Porsche Bringing The Goods To Goodwood
Porsche is going big at this year's Goodwood Festival of Speed. The Stuttgart marque will be hauling trailers full of vintage machinery into the English countryside to support the festival's theme of Viva Veloce. The icons will include a 908 from the Targa Floria, the 917 that won Le Mans in 1970 and the 804 Fomula 1 car that took the 1962 French Grand Prix. If your tastes tend a little more modern, the 620-horsepower GT2 RS and the GT3 RS will be on display and you can climb all over the new Porsche Cayenne at the Porsche Experience. Read all about the spectacle in the presser after the jump and then admire the goods from afar in the gallery of high-res photos below.
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Animatronic Halo Elite Costume Will Have You Screaming Wart, Wart, Wart!
We’ve seen home made costumes from many videogame series. Most use cardboard boxes and paint, the guys at PeteMander GFX went above and beyond to make this suit as realistic as possible. Standing at least 7 feet tall, this mountainous suit would make any Master Chief wannabe wet his own pants.
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Status Design Develops F-16 Jet Inspired Body Kit For BMW X6
After the car was unveiled in 2008, the BMW X6 has inspired many tuning companies to take the advantage of its dynamic philosophy. And the latest endeavor is by Russian car tuners from Status Design who have come up with a new styling and performance package for the BMW X6. Hailed as the SD F16, the package comprises a body kit that includes new bumpers with carbon fiber diffuser, mirror casings, grille, rear spoiler, and window trim. Additionally, there are LED daytime running lights, four fog lamps, a black roof, and 22-inch Hartge wheels. On the other there are some boosts under the hood as well and a revised ECU along with a high flow air filter and sports exhaust has been installed that increases power output of X6 xDrive35i’s twin-turbo 3.0-liter engine to 380hp which is 80hp more than BMW X6. On the top of this, the kit is easy to install and won’t affect the ground clearance of the vehicle at all.
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Bionic Cat Walks on Prosthetic Legs
Oscar, a three-year old British cat, has joined the rarefied ranks of bionic animals. After a horrifying accident chopped off his hind legs, Oscar has gotten a second lease on life through two bionic leg implants. Oscar lost his legs to a combine harvester last October. With heavy blood loss and bits of missing flesh, he needed to draw on his nine lives to make it. And he found help from veterinary surgeon Noel Fitzpatrick. Fitzpatrick and his colleagues drilled holes into what remained of Oscar’s legs and attached special metal implants, reports ABC’s Good Morning America. Eventually, Oscar’s skin is expected to over the implants so the prosthetic attachment will become a part of his body. Right now, Oscar has round pegs at the end of his hind legs. But if everything goes according to plan, those will be replaced by more real looking “paws.” So far, it seems to have worked great.
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