Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Rolls-Royce 102EX Phantom Experimental Electric revealed

Geneva 2011: Alfa 4C

Baby mid-engined, two-seat junior Alfa sports car is kindle to your petrolhead fire As we say here on TG, you're not a true petrolhead unless you've owned an Alfa. And you will want to own this, the new 4C Concept.Unveiled as one of the stars of the Geneva motor show, the baby Alfa is a ‘compact supercar' said to represent Alfa's values of performance, Italian-ness and technical excellence. What

Geneva 2011: VW Bulli concept

New ‘Microbus’ is one of the stars of the show. But will it ever make it to production? Volkswagen's design chief Klaus Bischoff looked at his new Bulli concept, turned to TopGear's reporter and asked, ‘Well, at the moment is there an MPV that you would actually WANT to buy?' Well, no there isn't, really. Certainly not VW's own Touran, we're thinking Mr Bischoff.Which is why they made the Bulli.

Geneva 2011: Saab Phoenix revealed

Striking concept car previews future tech and potential styling of future Saabs Think of this Saab as the T-1000 of concept cars, only with less duplicitous pointy-metal-finger death and more economy. It is the Phoenix, and it has just been revealed at the 2011 Geneva motor show.Design director Jason Castriota reckons this concept ‘establishes a new reference point for the future of Saab product

Geneva 2011: ‘Toyobaru’ returns

Remember that funky and rather delectable sports coupe built by those pleasant chaps at Toyota and Subaru? It's back, and this time, it's black.The second generation of the must-have coupe is apparently the "strongest indication of how the production model will look".The rear-wheel-drive concept measures 4.2m long, 1.8m wide and 1.2m high, together with a ‘free-revving' Subaru boxer engine

Kawasaki ER650

The ER-6n can be best described as a naked version of the revised-for’09 Ninja 650R, and they share a new steel-trellis frame. Kawi engineers used computer modeling to come up with a revised rigidity balance, allowing a measure of tuned flex for improved handling. The frame itself is said to be nearly as light as a comparable aluminum-alloy unit, and it boasts an upgraded finish over previous

Monday, February 28, 2011

Brilliant, immediate unstoppable traction in mud, also known as good horse sense, and farmer magic

Now this, in my opinion, is effing brilliant. It really no-shit works, and like nothing else possibly could to add traction that can't be stopped.From http://thereifixedit.failblog.org