Guilty Pleasure

Cars has been a hot topic in the recent weeks.
So i thought i might go ahead and do a quick post on it.

Let's start of with this awesome commercial by Shell & Ferrari.
Oh, and before you start watching, you might want to plug in a good earphone or headphone ;P



The vrrrrrrrooooom is like music to my ears~
I love how the old F1 Ferrari sounding rather muscular.
Unfortunately the new ones don't quite follow... :/
And at 39 seconds in, the road resembles the one in NFS:HP :D

Hope that got you started, now let's move on to Citroën .
When was the last time you've seen a Citroën on the road that dropped your jaw?
Never. Am i right?
Which is why i'm confused as well...
Because their jaw dropping cars are all concept materials.
Here's some examples.

The C-Métisse, love at first sight.
Introduced in 2006, i still love it now and i would get it if they do release the car in the future.
Trivia: Like most European cars where you start the ignition using a button, the button in this car is located up top near the rear view mirror like in jet planes, awesome!



3 years later they created another beauty.
The GT which was made especially for PS3's GT5.
Trivia: Though the engine was a V8 made by Ford and the handles were fragile (it broke easily)
none of that matter, coz it was sexy as hell~



And more recently, another addition to the sexy family of concept Citroëns, is the Metropolis.
Unlike the previous 2, this one is a 4 door.
Again, the number of doors on this car didn't matter, coz it was also...erm..not sexy but has this 'GRAND' feel to it, much like the Chrysler 300c and BMW 7 series , which is a great thing!
Trivia: The design team for this concept are based in Shanghai, China. But that doesn't mean the designer are Chinese.



Now Citroën, why don't you do yourself a favor and produce all these jaw droppers!

And speaking of 4 doors, one would normally think of family saloon cars or SUV when they hear that word.
But not anymore.
Even before the Metropolis, other car makers had been trying to spice up 4 door cars.
Such as the Porsche Panamera.


The Aston Martin Rapide.


And the Lamborghini Estoque.


And yes, if you've noticed, all these car makers specialize in sports cars.
Im thinking their customers who owned their previous 2 door cars finally got married and have children, and to continue in supporting them and their family, they got into the saloon car market, whilst maintaining the power and looks. xD
Here's an analogy, imagine a celebrity queuing up in a grocery supermarket to pay for something, waiting in line just like everyone else. Yea, it's kinda like that.
Trivia? The Panamera and Rapide are actual production cars while the Estoque is still just a concept.

Also, having unlocked all the cars in NFS:HP.
I've got to say that the Aston Martin One-77 is the most beautiful cars in the game.
It's so beautiful that im posting 2 photos of it xD
The design certainly shouts next generation and i can see that a lot of cars in the future will follow similar traits in the design.
Unfortunately, in the game, the handling doesn't match up to its beauty.
Well the its creators did mention that they wanted to create a car that is more of an art rather than a vehicle.
Trivia: Only 77 units were ever produced, hence the name.




The best car is obviously the Bugatti Veyron.
It's got great power and handling.
Also it's the fastest road car in the game and in the world.
The funny thing is, it sounded very muscular in the game.
I don't remember if the real one sound like that too :/
Trivia: The car has 16-(mutha)-cylinders! And 10-(effin)-radiators to cool the immense heat generated by the engine!



Also, the makers said the spoiler rises up upon reaching a certain speed to prevent the car from taking off.
I call BS, the spoiler 'rises' at high speed coz the car felt a chill 'down there' if you know what i mean... *nudge nudge*

Actually i thought the Lamborghini Reventon claimed to be the fastest car in the world last time when it raced a fighter jet.
Then it struck me, which i find it kinda hilarious coz jets typical travel above 700-800 kmph!
Which is faster than the speed of sound! Like lightning!
Also the Reventon is one class below the Veyron in the game topping at around 360kmph while the Veyron tops at 400kmph.
You can use turbo and NoS but it certainly won't go over 450kmph.

Speaking of Lambo.
They recently revealed an all new carbon-fibre Lamborghini called Elemento Sesto, meaning 6th Element.



The overall design looks stout, kinda like a Gallardo Spyder and it looks like something out of NFS Carbon where you'd get to add all sorts of body kits to it which kinda ruined the whole looks.
Not saying that body kits are bad, some look good on some cars while others don't.
Its like fashion, not everyone will look good dressing up like Lady Gaga.
Side note: All Veilside ones are goooood~ That's just my opinion xD
The only thing i like about the car is the great choice of color.
Well, carbon fibres are naturally colored but the red which complements the gunmetal is great.
Like the fuel covers.
I still don't know why there's 2 though...
Maybe you can have it to run on diesel and petrol xD