103 superyachts at Monaco Yacht Show 2012
From September 19 to 22, the 22nd edition of the Monaco Yacht Show 2012 will showcase a fleet of 103 superyachts. This year, the average length of the superyachts at the Monaco show reaches 46.70 meters (Length overall) for 103 constructions exhibited. With 40 units, the 40/49.99-m segment is mostly represented, which is significant of the current market with an average length of 40 meters of yachts delivered and 47 meters for the...
BMW presents Concept Active Tourer at Paris Motor Show
BMW is headed to the Paris Motor Show 2012 (29 September to 14 October 2012) to unveil the Concept Active Tourer. As a plug-in hybrid, the BMW Concept Active Tourer also provides a glimpse ahead to future drive variants in automobiles of the compact class. The eDrive concept familiar from the BMW i8 is used here for the first time in a model of the core BMW brand and will in future be the designation for all electric and plug-in...
MD51 Power BELLAVISTA and GT at Festival de la Plaisance in Cannes
The Maxi Dolphin, a boatyard founded in 1987 by Vittorio Moretti unveil at Festival de la Plaisance in Cannes two new yachts: MD51 Power BELLAVISTA and GT (Gran Turismo). Both models have two 435hp Volvo Penta IPS 600 engines that guarantees a higher top speed, greater acceleration and improved performances with an incredible increase in efficiency compared with inboard engine systems. Also, both editions were entirely created using...
In-Flight WiFi Access
Singapore Airlines just announce availability of in-flight WiFi access for more than 40 new aircraft on firm order with Airbus and Boeing. The investment is valued at nearly US$400 million. Under the agreement, Panasonic Avionics will supply IFEC systems for 20 Airbus A350s due for delivery from 2014, as well as for 15 more Airbus A330-300 and eight more Boeing 777-300ER aircraft, deliveries of which are due to begin next year....
Sleeping Area for VIP Flying Experience
Boeing announce the delivery of the first Aeroloft installed on a Boeing Business Jet (BBJ) 747-8 for VIP flying. You wonder what Aeroloft is? The Aeroloft, designed and built by Greenpoint, provides 393 square feet (36.5 square meters) of additional cabin space bringing the VIP-configured 747-8 to a total 5,179 square feet (481.2 square meters) of cabin space. Developed specifically for the BBJ 747-8, the Aeroloft is located above...
2012 Cannes Boat Show: Couach Yachts has unveiled 5000FLY La Pellegrina
From September 11 to 16, Couach Yachts will present exclusively at the 2012 Cannes Boat Show the new 5000 Fly La Pellegrina, a superyacht fully built in Glass Kevlar (hull and superstructure). Weighing only 290T, this more rigid, more solid, lighter and then faster vessel, which is also the symbol of new dynamics engaged by the yacht-maker on the boating global market, is able to cruise in amazing comfort at 28 kts in heavy sea...
Aston Martin DBR 1/2 estimated to sell for $31.76 Million
Aston Martin DBR 1/2, the most successful racing car ever built by Aston Martin, has been offered on sale by Talacrest, for a price of $31.76 million. To see why this car is so expensive let’s take a look to its history: after its victorious debut at the 1957 Spa 1000 km race, it scored five more victories including the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1959 in the hands of Roy Salvadori and Carroll Shelby and was campaigned well into the...
Helicopter Agusta by Pininfarina design
What is the most important feature for an helicopter? Speed, safety or … design? A specialist should tell you that all are very important. But today we will analyze this Agusta Helicopter from design point of view. And how can we don’t talk about a design by Pininfarina? The seating area in this helicopter will accommodate up to nine passengers with seats covered in soft leather featuring Pininfarina’s ergonomic design....
The world’s oldest four-cylinder car to auction
On August 17th in Carmel, California, The 1895 Buffum 4-Cylinder Stanhope, the world’s oldest four-cylinder car will be presented at auction by Bonhams. Displayed for decades at the Princeton Auto Museum in Massachusetts (one of the first auto museums in the country) and later at the Owl’s Head Transportation Museum in Maine, now it is for he first time it has ever been offered for sale to the public. The estimate value of...
Rolls-Royce covered with 1 million Swarovski crystals
There is an old recipe to make an extraordinary product from a banal product: take the product and cover it with Swarovski crystals. Many are better. I can understand this strategy but why someone would think to put Swarovski crystals on a luxury car like the Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud? This Rolls-Royce covered with 1 million Swarovski crystals is display at the Four Seasons Hotel in Munich, southern Germany, and it is set to be...
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