With 130 entries in the third annual Capitol Offense 24 Hours of LeMons, you figure that maybe you’ll get a better shot at a race leader not drawn from the usual pool of Neons, BMW 325s, and various Honda Civic family members… but nobody expected to see a Fox-platform Cougar beating all the other cars at the end of the first day’s race session. Read full story »
Just hours after the new Viper made its public debut at the New York auto show, the comment sections of certain Web sites began filling with vitriolic rants from those who think that the Viper has lost its edge.
When people have money but just don’t quite have enough, especially to dolly up for the $1 million-plus price tag of the legendary Bugatti Veyron, yet relentlessly want the car, sometimes individuals would do the unthinkable in order to get what they want. And that’s exactly what 25-year old Mike Duff from Florida did.
But instead of selling his left leg and kidney for e Bugatti Veyron, Mr. Duff took a normal and complete 2002 Mercury Cougar and more or less made a “Cougatti Veyron.”
Using fiber…
What is going to happen with Daimler AG’s uber-luxury Maybach brand? Until last week, there were two possibilities – one of which was to kill the brand, while the other involved teaming up with Aston Martin and creating a successor to the current-generation Maybach sedan. Sources familiar with the matter said that Aston Martin has created four concepts for Daimler based on the next-generation S-Class architecture.
Daimler AG said that it would make a decision on July 1 on the fate of Maybach…
Italian aftermarket specialist Aznom has teamed up with Lucarelli-Monza to transform the Abarth 500 into a mid-engined track beast. Named Motore Centrale R230, the car will be unveiled at the upcoming Top Marques Monaco show (April 14-17), alongside the Spada Codatronca, another project on which Aznom has worked. Read more »Copyright © Carscoop.blogspot.com – All Rights Reserved
Inspired by BMW’s costly but cool April Fool’s Day E92 M3 Pickup Truck, Carscoop reader L il-k Amaru drew up a similar design proposal based on the Bavarian sport model’s alter-ego from Stuttgart, the new Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG Coupe. Take a look at both renderings after the jump and tell us what you think about Merc concept as well as the ute category in general in the comments section below. Read more »Copyright © Carscoop.blogspot.com – All Rights Reserved
Meat and Bone Meal Wikimedia Commons
Future petroleum-free plastic could be made from the ground-up bone and meat parts left over from the animal rendering process. Though it’s not exactly vegan-friendly, it’s not dependent on fossil fuel, and it’s perhaps less awful than throwing all of this offal into landfills, which is what happens to most meat and bone meal, since it has been banned as livestock feed.
Fehime Vatansever and colleagues at Clemson University used meat and bone meal as the raw material…