Two industries were the economic crisis squeezed very heavily. This is the real estate and automotive market. In the Americas, the houses are empty and their value decreases from day to day. The auto industry sold hardly any of their vehicles. In the Midwest there was an Auto a funny solution: He built a house Car. This “building” was with three bedrooms and two bathrooms, five years ago, comfortably furnished. The construction costs were in the purchase of a Aston Martin V8 Vantage. Now the value of this property Neuritis when a Toyota Camry.
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The name “Spiga” refers to the roof shape of the car which sticks out along the windshield giving it a spike-like shape which translates in Italian as Spiga. The main charachtesristic of the car is that the rear and the middle flows in an harmonic way which kind of reminds the human muscles stretching to the back, as the front is slightly different than the rear, it also gives a sense of speed and movement forward when viewed form the side angles.The air intakes near the side windows are designed integrated on the body whcih also shows strong Lamborghini aspects.
Designer: Ugur Sahin
When in 1977, Ferdinand A. Porsche was commissioned by Rossi Moda to design his first shoe, his basic idea was to create a professional aodriver’s footweara, which led to the use of especially flexible leather and a sole that extended over the toe and heel. In the new collection, the functionality of the original concept has been further refined in numerous details, such as the optimisation of the asymmetrical soles.
Insole
The shoe has been studied in all its aspects.The foot rests on an anatomic and orthopaedic arch support (fusbet) made of mixed microporous rubber, whose qualities of elasticity, flexibility and lightness contribute to the highly comfortable fit of the shoe. Perforations ensure a correct transpiration. The surface in touch with the foot is lined with very soft leather to guarantee the maximum comfort.
The sole
When driving a car, the right foot works in a different way than the left one. The quality that more than anything else makes this shoe unique, is the exclusive projection of the soles, designed with different profiles in order to optimize the use of pedals during driving. The right sole has a series of splines (stabilizing element) to improve the hold on the pedals and to enable a faster passing of the foot from the gas pedal to the brake, ensuring an optimum support to the heel.
Upper
The classic line is combined with high-quality leathers, such as soft calf and suede. When working a natural material such as leather, the master touch of man makes the difference in quality. For this reason high technology is combined with the careful handicraft of the artisans of Veneto considered to be, for many generations, masters of a tradition renowned and appreciated in the whole world. The result is a shoe of the highest quality, which combines the sporty elegance of the classic line with lightness and comfort.
by Ferdinand Porsche
The car weighed approximately 2 tons, was 17 feet long, and built on a custom made ladder frame chassis. NO detail was spared in her creation. Many traditional forms of car-building were re-employed, and modern technology stepped in to create a vehicle which was both accurate enough to fool veteran car experts when under the microscope of 70mm cinema cameras and hard-wearing enough to withstand everything from driving in sand to driving on cobbled streets and down stair-cases.
The wheels were moulded in alloy to replicate the timber wheels which would have been true to the period. The boat deck was of red and white cedar and built by boat-builders in Windsor, and the array of brass fittings were obtained from Edwardian wrecks. What couldn’t be obtained was faithfully and accurately re-created. The alloy dashboard plate was from a British World War I fighter plane. All of this was built around a modern Ford V6 engine with Automatic transmission. Chitty rolled out of the workshop in June 1967 and was registered with the number plate GEN 11 given to her by Ian Fleming in his novel. The other vehicles all bore GEN11 but this was purely cosmetic. Only “the original” was registered with this plate and used in the road-driving sequences. Because of the high level of detail on the vehicle and the rough treatment it was about to encounter during film-making, a second “near-identical” vehicle was constructed as a stand-in for the more dangerous scenes and was also used for the “in studio” shots. Another “no-brass / no-engine” dummy version was built to be dunked in sea-water, and another slightly different car was also built for trailer work and to be used as a stand in. Both of these are now on display in England. Another light weight fibreglass shell was mounted on two “disguised” speedboats for sequences “at sea” and was actually seaworthy. “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang” was a huge popular success, and although it’s profits did not make it a blockbuster – this was due to its overwhelming cost rather than lack of audience. It still remains one of the most watched movies of all time and is regarded as a family classic. This car is now being retired and is looking for a new home.
URFA, Turkey – Turkish pop-singer Metin Senturk became the world’s fastest unaccompanied blind driver on Friday and said he felt he had danced with death.
Senturk wept as he emerged from a Ferrari F430 at Urfa airport in eastern Turkey to learn from Guinness World Records officials his average speed of 292.89 kph (180 mph) broke the previous record of 284 kph (176 mph), held by a British bank manager.
“I don’t think there are any words to describe this feeling. I am really happy. It was really hard, like a dance with death,” said Senturk, who has been blind since the age of three.
Metin Senturk drives a Ferrari F430 at the Sanliurfa GAP airport in Sanliurfa - viernes 2 abril, 03:00 PM
What you’re seeing below is not a computer generated drawing, but a full scale wire-frame representation of a Lamborghini Countach. The installation was created by artist named Benedict Radcliffe.
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The Cardok garage is an interesting parking solution that is starting to be seen around more affluent London locales. The owner’s car is raised and lowered by means of a hydraulic lift. At present there are eight in action around London, four under construction and another ten that have been ordered, which is no small feat as the price for the single model is $61,181 and if you want an over and under double it will be $72,816.
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