Archive for August, 2010

Zeroshift, a UK based transmission company has made a significant breakthrough that could change the way we drive electric vehicles. They have developed a clutchless multi speed gearbox that uses dampers inside the gear hubs along with the electronic control of the motor for changing gears. This is a seamless operation. There is no interruption whatsoever in torque allowing the motor to run at a higher [...]

The race to build a flying vehicle just got a bit more interesting. The Pentagon’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has proceeded ahead with their decision of making a flying military vehicle. They have selected 2 companies to go ahead with the development of their machine known as the TX-a fully automated four-person vehicle that can drive like a car and then take off and [...]

By Mahir Majid Good News! If you have just put some cheap LED’s around your headlights and possibly around all the vents on your front end (I mean the car’s) to make it look like an Audi and are running out of more creative Ideas to express your creative side, somebody has just come to your rescue by inventing Carlashes which go around your car’s headlight like eyelashes around an eye. These [...]

We have already got you numerous scoops on the VW Golf 7, including certain renderings & now there is yet another rendering for your eyes. This latest artist’s impression of the new Golf has the front of the recently unveiled avatar of the VW Jetta. The trademark VW grille seen on the new Polo along with striking looking headlamps exactly like the new Jetta can be seen on this rendering. The [...]

The Chevrolet Orlando test mules have been doing rounds at numerous locations across the globe. This 7 seater MPV based on the same platform as the Cruze sedan is focused primarily at the European market. Through the 300 series platform underpins the Orlando, its length has been expanded to 2,760mm. The Cruze’s 2.0L 150bhp diesel engine will be carried over and reports claim a plugin hybrid [...]

We’re thankful to Woody Thompson for showing us a sketch of what looks like a clay mock-up of a Range Rover from the recent past. This clay model should have been made during the time when Land Rover was owned by Ford Motor Company. If you compare the image of the clay model to how modern Range Rover turned out to look, you’ll see the front fascia has come out the way most of us like. [...]

The Hyundai i10 football car designed by famous car artist Andy Saunders has been sold in an auction by ebay for a price of 5005 pounds. This car was used for publicity during the 2010 Fifa World Cup in South Africa. Created by car artist Andy Saunders – a hugely talented car modifier, the car features a grass bodywork with the same theme carried inside, huge goal posts fixed onto the A pillars [...]