$145,000 Revenge GTM-R 2009

Revenge Designs unveiled to the world its newest vehicle - the GTM-R in Detroit, Michigan during the Detroit auto show 2009. It promises to satisfy each man with need for speed. Where the factory five kits allows a range of the options of engine of GM, revenge concentrated on Juste the LS7 V8 of Z06 Corvette. Not a bad mill to be arranged above, but it comes at a heavy price. While the kit will cost you approximately $20,000 (although there 'sA. $2K in addition to the special one in this moment), revenge requires $145,000 their GTM-R. Granted, there are many of other parts which you must provide for the kit of FR (driving, transport, suspension, etc), and you must have competence, patience and the tools to establish it yourself, but a profit profit margin $125,000 could seem stiff with certain. Always, to seem them of car built well and with 2.550 books., him 's leap to be a rocketship. The price of this Revenge GTM-R is $145,000.


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Swarovski-Studded Honda Life Style Study

During the Tokyo Auto Show Auto Salon 2009, Honda cars showcases the "Honda Life Style Study Concept", based on the life 600cc minibus. Conceived in a manner of aiming at the female customers, the small coupe comes with pink Swarovski crystals scattered all over the body, including the exhaust pipe tip and wheels. The Life Style Study even gets a center console boasting shiny crystals as well as dreamy pink polka-dot seat covers. With the small truck, Honda shows two other cars called the adjustment of modulo of sports and S2000.

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LUXURY CAR

A Luxury car is a styled, luxurious automobile intended for comfort and satisfaction of its owner or driver,sacrificing passenger space, cargo capacity and other practical concerns for the sake of style. The luxury cars are very expensive and its price range is above Rs 20 lakhs. Hence these cars are affordable and are preferred by high income group.

Luxury cars have the capacity to carry at the most 6 passengers. The companies like- BMW, Daimler Chrysler, Porsche, Rolls Royce manufacture these cars and companies like -Aston Martin and General Motors are still planning to launch their models in the market under this segment.

MAYBAC STUDYH LANDAULET

Maybach has released official photos and details of its uber-decadent Landaulet study. The new model is based on the Maybach 62 S. Full press release below.

With this study of an open-top landaulet, Maybach has re-enlivened the great art of building majestic automobiles. True to the tradition of exclusive landaulets, the roof of this sparkling white one-off study can be opened fully at the rear, while the chauffeur’s compartment remains completely enclosed. The passengers are then able to enjoy the clear, blue sky above. Seated in opulent armchairs upholstered in white leather, they are treated to a majestic open-air experience currently unrivalled by any other automobile in an environment of the utmost luxury and exquisite style. Romance close to the heart of nature is harmoniously combined with the ultimate in comfort and technological sophistication. With this unique study, Maybach is once again demonstrating its expertise in building the world’s most exclusive luxury cars.

Large folding roof for passengers in the rear

In technical terms the Landaulet study is based on the Maybach 62 S – which can claim to be the world’s most powerful series-produced chauffeured saloon. Maybach technicians have removed the rear roof module in order to afford passengers an unobstructed view of the sky above. The side walls remain, and have merely been invisibly reinforced with an integral tubular steel structure. As these measures have not altered the silhouette of the luxury saloon, the generously dimensioned doors and the complete interior with its reclining seats remain unchanged.

When closed the black soft-top of the Landaulet rests on the frame formed by the roof bows, and is wind and weather-proof. When requested by the passengers, the chauffeur operates a switch in the centre console. The roof then opens electro-hydraulically and is gently deposited on the parcel shelf in the rear, together with its integral rear window of single-layer safety glass. Opening and closing the roof takes 16 seconds. The chauffeur is able to enclose the folded roof with a fitted leather cover, which both conceals the roof mechanism from view and completes the overall picture of outstanding elegance.

White paintwork and wheels

This impression is accentuated by the shining white paintwork of the study, an exclusive finish named antigua white. Visual highlights are provided by 20-inch wheels specially designed for the Landaulet study. These are also painted in white with high-sheen spokes, and are accompanied by white indicators in the front and rear light clusters in dark red.

Black for the chauffeur, white for the passengers

In addition, the already luxurious driver’s compartment of the successful Maybach 62 S has been enhanced in a number of important respects. All the interior trim is now surfaced in black piano lacquer, and for the extensive leather appointments Maybach has used particularly exclusive, glossy stromboli black leather.

In contrast Maybach has fitted the passenger compartment almost completely in exquisite seychelleswhite leather. The footwell and roof liner of this high-end luxury landaulet are also in white – the floor is carpeted in white velour and the roof lined with white fabric. A dramatic contrast is provided by inserts and decorative trim in glossy, black piano lacquer or exclusive black granite with numerous gold inclusions.

Generous spaciousness and first-class comfort

Outstanding comfort is assured by the generous spaciousness of the rear, which the Landaulet study has adopted unchanged from the Maybach 62. Passengers are welcomed into the interior by two large, single seats. These elegant seats also allow even very tall passengers to enjoy a reclining position which travellers normally only encounter in the first-class armchairs of modern passenger jets.

The study is designed as a chauffeured vehicle and features a partition. The upper section of the partition is a glass panel which the passengers can render opaque at the touch of a button, thanks to a liquid crystal membrane embedded in the glass.

Two ultra-modern automatic climate control systems, whose parameters have been adapted to the Landaulet study, ensure that open-air travel remains a pleasure even under adverse climatic conditions.

State-of-the-art entertainment and communications

As in the Maybach 62 S, the rear console is the centrepiece for entertainment, communications and travelling pleasure. This is where Maybach engineers have grouped everything relating to the entertainment and pleasure of the rear-seat passengers: a DVD-player, six CD-changer, a cooler compartment with its own electric compressor and an intelligent system which holds glasses, goblets and champagne bottles safely in position.

Engine and suspension

The Maybach Landaulet study is powered by the uprated V12 engine which Maybach engineers have developed further for the Maybach 57 S and Maybach 62 S together with the specialists at Mercedes-AMG. Thanks to twin turbochargers and water intercooling, the V12 develops a maximum output of 450 kW/612 hp from a displacement of 5980 cubic centimetres. This is continuously available between 4800 and 5100 rpm, and the engine also delivers an impressive maximum torque of 1000 newton metres between 2000 and 4000 rpm.

The electronically controlled air suspension AIRMATIC DC (Dual Control) and the Adaptive Damping System (ADS II) endow the Landaulet with outstanding levels of ride comfort, at the same time demonstrating that even a prestigious vehicle such as this can exhibit extraordinary agility and dynamic performance.

In addition to large, internally ventilated brake discs – with twin callipers at the front – both the study and the Maybach 62 S are equipped with two electro-hydraulic Sensotronic Brake Control (SBC™) braking systems working in tandem. Together with ESP®, ASR, ABS and Brake Assist, this provides the Landaulet study with the very latest in effective, high-tech handling control systems.

Innovative technology from the sister-brand Mercedes-Benz

Like all Maybach saloons, the Landaulet also benefits from the unrivalled experience of the sister-brand Mercedes-Benz in the development and production of high-quality cars in the luxury segment. Important innovations from Mercedes-Benz, successfully developed further for the Maybach saloons, are standard equipment in every Maybach and are of course also on board the Landaulet study – examples include the electronically controlled air suspension AIRMATIC DC (Dual Control), LINGUATRONIC voice control and the control and display system COMAND APS.

New California Cars Display Smog, Global Warming Scores

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NTO, California, January 2, 2009 (ENS) - As of January 1, every 2009 model year
and newer car built for sale in California will be required to carry a label
that clearly ranks the vehicle's environmental
impact. A vehicle's certification level can be found under the hood on
the vehicle emissions control information label.

The label will show a
simple ranking system that provides consumers with practical information that
can help them choose the
most environmentally friendly vehicle that still meets their
transportation needs.

"This label will arm consumers with the information
they need to choose a vehicle that saves gas, reduces greenhouse gas emissions
and helps fight smog all at once," said California Air Resources Board Chairman
Mary Nichols. "Consumer choice is an especially powerful tool in our fight
against climate change."

The environmental performance label will have
two scores on a scale of 1-10, a global warming score and a smog
score.

The higher the score the more environmentally friendly the car is.
The average new car will score five on both scales.

Electric cars earn the
highest ratings on both scores. One car rating 10 on both scores is the GEM
electric car from Global Electric Motors, a Chrysler company. Priced at $12,495,
the GEM is 100 percent battery-electric and does not use any gasoline.

A
GEM electric car is the highest rated car for both the smog and the global
warming scores.

Greenhouse gases trap heat
in the atmosphere, creating global warming. Scientists
are certain that human activities such as burning gasoline for transportation
are changing the composition of the atmosphere and warming the planet's
climate.

Greenhouse gases emitted from vehicles include carbon dioxide, CO2, methane, nitrous oxide, and
hydroflurocarbons from air conditioner refrigerant. Greenhouse gas
emissions are identified as the CO2-equivalent value.

The California
global warming score is based on the sum of a vehicle's greenhouse gas
emissions, which are identified as the CO2-equivalent value.

The global
warming score ranks each vehicle's CO2-equivalent value on a scale of one to 10
relative to all other vehicles within the current model year.

A score of
10 is the cleanest a vehicle can rate and indicates that the vehicle emits less
than 200 grams of CO2-equivalent per mile driven.

A score of one is the
dirtiest a vehicle can rate and indicates that the vehicle emits more than 520
grams of CO2-equivalent per mile driven.

The global warming scores are
adjusted to reflect the contribution of greenhouse gas emissions from the
production and distribution of the fuel used to power the vehicle.

Smog is hazy air pollution
produced by the photochemical reaction of sunlight with volatile organic
compounds and oxides of nitrogen released into the atmosphere, especially by
automobile operation.

California's new smog score ranks each vehicle's
pollutant levels of non-methane organic gases and oxides of nitrogen relative to
all other vehicles within the current model year.

Smog scores will be on
a scale of one to 10, with 10 being the cleanest. The average vehicle available
in California today will get a smog score of 5. Many pre-2004 vehicles fall
below a smog score of one. This is because, over time, there have been
significant advances in air pollution control technologies and the Air Resources Board has
established more stringent pollution standards for vehicles.

JAGUAR E TYPE V12

The Jaguar E Type was launched in 1961 in
Geneva and remained in production until 1973. Over 30 years later it still
tops most polls as one of the most beautiful cars ever made. The Jaguar
E-Type is ideal for classic car hire or self drive wedding rental and
probably the most recognisable and coveted classic car ever
made. So it's a great choice for a classic open-top weekend
getaway.

The Great Escape Jaguar E-Type V12
convertible is a 1973 Series 3 with Old English White paintwork and black
leather interior. Gift vouchers to hire the Jaguar E Type are available all year
round. For details on our bespoke Jaguar E Type wedding hire
package please click here.

The Jaguar E Type is regularly rated one of
the most beautiful cars ever made and makes the ideal classic car for
touring the Cotswolds. Our market-leading Jaguar
EType hire package means you get 24 hours use and unlimited
mileage, so you get the chance to really enjoy it.

Check here for prices and check
availability. To book securely online for available dates from March
to October, click here. Or reserve the Jaguar E Type for 48
hours without commitment while you
make your decision.Click here to view our Jaguar etype images.
Compare the Jaguar E-Type to our other V12 engined Jaguar the XJS.

On this site we've included Jaguar E Type history, details of our Jaguar E Type servicing and maintenance, lots of Jaguar EType hire images and the history of our Jaguar E Type. Click here to view our Jaguar E Type links.

The Jaguar E-Type is a perfect match with our 1965 Jaguar Mk2 3.8 - you can choose to combine them for a 2 day weekend or for a complete Jaguar themed self drive wedding hire package.

At Great Escape Classic Car Hire we love iconic, stylish cars and the more cylinders they've got the better. We also prefer the final versions of cars, despite what the purists say, because we like all the new ideas that go into them. So it was obvious for us to add an Jaguar E-Type for hire and inevitable that it would be a Jaguar E Type Series 3 V12 convertible with the classic 5.3 litre engine. This combination of stunning bodywork, superb roadholding and one of the all-time greatest engines turns the early Jaguar E-Type from a capable sports car into a great grand tourer.

The Great Escape Jaguar E-Type for hire is a 1973 V12 convertible with manual gearbox. It combines Old English White paintwork with a black leather interior.

According to Channel 4, the Jaguar E-Type is "positive and life-affirming." While we wouldn't disagree, first and foremost we just think it's a fantastic car that drives as wella s it looks. Unlike many classics that have matured with age, the Jaguar E-Type was hugely popular from the minute it debuted at Geneva in 1961. Thanks to its looks and low price it went on to become the must-have car of the 1960s. Jaguar constantly evolved the EType over 12 years, creating coupe, convertible and 2+2 bodystyles and Series 1, 2 and 3 versions with straight six 3.8 and 4.2 engines and finally 5.3 litre V12 power. There are a multitude of variations inbetween and much debate in Jaguar E-Type circles about the merits of different gearbox, engine and brake combinations. We don't claim to be experts but we do love the car.

JAGUAR MK2

For 2009 we have added another Jaguar to our existing fleet of three Jaguar saloons and convertibles. The Great Escape Jaguar Mk2 3.8 litre is available for classic car rental for self drive weddings, birthdays, anniversaries and other special occasions from our base near the Cotswolds.

The Jaguar Mk2 will be fettled and improved over the winter ready for hire in 2009, but you can book it now or buy gift vouchers. We will be adding photographs and more details on this car in the next few weeks - bookmark this page to view. Alternatively read a two-page review of the Great Escape Classic Car Hire 1965 Jaguar Mk2 3.8 in the November 2008 edition of Classic Cars magazine - Paul Hardimann says it "runs like a champ."

The Great Escape Jaguar Mk2 is a perfect companion for our Jaguar E Type V12 convertible. You can choose to combine them for a great weekend away - with one day in each car - or create a Jaguar themed self drive wedding package with cars for the groom, bride and family.

The Jaguar Mk2 evolved through many versions including 2.4, 3.4 and the ultimate 3.8 litre version that we have available for classic car hire. Finished in beautiful petrol blue with a caramel leather interior and walnut dashboard and cappings, the Great Escape rental Jaguar Mk2 is perfect for self drive weddings or a trip in the countryside. It has been sensibly upgraded with power steering to improve the driving experience.

The Jaguar Mk2 is one of the most recognisable saloon car shapes ever made and has featured in TV programmes from The Sweeney to Inspector Morse - in both cases co-starring with John Thaw.

Our Jaguar is currently being fettled for hire in 2009 but you can book it now online either as a gift voucher - leaving the date free to choose up to 12 months in advance - or book it online securely for a specific date or dates. Use our online diary check to check availability. Click here for prices.

The Jaguar Mk2 can be hired in combination with any of our other cars to make a complete wedding car package for groom, best man, bride and bridal family party. We offer 10% discount on total hire cost when you hire two or more cars for a wedding.

For details of our hire package and terms and conditions use these links.