Mercedes-Benz, petrol free by 2015

By 2015 Mercedes-Benz plans to be completly petroleum free.  Dr. Herbert Kohler, who is responsible for Mercedes’ advanced engineering, has reportedly suggested that “by 2015 motorists will have switched almost completely to alternative fuel cars.”  The automaker already has an electric car in the works for 2010 as well as plans to use its DiesOtto engine which will give motorists the ability to use biofuels should they choose.

Good on Mercedes for making this brave move.  I’ve just got to wonder what all these oil billionairs are thinking.. most likely coming up with their next way of ripping the world off?

Guillaume Mouton’s BMW

This is the future of the M6 series BMW in the eyes of graphic designer Guillaume Mouton. He has successfully blended the shape of the long gone 8-Series Coupe, with elements from the current 6-Series and the 4door CS Concept.

2009 Lamborghini Gallardo

Making its worldwide premiere in Geneva, Lamborghini’s facelifted Gallardo features a series of styling and mechanical updates including a more powerful V10 engine. Design-wise, the all-wheel-drive coupe from Sant’Agata stands out thanks to the more aggressively styled front and rear-ends that give the Gallardo LP560-4 a menacing new look.

Aprilia’s FV2 concept, looking to the future

Aprilia’s FV2 concept bike, which has been making the expo rounds, is here to showcase three things: first and foremost, the company’s home-cooked 1200cc, 90-degree v-twin engine, which we’ll probably be seeing in the RSV and Tuono in the next couple of years.

The dash integrates a nav system and a bunch of downloadable performance telemetry data, which you can send to a phone or PC, and it’s set up so you can easily upload new engine mappings from the Web in a similar way. The final purpose of the FV2 concept is to show us the direction Aprilia wants to take its styling in and to that I’d say both groundbreaking and state-of-the-art!

New CBR1000RR for 2008

The new CBR1000RR 2008 has been released. Honda’s flagship sportbike finally made the jump to full-fledged superbike status with the introduction of the CBR1000RR in 2004 and two short years later the platform was tweaked in effort to keep pace with the three other major Japanese big-bores nipping at the double-R’s rear tire.

Charged with winning Honda racing DNA, the ’Blade has been consistently tempered in the white-hot fires of racing, from World Superbike to the world-famous Suzuka 8- Hour Endurance Race where it has dominated the top ten winning positions every year since its arrival.

The 2008 Auto Show, concept cars for the future

The annual ‘2008 North American Car Show’ in Detroit has come to a close. Its one of the premier cars shows in the world, where you see all the big names in auto industry going head to head against each other in aim to win over the consumers, media and well anyone who drives.

This year showed an impressive array of cars from most of the car manufacturers including Audi, Hummer, Buick, Mazda, Cadillac, Lexus, Mercedes-Benz, Honda… and thats just the tip of the ice-berg