electric 3 wheeled car

The Zap Xebra is an electric 3 wheeled car produced in China and sold in the United States the Xebra has a 40klm range with a top speed of around 60klm an hour. Technically classed as a motorcycle the car features such luxuries as 4 seats with seatbelts and a radio/cassette and a heater. The Xebra is about the cheapest electric cars you could own with a price tag of around $11k US it could be tempting to some but also remember 40klm is not that far and walking or riding a bike is just as environmentally friendly with far less mechanical problems. Many owners who have ponied up cash for the Xebra have noted it has poor build quality with a tendency to leak water into the electrics, probably not a good thing in an electric car. Zap claim to have rectified the leaking issue but you really have to be keen to go green with a car that looks like this one.
http://www.zapworld.com/

Who said steam-powered cars where a thing of the past?

Want a futuristic car that could possibly drive as at 150 MPH (241 KPH) but what powers this car? fuel cells? high octane petrol? maybe just regular unleaded petrol? what about steam? barely used since the wide spread use of oil, well this speed demon runs on good old steam.

This odd vehicle was part of the British Steam Car Challenge, it’s powered by four boilers that give this babies turbine come serious pressure. Enough to power this car across the Utah Salt Flats at speed in excess of 155 MPH (241 KPH), until this thing become widely available I’ll stick to my old steam powered car.

Electric car Tango T600

The Tango T600 is an electric car by Commuter Cars of Washington. It’s quite an odd car even for an electric car, and is about the width of some larger motorcycles. Seating two in tandem the car is fairly well equipped with racing style seats, air conditioning electric windows, a MoTeC dash, leather trim cruise control and a fairly decent stereo system. It has decent performance too with the ability of Zero to 60mph (100 klm) in four seconds and has can accelerate through the standing 1/4 mile in 12 seconds at over 120 mph (190 kph). Range is also expected to be up to 80 Miles (130 Klm) so this car seems pretty darn good performance wise for an electric car, so what’s the catch? Well firstly you have to get use to the love it or hate it styling, personally we hate it. I know the skinny size of the car is suppose to make it more nimble in traffic but there is something about it that makes it look weird, the next issue is the price tag, which is $108,000. The companies web site talks up the benefits and costs per mile of their electric vehicle compared to a standard car but we recon if you got 108k to pay for a car the cost per mile probably doesn’t matter too much. The company does have future plans for 2 cheaper models at approx $40k and $19k so we might hold off on our final judgment unit these cars are developed.http://www.commutercars.com/

The Mercedes concept car with sticky out bits

This odd spacey looking car is a Mercedes R500. Its an MPV/SUV crossover and this is an actual production model.

2009 Maserati Quattroporte Sport GT S

2009 Maserati Quattroporte Sport GT S front view

2009 Maserati Quattroporte Sport GT S side view

2009 Maserati Quattroporte Sport GT S behind view

2009 Maserati Quattroporte Sport GT S interior

Base price	$138,000 (est)
Vehicle layout	Front-engine, RWD, 5-pass, 4-door sedan
Engine	4.7L/433-hp/361-lb-ft DOHC 32-valve V-8
Transmission	6-speed automatic
Curb weight	4400 lb (mfr)
Wheelbase	120.6 in
Length x width x height	200.7 x 74.6 x 56.6 in
0-60 mph	5.1 sec (mfr est)
EPA city/hwy fuel econ	11/18 mpg
CO2 emissions	1.46 lb/mile

2008 Maserati GranTurismo

2008 Maserati GranTurismo front view

Maserati GranTurismo behind view

Maserati GranTurismo side view

2008 Maserati GranTurismo Interior

Base price	$114,650
Vehicle layout	Front-engine, RWD, 4-pass, 2-door, coupe
Engine	4.2L/400-hp/339-lb-ft DOHC 32-valve V-8
Transmission	6-speed automatic
Curb weight	4150 lb (mfr)
Wheelbase	115.8 in
Length x width x height	192.2 x 72.7 x 53.3 in
0-60 mph	5.1 sec (mfr est)
EPA city/hwy fuel econ	11 / 16 mpg
CO2 emissions	1.52 lb/mile

Rolls-Royce 200EX, oficialmente revelado

Depois de muitas fotos que vazaram a Rolls decidiu mostrar a galeria oficial de seu carro conceito que será mostrado em Genebra.

Ele foi desenvolvido com base no chassi do BMW série 7. Ele segue as linhas do Phantom porém um pouco menor.

Provavelmente virá com o motor de doze cilindros em V de 6.0 litros, derivado do V8 4.4 biturbo da BMW.

Mas detalhes dele só serão revelados em genebra. A versão final deve ser apresentada no Salão do Automóvel de Frankfurt, no segundo semestre deste ano.

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