So I thought the PINK Nissan Micra was cool and then I came across the new Nissan Cube!!! It’s kind of like a Cabbage Patch kid, really ugly but somehow still manages to be really cute at the same time – if you get what I mean!
The Cube is a mini MPV that is currently only sold in Japan. It was first released in 2002 and was based on the third generation of the Micra; powered by a 1.4 L engine. In 2005 the Cube was upgraded with a 1.5 L engine and is now available with the new e4WD system.
In 2008, Nissan revealed the electric cube concept (Nissan Denki). The Denki Cube concept is a lithium-ion battery-powered electric vehicle.
Nissan’s future plans are to sell a redesigned gasoline-powered, next-generation Cube at Nissan dealers in the United States and Canada. We should be lucky enough to see it in Spring 2009. This 3rd generation Cube will be revealed at the LA Auto Show on November 19 2008.
I wonder how the Cube would look in pink?! – just a thought!!
I haven’t really paid any attention to the Fiesta since back in the early 90’s when my best friend and I would sit in ‘Blossom’ (her apple green Fiesta) on her driveway waiting for the day that one of us would pass our driving test! We would put the car into reverse and go to the end of the drive and then into first gear to get back up the drive and so on, you get the picture; the places we were going to go - oh to dream hey! [click to continue…]
If you have seen inside a Hybrid car you will have seen a nice screen showing a power flow animation to let you know how the car is currently being powered. Ford have now integrated this information in to it’s gauge area. What Ford have done is place a small LCD screen each side of the gauge which gives the driver information about what’s going on in their new Hybrid. ie, if the power is coming from an electric motor or the engine. [click to continue…]
I came across a great looking VW Beetle today over at UberReview. An aircraft engineer has been working on this little project to transform it in to a monster beetle. The VW is a 1968 model and the engineer planned it out seriously in depth by using CAD to check for structural integrity. As you can see from the picture above and other pictures over at Loqu, the structure is far more substantial then what it actually needs. The whole project is put together amazingly well. I’d love to take this thing out for a spin!
Next year you can expect to see a new Bugatti Veyron driving around (not that you expect to see the regular one around that often). This latest version to be built is a Targa top. This will give the Veyron a removable hardtop roof.
The reason Bugatti went with the targa top version is due to the speed and safety of the beast. A true convertible was not possible because changes that would have to be made to the safety cage would not make it safe enough. When it pushes up to 1001 horse power, safety cannot be compromised.
No information has been made available about how many of the targa’s will be built, but I doubt it will be that many. As for the price? I don’t think it will really make a difference as it’s over a million dollars anyway.
Here is a funny clip of a guy stealing a car from a POLICE station parking lot! While TV cameras are there doing an interview with an officer!
Who knows, maybe he just needed an adrenaline rush that day!
