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Added on the 21/04/2017 16:07:09 - Copyright : RT Ruptly EN
The Bentley Flying Spur – hailed as “the best luxury sedan in the world” – is now available with Bentley’s renowned and highly successful V8 powertrain, as an alternative to the iconic W12.Research from the last ten years shows a significant shift in the usage of the Flying Spur from chauffeur-driven owners to customers driving themselves with passengers accompanying them. Global research (including two customer clinics in America and China) also demonstrated that over 40 per cent of customers travel with rear seat passengers at least once a week. This data has been used to develop the latest iteration of the new four door grand tourer, focusing on the driver experience whilst retaining a cabin space that combines exquisite luxury with integrated latest-generation technology.The Flying Spur V8 offers a more driver-centric experience via increased agility and a more characterful engine note, whilst benefiting from increased range between fuel stops and a reduction in CO2 emissions.
The race to produce the first fully functional flying car has taken flight at the 2018 Geneva International Motor Show. Italian design and engineering company Italdesign (whose parent companies are Audi and Lamborghini) is back for a second year running with a concept collaboration with European aeronautical giant Airbus, called the Pop-Up. And Pal-V is mounting a convincing challenge with a first-look vehicle that’s ready for production, called Liberty. Italdesign’s CEO is swift to point out the differences between the two models. Joerg Astalosch insists his is not a flying car.
A Dutch-made flying car called the PAL-V Liberty aims to offer drivers the complete freedom to choose when to hit the road and when to take to the air. It went on display at the Geneva International Motor Show on Tuesday. The three-wheel vehicle doubles as a gyrocopter, deploying fully-retractable rotors. The PAL V Liberty will use one engine for road driving and a separate one for flying. It's actually certified to fly under the rules of both the EASA in Europe and the FAA in the U.S., and complies with road safety regulations. PAL-V hopes the car will take-off, once it secures full certification in 2019.
An all-new hybrid 'universal transport' prototype was showcased at the MAKS airshow in Russia on Wednesday, called the BORTS Triton, a wheeled offroad vehicle which has also has hovercraft capabilities as well an aerochute, which means that this one of a kind auto can conquer the land, water, and skies. The two-seater SUV is adept on land as an electrical car, uses an aerochute when converted into a plane and becomes a hovercraft once on water all thanks to a low-noise, ten-blade propellor.
One Russian driver captured a helicopter on film flying mere yards above the Rostov-Baku highway, near Gudermes in Russia's Chechen Republic, earlier in May on his car's dashcam. The chopper flew just several feet above a barrier dividing the highway lanes as cars and other vehicles whizzed past.
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