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Radioactive cars in Fukushima

In 2011, a strong earthquake with a magnitude of 9.1 Mw caused a tsunami that damaged the Fukushima nuclear power plant, resulting in 18,500 dead or missing people, as well as great material damage. The area that is suffocated by radiation is known as the “exclusion zone”, which is much smaller today than before, and in that zone there are many cars, including sports cars.

YouTube channel Exploring the Unbeaten Path posted about abandoned cars in the exclusion zone. Many of them are still waiting for better days, collected in warehouses where they await eventual rescue. However, a large number of them are still without protection, including valuable sports cars. Also, there are limousines, trucks and other vehicles.

Some of the cars that can be seen in the video are Subaru WRX, Nissan Skyline R32 and 300ZX model, Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII, Toyota MR2, Porsche 911 964 Carrera 4, Datsun racing car in which radiation is 0.45 microsieverts. Although this is not a much higher level of radiation than normal, it is still too much to possibly save the car.

Among the cars where the radiation exceeds the permitted level are the Subaru WRX STI, Volkswagen Scirocco and Honda S2000 with 5.0 microsieverts. These cars are unfortunately lost, and some of them have already been destroyed.

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Source: Exploring the Unbeaten Path via YouTube

2001 Ferrari 360 Spider is for sale

At the 2000 Geneva Motor Show Ferrari is unveiled its new sports convertible car, Ferrari 360 Spider. He was produced by 2005 and the production strips left 7,565 cars. One of them, 2001 Ferrari 360 Spider that was part of the David Beckham collection, is for sale.

This car is finished in Nero, properly maintained and is in excellent condition. It is equipped with forged lightweight BBS Challenge wheels, Tubi sports exhaust system, carbon seats and paddle-shift F1 transmission. Beckham likes expensive cars and especially appreciate Italian models. In 2017, he sold his Ferrari 360 Spider for £ 95,000, and now the car is waiting for a new owner.

While in Beckham’s collection, the car had the license plates “D7 DVB”, and since the last sale was not often seen on the road. In 2010, the clock showed about 10,000 km, and today it has just over 7,800 miles (12,700 km).

Ferrari 360 Spider is powered by a 3.6L V8 engine with 395 hp (294 kW) and 275 lb-ft (373 Nm) of torque. Power is transmitted to rear wheels via F1 automated manual transmission. Reaches 60 mph in 4.6 seconds with a top speed of 183 mph (295 km / h).

The asking price is £110,000.

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Source: Classic Motor Hub

BMW M3 CS Limited Edition

From BMW comes the limited edition M3 CS with more power and less kilos.

Under the hood is a 3.0L inline-six biturbo engine (S58) with 550 hp (405 kW) and 479 lb-ft (650 Nm) of torque. Significantly more power compared to the standard M3 Competition, which has 510 hp (375 kW), but also 34 kg less. Power is sent to all wheels via an 8-speed automatic transmission, while rear axle drive is optional. It reaches 62 mph (100 km/h) in 3.4 seconds with an electronically limited top speed of 302 km/h (188 mph).

BMW’s M division used a similar recipe for the previous generation of the M3, so this time, a lighter and more powerful car is arriving than the M3 Competition on which it was based.

The car is equipped with lightweight components such as a carbon hood, a titanium exhaust system, carbon front seat shells, and ultra-light 19 and 20-inch reinforced rims wrapped in 275/35/19 (front) and 285/30/20 (rear) Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2.

The company did not announce how many copies of this car will be produced, but they revealed that the CS (Competition Sport) in Germany will cost 146,000 EUR.

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Source: BMW