2006 Porsche Boxster Widebody
Based on the Porsche 987 Boxster, the Widebody doesn’t only offer spectacular designs but also extra driving fun and agility. After the huge success of the Widebody concept for the first Boxster generation, TechArt developed a wide body version for the current version of the roadster.
1936 Bugatti 57SC: Original Supercar
One of the most bizarre, unusual and expensive of cars is the Type 57SC Atlantic. With its low stance, 200 bhp engine, lightweight construction, 123 mph (200 kph) top speed and influential teardrop body, many believe this is the ultimate Bugatti.
Ettore’s son, Jean Bugatti, who played a large role in the development of the Type 57 series, personally styled the Atlantic, himself. Jean’s lines draw an interesting mix of aircraft styling together with the avant-garde tear-drop that is so reminiscent of the thirties. Design highlights include a heavily raked windscreen, riveted fins, and oval doors with kidney-shaped side windows.
The Electric Car:Tesla Roadster
When you put yourself behind the wheel of a high-performance car that costs six figures, you might expect certain things: acceleration that pushes you back into the seat, best of the best stereo equipment, road-hugging handling, the roar of a powerful engine and a hugh budget for the high-octane gas necessary to fuel it.
The Tesla Roadster has almost all of those aspects covered. It’s fast, fancy, handles like a dream and goes like a rocketship, but it’s almost silent and it’ll never burn a bit of gasoline. Tesla’s first production car is also the world’s first high-performance electric car.
2006 Spyker D12 Peking-to-Paris
Geneva, Switzerland, 28 February 2006 – His Excellency Khaldoon Khalifa Al Mubarak, CEO Mubadala Development Company and Victor Muller, CEO Spyker Cars, today unveiled the Spyker D12 Peking-to-Paris at the 76th Salon International de l’Auto in Geneva.
The world première of this Super Sports Utility Vehicle (SSUV) marks the introduction of a second product line for Spyker who are already known for producing the Spyker C8 Spyder, Laviolette and Double12 and C12 LaTurbie super sports cars. The Spyker D12 Peking-to-Paris is a four-wheel drive, four-door, four-seater luxury Super Sports Utility Vehicle with a spacious interior and a high performance W12 500 bhp engine. Production is due to start in the fourth quarter of 2007. This is the fourth time that the Dutch manufacturer of exclusive high quality hand-built sports cars and now SSUVs is present at the Geneva Motor Show since 2000. The unveiling of the prototype of the D12 Peking-to-Paris makes this probably the most important day in the brief history of the company.
The M400 SkyCar
Growing up I thought only George Jetson could fly to work everyday looks like I might have been mistaken. Having your own SkyCar can really come in handy on those days you are late for an appointment. Moller International has developed the first and only feasible, personally affordable, personal vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) vehicle the world has ever seen.
