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Caterham Project V: The Electric Sports Car That Breaks Every Expectation

Confederate is a new road, the Hellcat C3 X132

Engine capacity - 2164ss. Motor type - square twin. 111mm diameter of the cylinder and the same stroke. In the "power" is the original: "Power corresponds. Weight - only 215 kg. Carbon fiber rims. Brakes - 4-piston monoblock Brembo. Tank - 18 liters. Quite a lot of bike inherited from his predecessor. For comparison. Some characteristics of its predecessor novelty motorcycle F131 Hellcat. Engine proprietary Confederate, 111mm bore and the same stroke. Made of aluminum used in aircraft. Power - more than 149 hp Weight - 222 kg. Wheelbase - 1575mm length - 2184mm. Seat height - 711mm, the width of the bike - 813mm. Until recently, the arsenal of the company had three models - P120 Fighter, B120 Wraith and F131 Hellcat. Power of the engines of these cars - ranging from 125 to 160 hp Company Confederate Motorcycle Company was founded in 1991 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA. The company's founder - Matt Chambers , describes the activities of the company as creating a motor...

Video: The difference between winter tires and summer tires

In certain countries are not accustomed to the use of winter tires, you must admit. In my time working in a workshop, more than once had tried to convince business that winter tires mounted on their cars, given that by 60,000 or 70,000 kilometers a year, can justify the amount of such covered the months between November and March. Another option, if you have space in the garage or storage room, is having two sets of tires, and switching according to the month of the year you play. Okay, are a little noisy, and if "you give them wax" with dry heat on a highway in anything you eat them. But snow, ice and rain grab more. More than a "snow textile fabrics, and if the snow is dry, not frozen, can be much more efficient than chains. Do not you think? Watch the video that BMW has developed with its X3 after the jump to convince.