Lexus, Toyota's luxury brand, recently surprised with a driving version of the Lexus IS made of origami. The life-size car, which is a cut-out image of the IS, boasts 1,700, not horsepower, but cardboard poles, and is powered by an electric motor. Extraordinary. Only when it rains, you better leave the Origami Car, as it is affectionately called, in the garage.
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What is a 100-meter run in athletics, is a "drag race" in motorsport, a 402-meter acceleration race. In this year's fifth edition of the largest race of its kind in the world, the World's Greatest Drag Race, the ten best driver-oriented cars of the year, selected by Motor Trend magazine, collided again. Check out which in this colorful array of supercars and sports cars celebrated in 2015.
Although James Bond has already driven a Jaguar in the movies (the XKR in Die Another Time), he will be seen once more in an Aston Martin (DB10) in Spectre. But serious competition for the most beautiful and best car will be offered by the Jaguar C-X75 concept, which was first presented in 2010 at the Frankfurt Motor Show, and five years later it returned to the scene of the crime in the company of Naomie Harris (Moneypenny) and David Bautista. In the latest Bondiad, it will be driven by the latter, who plays one of the main villains.
It is really extremely difficult to make a car that contains as many nuances as the new Renault Kadjar. Basically, it's a car that wants to be everything. Family sedan, station wagon and SUV in one. It's not always good to cram so many shades of a car into a single concept. However, Renault seems to have done it well.
Hyundai also added its beeper to the GTA 6 computer game fleet. Yes Hyundai. And it may well happen that you will choose the utopian 872-horsepower Hyundai N 2025 Vision Gran Turismo rather than Bugatti's Vision Gran Turismo, with which the two are currently competing for the attention of visitors at the Frankfurt Motor Show. It is a virtual fuel cell racing car that will not be available in showrooms but only on the Playstation 3 game console for the video game Gran Turismo 6. It is a n-announcement of the arrival of N vehicles, vehicles with extremely high performance and their potential.
Mercedes' in-house tuner Brabus has had its eye on the Mercedes-AMG GT S sportsman for some time now, and now it's finally revealed the reworked version. Despite the fact that the car is still in its infancy, it can already produce 600 horsepower and 553 Nm of torque. This is enough, says Brabus, to go from standstill to 100 km/h in just 3.6 seconds and reach a maximum speed of over 320 km/h.
The fever is rising. The Frankfurt Motor Show 2015 has started and we are looking forward to a really hot automotive autumn, so hot for Slovenians that we can talk about the Indian automotive summer. The automotive industry continues in high gear, and Slovenians will also have quite a bit of it, as many novelties or fresh versions of well-known and popular models will soon hit our roads.
There is probably not one of you who does not know the animated cartoon Cars by the technical wizards Pixar, in which cars came to life and got human characteristics. Still, most of them probably didn't recognize or look for your face in their steel steeds the next time they met their car. But once you see the different car models and their animated version of the faces, you will never look at cars the same way again.
Wild chases are the heart and soul of many a movie. Car chases first appeared in the early 1970s, and Hollywood quickly turned them into a spectacle that takes viewers' breath away. From James Bond, Mad Max, Taxi, Mission: Impossible, the Bourne franchise, to The Fast and the Furious, these films cannot be imagined without a good chase. Watch a compilation of the best car chase scenes of all time.
We can only dream about some cars, because they are significantly too expensive for our pocket. But just as the beauty of people is fleeting, the original price of all cars is fleeting, and the years are also known here for super cars that you can dream about today, but in 10 years they will become reality. Check how much you will be able to afford models such as BMW M4, Nissan GT-R, Jaguar F-Type V6 S and similar "hooks" in 2025.
"This is for the crazy, for the special, for those who think differently. Some people see fools, we see geniuses.'' That's one of Steve Jobs' quotes, which we dedicate this time to the special ones among the cars that we found under the category of 'Other Makes' on the eBay website. It's a fascinating mix of exotic cars, cars from obscure brands, and we've picked seven of the most repulsive.
Could you imagine the police ever driving one of the cars from the movie Fast and Furious? It is possible in Abu Dhabi. The Abu Dhabi Police and Dubai Police have been known for some time now for wanting to own some of the most luxurious and exclusive cars in the world. This was also proven by the new purchase of the Lykan HyperSport, which, among other things, holds the title of the third most expensive car in the world.