Showing posts with label Offbeat News. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Offbeat News. Show all posts

Can You Guess on Which Car this Lamborghini-Themed Tuning Project is Based on?


We'll give you a couple of hints to help you out with the answer to our question: it's not a supercar of any sorts and the transformation to something that's clearly inspired by the design of certain Lamborghinis such as the Reventon and Estoque Concept, involves, among other things, the alteration of the donor vehicle's body style.

Follow the jump to check out the rest of the pictures that were sent to us by the owner of the vehicle and to give your answers in the comment section. And of course, stay tuned for a follow up post with details and more photos on the ongoing project.








The Wedding Crashers: Lamborghini Murcielago Smashes Into Ferrari F430 at South African Reception


In the well-known Hollywood comedy, divorce mediators and life-long friends John Beckwith (Owen Wilson) and Jeremy Grey (Vince Vaughn) had a weird hobby of crashing weddings to meet single women.

But in this real-life South African parody, the two drivers of the Ferrari F430 and Lamborghini Murcielago took the term "wedding crashers" a bit too literally as they somehow managed to crash into each other during a VIP wedding reception at a sports club in the town of Eshowe.

According to local news sites, the drivers of the two cars are Romeo Mbambo, said to be a former IFP hitman, and a man known only as ND Sibiya.

While the two men escaped injuries, witnesses at the scene claim that the drivers became aggravated when people started to take pictures of the cars, and allegedly assaulted one man, threatened a local journalist and seized mobile phones with cameras.

Apparently, they didn't succeed too well in hiding the incident from the press...

Via: Wreckedexotics , Source: IOL






DC Design's Rolls Royce Meets Nissan 350Z Coupe up for Grabs


We won't even ask you if you remember DC Comics Design's coach-built Rolls Royce Coupe (how can one forget such a gem...), so let's cut to the chase and tell you that the one-off creation by the Indian designer Dilip Chhabria has been listed for sale by a London-based company at a whopping £750,000, equal to US$1,176,000 or €865,000 at today's exchange rates.

The Rolls Royce Coupe, nicknamed "The Black Ruby", is something like bad taste Batmobile meets Nissan 350Z after crashing out with a Maybach Exelero.

According to the seller, the Rolls Royce-based model that comes complete with Ferrari Enzo-style doors, was originally created by the Indian-based designing firm for a Maharajah for his private collection. More photos after the break.

Thanks to Christopher for the tip! - Link: Sparkscars







Ferrari 458 Italia, is that You Hiding Under the Camouflage?


According to the dictionary, "camouflage" is defined as "the disguising of people, equipment, and installations by painting or covering them to make them blend in with their surroundings". Clearly that's not the case with this vinyl wrapped Ferrari 458 Italia that stands out more than a obese man walking on the street with high heels, ankle bracelets and a Peggy Bundy wig.

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UK Dealer Breaks Guinness Record for Largest Parade of Alfa Romeos [Updated Gallery]


To celebrate Alfa Romeo's 100th birthday, one of the Italian firm's UK dealers, Allams Alfa Romeo in Espom Surrey, attempted to set a new Guinness World Record for the largest ever parade of the brands cars this past weekend. To break the record, a minimum of 200 cars were required to take part in the two-mile drive.

Alfa Romeo owners responded to the dealer's call and on Sunday 7th February, a total of 312 cars including an Alfa SZ Coupe and a Spider 2000 Veloce, arrived at the Epsom dealership shattering the previous record.

Several drivers came from a long way to participate in the event with one owner, David Boyd, from Bathgate, West Lothian, driving a whopping 862 miles or close to 1,400km to join in with the record-breaking two-mile ride.

Karen Finn, Customer Care & Marketing Manager at Allams, who organized the event, said: "The huge display of these beautiful and sporting cars is the perfect way to celebrate the Alfa Romeo centenary year."

In order for the record to become official, the parade of cars needed to be continuously moving from start to finish with no more than two cars length between each vehicle at any given time.

To help with the verification of the record, video cameras were positioned along the route.

According to the organizers of the parade, Guinness World Record officials will validate the record in the coming weeks.







UK: Rent a New BMW for Less Than £7, Equal to €8 or US$11


BMW's British arm announced today that it has joined forces with Streetcar, one of the UK's largest car clubs, giving drivers the chance to loan a new bimmer for less than £7.

Renting a BMW 1-Series for as little as £6.95 (equal to €7.9 or US$10.8) and a 3-Series for £8.95 (€10.2 or US$14) sure sounds tempting, but is there a catch to Streetcar's offer?

Well, of course there is. That kind of money will buy you only an hour's worth of driving time in the BMW 116 / 118d five-door hatchback and the 318d saloon respectively.

Not a bad deal if you want to rent a bimmer for a couple of hours but it gets less tempting as time increases with the 1 Series costing £69.50 for a whole day, £225 for Monday through Friday, £345 for 7 days and £895 for a whole month.

Prices for the 3 Series are even more steep with Streetcar asking for £89.50 for 24 hours, £295 for Monday to Friday, £445 for a week and £1,095 for a month.

The company said that it has more than 1,000 locations across a seven cities in the UK including London, Brighton, Cambridge, Southampton, Guildford, Maidstone and Oxford, but it aims to increase this number to 2,000 by 2011.






Find of the Day: Lancia Delta HF Integrale EVO Stretch Limousine


Just when you think you've seen everything, you stumble across something even more amazing like these two (or at least they appear to be two different models) Lancia Delta HF Integrale stretch limos that are up for sale in Italy at €99,000 (about US$136,000 at today's exchange rates) a piece.

We don't know much about the two cars, but here's what we do know. They both feature the wider body and detailing of the 1991 Integrale Evoluzione with one of them assumingly motivated by the HF Integrale 8v's 2.0L turbo and the other by the Evo I's 210-horsepower 2.0L 16v turbo unit.

If the two limos are based on original Delta HF Integrale cars or on standard Delta hatchbacks, and if they feature the Integrale's four-wheel drive system or not are questions that we don't have the answers to.

Source: Autoscout24 - Grazie Giovanni for the tip!