Automotive Concept Cars
Posted by admin in Concept Cars on May 18, 2012
Concept cars is a term that the majority of car owners or drivers know nothing about. I had always thought that a concept auto was the clay model that is made for a new car style. That’s nowhere near close, because concept cars are actual real cars built and ready to drive. A concept vehicle is a show car or prototype meant to be driven around to showcase a new concept, style, technology, etc.
Concept vehicles are usually shown at the big motor shows throughout the world. They’re shown to consumers to gauge their reactions to radical design changes or concepts. The idea of the concept or show car was developed by the GM designer Harley Earl. The concept auto is a real car, but it never goes into production directly. It would have to changed for safety, practicality and costs to be a production vehicle instead of just a concept vehicle.
Concept cars have extreme or radical engines, designs, materials, layouts, doors or things not found on production cars. Most concept cars never get past the scale model or computer drawings. A small numbers of concept vehicles are actually fully functional and some can’t even move faster than 10 mph safely. After the concept vehicle is done being used, the cars are usually destroyed but some survive in company museum or in storage. The 1954 concept car Lincoln Futura was in a custom car shop for years until it was used as the Batmobile in the Batman TV series in 1966. Read the rest of this entry »
Exotic Sports Cars
Posted by admin in Sports Cars on May 18, 2012
They are flashy. They are fast. And they are very, very expensive. They are the exotic sports cars, the ultimate icons of speed, style and money. Exotic sports cars are built using cutting-edge technology and designed from a purely aesthetic point of view. Hence, they often ignore considerations of fuel economy and practicality in regards to storage, seating and their design and operations. As a result, they are either made-to-order, or manufactured in limited editions, sparing no costs. Only a select few can afford these exotic cars.
These T-Rexes of the motoring world can boast of engines that run on massive outputs of power, anywhere from 500 to 660 horsepower. Ferrari’s Enzo, its latest limited-edition offering, tempts the sports-car lover with its promise of Formula 1 experience. With acceleration from 0 to 60 in as little as 4-5 seconds, these exotic cars are in a league of their own in terms of pure power and performance. Plush interiors and exclusive accessories make these cars sought after by car collectors all over the world.
While exotic cars are at the very pinnacle of the auto aristocracy, they should only be bought after careful consideration. These supercars not only burn a hole in your pocket when you buy them, they are equally expensive to maintain, requiring specially trained mechanics for repairs, custom-ordered spare parts and gallons of fuel for optimum performance. They are delicate, and can be troublesome when the smallest part malfunctions. These beauties must be handled with extra care, as their tremendous power can go wrong in the hands of an inexperienced driver. Read the rest of this entry »
How To Find Affordable Car Parts
Buying a car is stressful enough. After you’ve had your vehicle for a while (let’s say five to ten years), things are bound to go wrong and repairs will have to be made. It is at that point that you will have to make a decision as to whether or not the total cost of all the necessary repairs makes sense for you. After all, the total cost of all of those repairs might equal out to simply buying another vehicle! Don’t just discount this; it’s happened plenty of times before. If you end up deciding that you are going to keep your car, you may realize that you have to purchase one or more parts for your vehicle to function properly. If this is the case, then you will have some homework to do. It is time to start shopping around for how to find the most affordable car parts for your vehicle.
Your car is acting funny and something doesn’t sound right. When you bring your vehicle in to the mechanic, the mechanic informs you that something fell off of your vehicle and/or is missing from it entirely, meaning that you will need to replace the part. What do you do? You most certainly cannot afford to drive around with a car that is missing a part. What if something happens?
All car owners eventually find themselves in a situation where they need to replace a part on their vehicle. Most people take their car to their local repair shop and hope that they are not over charged for the part and labor. In order to help avoid this potentially expensive process, many car owners choose to save money by purchasing their parts themselves. Read the rest of this entry »