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Spy Shots: New Honda V4 motorcycle caught testing

Published: June 26, 2009

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Filed under: Spy Photos , Honda , Motorcycles 2010 Honda VFR1200 leaked photos - Click above for high-res image gallery Late last year at the Intermot show in Germany, Honda pulled the covers off a radical concept motorcycle it promised would soon enter production powered by a powerful new V4 engine. The new bike’s introduction is obviously close at hand as a new series of spy photos clearly shows the bike testing on the street


Geneva Motor Show 2009: Frazer-Nash Namir by Giugiaro

Published: March 3, 2009

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Filed under: Concept Cars , Hybrids/Alternative , Geneva Motor Show , Green Click above for high-res gallery of the Namir by Giugiaro If you’re at all familiar with the name Frazer-Nash, it probably isn’t in the context of modern drivetrain technology like hybrid systems. Nonetheless, the brand that was long ago a famous British car maker is still around, albeit no longer building cars


Geneva Motor Show 2009: Clever EDAG "Light Car Open-Source" is like safety television for tailgaters

Published: March 3, 2009

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Filed under: Concept Cars , Economy , Hybrids/Alternative , Geneva Motor Show , Green , Tech , Hatchbacks Click above for high-res gallery of the EDAG Light Car - Open Source EDAG has presented its new “Light Car - Open Source” concept here at the Geneva Motor Show , and while it outwardly appears to look like any other nondescript electric bubble car, there’s a lot of innovative content on the inside screaming for attention. It’s hard to know where to start: The use of (O)LED technology as both driver-configurable exterior lighting units and as a television screen-like safety feature that alerts those behind of road conditions; its 100% recyclable basalt fiber chassis (said to be at once lighter and cheaper than carbon-fiber or aluminum); or the fact that this is an open-source effort, with EDAG taking the lead but freely opening up the car’s technologies to outside developers for improvement and modification. In any case, the fact that the lithium ion-powered compact car utilizes in-wheel motors that help maximize interior space is a neat detail, but we’re actually most intrigued by the (O)LED technology, which gives the Light Car an egg-smooth exterior


A chopper from the sheik? Only 400,000 euros …

Published: August 3, 2008

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You have 400,000 euro too?
Probably you will come to mind different ideas, such buy a house, making around the world scooter stay in the best hotels on the planet, cheap for old age and so forth.
But think about it well, with inflation going on and wages that are still at least five years, what [...]