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19. January 2010 |
VW presents Racing Under Green. Season one of the Jetta TDI Cup. From a 16-year old Karting champion to a 26-year old Iraq War veteran, Racing Under Green delivers as much drama off the track as there is on as 30 young drivers race 30 identical clean diesel race cars for $100,000 and the dream of racing professionally. Filmed during the inaugural season of the Jetta TDI Cup Series, the documentary takes you to eight action-packed races across the country that will have you rooting, gasping, and cheering till the last lap. Read the rest of this entry »
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11. December 2009 |
It looks like the open source model can work for building new cars after all. The Local Motors Rally Fighter was to see at SEMA, and it is even more awesome in person than in pics. The interior on this pre-production car obviously still needs some work, but the rest is really impressive. Looking like some crazy mashup of a fighter plane and a SCORE rally truck. The passion of the principles is obvious and it’s clear that the vehicle has been well thought-out. While much of the Rally Fighter is unique, they weren’t bashful about borrowing off-the-rack parts where they knew good ones already existed – Ford F-150 uprights that have been proven at Baja, a Mercedes bumper support system, Fox off-road shocks, a healthy but frugal BMW diesel from the 335d, and the list goes on and on. The story of this vehicle is in its revolutionary yet simple development process – it was designed and developed by a community of car enthusiasts. New American car company Local Motors invites anyone with a passion for cars to collaborate in an open design process to help choose and shape the look of each Local Motors vehicle. Now home to over 4,000 car designers, engineers and enthusiasts, the Local Motors community is the largest of its kind – and the only to bring a new car to market.
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Posted by Cetane_100 on
26. October 2009 |
Local Motors, the revolutionary American car company, will begin taking reservations for its daring new desert racing vehicle, the Rally Fighter. Local Motors has the world’s largest community of car designers and engineers embracing open collaboration to develop innovative cars for underserved, passionate enthusiast communities. Local Motors cars are built in regional Micro-Factories, which will be a groundbreaking fusion of advanced, small-volume manufacturing and amazing ownership experiences.
The Rally Fighter is an off-road racer, custom designed and built for the deserts of the American Southwest. The first of its kind, the Rally Fighter was designed by community member Sangho Kim of Pasadena, California, and developed Read the rest of this entry »
