High Expectations For Faraday Future's car

Daily Mail: Faraday Future teases the ‘Tesla killer’: Mysterious Chinese-backed firm provides the first glimpse of its electric car

* Teaser video of vehicle driving around shows its wheel but not much else
* It will be revealed at Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas on Monday
* The company predicts a production model will hit the roads by 2020
* The firm is backed by 'China's Steve Jobs', multibillionaire Jia Yueting

Faraday Future has provided a glimpse of its top-secret electric car, billed the 'Tesla-killer', ahead of the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) next week.

The secretive Chinese-backed company today posted a teaser video of vehicle driving around showing not much more than a wheel.

The car, which is set to be revealed at CES in Las Vegas on Monday, will be a concept vehicle with a production model set to hit the roads by 2020.

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Editor: I am looking forward to this unveiling.

The 10 Most Expensive Cars In The World

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Daddu: 10 Most Expensive Cars In The World

Some cars are designed just to get you from point A to point B. Some cars are designed to get you from point A to point B really fast. And then there are cars designed with such lavish style and breath-taking performance that point B doesn’t even matter anymore – just driving it is the point.

These cars fall into the latter category. They are built with a level of luxury that most of us will never even see in person, let alone get the chance to own. But we don’t all get to own a Rembrandt or Monet, either. That doesn’t stop us from enjoying a trip to the museum. And the cars on this list are more than just cars – they are triumphs of engineering, works of art on wheels.

Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the 10 most expensive cars in the world

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Editor: Sighhhh .... I can only dream ....

A Look At The BMW i8

Daily Mail: BMW’s batmobile is coming soon: Convertible version of i8 Spyder could be unveiled in January at CES

* A coupe version of the i8 has been available for more than two years
* Engineering challenges have delayed the convertible 'batmobile' design
* Once unveiled at CES, the convertible i8 may be available later this year
* i8 Spyder convertible will preview changes that will appear in i8 coupe

It has been four years since BMW unveiled its ‘batmobile’ i8 Spyder concept car.

Now, reports suggests the car manufacturer could be about to launch a convertible version of the vehicle at the CES technology show in January.

And according to BMW CEO Harold Krueger, a production version of the much-anticipated i8 Spyder convertible concept may also make its debut shortly after.

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Editor: This is BMW's future.

Ford Puts Men In The Hot Seat

 Daily Mail: The ride of their lives! Female stunt driver plays 'dumb blonde' with blind dates before leaving them speechless with her rally tricks 

  * Ford recruited a professional female driver to take several unsuspecting men on blind dates at a coffee shop in Dallas, Texas, before offering them a lift home in her 2015 Mustang GT 
 * Secret cameras show her playing a 'dumb blonde', before she gets out into an empty car parking lot and shows what she can do * A look of deep concentration suddenly washed over her 
 * The men are lost for words as they're flung back in their seats at speeds of up to 195mph

My Comment: If you want to laugh .... this is well worth watching.