Camera Van… Literally

Posted by Bradley Wint on October 19th, 2009 at 12:12 pm

If you’re a camera buff, I think you may like this. It’s a van covered with 2700 cameras that was used to promote a film called Automorphosis, which was played at the Royal Flush Festival in New York.

Now this is 360 degree coverage.

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Pininfarina selling Grugliasco plant

Posted by Bradley Wint on October 19th, 2009 at 10:50 am

Pininfarina has announced that they will be doing some cost cutting by closing down its Grugliasco plant in Italy. They are doing this in an effort to cut down costs and streamline operations. It is also said to cut down of staff costs by 50%.

They will be moving their attention away from production of certain car body parts such as those for the Ford Focus Coupe Cabriolet and Romeo Brera and Spider. FinPiemonte Partecipazioni will purchase the factory for 15 million euros and then will rent it out to Innovation in Auto Industry for 650,000 euros per year.

IAI will also purchase Pininfarina’s tooling and worker’s contracts and will take over the production of the above mentioned car parts. All this will help reduce the payload on Pininfarina’s plate. This will allow for them to focus on their eco projects including the Bluecar EV.

Follow Friday

Posted by Bradley Wint on October 16th, 2009 at 4:00 pm

It’s Friday! Just wanted to remind you folks who love social networking, that we love it as well! We would like for you to stay informed and stay on top of the news at Carthusiast, so here are some of the sites you can follow us on.

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• @carthusiast – All news posted on the site
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We won an award!

Posted by Bradley Wint on October 16th, 2009 at 1:04 pm

As an independent news publisher, we are always happy when we get compliments for the work we do.

We were recently recognized by the YouSayToo as one of their favourite Blogs of the Week. With this in mind, it certainly gives us the enthusiasm to keep up with what we do and hopefully we may win some more in the future.

So we say thank you for the support!

Daimler begins construction on of Kecskemet manufacturing plant

Posted by Bradley Wint on October 16th, 2009 at 12:43 pm

The economic downturn has not stopped Daimler from constructing more production plants. They began construction on their newest plant last week Friday in Kecskemet, Hungary at a cost of $1.2 billion. The factory will co-produce the Mercedes Benz A and B Class cars in 2012, and there are 2,500 new expected jobs.

The new factory will assist in adding competitive edge by expanding into unexploited markets.

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Start your car from anywhere in the world

Posted by Bradley Wint on October 16th, 2009 at 11:30 am

So you landed in JFK after a 14 hour flight. It’s snowing and you are dead beat tired. However your car keys are stowed away tightly somewhere in your carry-on luggage. Well why not bust out your iPhone and pre-start your car with the Viper StartSmart application.

Maybe you want to play a prank on your neighbor? Tell him you’re going on vacation to Japan. Park your car in the driveway though. Then go on vacation and wait about two days. Figure out when he usually is outside (maybe watering the lawn) and then start your car with the iPhone app from Viper. I think he would be a bit scared.

So how is it possible to start your car (and lock and unlock) your car with the application? If your car has a compatible Viper StartSmart alarm system, you can sync up the iPhone application with the car, so you can start, lock and unlock your car with your phone instead of with the wireless IR key. The big advantage of this is the larger range offered. The range is so large; it can be done virtually anywhere according to the folks at Viper. 
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Cars should look like this

Posted by Bradley Wint on October 16th, 2009 at 10:32 am

As we move towards a society where cars are powered by new sources of environmental energy, it seems that designers have forgotten how to make pretty cars. Also, most automakers are taking the wrong steps by trying to mimic the patterns of Asian automakers, but fail to realize that they had good design concepts back in the days, and never developed them.

Remember when cars looked good back in the 90s and early 2000s? Designer Emil Baddal from Iran has come up with some concepts of what some of today’s cars should look like. So why isn’t this guys the head of the design department at one of the big firms?

Take a look at the photos below and check out this link for a full gallery of his works.

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RACE On – Street Art – Forza 3 Comparable?

Posted by Bradley Wint on October 15th, 2009 at 12:18 pm

SimBin has released more artwork screens from RACE On, which is supposed to hit store shelves on the 22nd of October. We get another taste of the American muscles here with 3 new shots. Even though the game is based on the older versions like RACE 07, GTR Evolution and so on, it is definitely a step above in both the visual and physics department.

As always you know SimBin brings you some of the most realistic handling racing games out there, so this should be another to cherish. Check out the screens below.

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Lotus F1 first pics of 2010 car, and interview

Posted by Bradley Wint on October 15th, 2009 at 12:01 pm

Earlier this year, after a shoddy performance by the BMW-Sauber team, BMW decided to officially pull out of F1 racing. Since then, the Sauber division has joined forced with automaker Lotus resulting in the formation of the Lotus F1 team.

 The team is actually a partnership between the automaker, the Malaysian government and a number of other high profile Malaysian investors.

Today we get to see an actual size model of the F1 racer going into Wind Tunnel testing. The model is currently not assigned any designation yet. Below is a short press release, some photos and an interview with The Chief Technical Officer, Mike Gascoyne.

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Comment E-Mail Notifications Added

Posted by Bradley Wint on October 15th, 2009 at 11:22 am

Just  a quick update folks, we’ve added a neat feature for those who like to post comments. If you are in a hurry and can’t check back posts you commented on, or maybe you can’t remember the ones you commented on, well we have added a nice e-mail notification feature.

It’s like Youtube. If you post a comment and someone replies to you, you will get an e-mail. However we made it an optional feature. This allows you to choose which ones you want to receive notifications to.

Twitter users, please note that when you log in, an automatic profile is made for you. However since the Twitter API doesn’t allow us to get your e-mail from Twitter’s database, you will need to update your profile’s e-mail address for it to work properly. It’s just a one time update since our site will remember you when you re-sign in.

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