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1994 Porsche 911 Turbo from the movie “Bad Boys” at auction

Auction house Mecum has announced the sale of the 1994 Porsche 911 Turbo from the movie “Bad Boys”. The car was driven by actor Will Smith, and comes with a Porsche Certificate of Authenticity and a Movie Certificate of Authenticity.

It is equipped with a rear spoiler, air conditioning, radio cassette player, sunroof, 5-spoke speedline aluminum wheels, and it is finished in Black with Black leather interior. Director Michael Bay, who owned the car, sold it to producer Pat Sandstone, and then in 2005 it was bought by the current owner. Also, Porsche was part of the Matthew Drendel collection between 2008 and 2014.

It is powered by a turbocharged 3.6L 6-cylinder engine with 355 hp (265 kW) and 384 lb-ft (520 Nm) of torque. Power is transmitted to the rear wheels via a five-speed manual transmission. It is equipped with 17-inch rims wrapped in 205 / 50R17 (front) and 225 / 45R17 (rear) tires. The car is in excellent condition with 34,396 miles (55,355 kilometers).

The car is expected to reach a high price, especially due to the fact that a similar unit (without any certificates) was sold last year for 275,000 euros. The extremely rare Porsche 964 Turbo 3.6 X88 has been sold for $ 439,099.

Source: Mecum

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Mate Rimac destroyed € 2 million Nevera

Mate Rimac, the owner of Rimac Automobili, used the opportunity to drive Nevera on the construction site of his company’s new complex. Rimac wanted to have fun and show off his rally driver skills before he would completely destroy a two million euro car.

Its R&D and production complex worth 200 million euros is being built near Kerestinec in Croatia. Croatian media say it will be one of the largest complexes of its kind in Europe.

Rimac posted on his profile: “After dozens of tests, we have successfully completed all European homologation crash tests. This beautiful blue Nevera pre-series car is the last Nevera that has to die to complete the US crash-testing program. But before it goes into a wall, we had some fun…”

Earlier this year, Rimac Automobili took a majority stake in Bugatti. On that occasion, Rimac stated that this is an exciting moment in the short but turbulent history of Rimac Automobiles. The company has gone through so much in 10 years of existence. Such a project has raised a young and agile automotive and technology company to a higher level, gaining the trust of partners and a strong position in the high-performance electrical technology industry. With the Nevera model, they have proven that they can develop and produce fast and high-quality hypercars.

Source: Mate Rimac via Facebook

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Audi RS6 e-tron

As internal combustion engines will become a thing of the past, the future of the Audi RS6 Avant is in question. Therefore, Audi has decided to produce a fully electric wagon that will succeed the Audi RS6 Avant, the RS6 e-tron.

The A6 e-tron concept was introduced earlier this year and is one of Audi’s most beautiful concepts to date. The RS6 e-tron is expected to share the same basic design details of this concept, but with an extended roofline and sporty accessories. The A6 e-tron concept is built on the Premium Platform Electric (PPE) platform, on which the RS6 e-tron will also be based. Whether the PPE platform can accommodate more than two electric motors is not yet known.

It is certain that the RS6 e-tron will be just as powerful as the RS e-tron GT powered by two electric motors with 590 hp (434 kW) and 612 lb-ft (830 Nm) of torque. It reaches 62 mph in 3.3 seconds, which is almost half a second faster than the RS6 Avant. It is to be expected that the RS6 e-tron will be even more powerful, but not with the 700-kilometer range that the A6 e-tron has. Thanks to the 270kWh fast charger, a 10-minute charge will provide a range of 186 miles (300 kilometers).

Source: Audi

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