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		<title>Peugeot Stylight</title>
		<link>http://www.gear21.com/2008/09/peugeot-stylight/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 05:26:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harlyn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cars]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Concept]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[peugeot]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[prototype]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stylight]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.gear21.com/2008/09/peugeot-stylight/"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-257" title="peugeot-stylight-ognyan-bozhilov" src="http://www.gear21.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/peugeot-stylight-ognyan-bozhilov-300x161.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="80" /></a>Sneek Peek: Starship Troopers VII!  Oh wait - no - it's the new Peugeot.  I guess they got tired of making cars no one will buy.  Now they are designing cars no one will build!  MUCH better business plan guys!]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.gear21.com/2008/09/peugeot-stylight/"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-257" style="margin: 2px 5px;" title="peugeot-stylight-ognyan-bozhilov" src="http://www.gear21.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/peugeot-stylight-ognyan-bozhilov-300x161.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="161" /></a>The Peugeot design competition has yielded a lot of clever designs, from cars that can shape-shift, to one-seater personal transports, and cars with spheres for wheels. Now here&#8217;s the Peugeot Stylight by Ognyan Bozhilov of Bulgaria: a three-seater hybrid, mid-engine car with a heavy, sleek body reminiscent of old &#8217;30s lead-sleds, if not for its pointed beak.</p>
<p>The Peugeot Stylight puts the driver in the center and has a big windshield and side-view windows for plenty of visibility. It&#8217;s also got spinning 10-spoke rims mounted under a glowing Peugeot logo. The Stylight only has one tail light, which is installed with responsive LED lights that brighten the harder you press the brakes.</p>
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		<title>Mobile DJ Art Car</title>
		<link>http://www.gear21.com/2008/08/mobile-dj-art-car/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Sep 2008 05:33:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harlyn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cars]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Motorsports]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[art car]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DJ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mobile]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[music]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.gear21.com/2008/08/mobile-dj-art-car/"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-243" style="margin: 2px 5px;" title="djartcar1" src="http://www.gear21.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/djartcar1-300x201.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="101" /></a>Just because you can, doesn't mean you should.  Ever wonder what you would get if you cross a smurf, a boombox and a Yugo?  My guess is something like this!]]></description>
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<p>Here is a real bizarre way for all you rich music lovers to fritter away your riches. Ask me why I don’t intend to reach out to the normal music freaks; well, they won’t have money enough to decapitate their only car with speakers all around. Hailing from Western Europe, this Dutch innovation has stemmed from a combination of inspirations. The maker was inspired by ‘God is a DJ’ and the car of our HOLY-POPE and he thus brought about this innovative car. Adorning aerodynamics to the core, the mobile DJ art car even houses two turn-tables along with a number of speakers. I am not certain whether the speakers affixed outside are all functional and we would have to go looking for a Dutch national to have the mystery resolved.</p>
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		<title>Hublot Senna Watch</title>
		<link>http://www.gear21.com/2008/08/hublot-senna-watch/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Aug 2008 20:10:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RevBooyah</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cars]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Watches]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ayrton Senna]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hublot]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[watch]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.gear21.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/bigbangsenna1.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-235" title="bigbangsenna1" src="http://www.gear21.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/bigbangsenna1-300x300.jpg" alt="" width="100" height="100" /></a>
This watch has been out for a while, but it's still crazy good looking.]]></description>
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This watch has been out for a while, but it&#8217;s still crazy good looking.</p>
<p>&#8220;Hublot&#8217;s very latest Big Bang, produced in a limited edition in association with  the name of Ayrton Senna. On 18st October, the Swiss watchmaker will be  presenting to the public the splendid Chronograph Split-Second with Power  Reserve indicator, cloaked in black and adorned with Ayrton Senna&#8217;s signature in  red and the Brazilian flag in green and yellow. A timekeeper that&#8217;s already a  legend in the making.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>Fiat Fiorino Portofino</title>
		<link>http://www.gear21.com/2008/08/fiat-fiorino-portofino/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Aug 2008 06:18:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harlyn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cars]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Fiat]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fiorino Portofino]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SALT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vernagallo-Holiday]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.gear21.com/2008/08/fiat-fiorino-portofino/"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-223" style="margin: 2px 5px;" title="fiat-portofino-1_ot" src="http://www.gear21.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/fiat-portofino-1_ot-300x225.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="113" /></a>Ahoy hoy!  Here it is - the easiest way to get a beat down in Monaco.  Perhaps you are on your way to tear a pheasant on 18th green.  Either way, this car can get you there.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.gear21.com/2008/08/fiat-fiorino-portofino/"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-223" style="margin: 2px 5px;" title="fiat-portofino-1_ot" src="http://www.gear21.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/fiat-portofino-1_ot-300x225.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="225" /></a>A car with nautical ropes instead of doors? You are staring at the 2008 Fiat Fiorino Portofino. Fiat Professional asked customizer Vernagallo-Holiday and SALT to create a show car that looked like the Italian luxury beach buggies of the 1950s and 1960s. They took one of Fiat&#8217;s FIorino vans and created this. The car has wood laminate flooring and the interior was created using natural fibers treated with a special waterproofing. They say it can seat five (five beach bunnies perhaps) and the rear seat folds down for your nautical gear. It&#8217;s not known if the Fiat Fiorino Portofino will be produced as a regular car for the masses but it will be making the show rounds.</p>
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		<title>1960 Ferrambo Wagon</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Aug 2008 05:32:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harlyn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cars]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ferrambo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ferrari]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hot rod]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rambler]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Riddler]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.gear21.com/2008/08/1960-ferrambo-wagon/"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-214" style="margin: 2px 5px;" title="ferrabmo" src="http://www.gear21.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/ferrabmo-300x199.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="100" /></a>Ever wonder what would happen if you drove a Ferrari 360 and a 1960 Rambler into each other at full speed?  Well, people would probably die. But, if you take them both in the wood shed and put on some Berry White, you get the Riddler 1960 Ferrambo Wagon!]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.gear21.com/2008/08/1960-ferrambo-wagon/"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-214" style="margin: 2px 5px;" title="ferrabmo" src="http://www.gear21.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/ferrabmo-300x199.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="199" /></a><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">What the heck is a Ferrambo? This is the dreamt up concoction of Tim Divers of Divers Street Rods and Mike Warn that started a couple of years back as just a joking suggestion, and what turned into a Ridler Award Winning Street Rod that has an unimaginable amount of hours put into the final product.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">The Ferrambo is marriage between a 1960 Rambler powered by Ferrari&#8217;s 3.6 Liter V8 engine that came out of a 2002 Ferrari 360 Modena Donor car. Every detail on this car was completely thought out, everything you see was either machined or handmade, if it wasn&#8217;t part of the original cars. Here’s a brief look at some of the features.</span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Art Morrison &amp; Divers Street Rods Chassis.</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">One Off Wheel Hubs to fit Custom Wheels.</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Drop Out Subframe for Service.</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Ferrari Unequal Wishbone front and rear suspension.</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Swan Composite and Brembo Brake Calipers.</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Art Morrison Steering Box.</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">One Off Machined 18&#215;8.5 Front and 20&#215;10 Rear Wheels.</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Ferrari&#8217;s 3.6 Liter V8 Engine (405 hp).</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Ferrari&#8217;s 6-speed Manual Transmission.</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">One-Off Divers Street Rods Exhaust System.</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">1960 Rambler Body.</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">PPG Ferrari Rosso Corsa Red.</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Custom Aluminum Hood and Grill.</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Body work by Shawn McNally, Jim Lykken and Russ Divers.</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Painter Shawn McNally and Jim Lykken.</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Customer Divers Street Rods Headlights and LED Tail Lights.</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Saffron Fine Scottish Leather Interior by Scott Divers.</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">MoTec Gauges and completely customer Divers Dash Board.</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Speedway Steering Column.</span></li>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">The Ferrambo is a Naked Car. You can see pretty much everything from the outside, the engine is in the rear, it has two seats, the windows automatically tilt open when the vehicle is started, the fuse box, masters cylinder and electronics housed in a custom luggage style trunk and that&#8217;s about it. It&#8217;s not about gadgets, airbag suspension, GPS Telemetry or rocket launchers, it&#8217;s about the essence of what true craftsmanship is.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">This vehicle has seen its fare share of amazing praise and downright insulting criticism from all over the web. Google Ferrambo and you&#8217;ll get thousands of results about people discussing, photographing and following this vehicle from inception to finish. If you don&#8217;t know what the Ridler Award is, then this vehicle is definitely not for you, if you want one of the most bad ass builder’s biggest project to be in your garage, this is it.</span></p>
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		<title>2009 Cadillac Escalade Hybrid</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 05:42:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harlyn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cars]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cadillac]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Escalade]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Green]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hybrid]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.gear21.com/2008/08/2009-cadillac-escalade-hybrid/"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-155" style="margin: 2px 5px;" title="cadillac-escalade-hybrid-2009-717207" src="http://www.gear21.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/cadillac-escalade-hybrid-2009-717207.jpg" alt="" width="125" height="94" /></a>When gangsta's go green!  What's next?  Recycled bullets?  Throw some D's on that hippie mobile.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.gear21.com/2008/08/2009-cadillac-escalade-hybrid/"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-155" style="margin: 2px 5px;" title="cadillac-escalade-hybrid-2009-717207" src="http://www.gear21.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/cadillac-escalade-hybrid-2009-717207.jpg" alt="" width="250" height="188" /></a>Cadillac announced the world premiere of the Escalade Hybrid, the world&#8217;s first fuel-saving hybrid applied to a large luxury SUV. Powered by an innovative, fuel-saving 2-Mode Hybrid system, Escalade Hybrid will deliver more than a 50-percent improvement in fuel economy in city driving – all while delivering the same distinctive style, segment-leading features and full-size capability that have made the Escalade an icon.</p>
<p>Escalade Hybrid is available in 2WD and 4WD configurations. It delivers up to 6,000 pounds (2,722 kg) of usable towing capacity on 2WD models and 5,700 pounds (2,565 kg) on 4WD models. All of Escalade&#8217;s standard comfort and convenience features are included. This includes an eight-inch, touch-screen navigation system that displays performance readouts of the 2-Mode Hybrid system on the screen.</p>
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		<title>Mercedes SL65 AMG Black Series</title>
		<link>http://www.gear21.com/2008/08/mercedes-sl65-amg-black-series/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Aug 2008 06:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harlyn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cars]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Black Series]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Exotics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mercedes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SL65 AMG]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.gear21.com/2008/08/mercedes-sl65-amg-black-series/"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-143" style="margin: 2px 5px;" title="sl65amgblackseries01" src="http://www.gear21.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/sl65amgblackseries01-300x199.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="100" /></a>I SO want this car.  Not only am I a current Mercedes owner, but a HUGE F1 fan.  This is the latest incarnation of the ultra-pimp Black series, based on the F1 pace cars.  Damn, Gina!]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.gear21.com/2008/08/mercedes-sl65-amg-black-series/"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-143" style="margin: 2px 5px;" title="sl65amgblackseries01" src="http://www.gear21.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/sl65amgblackseries01-300x199.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="199" /></a>Mercedes have released their newest super car, the SL65 AMG Black Series which is based on the 2009 SL Series. The Mercedes SL65 AMG Black Series is meant to replace the Mercedes McLaren SLR which will be discontinued next year with a special Speedster version due out this fall. The SL65 AMG Black Series features a carbon fiber hood and trunk. It uses a six liter V12 engine which features dual turbochargers which gives it a total horsepower of six hundred and sixty one and a top speed of three hundred and twenty kilometers an hour. Deliveries of the Mercedes SL65 AMG Black Series are expected to begin early next year.</p>
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		<title>Tesla Model S Electric Sedan</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 05:04:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harlyn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.gear21.com/2008/08/tesla-model-s/"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-61" style="margin: 2px 5px;" title="tesla" src="http://www.gear21.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/tesla-300x199.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="100" /></a>Tesla isn't just a crappy band from the 80's, but it is also an amazing sports car!  And now, they are making a family car.  Well, a sixty thousand dollar family car.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.gear21.com/2008/08/tesla-model-s/"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-61" style="margin: 2px 5px;" title="tesla" src="http://www.gear21.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/tesla-300x199.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="199" /></a>Tesla&#8217;s following up their $100,000 super-electric roadster model with a four-door, five-passenger sedan with a 225 mile range. It&#8217;s called the Model S and will go on sale for about $60,000 in 2010.</p>
<p>The much anticipated announcement was given yesterday at Tesla’s San Carlos, California facility where Tesla addressed the press alongside California Governator Arnold Schwarzenegger, who has a $100,000 Tesla Roadster on order. The plans to build the Model S in California came about by some sweet incentives from the state to keep the car maker’s manufacturing from moving to New Mexico.</p>
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		<title>BMW&#8217;s Shape-Shifting Car</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 04:39:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harlyn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a rel="attachment wp-att-50" href="http://www.gear21.com/2008/08/bmws-shape-shifting-car/"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-50" style="margin: 2px 5px;" title="bmw_gina" src="http://www.gear21.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/bmw_gina-300x183.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="91" /></a>Form of... some other car!  Ever get tired of paying extra to pimp your ride?  Wish you could do it with just a push of a button, or a sewing machine?  Check out the GINA from BMW.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a rel="attachment wp-att-50" href="http://www.gear21.com/2008/08/bmws-shape-shifting-car/bmw_gina/"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-50" style="margin: 2px 5px;" title="bmw_gina" src="http://www.gear21.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/bmw_gina-300x183.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="183" /></a>Concept cars give automotive designers a chance to let their imaginations run wild, often with outlandish results. But even by that measure, BMW has come up with something as strange as it is innovative &#8212; a shape-shifting car covered with fabric.</p>
<p>Instead of steel, aluminum or even carbon fiber, the GINA Light Visionary Model has a body of seamless fabric stretched over a movable metal frame that allows the driver to change its shape at will. The car &#8212; which actually runs and drives &#8212; is a styling design headed straight for the BMW Museum in Munich and so it will never see production, but building a practical car wasn&#8217;t the point.</p>
<p>&#8220;It is in the nature of such visions that they do not necessarily claim to be suitable for series production,&#8221; company officials said in unveiling the car Tuesday. &#8220;Rather, they are intended to steer creativity and research into new directions.&#8221;</p>
<p>Giving Bangle and his team that latitude to design so radical a car &#8220;helps to tap into formerly inconceivable, innovative potential&#8221; to push the boundaries of appearance and materials as well as functions and the manufacturing process, BMW says.</p>
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		<title>Lexus Nuaero Concept</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 04:28:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harlyn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.gear21.com/2008/08/lexus-nuaero-conceptlexus-nuaero-concept/"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-41" title="lexasnuaero" src="http://www.gear21.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/lexasnuaero-300x186.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="93" /></a>Bugs! Bugs!  I mean, Lexus! Lexus!  So the new Lexus looks like it is straight from Starship Troopers 5, but it might just make it's way back from Planet P to your driveway!]]></description>
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<p>Does one reach for a camera or a can of RAID when the Lexus Nuaero concept pulls into the driveway? Sure Jon Rådbrink&#8217;s design looks incredibly cool, fast and futuristic; but then again I&#8217;ve also spent the last few minutes looking over my shoulder to see if Sigourney Weaver was about to burst from the wall in a load lifter to do battle with it in my office. As it turns out, there&#8217;s a lot more to this design than just looks, and Rådbrink believes the car&#8217;s &#8220;low weight and large presence&#8221; will be the way premium cars could be manufactured in the future. Oh, and it&#8217;s loaded with tech, too.</p>
<p>To drive this catamaran-inspired luxury car, the driver would use a drive-by-wire steering pad and a completely customizable multi-point touch screen. Rådbrink contends that our hands are far more accurate for driving than our feet, so he&#8217;s eliminated pedals. Everything is controlled via the steering wheel. &#8220;Since the car is powered by electrical motors [found in each of the four wheels],&#8221; Rådbrink says, &#8220;there is no transmission and you break intuitively by pushing the steering wheel away from your body.&#8221;</p>
<p>The kicker is that this 14.5-ft. car is designed with lightweight materials meant to increase mileage and efficiency. How light is light? Try roughly the same weight as the diminutive SMART fortwo. &#8220;I believe that this design paradox of low weight and large presence could be the way we’ll define premium in the future,&#8221; Rådbrink said. Just don&#8217;t forget the futuristic airbags if this ever makes it into production.</p>
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