Ferrari Enzo taxi – you must see this!

This Ferrari Enzo taxi can be found somewhere in Oman. Let’s be serious, we all know that Arabians are so damn rich, they have the money needed for chroming a Ferrari but really .. transforming a Ferrari Enzo in a taxi? That is pure madness.

I am really curious to find out how much would a ride cost in this taxi? Here are some Ferrari Enzo specifications:

According to these numbers, you’ll get from work to home faster than anyone!

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Suzuki Alto Lapin

The Japanese microvan has recently received a facelift, after about 6 years since its launch in 2002, looking now more like Nissan Cube.

The car which looks like a box is very resistant, managing to stay long time on the market without too many changes. But, it has recently received a substantial facelift which took care more about the design part although it doesn’t look much better now. Regarding the technical chapter, we can find the classic recipe: two type of engines available, a 0.66 liter one of 54 HP and a supercharged version of it of 64 HP. There is also available the possibility of choosing between 4×4 transmission or transmission only on the front wheels.

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Porsche Panamera – it’s official!

Although these are the first official Porsche Panamera pictures, probably at this time the Porsche officials don’t know that their car is on the internet – the first ones who somehow got these impressive pictures are the guys from AutoTelegraaf.

At the moment, this is what we know about the new Porsche Panamera model:

• dimensions: 4.97m long, 1.9m wide, 1.4m tall and a huge wheelbase that measures 2.9m, while the total mass of the car is about 2 tones.
• The equipment will contain almost everything we know from Porsche: electronically controlled air suspension and gear box with double PDK clutch.
• There will be different motorization:

-  a V6 of 300 HP

- a V8 of 400 HP

- a turbo V8 of 500 HP

- a Turbo S V8 of 600 HP is programmed to appear soon

- there will definitely be a hybrid motorization, but at the moment the details are not known

The production plan for Porsche Panamera is 20.000 units / year.

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RUNFLAT Tires with internal structure like a honeycomb

What you can see in this picture is a tire that doesn’t need to be swollen and is very resistant at almost any type of failure.

Obviously, the idea is not new, Michelin coming with something like this few years ago. This time, the product is the result of Resilient Technologies and Wisconsin-Madison’s Polymer Engineering Center and was developed specifically for use in theaters of operations.

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Opel Insignia – car of the year 2009

Opel Insignia has received the distinction of world’s car of the year 2009, awarded by the votes of 59 journalists from 23 countries. The German model, rewarded with 321 points, has exceeded with only one point the second place, which has been taken by Ford Fiesta (320 points).

Insignia is the third model made by Opel who won the title of “Car of the Year”, after Opel Kadett in 1985 and Omega in 1986. The competition this year was the most discussed in the last decade.

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Nissan 370Z – the first real pictures

Here are the first real pictures with the new Nissan 370z, a model completely exposed in a town from France, in front of a Nissan dealer. Unfortunately, the official data still remains a mystery.

But, rumors say that this Nissan 370Z will be equipped with a V6 engine of 3.7 liters, coupled to a manual gearbox in 6 steps or an automatic one. I guess we’ll live and see. 

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