Friday, October 30, 2009

How to park your SUV

Have a look at this moron trying to park his X5. I love how he stops and ponders for a while ("what the heck did I just do"), or perhaps just looking for any witnesses ("if I see any I'll run them over"), before getting the hell out of there.



Found this one at VG.no

Here are a couple of other impressive SUV parking vids:


Oh my...

Now this is something out of the ordinary. California-based company Singer Vehicle Design have taken a classic Porsche 911 and turned it into a beast by fitting it with a modified 993-engine producing 425 hp and 461 nm torque and lots of carbon. The result? A racing orange retro 911 that weighs only 1088 kgs and will do 0-60 mph in 3.9 seconds!

My mouth is watering...



More pictures of this hottie can be found here. Unfortunately I haven't been able to find the price tag yet.

Thursday, October 22, 2009

These are the cars we want to buy


Finally there is hope for the future of plugin-hybrids and electric cars. Gone are those ridiculous plastic boxes with four wheels that you wouldn't be caught dead in - if you could fit in them at all, that is. We're finally seeing cars that are actually functional, and even good looking to a certain degree, running (mainly) on electricity.

Volvo has recently announced a new, roomy family saloon (a V60?) with plugin-hybrid technology to be on the market in 2012, and Mitsubishi have presented their PX-MiEV concept, which is a smaller, plugin-hybrid version of the Mitsubishi Outlander. No info yet on whether it will go into mass production or not, but still: These are the cars we want to buy, that will let us combine a family life with a low- or no-emission car.