Peugeot used the mobile congress in Barcelona MWC 2017 to present its vision of the future. Until now, Peugeot was known for daring studies that were well ahead of the times. The Peugeot Instinct does not fall into that category, and that was the intention. The vehicle is a kind of bridge between the present and the future, when cars will no longer be operated by humans, but by artificial intelligence. That's why it doesn't look like a UFO, the French explain.
Cars
The new Ford Fiesta ST (2017) will have a new 1.5-liter three-cylinder EcoBoost engine with 200 hp, which will be the first three-cylinder engine from the Ford Performance sports program. Three driving modes will be available to the driver, namely Normal, Sport and Track, which provide a fun driving experience in a wide variety of conditions with customized engine, steering and stability control settings. The Ford Fiesta ST remains the best sports car in its class.
The new Škoda Rapid (2017) is also coming to Geneva. Recently, Škoda showed the renewed Octavia and Citiga, and now it revealed the renewed Rapid, which got a new liter engine.
For nearly five decades, the design company Italdesign has been helping car brands build cars. This time they made it themselves. The Italdesign Supercar is a hybrid of style and performance with Lamborghini touches that will steal the show at the Geneva Motor Show. It will be available in very limited quantities.
Before the start of the Geneva Motor Show, Land Rover released a photo of its new Range Rover Velar SUV, with which it enters a new car class. At Land Rover, they call it the avant-garde Range Rover, as it represents new dimensions of glamor and elegance.
Aston Martin has introduced special editions of the V8 and V12 models, the Aston Martin Vantage Red Bull Racing Edition. Both will be available in the second half of 2017. The colors are inspired by the car of the Red Bull Racing Formula 1 team, and each will bear the signature of the racers Daniel Ricciardo or Max Verstappen.
It is usually Lego that draws inspiration from others to make toys. He recently built a replica of the BMW R 1200 GS Adventure motorcycle. Well, this time it was BMW who sought inspiration from Lego. And the flying motorcycle that every man probably dreams of was created.
That the computer game Doom is still popular today was demonstrated some time ago by installing it on a bank ATM, and recently Adam Bell used an additional interactive Touch Bar screen of the MacBook Pro to play. YouTube user vexal, however, went one step further and used his very own Porsche 911 to play this popular game from 1993. Yes, you read that right. If you happen to still have the original CD at home and a car with an infotainment system is waiting for you in the garage, then you can try this too. But beware, doing this is even more dangerous than catching Pokemon in a car.
The Ferrari F80 is a bold concept by the independent Italian designer Adriano Raeli, with which he wanted to get as close as possible to the standards of Ferrari and Pininfarina. You can check whether he succeeded below.
On the occasion of the tenth anniversary of their collaboration, Mercedes-AMG and Cigarette Racing presented their eighth 'kids' called the Cigarette Racing Team 50' Marauder AMG. This time, AMG's most brutal Mercedes-AMG GT-R model and the 15-meter speedboat Marauder SS paired up.
An interesting project has appeared on the Slovenian crowdfunding platform Adrifund. A team of enthusiasts wants to breathe a second life into the abandoned Bulli and turn it into a traveling Beer Bulli pub.
Goodbye F12 Berlinetta, hello Ferrari 812 Superfast. Its atmospheric twelve-cylinder engine has as much as 800 horsepower. This is probably the last model with a classic V12 engine without hybrid support. It is the most powerful production car with a front-mounted engine. With it, Ferrari celebrates 70 years of producing road-going Ferraris.