Cool 11m Scrappage Car

This cool 11-metre car is created out of more than 2000 scrapped car parts including a door from a limousine and a set of furry dice. The car is advertised as having 'one careful owner - and any number of really, really careless ones'.

It was created by a reputable British sculptor, a commission for a car maker in the United Kingdom. Nissan was seeking to make a statement about the effectiveness of the UK Government's Scrappage Scheme. The deal saw generous incentives offered to new car buyers who were willing to trade in their eight-to-10-year-old vehicle to be scrapped. It is credited with keeping car sales ticking along through the worst of the recession last year.

Downing Street is pulling the plug on the  car scrappage scheme in the UK, but Nissan is among manufacturers now offering their own trade-in system, which they say will put more people in cars meeting the strict Euro 5 emissions standards. In Nissan's case, that's a $5000 minimum trade-in for any vehicle over seven years of age traded on any new British built Nissan. Effective until the end of June, the deal covers the Micra, Note, Qashqai and Qashqai-Plus.

1968 Alfa Romeo 33 Stradale

The Alfa Romeo 33 Stradale is an extremely rare and cool road car built by Alfa Romeo. Only 18 are reported to have been made, plus three design studies based on the 33 Stradale the 33.2, Iguana and Carabo.

The Stradale, first built in 1967, was based on the Autodelta Alfa Romeo T33 racing car. The car, designed by Franco Scaglione, and built by Carrozzeria Marazzi, made its debut at the 1967 Turin Motorshow.

Built in an attempt by Alfa to make some of its racing technology available to the public, it was the most expensive automobile for sale to the public in 1968 at US$17,000 (when the average cost of a new car in 1968 was $2,822).

The Stradale is believed to be the first production vehicle to feature dihedral doors, also known as butterfly doors. The Stradale also features windows which seamlessly curve upward into the 'roof' of the vehicle.

The race-bred engine bore no relation to the mass-produced units in Alfa's more mainstream vehicles. Race engineer Carlo Chiti designed an oversquare (78 mm bore x 52,2 mm stroke) dry-sump lubricated 1,995 cc (121.7 cu in) V8 that featured SPICA fuel injection, four ignition coils and 16 spark plugs. The engine used four chain-driven camshafts to operate the valve train and had a rev-limit of 10000 rpm. The engine produced 230 bhp (172 kW) at 8800 rpm in road trim and 270 bhp (200 kW) in race trim.

In another break from convention, Alfa used a six-speed transaxle gearbox by Valerio Colotti. The car takes 5.5 seconds to reach 60 mph (96.56 km/h) from a standing start and has top speed of 260 km/h (160 mph

Hennessey Venom GT

For lovers of all cool cars, the Hennessy Venom GT is like that birthday gift you found in your parent’s closet as a kid. You knew it was there. You couldn’t stop thinking about it. But you weren’t getting your eyes or hands on it soon enough. In the case of the Venom GT, your parent is making matters worse by teasing you with glimpses.

Hennessey Venom GT promises ridiculous performance of 2.4 seconds to 60 mph and a 272 mph top speed. The $600,000 ultra-car will officially debut on March 30, so your birthday isn’t that far away.

Here’s the new teaser to enjoy in the meantime with this cool video....

Hennessey Venom GT Video

What you can (barely) see above is the upcoming Hennessey Venom GT - a Lotus Elise-based supercar with 1,200bhp.


The mad Venom GT will be fully revealed at the end of the month, and is being planned for a debut at the 2010 Goodwood Festival of Speed. Bugatti Veyron engineers are reportedly not bothered.

Lamborghini Gallardo LP570-4 Superleggera

This super car is the Lamborghini Gallardo LP570-4 Superleggera, and it's super cool!  561 horsepower from a perky 5.2-liter V10. The Superleggera also weighs just 2,954 pounds, 33 pounds less than a Porsche Boxster! After all, Superleggera means "light weight" in Italian and the weight savings mostly come from carbon fiber with the rest of the fat being trimmed off the lightweight aluminum wheels.


There's no denying it, as cool cars go, this is a cool car especially in screaming Lamborghini green. The massive aggressive Reventon-inspired front air intakes are great but check out the giant rear diffuser! Price has not been disclosed yetso we will update this once we have heard.

 

  

  

  

  

  

  

 

  

  

  

  

  

  

 
 

  

 

Aston Martin Cut in Half

Cool pictures of an Aston Martin car with one half built and the other half exposed to show the mechanics. This Aston Martin was photographed outside Cooper Square Hotelin New York. Rarely do you get to see the inside of a car and it just shows that under a sweet shell, there is very little different to 'conventional' cars...except all the parts used are far superior...and that goes for the engine too!

One Off Zonda Tricolore

Check out this cool car! It's the Pagani Zonda Tricolore and it's undergone another change prior to the C9 launch which will be with us very soon. The new Tricolore is a Zonda based on the unique Cinque model. There will be a single Zonda Tricolore created and it will sell for $1.75 million. This model is special because it will have an Italian flag paint job, followed by a new set of exterior pieces. It will be strutting it stuff at the Geneva Show and if these pictures are anything to go by, it will be a hit!