Some stores have designated areas where you can keep your kids. Kinda like a kid corral. These guys have a much better idea.
Thứ Hai, 9 tháng 7, 2012
The Dark Knight Rises
It's a fairly comprehensive piece, and without being exactly spoilery, you still might want to avoid it if you're trying to go in fresh. That said, if you've been following the many trailers and TV spots, there's not too much you won't already have seen before…
It's great to get Chris Nolan's take on proceedings, and just seeing him on set, touching up a chalk bat-symbol by hand, feels terribly reassuring that this third film will be able to live up to the two that have gone before.
Take a look at the new featurette, below…
Now if that wasn't enough to get you champing at the bit for the film's official release, we don't know what will. Plus, we absolutely love Tom Hardy's reaction to seeing Christian Bale in this Batman gear. It's how we feel, every time we watch one of these films.
"Some people want to watch the world burn," quotes Hardy. "Well Bane's come to pull the pin on the grenade." The Dark Knight Rises opens in the UK on 20 July 2012
New world record with 1936 Mercedes-Benz 540
Last year, Gooding & Company smashed the record for the highest amount paid for a car at auction when the 1957 Ferrari 250 TR Prototype sold for $16.39 million at Pebble Beach. Now the auction house looks to break that record with an ultra-rare 1936 Mercedes-Benz 540 K von Krieger Special Roadster.
Called "the most exciting pre-war Mercedes-Benz I've ever known" by David Gooding, the auction company's founder, the unique 540K Special Roadster was originally built for the royal Prussian family in 1936. In 1942 the car was shipped to Switzerland by Baroness Gisela von Krieger to avoid the perils of WWII, after which it followed her to the United States where she drove it around Greenwhich, CT. The Baroness later moved back to Switzerland and left the roadster behind, where it sat in a garage for more than forty years.
The car's current owner has restored it to concours condition, finished in black and chrome with a Cognac leather interior. While Gooding & Company won't release an official estimate, it's confident the car will break the record amount paid for a Mercedes-Benz, set last year at RM's Monterey auction, and quite possibly the overall record set at the aforementioned 2011 Gooding auction at Pebble Beach.
You can read more about the 1936 Mercedes-Benz 540 K von Krieger Special Roadster in Gooding's press release below, and look out for live results from all the Monterey auctions come August.
Audi A6 2.0T and Quattro for 2013
Not much gets written about the Audi A6, which is a shame because we have found it one of the most enjoyable models in German automaker's lineup to drive. A report in Car and Driver as to the future of the A6 2.0-liter turbo might not get the model much more press, but could get it more sales. The 211-horsepower four-cylinder has only been available with a CVT and front-wheel drive; now an eight-speed automatic and Quattro appear on the option sheet.
C/D says will be a surprisingly modest $2,200 premium to move up from the FWD model to the Quattro, with $45,295 needed for the 2.0's base Premium trim – but since the front-drive CVT model will continue to be offered, we're not sure if the eight-speed Tiptronic will be a cost option as well. Even if so, there should still be a healthy stack of Benjamins between it and its German competition, and the addition of Quattro isn't expected to knock it from the top spot in fuel economy among its luxury foes. The upspec'd A6 should appear in dealerships this August.
Chủ Nhật, 8 tháng 7, 2012
BMW will recall over 24,000 vehicle because of emission glitch
BMW will recall over 24,000 vehicles sold in the United States. The
24,340 vehicles built from 2009-2011 may fail to meet U.S. and
California emission regulations.
Roughly 2,740 are X5 xDrive50i and X6 xDrive50i manufactured in 2011
and 2012. Another 21,600 units recalled are 3 Series models. According
to Dirk Arnold, VP of Communication at BMW North American, the recalls
are scheduled for May 9.
The vehicles affected were manufactured at the plant in Spartanburg, S.C., and Germany.
Arnold said that certain emissions parts, the SCR catalyst, the DEF
mixer and the EGR valve, may improperly overstate vehicle mileage,
causing emissions standards to be exceeded and the illumination of the
“Service Engine Soon” light.
BMW said the repair will require the inspection and replacement of
one or more of the emissions components and the reprogramming of the
vehicle’s engine control unit.
This year, BMW had to recall 1.3 million 5 Series and 6 Series
vehicles from the 2003 to 2010 model years. U.S. recalls accounted for
368,000 of them.
