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Sebastian Vettel explains the new F1 rule changes in one sweet video.

What a fantastic CG video! You have to watch it even if you’re not an F1 fan. (I wonder whether it was done by the same people who did the Red Bull F1 Singapore video.)

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computer, formula 1, graphics, racing, red bull, video

The Abarth Coupe is slated to come out in 2010 and it’s a sports coupe based on the body of the Fiat 500. With Abarth at the controls and under the hood, this two-seater Coupe promises to be a small, fast and fuel efficient car which even BMX scallywags might call ‘a proper car’.

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abarth, car, fiat, racing

Wednesday, 17th December 2008

Real-life junkyard wars: Building a low-cost incubator from car parts.

An excellent read on the IHT about how an incubator for newborns was built out of new or used car parts for use in developing countries.

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baby, car, developing countries, engineering, health, organic resourcing, poverty

Friday, 31st October 2008

Aston Martin One-77.

Aston Martin is building a brand new, super-exclusive coupe codenamed One-77. There are a number of ‘leaked’ renderings of the car flying around and it looks bloody sweet. Well, it better look sweet because it is reportedly going to sell for about £1.2M when its launched. They are also only going to build about 70 odd units of this car, which is a smart move because the number of affluent investment bankers still in a job has significantly dwindled in recent months

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aston martin, british, car, limited edition, racing

Friday, 19th September 2008

A Ferrari bike.

A training bike from Ferrari … sounds wimpy, doesn’t it? Even a nicely built soapbox car would have been cooler. Anyway, this is the closest Ferrari will ever come to having a green vehicle.

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automobile, bicycle, car, kids, soapbox

Wednesday, 20th February 2008

Get your own (remote controlled) Knight Rider car.

I sure hope the Firebox.com site accepts international credit cards (update: oh baby, yes they do!) because I am so going to order the remote control K.I.T.T. car as soon as I can. It talks and has that snazzy, retro, swooshing red sensor light in front!

Speaking of Knight Rider, I wonder if they’ll show the NBC Knight Rider TV movie here in Singapore…

[Via Cool Hunting]

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80s, car, culture, david hasselhoff, kid, kitt, pontiac, pop, retro, tv

Monday, 18th February 2008

The car that swims: Rinspeed sQuba.

Remember James Bond’s Lotus Esprit which could travel underwater back in 1977? Well, the real deal is at hand with the Swiss made Rinspeed sQuba. The all-electric convertible sports car is going to be launched at next month’s Geneva Motor Show, where we may find out if scuba gear comes standard with the car.

(I also have other questions like if the car would have airbags or waterbags, and if the engine can ever get flooded – I guess we’ll have to wait and see.)

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car, concept, electric, esprit, europe, geneva, James Bond, lotus, submarine, submersive, swiss, underwater, water

Monday, 11th February 2008

Pixel perfect car icons.

[Via Heavy Backpack]

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audi, bmw, car, eboy, honda, icons, lexus, nissan, peugeot, pixel, russia, subaru, turbomilk

Tuesday, 5th February 2008

Fisker Karma: A hybrid sports car.

The Fisker Karma was unveiled at the Detroit motorshow about a month ago. This car can run on just pure electricity, which can last for about 80 kilometres, or in the four-cylinder engine sports mode, which can go from 0 to 100km/h in about 6 seconds. Designed and built by Henrik Fisker, designer of the awesome Aston Martin DB9, this is one car which is good to look at and good for the environment too.