Archive for February 20th, 2008

What Is The Most Famous Car In The Whole World?

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Feb

The Aston Martin DB5/2008/R outside the Biltmore Resort in Phoenix, Ariz., where it was sold at auction to a Swiss buyer for $2.4 million US last month. With story by Nigel Matthews for CanWest Auto Package.
Photograph by : Nigel Matthews/Special to the Vancouver Province
It is reckoned that half of the world’s population would recognize a [...]

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Speed Racer Car and More Lurk in the Basement: Live at the 2008 Detroit Auto Show

Posted By: AllyBigsis  Published in Film Cars

20

Feb

It’s hard to beat the experience of staring down a herd of longhorn cattle contained only by dinky metal gates. But in the basement of the Cobo Conference Center here, serious press conferences are tempered by an array of exhibits both surprising and engaging.

The slick, white race car “Mach 5″—boasting a top speed of [...]

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World’s First Air-Powered Car: Zero Emissions by This Summer

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Feb

India’s largest automaker is set to start producing the world’s first commercial air-powered vehicle. The Air Car, developed by ex-Formula One engineer Guy Nègre for Luxembourg-based MDI, uses compressed air, as opposed to the gas-and-oxygen explosions of internal-combustion models, to push its engine’s pistons. Some 6000 zero-emissions Air Cars are scheduled to hit Indian streets [...]

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