Volkswagen is no stranger to the art of designing snow sleds as the German carmaker has marketed some nifty pieces modeled after its automobiles over the past few years. For 2012, the Wolfsburg-based company has released two new sleds that are currently available for order exclusively from its official German website.
Assuming you haven�t been living under a rock for the past ten years, you�ll know that much of the first world�s population is getting both older and fatter. In response to this burgeoning epidemic � which affects nations as diverse as the U.K., U.S.A., Australia and China � TRW Automotive has developed a steering wheel which retracts completely into the dashboard at the touch of a button.
Here�s something you don�t see every day: a 1970's style resin �sculpture� made by an unknown French artist and featuring various 1:24 scale Ferraris. There�s also a Lamborghini Diablo, Jaguar XJ220 and Bugatti EB110 in there among others. Props to anyone who can help us identify the rest. The unusual item is being sold by Mantiques Modern [sic] of New York.For details on price, you�ll have to contact the dealer, but something tells us it won�t be cheap� More photos of the artsy piece in the gallery after the break.
We�ve seen them in science-fiction films: cars that drive themselves. And, as car enthusiasts, we hoped that this invention will never be realized, or at least not in our lifespan. But is seems like Volkswagen and the EU have other plans. At the final presentation for the HAVEit (Highly Automated Vehicle for Intelligent Transport) project in the Swedish city of Boras, the German car company presented the �Temporary Auto Pilot�, or TAP, a system that allows the car to semi-automatically drive itself up to speeds of 130 km/h (80 mph) on motorways, with the driver simply monitoring the vehicle.
