European design center specifically for Bangle and send 10 or so researchers from the company to work with him on new design ideas.

[Source: JoongAng Daily]

Flame-Surfaced Computers? Chris Bangle reportedly signs deal with Samsung originally appeared on Autoblog on Fri, 11 Mar 2011 13:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Video: Underground Racing teases 1,100-hp, flame-spitting Murcielago SV

Filed under: Aftermarket, Coupe, Performance, Videos, Lamborghini

Underground Racing's Murcielago SV

Underground Racing Lamborghini Murcielago LP6700-4 SV – Click above to watch the video after the jump

If the name Underground Racing rings a bell it’s because we’ve reported on some of their insane Lamborghini creations before. You might remember the Gallardo that could knock out 10 second quarter mile runs, or the Superleggera that topped 250 mph at the Texas Mile earlier this year.

The company has now turned to tweaking the V12 in the Murcielago, specifically the mighty LP670-4 SuperVeloce. Underground’s twin-turbo performance package for Lambo’s flagship starts at a whopping $129,000 and boosts the 6.7-liter V12 to 1,100 horsepower at the wheels on pump gas. You can get an additional 200 horsepower if you decide to use race fuel.

To show off its latest creation, Underground Racing created a teaser video of the twin-turbo Lambo, complete with a few acceleration runs and a rear view of the massive, singular exhaust pipe spitting flames during downshifts. Have a look for yourself after the jump.

[Source: Underground Racing]

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Video: Underground Racing teases 1,100-hp, flame-spitting Murcielago SV originally appeared on Autoblog on Sun, 26 Sep 2010 09:32:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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