Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Corvette on Water


Marine
Technology Incorporated has used one of the most popular US muscle cars
and reproduces it in the form of performance watercraft with over
1000kW at the pilot disposal courtesy of 2 turbocharged Mercury high
performance engines. Costing little over 1.6 million dollars this latest
water speedster has Corvette ZR1 inspired interior together with
gull-wing styled doors, premium sound



Jason Button to stay with McLaren

 


Formula
One driver Jason Button has signed what is currently described as Long
Term contract with his current Formula One team McLaren-Mercedes that
some say could last for as long as five years with some reports
suggesting the deal could be worth as much as 120 Million dollars. Jason
Button remains tight-lipped about the agreement stating only; “I have
made no secret about my ambition



Tom Tom Top Gear Edition








Latest
from portable satellite navigation provider Tom Tom has introduced Top
Gear Edition GO Live GPS navigation unit with Jeremy Clarkson voice-over
included in the package on top of Top Gear enhanced welcome and
shutdown themes, icons and POI. Ideal for those Top Gear faithfuls that
would like to stay tuned to Jeremy Clarkson even when driving. We assume
that Tom Tom will



Mazda RX8 Spirit R Edition


 

We
have previously covered a topic on Mazda’s decision to kill-off RX-8
line up by middle of 2012 and now it seems that Mazda is not entirely
finished with this nameplate following the introduction of 2012 Mazda
RX8 Spirit R Edition. Japan exclusive, the RX8 Spirit R Edition will be
limited to 1000 units only. 2012 Mazda RX8 Spirit R Edition is based on
Type RS and will offer a choice



Mercedes-Benz enters Fragrance market


 

Mercedes-Benz
has join the ranks to offer its own Fragrance product following the
introduction of Mercedes-Benz Men’s Perfume, After Shave and Shower Gel
that Mercedes-Benz says will be sold as over the counter merchandise
through selected outlets from early 2012. Whilst most popular names or
brands have done it before, Mercedes-Benz appointment of Olivier Cresp
of Firmenich to produce



World’s oldest car sells for cool 4.6Mil


 

Almost
130 years old, one of the surviving 1884 De Dion Bouton ET Trapardoux
Dos-A Dos steamer has recently sold for 4.62Mil by a family that owned
the vehicle for more than 80 years in its 127 years of existence. The
1884 De Dion Bouton ET Trapardoux Dos-A Dos has gone under the hummer at
none other than the Vintage Motor Cars at Hershey RM Auction in
Pennsylvania, US.  From the total



Range Rover to produce high performance Evoque version


 

Whilst
we await Evoque introduction Down Under, Range Rover is reportedly
toying around with high performance version following recently surfaced
high output Evoque concept that is said to be powered by almost 30% more
powerful 225kW 2.0L turbo four-cylinder engine. Unfortunately, and
apart from already available information we don’t have anything else to
report except that it’s now up