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Spiegel.de: Oldtimer show techno classica ÔÇô Crisis Movables Festvals
Ferrari.com[/url]: Ferrari Classiche celebrates the 50th Anniversary of the 250 GT Berlinetta passo corto (short wheelbase) at Techno-Classica
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[url=http://www.topspeed.com/cars/car-news/bmw-z2-doesn-t-exist-ar72595.html]topspeed.com[/url]: BMW Z2 doesnÔÇÖt exist!?!
Neither do sales in Canada
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But if you have the money and bad taste you can build your own ugly Bug
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Or you may wait until 2010 when
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FIAT Press Release:
Standard & Poor's lowers the rating of Fiat
Standard & Poor's announced today that it had lowered the rating on long-term debt of Fiat from "BBB-" to "BB +" and short-term from "A-3" to "B", maintaining the on CreditWatch Negative rating long-term hand and removing the ratings from CreditWatch in the short term.
Turin, 31 March 2009
When the automakers came to DC the first time, did anyone really believe the head honchos were going to work for $1.00
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[b]MINI TO INTRODUCE "PERPETUAL MOTION" MAGNETIC PROPULSION SYSTEM[/b]
04/01/2009
* New magnetic system delivers world-leading fuel efficiency to MINI PR0401
* Hundreds, possibly thousands of miles range on a single electric charge
* Drive across the USA in a MINI for just a few dollars
* Propulsion / Repulsion 0401 (PR0401) system is the ultimate range extender
Woodcliff Lake, NJ - April 1, 2009... MINI USA looks set to take a world lead in fuel efficiency with the announcement today (April 1) of a revolutionary magnetic propulsion system that will extend the range of its MINI E to several hundred, possibly even thousands of miles, on a single overnight charge of electricity.
Drawing on the same Magnetic Tow Technology (MTT) which was announced by BMW in the UK today, MINI USA has developed its own unique Propulsion / Repulsion 0401 (PR0401) System that is just one short step away from perpetual motion in an automobile.
MINIÔÇÖs PR 0401 System uses a series of magnets situated in the MINI EÔÇÖs moving and fixed parts of each of its four wheel hubs to both pull and push the wheels in the desired direction, exploiting the magnetsÔÇÖ natural tendency to attract and repel. Not only does this system allow the MINI PR to travel extraordinary distances for just a few cents, it produces virtually no noise as the electric motor can be switched off once the car is moving.
Professor Lirpa Loof, Head of Magnetic Attraction Technology at MINI USA, said: ÔÇ£The Mini E is already leading the way in EV performance, reliability and eco-friendliness but this amazing new system will push it onto another level. We could soon be seeing families travel across the USA from coast to coast for just a couple of bucks.ÔÇØ
ÔÇ£The only energy this system uses is a small draw on the battery to start the vehicle moving forward and then the magnets take over and their natural properties do the rest. This has to be the ultimate range extender,ÔÇØ he added. ÔÇ£Anyone who has played with magnets as a kid or travelled on a Maglev train will understand precisely how this technology works and the kind of performance we are talking about.ÔÇØ
Once moving, only tiny amounts of electric current are required to switch on and off the magnets, as the polarity of the fixed and moving magnets is rapidly switched from positive to negative. The magnets first attract and then quickly repel each other pushing the wheels in the desired direction ÔÇô either forward or reverse.
One challenge that Professor Loof faced with the PR system was the speed of the MINI EV PR... and how to control it! The speed at which the magnets attract and repel each other is instantaneous, which means in theory the vehicle is capable of phenomenal speeds, restricted only by the time it takes to switch the magnetsÔÇÖ polarity and the wind resistance and drag of the MINI PRÔÇÖs body. The MINI EV PR development vehicles are currently restricted to a top speed of 250 mph.
ÔÇ£For years, engineers have dreamed of developing perpetual motion for transport,ÔÇØ said Professor Loof, ÔÇ£And thanks to MINI PR, it looks like we are almost there.ÔÇØ
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BMW motorcycle development assistance systems.
01.04.2009 Press release
More motorcycle safety by BMW Motorrad ConnectedRide.
Munich. BMW Motorrad is the world pioneer in the active Motorcycle Safety: To ensure the security at intersections to increase, engineers are developing a research project within an assistance system for the prevention of accidents in the area of road crossings. Motorcyclists will be the first time in the communication between the vehicles included in the BMW Group under the umbrella of the program is Connected Drive. Analogous to this date only automotive-related communication program is the new bike initiative ConnectedRide.
The Querverkehrsassistent of ConnectedRide is part of the national project AKTIV (Adaptive and Cooperative Technologies for Intelligent Transport) and used by several companies in partnership develops. The aim is to support the European Road Safety Charter. As one of the main initiatives of the European Commission has supported this aim, by 2010 the number of road deaths by half compared to 2001.
Violation of right of way is often the cause of two fatal accidents.
The Querverkehrsassistent continues at one of the priorities for motorcycle fatalities output. Analysis showed that the most common causes of accidents at intersection accidents inattention and misjudgment wartepflichtiger car drivers are.
The wizard is active as a proactive security system designed in such critical situations as possible to prevent or at least defuse aims. They identified it from street data, position and velocity of moving the crossing to road users, as well as right of way situation
Collision probability and assess the behavior of the wartepflichtigen car driver.
If the driver on the non-legitimate way street is not appropriate, it will be in stages optical, haptic and acoustic in the car before the collision hazard warning. In this way, he asked to brake. In parallel, the increased visibility of the motorcycle. On the motorcycle is at increased risk of collision gradually modulates the headlights, which Fahrlichtintensit?ñt increases and additional LED lights on the vehicle side to the broadening of the silhouette enabled. In the case of acute danger of collision will sound the horn of the motorcycle.
The goal is to focus the attention of the car driver on potentially critical crossroad situation to steer. The warning is made on the one hand, sufficient time that the driver nor the vehicle in front of the line for standing restraint can bring. However, the warning so late that the car driver is expected only in a very likely collision threat receives a warning. It is based on that of the motorist by a Vollbremsung defuse the dangerous situation may be.
For the simultaneous information of the motorcyclists used the display in Instrument Cluster. There are in addition to the usual information such as on-board computer, the warnings and additional information on the current traffic situation is displayed.
Other applications such as traffic lights, stage assistant local danger warning or traffic jam at the end of warning are also on the basis of vehicle-to-vehicle communication in research projects at the BMW Group Research and Technology has been implemented.
The basis of communication, the vendor in the interdepartmental working group "Car 2 Car Communication Consortium" standardized protocols and frequencies dar. As a test carrier for the wizard is a BMW K 1300 S, in which disguise the LED lights are integrated Addition. The machine communicates with the other test vehicles through a wireless connection to the WLAN standard (IEEE802.11p) and a Differential Global Positioning System (DGPS).
The improvement of motorcycle safety has long been one of the key objectives at BMW. BMW Motorrad has established itself as one of the first two-wheeler manufacturer in the 70 years known to motorcycle safety. The deployment of more security began in 1976 with the BMW Motorrad motorcycle helmet developed as other highlights in 1986 was followed by his own driver's equipment and 1988 the world's first motorcycle ABS. Since 2005 more modules complement the active safety of BMW motorcycles, the tire pressure control RDC, the ASC-spin and the Xenon dipped headlights. In the driver's field equipment in addition to the BMW Motorrad developed NP protectors for motorcycle clothing, helmets, the new generation and the first time in 2007, introduced Neck Brace system for passive safety.
TED | Ueli Gegenschatz takes flight in a wingsuit
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Bike Candy
This modelerÔÇÖs work has appeared in this thread before. The current model is nothing short of incredible. By way of the thekneeslider.com BMW R32 Scale model by Pere TarragoÔÇÖ
