Green Cars Steal the Show in Washington
The Washington Auto Show ran from January 28 to February 6, and showcased (as usual) a range of exciting new cars, both the wild, wacky and innovative concept cars, and the more down-to-earth production cars that were unveiled for the first time. And down to earth is the word, as many of the feature cars were “green”. Green seemed to be the focus of the show, especially after President Barack Obama announced a vision in his State of the Union Address to the House of Representatives for making the USA the first country to have over a million electric cars on the road by 2015 (he may mean hybrid cars rather than pure electric cars, but those count!).
The real show-stopper in this respect was the “world’s fastest electric car”. This was the Venturi Buckeye Bullet, built at the Ohio State University. This car isn’t exactly scheduled for imminent release on the roads as a production vehicle, but it is capable of getting up to 307.7 miles per hour (on those salt flats in Utah where all the land speed records tend to get set) thanks to a 600 kilowatt electric engine.
Women Passengers
Riccardo Patrese was a top Formula One race car driver. He was working on a corporate test day for Honda at the Jerez racing circuit in Spain when he invited his wife to accompany him for a lap.
He put a camera on the dash board and recorded her reaction.
Silent Band
There seems to be a whole heap of interesting car ads being released at the moment. The latest is from Capetown featuring a silent band. As you’ll see, the car that is being advertised is not even shown – now there’s confidence for you!
125th Anniversary Splash
Mercedes launched its 125th Anniversay celebrations by putting a new ad on the Superbowl Final last weekend. Yes, it’s a fabulous ad, and so it should be, because the commercial cost an estimated $5m for 60secs on Superbowl alone, without any other airplays! We are not sure if it will be going to air over here, so if not here it is.
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