Brazil a hotbed for armored car modifications (Autoblog) Armored cars

Brazil a hotbed for armored car modifications (Autoblog)
Armored cars are cool, but the circumstances in which they re needed are not. Many countries in Latin America have seen a widening gap between rich and poor, sending crime in the form of robberies and kidnappings directed at the country s upper crust skyrocketing. The monied are forced to recruit top-notch mechanics, who take apart brand new cars and refit them with tens of thousands of dollars

M400 Skycar prototype available at Neiman Marcus (Engadget)
File this under: For the Billionaire Who s Got it All. Well what he doesn t have, and what you can pick up for him for a cool $3.5 mil, is the much-publicized Moller M400 Skycar prototype that we spotted a while back at NextFest . In their annual catalog for the super-rich, the Christmas Book, Neiman Marcus is offering this one-of-a-kind deathtrap flying car that can hit a max speed of 350

StrategyPage.com - Military Blog by the Staff (Strategy Page)
A lunatic threatens to crash a plane into a building in Auckland. New Zealand discovers it no longer has a useful air force. This is a very cool site. They send me alerts on my cell phone with information on cars that were just stolen in my area. I look for the cars and let police know where they are.