CARS OF THE FUTURE By: Nirvaan
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Table of Contents 1.Introduction 2.Recent Sports Cars 3.Future Concept Cars 4.Cited Sources 5.About the author
Introduction As the world is getting more busy, we all have less time to finish our everyday tasks. Among many things that man has invented, cars are one of the most important things that we use everyday. Not everyone needs a car, but for most of us that need to travel to work or for pleasure a car is very important part of our lives. Different types of cars have been developed in the past, and the car industry is developing new cars everyday with more improved features. New cars are much faster, smoother, smarter, ecofriendlier, fancier and safer. Thanks to advanced technology, some cars will soon run on electricity or solar power. In this book we will introduce some of the newest cars developed by the automobile industry’s top luxury brands that will fascinate us in the next few years.
Recent Sports Cars Top 2 sports cars of 2013 Lamborghini Egoista: The Lamborghini Egoista is a new sports car model introduced by Lamborghini.It was built to celebrate the company's 50th anniversary. Only one Egoista car was built in 2013 and it is designed like a modern fighter jet and has only one seat for the driver. The steering wheel must be removed to enter and get out of the car.The outside design of this car is meant to look like a bull ready to charge.In Spanish and Italian, Egoista means "selfish".
Jaguar F-Type Roadster The F-Type was built on the most advanced lightweight aluminum architecture and with a total speed up to 186 mph.To enter the car, you have to find the hidden door handles first. They can be opened by either unlocking the car with the remote key or touching a specific area of the handle.
Future Concept Cars The future will bring some of the most amazing cars! Get ready to say WOW to the future models! BMW GINA This is a concept car design. You cannot see the front door shape because it is covered under flexible skin named GIna skin, which becomes visible only when you open the door and the outer skin will will also change its shape. The inside of BMW Gina will also transform once you are inside the car. You could say that this car can blink, because the headlights have a special cover like humans have eyelids. Headlights are covered under the skin until you turn them on and they are revealed and the backlights are visible through the skin at the rear.
VOLKSWAGEN - Nano Spyder: Volkswagen has designed this car which will change its shape depending on if it is going uphill or downhill and also depending on how strong or weak the wind is. Nanospyder is formed with of billions of tiny electrical pieces that are half a millimeter.
KOENIGSEGG - Agera R Koenigsegg is a Swedish company producing super cars. The creator is Christion Von Koenigsegg. This car can reflect light but is worth over a million dollars. It has amazing wheels, super turbo power and a great shape. The Agera R has an incredible top speed of approximately 440 km per hour.
NISSAN - PIVO2 This car is designed by Mr. Masato Inoue who is the Chief Designer and works for Nissan.THIS IS AN ELECTRIC CAR! It has a robot named PIVO which has 2 cameras in the robots eyes just like a human. The robot can sense if you are sleepy, happy or distracted and this helps you avoid accidents. This car can rotate 360 degrees. The wheels also could rotate in every direction and so parking wont be a problem.
Cited Sources http://www.greencarreports.com/pictures/1068366_is-nissans-tokyomotor-show-pivo-3-concept-a-mini-leaf-in-disguise-we-find-out_gallery-1 http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Drives/Search-Results/First-drives/JaguarF-type-V6-vs-Porsche-Boxster-S-2014-CAR-review/
http://walldeskhd.com/pagani-zonda-f.html Future Cars DVD
Glossary Developed: Upgraded or made new Rotate: Turn around 360 degrees or spin Concept: Future, next or later Industry: factory,merchandise or company Architecture: design
About the author Nirvaan is a 5th grade student of Shanghai American School, Puxi campus. He is 10 years old and has many hobbies, he is most fascinated by new cars. He loves taking photos of any new cars he sees in Shanghai and other countries that he travels to with his family. He has tried to share some of his research in new and futuristic cars in this book. Hope you enjoyed it!