Tuesday, March 18, 2014

What's in our Car Town garage today? (March 18, 2014)

What's in our Car Town garage today?

1996 McLaren F1

In the 1990's, this British-engineered hypercar is the speed king at this decade. The McLaren F1 set the benchmark as one of the fastest production supercars ever made. Penned by Gordon Murray, the F1 features some of the unique stuff that no other modern supercars had such as the golden engine bay which makes it the best for heat insulation and a middle-positioned driver's seat to give the owner some racecar-like feeling while driving on the road. Powered by BMW's 6.1L V12 engine, the top speed of the F1 is 240mph.

1996 McLaren F1

2003 Mitsubishi Brian's Evolution VII

This modified Lancer Evolution VII is Brian O'Connor's ride of choice on a mission to Miami in 2 Fast 2 Furious, the sequel to the hit street-racing movie, The Fast and The Furious.

2003 Mitsubishi Brian's Evolution VII

2012 Pagani Huayra

Premiered at the 2011 Geneva Motor Show, the Huayra is the successor to the decade-long Pagani Zonda, the maiden hypercar of the Modena-based manufacturer.  The name Huayra comes from a South American God of the wind and as the name implies, it promises to blow away the competition thanks to its Mercedes-AMG M158 V12 twin-turbo engine that propels this hypercar from a 0-60 time of 3.4 seconds and a top speed of over 227mph.

2012 Pagani Huayra

2008 Pagani Zonda Cinque

Although it may not be classified as the "final edition" of the Zonda, the Cinque is a very special Zonda catered for the elite few because only five of these models are made and sold out. Although it is essentially a softened road-legal version of the record-breaking Zonda R track car, the Cinque is the first to introduce a new composite made out of carbon fiber and titanium called Carbotanium.

2008 Pagani Zonda Cinque

Monday, March 17, 2014

Let's Do The News! (March 17, 2014)

The big scoop today...

- In this episode of Jay Leno's Garage, Jay Leno checks out a clever kind of hybrid powertrain that uses the Ford Focus as its bases. The Ricardo HyBoost, a project from a company called Ricardo, is what happens when you want to downsize your engine for a 47% increase in fuel economy.

 

- Check out the latest clip for the upcoming second season of Puchimas, which will be streaming on the NicoNico channel this April Fool's Day. (Yes, it's April 1st)



- Japanese company, Hitachi, develops a transforming robot that will be part of the process of decommissioning the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Power Plant.

- Porsche's almost solving the problem on why some 911 (991) GT3 models sparked fire and caused a recall.

- Hot Import Nights 3 Philippines is coming this April 26 to 27 at the Metrotent, Metrowalk Open Grounds.

- Jessica Sanchez will sing the Philippine National Anthem at the Pacquiao-Bradley rematch this April 12th.

- In the Ukrainian Standoff; France orders Russia to stop "dangerous" escalation in the recent standoff.

- WATCH OUT! The National Telecommunications Commission orders ISPs to block online pornography starting this March.

- THIS IS CRAZY! Buhay Party List's Lito Atienza wants Korean dramas and other foreign dramas to be banned from primetime viewing.

TTFN!!!

Wow Mali Pa Rin! - 3/16/2014

In the March 16, 2014 episode of Wow Mali Pa Rin!

- instarista - Ordinary people...lights...camera...action!!!

- Para-Lola Activity - Beware...something's lurking when the lights out...it could be your granny!

- Gun Club - Is the party over for our stand-up comedian?

- Pa-Video Scandal - Can you please take a video of me?

- KRISSY IDEAS - Residential Wow Mali-er Krissy teaches a trick with balloons and bubble gums...on the door!

- PUTOK LOBO - Open the door...and POP goes the balloon!

- ANAK NG FU - This week, Mr. Fu sends two challengers to get ticketed by the MMDA officer.

- CALL NI IDOL - This week, guest celeb Ritz Azul prank called a kasambahay

Goin Bulilit goes to Japan (Part 2)

In the conclusion of the Goin Bulilit goes to Japan special...

- The Goin Bulilit kids have a song on their trip on Japan!

- Former Bulilit Sharlene San Pedro is reprising her Kurina K Kanchez stint in RATED KKK segment where she examines the wonders of Japan's vending machines.

- More gags in Japan!

- Sumo wrestling

- "Yun Lang!" jokes

- We take a look on Japan's culinary feasts...

- USE IN A SENTENCE jokes

- Getting wasted on sake...

- READY GET SET GOIN in...RIDE AND SLIDE!


...and that concludes TG Season 21!

Burma special

And here it is, after the boys survived through the adventure of building a bridge over the River Kok in Myanmar, that concludes Top Gear Season 21. From the 80's hot hatch, the burning Zenvo, McLaren P1 in Spa-Francorchamps, Alfa 4C vs. a quadbike, a date with the Disco Volante in Italy, a 6-wheel drive in Dubai, Aaron Paul as the fastest star in a reasonably priced Astra, cyclists PSA, a trip to Chernobyl in small hatchbacks, and a Porsche 918 in Yas Marina, Season 21 has been quite a ride...and guess we have to wait for the "ultimate showdown" for a long time but still, I really hope I'd enjoyed one heck of a ride in the 21st season.

See you next season!

Sunday, March 16, 2014

F1 2014: Australia GP


The F1 2014 season has begun with more twists than the last years and in the first race of the new season, held at Melbourne, Australia, Mercedes' Nico Rosberg kickstarts the season with his first win, leaving newcomer Kevin Magnussen of McLaren-Mercedes placed 2nd and teammate Jenson Button placed 3rd. During the race, Caterham's Kamui Kobayashi was cleared of any blame over his first-lap accident with Williams' Felipe Massa, saying that the Japanese racer's F1 car suffered a serious tech failure.

Originally, Red Bull Racing's new member, Daniel Ricciardo, was placed 2nd but he lost his 2nd place finish after stewards decided his car had run with too high a fuel flow rate during the race. In other words, he violated a new regulation that cars are limited to a fuel flow rate of 100kg/hour.

With Rosberg kickstarts the F1 2014 season, next race will be in Sepang, Malaysia, this March 30, 2014.

Let's Do The News! (March 16, 2014)

The big news today...

- On the Flight MH370 Missing Case, as investigations on the whereabouts continues...not to mention some scary conspiracy theories lurking around it, Malaysian PM Najib Razak said that it is claimed that somebody cut off the communications system of the MH370, switched off its transponder, and steered to the west, far from its scheduled route. Is it possible that Flight MH370 was...hijacked? Find out more later on...

- Ever since last year's Turbo movie spawned a Netflix original series called TURBO FAST, Dreamworks announced that they'll be making new Netflix original programmes out of their favorites. It includes King Julien from the Madagascar movies, Puss in Boots from the Shrek movies, and a revamp on Veggie Tales.

- Swedish hypercar maker, Koenigsegg, officially announced its return to USA courtesy of New York's Manhattan Motorcars. Does this mean we get to see the Agera hypercar on US roads sooner than we think?!

- Philippine bus operator, Victory Liner, reveals their safe speed-limit for their line of public buses, in an effort to reduce bus-related accidents that occurred most of the time in the Philippines.

- The third-generation Mazda Axela adds Thailand to its production sites. In other words, Thailand will produce this latest model at the Auto Alliance Thailand plant right now.

- Malaysian carmaker Perodua injects RM6 million to fund its UK distributor to boost the brand's after sales service even though they no longer supply their cars in the British Isles. Currently, Perodua exports their cars in Indonesia (via Daihatsu), Singapore, Brunei, Fiji, Mauritius, Nepal, and Sri Lanka.

- Comedian Jose Manalo was saddened by his daughter's suicide attempt. PEP reports...

- IN CASE YOU MISSED IT; MI-5 actress Keeley Hawes to guest star on Doctor Who Season 8.

- With Sef Cadayona being part of the Bubble Gang and enjoyed his part in the IKAW AT ANG INA portion, how did this young actor enjoyed his new lease in life in the world of comedy? PEP has a story for that.

- In the Ukraine Stand-off; the voting to decide if region leaves Ukraine for Russia starts in the embattled city of Crimea.

- A strong earthquake damaged a church in northern Peru.

TTFN!!!