Posts Tagged ‘personal mobility’

Moller developing flying Ferrari 599 GTB… seriously

Thursday, September 11th, 2008
Click above for more shots of the Moller Autovolanter conceptThe lure of the flying car is just too great for Moller International, a company best known for its SkyCar prototype and not actually producing a real flying vehicle for sale despite being around for some 25 years. Its latest tease is adap......

NISMO releases Club Sport package for R35 GT-R

Friday, August 29th, 2008
Click either image for a high-res gallery.NISMO has finally released all the details on its line of upgrades for the R35 Nissan GT-R, and per usual, there's good news and bad news.On the positive side, the parts are the typical blend of OEM quality and fitment, with a focus on tighter handling and w......

Tata Indica Vista a brief test drive

Wednesday, August 27th, 2008
When you look a much expected car in flesh, you always love to fly away with it. But sometimes we run ahead of time. Till a car exclusively for test drive is arranged, we are restricted to do only a smaller test drive. Unfortunately Tata Motors is yet to register an exclusive test drive car.We made ......

Police break up Bugatti vs. Ferrari street race in UK

Wednesday, June 4th, 2008
While we all know that a 16-cylinder Bugatti Veyron would leave a 12-cylinder Ferrari 599 GTB choking in its own emissions, two blokes in the UK apparently wanted to check it out for themselves. After witnesses reported the two supercars jockeying for position at high speeds on public highways, pol......

Anatomy of a race driver proves hardcore required

Thursday, May 1st, 2008
Yes, racing is a sport, even NASCAR. Talented people always make difficult things look easy, but wrestling a vehicle traveling well in excess of one-hundred miles an hour would beat down most mortals in short order. Wired has put up an informative rollover-fest that gives credence to the idea that w......

Spy Shots: Lamborghini Murcielago SV snapped

Tuesday, April 15th, 2008
Click above for more high-res spy shots of the Murcielago SVWe alerted you last week to the existence of the Lamborghini Murcielago SV, a rear-wheel-drive version of the normally all-wheel-drive LP640. Seen here undergoing some on-track testing, the SV will reportedly serve up some 680 horsepower fr......

Sound Bite: Audi R8 V12 TDI LeMans

Friday, April 4th, 2008
Click above for more high-res pics of the Audi R8 V12 TDI LeMansDiesel engines may be more efficient than the gasoline-powered competition, but good old fashioned petrol power has always held a huge advantage when it comes to aural bliss. The engine audio emanating from the Audi R8 V12 TDI LeMans st......

Tokyo 2007 Preview: Take your Suzuki PIXY to the track or beach

Friday, August 3rd, 2007
Click image to enlarge and view galleryIn the future, when walking is completely obsolete (in Japan, at least), and humans ditch their Nikes in favor of personal mobility devices like the Suzuki PIXY, mankind will still be able to take part in the fun stuff like driving sports cars and boating. We'l......

2007 Mitsubishi Outlander: Less Outlandlish, More Of Everything Else

Friday, August 3rd, 2007
Every once in a while, you encounter a car that blows all your expectations out of the water. The new Mitsubishi Outlander is one of those cars. We try hard at Roadfly to find the good in any car, but with the Outlander it wasn’t hard. Given that its predecessor was an also-ran in the compact SUV ......

Detroit Free Press writer shocked by his expense account

Sunday, April 24th, 2005
About a year ago, Bill McGraw of The Detroit Free Press bought a Saturn Ion. After reading a vicious anti-gourmet coffee rant, McGraw decided to see how much cash he would have saved if he hadn't given his money to GM's disconcertingly amorphous sub-brand. We're talking parking tickets, gas, insuran......