Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Tokyo Auto Show

Daihatsu shows off its concept "Deca Deca." The van's big cabin has doors that open up to 135 degrees and a center pillar-less body.Yamaha's new concept electric scooter, the EC-1, is part of a company strategy to move beyond its core market of motorcycle fans with fun, personal vehicles.
Honda's EV-N is a tiny retro-looking electric vehicle with a power-producing solar panel on its roof. The car also has a place to store your Honda U3-X scooter.
The electric Nissan "Land Glider" shifts its center of gravity in turns by leaning its body like a motorcycle.
The Skydeck's seats are constructed from wood and mesh to keep passengers cool as they ride.

Honda also brought the Skydeck to the show, a futuristic-looking six-seater hybrid vehicle.Toyota 's electric FT-EV II will only have a range of 56 miles and a top speed of 62 mph, which would limit usage to big cities.
The Subaru Hybrid Tourer Concept has both a 2.0 liter boxer engine and electric motor hybrid system, a feature that could land in actual showrooms by 2011.

Friday, August 14, 2009

Diamond Studded Mercedes - $4.8 Million Car

If you buy this diamond-covered Mercedes Benz, make sure you never, ever drive it unless you don’t mind people scraping the diamonds off it.
You are looking at the Diamond Covered Mercedes of Prince Waleed. Prince Waleed is a very rich Saudi Arabian prince who seems to really like diamonds. Apparently, the car costs $4.8 million. However, you can pay $1000 to touch it. By the way, this is his 38th car. So for all you people wondering why the price of gas keeps going up, it’s so that the prince can buy more shiny things like this..