Archive for April, 2009
Spectrum Motorsports “Festival Di Primavera” This Saturday
Come out to Spectrum Motorsports in Irvine, CA this Saturday, May 2nd for the “Festival Di Primavera!” See tons of great bikes on display and vote for my bike! See everyone there!
No commentsT-Rex Campagna Enters X Prize
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T-REX at the X Prize Start Line! |
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Montreal, April 24, 2009 – Campagna Motors is delighted to announce that it is partnering with OptaMotive to compete in the Progressive Insurance Automotive X PRIZE. With a prize purse of over $10 million, this competitive race is designed to inspire the development of super fuel-efficient vehicles. The partnership’s objective is to build a commercially viable and appealing vehicle capable of getting the equivalent of 100 miles or more per gallon of gas (2.35 litres per 100 km) while maintaining the performance of a race car! |
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OptaMotive’s entry will use the T-REX as the basis on which to create an electric version of the unique motor vehicle. OptaMotive team leader Mark Demers believes that: “The T-REX is the perfect vehicle for our project because of its light weight and compact chassis design.” |
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Campagna Motors will hand over an engineless T-REX to the OptaMotive team at The Guy Show being held in Ottawa on April 25 and 26. André Morissette, President of Campagna Motors, states: “This is a unique opportunity for the OptaMotive team to evaluate the adaptation potential of the T-REX to an electric motor and to promote an environmentally sustainable technology.” |
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For more information on the T-REX and Campagna Motors’ other three-wheeled vehicle, the V13R, visit www.campagnamotors.com or call 1-877-641-2112. |
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For more information on OptaMotive, go to www.optamotive.com. |
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To learn more about the Progressive Insurance Automotive X PRIZE, visit www.progressiveautoxprize.org and for more about The Guy Show, go to www.guyshow.ca. |
Prindiville Prestige LP-640
I don’t want to mess this up so here it is as written on James List:
British tuner Prindiville Prestige specializes in creating one-off, bespoke cars to an individual client’s precise - you might even say perverse - specifications. Frank Sinatra supposedly wanted his Lamborghini Miura upholstered in buffalo foreskins; that would be no problem for these guys. Just take a look at the Murcielago LP-640 they just basically re-designed from the ground up - the interior modifications alone run to €330,000. That’s for saddle-tanned leather, hand-finished aluminum accents and specially engineered aluminum air vents, for starters.
Outside, all of the bodywork with the exception of the front compartment lid has been redesigned in carbon fibre - even the roof panel. There’s a bolder, more assertive front valance, eye-catching sills, a more dynamic rear valance through housing a specially designed titanium sports exhaust system, handleless doors with remote electric opening, and a restyled engine bay cover with transparent cooling louvres. To protect all you can also have miniature cameras installed in each of the door mirrors feeding images to a monitor in the cabin. Buffalo foreskins are extra.
Now if I could only get the Dark Bike listed on James List…
No commentsThe Pirate Bay Found GUILTY
All 4 members in The Pirate Bay trail have been found guilty. Sentenced to up to 1 year and jail and are to pay $3.6 million in fines evenly between the four of them. This is only the start and since Pirate Bay was found guilty, I guess the next logical step will be to go after BitTorrent and then the ISPs. We;ll have to wait and see how all of the appeals go. Interestign to note that all 4 got the same sentence and were treated as a group instead of how much they actually contributed…
Full Story: Prate Bay Trial
No commentsNAB Las Vegas 2009
The NAB Show starts this weekend and I’ll be there Mon - Wed next week! Stay tuned for up to date info from the show floor as well as behind the scenes at the RED User meeting on Wed!
No commentsFast & Furious Tunnel Run Footage
For the official release party in London, 50 highly modified cars made thier way from Ace Café on the North Circular Road, through a landmark tour of central London, and ended at 02 for the release. Click the link for the awesome footage:
