An Ordinary Day In Monaco Looking At Some Supercars (Video)

A Flying Car In The Near Future?

Discover: One Small Step for Flying Cars

A drone’s flying test may help pave the way for flying cars. In early December, U.S. regulators gave their approval for unmanned hover tests of a miniature flying car model made by the company Terrafugia. Such testing would provide feedback for eventually building a full-size version of a flying car capable of hovering for vertical takeoff and landing.

Contrary to some more breathless news headlines, this does not mean the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has cleared a hover-capable flying car for flight tests in U.S. airspace. Instead, Terrafugia only received special permission to operate a “one-tenth scale TF-X vehicle” under the classification of a small Unmanned Aircraft System weighing less than 55 pounds. The small-scale model of the TF-X prototype—basically a small drone—will have to operate at altitudes below 400 feet and at speeds under 100 miles per hour. Still, it’s a crucial step on the road to creating a flying car with the likeness of the futuristic vehicles seen in science fiction films such as “Back to the Future,” “Blade Runner” or the “Star Wars” prequels.

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Editor: I want one. :)

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

Photo by Clément Bucco-Lechat. Source: wikipedia creative commons

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.

How Much Does It Cost To Polish A £2.1m Bugatti Veyron

Two Topaz experts buffer the Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport Vitesse worth £2.1million in the Jack Barclay Showroom in Mayfair 

  World's Most Expensive Car Gets The World's Most Expensive Polish: £3,000 Paint Job Uses A MICROSCOPE To Spot The Tiniest Imperfections In £2.1m Bugatti Veyron -- Daily Mail

 * The Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport Vitesse is the world's most expensive car
 * It has been brought to the Jack Barclay showroom in Mayfair to be sold
 * Experts from Topaz Detailing inspect car's lacquer coat with microscope
 * After examining scans of car's paint on laptop they correct imperfections
 * Process took eight hours and can cost between £2,500 and £3,000

Worth a staggering £2.1million, the Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport Vitesse is no ordinary car.

So when it comes to getting a polish, a quick once-over just won't do.

After announcing that the world's most expensive new car was going on sale, the London dealership displaying it spent £3,000 making sure every inch of its lacquer coat was perfect.

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My Comment: I guess this is not a car that you take to the local car wash.