The Police forces from the Middle East own extravagant patrol fleets that are the envy of any performance car enthusiast and collector. Now, the most lavish of them all, that of Dubai, has gone green by adding a BMW i8 to its ranks of crime-fighting cars.
Russia’s no playground now for most businesses, especially not for automakers. If the government had not provided incentives to prop up the ailing industry, analysts estimated that 2014’s sales would have declined by 20% instead of the 10% reported.
But if you disagree, then let what happened to these motorcyclists be a warning. Obviously, these disgruntled riders don’t know much about physics when they tried to inflict damage onto moving cars while riding much smaller bikes.
Track-oriented street cars are rapidly gaining market demand and now there is a new worthy addition – the Phiaro P75 Concept CIPHER.
Nicolas Prost, progeny of four-time F1 World Champion Alain Prost, clinched a dramatic victory for e.dams Renault in the fifth race of the inaugural Formula E Championship, thanks to a pass that gave him the lead during the second last lap of the 39-lap race. Audi Sport ABT’s Daniel Abt had slowed down to conserve energy to make it to the finish line, allowing Prost to slip past in Turn 8.
Lewis Hamilton is set to repeat his world championship win this season as he finished 1.3 seconds ahead of teammate, Nico Rosberg, in the season opener that took place in Albert Park, Australia. Perhaps more astonishing is that the pole-sitting Brit finished the race with a wide, and we mean wide, 34-second gap from third place winner, Sebastian Vettel.