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I hope this thing wasn't fake. What a addition to the super-rides family. Nice to have a "gathering", in a not so far future.

insanely georgous!

"original Vector founder Gerald Wiegert is working on a new supercar" -source








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People of Sebring. Get ready to fly with the Lizardddddd...
This already super awesome Porsche GT3 RSRs from team Flying Lizard, has been team up with Troy "Helmet Painter" Lee to look even handsomer this coming 2007 American Le Man Series. Not to paint their driver's head-protection-system, but the "whole team". :).... (the car of course).Other teams, be carefull not to kiss this Porsh or you'll
pay the "price".



























Press Release:

Flying Lizard Partners with Troy Lee for 2007 Season

March 12, 2007 - Sebring, Florida - The business card says helmet painter, but don't let that fool you. For Troy Lee, what began 25 years ago as a hobby painting motocross helmets in his garage has evolved into an iconic racing design and gear business. Troy is famous in these circles: he's worked with some of the most prominent athletes in racing from F1 to NASCAR, Motocross to Enduro to Freestyle, Dirt Track to Road Racing, MTB to BMX. A racer himself, Troy has been a major proponent of motocross and an important part of its resurgence in the U.S. The Team TLD/Honda professional AMA Supermoto team won both the Supermoto and the Supermoto Lites championships in 2006.

Not surprisingly, many Lizards are attracted to or participate in the world of extreme sports. According to 24-year old Lizard mechanic Travis Lewis, "I work in road racing and in my spare time I compete on my dirt bike in amateur events. I see a lot of parallels between the two sports. The technology is cool - both motocross and sports car racing have the latest and greatest. Mainly it's the extreme part of it. Endurance racing is a set of extremes: to win, you need extreme skill and have to perform on the extreme edge, for a long time. To excel at either sport you have to be part of a great team and be a great athlete. The races are fun - it's loud, exciting, there's always something happening and you get to be part of the action in the paddock instead of sitting in a grandstand."

When Jennifer Hart, Lizard marketing director, first saw the aggressive profile of the new 2007 Porsches, she finally saw her opportunity to push the Lizards' look to match the new car. "We contacted Troy to see if there was any interest in working with us. When we met with him, it was immediately clear that both organizations' commitment to performance and love of their respective sports could make us natural collaborators."

Starting with the Porsche 911 GT3 RSRS, Troy quickly got his arms around the project, pushing the team on a new design for their transporters and even Seth's helmet. "When I look at any design project, whether it's two wheels or 18, I want to make it look like it's going 200 mph while standing still._This is my first project in the American Le Mans Series and it's been great to work with Flying Lizard. I got my start working on Porsches back in Laguna Beach in the early 80's, and I'm happy to be working on Porsches again now."

Another exciting dimension of the collaboration is some new LizardGear designed by Troy Lee. Check out the new gear at our online store at www.lizardms.com.

Sports car fans look for Troy's Supermoto team at some upcoming ALMS events and Supermoto fans look for the Lizards at some AMA events near you.

For more on Troy Lee, see www.troyleedesigns.com.

Sebring Race Details_The Lizards hit the track this week for the ALMS season opener, the 55th Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring in Sebring, Florida, March 17. The green flag will fall shortly after 10 a.m. with SPEED TV providing live coverage._The race also will be broadcast by ALMS Radio with Live Timing & Scoring available at americanlemans.com. Flying Lizard will broadcast their radio transmissions live during the race. For more on this and on the team's 2007 schedule, see www.lizardms.com.

About Flying Lizard Motorsports_Founded in 2003, the Sonoma, Calif-based Flying Lizard team is readying for its fourth season of sports car racing with the American Le Mans Series (ALMS). In 2007, the team will again field two Porsche 911 GT3 RSRs - the No. 44 and the No. 45 - in the 12-race ALMS season.

The Flying Lizard squad has finished in the top three in the ALMS drivers'_and team championships in every season to date. In 2006, Johannes van Overbeek was second in the ALMS GT2 drivers' championship and the team finished third. In 2005, van Overbeek was third in the ALMS GT2 drivers'_championship and the team finished in third. In 2004, in their inaugural year, Johannes and the team finished in second place. Flying Lizard has completed two contests at the historic 24 Heures du Mans, finishing fourth in GT2 in 2006 and third in 2005.

Visit the team website at www.lizardms.com


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A futuristico concept BMW super ride designed by the people at 3DHIFI(Benny Herudek 2004). Kudos to 'em. Great work guys.




















































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Another noble effort by Japanese Motoring powerhouse -Honda, to raise awareness of the environmental issues facing our beloved planet Earth. Launched at the Earth Gallery (no other better place than this) in London’s Natural History Museum, Honda’s 2007 challenger, the RA107, will feature no commercial logos at all, replacing them with a giant image of the Earth.

Honestly, I won't drive any car painted in that particular "tattoo", but if it is an GP-winning-F1-car, definitely the answer is yes. Some more.. drive for planet earth (in theory), whoa.. what a contribution.Using F1 as a platform to "communicate" with the earthlings to better love their only habitat is a huge effort towards a better, more greener life.
Let's show our full support .. (have our names on the car. Via www.myearthdream.com)
Go Honda!! (by a Honda-ers)



(Source:Honda F1)
Honda Racing F1 Team launches pioneering environmental concept

The Honda Racing F1 Team today announced a major new initiative for the 2007 Formula 1 season. To help raise awareness of the environmental issues facing the planet, the RA107 F1 car will simply feature a huge image of earth, in place of the advertising and sponsor logos which have featured and dominated all other F1 cars for decades.

The car’s new look is a powerful call to action for fans, sponsors, customers and members of the public to join Honda’s commitment to help address the environmental issues facing the world.

Via the websitewww.myearthdream.com, anyone who wishes, will have the opportunity to have their name on the car, make a pledge to make a lifestyle change to improve the environment and make a donation to an environmental charity. Under the concept of “our car is your car”, each name will form a tiny individual pixel which will help build the image of planet earth on the car. Each name will be visible on the website when you make the pledge or under a microscope on the car.

Universal Music, the largest music company in the world, and Gatorade are the first global brands to partner the team in this exciting new concept. Existing partners have enthusiastically embraced the idea and all remain involved with the team for the 07 season. In addition, the team is delighted to announce that Fila, IBM, Instron, Oliver Sweeney, Perkin Elmer, Showa Denko, TUV and GF Agie Charmilles have joined the roster of team partners and suppliers.

The Honda Racing F1 Team will work closely with global environmental charities to develop Honda’s existing environmental ethos within the world’s most high profile motor-sport.



Nick Fry, Chief Executive Officer, Honda Racing F1 Team

“Climate change is probably the single biggest issue facing our planet and F1 is not immune from it. On the contrary we believe that F1 with its huge global profile and cutting edge technology can play an important role in not only highlighting the issues but also playing our part in developing solutions. In addition, the FIA recognises the opportunity for F1 to play an important role in developing technologies for the benefit of society long term. For example, by 2009, devices for energy recovery will be in place on the cars.

“So we at Honda F1 are proud to dedicate our car to the environmental challenge. We believe that solutions can stem directly from engineers working on our F1 program and are working harder than ever to achieve our dreams and win the World Championship while embracing and underscoring Honda’s environmental ethos.”

“First and foremost, we are a race team and F1 is very much a team sport. We achieve our racing objectives only by working together and parallels can be drawn with the way that we must all join together to address the environmental challenge. We hope that in raising awareness and highlighting the issues we will encourage members of the public to come together and help take on the challenge of climate change”.

Yasuhiro Wada, Chairman, Honda Racing F1 Team and General Manager, Honda Motor Company

“Honda has a huge desire to challenge for this year’s 2007 F1 World Championship. We hope this year will be a successful and exciting season. Equally we intend to give something back in the form of our new environmental F1 concept, which we believe will bring something fresh and new to motor sport.”

“Honda constantly strives to be innovative in both its technology and its thinking and to sincerely respond to the demands of customers and society. Honda has always made great efforts to contribute to the preservation of the environment in its corporate activity. We hope this new initiative for Honda in F1 will help to further stimulate awareness and interest across the world for these important environmental issues.”

Are you the few hundred very super lucky earthlings who owns one of these? Yet another award came in.... Hmmmmm. Shocked? (Not me...)

Found yours in this list? Mine at number 11... :)

Zurich Iconic Car Index Top 10:

1. Ferrari Enzo £425,000
2. Porsche Carrera GT £315,000
3. Ferrari F599 £157,000
4. Aston Martin Vanquish S £177,000
5. Mercedes-Benz SLR £317,000
6. Bugatti Veyron £840,000
7. Ferrari 612 Scaglietti £175,000
8. Lamborghini Murcielago £175,000
9. Bentley Continental GT £115,00
10. Pagani Zonda £380,000

"Enzo bad day"














"The Icon"


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