2010年6月15日星期二
$2.93 Million Bugatti Veyron Toy Costs More Than Real Car
This is a solid-gold, diamond-accented, 1/18th-scale Bugatti Veyron built by Robert Gulpen and Stuart Hughes. It costs $2.93 million. An actual Veyron costs around $1.7 million. This is the dumbest product in the history of consumerism.
The world's most Luxurious and expensive model car. This unique project was a fusion between Robert Gulpen of Munich & Stuart Hughes of Liverpool both who both are well respected in the individual fields of Bespoke luxury Designs. This mammoth and very intricate job took 2 months to finish
Type: Bugatti Veyron Diamond Ltd Edition
Scale: 1:18
Materials: Solid 24ct Gold and Platinum with 7.2ct single cut Flawless Diamond
Extras: Steering functioned, all hoods operational, engine and all parts very detailed
Weight: approx 7kg
Included: Certification of authenticity, glass house, aluminium case, photo documentation of the manufacturing process
Available as a ltd edition of only 3 to be made
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2010年6月12日星期六
Concept Trucks by Luigi Colani
This so called ‘Space Truck’ by famous German industry-design star Luigi Colani uses 30% less fuel than comparable trucks."Luigi Colani is a legendary Swiss-German industrial designer, whose concepts have rounded, organic forms, which he claims are ergonomically superior to traditional designs."
The online newspaper News.ch, with their column ‘Green Investment’, has enabled to present this vehicle to a wider audience in Switzerland. The truck is currently touring through various Swiss cities such as Lucerne, Berne and Basle. With the support of climate projects such as myclimate, SuisseEMEX and Green Village, the Mercedes Benz Actros truck will drive CO2-neutral.
Colani develops streamlined trucks since the fifties. His goal: Saving fuel consumption through a flowing streamlined shape of the vehicles. The German controlling agency TÜV verified in 2005 that Colani’s truck uses 30% less fuel than a conventional truck. With its aeronautic curvatures, the Space Truck follows Colani’s main design characteristics: the rounded, organic forms, which he terms "biodynamic" and claims are ergonomically superior to traditional designs.
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2010年6月11日星期五
Ten cars for CEOs
The Holland & Holland began life as just another Range Rover and then Overfinch added room for your hunting rifles and champagne flutes. The Holland & Holland edition is more than just transportation to and from your hunting excursion, it's the whole trip in one car. It's also got enough room for you and your other CEO buddies to go let off some steam after a long week of wheeling and dealing and comes equipped with a year's supply of booze.
Just remember the fish-tied-to-a-balloon hydropneumatic suspension can drive on three wheels if some kind of crazy assassination attempt should come your way.
Getting out of the back of a car with suicide doors in a suit can make anyone look like a total badass.
Since the all-powerful CEO is too important to sit in traffic, it makes sense that he or she should drive the street-legal homologation version of a car that could simply take an alternate route down the highway median, through the forest, or across the gravel parking lot.
Combining the massive luxuriousness of the A8 long wheelbase with the earth-shaking power of Volkswagen's W12 engine and this A8 will get a Captain of Industry to the meeting rapidly, comfortably, and discreetly.
It's a Quattroporte with room for the wife, kids, dog, mistress, and a weekend's worth of luggage. It's also arguably one of the most beautiful cars on the list.
Get your assistant to take notes, and fix what's left of the Bristol's electrical system on the side of the highway in your suit and tie. It's last century's British luxury grand tourer, built yesterday, and broken down today.
Featuring the eponymous 13.6 liter V-16 engine, the Sixteen is an absolutely mad automobile. It has a carved crystal Cadillac crest on the steering wheel and a Bulgari clock in the dashboard. It set the tone of Cadillac's modern 'Art & Science' design theme that continues to this day. And it's huge and imposing enough to strike fear in the heart's of any competitors, whether you're pulling up to a business meeting or an afternoon at the country club.
It's not as fast as the Porsche Panamera and not as roomy as the Maserati Bellagio. It's just so hot. It really comes down to how many sets of golf clubs or how many personal assistants you have to haul on any particular day.
The CTS-V wagon is another solid choice for CEO transportation. It's fast, luxurious, and relatively low-key. It's just awesome. Read more...
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