We all know Jay Leno is a car freak. His garage, the size of a warehouse full of rare cars. Recently, his collaboration between General Motors has produced a beautiful outcome.
Here's a little imagination of mine of the conversation between Jay Leno and General Motors.
Jay Leno : GM, since I got so many rare cars in my garage, I was thinking of having an another innovative car. Any ideas?
General Motors : Hmm, sounds like an opportunity for me to build another one and "spoil" the market with this little creative idea of mine. How about a car that run on biodiesel fuel?
JL : Hmm, sounds great to me. And what kind of engine do you suggest?
GM : How about gas turbine? Because most of the engines nowadays are piston engines. I think it's kinda rare to see a car runs on that.
JL : Any prospective brand?
GM : How about Honeywell LT 101 gas turbine?
JL : Hmm.. ok. I want my car to be built NOT only for show purposes, but meant to be driven on the road too. Can you do that for me?
GM : Sure, why not.
Jay Leno : EcoJet
Santa, I 've Been Good This Year. So I Want These For Christmas. ^_^
What happens when you play too much of Go Karts ?
Introducing the world's lowest street legal car, Flatmobile.
Donor car :
30" height sectioned out from body
Ground clearance -2"
Height-19"
Length-12'2"
Width-5' 5"
Combustion Engine : Hillman Imp 875 Sport
Jet engine : DIY gas turbine
Suspension rear : Standard springs and shocks on rear but cut down
Suspension front : Avro shocks with adjustable height 4" springs
Wheels : Cosmic alloys 10×6J
Tyres : Goodyear Eagles 205 x 50 x 10
As Beautiful As A Young Swan?
Hypothetical Power Machine
Introducing :
Designer : Oliver Vranesh
Features:
Plexiglass rims
v-twin engine
kinetic speedometer (swivels open during ignition) - see below
Go Green : RINSPEED UC
Nowadays, more and more automakers are heading towards Green. Yes, i mean environmental friendly. Which means to say, Electrically Powered Vehicles. Some using hydrogen fuel cells, some use rechargeable battery packs. What really impress me about this car, RINSPEED UC is, it is cute, small, compact, and best of all environmental friendly.
This EV concept will be debuted at Geneva Motor Show on March 2010. Why the name UC? Actually UC stands for "Urban Commuter" or in another word "You See?".
Joystick-operated
2.5 meter long
124 Nm torque
capable to reach 120 km
top speed of 110 km/h
How it works?
It seems that according to Rinspeed, car users / patrons / commuters drive UC to the train station, and then get into the train, together with the UC, then drive off the train 280 km in Zurich, or elsewhere. That's sounds pretty impressive !!
Sources said the company, Rinspeed, might outsource the car to large scale manufacturers, and sold to the open market. Well, can't wait to see this in production.
Here's a cleaner and white background to let you guys to have a total overview of UC, which some of you might go, "oh la la". Some might not.
What costs USD$310,000 and only 100 will be produced?
Security
1. It has Tandem sunroof glass with privacy shades.
[It means....ahem......u know what u can do inside]
2. Night vision and rear op camera system.
[Now i feel like i'm one of the commandos with stealthy armor suit hiding inside this beast getting ready to counter strike some terrorists]
3. Using ballistic hardened steel materials.
Excellence
1. V10 engine
2. 6.8 litre
3. 400hp
4. 498-ft lbs torque
Luxury
1. Wilton Wool luxury carpeting
2. Andrew Muirhead leather
3. 6-way electric leather boardroom-style seating
4. Personal side-mounted laptop stations
5. LED cabin lighting
6. Alpine AM, FM, CD, DVD navigation and Bluetooth equipment
7. TV Monitors
8. Playstation 3
9. 283 cubic foot interior cabin (even 6 basketballers can fit in)
10. 40 gallons of fuel
11. Sits on LT40X13.50R20 Mickey Thompson Baja Radial ATZ tires with ballistic run flats.
Introducing :
Conquest Knight XV
Knight XV contains an E-85 Ethanol conversion system.
What amuse me, it requires 1,500 hours JUST to built ONE. Which is equivalent to 62.5 days. Just to built ONE?
So, in order to build 100 Knight XVs, 150,000 hours needed, which is equivalent to 6250 days = 17 years.
Here's the math:
1 Knight XV = 1,500 hours = 62.5 days = 2 months plus
100 Knight XV = 150,000 hours = 6250 days = 17 years.
p/s: i'm sure most of u want to see the interior on this beast. Trust me, nothing more appealing than the exterior. So, don't bother to ask for interior images. Desperately to see it. Go around the corner and G it.
Blend a little bit of ....
... Enthusiasm, creativity and passion (and a little bit of Michael Jackson's Thriller dance) will lead you to this :
I wanna explode now !!! ^_^
For Your Ears Only : Zee Avi - Slow Hands
It looks like some of my readers like my post on Zee Avi. Here's another beautiful song yet soothing by the multi-talented Sarawakian girl. It's a cover she did by Interpol. Zee Avi performs "Slow Hands", an Interpol cover, at WNRN in Charlottesville, Virginia on May 27, 2009 before her show at the Tea Bazaar.
Here's the lyric:
Nobody cares somehow
When the loving that you've wasted
Comes raining from a hapless cloud
And I might stop and look upon your face
Disappears in the sweet, sweet gaze
See the living thats surrounds me
Dissipate in a violet blaze
Can't you see what you've done to my heart, and soul?
This is a wasteland now
We spies, we slow hands
Put the weights all around yourself
We spies, oh yeah we slow hands
You put the weights all around yourself now
I submit my incentive is romance
I watched the pole dance of the stars
We rejoice cause the hurting is so painless
From the distance of passing cars
But I am married to your charms and grace
I just go crazy like the good old days
You makes me want to pick up a guitar
And celebrate the myriad of ways that I love you
Can you see what you've done to my heart, and soul?
This is a wasteland now
We spies, yeah we slow hands
You put the weights all around yourself
We spies, oh yeah we slow hands
Killer for hire, you know not yourself
We spies, we slow hands
You out the weights all around yourself
We spies, oh yeah we slow hands
We retire like nobody else
We spies, intimate slow hands
Killer for hire you know not yourself
We spies, intimate slow hands
You let the face slap around the self
Awesomeness Does Come In Small Packages
I wonder how is it gonna look like when i want a vintage car in a size of bumper car with Honda / Kawasaki engine, and best of all it is legally street?
Here are some pictures i found on the internet, which are pretty AWESOME :
Mazda MX5 and my kind of likey (if u must ask me)
In North America they call it Mazda Miata.
In Japan they call it Mazda Roadster.
In 2009 they came up with MX-5 Superlight :
They even came up with Mazda MX-5 Miata hardtop (US) version in 2009 too :