Monday, November 2, 2009

Ford Kuga will be produced in USA


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Dollar exchange rate falling under the relation in the European currency and presence of free capacities to the USA force company management Ford to transfer manufacture of cars from Europe to America. According to agency Bloomberg, crossover Ford Kuga becomes the first European model which will move for ocean, – in 2011 this car will start to assemble not in Germany, and in America in the State of Kentucky.

Simultaneously with it in the USA sale Kuga which could be bought till now only in the Old World will begin. Thus about 80 000 assembled in America Kuga will be then delivered to Europe. Certainly, from the point of view of logistics it is not too convenient, however, at the expense of lower cost price of manufacture of cars in the USA, it will be all the same more favourable, than to do cars in the Old World.


BMW M6 from Prior Design


BMW M6 Prior Design

Company Prior Design has presented a new expanding bodi-whale and the program of easy modernisation of engine for BMW M6. With a front part designers did not begin to subtilize, having tried to make it whenever possible more simple and elegant.

The aerodynamic complete set consists of the modifed front fenders, new thresholds and the new expanded rear wheel arches. As a result the body has extended on 80 mm that has allowed to improve roadability and to create sensation of sports dynamics. Besides, for better hearing on the car have established muffler PD made manually with four exhaust pipes from noncorrosive steel. Besides it, for the car complete sets of 20 and 21-inch disks and an option of drop of a ground clearance on 30 mm in front and 25 mm behind are offered.

BMW M6 Prior Design

BMW M6 Prior Design

BMW M6 Prior Design


Friday, October 30, 2009

Volkswagen and MIT’s AIDA to be a friendly robotic navigator


AIDA is a project created by MIT’s Personal Robots Group, the SENSEable city lab and Volkswagen Group of America’s Electronics Research Lab. The cute robot is lovingly called AIDA, but its real name is a long Affective Intelligent Driving Agent...

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AIDA is a project created by MIT’s Personal Robots Group, the SENSEable city lab and Volkswagen Group of America’s Electronics Research Lab. The cute robot is lovingly called AIDA, but its real name is a long Affective Intelligent Driving Agent. It sits on the dash and not only takes over the duties of the navigation system, but also keeps a track of the driver’s preferences and driving style.



The bot will know what time you get off work, what you like to do on your way back home, and if you’re running out of gas. With all that info at its command, AIDA will provide you with suggestions and recommendations of your interest. It can also checkout the traffic ahead and suggest alternative routes if it is likely that the car is headed to a jam.


Oh, and perhaps just to get cozy, it can wink, smile and the lights on its face can change to warning signs to alert the driver of any hazard.


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Via: cnet/ Dvice





So-called Batmobile replica for sale on eBay


We’ve seen a whole lot of Batmobile replicas, but this one is just a bit too weird and off the line to be called a Batmobile. Perhaps it’s the black paintjob and the wing-like things that earn it the title of being a Batmobile replica, or maybe...

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We’ve seen a whole lot of Batmobile replicas, but this one is just a bit too weird and off the line to be called a Batmobile. Perhaps it’s the black paintjob and the wing-like things that earn it the title of being a Batmobile replica, or maybe it’s the strange windscreen, it is tough to be certain.



Created by a designer called “Koon,” the Batmobile is based on a 1984 Ford Granada. Apart from giving the attempted Batmobile replica wings and a strange windscreen, the designer also gave it an electric circular saw blade at the front and there’s supposedly room for the BatPod, or in this case, a Batcycle in the trunk.


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attempted batmobile


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Via: eBay/ Carscoop




Ford starts on the way of bringing cloud computing to Sync


To take its widely popular Sync to the next level, Ford has joined hands with the University of Michigan to bring cloud computing to Sync. Called American Journey 2.0, the project will tap the power of innovation in the students and will hopefully go.

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To take its widely popular Sync to the next level, Ford has joined hands with the University of Michigan to bring cloud computing to Sync. Called American Journey 2.0, the project will tap the power of innovation in the students and will hopefully go to the “next level.”



A major reason for the success of the Sync have been young buyers mostly in their twenties, so using the same demographic to create the next level, Ford hopes to make Sync even more attractive to its buyers. Students of course, will get a chance to unleash their creativity in preparing the car to contact and communicate well with the external world. Ford on the other hand may get its hand on a much more advanced improved Sync.


Via: Wired Autopia




MuscleCar tuner drag race: MotorTrend puts three tuned muscle cars on the track


Recently, MotorTrend put three tuned muscle cars to the test, and well, there’s nothing like a drag race to soup things up a bit. The competing cars were the 705hp Chevrolet Camaro HPE650, the 725hp Shelby Mustang GT500 super snake, and a 700hp...






Recently, MotorTrend put three tuned muscle cars to the test, and well, there’s nothing like a drag race to soup things up a bit. The competing cars were the 705hp Chevrolet Camaro HPE650, the 725hp Shelby Mustang GT500 super snake, and a 700hp SpeedFactory Dodge Challenger SRT8. Nothing like pure muscle roaring down the road! Checkout the video to see the winner, and click here to read MotorTrend’s road test.




Photograph collection shows the centennial beauty of Bugatti


Photographer Laurent Nivalle has brought out the beauty in a century of Bugatti through his photographs that capture the marque in a very unique and striking way. Nivalle’s photographs keep focus on the car’s mechanical part, rather than the...

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Photographer Laurent Nivalle has brought out the beauty in a century of Bugatti through his photographs that capture the marque in a very unique and striking way. Nivalle’s photographs keep focus on the car’s mechanical part, rather than the complete car. The photographer has not used digital tools on the images for his ‘1909 Bugatti 2009’ series, but has created them in a vintage, and vivid look, making them a lot more appealing.


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Via: Laurent Nivalle/ Definitive Touch




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