Official: iQ will be Scion's focus at SEMA

iQ will be Scion's focus at SEMA

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Posted Oct 28th 2011 12:31PM

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Scion is headed to SEMA 2011 with the total of seven judgment cars tuned by the little of the many creative customizers around. Cartel, Dynamic, 686, Michael Chang, Jon Sibal as well as Tatsu have all incited their attentions toward the automaker's lineup, as well as the results have been as sundry as the shops that built them. The newest further to the Scion stable, the tiny iQ, looks to have perceived many of the courtesy this year around, with the total of 4 iQ concepts headed to the sands of Las Vegas. One of the wildest has to be the iQ Pit Boss by Cartel.

Designed to be the entirely functional paddock worker, the iQ Pit Boss boasts complete controls via the Apple iPad, the wireless hot spot, storage for wheels as well as tires, multiple charging stations as well as the single very considerable stereo for the after-podium celebration.

Michael Chang also took the motorsports proceed with his iQ-RS. With custom fender flares, serious aero work as well as wide tires, this iQ looks built for bouncing its way around the road course. But not each iQ in attendance is merely built to look the part. The Tatsu iQ-MR moves the engine to the center of the chassis as well as ditches front wheel expostulate for rear-wheel glory. New cams, higher compression pistons as well as an AEM engine government tune all assistance give the automobile the little extra pep, too.

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Formula Drift at Irwindale in two and a half minutes

Formula Drift during Irwindale in dual as well as a half minutes

Want to watch a little action from a Formula Drift eventuality during Irwindale this past week end though don't have most time? No worries, we've got you covered. Photographer Larry Chen (yes, a same man which done which epic video of himself as well as his friend stranded during DFW airport) has packed a entire dual days into a two-and-a-half-minute time relapse video which gives a good thought of what it's similar to during a Formula Drift finale.

In a surrounded by of his central duties of shooting a eventuality for multiform race teams as well as SpeedHunters.com, Chen used a singular Canon T3i as well as dual far-reaching angle lenses to shoot more than 13,000 images of a track, a pits, a media center, a judging tower during 25 second intervals. He eventuality went as far as strapping his camera onto a little of a cars during practice to get footage of a cars in action. Hit a jump to watch a video for yourself.

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World's oldest running car fetches $4.6 million at auction

World's oldest using automobile fetches $4.6 million during auction

The world's oldest using car, an 1884 De Dion Bouton Et Trapardoux Dos-A-Dos Steam Runabout, done story Friday, attractive $4.62 million during RM Auctions' Hershey, Pennsylvania event. Before the packaged house, the 127-year-old ride quickly eclipsed its $500,000 starting bid.

By the time the dust had settled, the gavel fell during $4.2 million. The last cost included the ten-percent buyer's premium. The throng began applauding as shortly as the automobile crept onto the theatre as well as the enthusiasm didn't wane until well after the sale.

The Runabout had been in the same family for 81 years before to the sale, as well as is one of six De Dion tricycles well known to still exist. A total of twenty of the three-wheelers were built. When new, the trike had the top speed of 38 mph as well as the range of twenty miles on one tank of water. The vehicle which sole last night was the usually automobile to show up for the world's initial automobile race, where it averaged sixteen mph over the 20-mile course. Hop the jump for the press release.

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