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https://www.autoevolution.com/news/modern-honda-integra-type-r-rendering-joins-n-a-engine-with-manual-transmission-166793.html?fbclid=IwAR07jJkxfEycqWRW84-x3mAScratQnf-Udp5LeDjhzhgR0TONDIIOUpOFwQ# Sold by Acura in the United States, the Integra Type R is considered a driver’s car. Some people describe the DC2 as the best-handling FWD car ever produced, and I can certainly understand their lyrical waxing. Offered with rectangular headlights in Japan and with round headlights outside of the Land of the Rising Sun, the Integra Type R left a lasting impression on a generation of enthusiasts from all over the world. One detail that Honda got perfectly right is the B18C5, a legendary powerplant that revs beyond 8,000 revolutions per minute, even 8,700 for the British spec. The ultra-collectible Type R is rocking a close-ratio manual transmission with five gears rather than six, a helical-type LSD, a strengthened chassis that reduces body roll in the corners, reduced sound insulation, lighter wheels, and a thinner windshield than the Si, GS-R, and SiR-G variants. Capable of anything between 187 to 197 horsepower depending on the market, the DC2 is universally known for punching well above its weight. Offered in four exterior colors over a black interior, the Integra Type R numbers only 3,823 units in the United States of America. To understand just how desirable this fellow is nowadays, let’s just say that a 1997 model has recently sold at auction for $65,000 at no reserve. By comparison, the original window sticker read $24,000 ($40,630 after adjusting for inflation). A huge fan of the Integra Type R, industrial designer Jordan Rubinstein-Towler has taken upon himself to imagine the DC2 for the 2022 model year. The bite-the-back-of-your-hand beautiful rendering is complemented by a 2.4-liter Earth Dreams i-VTEC powerplant, and in the pixel wizard’s vision, the four-pot motor develops 276 horsepower at 8,600 rotations per minute. Pictured on Enkei forged wheels and Bridgestone Potenza semi-slick rubber, the design study is reassuringly minimalistic on the inside. There’s no centrally-mounted touchscreen to distract you from the driving experience, and instead of a fast-shifting DCT, the center console is where you’ll find a close-ratio manual with a billet-looking shifter and six ratios. Don’t get your hopes up for a brand-new Integra Type R, though. Honda is currently working on a compact sedan the size of the ILX, and a Type S performance-oriented variant is coming as well according to a dealership meeting from 2020. Be that as it may, the all-new Civic Type R is more than enough for Honda because go-faster compacts don’t sell well these days.

The Ferrari F12 Berlinetta has won rave reviews since its Swiss debut and has inevitably invited speculation of further variants. Just last week, a speculative rendering of an open-top Spyder Berlinetta was posted online. Now, automotive artist Iacoski (Iacoiski.com), has fuelled the speculations by showing us what an extreme track-focused Berlinetta would look like. The 599 GTB that preceeded the F12 Berlinetta was also treated to a similar model, known as the Ferrari 599XX and boasted a power boost from the standard 612hp up to 720hp. Taking this piece of history into consideration, we could expect a the F12XX Berlinetta to produce in excess of 790hp. Add in the array of performance enhancing and weight reducing parts and we should see a 0-100 km/h time of under 3 seconds. While it is only a speculative rendering at the moment, it does give the fans and maybe even the Italian carmaker something to think about.

Looking very focused indeed!

A rendering of the new 2008 Audi A4. Audi is bound to release official pictures of his concept later this year in 2007. Till then, all we have is this rendering and some specs: Beyond the photoshopped image Auto Zeitung also speculates on the 2008 A4

Land Rover design rendering Matthew Taylor, managing director of Land Rover showed a glimpse of the future at the Frankfurt Motor Show. Here are his words: "But what does that future look like? Well, indulge me for a moment while I give you a glimpse of a design rendering that will inspire our future product line-up and also gives a strong hint of one of our future models. Don't look away