Friday, February 27, 2009

ebay find: Whoa! A Chevrolet Cobalt 'Star Wars' Edition

Complete with proton torpeedo upgrade!
"This Paint features a detailed Star Wars likeneses like the Darth Vader reaching his hand out as if he's congering up the red realistic fire and the Dumbbell nebula. Next to him are the Imperial Walkers & Storm Trooper. Also featured are Photo reproductions of Nebulas and gallixies Etc. Photographed by the Hubble telescope. The Hubble is featured on drivers side over the planet Saturn along with the Horsehead nebula and Helix nebula. Both doors feature spiral galaxies NGC 1300 & M81. Passanger (blue) side features the Eagle and Trifid nebulas along with the NGC 346 emission nebula & Pleiades star cluster NGC 1432 with Boomerang nebula in door jam. Front view features the SN1987a Supernova remnant with The Mice center and Orion nebula next to R2D2/C3PO. Next to that is Han Solo Frozen in carbinite with a stunning Toxic Green Yoda congering up the realistic blue fire and light saber. AWESOME!! The hood features X-Wing Fighter, Millenium Falcon, Imperial & Corellian Fighters and Death Star plus much more. We used House of Kolors Auto Finishing products, basecoat and candy colors to produce and create this truly fabulas art work over original factory paint. This is a one of a kind Custom Painted car. The paint is smooth and super shinny. Many hours have been spent buffung and polishing this car. Painted Aug. of 2008, John and myself worked over 200 hours from preping, creating, producing and finishing this stunning professional paint job in just 4 weeks in August, showing it Laybor Day Weekend. We have shown this car several times and took home the Best Graphics Award at Harps Lake, Wisconsin Laybor Day weekend. Sure to win more. We have gotten a huge responce and great comments. The Custom Paint extends under the hood, door jams and rocker panels. This car was professionally cleaned and prepaired prior to paint. Front end and doors were disasembled so all edges and undersides were cleared. Sales tax, Licence and pick-up is resposability of winner. We will work with winner to secure a pleasent sale and delivery. Your satisfaction is our goal. Car offered as is. This paint has held up to driving condition. Any extra work is possable but possably at additional cost. The interier has been kept clean but not new. This car preforms very well, its comfertable a pleasure to drive with good gas econamy and a head turner. Good Luck and May the Force Be With You.

The FORCE will be Strong as you drive this very comfotable and gas economical car."

Source (with more pics);
http://jalopnik.com/tag/chevy-cobalt/?id=5160916

Honda Malaysia scores highest monthly sales ever thanks to new 2009 Honda City

The Honda City seems to be defying the current financial downturn as it has helped propel Honda Malaysia Sdn Bhd achieve its highest monthly sales ever in history, bringing Honda market share up to 10% of the Total Industry Volume, in a market that has shrunk by 17.5% year on year. Honda scored 1,693 units of the Honda City in January 2009, which is nearly 50% of total Honda sales of 3,815 units. The Civic, Accord and CR-V scored sales of 734, 803 and 413 units respectively. Honda dealership traffic has also doubled ever since the City’s launch. Honda Malaysia has bumped up production for the City by 20% to shorten the waiting period and the Pegoh Plant in Malacca is running at full capacity on two 10-hour shifts and even the occasional runtime during holidays. Read our past coverage of the 2009 Honda City linked below.

Source;
http://paultan.org/archives/2009/02/27/honda-malaysia-scores-highest-monthly-sales-ever-thanks-to-new-2009-honda-city/

Novitec Rosso ferrari F430 RACE part3 [1280X853]..

Novitec Rosso ferrari F430 RACE part2 [1280X853]..

Novitec Rosso ferrari F430 RACE part1 [1280X853]..

BRABUS SLR Roadster with ULTIMATE 112 tender [1280X850]..

More Info. on Honda's plan for a bioethanol research plant


Tokyo, Japan - Honda Motor Company has announced that it plans to build a new research facility for bioethanol production technology from non-edible cellulosic material, such as the stems and leaves of plants. The facility will be built in Kazusa Akademia Park in Japan.

The new facility of Honda R&D will be a single, 1,050-square-metre building, with construction scheduled to begin in April 2009. The company’s goal is to begin operations in November 2009.

Honda has been collaborating on research into bioethanol production technology since 2006 with RITE (Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth) and has been conducting research on the bioethanol conversion process in an experimental plant since April 2007. The new building will allow for research using a large-scale experimental facility that will enable more accurate evaluations.

Source;
http://www.canadiandriver.com/2009/02/26/honda-plans-bioethanol-research-plant.htm