NISSAN GT-R V-SPEC CONFIRMED

The Nismo 370Z isn't the only new Nissan that's hotting up! Auto Express spies have also learned that a stunning new GT-R is also being readied fort launch that should prove once and for all that the Japanese firm has joined the elite supercar club!

The flagship V-Spec model will be revealed early in the new year - possibly at the Chicago Motor Show. With an extra 5bhp, its tuned engine will develop a breathtaking 478bhp, while liberal use of carbon fibre drops the kerbweight to 1,650kg.

It will get carbon ceramic brakes, 20-inch alloys, Bilstein electronic dampers and super-sticky Dunlop tyres.

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LAMBORGHINI BIKE

Latest model from Sant Agata wheely is a brilliant deal!

FANCY a Lamborghini in your garage, but can’t quite meet the £140,000 asking price? The answer to your dreams could be at the supermarket, rather than at a raging bull showroom. Tesco has started selling Lamborghini bicycles through its catalogue service and online. The two-wheeler, which wears the Legenda badge, is designed and built by the company owned by Ferrucio Lamborghini’s son, Tonino. It’s a 21-speed hybrid that’s meant for roads and trails, and is finished in stylish sunrise yellow.
It carries a price tag of £160 – so you could buy nearly 900 of them for the price of one Gallardo. But trying to match the car’s 0-60mph sprint times with pedal power might prove to be a dream too far.

SOLAR TAXI

SOLAR POWERED CAR COMPLETES 32,000 MILES TRIP AROUND THE WORLD

What started off as the dream of a Swiss teacher over a year ago was finally realized when Louis Palmer drove to the Poznan, Poland, UN climate change hearings in his solar-powered car. Palmer took the long way to Poland, driving 52,086 km (32,365 mi) through 38 countries, effectively circumnavigating the majority of the globe.

The first time a solar-powered car has made it around the world, Yvo de Boer, Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, was Palmer's final passenger onboard the solartaxi. Palmer's other co-pilots have included UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, film director James Cameron, Prince Albert of Monaco, Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt, and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg.

Palmer created the solartaxi project to demonstrate the continued advancement in technologies available to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Amongst other environmental and sustainabity advantages, Palmer believes full investment in non-fossil fuel energies will also create new jobs, something that may be even more important in today's economic situation.

His solar taxi has six square meters of solar cells on the roof of a trailer it drags. The trailer itself contains all the vehicles batteries, which provide enough power to run the car 15,000 km (9,320 mi) per year. The car has a top speed of 90 km/h (56 mph), and a range of 400 km (248 mi). Palmer also points out that his solar-powered car burns the equivalent energy of less than 1 liter /100 km (235 US mpg) of petrol. Combined weight of the car and its trailer is 750 kg (1,653 lbs).

Although development of the prototype was expensive, Palmer claims mass production of his vehicle would only cost manufacturers around €10,000, plus €4,000 for solar panels. His car is also more reliable than you might think. It only broke down twice on its around-the-world adventure.

Palmer still has to get the solartaxi to its home in Switzerland, nearly 2,000 km (1243 mi) from the climate hearings. The visionary project leader expects to arrive home at noon on 18 December.

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PRATT & MILLER RC

Pratt & Miller Introduces Two New Corvette Ridez Models
Just in time for the holiday season, Pratt & Miller has announced they will introduce two new 1/14 scale versions of the famed C6.R and C6RS Corvettes. The company has teamed up with Ridemakerz to design and manufacture the models which will be available in both radio-controlled and non-RC configurations.

Ridemakerz will also be donating $2,500 to The Mitch Albom Dream Fund at Detroit's College of Creative Studies. For every C6.R and C6RS sold at the company's Metro Detroit stores this weekend, Ridemakerz will contribute $5 and an additional $1 for every other car that is built this weekend.

For those unfamiliar with Ridemakerz, the company allows people to customize their own model cars and outfit them with a variety of accessories. The Corvette C6RS will be priced from $29 while the C6.R starts at $32, accessories range from $2.50 to $25.00 for a car equipped with remote-control.

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Hey. This is fun. For some! But for hardcore RC fans or collectors, this is something serious. I'm not sure if this 1/14 (that's is small. LOL) amazing machine will be around our shore.

Once we had a crazy RC season in Rompin and we can see that some of them are so serious with their machines. And I know there's someone in Rompin who took RC car to a different level. He got all this crazy RC, build it himself, but I'm not sure if he race it. But, what I want to say here is, RC car can be the pin point of amazing engineering. People learn to do something new and that is a good thing.

So, RC fans out there, check out this amazing piece of machine. And if you got one, don't be shy and tell us about it. Cheerss...