Car FYI

Photo Credit: Porsche AG Typically when production for an automobile concludes, we can practically etch the number of vehicles assembled in stone. Especially with limited production vehicles, the final total is entrusted to be a key ingredient towards establishing the linage of a specific car. While it is possible to copy or imitate a popular vehicle (with varying levels of success), circumstances have also seen honest additions to the existing real-world count of the authentic automobile model comes years after a production wrap. Think if you have assembled a puzzle your grandparents bought in the 1960s (assuming you'll have all the pieces available by some miracle). Would you classify the finished puzzle as an all-new product? Expressing the age of its pieces as the age of the final product, individuals reconstructing a unique unbuilt vehicle as well as even automakers themselves have expanded their original production canon. Often using original production parts or other ...

Photo Credit: Jaguar Land Rover Almost three years after the release of the movie "Skyfall", the world's most famous secret agent known as 007 is readying for his 24th installment on the big screen. Set to premiere worldwide on November 6th of this year, the latest adventure called "Spectre" has James Bond once again portrayed by Daniel Craig. Another familiar sight in the newest movie adapted from the novels of Ian Fleming is stylish cars. An Aston Martin DB10 was unveiled late in 2014 as the hero's new vehicle (a vehicle celebrating Aston Martin and the James Bond franchise's 50 years of on-screen collaboration dating back to "Goldfinger"). Another set of British-spawned brands will also be prominently featured in Spectre. Continuing a younger partnership than the one enjoyed with Aston Martin, Albert R. Broccoli's EON Productions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, and Sony Pictur...

If you own a modern vehicle, chances are at least one pair of uncomfortably large roof pillars have possibly caused you grief while maneuvering. Larger pillars exist these days are necessitated to structurally toughen the vehicle for improved handling and to meet modern crash-resistance. While smaller roof pillars on older cars encouraged drivers to look around, the modern wisdom is to drive more dependently with mirrors. Despite serving their purpose, mirrors are not always trusted by drivers. Making the pillars virtually invisible, Jaguar Land Rover's new technology concept has the potential of reducing city collisions. Called a 360 Virtual Urban Windscreen, Jaguar Land Rover uses array of high-tech devices to deliver a maximum field of view for the motorist. Inside, a screen is installed on each pillar of the vehicle's cabin is supported by cameras. The live video feeds from the camera positions are relayed onto the pillar disp...

 Photo Credit: Williams F1  The supercat is coming back to the Jaguar production line-up in the form of an innovative gasoline-electric hybrid. Debuting at the 2010 Paris Motor Show, Jaguar stopped the exhibit with a thrilling concept supercar paying tribute to the brand’s 75th anniversary for 2011. The Jaguar C-X75 concept car was a flawless execution of high-performance potential while using 21st century expertise in hybrid gasoline-electric powertrain. For those afraid that British luxury brand would be blind to their own creative motivations, Jaguar will introduce the supercar to daylight. Bringing life to the dream shown in Paris, the Jaguar C-X75 development is being commissioned to World Championship Formula 1 team Williams F1. The first time preparing a high performance production car, this is not Williams F1’s first time working on a non-Formula 1 venture. Williams F1 worked with BMW Motorsports in the late 1990s in the construction of a Le Mans winning prototype spo...