Car Today

The electric cars are the focus of even in the United States, but certain proposals leave without words: Sunmotor Group of Boston, would in fact to present the model EV, a sort of clone of the Smart ForTwo with some horrendous aesthetic changes and a propeller Electrical capable of 250 km with a charging and only 25 miles per hour speed, less than 40 km / h. There is hope that this is a photoshop poorly realized, in the meantime we discover that the Sun Motor Group is an Indonesian company which imports cars of many brands Japanese, Korean and European and mystery infittisce.

The photo certainly raises curiosity: the famous American basketball player Shaquille O’neal portrait is to drive a Smart ForTwo roadster, trendy new icon of the new continent. A lot will come wonders how it is possible that an athlete of his height (2.16 m) can sit instead of leading the German city car, while also designed for people of high stature. Perhaps the fact that it had chosen a roadster is not a case, since it seems “impossible” to imagine the American in the same car with the hood closed…

Audi has been confirmed for 2010 as Top sponsors institutional and official car of AC Milan. The association between the Club Rossonero and the house of the four rings therefore continues for the third consecutive year. In September footballers and managers of the Milan team will receive more than 60 German auto manufacturer choices among the most popular models and athletes, the Q7 to R8 super car, the latter reserved for Brazilian Kaka how to say “always rains in the wet.

Once upon a time the Lancia Delta: Sports, ugly and bad. The Lancia Delta, an icon of an era, perfectly at ease in the greatness of the titles of master Ennio Morricone. This is the past, unfortunately: memories about memories. This, however, has the reassuring face of Richard Gere, a strong family vocation and notes composer Roman. These, in times of the times. Lancia has wanted to pay homage to the composer Roman, author of music for the television spot, with a Delta Platinum 1.6 Multijet.

The Master knew already the new Lancia sedan average, reported a press release circulated by the mark in Turin, referring to the advertisement in which Morricone “was able to enhance the peculiarities of the car that represents the excellence of style and elegance according to the best Made in Italy . Meanwhile, Lancia recalls the opening of orders for 1.9 biturbo diesel from 190 horses (within the first week of August) and the 1.6 Multijet (from the beginning of July). Despite the range engines still incomplete at present there are over 9000 orders.

In the Polish city of Lodz clandestine races have turned into an important event in broad daylight. One of the main roads had become the scene of endless competition between the young and the police had no easy life in groped to stem the phenomenon. At the end a decision was taken really curious: buy the system timing, the traffic light, organize commissioners and legal assistance and make the competition at least once a month, with an investment of approximately 20,000 € and a huge return of the public.

Lodz was consecrated as the city “queen” of drag Race for the whole of Poland, nation that in a few years has seen an exponential increase the number of existing cars (from 9 million in 1990 to 16 million today), especially after ‘Entrance into Europe. In 2007 were 1.25 million registered vehicles, compared with a total population of 39 million people.

This curious initiative has already brought results obvious: the number of clandestine races decreased by 90% and have reduced accidents, a national scourge remarkable given that in 2007 one eighth of European victims of road accidents was Polish.

It is not the fault of the cost of labour, as the folly of a rich score Arab oil a simple exchange of a Lamborghini Murcielago has cost € 30,000 well because the car was shipped by Emirates until dealer in London. € 25,000 were used for air shipment, 5000 € for the work on self. At this point both worth send factory!

Who was to move from the pier of Porto Cervo in Sardinia, has recently been able to attend an unusual spectacle: as evidenced by this gallery of our colleagues Deluxe blog.it, Saudi Prince Mohammed bin Fahd, following his Megayacht of 78 metres Montkaj, has also decided to increase its collection of supercar. These are all clean and ready to leave, according to the wishes of the moment…

We do not do very often, but occasionally throw a look on the world of video games and in particular on driving simulators. This time however, the news that we have to give our readers is not the most cheerful.

Our colleagues from Games blog have published an article this morning that Kazunori Yamauchi had decided to postpone the new chapter of Gran Tourism forwarded to 2010. A reference (yet another) that could jump the nerves to the most impatient.

The reason is that the boys of Polyphony Digital are still working on GT5 Prologue (here is a very detailed review) to equip them with a series of additional content, including new cars, new tracks and long for damages. Good news for the prologue, figurarsi for the next chapter…