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Category Archives: Design
Hot Keels
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Behold: the Vanqraft VQ16 from Vanquish Yachts – a 4.9 metre fibreglass jet ski-speedboat hybrid, propelled by a 1.8L, 200bhp Yamaha engine with an impressive top speed of 40 knots in standard model or 50 in the supercharged Veloce version.
Yours for about €80,000.
A new active marine suspension system from Australian engineering company Nauti-Craft that promises to mitigate (if not completely cancel out) the rolling effect of waves.
Hot Wheels
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Behold: the all new Ferrari 812GTS – a front engined 789bhp 6.5l, V12 – the fastest production semi-convertible on the market.
No car will drive the wind through your hair or across your sunburnt scalp faster.
Yours for around €356,000.
Related: Novitech 812GT Superfast.
Never mind.
The ‘Grow Cable’ – a pulsating umbilical phone charger by Japanese designer Mio Izawa.
Yours for about €5,300 (incl. P+P).
Glamper Van
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Behold: the Hymer VisionVenture – the German manufacturer’s concept of camper van life circa 2025. Based on the latest Mercedes Sprinter with a luxurious and surprisingly spacious bamboo, felt, and leather lined interior, massive windows, temperature-regulating exterior paint, a fold out deck and pneumatically operated pop-up double bedroom.
The vehicle, which debuted at Caravan Salon in Duesseldorf earlier this month, is intended as a ‘design showcase’ rather than an actual production model. The final configuration (and price) won’t be released until closer to 2025.
An in depth tour of BMW’s vast motorcycle factory at Spandau in Germany by Exceptional Engineering – a synchronised ballet of human and robot collaboration that can crank out an S1000RR superbike, complete with hand-built engine – in just two hours.
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Behold: the Volkswagen ID.3 – the final version of a new series of all-electric vehicles on which the company is now betting its future.
Due for release in 2020 and looking like a smoothed-out Golf, the base model (of three) will have a 330km range, topping out at 550km for the top end model. A 25cm screen and a series of touch sensitive panels control everything except the windows and hazard lights.
Pricing starts at €30,000 (in Germany), after grants.
