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CARS THAT LIVE UP TO THE HYPE The term ‘supercar’ was coined by The Times newspaper in 1920 and became shorthand for the vehicles that lead the industry in technology and performance. But what do you call a supercar that’s torqued up to the next level of speed, power and price? The answer: a hypercar. Here are some of our favourite most outrageous hypercars.
1. Ferrari LaFerrari Ferrari is a name synonymous with Formula One and much of LaFerrari’s technology is inspired by the companies racing experience. Ferrari claims that LaFerrari boasts the most extreme performance ever by one of their production cars. Its hybrid system combines an electric motor to produce a combined output of 950bhp. That means LaFerrari can reach 200kmh in under seven seconds and hit a top speed of 349kmh. LaFerrari is currently priced at just over $2 million. Or if you have some extra cash to burn, the forthcoming convertible model, the Aperta, is rumoured to cost even more. Source: gearpatrol.com/auto express.co.uk/auto.ferrari.com
2. Pagani Huayra The Pagani Huayra was previewed at the 2016 Geneva Motor Show. However future glimpses of this stunning Italian piece of automotive sculpture will be rare as only 20 are planned for production. Even those rare sightings may be a blur, thanks to the 720bhp and 1,000Nm twinSource: carsales.com.au turbo Mercedes-AMG engine that propels the Huayra from 0 to 100kmh in a mere 3.2 seconds. Blink and you’ll miss its sleek carbon fibre and titanium body with its distinctive rear wing and racing-style front splitter.
3. McLaren P1 After more or less inventing the hypercar with the F1, McLaren returned to the category in 2013 with the P1. Over the next two years, McLaren produced just 375 examples of the car they refer to as the ‘ultimate expression of Mclaren’s engineering expertise’. The car certainly lived up to its maker’s hype. t’s 3.8-litre twinturboV8 was combined with a 177bhp electric motor to produce a total 904bhp.
Indeed the P1 was so fast its acceleration was measured from 0 to 300kmh, a speed it achieved in just 16.5 seconds. P1 was a reference to pole position on the starting grid and this McLaren went a long way towards emulating the Formula One experience for those willing to spend upwards of $1.75 million.
4. Lamborghini Aventador Super Veloce ‘Veloce’ is Italian for fast and the SuperVeloce certainly lives up to its name, cracking the 100kmh mark in just 2.8 seconds. Powered by a 6.5-litre V12, the SuperVeloce is a four-wheel drive, giving it some serious traction. Even the gearbox is hyper – it has seven speeds. Of course being a Lamborghini, the SuperVeloce is also an aesthetic phenomenon. Its scissor wing doors arch skyward so you can lower yourself into the cockpit.
Source: gearpatrol.com/ autoexpress.co.uk/topgear.com
5. Porsche 918 Spyder The 918 Spyder is considered ‘relatively’ affordable in the context of hypercars. It’s yours for around $1.1 million. That buys you a lot of power and plenty of speed. There’s a V8 petrol engine and front and rear electric motors, which combine to produce 875bhp and 1,280Nm. You can cruise silently on the electric motors for around 30km. Or switch to the petrol engine and hit 100kmh in 2.5 seconds. When you take the roof panels off, that’s a lot of wind in your hair.
DISCOVER SOME OF AUSTRALIA’S BEST BIKE TRAILS When it comes to cycling, we really do live in the lucky country. Australia has some of the world’s best multi-day cycle trails. So pump up your tyres, pack your panniers and choose your next adventure. Whether you're in for the long haul or just after some day trip/ weekend inspiration we've put together some options for both.
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Northern Territory Long Darwin Rail Trail This easy day ride provides opportunities to see native animals along the route. The trail follows the disused North Australian Railway line, which closed in 1976. Many historic vestiges remain along the track, reflecting the railway’s colourful history dating back to 1888.The ride crosses four historic railway bridges, and also features remnant sections of the old rails. Distance: 25km Time: 1 day Suitable for: Road, mountain and hybrid bikes When: The trail can be ridden in both the Wet and the Dry, but riders should avoid riding in summer. it is always good to check the local weather before heading off.
Short Simpsons Gap Bike Path Distance 17km Difficulty : Easy Surface: Sealed off road path
Simpsons Gap
Victoria Long Victorian Alps Cycle Trail This ride traverses the highest continuous stretch of road in Australia. If that sounds dizzying, wait till you see the spectacular views across the Victorian Alps and the countryside stretching as far as the eye can see. There are plenty of uphill sections, as you’d imagine and the overall altitude you climb is 6100m. You could make the climb up Mount Hotham, easier if you start from Albury as the ascent is spread over 50km from this direction. There is plenty of accommodation en route. But consider packing a tent and camping out to make the most of the alpine scenery in good weather.
Distance: 426km Time: 8-10 days Suitable for: Road, mountain and hybrid bikes. The rail trail along Lake Hume is gravel so road bikes can detour onto the sealed road around the lake. When: Between November and April, as the Bogong High Plains Road is closed in winter and early spring due to snow. Always check the local weather.
Short Arthurs Seat
Great Ocean Road
Distance: 3km
Distance: 243km (one way)
Difficulty: Hard
Difficulty: Moderate
Surface: On road
Surface: on road
Bass Coast Rail Trail Distance: 17km (one way) Difficulty: Easy Surface: Rail trail
Great Ocean Road
New South Wales Long Bondi to Mt Kosciusko This is a longer ride, stretching over 658km and taking six to eight days. You’ll ride through cityscapes, beaches, countryside and mountains as you travel from sea level to Australia’s highest point. There are plenty of places to stay along the way. Roads are sealed for the entire journey except for the last 9km from Charlotte’s Pass to Mt Kosciusko.
leads to an isolated valley nestled deep in this World Heritage Area. The complete trail is 442km long and takes roughly six days, but can be ridden in sections. Distance: 442km Time: 6 days
Distance: 658km, including the return to Jindabyne
Suitable for: Mountain and hybrid bikes
Time: 6-8 days
When: Year round, but in winter riders need to be prepared for overnight sub-zero temperatures. Always check the local weather.
Suitable for: road, mountain and hybrid bikes When: Between March and April. The roads near Mt Kosciusko can be closed from June to September, and the summer months can get very hot.
Wollemi Cycle Trail Although it’s only a few hours from Sydney, the Wollemi National Park gives riders a genuine sense of remoteness. Winding amongst the Blue Mountains, the trail passes breathtaking scenery. Riders travel through small towns, then head across the rugged Newnes Plateau. Another highlight is the ride through The Glow Worm Tunnel, which
Short Akuna Bay and West Head Loop Distance : 40 KM Difficulty : Moderate Surface : Road
Queensland The Gap to Mt Glorious via Mt Nebo This popular climb is suitable for mountain and road bikes. The ride starts in Brisbane and travels west into the D’Aguilar National Park.
there are numerous vantage points to admire it from on the Mount Nebo Road. From this altitude the views extend all the way to Moreton Bay.
Once you reach the Samford Valley, mountain bikers can ride the fire trail that runs parallel to the road. If you’re doing this ride as a circuit, we suggest you travel in a clockwise direction to take advantage of better roads and less steep terrain.
Distance: 60km, but can be shortened to 40km if completed as an up-and-back instead of a circuit
The landscape is shrouded in subtropical rainforest and
When: All year. Always check the local weather.
Time: 1-2 days Suitable for: Road, mountain and hybrid bikes
Western Australia Long
Distance: 1000 kilometres
Munda Biddi Trail
Time: 3 weeks
This 1000km trail is truly epic. It’s length and variety of landscapes earns it a reputation as one of the finest in the world. The Munda Biddi winds from Mundaring just outside Perth, down to Albany. While the full trip takes about three weeks to ride, the trail is designed in sections ranging from eight to 32 kilometres in length. This allows for riders to make day trips, return rides or do car shuttles. Comprising connected fire trails, railway lines and bush tracks, the route takes you through towering pristine forests, river valleys and small towns. There’s no more than 50km between towns, or campsites with purposebuilt huts and amenities.
Suitable for: mountain and hybrid bikes (with off-road tyres) When: autumn, winter, spring. Always check the local weather.
Short Albany to Frenchman Bay Return distance: 60km return Difficulty : Easy Surface: On road
Tasmania Long
The track travels through national parks and state forests and most sections end in small towns or at camping grounds.
Tasmanian Trail This 480km route provides a glimpse of Tasmanian country life that few tourists will ever see. The Tasmanian Trail winds from Devonport to Dover across a variety of terrain including quiet sealed roads, gravel roads, forestry roads and dirt tracks. The route also crosses farm paddocks and in some instances disappears completely, with only marker posts as guides. The trail can also be broken into 16 sections, each designed to be an easy day’s ride.
Distance: 480km Time: 8-10 days Suitable for: Mountain and hybrid bikes. Although some sections of the trail are on sealed road, much of the trail is not suitable for road bikes. When: All year round, but between December and February when the weather is most reliable. Always check the local weather.
Short North South Track
Darlington to Haunted Bay (Marisa Island)
Distance: 23km
Distance: 20km
Difficulty: Moderate
Difficulty: Moderate
Surface: MTB track
Surface: Unsealed track
South Australia Mawson Trail While this trail stretches over 900km, it can also be easily broken into shorter sections allowing for day or weekend trips. This trip follows farm access tracks, fire trails and little-used country roads, which makes for a relaxing, car-free journey. You can discover the South Australian outback as well as rural towns and the wineries of the Barossa. Distance: 900km
Time: Completing the whole trail takes at least 14 days, but it can be broken down into a number of shorter sections Suitable for: Mountain bikes When: The trail can be ridden comfortably for most of the year, April to November, but its best to avoid summer as temperatures can be dangerously high. Always check the local weather.
TIMELESS WATCHES Those who enjoy fine motor vehicles will no doubt appreciate the precise engineering and elegant design of a classic watch. Just as there are iconic sports cars, so too there are watches whose enduring appeal captures the popular imagination. They’re known as ‘watch icons’ or cult watches’. Here are ten of the most famous.
Zenith EL Primero Zenith claim to have created the first automatic chronograph movement in 1969. It’s a claim also contended by Seiko and another consortium comprised of Hamilton-Buren, Breitling, Heuer, and Dubois-Dupraz. Whether Zenith’s El Primero was the first remains contentious. But beyond doubt is the fact that Zenith’s competitors in that race to make the first automatic movement still use the Zenith mechanism today. TAG Heuer and even Rolex do too. Such is the precision of El Primero’s movement, it enables time to be measured to 1/10th of a second.
Omega Speedmaster When the electronic timer in the Apollo 11 Lunar Module failed, Neil Armstrong left his Omega Speedmaster in the capsule as a backup. But the second man on the moon, Buzz Aldrin, wore his Speedmaster as he descended onto the lunar surface. As Aldrin said in his 1973 book, Return to Earth, “Few things are less necessary when walking around on the moon than knowing what time it is in Houston, Texas. Nonetheless, being a watch guy, I decided to strap the Speedmaster onto my right wrist around the outside of my bulky spacesuit.” Subsequent models of the Speedmaster carry the inscription The First Watch Worn on the Moon.
Patek Philippe Calatrave The Patek Philippe company was founded in 1851 and was responsible for such innovations as the keyless winding mechanism, perpetual calendar and split seconds. However by 1932 the Great Depression had driven the company to the brink of ruin. Henri Stern, then 21 years old, and his brother Charles bought the struggling company. Henri believed a new watch model would be its financial saviour. His design was in sharp contrast to the ornate styles popular at the time. Instead he created a simple round case, flat bezel and unadorned dial. It was an immediate success. Patek Philippe had found their signature style.
ROLEX Cosmograph Daytona The Cosmograph Daytona was created in 1963 as a timepiece for professional racing drivers. Its precise function allows drivers to measure average speeds up to 400 kilometres or miles per hour. Named after the famous Daytona 500 Race, this precision piece has been worn such famous drivers as world land speed record holder Sir Malcolm Campbell and actor/driver Paul Newman. Indeed a Cosmograph Daytona once owned by Newman sold at auction in 2013 for US $1.1million.
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Breitling Navitimer
Audemars Piguet Royal Oak
Rolex Submariner
In the 1940s Breitling introduced the world’s first slide rule watch, the Chronomat. The watch’s rotating bezel allowed the wearer to perform calculus and other complex mathematical operations. Breitling capitalised on the success of this technology to create the Navitimer in 1952. Featuring the bezel slide rule, the Navitimer was designed as a pilot’s watch that could be used to calculate speed and fuel consumption. Its reliability meant pilots could use it as a substitute for on-board instruments. Indeed the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association endorsed the Navitimer as their official timepiece and early models bear the AOPA logo. And while the Omega Speedmaster is NASA’s official watch, the Navitimer was first into space. Astronaut Scott Carpenter wore his Breitling Navitimer when he orbited Earth on May 24 1962.
The Royal Oak was unveiled at the Basel exhibition in 1972. At the time the fashion for luxury timepieces was for small watches made of gold. Audemar Piguet boldly showed little respect for the so-called rules, defying with conventions, with the first luxury sports timepiece honed from steel. At the time the Royal Oak cost 3300 Swiss Francs, equivalent to the price of 10 Rolex Submariner watches. The Royal Oak’s revolutionary avant-garde style has since become the trademark of an all-time classic still in production today.
Scuba divers’ requirements for a reliable device to measure diving time prompted Rolex to introduce the Submariner in 1954. Fashioned from stainless steel and waterproofed to one hundred metres, this rugged sports watch could go anywhere. Its handsome looks quickly proved popular out of the water and the Submariner became a popular dress watch. Sean Connery as James Bond, Steve McQueen, Robert Redford, Sylvester Stallone and Eric Clapton have all worn the Submariner.
Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso Could the Reverso be the world’s first ever sports watch? Legend has it that the Jaeger-Le Coultre’s founder Cesar De Trey was visiting India in 1932 on a business trip. De Trey attended a polo match, where a player approached him and held up a broken wristwatch, smashed in the rough and tumble of the game. The player challenged De Trey to create a watch that could survive the hardships of a vigorous sporting contest. Rather than suggest that the watch be left in the dressing room, De Trey created the Reverso. As the name suggest, the watch can be flipped over while still on the wrist, protecting the face from polo mallets and other threats. Designed at the height of the Art Deco era, it remains a perennial classic.
TAG Heuer Carrera The Tag Heuer Carrera is another watch with a connection to motorsport. In 1963, Jack Heuer, great grandson of the company’s founder, named the Carrera collection after the Carrera Panamericana, a legendary, and often deadly, road race through Mexico. Jack chose the name after chatting with the parents of Mexican driving ace Ricardo Rodriguez. Heuer was a devotee of modernist design and architecture. This influence can be seen in the clean lines and simple dial of the Carrera. Hidden behind its elegant face, however, is a rugged, shockresistant and waterproof mechanism tough enough to endure even the most intense road conditions.
Cartier Tank Frenchman Louis Cartier was largely responsible for popularising the wristwatch over the pocket watch. His early designs drew on the aesthetics of La Belle Epoque period of the early 20th century. But his most iconic creation, The Tank, was inspired by the Renault tanks used by the French forces in WWI. Cartier presented the prototype of his new watch to General John Pershing of the American Expeditionary Forces in 1917. The tank broke with the fashion of round watch faces. Its face was square. Yet the sides of the case extend beyond the face to create the illusion that the tank is simultaneously rectangular. The design has endured as a classic and been seen on the wrists of Jackie Kennedy, Warren Beatty, Angelina Jolie, Princess Diana and Michelle Obama.
NEW TESLA TO BRING THE FUTURE TO THE MAINSTREAM There’s been plenty of talk around Tesla’s revolutionary electric cars, and for good reason. The famed Model S reaches 0-100kmh in a mere 2.8 seconds, making it the quickest four-door sedan ever built. With All Wheel Drive and a raft of futuristic features inside and out, it’s the car many have always dreamed of – but the price tag has put it out of reach for most. Not anymore! This is where the Model 3 comes in to shake things up. As part of Tesla’s masterplan to accelerate the world’s transition to sustainable energy, the Model 3 will not only look slick, it’s intended to be affordable for the motoring masses.
As far as range is concerned, Musk has assured that the Model 3 will have a range of at least 215 miles, or just shy of 350km. This may no doubt improve exponentially as new battery technologies are developed in the future.
But it’s the features of the Model 3 that really get us excited. Like the Model S and Model X, the Model 3 will come with electric All Wheel Drive for dependable traction in all conditions, and will sprint from 0 to 100kmh in under six seconds. That’s not all. According to Elon Musk, Tesla’s CEO, Autopilot safety features will come standard on the Model 3, and by the time testing is complete, it will be the safest car in its class.
Production of the Model 3 is slated to begin in late 2017, and Tesla intends to produce them in large numbers. This means that your next car may just be fun, fast and futuristic – and with an expected RRP of around AU$45,000, more affordable.
Perhaps the most exiting news is that Musk has confirmed the ultra high performance “Ludicrous Mode” will be available on the Model 3. So for anyone worried the entry level Model 3 isn’t going to be fast enough, this should put their mind at ease.
Tesla isn’t just stopping at cars. Elon Musk recently revealed that Tesla plans to "expand to cover the major forms of terrestrial transport" and will unveil autonomous buses and trucks next year. Couple that with Tesla’s pioneering battery storage systems Powerwall™ and Powerpack™, and it’s easy to see why Tesla is one of the most exciting companies at the moment.
Source:tesla.com/techinsider.io/ deseen.com/digitaltrends.com
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Red : You are energetic, dynamic & have a lust for life.
Black: You are conservative, empowered, elegant & professional.
Silver: You are calm, elegant, futuristic & possibly detached.
What does the color of your car say about you?
Yellow: You are upbeat, intelligent & young at heart.
White : You are fastidious, enjoy a simple life, have a strong attention to detail & are possibly a perfectionist.
Green: You are trustworthy, traditional and balanced, but can also be lively & occasionally hysterical.
Grey: You are calm, sober & very career-driven.
Blue : You are confident, quiet & dependable.
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