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BMW Designs A 42-Wheel, 19-Engine Car To Fulfill One Child's Fantasy

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Last night my 4-year-old Jalop of a nephew Eli and I had a serious conversation about the car he wants to build. I know there are a lot of talented artists out there in the Jalopnik commentariat, and I would like to ask them all if they would consider drawing up their "Artist's Conception" of the car according to the carefully considered specifications he came up with. I would just love to give him a tangible expression of what his awesome imagination came up with. If anyone is particularly ambitious, I have access to a 3D printer so if someone puts together a solid .stl I could even print it for him (and a copy for whoever puts it together).
So here are the specs he came up with, with surprisingly little input from myself:
- It's a BMW
- 42 wheels, and of course 42-wheel drive
- It is powered by 19 Porsche engines, each producing 459 horsepower. I think they will need to be water-cooled turbocharged boxer 6s. This was entirely his own idea, but I commended his choice of using boxer engines for a multi-engine setup since they will stack so well.
- The engines are all linked to a single transmission. He didn't specify, but I think viscous couplings for the inputs would probably be a good idea.
- Power output is subdivided to all those wheels via a series of limited-slip differentials
- There are seats and three steering wheels, and all three can drive the car at the same time.
- The trunk is full of toys and you can play in it

Little did four-year old Eli know that when he fantasized about his dream car to his uncle, that BMW would not only listen, but pen a vehicle just for him. The heart-warming tale began last week at auto enthusiast website Jalopnik, when a reader asked if design-savvy posters woulddraw up a dream car for his budding enthusiast nephew.

It couldn’t just be any race car—the Bavarian high-performance machine had to have 19 Porsche boxer engines, 42 wheels, three steering wheels being controlled simultaneously by three drivers, and most importantly, a trunk for toys.

Here's how he approached it. he divided the flat-six engines into three main banks: one of nine, forming the spine of the car, mounted low, to keep the center of gravity low and then two side pods of five engines each. A Y-shaped transmission unit would be mounted at the rear to combine all the engine power to send to all 42 wheels. cooling radiators are in the large ducted areas on either side of the car.

The 42 wheels are divided into four 40-wheel units, and two steering wheels up front. For, you know, handling. He think this car would likely demand at least two lanes or so on a road, so be advised. Luckily, the din of 19 flat-sixes should be enough to make everyone clear out.

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1939 Pontiac Deluxe Six also know as the “Ghost Car” or “Plexiglas”

When the car was first featured at General Motors’ “Highways and Horizons” pavilion, it was a massive hit. Most people wouldn’t have seen Plexiglas before, so a transparent material with that many curves was almost unheard of.

 

Here you could look through the body of the car to see all its internal workings exposed. For aesthetic purposes all structural metal was given a copper wash, while the hardware and even the dashboard were covered in chrome. All the rubber elements in the car were made in white, including the tires.

The final price for the car? In the days when a new Pontiac was just about $700, this beauty cost $25000 to build. When this car was auctioned by RM Auctions in 2011, it went for just a little more than its original price. The one-of-a-kind car sold for $308,000.The Pontiac “Ghost” is equipped with a 2.2 liter six-cylinder engine, developing 85 horsepower and connected to a three-speed manual transmission. The transparent car is fitted with independent front suspension, four-wheel hydraulic drum brakes and live rear axle with semi-elliptic leaf springs.

The car has was the result of a collaboration between General Motors and Rohm & Haas, who developed the ground-breaking material Plexiglas in 1933.The model has an L-head six-cylinder engine, coil spring independent front suspension, live rear axle with semi-elliptic leaf springs, and four-wheel hydraulic drum brakes

The material went on to be used in military planes during World War II and then expanded in to signs, lighting, fixtures, trains and other cars.Rohm & Haas used drawings for the Pontiac four-door Touring Sedan to create an exact replica body out of the transparent acrylic.Seventy-two years of wear: The Plexiglas does have some chips and cracks but is mostly in good condition, according to auction notes.

It was completed with structural metal underneath, which was given a copper wash, and chrome-plated hardware.Rubber moldings were made in white, as were the car’s tires. The only recent mechanical work has been replacement of the fuel lines.Billed as a vision of the future, the car was made for the 1939-40 New York World's Fair in San Francisco, pictured here

Motorcycle by David Kay Engineering

A private British  super vehicle collector has the bike for the past 17 years, during which he has displayed it as a work of art in the drawing room of his opulence home. Finally, he has now taken the decision to put his Ferrari 900 under the hammer.

David Kay wrote to Enzo Ferrari’s son Piero, requesting to have permission to build a one-off motorbike sporting the famous Ferrari prancing horse logos, and in May 1990 Kay got the reply he wanted: the approval to place the Ferrari logo on your motorbike. It was finished in 1995.

The bike, a Ferrari 900, which took Kay approximately 75 weeks to complete, has a 900cc engine producing 105hp, and is capable of 0-60mph in less than 3 second with a top speed of 257kmph. It was built from scratch and features a scratch built 900cc, transverse, double overhead camshaft, 4 cylinder, 8 valve unit with magnesium and alloy casings, driven through a 5-speed gearbox.

The two double curvature megaphone exhausts are too beautiful to merely funnel exhaust gasses from engine to atmosphere. The noise of this bike is like a Messerschmitt chasing a Spitfire,said David Kay.

Bonhams auction takes place in Stafford on April 29. A spokesperson from Bonhams said: This bike is in immaculate condition. This work of art is one of many headline bikes we have on sale this year. I have never in all the time I’ve been working here seen such an unbelievable standard of bikes, we’ve never had this standard of auction before.

cost of the bike would be US$139,066 (sold for £85,500) April, 2012 Stafford, U.K. 

Ferrari FXX K

10 years ago, Ferrari launched the FXX, an Enzo-based, track-only monstrosity that you couldn’t bring home to mother. No, literally, you couldn’t. Maranello retained custody of the unholy beasts, hauling them to events for owners to race against each other. Hailed as a pinnacle of Ferrari tech, of sorts—a crowdfunded R&D program, one might say—the XX program continued with a 599 variant. Ferrari has now unveiled the third car in the program’s history, the LaFerrari-based FXX K. €2.5 million (roughly $3 million) buys you the car and two years of Ferrari’s stewardship. It’s also perhaps the most mind-bending thing to roll out of Maranello since the F40 set us on our ears more than a quarter-century ago. We went to Abu Dhabi to see the latest, craziest horse prance around the Yas Marina Circuit. Here’s what we learned.

Ferrari claims the FXX K laps its 1.862-mile Fiorano test circuit in 1 minute, 14 seconds. That’s five seconds quicker than a LaFerrari. We asked what a LaFerrari on slicks might do, and Ferrari product marketing director Nicola Boari suggests that gumballs would be good for perhaps a second. The other four ticks are due to the extreme aero mods and additional power.

The FXX K’s naturally aspirated V-12 makes 848 horsepower, while 187 electric ponies arrive courtesy of Ferrari’s HY-KERS kinetic-energy recovery system. Total system output is 1036 horses. That’s 86 more than the 950-hp LaFerrari, previously the most powerful car Maranello had fobbed off on semi-average Giuseppes. The K in the name, rationally enough, stands for “KERS”.

Forty examples are in the pipe. All are spoken for. Which means you’re out of luck unless somebody decides to sell.

The now-traditional steering-wheel "manettino" knob controls the chassis and throttle response, while the console-mounted KERS knob controls regeneration and output. The four-position switch’s most aggressive regenerative setting can recharge the system in less than one lap.

After spending time around it, we’ll buy their assertion. To our eye, the K actually seems like what we wish the LaFerrari had been. It makes the Enzo-based FXX look like a crude hack-job—and the 599 variant look like somebody paraded his steed through a Pep Boys at hot-glue gunpoint. With its unique LED headlamps and more-aggressive front/rear fascias, this XX has a look all its own. For something so festooned with vents, scoops, and winglets, the K actually has a rather clean, cohesive look.

During our time at Yas Marina, we heard Ferrari Challenge cars, V-8 and V-10 F1 machines, GT-class 458s, and all manner of roadgoing Ferraris lapping the circuits. The XX cars, with their uncorked V-12s, echoed off the walls of the Viceroy hotel in as mean and thrilling a manner as anything we heard that weekend. You want Maximum Ferrari? This thing will give you all the Ferrari you can shake a bundle of gilded sticks at.

Once you’re done with your initial two years of racing support, Ferrari will extend the plan for a fee. At the moment, it has yet to decide on the amount of said fee. Product marketing director Boari notes that instead of the two events per season included in the previous program, “We’ve increased the number of events this time. It’s around eight. It’s the first time we’re offering two full seasons in the price.”

The first race will be in late spring, “Around May,” says Boari. Ferrari expects 10 to 15 FXX Ks to be ready to participate in the event.

You can buy a used FXX or 599XX and step into the program that way. Ferrari sees it as a way to dip a toe into the water and see if the XX series is something owners would like to pursue. Maranello will helpfully connect prospective buyers and sellers.

Speaking of the car’s aero, Boari points out, “This car has an aerodynamic efficiency of 2.84. A Formula 1 car is 3.” It is said to create nearly 1200 pounds of downforce at 124 mph. Active aero means the car applies only as much as is needed to keep the car stuck to the track. A rear spoiler rises to meet the winglets mounted on vertical stabilizers.

“History tells that after two years, we are ready to do something else,” Boari explains. The 599, you might remember, arrived after the Enzo, containing much of the knowledge the company had gleaned during the hypercar’s development—and it carried a variant of the Enzo’s motor between its front fenders. The LaFerrari is so far beyond the F12berlinetta, we can only assume that Maranello is planning an even more extreme version of its flagship supercar, rather than an F12-based XX. Dang.

Marcos Mantis XP

The 1968 Marcos Mantis XP looked quite out-of-place at its debut during the Spa 24 Hours race in Belgium.  Flanked by the curvy Fords, Porsches and Ferraris of the late 60s, this odd and angular beast represented the hopes of a British boutique manufacturer who was fighting for footing in the performance car market.  The Mantis XP failed the Spa race due to electrical problems, and has been shelved since then until its recent resurrection by a careful restoration in California.  The 1968 Marcos Mantis XP is truly one-of-a-kind, and its strange styling makes it one of the most visually striking automobiles we’ve seen in 2010 

The late 1960s represented a special time in the world of automobiles.  This was the time of Ford GT40, the time of the Speed Racer saga, when a dual focus on futurism and muscle were prevalent in performance vehicles.  The Marcos Mantis XP fit this formula well, as its future-forward design and muscle-heavy heartbeat earned it a debut on the world championship racing circuit.  It was powered by a mid-mounted BRM-Repco V8 Formula 1 engine, whose cylinders rose into the clear-covered engine compartment in the rear of the vehicle.  This powertrain was enough to compete with the world’s top race cars, despite the electrical problems which sidelined it at the Spa 1000km. 

For 1968, the design of the Marcos Mantis XP was breathtaking, if not unconventional, and it remains so today.  Its plexiglass cabin and engine compartment are its signature feature, a design trait that give the Mantis its futuristic appeal.  The vertical plexiglass doors swing upward and a small window slides forward for a bit of fresh air.  The front and rear ends also open upward, giving it a look that this Mantis is shedding a layer of skin.  The body design is at once angular and curvy, with a chopped rear end and curvy front fenders that give it an aggressive appearance.

While the Marcos car brand is no longer in business, the Marcos Mantis XP is seeing new life on the vintage exhibition circuit.  It has been restored to its original glory and looks as stunning today as it did in 1968.  While the vehicle itself may represent a dream that never saw fulfillment, its re-birth today may provide a second chance for its legacy just 40 years late… 

Royal Enfield WD/RE(Flying Flea)

Manufacturer                                  Royal Enfield

Also called                                 Flying Flea

Production                                 1939–1941

Predecessor                                 DKW RT100

Successor                                 RE125

Class                                         Military

Engine                                        126 cc air-cooled two strokesingle

Top speed                                45 mph

Power                                        3.5 hp @ 4,500

Transmission                                four-speed, chain final drive

Suspension                                fixed

Brakes                                       drum

Dimensions                               L: 75 in

                                                      W: 26 in

Weight                                       130 lb (59 kg)

The best known Royal Enfield produced for the Second World War was the WD/RE 125 cc which was known as the Flying Flea and designed to be dropped by parachute with airborne troops.

After the German authorities stopped the Dutch franchisee of the DKW RT100 motorcycle from receiving any more supplies in 1938, preferring a non-Jewish company, Royal Enfield was contacted by the displaced importer about producing a similar motorcycle.  Royal Enfield's version of the bike was produced by Ted Pardoe, who expanded the engine. Two prototypes under the name 'Royal Baby' were shown at Rotterdam in April 1939.Using a less sophisticated but increased-capacity two-stroke engine in the same frame, a few of these RE motorcycles were made before the outbreak of the Second World War.

As with other British motorcycle manufacturers, the Royal Enfield factory production was turned over to the war effort. Military motorcycles included the Royal Enfield WD/C 350 cc sidevalve, the Royal Enfield WD/D 250 cc sidevalve and the Royal Enfield WD/L 570 cc.

In early 1942, the War Office ordered twenty WD/RE motorcycles from Royal Enfield for testing. Based on their 1939 civilian pre-war design, the prototype had a right hand brake and was fitted with an Amal carburettor and had a low-mounted toolbox. The trials went well and led to some modifications, including fitting a twin-box exhaust system to help silence the noisy two stroke engine, a Villiers carburettor (indicated by a 'V' on the engine), raising the toolbox and fitting a folding kick-start, footrests and even folding handlebars, so that it could be packed into the smallest possible space. A Miller lighting system was added, together with a sealed vent on the fuel filler to prevent spillage when the motorcycle was packed in a drop carrier. The foot brake was also relocated to the left side.

Seen a REAL one in Jaipur Rajasthan India

Lamborghini Egoista

The Lamborghini Egoista is a one-of-a-kind concept car... really. There's only one in the entire world.

The car was unveiled for Lamborghini's 50th anniversary and its name—Egoista—literally translates to "selfish."

This one-seater has a cockpit that's modeled after a modern fighter jet, and that steering wheel? It needs to be removed every time you enter and exit the vehicle.

It's all made of carbon fiber, aluminum, and aeronautical-spec anti-radar material.

Design chief Walter De Silva says, "It represents hedonism taken to the extreme. It is a car without compromises.”

It costs in the millions to produce...

But you'll never get to feel the adrenaline of driving this one-of-a-kind vehicle.

It's currently housed in the Lamborghini Museum in Italy.

Though if you do visit the museum to see the Egoista, you may just get a whiff of this 600 hp car. That alone may satisfy the motorhead in you!

The Lamborghini Sesto Elemento ("Sixth Element" in English)

The Lamborghini Sesto Elemento ("Sixth Element" in English) is a two-door, two-seater, V10 high-performance lightweight limited edition car produced by Italians', which debuted at the 2010 Paris Motor Show. The Sesto Elemento's name is a reference to the atomic number of carbon, in recognition of the car's extensive use of carbon fibre.

The Sesto Elemento is equipped with a 6-speed semi-automatic transmission with paddle shift and all wheel drive system, he has  borrowed the same 5.2 litre V10 engine from his sibling Gallardo that can , generate 578 PS and 540 N·m of torque. The chassis, body, drive shaft and suspension components are made of carbon fiber, reducing the overall weight to a mere 999 kilograms, a weight comparable to subcompact cars such as a Honda Fit. It is the lightest car Lamborghini has ever produced. 

Air is released through 10 distinctive hexagonal holes in the engine cover, while two intakes funnel cool air into the mid-mounted engine compartment. The Sesto Elemento's high power combined with low overall weight translate to a power-to-weight ratio of 0.57 hp/kg.

Lamborghini claims a 0–100 km/h acceleration time of just 2.5 seconds.Lamborghini sources said that "...they will sell it in very small numbers, in 2013."

The Sesto Elemento's interior is generally minimal with few vehicle comforts such as airconditioning and car stereo. The seats are built into the chassis of the vehicle, reducing weight and production costs.

Lamborghini has announced that there will only 20 number will be there for the whole planet.  and unfortunately  all are sold for mind boggling price of US$2.92 million. 

The car appears in the 2014 film Need for Speed, driven by Dino, the main antagonist. He offers the car to anyone who can stop protagonist Tobey Marshall's Ford Mustang. It is also driven at the De Leon car race, ultimately crashing out.

The Sesto Elemento also appears as playable vehicle in many video games: Asphalt, Need for Speed,  Forza Horizon, Grand Theft Auto V.

Asphalt  

Forza Horizon

Grand Theft Auto V

Need for Speed