A very curious place to present the new Mercedes Sprot Coupe FTC. The German brand has been the star at the Fashion Jall in Berlin, where the new vehicle was presented.

This incredible car has had several godparents of  luxury. The top model Eva Padberg, model Andrew Bruton, Boris Becker the former tennis player,  top model Naomi Campbell and Mika Häkkinen world champion of Formula 1 .

The Mercedes Benz Fashion Week in Berlin, a salon that brings together major fashion designers Germans and the rest of the world, has served to introduce the replacement of the previous Sport Coupe. The new version includes more than 1,100 new components, in addition to a new gasoline engine powered up to 184 hp, 200 Kompressor mount version.

The CLC Sport Coupe incorporates a new direction, more direct and responsive to the speed, a style that allows for a more sporty driving. As if that were not enough, Mercedes will offer a package of hardware that includes alloy wheels, 18-inch, low-profile tires, sport suspension and lowered, lined leather steering wheel and interior aluminum auctions.

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Seat has just presented the Seat leon Ecomotive is a very potent vehicle, but at the same time very ecological, because it registers a consumption value of 3.9 Km, for each 100 km, simply spectacular.

Vehicles such as the Volvo C30 Efficiency or the Volkswagen Golf Bluemotion, that has the same 1.9 TDI of 105 cv motor as the Leon Ecomotive, they have a 4.9 and 4.5 liters of the 100 respectively. The Renault Megane 1.5 dCi of 105 cv and is also in 4.5 liters.

The Spanish brand has surprised all in a positive way with this new ecological car, because as far as CO2 emissions, the Leon Ecomotive only emits 119gr/km, which makes it exempt from paying registration taxes.

Seat has had to modify the motor, the gearbox, tires and the global weight of the vehicle to be able to reach these ecological figures. Its price will be between 18,000 and 20,000

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Could you imagine a red line that tells you where to go at every moment? This innovative concept is the concept that Virtual Cable is developing.

The proud parents of this new creature are the developers of an American company called Making Virtual Solid (MVS). This sheme consist of a GPS system that replaces the traditional screen and voice instructions represented by a red line in the windshield.

Thanks to this innovative GPS, we could focus all our attention on the road, because we will be always looking at the windshield, so the distraction is very low. Its estimated price is around $200.

Virtual Cable consist in projecting , by the means of mirrors and lasers, the three-dimensional cable over the windshield, so there is no need for a special screen, it is simply a projected image from behind the controls of the vehicle.

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Its not the last deal of Goldcar, at least not for the moment. The latests craze has arrived in the world of car hire and that is the opcion of renting a Ferrari F348 Spider for just 250 euros.An American Company allows you to rent this jewel for just 5 hours in which you will be able to travel a maximum of 120 kilometers. But, you will need to pay extra for every mile you exceed.

This Las Vegas company, also allows you to rent a Lamborghini, a Porsche, a Jaguar or a Harley Davidson.

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The Rallye aficionados are in luck, because yesterday the world championships 2008 started. As it could not have been any other way, the fourth time world champion, Sebastien Loeb has already taken the lead in the Rally of Montecarlo, the first of the season.

Loeb´s objective is to impose a new record after winning in Montecarlo for the fifth time. The French won the second stage and widen his advantage at 12.7 seconds over his teammate in the Citroen team, Dani Sordo.

Nevertheless, there is still a lot to be see, the rally ends on Sunday.

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Hats off to the Asian car brands. In these moments, it seems that they are at the cusp of innovations and it shows in sales. The last little toy has been developed by Toyota.In this sense, the Japanese brand has announced a new security system that they have baptized Pre-crash Safety System, that will detect when we close our eyes while we drive.

This innovation, counts with an integrated camera situated in the hand panels that is capable of processign and detecting movements and the opening of our eyelids as well as the position of our face, so if we turn our head or close our eyes it will advise us.

This security system will be applied first to cars destined to Japan and later the distribution will be world wide.

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