Chinese New Year is very much about money: the 财神(God of Wealth) takes centrestage; money is given from the married to the unmarried in 红包 (red envelopes); the Lion Dance involves plucking vegetables, because in the Chinese language, ‘vegetable’ sounds a lot like ‘fortune’. It is also a time for families to get together and join in silent competition, comparing who has the better career, children, house and CARS.
We’ve seen enough horror scenes in movies of cars being run over by trains to rank it as one of the worst situations to find ourselves in in a vehicle. And we rely on the railroad crossing gates/arms and warning signals to prevent us from getting into said situation.
It still hasn’t been launched yet, but the next generation M5, or to be more precise the M550i X Drive, is rumoured to have a super ludicrous button all of its own, with a 0 to 100 kph time of 3.5 seconds, according to BMWBlog that is. This will make it not so much of a sport sedan but much more a sports rocket.
Not content just to upset the book market, online retailer Amazon now seems to be taking aim at the car parts industry as it moves into selling car parts, and who would be brave enough to say that CEO Jeff Bezos won’t take a hefty chunk out of the US$50 billion car parts industry.
If you have not read or been affected by what we have dubbed “The Causeway War”, the transport ministries of frenemies Malaysia and Singapore have been one-upping each other on vehicle entry charges for some years now. It doesn’t appear that there will be a permanent ceasefire anytime soon.
Tesla has been making a few minor modifications to the Model S P100D cars over the air waves, making them even faster, even though they are already the world’s fastest pure electric cars. The new ‘Ludicrous Plus’ mode, as it is known, will allow the Tesla S P100D to go from standing to 100kph in a mere 2.34 seconds, which is probably quick enough to tear the skin off your face, and puts it just behind the Porsche 918, which can do it in 2.3 seconds.