Comments on: Hartge H1 5.0 tuned BMW 1-series

By: honda_driver

honda_driver — Thu, 22 Jun 2006 16:14:34 +0000

if i'm not wrong, all the renault clios, including the sport are FWD. only the crazy clio V6 with the engine in the back has rear wheel driver. I still remember the crazy renault 5 turbo rally cars of yester-year. I'm pretty sure thats where the inspiration for the clio V6 came from.

By: tbcheese

tbcheese — Tue, 20 Jun 2006 05:50:17 +0000

Yeah I remember that. 3 litre V6 in a tiny hatchback… I can't think of a suitable superlative to describe it. I read in Top Gear mag a few issues ago something funny. Apparently when Ferdinand Piech heard Renault was doing a 3 litre clio he took it as 3l/100km so he rushed the Lupo to completion. The Lupo got 3l/100km and Renault got their 3l V6 stuffed where the rear seat is supposed to be.

The next version is supposed to come later this year about October-ish. Wonder what crazy things they'll do this time. By the way Paul, is the Renaultsport Clio still front-wheel drive or did they change it to rear as well?

By: Paul Tan

Paul Tan — Tue, 20 Jun 2006 01:50:21 +0000

tbcheese: This reminds me. Have you seen the Renault Clio V6? They put a 3.0 liter V6 in the back seats of a car the size of a Proton Savvy designed to be a front engine, front wheel drive.

By: RCM

RCM — Mon, 19 Jun 2006 20:19:53 +0000

Powerful but very ugly..

By: jtshin

jtshin — Mon, 19 Jun 2006 19:16:32 +0000

Next time Kancil can also put a V6 or V8…

By: tbcheese

tbcheese — Mon, 19 Jun 2006 18:11:21 +0000

Mini with a V10? can fit or not oo? They put it in the backseat?

By: engtaokia

engtaokia — Mon, 19 Jun 2006 16:30:28 +0000

this is crazy. maybe our ahbeng workshops can swap some mighty engine into tiny Neo next time.

By: honda_driver

honda_driver — Mon, 19 Jun 2006 16:22:30 +0000

its nothing new actually. the europeans do this all the time. There is a mini(new model) in europe running around with the M5 V10 engine.

By: blazerSST

blazerSST — Mon, 19 Jun 2006 13:14:28 +0000

Power is nothing without control, i wonder how driveable is this car.

By: Paul Tan

Paul Tan — Mon, 19 Jun 2006 12:58:13 +0000

oversight: 8 pistons each.

By: szw

szw — Mon, 19 Jun 2006 12:15:15 +0000

dis is wat i call siao !

By: oversight

oversight — Mon, 19 Jun 2006 10:42:11 +0000

Of course, a powerful car requires powerful brakes so the Hartge H1 5.0 gets some massive 8-piston calipers in front, which attempt to stop 380mm floating cross-drilled rotors.

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8 piston calipers at one side or 4 piston right and 4 piston left?

By: KY

KY — Mon, 19 Jun 2006 09:19:14 +0000

still an ugly car.

By: jtshin

jtshin — Mon, 19 Jun 2006 08:56:41 +0000

Wow… Hartge really crazy a.. haha… imagine a 5.0L V10 in a Kia Rio… GTO's V6 twinturbo into Neo? Can Neo cope with the power? hmmm… such small car with twinturbo… can't imagine.. Have to strenghten all the parts in the car before all the fittings inside drop out when driving…

By: tbcheese

tbcheese — Mon, 19 Jun 2006 06:47:56 +0000

Off-topic but congratulations to Audi who've just won the 24 hours of Le Mans with their diesel powered R10. 6 victories in 7 years. The one year dropped was won by Bentley which was also technically an Audi.

By: mystvearn

mystvearn — Mon, 19 Jun 2006 05:57:56 +0000

More like what Clarkson would do if he had to build a fast car

By: aksMs

aksMs — Sun, 18 Jun 2006 23:32:51 +0000

Paul, my read told me there's a carbon fibre freak guy who carbonize his 3 series. Sure bloody rich one. Ask the guy to sponsor la this special project for Satria NEO. Hehe….

By: wmzhaffran

wmzhaffran — Sun, 18 Jun 2006 23:30:15 +0000

huiiyooo keter terbang nih….. :p but i think i prefer the na one coz minyak ma very expensive

By: aesthari

aesthari — Sun, 18 Jun 2006 23:21:57 +0000

I must agree that the front bumper looks horrendous.

By: raybrig85

raybrig85 — Sun, 18 Jun 2006 23:08:57 +0000

really genious in term of technology,engineering and performance….but stilll…the most ugliest car ive ever seen…really ugly…abt the neo thing…i think it is possible…maybe neo can catch this monster eventhough it is not as much power as this car but the neo is lighter than this car…

in term of design…neo is far better than this ugly car but overall packages…neo is still behind this ugly car…(refer to the standard neo and standard 1-series)