Fifty Cent - Special Edition Pontiac G8
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Thursday, July 30, 2009
Lamborghini Audigier - A seriously cool car!
Wow this Lamborghini Audigier is one cool car as the pictures here show. Designed by fashion designer Christian Audigier, this Lamborghini is something else! Edo Competition joined hands with Christian Audigier to create this stunning, limited edition Murcielago called the edo LP 710 Audigier.
You can clearly see Audigier’s work in the matte black exterior and the interiors, with a pirate theme and the sparkling skull. The car has been rebuilt with new aerodynamics, wheels, tires and a new exhaust.
Based on the Lamborghini Murciélago LP 640, the LP 710 features a stainless steel high performance exhaust system and 19-inch light alloy wheels. With the modifications, the modded car delivers 710hp of power and 700Nm of torque with its 6.5L V12 engine. The car does 0-62mph in just 3.2 seconds, reaches 124mph in just under 10 seconds and touts a top speed of the 223.7mph (360km/h).
Only five examples of the LP 710 Audigiers will be built and will be completely customized to suit the customer’s liking. The fastest Lamborghini to date comes for a cool €495,000 (US $692,500).
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
2010 Rally GB could leave Wales
The British leg of the 2009 World Rally Championship will again be held in Cardiff but ongoing money problems mean it may then leave Wales' capital.
The decision by the Welsh Assembly Government to withdraw £2.2m funding per year now seems set to be resolved with Rally Great Britain in the courts.
The Motor Sports Association stepped in to underwrite this year's costs.
The assembly government said it was still willing to discuss the future of the event with its organisers.
Cardiff has been the headquarters for Rally GB since 2000.
But the chief executive of its organisers - International Motor Sports (IMS) Ltd - Andrew Coe says that despite its many assets the financial stand-off cannot be allowed to threaten the event's world standing.
"It would be disastrous to lose the UK's round of the World Championship," Coe said.
"Wales has some of the world's best stages and forests here... and it would be a great shame to lose this event.
"So it's incumbent upon us to find a solution. It's possible it could still be in Wales but we need to keep our options open clearly.
"Unfortunately it is in the hands of lawyers and I can't really comment any more about where the situation will go."
The assembly government had an agreement to provide the rally with £2.2m annually for three years from 2008/9 as the principle backer.
But in April it withdrew the funding saying the rally had been downgraded as it was not on a provisional World Rally Championship (WRC) calendar for 2010
However, Federation Internationale de l'Automobile - the world motor sports' governing body - has since confirmed that next year's UK leg will continue as part of the WRC calendar.
Despite that news, Rally GB and the assembly government have not been able to amicably restore their previous arrangement.
"Unfortunately we haven't been able to resolve the issues... but we're proceeding with the event anyway, the event will happen," Coe said.
"We're funding the event in effect through the governing body of UK motor sport, the Motor Sports Association, and we hope that at some point in the future the issues with the Welsh Assembly Government will be resolved.
"It's a very important event. Apart from Formula One, the World Rally Championship is the senior motor sport championship in the world.
"It would have been a very retrograde step for the UK and for Wales to have lost this event because of a commercial problem between ourselves and the Welsh Assembly Government."
The Welsh Assembly Government responded with the statement: "The legal position is that the former sponsorship agreement was terminated earlier this year by the assembly government and proceedings have been launched by IMS Ltd.
"The case will be vigorously contested by the assembly government.
"We can confirm that there have been without prejudice discussions between rally organisers, IMS, and the assembly government and that it was expected that the parties would be able to make a joint announcement of a new arrangement.
"Unfortunately, and somewhat to the assembly government's surprise, no such announcement can now be made since IMS has apparently decided that it no longer wishes the without prejudice discussions to continue.
"The Welsh Assembly Government from the outset has stressed that the door is always open for without prejudice discussions with IMS, and this remains the case."
The 2009 rally will start in Cardiff on 22 October and run until 25 October, taking in stages that encompass the forests of south and mid Wales.
Schumacher to make comeback to replace Massa
FILE - In this May 10, 2009 file photo, former German Ferrari driver Michael Schumacher watches the Spanish Formula One Grand Prix from the pits at the Circuit de Catalunya racetrack in Montmelo, near Barcelona, Spain. In a statement released Wednesday, July 29, 2009, Ferrari said seven-time Formula One champion Michael Schumacher will return to the race track to replace the Italian team's injured driver Felipe Massa.
Seven-time Formula One champion Michael Schumacher is making a comeback for Ferrari to replace injured driver Felipe Massa.
Ferrari said Wednesday in a statement that the German had agreed to get back in the cockpit until Massa is fit to return. The next race is the European Grand Prix on Aug. 21-23 in Valencia, Spain.
"Though it is true that the Formula One chapter has long been closed for me, it is also true that for team loyalty reasons I cannot ignore that unfortunate situation," the 40-year-old Schumacher said. "But as the competitor I am, I also very much look forward to facing this challenge."
The 28-year-old Massa was hit in the helmet by a loose part from another car and crashed into a protective tire barrier at 120 mph during qualifying Saturday at the Hungarian Grand Prix.
The Brazilian received multiple skull fractures in the accident and doctors say he will not race again this season.
Massa took his first steps since the crash on Wednesday and was later scheduled to leave the intensive care unit of the AEK hospital in Budapest. He also received a visit from Ferrari chairman Luca di Montezemolo.
Ferrari said Schumacher will undergo a special training program in the coming days to determine whether he will be able to drive in Valencia. There are six races left in the season after the European GP.
"Thanks God, all news concerning Felipe is positive. I wish him all the best again," Schumacher wrote on his Web site.
Schumacher, who had 91 wins in 250 F1 races starts, still acts as a consultant for Ferrari. Since retiring in October 2006, Schumacher has raced occasionally in a motorcycling series but was injured in a crash in February.
Schumacher won his first two F1 titles with the Benetton team. He joined Ferrari in 1996 and won five straight from 2000-04.
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