Bugatti Boat

Bugatti can do anything.

New Caddy to knock your socks off

Eat your heart out Sinatra.

America Finally Gets it Right

With this new 2011 Dodge Durango. Granted, this is the Alpha Blog, where all things are Alpha. And many people wouldn't necessarily think Durango when they think Alpha, but look out boy, America's times they's a changing.

Check out the new 2011 Dodge SUV-

Goetz Brothers

Kevin and Michael Goetz work harmoniously together, both investing the same visual style and narrative direction into each project. “It all starts with preparation. Filmmaking is a collaborative art-- all we do is take that collaboration and run with it.” With the adage two heads are stronger than one, the Brothers Goetz have been directing commercials and music videos for over 12 years, helming projects for Nissan, Honda, Disney, HBO, State Farm, McDonald’s and BMW to name a few. Recently, they just finished a campaign for the hugely successful Call of Duty Black Ops video game franchise.

Strand Super Yacht

I have just replaced the wallpaper on my superficial mind. This now takes it place.
Sail across the pond to New York, pull up next to the Statue of Liberty, fire up the ‘tender,’ drive it into the city, valet at the Setai 5th Avenue, and you’re living the life.
Sure it’s just a concept. And sure, it’s probably a crooked ponzi moneymaking scheme. After all, the company claims the ‘supercar’ will do 230 plus MPH. Not even the cutting edge Bugatti pulls that off-yet.
Still, if you have 24.5 million, blow it on this Strand Super Yacht and get a 880hp V12 super car as your tender. With it’s own garage.
The luxury boat will have 4 state rooms, each containing a 52-inch LED TV and sound system. (Couldn’t they make ‘em 65” TV’s?) Power comes by way of a twin MTU 16V000 engine, which can reach speeds up to 43 knots, or 55 knots if the Rolls Royce KaMeWa boosters are added.
Only 6 will be made, worldwide. And five have already been ordered. How convenient. Still, hats off to the conceptual artist.

Jag's new purr has a peculiar buzzing sound...

I admit it- I was one of the first to slam electric cars-- first they take our manuals, then they take our engines, soon they'll take our steering wheels...

This new electric Jag has me second guessing- a total plug and play model that does 0-60 in 3.4 seconds and hits 205 mph with 790 (electric) horses buzzing under the carbon fiber.

Jaguar’s new supercar concept, the C-X75 makes its North American debut in Los Angeles this month. This plug-in halo car joins high-end concept supercars exploring electric propulsion, such as Porsche’s 918 concept and Audi’s e-tron concept. The C-X75 builds on Jaguar’s legacy of high-end supercars in the vein of its XJ220 or XJR-15. Jag has yet to disclose any build or pricing dates. Just dangling the carrot for now.

Remember that big boned girl who really, really tried hard to be sexy? And most of the time, she pulled it off? Well, that's a lot like Land Rover- a company long known for bloated SUV's and unmatched off-roading abilities has been desperately trying to become SEXY. (Just look at their commercials.)

What do you think? Have they finally succeeded? This is the new Evoque, Land Rover’s compact Range Rover. The Evoque has been unveiled with the promise that the car would be the smallest, lightest, cleanest Range Rover ever. The company has built the small, sexy beast based on the same platform as the LRX concept with no change whatsoever.

The Evoque has been offered as Land Rover’s first front-wheel drive vehicle. Concerns for the environment have also gone into its making with efforts having been undertaken to snip CO2 emissions below 130g/km on the fwd, diesel version that comes powered by a Ford-PSA-sourced 2.2 TD. The London unveiling saw the three-door Evoque, and it is being said that a five-door version will soon come through.

Showcased as an exclusive, cosmopolitan and sophisticated model, the Evoque will most likely fit the up-and-coming Burberry scarved, mocha latte female (and a few metro men). Pricing begins at 45k and units roll out summer of 2011.

Christmas Gifts...

With Christmas right around the corner, it's time to start looking into the perfect gift. And this just might be it. A perfect, 1:1 scale replica of the space shuttle. Sure, it doesn't really work, but it looks cool. Plop it by your pool, turn it into a guest house and you, my friend, will have lift off. Price: 2.2 million, not including set up, transpo, decorating. (Thanks Jesus @ Gizmodo.)

Happy Halloween!

2011 Confederate Motor P120 Fighter Black Flag

Base price: $72,000

Price as tested: $80,000

Powertrain: Air-cooled, carbureted, JIMS radial twin, six-speed

Displacement: 120 cubic inches, or 1,966 cc

Rear wheel torque: 135 pound-feet

Rear wheel horsepower: 160

Dry weight: 460 lbs.

Seat height: 27 inches

Best Pool. Ever.

The World’s Most Incredible Hotel Pool Opens In Singapore

There’s no doubt there are rooms with pretty spectacular views at the brand-new Marina Bay Sands hotel, but it’s hard to imagine topping the vista from the rooftop infinity pool, 55 storeys above Singapore.

Swimming to the edge isn’t quite as dangerous as it looks. While the water in the infinity pool appears to end in a sheer drop, it actually spills into a catchment area where it is pumped back into the main pool. At three times the length of an Olympic-sized pool and 650 ft. above street level, it is the largest outdoor pool in the world at that height.

The incredible pool is a highlight of the boat-shaped 'SkyPark' perched atop the three towers that make up the world's most expensive hotel, the $6.4 billion Marina Bay Sands development designed by Canadian architect Moshe Safdie. The hotel, which features 2,560 rooms starting at over $500 a night, was officially opened recently with a concert by Diana Ross.

The title of world’s most expensive hotel was previously held by the Emirates Palace Hotel in Abu Dhabi, estimated to have cost $3.2 billion when it opened in 2004. But with its indoor canal, opulent art, casino, outdoor plaza, convention centre, theatre, crystal pavilion and museum shaped like a lotus flower, the Marina Bay Sands has taken its crown.

Inside the resort, shoppers can ride along an indoor canal in Sampan boats styled on traditional Chinese vessels from the 17th century. The owners commissioned five well-known artists to create works of art designed to 'integrate' with the buildings. Among these is a 40 metre-long sculpture made from 16,100 steel rods. The whole thing weighs 14.8 tons and it took 60 people to assemble it in the hotel. Another dramatic artwork is titled Rising Forest and consists of 83 three-metre-high pots with trees in them. The pots were so big the artist had to build a customised kiln the size of a small building to make them in.

Finally, a Ferrari Theme Park

I've always said why don't they build a car themepark? Cars inherently give an adrenaline rush (come on, even in a Yugo, if you go around a corner too fast...) They're sexy, sleek and they epitomize speed. Especially Ferrari.

Looks like, they've finally done it.

On Oct. 28, if all goes according to plan, Ferrari World will welcome visitors to what the automobile company claims will be the world’s largest indoor theme park. The park, about 21 acres, is in Abu Dhabi, about an hour from Dubai.

All the park’s roughly 20 attractions, dressed in an abundance of rosso corsa (”race red”), will celebrate the Italian sports-car maker and its relentless pursuit of speed.

A look at Ferrari World’s coasters, rides and shows:

Coasters
Formula Rossa — This hydraulically launched Formula One-styled coaster accelerates to 149 mph in just 4 seconds, which is said to make it the fastest coaster in the world. Riders will be issued skydiving goggles to protect against sandstorms during the 1¼-mile indoor-outdoor journey.

Fiorano GT Challenge — The twin-tracked-launched, dueling coaster features Ferrari F430 Spider-themed trains that race to the finish line.

V12 — A flume ride through the 12-cylinder heart of a Ferrari 599 engine. The park’s most unusual ride.

Rides
Viaggio in Italia — An aerial voyage over Italian cities, monuments, mountains and coastlines while pursuing a Ferrari. Similar to Disney’s Soarin’ hang-gliding rides.

I've always wanted to go to Dubai.