Falk P300: Navigating into the future

There are car GPS systems out there and there are Falk car GPS systems out there. Since the German mapping and mapping tech pionieers brought their first navigation systems to the market a few years ago, Falk has been a class of it’s own. Their newest top-of-the-line model is the innovative P300 which does not only feature outstanding technology, but has also been awarded for its great black design: The P300 just won the reddot design award 2007. Technically, the newest Falk comes with a car docking station, to combine the benefits ofmobile navigation with those of fixed installation. Read more

Nissan drivers beware: Never leave car keys near cell phones

Nissan North America has a warning for their ustomers: placing your electronic key too close to your cellphone could leave you stranded. As Reuters reports, the automaker is asking customers driving new models of two of its flagship sedans to keep their car keys and cellphones at least an inch apart to avoid disabling the “intelligent keys.”
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Carparazzis: New Opel Vectra caught on camera

According to Europe’s leading car magazine Auto Motor Sport, some Car Paparazzi’s just caught a test version, a so called Erlkoenig, of the latest Opel Vectra on a test drive. AMS speculates that the final model of the newest addition to the Opel mid-size family could be presented during the 2008 car show “Autosalon” in Geneva, Switzerland. More on this story can be found here.

Lumma Tuning: BMW M3 Coupe converted

It was just a matter of time that German BMW tuning specialist Lumma presented a supercharged 3-series BMW. The Winterlingen-based company, that successfully tuned BMW M5- and M6-series BMW’s (the so called CLR 500RS and the CLR 600 now announced their little brother. An M3-based 3-series called CLR 300M. More info about the CLR300M can be found at the company’s website www.lummaland.de

AMG’s 40th anniversary: A $300.000-Mercedes birthday present

In case a standard Mercedes is not exclusive enough for you, you might wanna consider buying a Mercedes tuned by AMG. The world famous engineering and tuning company located in a little sleepy town around 30 minutes outside of DaimlerChrysler’s headquarters in Stuttgart, Germany, celebrates its 40th anniversary this year and just announced two special edition AMG Mercedes’. First: A CLK 63 “Black Edition”, inspired by the safety cars at Formula 1 races. Secondly: A new CL 65 AMG, the most powerful and most expensive Merceded car ever built.
The CL features a 6.0 liters V12 Twin turbo engine with 612 Horse Powers and 1000 Nm. The CLK is powered by an AMG-built V8 engine with 6.2 liters with 507 PS and 630 Nm. Maximum speeds: CL up to 250 km/h, the CLK is capable of 300 km/h, which equals 187 mph! This much power and speed have its price: The CL 65 AMG is expected to cost around 270.000 Euros, the little brother CLK 63 AMG “Black Series” will be cheaper and should cost around 140.000 Euros.
Here is a link to a pretty cool video test drive.

Sake Power: Next gen Japanese cars run on rice wine?

Japanese motorists may one day pump their cars full of sake, the fermented rice wine that is Japan’s national drink, if a pilot project to create sake fuel is a hit with locals in this mountain resort. The town of Shinanomachi will produce a cheap ethanol brew from rice with the help of local farmers who will donate farm waste such as rice hulls. Production has just begun at the facility at a former high school field in Shinanomachi and a sweet, sour aroma, similar to that of unfiltered sake, wafts into the air.
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