Posts Tagged ‘ Cars ’
Jaguar goes cinematic with its promotion of the new 2014 F-Type roadster. Shot by Ridley Scott Associates, “Desire” stars Damian Lewis of Homeland fame and Shannyn Sossamon and features music by Lana Del Rey. Depicted as a thriller, the film certainly makes the car stand out and look cool without taking itself too seriously.
Turkish automotive designer Ugur Sahin has recently presented his own version of the Rolls Royce Jonckheere Aerodynamic Coupe. The main goal of this design was to respectfully reinterpret the original Rolls Royce Jonckheere Aerodynamic Coupe I, which was built in Belgium by Henri Jonckheere and his son Joseph Jonckheere in 1935. What has remained from that company is currently manufacturing bodies for cars and buses. They’ve asked Ugur Sahin to give a new appearance to their most appreciated project. Infusing a new look to a 77-year-old car is not an easy thing to do but Ugur Sahin pulled it off with a redesigned massive front grill and revised round doors that pay tribute to the original model. At the back it adopts similar bold styling with just a few subtle changes that don’t change the car’s stance and main proportions. Currently Ugur Sahin is negotiating with potential investors and parties who are interested to become involved in the project in order to build an exclusive “One-Off” car which is destined to give its owner the ultimate feeling of luxury.
Bentley has released the official images of Continental GT Speed Convertible just before Detroit Auto Show. The teaser images show the Bentley traditional front-end resembling to other Bentley cars. No words on technical specs but there are rumors of 616hp engine and capacity of 9 to 60mph in four seconds.
At the LA Auto Show Porsche has unveiled its newest 2014 Porsche Cayman Mk3 Coupe. This mid-engined Cayman is set to deliver 202kW from a 2.7L engine while the Cayman S has an output of 239kW thanks to the 3.4L engine. The interior has also been upgraded, it’s now inline with the rest of the Porsche interior which have been a huge step forward over most of the previous offerings from Porsche. The 2014 Porsche Cayman coupe will be available in U.S. showrooms in early 2013 with a starting price of $52,600 for the base model and $63,800 for the Cayman S. Prices will be considerably higher in European markets.
Lamborghini has announced that it is to cease production of its V10 Gallardo. But the Italian company has a replacement waiting in the wings that it is set to unveil in 2013. Credited with reviving the brand after it was sold to the Volkswagen Group in 1998, the Gallardo went on sale in 2003 and over the past 10 years had become the most popular Lamborghini of all time, racking up over 10,000 sales to date. However, while it can still compete with Ferrari, Porsche and McLaren in terms of looks and brute force power, it was starting to struggle to keep up in terms of technology and driver aids. Still, its departure will leave a hole in Lamborghini’s lineup as well as marking the end of an era for the brand. Supercar fans will be keen to see the debut of the much anticipated replacement — and how it compares.
In five years the connected car will become a mainstream reality with more than 60 percent of the world’s cars offering features such as built-in internet, wireless connectivity and smart notifications. By 2017 market researcher ABI expects the figure to exceed 80 percent in the US and Western Europe as new cars get pumped full of smarter technology. Developing regions such as Latin America and Eastern Europe will also see a large jump in the number of new vehicles with telematics; Brazil and Russia will lead the trend, driven by country-specific mandates. “In-car connectivity is quickly transforming the automotive industry, enabling passive and active safety and security and offering infotainment and connected lifestyle services to consumers but also enabling new car ownership, usage, and experience modes such as car sharing, (semi)-autonomous driving, dynamic demand-response electric vehicle charging pricing, and customer and vehicle relationship management services including prognostics and preventive maintenance,” said ABI VP and practice director Dominique Bonte. Car companies such as Ford, Toyota, Lexus, Audi and BMW are not the only ones developing connected cars of the future.
Did you know that the boys and girls at work in Gaydon, Maranello and Stuttgart are all a bunch of slackers?* They are all designing half-arsed cars that aren’t quite special enough. You know the ones, those ugly Aston Martin DBS’, Mercedes SLS’ and Ferrari 458s. Luckily there is one man, a saviour, a pioneer of taste and design single-handedly saving the motoring world. That man is Kourosh Mansory.
Mr Mansory takes some of the most elegant designs of the motoring world and masks his interpretation of beauty over them by vomiting body kits onto them, splurging carbon fibre everywhere and defecating bits of gold trim around the edges. Mansory describe his work as ‘dynamically striking’, ‘extravagant’ and ‘noble’.
Audi, a brand exuding an attitude of self confidence and progressive thinking, and associated with the latest technology and innovative design, is a perfect brand to pioneer this entirely original ACCESS/TCH concept, a new breed of “billboard.” It’s a display of four life-size Audi cars, suspended inside the silver rings of a massive Audi symbol attached to an iconic bridge structure or in front of landmark spaces — the Sydney Harbour Bridge, Brooklyn Bridge, Tower Bridge, Venice.
The rings rotate around, light-up at night, and move up and down the bridge. Against the backdrop of spectacular urban architecture, the Audi installation reflects Audi’s continuous challenging of the status quo, its capacity to innovate, and its ability to avoid the bland and the ordinary. But what will create valuable media attention and social media buzz is not just the actual final display, but the entire anticipation, the process of creation, the engineering feat of the installation and the spectacular launch event.
The manufacturing and transportation of the gigantic rings, the installation of the rings, the hoisting of the vehicles, the first test of the lights, the rehearsals of the launch… By the time the installation is complete, and the unveiling event is about to start, the news about it will have reached those in the know.
PR — locally and globally — plus participation and rallies by dealers, and other in-town and on-site activities and happenings leading up to the unveiling, will add to the echo effect of this one-of-a-kind promotion. The anticipation, excitement and buzz will culminate in an epic night-time launch event that we envision including a live symphony orchestra playing on a barge right under the suspended rings or on the bridge itself, a fireworks presentation or a LED light show above the bridge, and the ultimate unveiling of the rings.
If you like Ferrari and want to own something special under this brand, then take a look at the new audio collection of collaborative line between the Italian automotive brand Ferrari and Logic3 audio producers. Now the iconic look and recognizable style of Ferrari is clearly visible in the world of audio gear. Collection includes nine headphones and four speaker docks across two series: “Scuderia”, whose models mirror the look of Ferrari ‘F1′ racing team and “Cavallino”. All headphones of both lines feature the patented “Thin film acoustic technology” (TFAT), which achieves a passive dynamic-balancing system for increased fidelity, wider frequency range, and deeper bass. Check out this method below.
Few motifs of science fiction cinema have been more appealing to us than the subtle defiance of gravity offered by futuristic hovercraft. So every once in a while we check in to see how humanity is progressing on that front, and whether the promise of hoverboards will be delivered by 2015 as evidenced in Back to the Future Part 2. We’re not quite there yet, but we’re definitely getting off the ground, so to speak. Get ready to hover your brain around the art of quantum levitation.
Ask anyone born in 1990 or later what a ‘Flux Capacitor’ is, and if they don’t know, they have a few movies to watch. However, ask anyone born before 1987 what a ‘Flux Capacitor’ is, and if they don’t know, you have every right to kick them in the shins. This is exactly like how anyone who thinks Knight Rider is a song from Busta Rhymes song, needs a media re-education, and you may not realize the main character in Mad Max is the same guy who directed ‘The Passion Of Christ’, but the car should stand out. These 3 whips are iconic and unforgettable parts of franchises that defined a period in time, so kudos to Justin Van Genderen for producing such exquisite digital posters to pay homage to these pimped out rides.
I love cars. Just to put it simply. I grew up in a place where street racing was very common, and some people spent more time working on their cars than they spent attending the local high school. Luxury cars, foreign cars, or exotic cars, don’t make a difference, I’m developed a solid love for automobiles of any type. (Even thoough, I feel like the ONLY thing in the world sexier than Jessica Castillo is a fresh Aston Martin). When I recently came across a collection of automotive photography, I was enthused to say the least. This collection comes from all different photographers from all over the world, of all different cars, of all shapes, sizes, and styles. I didn’t chose the photos for what cars were in them, but for the composition of the photo, the angles, focal points, lighting, style, and depth all contribute to the beauty of the car being displayed, and I didn’t want to limit what I posted just because the car in the photo was old. So take a look both above and below and hopefully you’ll see as much beauty in these photos as I do.
Ferrari World, the world’s largest indoor theme park and the first with a Ferrari theme, opened on Thursday in the Gulf emirate of Abu Dhabi. The theme park, located near the emirate’s Yas Marina racing circuit, is spread over 86,000 square metres (925,696 square feet). Its massive red roof covers 200,000 square metres (2.15 million square feet), and features the world’s largest Ferrari prancing horse shield. “The park is designed for up to 10,000 people at any one time,” its general manager Claus Frimand told AFP. “It’s fantastic — this is what we have been waiting for, for years,” he said, adding that “literally three years ago, there was nothing here, only sand.” Ferrari World offers 20 attractions, including Formula Rossa, which simulates driving a Formula 1 car and at 240 kilometres (150 miles) an hour is said to be the fastest roller-coaster in the world. The park is part of Abu Dhabi’s multi-billion-dollar effort to develop Yas Island. The emirate also plans to open branches of the Louvre and Guggenheim museums on nearby Saadiyat Island. Abu Dhabi, the largest and richest of the seven emirates making up the United Arab Emirates, has launched an ambitious development plan to 2030 to modernize and diversify its economy away from oil.
