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Fountain of Youth Prague
Everyone gets it: Our highway-loving, gas-guzzling way of life is strangling the planet. We have to wean ourselves off fossil fuels, cut greenhouse gas emission levels and reduce our carbon footprints. However, do sustainable living habits mean we have to completely give up machines that have speed and style? Read more >>
Cars – whether classic old-timers or flashy sports models – top the wish-lists of many consumers, and not only those of the male persuasion. And if you know what you’re looking for, you could find yourself behind the wheel of a decent investment, too. All you have to decide is how much you want to
spend – and how great you want to look in your new rolling stock.
A coupe above
This groundbreaking vehicle comes standard with the world’s first Dynamic Performance Control system
The all-new X6 Sports Activity Coupe redefines the very definition of a coupe – the SAV (sports activity vehicle coupe) – with five doors and four sculpted seats, a higher ride, and loads of cargo space. Read more >>
Lamborghini unveiled its Reventón coupe at the Frankfurt autoshow. The coupe draws its sleek design from fighter aircraft, even to its use of carbon fiber panels and the matte-black finish. Armed with a 12 cylinder engine, the coupe can accelerate to 100 kph in 3.4 seconds. With a top speed of 340 kph, one might hope that the car also incorporates the radar deflecting capabilities of the stealth bombers. The car is truly a fast-moving consumer good. Despite a price tag of one million euros, the Reventón will never make it to your local Lamborghini dealer. The entire production run of twenty units has already been sold. Unless, of course, they decide to build a few more…
The Jaguar XK convertible answers that unasked question: What car would Venus de Milo drive, had she lived in modern times?
Of course, Venus could perhaps be persuaded to drive something else home off the dealer’s lot. After all, love is blind, fickle, and fidelity is not known to be one of Venus’ primary virtues. But, if one can overlook the difference between marble and stamped metal, both Venus and a Jaguar XR convertible share a lot of the same attributes – with or without a top on. Read more >>
A climb into the cockpit of the new Land Rover Freelander II makes it official. There is virtually nothing connecting this vehicle with the wellworn jalopy in the cult film classic The Gods Must Be Crazy except the Land Rover emblem – and the promise of traveling about anywhere.
But that connection is all that is required to fully appreciate the Freelander II.
Apart from Nambian bushman N!xau, the star of The Gods Must Be Crazy, was the old Series I Land Rover. Dubbed the Anti-Christ by its mechanic, the car was cursed with tight piston rings and blessed with the ability to winch itself up a tree. Read more >>
