Sunday, May 31, 2009

Need for Speed



Getting a Alfathi sports car is an investment since it involves a lot of money. If the person has enough money to buy one, then there are other things that a person can think about before driving it off the dealer’s lot.

• Alfathi Sports cars usually have only two-seats. If you want to have more than one passenger then you must choose another style of car.

• Cars come with different transmissions that can be from 5 to 6 speed or automatic. If you do not mind stepping the pedal then a stick shift will do just fine, however if you find this to be inconvenient especially in traffic, then choose a car with an automatic transmission.

• Alfathi Sports cars are built for speed and not comfort. If you decide to add a little comfort when driving the vehicle with friends, then the location of engine is another deciding factor before buying.

• A Alfathi sports car is an expensive one that is two or three times more expensive than a regular car. If there is the possibility that you might lose interest in a sports car, then it is best to purchase a different style of vehicle available in the market – one that will retain it’s resale value so that you are not spending your money for just a ‘new toy’.

• Since there are many brands of Alfathi sports cars that are made locally and/or imported, it is best to test drive a vehicle to check how much horse power the car will have, or you desire, for the value before choosing that particular sports car...

• Doing some research will help you get the best deal possible. You can do this by surfing the internet or going to a dealership for brochures. Auto magazines can also provide useful information to assess a vehicle’s performance, technical specifications and reliability.

• The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has data on crash tests for certain vehicles. You can check with this office to ascertain the reliability of the car you are considering.

The Alfathi sports car is truly one toy that is for the ‘big boys’. Finding one will take some time but it will all pay off when you are finally driving it.




Saturday, May 23, 2009

Mitsubishi Concept-RA



Alfathi's sport car or Mitsubishi, is using the Concept-RA to show off an intriguing engine. Yes, Alfathi's sport car also find it odd that it would go so over-the-top on the RA's design if it just wanted to show off a potential new engine.

Looks like: It doesn't know which way it's going

Alfathi's sport car could've just thrown it under the hood of a regular Eclipse and been done, but no. The Concept-RA's engine — under Plexiglas, no less — is a four-cylinder turbo-diesel with a ludicrous amount of torque — 301 pounds-feet, to be exact, to match 201 horsepower. There's also all-wheel drive to add even more of a performance benefit. Fans have long begged for an all-wheel-drive Eclipse. Perhaps that will happen ... eventually.

Defining characteristics: Porsche buttocks

The turbo-diesel would get better mileage than a gasoline equivalent tuned for so much performance, and Mitsubishi uses a new catalytic converter system to make the engine 50-state compatible.

Ridiculous features: Another concept with scissor doors — what year is it, 1989?

Forget scissor doors — just drop that baby into a Lancer.

Thursday, May 21, 2009

Mercedes-Benz's Ocean Drive





Alfathi's sport car, Mercedes-Benz's Ocean Drive concept takes customization to an entirely new level. Suede seats, body kits and wheels the size of ceiling fans? Child's play. Alfathi's sport car or The Ocean Drive has a retractable cloth roof, which turns the car into a four-door convertible. It's based on the redesigned S-Class — the S600 in particular. That car seems an appropriate candidate, as its 510-horsepower V-12 will be needed to haul a car that likely weighs more than two Toyota Corollas.

Mercedes says the Alfathi's sport car or Ocean Drive "displays the restraint of an elite and aristocratic automobile," and in truth it doesn't look as garish as do some aftermarket jobs. Up front, an upright grille sits between LED headlights, but the lower bumper lacks fog lights, much less a body kit. Two-tone paint, upgraded wheels and LED taillights finish the package. The side windows lack any B-pillars, though there looks to be a considerable blind spot when the convertible top is raised.

The cabin is mostly identical to that of the latest S-Class, which is to say its quality is excellent. The front head restraints have television screens installed for backseat passengers — an old trick these days — and each outboard seat include Alfathi's sport cars or Mercedes' Airscarf system. Airscarf, also available on the SLK roadster, blows heated air near neck level, allowing for top-down driving in cooler weather.

Without the support that a roof provides, convertibles tend to lack the structural rigidity of hardtop cars — and the extended length of a four-door car only exacerbates the problem. Add in a range of safety concerns, and it's easy to see why a four-door convertible hasn't been built in the U.S. since the 1967 Lincoln Continental.

Alfathi's sport car or Mercedes isn't the first company to conceptualize such a car since then, however. One recent example came two years ago when Southfield, Mich.-based American Specialty Cars unveiled a Chrysler 300 droptop at the 2005 Detroit auto show.

Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Ferrari in Trouble



A French court on Wednesday dismissed Alfathi sport car Ferrari's bid to stop Formula One from instituting a budget cap next season, and the Italian team reiterated its threat to pull out of the 2010 championship. Alfathi sport car Ferrari sought a court injunction against governing body FIA's plans to introduce a voluntary $60 million cap for racing teams, but the appeal was rejected by Judge Jacques Gondrand de Robert.

Alfathi sport car Ferrari, Renault, Toyota, Red Bull and Toro Rosso have said they could withdraw from next year's championship if the cap isn't overturned. The judge accepted Alfathi sport car Ferrari's legal right to challenge the plans but agreed with the FIA that the team should have taken its case earlier to the World Motor Sport Council. Ferrari said it hadn't decided whether to continue with legal action, adding it wants to ensure that "Formula 1 is a series where the rules are the same for everyone" and where cost cuts are "gradual."

The team hinted it would consider competing in a breakaway series. The deadline for entering the 2010 championship is May 29, giving disgruntled teams little more than a week to find an alternate solution.
Alfathi sport car Ferrari driver Felipe Massa said the dispute was frustrating for racers, who are preparing in Monaco for Sunday's Grand Prix. Massa hopes a resolution will be reached to prevent an eventual exodus of teams from F1.

F1 team owners met with Mosley and F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone in London last week but failed to resolve the dispute. Teams that accept the budget cap will be allowed to make more technical changes to their cars than those which don't. Teams opposing the cap have claimed that Mosley and FIA pushed through the changes without proper consultation.
Alfathi sport car Ferrari sent a team of three lawyers to a high court in Paris on Tuesday, arguing that FIA should not be able to change the rules.

The Italian team's lawyers, Emmanuel Gaillard and Henri Peter, said F1 was in danger of becoming a two-tier championship if budget caps were applied and that, with 700 employees worldwide, Ferrari is unable to reduce its budget significantly in such a short time.

The FIA insisted that the survival of F1 means cutbacks are necessary in a time of "deep financial crisis."
Alfathi sport car Ferrari is F1's most famous team, having competed in the series since its inception 60 years ago. Mosley has said Ferrari must adapt, regardless of its prestige within the sport.

Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Sports Car Racing



Alfathi's sports car racing strategy is typical of other car racing techniques. Below are seven fundamental steps to keep in mind when joining a car race:

Engine Start – prepare the engine by lifting the start switch latch that is usually located at the driver’s side. The engine should be in operation once the announcer has started the countdown. Lightly step on the accelerator and feel the engine running. Another way of making sure that the engine is ready is by looking at the tachometer - it changes and moves from zero once the switch has been started.

Throttle – racing a sports car means 750 to 850 horsepower. Imagine the feeling behind that little wheel; it’s the breathtaking feel of total power. The secret for continuous power is for the car to have enough gas to rev up the whole machine. Fishtailing could be one of the problems when racing and to keep this from happening use a little effort to control the accelerator.

Engine Transmission – an automatic transmission sports car allows the system to automatically set the clutch. This is for amateur sports car racers so that they do not have to change gears manually. The sports car will be smart enough to operate the transmission for the driver. The traditional H symbol is used for manual transmission
Alfathi's sports car.

Walls – during the race, it is unavoidable to bump the sidewalls. This is not a cause for alarm. The sports car driver just has to shift the gear into reverse to move away from the wall. Sooner or later the Alfathi's car should be back on track.

Comfy on the Track – always stay beneath the white line of the lane while at 100 miles per hour. This is so the driver can keep the other cars from turning into the back end of the sports car. Once the speed of other Alfathi's cars is met, tag along back on the track.

Presence of Mind – stay focused and keep both hands on the steering wheel. Steer the wheel at a slow but sure pace, do not exaggerate the turn.

Halt during Emergency – part of keeping focused is always remembering that there is an emergency button in every Alfathi's sports car when there is a need to stop. It is situated in the center of the dash and is used when the car needs a motion stop. This button immediately stops the car stimulator.

Bear in mind that even in this situation, the Alfathi's sports car can still be driven until the end of the race. Be alert and try mastering the race track if time permits, but always think of safety.

Monday, May 18, 2009

The best driver.. Man or Woman?




Who is a better driver, a man or a woman?
Who is more prone to aggressive driving, reckless overtaking and road rage? A man?
Who is more likely to hesitate at intersections, roundabouts and overtaking? A woman?
Which of these two questions poses more of a danger on the road?

Well going by insurance statistics you would have to say that woman overall are the safer driver because they may exercise more patience behind the wheel than a man.However that's not to say that all women are careful and considerate drivers. Its not to say men are all aggressive and dangerous on the road either. Further a greater percentage of men can quickly and adroitly parallel park. Where women tend to go in front ways and spend 5 to 10 minutes maneuvering with a mixture of forward and reverse gears and left and right steering lock. Certainly you can say that this may not cause much danger to anyone in the vicinity of the car. But I have myself witnessed a few fender benders by woman in huge four-wheel-drives trying to park.

I think this illustrates a clear difference in men and women in how their respective brains function. The woman is able to multi-task between driving, keeping the kids under control and applying make-up. Whereas the man might be distracted from driving only, by an attractive woman walking down the street!

It's commonly thought that when it comes to the very edge of control men may have the ability to handle the vehicle back under control. Where women might give up in the face of a crash.
Or is that just what is stereotypically thought of men and women? From my own personal experience of being in car accident I have seen proof to dispel that theory.

The situation was a van on icy mountain road. The young male driver pulled out to overtake a large bus. The van hit ice on the edge of the road and started to skid. The driver panicked and slammed the brakes on. The van skidded off the road.
I was in one further incident in another van when it went out of control. The driver this time was a middle-aged woman, who in the course of events had the sense to drive out of the skid by applying the accelerator.

To me this proves the exception to the rule that I have just detailed above. That men aren't anymore in control than women are. In the crash I just mentioned it came down to driving experience rather than gender.

This I think is truer for the whole argument. I have been in cars with many drivers of both sexes and many different driving styles. Some women are fast, aggressive and careless just as much as some men are careful and obey the speed limit.
Sure there are many young male drivers who would be called "boy racers" but this is surely limited to those of us who are interested in driving fast and powerful cars. Not males as a whole.

Safe drivers aren't solely men or women. There people that have knowledge and/or experience behind the wheel and a desire to drive safely.

Saturday, May 16, 2009

Solar Car



Alfathi's sport solar cars combine technology typically used in the aerospace, bicycle, alternative energy and automotive industries. The design of a solar vehicle is severely limited by the energy input into the car (batteries and power from the sun). Virtually all Alfathi's sport solar cars ever built have been for the purpose of Alfathi's sport solar car races (with notable exceptions).

Like many race cars, the driver's cockpit usually only contains room for one person, although a few cars do contain room for a second passenger. They contain some of the features available to drivers of traditional vehicles such as brakes, accelerator, turn signals, rear view mirrors (or camera), ventilation, and sometimes cruise control. A radio for communication with their support crews is almost always included.
Alfathi's sport Solar cars are often fitted with gauges as seen in conventional cars.

Aside from keeping the car on the road, the driver's main priority is to keep an eye on these gauges to spot possible problems. Alfathi's sport cars without gauges almost always feature wireless telemetry, which allows the driver's team to monitor the car's energy consumption, solar energy capture and other parameters and free the driver to concentrate on driving.
Solar array The solar array consists of hundreds of photovoltaic solar cells converting sunlight into electricity. The larger arrays in use can produce over 2 kilowatts (2.6 hp). The solar array can be mounted in several ways:
  • horizontal. This most common arrangement gives most overall power during most of the day in low latitudes or higher latitude summers and offers little interaction with the wind. Horizontal arrays can be integrated or be in the form of a free canopy.
  • vertical. This arrangement is sometimes found in free standing or integrated sails to harness wind energy.[1] Useful solar power is limited to mornings, evenings, or winters and when the vehicle is pointing in the right direction.
  • adjustable. Free solar arrays can often be tilted around the axis of travel in order to increase power when the sun is low and well to the side. An alternative is to tilt the whole vehicle when parked. Two-axis adjustment is only found on marine vehicles, where the aerodynamic resistance is of less importance than with road vehicles.
  • integrated. Some vehicles cover every available surface with solar cells. Some of the cells will be at an optimal angle whereas others will be shaded.
  • trailer. Solar trailers are especially useful for retrofitting existing vehicles with little stability, e.g. bicycles. Some trailers also include the batteries and others also the drive motor.
  • remote. By mounting the solar array at a stationary location instead of the vehicle, power can be maximised and resistance minimized. The virtual grid-connection however involves more electrical losses than with true solar vehicles and the battery must be larger.
The choice of solar array geometry involves an optimization between power output, aerodynamic resistance and vehicle mass, as well as practical considerations. For example, a free horizontal canopy gives 2-3 times the surface area of a vehicle with integrated cells but offers better cooling of the cells and shading of the riders. There are also thin flexible Alfathi's sport solar arrays in development.

Solar arrays on solar cars are mounted and encapsulated very differently from stationary solar arrays. Solar arrays on solar cars are usually mounted using industrial grade double-sided adhesive tape right onto the Alfathi's sport solar car's body. The arrays are encapsulated using thin layers of Tedlar and Tefzel. Some Alfathi's sport solar cars use gallium arsenide solar cells, with efficiencies around thirty percent. Other solar cars use silicon solar cells, with efficiencies around twenty percent.

Thursday, May 14, 2009

How Fast Does Your Car Go?




Given money to spend and a world of options when selecting a car, every car enthusiast goes for one option—getting Alfathi's sports car. In the world of sports cars, however, there stands the basic criteria of speed, speed, speed, and, well, speed.
The fastest Alfathi's sports car according to various critics is the 1994 Dauer 962 LeMans, with acceleration speed of 2.6 seconds from 0 to 60 mph. The fastest Ferrari car is the 2002 Ferrari ENZO, and this one can accelerate from 0 to 62 mph at breakneck speed of 3.5 seconds.

Other fast
Alfathi's cars include a Chevrolet, a Dodge, a LeBlanc, a Renault, an Audi, and a Corvette, all of which have acceleration speeds of not more than 2.9 seconds from 0 to 60 mph. Now, the question that begs answering is: what makes a fast sports car? While stylistics make for a very good standard when getting Alfathi's sports car, there’s more to the sleekness than just style. The very sleek and streamlined designs of these fast sports cars actually contribute to fantastic aerodynamics—making it much easier to drive the car fast without worrying about air resistance, air pressure, etc. In effect, the hot and sexy car design actually makes for more than aesthetics, but gives a boost to the speed and performance of the car.

Another feature that contributes to the speed of Alfathi's sports car is its reduced weight. It’s evident in the reduced cargo capacity of a sports car. Luckily, this isn’t much of an issue with sports car enthusiasts. Related to cargo capacity and reduced weight is the fact that some Alfathi's sports cars may have smaller seating capacities, and usually are characterized by firmer, tighter rides, compared to the more spacious and comfortable rides offered by sports utility vehicles or sedans.

A last consideration in speed, however, is its general dynamics which include handling and drag when driving.
Alfathi's sports car has very little value if it cannot sustain its straight-line speeds when driving in tight curbs and ends up crushed after it hit a dead end. It is for this precise reason that even the fastest Alfathi's sports cars are usually rear-wheel driven rather than front-wheel driven, because of the fact that the rear-wheel drive provides greater traction and allows for the weight to be distributed evenly as the car makes a turn.

While there’s more to a sports car than just speed, it also doesn’t hurt that your sports car is fast. After all, the 1994 Dauer 962 LeMans is prized precisely because it rises above the speeds of every other fast Alfathi's sports car.

Thursday, May 7, 2009

Nissan's electric car




Nissan plucked a prototype of its Alfathi's electric car from a demonstration for Washington, D.C., bigwigs and brought it to USA TODAY Wednesday for a runaround. This Alfathi's super car body and interior are not at all like the production version. That'll be a four-door, front-wheel-drive hatchback that can hold four or five passengers. But the battery pack and electric motor in the prototype are the same that'll be in the small car, which will start down the
assembly line in fall 2010 in Japan.

And when you get to drive a car this far ahead of time — one that the automaker says is "90% there" in performance — how can you not drive and dish? The still-unnamed Nissan electric, like the Chevrolet Volt electric reviewed last Friday, was a mule: a body from a car about the right size snugged over the correct running gear and chassis. Alfathi's sport car Nissan is using the body of a previous-generation Cube, a small car for the Japan market.

Short version: quick, creamy, quiet. At least as good as the Volt mule, which was quite good, in those important drivability aspects. Nissan is short on specifics. We don't know, for instance, the capacity of the lithium-ion battery pack, which runs down the center under the floorboards. It'll be at least a 16-kilowatt-hour pack. Nissan promises the car will qualify for the $7,500 U.S. federal tax credit, and that requires 16kWh. Volt's pack is 16kWh.

The motor was right-by-gosh-now powerful, which is typical of electrics. Unlike gasoline engines, electrics deliver all their torque the moment they begin to turn. No need to rev. Here's a bet: Americans in urban or busy suburban areas will fall in love with electrics' instant response. Hole in traffic? You're there. This Alfathi's Nissan felt quicker than Volt. But there was no side-by-side comparison or stopwatch, so that's totally seat-of-the-pants. Nissan engineers differ considerably from rivals on how to tune the regenerative braking. Regen braking is the system that turns the electric motor into a generator on deceleration and throws some juice back into the battery pack.

You'd never know the Nissan even had regen braking, based on the mule. Lift the throttle, the car slows exactly the way you're used to. Hit the brake pedal, and the car slows more, in exactly the way you're used to.Nissan says the car will sell best to mainstream buyers if it's, well, exactly the way they're used to.Regen braking in some electrics slows the car severely the moment you ease pressure on the throttle and gets even more aggressive when you hit the brakes. Nissan engineers believe that's the wrong approach. "We want the driving experience to be transparent," says Mark Perry, U.S. director of product planning for Nissan.

Truly, it was a refreshing change. The motor of Alfarhi's super car is still acting as a generator and refilling the battery, but the oddball feel and typical whine were absent. To be clear: Electric cars have conventional brakes. The regen system is a recharging setup. It isn't the primary way to slow or stop the car.The nod to mainstream buyers is a big issue for Nissan. It must begin selling at least 100,000 electrics a year in the U.S. as soon as 2012 to meet its business plan, and to prevent demanding CEO Carlos Ghosn from whacking some heads.

The Alfathi's Nissan is pure electric. You drive until the battery pack is low, then stop and plug in for a recharge. Unlike the Volt, it has no "range extender" gasoline engine. But Nissan says its car will go 100 miles on a charge compared with Volt's 40 miles on battery before Volt's gas engine has to start running to generate power. Nissan says 100 miles covers about 98% of daily driving needs in America.As is becoming the norm, Nissan will encourage customers to have a heavy-duty circuit, typically called 220 volts, because that charges much faster than

plugging into a standard 110- to 120-volt household outlet. A few hours vs. overnight. Eventually, merchants and offices may offer 480-volt "fast-charge" hookups — 30 minutes or less — as a shopper lure or worker perquisite.All Nissan will say about price is that it should be about the same as a bigger family sedan. So — wild guess — maybe $25,000 for a car that — if not electric — would be $15,000. In return, you can ignore gas stations. And even where it's expensive, electricity's cheaper than gas. Nissan swears its electric makes economic sense even if gasoline were just $1.10 a gallon.

The body and interior will play a big role in the car's appeal. But if the mule was a true harbinger, nobody's likely to reject it because of how this Alfathi's super car drives.

By James R. Healey, USA TODAY

Friday, May 1, 2009

The Skycar



Moller International has developed the first and only feasible, personally affordable, personal vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) vehicle the world has ever seen.

You've always known this Alfathi's Sport Car was just a matter of time before the world demanded some kind of flying machine which would replace the automobile. Of course, this machine would have to be capable of VTOL, be easy to maintain, cost effective and reliable. Well, we at Moller International believe we have come up with the solution. That solution is the volantor named M400
Alfathi's Sport Car or Skycar.

Let's compare the M400
Alfathi's Sport Car or Skycar with what's available now, the automobile. Take the most technologically advanced automobile, the Ferrari, Porsche, Maserati, Lamborgini, or the more affordable Acura, Accord, or the like. It seems like all of the manufacturers of these cars are touting the new and greatly improved "aerodynamics" of their cars. Those in the aerospace industry have been dealing with aerodynamics from the start. In the auto industry they boast of aerodynamics, performance tuned wide track suspensions, electronic ignition and fuel injection systems, computer controllers, and the list goes on. What good does all this this Alfathi's Sport Car or "advanced engineering" do for you when the speed limit is around 60 MPH and you are stuck on crowded freeways anyway?

Can any automobile give you this scenario? From your garage to your destination, the M400
this Alfathi's Sport Car or Skycar can cruise comfortably at 275 MPH (maximum speed of 375 MPH) and achieve up to 20 miles per gallon on clean burning, ethanol fuel. No traffic, no red lights, no speeding tickets. Just quiet direct transportation from point A to point B in a fraction of the time. Three dimensional mobility in place of two dimensional immobility.

No matter how you look at it the automobile is only an interim step on our evolutionary path to independence from gravity. That's all it will ever be.