Miscellaneous Car News

they look great on dark coloured C4's. The last Ferrari that worked with wires.

Greg's car in blu scuro with Borranis would be worth $50K all day long.

 

I like the alloys.

BTW, Don't tell him it's worth that much, he'll bring the Golf again!

 

For the second time ever in my entire life I've refused to pay for some work done to a car. This time, the 308. Oh well. Another bridge burnt.

 

Poor Karl.

 

I'll check out the website when it comes out, but the sequel is usually never as good as the original

 

Of course I'm bringing the Golf

 

OLIO

 

Well I'll bring the Lexus if it's going to turn into a gay's own adventure NTTIAWWT ...... apparently

 

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Just in case you were wondering, I have a rather bad cold and I've fired up the PC, now self medicating with Laphroaig.

 

LOL, you're a funny bugger!

 

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ooopppsss

Tesla Model S seriously damaged even before leaving dealership

 

2013 Lamborghini Aventador 834 MY14 Independent Shift Rod Trans All Wheel Drive


does this guy think people are that stupid to pay that much

 

There is a sucker born every minute they reckon.

This guys seems to like it.
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Did you see Tesla sales are halted in China till a major law suit with a trademark "squatter" is sorted out? Unfortunate since the central government has just imposed a mandatory 30% quota for electric / hybrid cars in governmental purchases.

 

Are they actually stopped? The original lawsuit was already done and the squatter lost, but now he's appealing and trying to stop the cars from being sold again, seemingly without any particular grounds:
Chinese trademark holder says Tesla must pay him $3.9 million | Ars Technica

 

He shouldn't have been so greedy.

 

Looks like Scud is taking his team to the Spa 24 Hours:
Steven Richards and Shane van Gisbergen to race in Spa 24 Hours - GT news - AUTOSPORT.com

 

but seriously 1.3 mil ??

 

Pretty awesome hey. I wonder if Phil is his race engineer and strategist.

 

I believe so - local radio news on the weekend... BUT, I wouldn't stake my soul on it either...

 

Hmm... seems like it's only temporary then, hopefully - unless there's some kind of local-court advantage to the squatter guy, anyway! He should've taken the cash Tesla originally offered and rejoiced in his good fortune, IMO!

 

Version I heard was tesla was ordered to pay up and that hasn't happened? Totally confused now... Seems 'squatting' on trademarks is the hot new business in CN.

 

Yes it is. In China the law says the first person to register the name has the rights to it.
Tesla is only the latest in a long line of multinational companies that got caught out. Other notables include Apple.

 

Toyota Prius Plug-in hybrid sets fuel economy record on the Nurburgring [video]


Just when you thought there couldn't be any more questionable Nürburgring lap records, Toyota has announced the Prius Plug-in hybrid has become the most fuel-efficient car to lap the green hell.

The so called record was set by Joe Clifford who completed the 12.9 mile (20.7 km) long course in 20 minutes and 59 seconds. While that's laughably slow, Toyota says the Prius ran mostly on electricity so it effectively averaged 698 mpg UK (581 mpg US / 0.4L/100km). The company goes on to say the "record" was set during a public session, so the car had to deal with traffic and all circuit rules including the minimum average speed of 60 km/h (37.2 mph).

According to Clifford, "Although the 12.9-mile distance is similar to a typical commuter trip, the difference here is a rise and fall in elevation of around 1,000 feet. In fact it was only on one long climb that the petrol engine cut in, and then only for a short while. Without that, we think we might have even achieved the ultimate 999.9 mpg read-out – the highest figure the display can show."

Source: Toyota

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