Uber says Slovenia is next! The leading provider of transport services, Uber, is expected to come to our lodges by the end of 2016. The controversial service, which has been present in neighboring Croatia for almost a year, has Slovenia next in its sights, said Davor Tremac, General Manager of Uber for Southeast Europe, on the sidelines of the Bled Strategic Forum recently, who promises us a special surprise. Although the exact date of arrival is not yet known, it should happen before the end of the year. Taxi drivers in 'luft'!
The Bentley Flying Spur W12 S is the fastest Bentley in history. Although the appearance says otherwise, it is not a classic four-door sedan, but a sports sedan. The heart of the steel beauty is the familiar 6-liter V12 twin-turbo petrol engine, but on steroids! With 625 hp, it leaves many supercars behind.
The new Peugeot 5008 has joined the ranks of crossovers. Now it is no longer a family MPV, as it looks more like an SUV than a typical MPV. Nevertheless, it remains extremely useful. Peugeot is thus following in the footsteps of Renault and the Espace model, and the second generation of the 5008 is moving away from single-seater paradigms and towards family crossovers. It is equipped with ambient lighting.
The fifth generation of the off-road icon Land Rover Discovery will premiere on September 28, 2016. The giant will be presented to the public for the first time at the Paris Motor Show. Land Rover is already teasing us before the release. He showed the first photo, and also sent his ambassador, the adventurer Bear Grylls, into the fight, who filmed an attractive promotional spot. During the free fall, he moved the seats using an app on his smartphone. The incredible power of the new SUV was demonstrated by putting Discovery on the tracks and having three wagons attached. See if he was up to the challenge.
Before the Paris Motor Show, Kia showed the public photos of the fourth generation of the Kia Rio (2016) model, which, design-wise, has European-Asian-American roots, and leans heavily on the Cee'd model, while the "tiger nose" in the memory brings to mind the Kia Sportage SUV.
Would you like to own a truly unique motorcycle? Then the Batpod, a dude motorcycle designed by Nathan Crowley specifically for Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight and The Dark Knight Rises movies and ridden by none other than Batman (Christian Bale), is perfect for you. He used it in The Dark Knight when he was running away from the Joker (Heath Ledger) in the Tumbler, when he wanted to save Rachel Dawes (Maggie Gyllenhaal) and when he was chasing Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart). In The Dark Knight Rises, he and Seline Kyle (Anne Hathaway) used it during battles with Ban (Tom Hardy) and his League of Shadows. This very Batpod – well, one of only six – can now be yours!
Škoda has unveiled the final veils from its first Kodiaq SUV. It is the first seven-seater Škoda that takes its design inspiration from the Superb, and it borrows its name from the giant bear from the Kodiak Islands in southwest Alaska, with which it shares some characteristics, namely performance and an intelligent approach.
A spacecraft with a Facebook satellite exploded in Florida yesterday, which greatly upset Mark Zuckerberg, who pointed the finger at Elon Musk, the alpha and omega of Tesla Motors, for the 95 million damage. The satellite, which would allow users from Africa, the Middle East and Europe to access the Internet, was on board the rocket of his company SpaceX.
Luxury cars have come a long way, and Mode has prepared an interesting cross-section of the history of prestigious cars. Check out what these looked like from 1910 onwards. From which era did you like them best? Do you prefer timeless classics or today's luxury cars? It's the eternal dilemma of motoring enthusiasts, and this video will only deepen the dilemma.
At this year's Paris Motor Show (October 1-16, 2016), in addition to the new generation of the C3 model, Citroën will also show the Citroën Cxperience concept vehicle, which announces the future design guidelines of this French brand. It is a sedan 4.85 meters long without a B-pillar (which creates a feeling of more spaciousness inside), with which they want to fill the gap in the class of larger vehicles, which is now filled with the C5 model, which is already ripe for replacement, and the DS5 model . Is Citroën resurrecting the CX?
Cycling tip: the most aerodynamic position on a bike is horizontal - Superman style - as proved by Michael Guerra, who with a fixi - a bicycle with a single gear, which has a direct connection of the pedals to the rear hub via a chain - dealt in an attractive way with classic road bikes.
DevBot is not a model of the Danish toy manufacturer Lego from the Lego Technic series, DevBot is a working prototype of a self-driving electric racing car for the new Roborace motoring championship, in which racing cars without drivers will race. Although it is an autonomous racing car, the DevBot has a seat for the driver, as it is basically made for testing software and other equipment and, consequently, a better understanding of the vehicle that the teams will use in the championship, which will start in a good six months.