The personalized number plate ‘F1’ has been sold for a whopping $740,000 in the UK to the man behind one of our favorite tuners, Kahn Design. New owner Afzal Kahn is said to be saving number plate for a McLaren Mercedes SLR supercar like the one pictured here, which is actually modified by his own tuning company. However, other reports claim it will be used on a Range Rover SUV.
What a great car, but what’s greater is the SOUND of it! Just WOW! Listen to this :
Enough to lift a car.
You may be able to cook cans of beans and foil-wrapped vegetables directly on your engine, but what about meat? Until now, it’s been difficult to grill up a good burger on the road, but this conceptual design is trying to prove otherwise. As part of a “Dining in 2015″ design competition, a young lad dreamed up a burger press that uses the heat from exhaust to impart a tasty char.
The driverless car, demonstrated in Las Vegas, offers a vision of the future in which there are no accidents and driving your car is entirely optional. We look back at some of the other great innovations that have contributed to modern day motoring.
Emilio Estevez talks smack to Mick Jagger and manages to dodge 10,000 futuristic dune-buggies at the same time, in this huge car-chase from the movie Freejack. Car chases are a huge part of sci-fi movies. And with Knight Rider coming back next month, we want to pay tribute. After all, no matter how high-concept your plot may be (like time travel and brain-transplants) it always comes down to a bunch of cars zooming around trying to smush each other. Here’s part one of our favorites, with clips.
