The Cars

Sunday, May 12, 2013

1969 Dodge Charger

This is by far the top dream car of mine. I would die to own one of these. When it was first launched in 1966, the Dodge Charger was an instant hit. With the idea taken from the mid 1960's Coronet, the new Charger's were made with a rich and superior interior and plenty of power. The Dodge Charger couldn�t be made with anything the 426 Hemi that had 425 horsepower and 490 lb ft of torque. It surely deserved all that power. And with the Muscle Car Market in full explosion Mopar fans went and bought one as soon as they could. I wish I had lived back then because buying a new car like this was dirt cheap compared to now. It cost a little less than $4,000 dollars to buy a brand new, no rust, no dents or scratches, original everything Dodge Charger. That�s like every muscle car lover�s dream! Now they�re worth so much more, especially with low miles and an amazing body. The 1969 Charger still used the same body as the year before but it was designed with a divided grille and new taillights. The base Chargers had the 225-cid slant-six and the 318-cid V-8 as standard engines. The Charger R/T had the 440-cid V-8 as its standard engine. You could get a Charger SE which was a mix of sport and luxury that had all of the standard Charger features plus leather and vinyl bucket seats, fake wood grain steering wheel, deep-dish wheel covers, hood-mounted turn signal indicators, and fake wood grain instrument panel. The Charger 500 was based on the standard Charger, but was made with a flush-mounted grille, fixed headlights, and a flush-mounted rear window glass for lower wind resistance. The reason it couldn�t keep up with Ford�s new cars was because the aerodynamics weren�t good enough, so it slowed the Charger down. But the 500 did have the suitable aerodynamics to keep up. The Charger was no doubt a racecar that needed to be used for its purpose which is to race in NASCAR. To compete in NASCAR and to comply with the newly set standards, Dodge produced a limited number of Charger 500s but soon they realized that they were not providing an advantage over Ford. As a solution, the Daytona Charger was introduced. With a roof-high spoiler, elongated nose made of fiberglass, these cars could charge down the speedway at nearly 200 mph. The modified design paid off when Bobby Isaac won the Daytona 500 in February 1969. Only 1000 Dodge Daytona Charger's were produced and along with the 500 have become two of the most desirable of all Chargers. This right here, is one of the best cars ever made.

Friday, May 10, 2013

Snolo Stealth-X Sled

Stealth-X sled is a high performance alpine sled designed and developed by Snolo Sleds. What makes it special? Well, the company claims that you can use this carbon fiber sled on both hard compact snow and soft-powdered snow, unlike those wooden sleds that you can only use to run down a subtle slope laden. It's not a children's toy, it's been built to provide serious adult fun, just like skiing and snowboarding.

The seat position allows you to enjoy the same excitement as if you're sitting in a race car, it features great speed as well as steering ability. During early test, this sled was run on average gradient slope yet it was capable to reach the speed of 40mph. It's a good thing that you can maneuver and stop the sled in the same manner of a snowboard, by using your feet and adjusting your body position.
Designer : Snolo Sleds
Stealth-X Sled by SnoloSleds

Stealth-X sled structure is composed of 3 main parts: mono shell, front ski, and front arm. The carbon fiber mono shell ergonomic design fits your lower body, completed with foam padded seat in the base and a flip up padded back rest. Laid back on the seat gives comfort and stability in both steering and leaning. The single front ski is made of carbon fiber as well, you can also adjust the foot pegs forward and backward to suit your height as the rider. One of great features of this sled is the ability to remove front ski and slotted it inside the mono shell, thus the entire sled can be carried as a backpack, perfect for traveling.
Stealth-X Sled by SnoloSleds

Thursday, May 9, 2013

4StrikeBike - Double Drive Bike

With its patented upper body pedaling system, the 4StrikeBike is unlike any you've seen before! It has adjustable handlebar pedals that supplement power to the foot pedals. The special freewheel system allows the bike to be cycled with both arms and legs or with legs alone. Using multiple muscle groups means greater distance capability for touring, or just giving your legs a rest. Talk about a full body workout!

Designer: TSG Essempio

Tuesday, May 7, 2013

Ago Micro Taxi

With the footprint of our personal vehicles shrinking, it's likely that taxi designs will quickly follow suit. With consideration to the fact that taxis generally carry just 1 or 2 passengers at a time, the Ago Taxi eliminates that useless front passenger seat, positioning the driver in the center and passengers in jump seats closer to the front. Saving all that space inside means the overall size of the exterior can also be made smaller. It's sensible styling at its best.

Designers: Maxim Shershnev & Tigran Lalayan

Terra Motors New Tuk Tuk Concept

Tuk Tuk is a unique traditional transportation that you can find in many Asian cities such as Bangkok, Manila, Kuala Lumpur, etc., unfortunately, they also contribute to urban pollution and high fuel costs. Terra Motors have an idea to replace this vehicle with an electric version, it will certainly reduce polluting vehicles on the streets. This eTricycle features blue-and-white color scheme, modern and stylish version of the old Tuk Tuk. It is powered by a lithium-ion battery which can travel 30 miles/hour for every 2-hour charge. The overall dimension is just less than 11-feet long and steered with handlebars, well, just like the traditional one.

The company is hoping to be the world's top eTricycle maker since there's not one company in Asia that mass produces these types of vehicles.

From : Terra Motors

Terra Motors eTricycle Is Our Next Generation of Electric Tuk Tuk

Sunday, April 28, 2013

2014 Chevy Camaro Z28

It's back! The z28 is one of the most known Camaros that was ever made. And the new look is so mean! It just looks like it's in a race mode all the time. I love it, and the black rims and spoilers make it unique to all the other Camaro packages. The whole new fascia for the front end is a ton better than the 2013 version. To make it lighter, the Z/28 was made with 19-inch wheels, taking off 42 lbs over the 20-inch rims found on the SS and ZL1. There's no tire inflation kit, trunk carpeting, some sound deadening, and fog lights. Air conditioning is optional, the rear glass is slightly thinner, and the battery is a lightweight unit. The stereo is a single speaker retained for the obligatory seat-belt minder chime. Nine pounds have been cut from the backseat through material changes and doing away with the pass through ability. In the end, the Z/28 weighs 300 lbs less than the ZL1, or about 3,820 lbs. This puts it at 40 lbs lighter than a Camaro SS with a manual transmission and 200 lbs heavier than the Ford Mustang Boss 302. But that is most the information that I found. They like to keep it a surprise too. They haven't even let the price out yet!

Sunday, April 21, 2013

2013 Hennessey Venom GT

All I can say is whoa. When you see this car, there's no doubt that it's fast. Even the stock version of this car would blow any average car away. Then having Hennessey upgrade it? Oh man. Any of there cars have way too much power for one man to have. But this is their most powerful one yet. They put the LS7 in this, which is the 7.0L 427 CID aluminum block in it, and that's a crazy huge, crazy powerful motor, basically pushing nothing. Then on top of that they put twin precision turbo ball turbochargers on it. This give it a total of 1,244 horsepower and 1155 lb-ft torque. I think they're trying to make a land rocket, and if so they sure have done it. This car is so light, everything is made out of carbon fiber except for the doors and the roof, weighing in at a little over 2,700 pounds. The aerodynamics of this car are insane too. It lays so low to the ground, and all the flares and the spoiler, it gives it so much down force. I said it was fast right? It's probably classed as beyond fast. It goes 0-60 in 2.7 seconds, 0-100 in 5.6 seconds, and will do a quarter mile in 9.92 seconds. 6 seconds and its over 100! That's insane! I couldn't even grasp being in a car that could do that. I don't think any man could reach it's top speed without being crazy, fastest car in the world reaching 278 mph. Blowing the Bugatti Veyron out of the water at 258 mph. That's getting close to 300, and I don't know if anything is safe going 300 on the ground. But the price for the Hennessey modified Venom GT is $1.1 million dollars. Hats off to the man who can buy this car.