Want to listen to your tunes in the car? well look no further as this great looking device does more than that. Featuring is a iPod controller with FM Modulator with built-in Bluetooth for your handsfree needs. The Alpine’s high resolution 2.4” full color TFT display provides optimum visibility in all lighting conditions. Choose from three display modes to keep track of your iPod music: small album art with song/artist/album info, large album art with song name and finally a text only screen with song/artist/album info. The best part – you’re accessing your iPod music directly, so what you have on your iPod is what you see on the display.

With Bluetooth you can receive calls just as easily as you make them. When a call comes in, get alerted through the eX-10 display. Choose which calls you answer or set your phone to ‘Auto Answer’ for added convenience. The eX-10 even automatically pauses your iPod while you’re talking on the phone. If you have the right phone you can even stream music from your phone to the eX-10.

Features

• Control system for using your iPod and Bluetooth phone with any car stereo
• Full-color, dash-mountable 2.4″ display with selectable blue or red background
• Wireless remote lets you control all system functions
• Connects to any factory or aftermarket stereo via the internal wireless FM transmitter or auxiliary input connection

Alpine iPod/iPhone Control with built-in Bluetooth and FM modulator

If you’re lazy and don’t feel the need to apologize for it, meet Armchair Cruisers – mobile furniture at your fingertips, (literally).

Custom-built with love by self-proclaimed “professional couch potatoes”, these bad-ass driveable recliners are primarily designed as cool garage furniture – offering all the comforts of home with the added benefit of outdoor access. You know, in case you feel like a little sun on your face during half-time.

Recliners are controlled by a joystick, and available in both electric and gasoline-powered options.
The creators insist you can learn to drive the electric model in under 2 minutes.

And if your honey is equally lazy, you can pick up the loveseat model, with the joystick conveniently situated in the middle so both of you can fight over who has to use it.

Just move the joystick in the preferred direction and away you go. Want to stop? Bring the stick to centre or release it entirely and the brakes will come on. Sounds to me like it passes the “minimal effort” test.

There are several styles to choose from, including;

Why Rumble Bee? Because you can customize your chair with a pumpin’ sound system too.

If speed is more your style, the AC makers are also working on a 30 HP, nitrous-injected model with twin engines. Prices vary but you can get yourself into a cruiser for as low as $2,900.

There are a host of other AC options, but I’m feelin’ a little too lazy to list them all now. So you can find them here.

ArmChair Cruisers via Autoblog

Once again as summer approaches, the prices of gas are starting to sky rocket up. One day, we will all be able to laugh at the gas gouging companies that seem to take advantage of the population.

Guy Negre, president of “MDI group”, a company that has the first car to run on compressed air. It is anticipated that it will go on sale in France next year, boasting “zero pollution” and a cheaper alternative to today’s gas consuming vehicles.

The car’s engine uses pressurized air to turn the pistons. The engine only emits fresh air out of the “frozen” exhaust pipe. Monsieur Negre and the MDI group have also created other vehicles including the CityCAT and OneCAT’s. The only thing I can add to this is, I can’t wait the day.

Specifications

• Dimensions Length 2.65 m x Width 1.62 M x Height 1.66 m
• Weight 730 pounds
• Travel 93 miles/hour
• Number of Seats 3
• Inventor Guy Negre
• Airbag, air conditioning, ABS, 3 seats
• Max speed 110km/h; Dual-energy2 125km/h; Dual-energy4 140 km/h
• Co2 emission in urban use 0 g/km
• Approximate price 9200 Euros

MiniCAT

The Quicksilver Truck Camper by Livin’ Lite turns your F150 into a mini RV! This all-aluminum camper is perfect for fishing, hunting, camping or short family weekend trips. It’s like a luxury tent on wheels!

One of the added benefits about the camper is that when it’s completely folded down, you can still see out the rear window of the cab when driving – the first camper of its kind in the industry.

Quicksilver Truck Camper via Travelizmo

The folks at Volkswagen have come up with a clever way to spread the word about the new Golf GTI ahead of its May 22 U.K. launch.

Enter the GTI Project, an online game complete with virtual workshops and a Scalextric track inside a hangar. Now you can test drive a 1:43 scale Golf GTI via your mouse or keyboard!

I chose my index finger and suddenly I was off to the races, trying my best to corner tight spaces and applying my “mouse brakes” at just the right moment. At one point I actually felt a bit foolish cause I could sense my heart pounding and index finger popping like it was a life or death situation.

Alas, I never made it to the finish line. After my third crash, I was promptly given the boot by the Project’s chief engineer for butchering his baby. Whoever designed this was not only creative, but has a wicked sense of humor too.

As part of the GTI Project, you can:

I gotta hand it to VW for finding a smart, funny way of getting the facts across. If you’re in the market for a new vehicle, the GTI Project is one option worth checking out. I give it two index fingers up.

This being the week after the launch of the latest Star Trek movie, I thought I’d go back in time a few years to reminisce about a vehicle by Nissan called the Terranaut, which was described as being “perfect for Picard and his crew”.

An European concept car, according to the Nissan, was designed for “observation and communication in all four corners of the world.”

Beyond the design, one has to think that Kirk would have loved the vehicle for the “wow” factor for picking up the alien babes.

Specifications

• Accommodates / seats three people
• Spherical laboratory” is accessed via a swiveling (360 degree) seat
• In built workstations
• One passenger-side door
• Two swing-out driver side doors
• Dimensions: 4,965mm (stem to stern), 2,150mm tall, 2,100mm wide
• Advanced four-wheel drive
• Refrigerated storage space for 1 week of food, water and other provisions

The Terranult courtesy of Autoblog

Are you looking for a great small car that will save you on the fuel expenses but yet small enough to squeeze into those small parking spaces in the city? Well Mécanique Avion TRAction or Matra has created a variety Electric assisted and propulsion vehicles that may meet your needs.

The GEM e2 is a compact 2.50m size heavy quadricycles that provide alternative transport for short distances and travel proximity, thus removing the CO2 emissions and consumption fuel.

Specifications

• Range of about 50 km (30 miles)
• Can be loaded with up to 150 kg (about 330 pounds)
• Motor: GE – 72V – 3,72 KW (5 ch)
• Weight : 517 kg
• Battery : 72v – 65Ah – 6 batteries (Lead Gel)
• Max Speed: 40 km/h

The Matra Web site

The Powerpack 600 provides the one stop shop solution to portable backup power.   Its enough to start your car and provide portable power for small appliances.  Always have power ready as it can safely be recharged from any household AC outlet or DC cigarette lighter outlet. 

The Duracell 28-amp battery can jump start just about any 8-cylinder engines with its included jumper cables and it doesn’t stop there.  It can charge cell phones, ipods and operate emergency lights all at the same time.  There is enough juice to power small televisions and dorm size frigs.  The Powerpack also includes a built-in AM/FM radio, clock and emergency light to keep you out of the dark.  This has all the signs of a great Father’s Day gift!

Highlights:

Duracell DPP-600HD Powerpack 600 Jump Starter & Emergency Power Source with Radio