Category: DRIVE
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Biggest Boeing Intercontinental 747-8 VIP airplane
Boeing delivers biggest 747 to secret VIP buyer First of nine 747-8 VIP airplanes will enter service after interior-completion program Boeing, the world’s second-largest plane-maker, celebrated a major achievement in the effort to create a Queen of the Skies for the 21st Century, delivering the first 747-8 Intercontinental VIP airplane to an undisclosed customer, thought…
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Britain’s richest woman has taken delivery of Vava II – one of the largest superyachts ever built in the UK
Kirsty Bertarelli, Britain’s richest woman, has taken delivery of £100m superyacht. The Vava II superyacht is the biggest ever built in the UK at 96 metres. Wealthy couple Ernesto and Kirsty Bertarelli commissioned the luxurious vessel two years ago. The super yacht Vava II was intended to replace the couple’s old boat, which measured up…
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Jaguar XF Sportbrake – the first ever official Jaguar wagon
How alive are you? The Jaguar XF Sportbrake – the new and truly versatile derivative of the multi-award winning XF – made its global debut at the 2012 Geneva Motor Show. Also making their global debut are the XK and XKR Special Edition models. Entirely new from the B-pillars backwards, the XF Sportbrake represents a…
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Near-space flight experience in a space balloon
Inter-galactic business ventures. Clean-tech gate to near-space with a Space Balloon Low-carbon space travel is almost real. It is calm, it is quiet, it is private and it is bloon. zero2infinity from Spain is providing the dream of seeing the Earth from near-space and raising awareness of our place in the cosmos. bloon’s experience consists…
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Replicate Tata Motors’ success: Ducati eyed by India’s biggest motorcycle maker
Ducati Eyed by Hero MotoCorp as Indian Motorbike Maker Looks for Takeovers Ducati, maker of luxury bikes ridden by celebrities such as Brad Pitt, is among assets being examined by India’s biggest motorcycle maker Hero MotoCorp as the company looks for acquisitions to expand overseas. Ducati would add luxury products to a company that is…
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Feadship Qi mix of private pleasures and outdoor pursuits
De Voogt Naval Architects designed Feadship QI yacht concept of 56 metres Feadship Future Concept called Qi is Feadship’s main attraction at the Dubai International Boat Show 2012. The word “Qi” represents the idea of a circulating life force or energy flow that permeates creation. This notion neatly encapsulates the essence of the 2011 Future…