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THE LOS ANGELES Auto Show started last week and runs for ten exciting days. It showcases the latest and greatest automotive technology, customised cars and personal mobility devices as well as being the place where numerous car makers debut new and concept vehicles.
These are some of the coolest cars and ideas to come out of this year’s show.
The ‘new original’ Jaguar XKSS
This is the first genuine Jaguar XKSS to be built in almost 60 years. The original XKSS was a road-going conversion of the Le Mans-winning D-type and was built from 1954-1956. In 1957, nine cars that were set for export to America were destroyed in a fire at Jaguar’s Browns Lane factory in the Midlands in England.
This new model, finished in Sherwood Green paint, was engineered by Jaguar Classic and nine of these will be built for customers in 2017. Lucky sods.
Alfa Romeo Stelvio
Named after the famous ‘Stelvio Pass’ in Italy, this is a premium mid-size SUV and the first SUV from Alfa Romeo.
The model we see here is the top of the range Quadrifoglio version and it is powered by a 510hp 2.9-litre V6 BiTurbo petrol engine inspired by Ferrari technologies. The Stelvio will launch in Europe next year.
Mercedes-Maybach S650 Cabriolet
Hello gorgeous! This S650 is a luxurious convertible based on the S600 saloon. It is powered by a 6.0-litre V12 bi-turbo engine, which makes 630hp, and it sits on top of huge 20-inch forged alloys with a bichromatic finish.
You’ll be ready to hit the open road too as the car comes *with* a set of luggage from Maybach -Icons of Luxury, made of original vehicle leather. Only 300 examples are being made with a net price tag of €300,000.
Nissan Rogue: Rogue One Star Wars Limited Edition
Star Wars fans, start saving! Nissan has unveiled the the first production vehicle ever to include Star Wars-branded elements and just 5,400 of these vehicles will be produced.
Not only that, but each car comes with an exclusive numbered, full-size replica collectible Death Trooper helmet.
Watch the unveiling here, which featured Stormtroopers from “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.
Porsche 911 RSR
Swoon. Check out this bad boy racer from Porsche, which is set to challenge the Ford GT at Le Mans in 2017. This 911 is different from the rest, as the 4.0-liter flat-six engine is mid-mounted and not behind the rear axle as per usual.
The car is now made from carbon fibre – it was previously made from steel – and it can be serviced quickly mid-race due to new quick-release fasteners, which are used for mounting most of the body panels.
They are going to start telling the truth?
Ah now… Be fair! This is the Daily Heil we’re talking about. They wouldn’t know the truth if it came up and slapped them on their “Outraged of Tunbridge Wells” arses.
The best possible change for that hate-filled, bile-spewing rag is to crawl back under the slimy rock it came out from, and to die there
Any chance they might stop printing this rag?
This rag only prints stuff to get a reaction…nothing more, they don’t care about the public interest or people’s well being. Don’t believe me…lets take one example from 2009 shall we…
In April 2009, blogger The Lay Scientist noted an interesting discrepancy in the policy of the Daily Mail. On the British edition, known for its scare stories on health, there was a demand to stop the compulsory administration of the HPV cervical cancer vaccine. This is fair enough as these people will go against any medical treatment given away for free.
However, on the Irish edition there was a campaign to “roll out the vaccine now!” demanding that the government issue it immediately – as in Ireland, it wasn’t going to be issued as freely as in Britain.
The Daily Mail and the Irish Daily Mail are owned by the same people and have the same (alleged) editorial stance – this wasn’t a case of The Guardian saying one thing and The Express saying another. This has led to people declaring that the Mail’s true position is “whatever the government is for, we’re against.”
source: http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Daily_Mail
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/apr/18/bad-science-cancer-jabs-daily-mail
What the Hell is wrong with the people in the 10% market share . Why would u buy that tripe
It’s going to be savagely deleted from the annals of history?
Can one hope for too much?!?!
Your beloved Guardian is going broke. :)
I wouldnt wrap my fish and chips in the mail. But I winds up the hippies and diversity darlings no end.
Cant be that bad, so!
Loving this comment thread. It validates my hatred of this awful newspaper
Haters will hate but what do you know about the media and how it works?
If you’re looking to TheJournal.ie comment section for validation of your views, you’re doing something awfully wrong.
Good Point. I’ll get my coat
The “Irish” Daily Mail is so utterly offensive in every possible way. It’s tried it’s best to whip up outrage the way it does in the UK, but thankfully it hasn’t really worked.
I found it laughable that they were *attacking* Phil Hogan for saving his constituents from having to live with Travellers in the vicinity. The Fail is usually such a bastion of support for minorities!!
On that note its time for the Daily Mail Song
Knock them all you want but they’ve reported quite a few stories the other Irish papers wouldn’t touch.
Like ?
Mainly stories relating to the economic collapse and the people involved.
Here’s one: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1382368/I-shouted-stop-Finance-Department-mandarin-warned-crash-seven-times–ALL-ignored.html#ixzz1LDOFuNZg
They also did a good expose on Seanie Fitz and his lending to family members, including his college student daughter. I’m no particular fan of them, their agenda and the manner in which they report news but when actual Irish papers run scared of reporting news, we need an outside paper to do it. A good example is their story on Cowen asking the NTMA to invest in Anglo. That was the final nail in the coffin and brought about the early election. Because the IT and Indo didn’t have the balls to run that story, we could have been stuck with Cowen for longer.
Just because The Mail did “exposes” doesn’t mean that there was any truth to them whatsoever. Chances are these “exposes” were fabricated on a slow news day and peddled to their idiot readers as fact. The Daily Mail can piss off, and take that other virus The Sunday Independent with them.
Ruari, you can apply that to any news outlet. Regardless of you hating the Mail, the very fact that it’s not part of the establishment here, like the Indo and Times, is a good thing for the media in Ireland as like someone else commented, it means that the paper will take on stories that the other two wouldn’t touch.
Associated Newspapers may be British but painting both editions as one and the same is pure laziness. There are plenty of columnists in the Irish Mail who would be regularly critical of the British establishment (they even employ Joe Higgins for feck sake!) and most of the reporters are Irish thereby ensuring most of the stories are Irish. Yes, it goes to extremes with its awful coverage of the British royals but all the others do it too.
Oh, I disagree… I wouldn’t think that the Indo are averse to making up a story or two to peddle their muck. But I agree with you about the Irish Times. They are way too reputable.
changing editors causes/cures cancer.
People who read thejournal hate the daily mail.
How utterly predictable.
I honestly can’t understand how anyone wouldn’t hate the Daily Mail… aside from the people who work for it, obviously!
Well, I don’t know either as I don’t buy it. ;)
However, if you start reading it online, you’ll find it strangely addictive…
You’d be surprised by some articles (and utterly unsurprised by others), like the one about “Was Monty’s finest hour just a pointless bloodbath? Historians claim El Alamein – which began 70 years ago today – sacrificed thousands for the sake of propaganda”
Not what one would expect from the Daily Mail…
People who set up twitter account’s just to comment on the journal support the daily mail, how surprising.
rag
The Daily Hate Mail was rabidly anti-Irish throughout the 20th century. You could have knocked me over with a feather when they opened an Irish edition. Surely the most racist and vitriolic paper in respect of the Irish ever to see print couldn’t get a foothold here, I thought? You’d have better chances selling signed photos of George W Bush in Bin Laden’s cave, I thought. But no. There’s clearly 10% of people with no understanding of recent, modern history whatsoever.
Or they just bought it for the free CDs.
The Irish editions are decent enough reads
good crossword, good sports and good for lighting the fire
There’s no real journalism in that paper, just regurgitations of comments and stories found online that they then “quote” as said to their reporters. It’s a joke!
” Whatever the government is for, they’re against” They just print stuff to create a reaction” etc etc. Sounds like a paper made for the majority of commentors on the Journal if you ask me. What’s the problem? :)
Ink never refused paper!…as they say…also today’s newspaper,tomorrow’s fish and chip wrapper..:-)..
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