Volkswagen T1 Race Taxi

A Swiss man named Fred Bernhard spent six years to turn his Volkswagen (VW) Kombi or T1. No kidding, he replaced the VW Kombi engine with the Porsche 993 engine and called the Volkswagen T1 Race Taxi.

Volkswagen T1 Race Taxi with Porsche 993 engine. (Picture from: http://bit.ly/1IKURTa)

As reported by the Motoring.com.au on Saturday, May 16, 2015, with this machine makes VW Kombi is capable of spewing 523 hp of power with 756 Nm of torque. This car also has two turbochargers and paired with 6-speed manual gearbox. Not only the engine, steering, and the brakes was also taken from Porsche.

Rear side view of Volkswagen T1 Race Taxi. (Picture from: http://bit.ly/1EdtQkZ)

Carbon fiber material was used to make the car body. As a result, the overall weight of this Kombi much lighter than usual. This Kombi modification has a weight of 1.5 tons. Its weight and performance is not much different from a sports car.

The plan, the gray, white and orange lines VW Kombi-engined Porsche 993, will be on display at the Wörthersee GTI Meeting in Germany, this week. *** [EKA | FROM VARIOUS SOURCES | MOTORING.COM.AU]

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The evidence of pre-Columbus trade was found

Christopher Columbus's status as the discoverer of the Americas sued. Historical evidence shows precisely the opposite, there are already many foreign nations to set foot there before October 12, 1492.

More recently a number of bronze artifacts found in a 1,000-year-old home in Alaska. The findings becoming evidences, that the trade has existed between the East Asia with the region called New World (America).

Archaeologists working at the Rising Whale site at Cape Espenberg, Alaska, have discovered several artifacts that were imported from East Asia. (Picture from: http://bit.ly/1GOHP7R)

The archaeologists found these artifacts at the 'Rising Whale' site near Cape Espenberg. "From a distance, the site looks like a whale surfacing," said Owen Mason, a researcher from the University of Colorado, who took part in the excavation at the site, as quoted by LiveScience on Friday, April 17, 2015.

This map shows possible trade routes that archaeological and historical evidence, gathered over the past 100 years, have teased out. (Picture from: http://bit.ly/1GOHP7R)

The latest findings combined with other findings generated within the last 100 years shows that the merchandise, as well as the idea, until in Alaska of the East Asian civilization - long before Christopher Columbus arrived in the Caribbean Sea in 1492.

"We see the evidence of interaction, directly with the 'high civilization' such as China, Korea, or Yakutia - a region in Russia," said Mason.

One of the bronze artifacts is pictured here. It may have originally been used as a buckle or fastener although its use when it reached Alaska may have been different. (Picture from: http://bit.ly/1GOHP7R)

The 'Whale Rising' findings including two bronzes artifacts, one of which is allegedly used as a buckle or fastener - with a piece of skin, which is from the age of carbon originating from the period around 600 AD. Meanwhile, the other bronze artifacts may be used as a whistle.

Bronze had not been developed at that time in Alaska. Archaeologists suspect, these artifacts were made in China, Korea, or Yakutia, then go to Alaska via the trade route.

Inside the house, the researchers found artifacts of obsidian material - shiny black stones of volcanic eruptions - which have chemical traces indicating that it is obsidian from Anadyr River valley in Russia.

'Whale Rising' site indicates there's a trade route that connects the Bering Strait (including Alaska side) with a civilization that flourished in the East Asian, before the time of Columbus. (Who discovered America?) *** [EKA | FROM VARIOUS SORCES | LIVESCIENCE]

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Sir Stirling Moss and #722 remain unbeaten

Sir Stirling Moss's performance has carved a legend in the Mille Miglia in 1955, as racer aged 25 years who was achieved success in the racing world career used the Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR #722. Now the car is touted as the most beautiful car racing model, which raced through the dangerous rural routes throughout the countryside in Italy.

Sir Stirling Moss at the Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance. (Picture from: http://mjm.ag/1IEBtXP)

Moss is pictured moments after winning in a record time of 10 hours, seven minutes and 48 seconds. (Picture from: http://dailym.ai/1KQymLl)

Sir Stirling Moss and co-driver Denis Jenkinson were completing a distance of 992 miles in 10 hours 7 minutes 48 seconds, with an average speed of 98.53 miles per hour with a car without safety features such as those held by modern cars today, and only rely on an excellent car brakes for the race.

Sir Stirling Moss and this Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR #722 remain unbeaten. (Picture from: http://bit.ly/1K9Bvck)

Looks like Sir Stirling Moss's performance is never going unbeaten, a record of these racers were unbeaten until 1956 and then 1957, when a fatal accident happened and caused two racers, nine spectators died, where five of them are the children. After the accident so that's the last race event.

To commemorate the 60th year of the victory of the invincible, some people from Petrolicious will show off the Sir Stirling Moss's car namely Mercedes-Benz #722 and invites hostmotorsport legendary for leading the event. *** [EKA | FROM VARIOUS SOURCES | PETROLICIOUS | DAILYMAIL | AUTOEVOLUTION]

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Golf GTE Sport wrapped in futuristic suits

Volkswagen really shows an extreme change in the figure of the VW Golf. This time the concept version could be considered more radical, because the VW Golf GTE Sport, that this concept model called already carrying a futuristic design.

Volkswagen Golf GTE Sport Concept with the Gullwing doors is part hot hatch, part supercar. (Picture from: http://bit.ly/1JMrheD)

This car was first introduced in Worthersee Austria which runs from May 14, 2015, with a much more futuristic look, including the application of the gullwing doors, making VW Golf GTE Sport has a very little similiarity with the serial production of GTE Golf plug-in hybrid.

Left side view of Volkswagen Golf GTE Sport Concept. (Picture from: http://bit.ly/1JMrheD)

The whole of its futuristic body is also wrapped in carbon fiber material. And the cockpit is made separately between the driver with a passenger. The seats are already used the bucket seat with 5 point seatbelt.

Interior and dashboard view of Volkswagen Golf GTE Sport Concept. (Picture from: http://bit.ly/1A5CHdi)

Now about the power source. VW Golf GTE Sport equipped with a plug-in hybrid system, which consists of a petrol TSI engine capacity of 1.6 liter, which adopted the tuning results of the Polo WRC, which gives a power of 299 hp and torque of 400 Nm.

Rear side view of Volkswagen Golf GTE Sport Concept. (Picture from: http://bit.ly/1JMrheD)

The combustion engine will be combined with two electric motors, one placed in front of the DCT gearbox house which accounts for a power of 115 hp and 330 Nm of torque, as well as another electric motor in the rear could give the power of 115 hp and 270 Nm torque.

If all the car's power source merging, could generates the power combination up to 400 hp and 670 Nm torque. When the combustion engine and electric motor combined, the VW Golf GTE Sport can accelerated from 0 to 100 kph in 4.3 seconds, before it continues gassed up to a maximum speed of 280 kph.

Although it had a fierce performance, the VW Golf GTE Sport concept remains very frugal fuel consumption. In hybrid mode, only 2 liters/100 km. And can drivr as far as 50 km just to rely on electric power alone. *** [EKA | FROM VARIOUS SOURCES | DIGITAL TRENDS]

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Chicken embryos with dinosaur's snout

65 million years ago, dinosaurs disappeared from the Earth. Extinction not necessarily remove the traces of the animal's existence, but leave what scientists call the "avian birds".

Based on the studies that have been done, they believe that birds living today is the result of the evolution of dinosaurs: a bird's beak structure replaces the function of the hand on a dinosaur for grasping food, making it a kind of tweezers to clamp prey. While hands dinosaurs evolved into wings in birds.

An artist rendition of the non-avian dinosaur Anchiornis (left) and a tinamou, a primitive modern bird (right), with snouts rendered transparent to show the premaxillary and palatine bones. (Picture from: http://bit.ly/1EAyiut)

Bhart-Anjan Bhullar, a paleontologist and biological development of Yale University, said that there are now at least 10 to 20 thousand species of living birds. "That way we can still say that today still include dinosaur era," he said, as quoted by LiveScience on May 12, 2015.

CT cans of the skulls of a control chicken embryo, altered chicken embryo and an alligator embryo. The chicken embryo whose protein activity had been modified shows the ancestral snout. (Picture from: http://bit.ly/1EAyiut)

Bhart-Anjan and his team at Harvard University conducted an experiment that aims to determine how the half evolved. They managed to restore the shape of the muzzle of a dinosaur in chicken embryos, and replacing half of its original shape. Muzzle shape resembles the muzzle of a Velociraptor and Archaeopteryx.

However, these embryos are not allowed to hatch. "We do not intend to produce a chicken-dinosaur species, only interested in the beak evolutionary process," added Bhullar. *** [EKA | FROM VARIOUS SOURCES | LIVESCIENCE]

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6 World celebrities with simple cars

Being a celebrity's certainly a promising profession for individuals. Celebrity identical to the income that is above average, luxury living, well-known, has a lot of private vehicles, as well as super luxury homes. Almost all items attached to them come from famous brands that cost so fantastic.

But apparently not all celebrities go through life with the luxury goods and the famous branded. One is simple car that used by world renowned celebrities in their daily activities.

1. Zac Efron

Celebrity who was famous with the "High School Musical" movie started his career with a car that is almost equal to half of his age. His first car is a 1999 Oldsmobile Alero made by one of the divisions of Generak Motors (GM), United States.

A 1999 Oldsmobile Alero, Zac Efron’s grandfather left one to him, so that’s what he drives! (Picture from: http://bit.ly/1zVuqZn)

2. Mel Gibson

A veteran actor and  movie director who born in 1956 still choose Toyota Cressida as his favorite car. Mid-size sedan was introduced in 1976 which has expired its production since 1993.

Mel Gibson drives a Toyota Cressida. (Picture from: http://bit.ly/1PE2xqC)

3. Morgan Freeman

The senior actor has starred in a variety of famous Hollywood films, such as Batman, Bucket List, and many other famous movies. Although the senior actor with a myriad of famous film but Morgan Freeman still choose a 1997 Nissan Maxima as his daily car.

Morgan Freeman choose a 1997 Nissan Maxima as his daily car. (Picture from: http://bit.ly/1IvBdfe)

4. Collin Farrell

Collin James Farrell, commonly known by Collin Farrel is an actor who starred in many Hollywood action movies. Along with his genre movie, Collin also use SUVs for his daily vehicle. Collin chose two-door Ford Bronco which had stopped been made in 1996.

Collin Farrell drives a Ford Bronco. (Picture from: http://bit.ly/1PE2xqC)

5. Ron Artest

Compared with his friends another basketball players who competed in the US basketball league (NBA), he would prefer a simple car to accompany his daily activity. To show his love of the basketball club, Ron specifically uses 2011 Hyundai Genesis Lakers Special Edition complete with the yellow attributes that taken from the club uniform.

Ron Artest and his Hyundai Genesis Lakers Special Edition. (Picture from: http://bit.ly/1K5r1L5)

6. Conan O'Brien

Conan O'Brien is presenter of a famous talk show in the United States. Conan chose 1992 Ford Taurus SHO as his daily vehicles. Many people ask what kind of car he used to get to the studio. He said 1992 Ford Taurus SHO and emphasized if the car was cool enough to be used in New York means the car is also going to be really cool to be used in Los Angeles.

Conan O'Brien drives a 1992 Ford Taurus SHO. (Picture from: http://bit.ly/1zY7JUn)

Have a lot of money turned out not to be spent to buy expensive items, including cars. Choose a car according to your needs and comfort and not compete each other for prestige with bought the luxury expensive cars. *** [EKA | FROM VARIOUS SOURCES | KFUN995.COM | JALOPNIK]

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Bill Wyman will auction two of his classic cars

For fans of the Rolling Stones would have been very familiar with Bill Wyman. Yes, the former Rolling Stones bass guitar player was rumored to be auctioning off two units of his classic cars at the Bonhams Goodwood Festival of Speed ​​Sale that will take place on June 26, 2015 in Chichester, England.

Bill Wyman drives his 1966 Mercedes-Benz 250 S. (Picture from: http://bit.ly/1L1id6D)

The two of his classic cars were 1966 Mercedes-Benz 250 S and 1971 Citroën Maserati SM. Neither Mercedes-Benz 250 S or Citroën Maserati SM, both were once drove by Bill Wyman when visited some recording studios in the UK and also in some other places in Europe.

Bill Wyman's 1966 Mercedes-Benz 250 S. (Picture from: http://bit.ly/1L1id6D)

Before finally restored in 1997, Bill Wyman says that his German-made classic cars it used to be one of the few cars of first Mercedes-Benz that used the dark glass. But eventually replaced with clear glass because he often got pulled over by the British police.

Bill Wyman and his 1971 Citroën Maserati SM. (Picture from: http://bit.ly/1zYAmkn)

And Bill Wyman bought the Citroën Maserati SM in 1971 when he lived in France until 1982. The car has double headlights and because of its incredible engine make him fall in love with this French-made car.

Bill Wyman's 1971 Citroën Maserati SM. (Picture from: http://bit.ly/1L1id6D)

Even so tough, Bill was ever drove the Citroën Maserati SM's 16-hour round-trip from Paris to Cap Ferrat. However, the most amazing, Bill was ever drove this car to several countries in Europe. Starting from Spain, Italy, to Switzerland. Nevertheless, Bill still take good care and maintain well these two classic cars condition.

"I am sorry to say goodbye to these two cars," said Wyman, according to The Guardian.  "I feel they should now go to people who will love and take care of them as much as I have."

His classic Mercedes-Benz 250 S expected to sell for about around ₤20,000 to ₤25,000 and the Citroën Maserati could go for ₤35,000 to ₤40,000. Are you interested? *** [EKA | FROM VARIOUS SOURCES | THE GUARDIAN | AUTO WORLD NEWS]

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