auto sport tuning: November 2010

Monday, November 29, 2010

2010 Mercedes-Benz Sport Cars Biome Concept

2010 Mercedes-Benz Sport Cars Biome Concept

Born out of the 2010 LA Auto Show’s Los Angeles Design Challenge, in which automotive designers are given free range to envision the future of transportation, the Biome is meant to blend seamlessly into the planet’s ecosystem. That means all components of the 2010 Mercedes-Benz Sport Cars Biome Concept car are “grown” organically, and it emits pure oxygen and is fully compostable at the end of its service life.

2010 Mercedes-Benz Sport Cars Biome Concept

The basis for the Biome Concept is a vehicle that "grows in a completely organic environment from seeds sown in a nursery." Not only that, but it's powered by a combination of the sun and a chemical bond from an imaginary liquid dubbed BioNectar4534. It's all natural, all organic and all science fiction.

"As the inventor of the motor car, we wanted to illustrate the vision of the perfect vehicle of the future, which is created and functions in complete symbiosis with nature. The Mercedes-Benz BIOME is a natural technology hybrid, and forms part of our earth's ecosystem. It grows and thrives like the leaves on a tree" according to Hubert Lee, Head of the Mercedes-Benz Advanced Design Studios in Carlsbad.

2010 Mercedes-Benz Sport Cars Biome Concept

This year the competition had called for the creation of a vision of a safe and comfortable 2+2 compact car featuring good handling and a first-class design, and weighing only 1,000 lbs (around 454 kg/kerb weight).

The 2010 Mercedes-Benz Sport Cars Biome Concept symbiosis vehicle is made from an ultralight material called BioFibre and tips the scales at just 875.5 lbs (around 394 kg). This material is significantly lighter than metal or plastic, yet more robust than steel. BioFibre is grown from proprietary DNA in the Mercedes-Benz nursery, where it collects energy from the sun and stores it in a liquid chemical bond called BioNectar4534.

2010 Mercedes-Benz Sport Cars Biome Concept

The 2010 Mercedes-Benz Sport Cars Biome Concept is powered by BioNectar4534, which is stored in the BioFibre material of the chassis, interior, and wheels. In addition, Mercedes-Benz has developed a technology to equip trees with special receptors which can collect the excess solar energy and turn it into BioNectar4534. This creates a direct link with nature's energy sources and acts as an incentive to cover mobility energy requirements through more trees and at the same time maintain natural resources.

The Los Angeles Design Challenge is part of the Design Los Angeles conference, taking place from 17 to 18 November 2010 as part of the Los Angeles Auto Show.

2010 Mercedes-Benz Sport Cars Biome Concept

Sunday, November 28, 2010

Golden supercar

This is a normal Bugatti Veyron, well lets face it, no Bugatti Veyron is normal. But you know how I said that this particular one is normal? Well it is not. The reason is because this car is made completely of solid gold. It is obviously not for sale though. As you might have expected, the solid gold does effect the performance. But lets say you did have the car, it is not like you would drive a solid gold Bugatti Veyron anyway.

9ff Speed 9 is Official!

This year's Essen MotorShow has brought lots of surprises to the automotive world. One of the very exciting products revealed at the show was 9ff's Speed 9. The car is based of the 911 Turbo, but of course, as tuners do, they pimped it up a bit. Let us explain...

The tuners have added a new exhaust, VTG Turbochargers and a ECU updated system. They have also complemented the car with a 700hp engine, coupled to a 6-spped manual transmission gearbox. Various other features were also added to the car, included an interior completed in Alcantara, front and rear spoilers, as well as new side skirts. You can have the roof hard top or soft top. Finally, Continental Force sport types with 19 inch rims have been added.