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1935 Alfa Romeo 6C 2300 Pescara Spyder that competed in the Mille Miglia and was once owned by Benito Mussolini will be auctioned by H&H at The Centaur, Cheltenham Racecourse on February 27, 2008. Of huge historical importance, the stunning dark red Two-Seater carries an estimate of £600,000-800,000. Chassis 700635 clothed in striking coachwork by Carozzeria Touring was built to the special order of Benito Mussolini. Before delivery he had it modified with a dickey seat and the engine was specially tuned to deliver 95bhp rather than the 68bhp of the standard model. The car was driven in the 1936 Mille Miglia by Ercole Boratto – an ex-Alfa Romeo test driver who was Mussolini’s chauffeur at the time. The car finished 13th overall and 3rd in class. Mussolini retained the car until 1939, since when it has only had three owners, the latest of which had it restored by Dino Cognolato to a standard good en ough to achieve second in class in the 2005 Pebble Beach Concours and victory in the

diesel fueled cars are already associated with the negative image of heavy trucks clogging the air with their dark and sooty exhaust plumes, and a new study only goes further to damage it’s reputation. Dutch scientists have found that breathing diesel exhaust fumes can trigger a response in the brain that can have damaging long-term effects on basic brain functions. Studies in the past have already shown that small particles of soot in diesel exhaust can travel from the nose and lodge in the brain, but this is the first time researchers have found actual adverse effects on brain activity. “We can only speculate what these effects may mean for the chronic exposure to air pollution encountered in busy cities where the levels of such soot particles can be very high,” said Zuyd University researcher Paul Borm in an interview with Reuters . “It is conceivable that the long-term effects of exposure to traffic nanoparticles may interfere with normal brain function and information processing.

The ninety’s were the best years for the Japanese sports cars. Move forward to today and the true Japanese sports car has become a rarity, with only the Nissan GT-R being the most noteworthy example of late. Japanese automotive powerhouses Toyota and Honda have both been found lacking in this area, Honda having had no real sports car since the S2000, with the Integra and Civic Type-R completely lacking the caliber of Honda sports cars of the past. Honda is now planning to revive its famous nameplates from the past, the CR-X based. This should make an appearance in late 2009. The car’s development is apparently already 90% complete and will be an exciting prospect mixing both sports and hybrid ideologies. Power figures are still yet to be decided but rumors of 250hp+ seem to be likely.

Who can resist to the fascinating pairing of Rolex and Pagani, united together for such an emotional spot. And the question is which machine ran out of fuel? Is it the V12 AMG Mercedes of the Zonda F Roadster that needs a fill up?

After the massive success in Turin, Berlin and London , the major city’s turn to host an original celebrations for the introduction is Tokyo. Japan has always been very attentive to the Made in Italy products. The launch will be march 15th the day of the “Sakura” the cherry tree’s blossom when almost all Japanese people celebrate this occasion by doing picnics beneath the cherry trees for around two weeks. The ultimate gossip/curiosity is that the new 500 will also be cast as the new car of the famous cartoon character which will turn 40 this year Lupin the IIIrd in the new animated feature called “Lupin the IIIrd, Green vs. Red”. In some of the older episodes one could see Lupin IIIrd driving the old 500.

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Meet the most practical Maserati ever – it’s an estate version of the Quattroporte. But it is a case of now you see and now you don’t , as the car is a one-off project that’s been commissioned by a Middle Eastern businessman whose identity is a secret. Italian coachbuilder StudioM was handed the task of constructing the Maserati wagon, which is dubbed the ‘Cinqueporte’ on account of its rear hatch. The project is still at the quarter-scale model stage, but the design is nearly finalised – and it’s clear extensive work will be needed to turn the saloon into an estate. Lengthening the roofline, repositioning the fuel tank and redesigning the rear seats so they can fold flat are just some of the alterations required. There is no word on the cost, but a previous customer paid StudioM €360,000 just to get a specially made interior for their Quattroporte – so it’s not likely to be cheap!

The official launch is for the 20th of february but this are some pictures which have leaked on the internet before that day. The reason why I put it here is that it is my dream car and it has been since Volvo decided to build a smaller sister to the VOLVO XC90...enjoy and as for me I keep dreaming...

Metal prices are soaring. And, police say, thieves are after your catalytic converter. Thieves are targeting catalytic converters because they contain trace amounts of platinum, palladium, and rhodium – all of which a crooks can sell for around $200 a pop. According to MSNBC, rhodium is one of the most expensive metals on the market, running for as much as $6,000 an ounce. Jennifer Krings, a spokeswoman for AAA, said, “These thieves are targeting shopping malls, school parking lots, busy business districts, and they are hitting these places in the daylight. A lot of the large passenger cars — SUVs, trucks and vans — have two, so those are a target.” Tony Murtell, manager of U-Pull & Pay in Philadelphia, said, “I’ve heard of people going into apartment complexes in the middle of the night — just taking a handsaw, getting up under someone’s car and sawing it off. They collect a few of them and take off somewhere to be recycled.” Los Angeles Police say that the Toyota 4Runner is the m

JUKKASJARVI, Sweden — In this video, Saab gives a tour of the its “Move your mind-room” at the spectacular ICEHOTEL. Apparently when winter cabin fever sets in around here, the Swedes fire up the chainsaws and create unbelievable ice sculptures of such concept cars as the Saab Aero X. The Swedish automaker on Mon day unveiled its icy take on the high- profile Aero X Concept, which is the center piece of its "Saab Move Your Mind" room at the Icehotel. Jukkasjärvi, is located far above the Arctic Circle in northern Sweden . The entire installation is made of ice and features, among many other things, a full scale replica of the Saab Aero X made from –what else, ice

Banana methane will power cars...Australia is in the forefront to use this new fuel first... We have already covered different methods of obtaining methane by fermenting (or better, digesting) some kind of vegetable. But we haven't yet gotten to banana waste. Growcom, one of Australia's leading horticulture organisations is going from the prototype stage to a commercial plant that transforms banana waste into biomethane, which then will be used in vehicles powered by natural gas. The processing plant basically consists in an anaerobic digester which treats the banana waste. There's more to it than that, as project manager and Growcom board member Keith Noble said, "An over-riding principle of the project has been to use locally available materials and expertise wherever possible. The system must also integrate with existing farm practices. If on-farm digesters are to have a commercial future they must add to farm efficiency and be simple to operate." Just in case

in the first video, one can see 2 proud owners of the Peel P50, out of which only 94 were built on the Isle of Man and the 1965 Peel Trident. As for speed it was arounf 40miles an hour but depended alot on what you had for breakfast! NO PARKING PROBLEMS AT ALL, just pull your car wherever you are going... in the following one Jeremy Clarkson goes to work in the Peel P50 microcar from 1963 and if as one expects, it is not love at first sight, it is funny how he is more then attached to this cheeky little thing. They are very rare to find cars and each on of them, if in good conditon carry a price tag of 40,000 STG, even if when you costed less then 200 english pounds and since they did more then 100 miles to the gallon, ir was cheaper to drive one of these then walk... All yours, enjoy If you want some more information this is the official site http://homepage.ntlworld.com/andy.carter

A spectacular video, filmed in New Zealand, were a bunch of professional snowboarders race against a Subaru Impreza... the result is much more crazy than one can imagine!

An excerpt from the 1958 "Disneyland" TV Show episode entitled "Magic Highway USA". In this last part of the show, an exploration into possible future Transportation technologies is made.Coloured detination roads, chassis that warm up for better control in rain and snow and rapid emergengy flying vehicles are some of the themes in the video. the video also mentions the automatic filling station and car wash system at home, sattelite navigation, automatic pilot videoconference on board and even modular vehicles capable of sperate in smaller and different vehicles. Even trains and containers are revolutionary. even more reolutionary are the vehiclesto build roads and bridges from ceramic material with the help of atomic energy, this is an amazing vision considering that we are talking about 50 years ago It's hard to believe how little we've accomplished on this front since 1958, and how limited the scope for imagining such future technologies has become. Witne