Subaru and Honda bit first, and now Acura has chosen the New York International Auto Show to reveal its newfangled tie-up with Harman. The cleverly-titled Aha infotainment platform — which aims to “make web content safe for drivers” — will soon be working its way into Acura motorcars, starting with the 2013 RLX. It’ll be part of a revamped audio system, integrated via Bluetooth and able to provide drivers with access to “tens of thousands of audio stations, including web content like Internet radio, on-demand music, live news, podcasts, audio books, Facebook and Twitter newsfeeds, personalized points of interest information and much more.” The Aha service is currently living in the US, Canada and Western Europe, and it sounds as if it’s working hard to lure in other automakers in the near future. Pricing details are nowhere to be found, but go ahead and bank on needing that Technology package when it comes time to approach the dealership.
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Porsche knows better than anyone that it’ll take a miracle for owners of many older 911s to upgrade their classic rides, so rather than crying over it; they’ve figuring out a new way to milk stale customers instead. The head unit you see above is described as the “Classic Radio Navigation System,” and apparently, it’s designed to fit within the dashes of 911 motorcars built between 1963 and 1977. Simple plug-and-play stuff. In short, it offers a modern-day navigation experience within a radio that still fits the motif of those gorgeous pieces of iron, and at €595 ($776), it shouldn’t be a tough sell to any true collector. Word on the street has it that it’ll hit Porsche dealers next month, but no sounds of what kind of software is under the metal.
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The next time you fill up your motor oil, your girl will suggest you this, the Hello Kitty 5W-30 oil by Agip. It is available in Japan for $33 a can. Nice, I would like to collect one 
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Transform car into a mouse. It is a promo video of the Toyota iQ new four-seater car.
“The feat required a large indoor space, a web cam, two laptops, an LED for the car, and a projection screen.
The camera tracked the light on the car and translated its position into X-Y co-ordinates. The first laptop sent these co-ordinates to the second laptop 30 times per second. The second laptop read these co-ordinates and moved its mouse cursor in real-time. That image was then projected onto the large screen”
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Duct tape is a polyethylene, reinforced, multi-purpose pressure sensitive tape with a soft and flexible shell and pressure sensitive adhesive. Well not that simple. Do you know that it can stop a car? Read more…
A New York based artist Jeremy Dean has converted the Hummer H2 Truck into a horse drawn carriage. The real horse power.
Says “Back to the Futurama is a protest against an unsustainable lifestyle and a rolling reminder of what could happen when the oil runs out.”
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The Lamborghini Levo concept is designed by Mauro Lecchi. The Levo is based on the Murcielago package, respecting characteristic guidelines of the Gallardo and the Reventon. It was made for the “Master in Transportation Design at Scuola Politecnica di Design, Milano, under the guidance of Filippo Perini and Wolfgang Egger.” More pictures after the break. Read more…
Lexus has announced their special edition LFA Nürburgring. Extra grunt and carbon fiber added. It boosts to 62mph in 3.7-seconds and hit the top speed of 202mph. I prefer it to be white. Read more…
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