Honda is refocusing on production of their motorcycle segment, while adding attention to gas-free economically friendly vehicles with the announcement of their 2010 Electric Motorcycle.
Early rumors seem to believe Honda will be taking their DN 01 Cruiser and transforming it into an eco-easy rider with an all electric engine. According to Honda CEO Takeo Fukui. “Honda is currently developing a battery-powered electric motorcycle which emits no CO2 during operation, because the characteristics of a battery can be better utilized in the area of motorcycles, which are often used for short distance travel. Honda is aiming to introduce this electric motorcycle to the market about two years from now.” (Read post…)
As Germany’s two biggest automotive players, BMW and Mercedes-Benz have been setting trends and pioneering new ideas for decades.
But what happens when these two vehicular juggernauts enter unexplored territory – will they come crashing to the ground with an almighty aluminium-alloy thud?
Mercedes is currently working on its new R-Class, a range of people movers or mini vans that will add power and prestige to what is at present a largely utilitarian genre, and BMW is also working on a luxury people mover.
The people mover or MPV market is currently dominated by Asian and American car makers, but Europe is now getting in on the act. (Read post…)
Designer’s Iman Maghsoudi’s creation, Ferrari Monza, may wery well be the beggining of flying car production we all dreamed of when we were child. It’s styling, obviously borrowed from Enzo’s, aerodynamic in nature, allows it to go over 200 km/hr. Obviously not intended for casual driving or cruisin’, this is a vehicle for those in some serious need for speed. So, this concept will be a good minute before we see any flying autos. (Read post…)
Designing a car is an art and sometimes the graphic designers outwit the automotive ones in their own trade. The reason is that designers like Bruno Delussu (French) are never bothered about the technical specifications as to what will power the car, but simply let their imagination flow to create what pleases the eye. (Read post…)
Got a cool $25 million to throw around? Why not to get a Strand Craft 122 superyacht with matching supercar?
As boat accessories go, a bespoke supercar is probably the most extravagant. But that’s exactly what millionaire buyers of the $25m Strand Craft SC122 will get.
Beating the Bugatti Veyron hands down for exclusivity, the supercar has 880bhp from its twin-turbo V12 engine and a claimed top speed of 234mph. Only six will be built, each capable of hitting 60mph from rest in 3.2 seconds. (Read post…)
The MG Midget, right, was mechanically identical to the Austin-Healey Sprite. It had the traditional MG grille and a different trim. The ‘frog eye’ Sprite was never badged as an MG, so the MG Midget was always one mark number behind the corresponding Austin-Healey Sprite. The Midget was always slightly more expensive and few people questioned the value of paying a little extra for the MG name. (Read post…)
For many people, the first choice as a classic car today is a classic sports car from the sixties. The 60s sports car evokes an age of carefree, open top motoring down narrow, country lanes, or on motorways free of traffic. Sixties’ classic sports cars with gleaming chrome and vintage style wire wheels draw admiring glances from passers by and comments of ‘I used to have one of those’. A sixties’ classic sports car seems the ideal way to travel: fast enough to keep up with modern traffic; yet quaint and charming enough to be different from today’s cars. (Read post…)
Car ownership, alongside television, meant that for most people the fifties were very different from previous decades. More people now had the freedom to go where they wanted, when they wanted and there was nothing third class about motoring.
At first they had to make do with pre-war cars, as rationing and the drive for exports restricted the home market. Once rationing was finally over there was a boom in car ownership. The car and the booming British car industry was a symbol of the new prosperity. People had “never had it so good”. (Read post…)
Thirteen-time grand prix-winner turned BBC F1 pundit David Coulthard has warned his former Red Bull Racing team-mate Mark Webber that his boldly outspoken approach could either make or break his F1 2010 title chalenge…
David Coulthard has warned his former F1 team-mate Mark Webber that ‘airing his dirty laundry in public is a risky strategy’ in the wake of the Australian’s post-race comment to his team that his commanding British Grand Prix victory last weekend was ‘not bad for a number two driver’. (Read post…)
Sebastian Vettel has finally broken his silence over the British Grand Prix front wing controversy, arguing that ’such things do not belong in the public’ and warning Red Bull Racing: ‘The only thing that can stop us is ourselves!’
Sebastian Vettel has criticised his Red Bull Racing team-mate Mark Webber for having publicly expressed his dissatisfaction with the team in the wake of his British Grand Prix victory last weekend – insisting that conversely, he is ‘brought up to show respect for one another’ and warning that ‘the only thing that can stop us is ourselves’. (Read post…)