Car of the Week

 

Okay, you caught me, this isn’t really a car. It’s god in a sexy metal enclosure.

The Lamborghini Reventón is god a mid-engine sports car that debuted in Germany of 2007. With a V12 engine this car accerlerates from 0 to 60 in 3.4 seconds, thanks to 650 horses working around-the-clock. The intrument panel isn’t much of a traditional panel, in fact it copmrises of three different LCD screens. This beast also boasts a G-Force meter so you can tell your friends how many G’s they experienced during that last (failed) seatbelt check. Only 21 cars have been produced, the 21st was transported to the museum only hours after production. Of the twenty remaining, 11 were shipped to the US, 7 will reamin in Europe (with only one sent to the UK) and 2 will be sent to Dubai (guess what the Prinec of Dubai is getting for his birthday?).
Cost: $1.4 million, with $300,000 (the cost of the Lamborghini Murciélago, or 1.5 Lamborghini Gallardos) down payment.
Reventón is a Spanish word, and guess what this bull-fighting term means?

“One who is used to making things explode”

Is it me, or is anyone else getting the idea that this is geared toward millionaire playboys?

Rinspeed sQuba can drive underwater/itself; Gibbs Aquada jealous.

If you haven’t heard of a Lotus Elise, leave now. Great! You’re still here, you liar know-it-all well-informed reader! The Lotus Elise serves as the base of the Rinspeed sQuba, a car that can travel underwater (and on the road, too). It has a laser-guided navigation system in front, allowing it to drive itself (provided you don’t need to turn) in both land and water modes. It’s similar to the surface-only Gibbs Aquada, except has several extra motors/propellers, along with the absence of a roof. That’s right – you will get soaked if you use this car for it’s intended purpose. How do you breathe? An in-car air supply, complete with sQuba scuba goggles.

Read on for a video of a rich bloke hi-jacking the self-driving car, and getting soaked. Feel free to laugh.

Simon Cowell can escape from Idol-Wannabes at 250mph

Have you heard of a car called the Bugatti Veyron? The Bugatti is the fastest street-legal car, and has the most powerful acceleration system in today’s market. You have probably heard of a V8 engine, however, Simon Cowell prefers the W16 (that’s right, not V8, W16) engine of his new car to that of the V12 engine on his Rolls Royce. The Bugatti can accelerate from 0 to 60 miles per hour in 2.46 seconds. Sadly, the car cannot travel at it’s 250mph top speed for long, because it devours an entire tank of gas in under twelve minutes. To ensure drivers can make the most of those twelve minutes, the car automatically lowers itself via hydraulics to a ground clearance of 2.5 inches in “Top Speed” mode. To slow the car down, the rear spoiler can turn itself downward at a 55° angle in 0.4 seconds, acting as an air-brake (like those on airplanes). This contributes to the ten-second 250mph to standstill brake time. If he needs a car like this, let it serve as proof that American Idol fans really are crazy.