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Chocolate Ferrari F1 replica

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Feb

Chocolate Ferrari F1 replica
Combining two of my favorite things in the world, confectioners in Italy have made a life-size model of the gorgeous Ferrari F1 car using 4,405lbs of Belgian chocolate to serve a s a centerpiece for the Ferrari owners club party in Sorrento, near Naples!

The car, which was more than one year in the making, will go on display until the weekend after which it will be smashed up with hammers and served to party guests. Based on the F2008, the £12,000 chocolate Ferrari has a red edible coating and guest of the Scuderia Ferrari Club Napoli will be given bits of the car to take home after the bash.

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Hans Burie’s Belgian Chocolate Car

Posted By: AllyBigsis Permalink in Unique Cars

Feb

Yes, it’s true! A chocolate car made with 800 kilogram, 1800 pounds, or 28,800 ounces of Belgian chocolate! WOW!!

How much Chocolate?
800 kilogram, 1800 pounds, or 28,800 ounces is equal to:
19,200 bars of Hershey’s 1.5 oz. Chocolate Symphony or
9,600 bars of Lindt 3 oz. Chocolate (US-size) or
8,228 bars of Lindt 3 1/2 oz. Chocolate (yes, chocolate bars in Europe are bigger)

Look at the size of this Masterpiece!!

The chocolate car is the same size as an actual Opel (European car). A whole new meaning of “Fahrvergnügen”.

5 Chocolatiers were working on this car for 4 weeks, from 7 am until 10 pm.
The car is made with milk, dark, and white Belgium Callebaut chocolate.

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The high-speed sports car that turns into a boat at the touch of a button

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Feb

It’s the sort of car that any self-respecting secret agent would be proud to be seen in.

This high-speed amphibious sports car can swim, hover above water and it’s no slouch when it comes to flat-out speed either.

At the push of a button a hydraulic mechanism transforms the sports car into a propeller-powered boat.

Then an integrated ‘hydrofoil’ system lifts the car to ‘fly’ two foot above the water’s surface.

The Rinspeed Splash was created by Swiss genius Frank M. Rinderknecht, 48, at his car company Rinspeed.

Frank says: “It’s much more than an agile and lively sports car. It’s a really cool and fun sports toy.

“It can reach 125mph on the road and accelerates to 60mph in 5.9 seconds.” The water performance is impressive too, with the Splash reaching an impressive 45 knots.

“That’s fast enough for water skiing or knee boarding,” said Frank.

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Futuristic Cars Already Here

Posted By: AllyBigsis Permalink in Unique Cars

Feb

Z Car

Zaha Hadid Architects have developed a new design conscious city car with green credentials. Called the Z Car, the vehicle was born from a desire to create a compact city car that took design considerations into account.

“I think we are at a point in time where people not only appreciate good design but demand it,” Kenny Schachter, the man who commissioned the design, told CDN.

Far from a conventional design, the Z Car measures 3680mm long, 1700mm wide, 1400mm tall, and has a 2450mm long wheelbase with a short (600mm) overhang. Its windscreen is massive - incorporating the side window graphic - and it features a very small window at the rear, nearly horizontal on the roof of the car. Power will be provided by hub-mounted electric motors married to Li-ion batteries laid along the floor.

“There are certainly more niches to be filled today than the big automakers are prepared to invest in,” Schachter said. “If ever there was a time to introduce the first design focused electric vehicle it is certainly now.”

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Man Builds Full Scale Mercedes F1 From 956,000 Matchsticks

Posted By: AllyBigsis Permalink in Unique Cars Tags: Car, F1, Matchstick, Mercedes

Feb

Matchstick Car

Michael Arndt is a man of matchsticks. Over the course of six years, using 956,000 matchsticks, 1686 tubes of glue, and at least three different varieties of mustache, he built a full-scale replica of a McLaren 4/14 F1 car, at a cost of around 6000 Euros. The giant model takes up Arndt’s entire kitchen and probably his social life. It can be broken down into 45 parts for easy transport to various matchstick-builders conventions.

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Underwater Lotus Elise - New James Bond Car

Posted By: AllyBigsis Permalink in Unique Cars Tags: Amazing, Car, Elise, Lotus, Underwater

Feb

James Bond Car

Its time to scuba dive in a car!!! This car was based on the James Bond movie ‘The Spy Who Loved Me’ which starred the famous Lotus Esprit underwater car. However the James Bond movie had a model, this Lotus Elise is the real deal. This £750,000 prototype can dive in depths of up to 10 metres. Unlike the James Bond movie, it can go underwater with the roof down.

This really is an amazing car. I cannot wait until everyone owns a car like this!

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