Saturday, November 24, 2007

Paul Simon - 50 Ways...

Ville Valo & Natalia Avelon - Summer Wine



"Summer Wine" is a song originally sung by Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazlewood. It was later covered by Bono of U2 with The Corrs, Gry with FM Einheit and his Orchestra, Scooter (on the 2000 album Sheffield), and by Ville Valo & Natalia Avelon for the soundtrack of "Das Wilde Leben". It was also covered by Ed Kuepper and Clare Bowditch on the cult Australian music gameshow Rockwiz.

Sunday, November 18, 2007

Hyundai Genesis V8 Sedan Caught Unmasked




The production version Hyundai Genesis V8 Sedan is a cross between a Lexus LS and a BMW 5-Series sedan. Look at the shape of the headlights and tail-lamps or the lines of the trunk for example. It’s as if Hyundai’s designers took the original Genesis prototype that was previewed at the New York Show last April and ingrained it with several doses of Lexus and BMW. But on the other hand, when you take in consideration that the rear-wheel-drive Genesis Sedan will be equipped with a 300+ Hp V8 engine at a price starting well under $30,000 (approx. €20,500), we think that the imitative design will be the last thing that buyers will notice.





Alfa Romeo - your future is looking bright!




Alfa Romeo’s competition to find a name for its 147 replacement has come to an end and the winner name is ‘Furiosa’. Earlier in the year Afla bosses decided to drop the numerical naming practice in favor of going with individual names that could generate excitement and passion and nothing represents this better than Furiosa. However, not all markets are expected to use the name.

Out of the 12 possible choices: Agea, Enos, Everson, Fira, Furiosa, Milo, Mod, Nevo, Solea, Sparvo, Velvetta and Ventura; 'Furiosa' is truly the best choice!

I love it ! Good job Alfa Romeo! The future looks very bright for Alfa Romeo. Recently Alfa boss Antonio Baravalle revealed the current numeric naming pattern would be dropped in favor of individual names for each new model and all models except the 'Furiosa'(for cost reasons) will be rear-wheel drive. Alfa Romeos will truly be pure-sport vehicles. I just hope that the round tail lights that feature on the 8C Competizione, will be featured on all Alfa Romeos. Nothing else says 'classic car design' in my opinion than round tail lights ;-)

Bloc Party - The Prayer