Not everything in Goldcar has to be because a serious thing. We love humor, and the picture above is a little silly. For cavallino rampant and chocolate addicts this will make you salivate.

Apparently, the Pasticceri Italiani Club has used two tons of Belgian chocolate to produce are size model of the F2008.

As explained by Luigi Liberti, president of the FerrariNapoli Club  team, “it will be displayed until the end of the festival and then broken down with hammers and given to the attendees so they could take it home.”

The car, which is on display now in Sorrento, required that manufacturers to start melting the chocolate last year. It is coated with a layer sweetened bright red top layer totally edible and the wheels, seat and some accessories are pure solid chocolate. Delicious!

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This beautiful picture is the latest prototype of the two-seater electric car, to be known as  ZAP Alias and that is being developed by the British firm Lotus.

One of the greatest curiosities of this vehicle is that it combines a sporty design with an ecological concept. What is most surprising is that the ZAP Alias runs on only three wheels.

 The most fascinating fact of all, is its possible final price, which amounts to 15,000 pounds (about 20,000 euros).

The ZAP Alias can reach a maximum speed of 241 kilometers per hour and its acceleration is spectacular, from 0 to 96 miles per hour at 5′7 seconds. Why is it so fast? Because it is equipped with two electric motors that supply power to both front wheels reaching 322 PS.

The advantage of electric motors for the environment are fascinating because they are absolutely ecological and do not produce gas emissions to the atmosphere.

The ZAP Alias will go on sale starting next year, but it is more than likely that the final sale date be delayed considerably.

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The recognition of foreign national drivers licences to those wishing to drive in Spain may be changed soon, specifically in the month of March.

The aim of the new legislation is to bring awareness among immigrants drivers to the Spanish legislation.

Currently, immigrants who wish to obtain their driving licence must fill out an application form, submit a medical certificate, another of no previous criminal record or administrative and pay the applicable rate. But now it will not be so easy.

In this regard, there are some countries where driving is a simple administrative task for which fees are paid, without the need for screening, such as in  India.

Thus, the validation of the driver’s license for immigrants whose home countries comply with the above description will have to comply with the Spanish driving laws.
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Photo from flickr taken by emkei

A few months ago we talked about the initiative by the DGT to turn car lights on in the morning. And now the European Union is uniting to this initiative.

According to the Road Safety British minister, Jim Fitzpatrick, the EU will not obligate current vehicles to keep the head lights on during the day, but they do claim that all cars that are sold from 2011 have running day light.

This European initiative will affect all 2011 cars and hybrid vehicles and will be a requirement by mid-2012 for trucks and buses.

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phot captured in Flickr by Txulu

The other day we talked about a GPS that is installed in the windshield. Today we bring you a system that is monitorized by the rear-view mirror. It is called MirrorPilot, a navigator that displays the GPS sytem in the rearview mirror of the car. It´s a brilliant system, because it does not deviate your eyes from the road when looking at it.

The project will be presented to the public at the next Cebit fair in Germany. So far, we can only say that the MirrorPilot will cost about 700 euros and that the space that the screen occupies in the rear-view mirror is about 2.2 inches.

This gadget will be available only Europe since, since it will have a map of the entire continent, views of 2 and 3 dimensions, and voice controls and traffic reports.
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Ford has announced that its new small model will keep the name “Fiesta“, throughout the world and has confirmed its manufacturing factory to be in Almussafes (Valencia) in 2009 and in addition in Cologne (Germany).

The Fiesta was first manufactured in Almussafes in 1976. Since its first production over thirty years ago until now sales have surpassed 12 million units.

The new model keeps intact the innovative design of the Concept Verve which was presented at the Frankfurt Motor Show  in the autumn of 2007, thus demonstrating that conceptual designs can be transferred to the production by providing the vehicle with style, sophistication and excitement.
The new Fiesta will be officially presented in the next Geneva Motor Show.

The model will have the same dynamic character according to its elegant ‘kinetic design‘ style, that points to the energy of movement.

Dynamic driving engineers also worked hard to improve the driving comfort of the Fiesta and tried to isolate the sound of the road, the wind and the mechanics of the vehicle, and give the new model an impressively quiet driving quality for a small car.

A new novelty to the Fiesta line for the European market is the popular Ford Duratec 1.6 Ti-VCT engine. This 115hp engine with variable distribution, provides a well balanced mix of performance and economy. It presents an increase in benefits  of 15hp over the previous Fiesta without this representing any consumption penalties.

The Fiesta line also offers Duratec 1.25 (60 y 80 CV) y 1.4 (91 CV) gasoline engines.

The two diesel common rail Duratorq TDCi, el 1.4 (68 CV) and the  1.6 (90 CV) engines, have been improved with a revised injection technology and more advanced electronics.

The Fiesta also offers a Durashift 5-speed manual transmission or 4 speed automatic transmission, and has a 1.4 Duratec engine of 91 hp with excellent efficacy and quality changes.

source Cinco Días