42Mbps iPhone looks real, but only in 2011
This will especially good be the utmost tech hoax of the year. A Telstra executive in Australia has kept on quoted or probably misquoted as claiming too the 3G iPhone can undergo broadband speeds of up to 42Mbps. This Moore’s law defying statement is invested in a good deal more as opposed to a few unwitting homeowners thinking such outrageous announcement. First of all the iPhone’s Infineon S-Gold3 Multimode Chipset maxes out at a information speediness of 7.2Mbps. Secondly, all Telstra’s 3G network too emphasizes info speeds of simply upto 14.4Mbps. These two actually crucial ingredients issue out the argue insured gibberish, at the very least in the pretty well future. Having declared that, these types of insanely quick speeds are positively possible, but we trouble to wait till 2011. That is when 2011 ought to see mobile networks around the nation embracing 4G mobile network technology. Until then, 42Mbps on an iPhone, plans to in all probability, keep a pipe dream.
Lexus execs spills the beans: GS F model, 1-series fighter, hybrid galore
Lexus Australia’s primary executive, John Roca, gave up a sum of product things to The Australian in an interview such previous weekend, in conjunction with the addition of an “F” variant of the GS sedan and likely a full-size LS limo. Both examples are aimed to attack luxury stalwarts Audi, BMW and Mercedes-Benz by giving a sum of high-performance variants and too developing a new ideal the should slot in underneath the IS sedan to take on the BMW 1-series and the Audi A3. That exemplary is continuing to a few decades away, but it ought to be an integral side of Lexus’ commitment to get hold of one million foreign dealings in the subsequently two to 3 years.
The a larger amount of factor includes bringing about hybrid versions of most every car it sells, additonally the introduction of a hybrid-only example too should be unveiled in thinking produce currently January at the Detroit Auto Show. Toyota’s luxury arm plans to release a redesigned five-seater RX approaching year, founded off the LF-Xh idea too bowed in Tokyo, regardless of there is no word on the mythical seven-seat variant due out before the end of the decade.
Naturally, no conversation regarding Lexus could be broad without specific talk about of a two-door, coupe/convertible version of the IS, a example that is continued sorely lacking based on data from the Lexus lineup, plus, the LF-A supercar, that may in the end arrive to world in 2011, but may alone be out there in left-hand drive.
Mitsubishi Colt Ralliart Version R Special: Now with SUPER STIFFNESS
Alex and I share an unbridled lust for the Mitsubishi Colt Ralliart Version R. We’ve imagined a death match between the souped-up Colt and the Honda Fit, but Mitsu insists that there’s no market for a flickable fuel miser here in the States. They’re wrong.
Regardless, since its introduction two years ago, the Ralliart Colt has already been kitted out by Recaro and now, they’ve decided to send out an even more limited edition that’s boasting a 10-percent stiffer body through the use of some extensive seam welding. Aside, from that, not much has changed. It’s still powered by the same turbocharged 1.5-liter four, sending 154-hp to the front wheels through a Getrag five-speed manual. To drum up a bit more enthusiasm about the limited run of 300 Mitsubishi Colt Ralliart Version R Specials, Mitsubishi set out to break the 1:10 mark at the Tsukuba circuit in Japan. That’s enough to make Skylines, NSXs and all manner of JDM exotica chuckle underneath their burbled exhausts, but as any true pistonhead knows, driving slow cars fast has a perverse appeal that even the most high-powered uber-whip can’t match.
You can check out three Japanese-language videos of the Colt at Tsukuba after the jump.
[Source: Mitsubishi, JPCN]
“Hello dad, I totaled your Ferrari - what time is dinner?”
Somewhere, a father in Melbourne weeps. There were 16 Ferrari 360 Challenge Stradales imported to Australia and New Zealand. There are now 15. A proud dad gave his son the keys to his so-rare-it’s-almost-extinct Ferrari, and his son got a little too frisky with the audacious redhead. She didn’t appreciate his advances, he lost control of the situation, and that little redhead introduced him to a pole… at a high rate of speed by the looks of it.
And as if that didn’t beat all, the kid had to call home. While news crews watched. And filmed. Only to have newspapers and blogs spread the story around the world. No word on what his father said, but it probably rhymed with “Why I oughta @#%$*&%!”
Police say the driver was speeding, which means he must not have seen these commercials. But now, at least, he has a theme song, so sing along: “To you other kids all across the land, take it from me, parents just don’t understand…” Thanks for the tip, Patrick!
[Source: Sydney Morning Herald]
Last Mitsubishi 380 auctioned for $100,000 in Australia
There’s an old saying, you only want what you can’t have. It holds particularly true in the context of Australia’s Mitsubishi 380. The vehicle’s Adelaide manufacturing facility was recently shuttered, partially due to lack of interest in the six-cylinder sedan. However, the vehicle’s cancellation announcement ended up increasing demand for the final batch of 380s to roll off the assembly line. For that reason, Mitsubishi decided to auction off the final car to its suddenly sentimental Aussie dealers. The last domestically produced 380 ended up fetching $100,000 Australian dollars ($93,364) after all was said and done, which is more than three times its MSRP. John Hughes Mitsubishi, a Perth, Australia dealership, coughed up the cash for the winning bid. Mitsubishi also gave it the honor of choosing a charity to benefit from the proceeds of the sale. Knowing that the 380 in Australia is basically a Down Under-ified version of the Galant on sale in North America, is there any circumstance under which you could imagine paying that much for a Galant?
[Source: Ward’s Auto]
“Hello dad, I totaled your Ferrari - what time is dinner?”
Somewhere,
a father in Melbourne weeps. There were 16 Ferrari 360 Challenge Stradales imported to Australia and New Zealand. There are now 15. A proud dad gave his son the keys to his so-rare-it’s-almost-extinct Ferrari, and his son got a little too frisky with the audacious redhead. She didn’t appreciate his advances, he lost control of the situation, and that little redhead introduced him to a pole… at a high rate of speed by the looks of it.And as if that didn’t beat all, the kid had to call home. While news crews watched. And filmed. Only to have newspapers and blogs spread the story around the world. No word on what his father said, but it probably rhymed with “Why I oughta @#%$*&%!”
Police say the driver was speeding, which means he must not have seen these commercials. But now, at least, he has a theme song, so sing along: “To you other kids all across the land, take it from me, parents just don’t understand…” Thanks for the tip, Patrick!
[Source: Sydney Morning Herald]
