Suzuki Biplane

The sleek and futuristic Biplane aims to capture the feeling of acceleration,  the feeling experienced by riders accelerating down a long straight,  or plane passengers when taking off.  Powered by a 1,000cc V-Four and sporting a stunning, open layout,   the Biplane creates a fresh new motorcycle image bound to capture the imagination of motorcycle enthusiasts. Suzuki Biplane specifications:  Overall length:                                   2,166 mm (85.3 in) Overall width:                                     645 mm (25.4 in) Overall height:                                    906 mm (35.7 in)           Engine:    1,000cc, liquid-cooled,           four-stroke DOHC V-  Four (CVT)

Royal Enfield Bullet 500ES Electra X

Royal Enfield Bullet 500ES Electra XEngine:  Four Stroke, OHV Bore & Stroke: 8.4 cm x 9.0 cm Cubic Capacity:  499 cc Compression Ratio: 8.5 to 1 Engine Output/Torque:  23 BHP @ 5000 RPM; 29 lbs/ft @3000 RPM Electrical: 12 volts Ignition: Electronic Lubrication: Dry Sump; Gear Type Clutch:  Multi-plate - Oil-immersed Transmission:  5 Speed, Constant Mesh Gear Shift: Lever-Operated; 1 Down & 4 Up Suspension-Front:  Telescopic-Hydraulic Suspension-Rear: Twin Shock Absorbers Brakes-Front: Disc Brakes-Rear:  Drum 6”; Pedal-operated (right side) Tires-Front:  3.25 x 19 Tires-Rear:  3.50 x 19 Tank Capacity:  14.5 liters/3.8 gallons Reserve:  1.25 liters/0.33 gallons Fuel Consumption: 70 mpg - 25 km/liter Dimension-LxWxB:  82 1/4 x 27 1/4 x 41 1/2 in Wheel Base:  137.2 cm/53 1/2 inches Ground Clearance:  14 cm/5 1/2 inches Seat Height:  76 cm/30 inches Maximum Speed:  125 kph/75 mph Dry Weight: 168 kg/370 lbs

Suzuki Hayabusa B-King

The verdict is still up in the air regarding the futuristic, dynamic looks of the Suzuki B-King. It seems you either hate it or love it. What can be said for sure is the B-King is very fast, enough to match a sports 1000. It’s just a shame it’s restricted to 150mph. The B-King is a lovely road motorcycle, has loads of torque and is easy to ride despite its size. It’s smooth, has good brakes and its only weakness is its soft rear, which results in a lack of traction when pushing really hard.

Ride Quality & Brakes
Despite the Suzuki B-King’s bulk it handles far better than its size suggests. Once on the move the B-King’s weight disappears, you would never guess its actual weight. The brakes are excellent, you only notice the lack of ground clearance on track but the shock is a little on the soft side and it can soon start fighting for grip.

Engine

The Suzuki B-King’s engine comes from the new Hayabusa and produces 164bhp with an arm-ripping 94.5 ftlb of torque. Over a standing quarter mile the B-King is just as quick as any sports 1000cc, if not quicker. Shame the engine is limited to 150mph as it has the potentially for much more.

Build Quality & Reliability
The old Suzuki Hayabusa was as reliable as the tide coming in, bullet proof and could take a heavy tune, so there’s no reason to question the reliability of the new Suzuki B-King. That said, there’s a very plastic feel about the bike and only time will tell if it stands up to a few harsh winters.

KTM X-Bow R

It’s three years since bike manufacturer KTM branched out into cars, launching the X-Bow at the 2008 Geneva motor show. More than 500 brave drivers have been found to buy the X-Bow, ensuring the project has survived the recession and brought further evolution. Which brings us to this: the 2011 X-Bow R, an even faster version of the sports car.

It’s a similar, pared-back two-seater, only this time the X-Bow R brings an uprated version of the Audi 2.0-litre four-cylinder. It’s the turbocharged TFSI engine, boosted to 296bhp and 295lb ft of torque.

That’s more than in the donor Audi S3 and TT-S, which produce no more than 268bhp. Thank a larger turbocharger, reprogrammed Bosch engine management and new fuel injectors. And the engine changes are just scratching the surface of a series of upgrades to build this fastest ever KTM with four wheels.

So the KTM X-Bow R is quicker than most Ferraris?

Yes. Prod the throttle and the R simply flies towards the horizon. There’s so little weight on board – the skeletal X-Bow R weighs just 790kg dry – that it slingshots towards the horizon in short order. Turbo lag isn’t an issue, although the most rabid acceleration doesn’t arrive until nearer the 3000rpm torque peak.

The basic 236bhp KTM X-Bow is no slouch, but to put the R’s greater performance in perspective, it has a quarter more power. Nought to sixty takes a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it 3.9sec. Frankly, it feels faster.

To cope with the extra grunt, KTM has strengthened the engine mounts and lowered the engine’s position in the aluminium rear subframe by 19mm. The Austrian manufacturers say this has boosted the peak 1.5g cornering forces that can be generated by the bravest pilots.

KTM: a posh Caterham

There are many similarities between KTM’s road car and Caterhams. There’s no windscreen, in fact no fripperies at all that we can think of. No radio. No windows. There are barely proper seats, and certainly no doors. You clamber over the sills to slide into the squidgy race seats. One nice Audi touch – keyless ignition – means you drop the key into a secure holder and just prod the waterproof start button, and the four-pot whirrs into life, first time, every time.

You get the same wiggling front wheel observation post as a Caterham, every turn and jiggle of the 205/40 front tyres becoming a spectator sport. And the action of the front wishbones and inboard pushrod dampers becomes mesmeric. It’s like those Tamiya r/c cars I lusted over at school all over again.

But the KTM has a notably different character to a Caterham. For starters, the X-Bow is built around an impeccably constructed carbonfibre monocoque, and the aesthetic is wantonly modern to the Caterhams’s retro mindset. The KTM looks like an angry insect designed by a Judge Dredd cartoonist, its shape designed for maximum thrills and to generate 48kg of downforce at 62mph and 193kg at twice that speed.

So is the KTM X-Bow R at all practical?

It’s hard to give the X-Bow anything over than one star for practicality. It’s awkward to get into – you remove the steering wheel, clamber over the sills and then go into contortionist mode to secure the four-point race harness. Once ensconced, it’s actually quite comfy even for tall drivers but there’s no boot whatsoever, no roof if it rains and worst of all is the terrible rear visibility. Two wing mirrors are your lot, there’s no rear-view mirror (for obvious reasons) and because of the head guard, the side-to-side view is atrocious. Come to some T-junctions and unless you pull up at right angles for a 90deg view, you can’t see what’s coming.

But let’s not get bogged down in that. This is in essence a track-day car that’s homologated for the road; you can spec it up with no end of aero kits, oil coolers and race-spec tyres from the track-day kit options list. The KTM X-Bow is an occasional car for thrill seekers.

The road test review bit: the KTM X-Bow R

Drive the X-Bow on a motorway and non-bikers may feel threatened. I steered onto the A1 near CAR’s office to get home and immediately felt exposed, every passing lorry a worry, the lack of windscreen taking a while to get used to. Needless to say, you’d be mad to drive a KTM without a helmet, every passing pebble and insect flying into your visage.

Maybe I’m just a cautious pansy. But steer off the M-ways and the X-Bow R comes to life. This is a small car that’s easy to thread down country lanes. That 790kg (dry) kerbweight makes it a similar mass to an Elise, the X-Bow R darting this way and that to every nudge of the unassisted steering. The ride is firmer than the Lotus’s, the 17in front/18in rear wheels fussing over road bumps and lumps. Accelerate and you have to keep a firm grip on the wheel, so fast do things happen in the X-Bow.

But what a cockpit! On country roads, you’re at one with nature, a motorcycling thrill mixed with a few car-like comforts. The gearlever is perfectly positioned for BTCC style knockshifts, snicking through cogs with a Honda S2000’s precision, keeping that Audi four-pot on the boil.

Get in the groove, and the X-Bow comes together beautifully. There’s an extra urgency that makes the R noticeably faster than the regular Crossbow, and as a point-to-point device cross-country, few vehicles will touch it. Traction is excellent, and the R adds a limited slip diff to tame all that torque at the rear axle. It could do with a blindspot concave mirror (rear visibility dented my trust) but otherwise, this is a thrilling toy.

Lazareth Wazuma V8F Matt Edition

Pretty weird, as it may seem, this is in fact not a toy Batmobile. The guys at Lazareth, one of France’s lesser known carmaking brands, have recently unveiled a striking 4-wheeler they’ve named the Wazuma V8F Matt Edition.

As odd as it may look, this is a very interesting project, with two largely spaced wheels at the front, while the two at the rear seem to be tied together. Muscle-wise, the Wazuma V8F boasts a mighty 3.0-liter V8 engine, manufactured by Ferrari, delivering 250 HP. It doesn’t seem that much indeed, but do remember this vehicle tips the scales at just 650 kg

Another interesting feature is the fuel injection system – it comes from a motorcycle, being closely assisted by a Sybelle engine management system controllable via computer interface. Furthermore, the engine is mated to a 6-speed sequential transmission from a BMW M3. The Lazareth Wazuma V8F runs on specially made Mono wheels, wrapped in 285-30ZR18 tires at the front and 315-30ZR18 at the rear, further fitted with 324 mm brake discs signed Brembo. It also boasts EMC horizontal shock absorbers. The prices hasn’t yet been announced.

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Lamborghini Veneno

The Lamborghini Veneno hit the scene to a relatively lukewarm reception at best, but the lack of media and enthusiast frenzy sure didn’t stop it from planning a roadster version. The new Veneno Roadster was unveiled this past weekend, and there are few differences between it and the coupe model.

The typical roadster has a top that the driver can raise and lower at his demand, but the Veneno is no typical car. Instead, Lamborghini opted to hack the top off altogether.

In terms of overall design, the Veneno Roadster looks nearly identical to its coupe brother, so it retains that crazy exterior look, with exception to it lack of a roof.

Unlike the coupe versio, which was limited to just three units, Lamborghini will limit the new Veneno Roadster to nine units. Each will carry a price tag of $4.5 million.

Update 12/2/2013: The $4.5 million Veneno recently made its public debut in Abu Dhabi. The venue for the unveiling was something out of a Hollywood movie scene. That would be, an aircraft carrier. "We are honoured that Lamborghini was chosen to represent the Italian car industry in the UAE, as a perfect example of iconic Italian super sports cars, and that we have the opportunity to show the Veneno roadster for the first time in Abu Dhabi," said Lamborghini boss Stephan Winkelmann during the press conference.

W Motors Lykan SuperSport

W Motors rolled into the 2013 Dubai Auto Show with the brand-new Lykan HyperSport . Now, just a few days later, it has already released the first teaser images of the upcoming SuperSport, which is set to arrive in 2015.

Just like the HyperSport, the upcoming SuperSport features an aggressive front fascia with LED headlights and massive air intakes, a ventilated hood, carbon-fiber side skirts and side air intakes. Around back, the SuperSport features a large rear diffuser and a quad-exit exhaust system.

W Motors remained quiet on the specifications, but it looks like the SuperSport will deliver "even better performance" than the HyperSport. This really gets our mouths watering, considering the HyperSport is powered by a mid-mounted, twin-turbocharged, six-cylinder engine that delivers a total of 750 horsepower. It goes from 0 to 60 mph in 2.8 seconds and the speedo keeps climbing to 239 mph.

Unlike the Lykan HyperSport , the future SuperSport will drop the gold stitching in the seats, the diamond encrusted LED lights, the holographic central display HUD with interactive motion and tactile interaction, and the concierge service. These changes make us think that W Motors is aiming for the SuperSport to be a little more affordable than the $3.4 million Lykan HyperSport

The W Motors SuperSport will be unveiled in 2015, and it will be limited to only 25 units — 18 more than the Lykan HyperSport. We’ll bring you more details when W Motors releases them.