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BMW to Conquer Small, Powerful Rides Mkt with 2013 M135i

It’s no secret to anyone who knows anything about cars that German automotive major player BMW makes well-designed rides, but with their 2013 M135i, they’re also out to prove they can pack some serious power under those sleek hoods – or so AutoBlog.com revealed to us. According to the source, the small 3-door hatch will be powered by a 3-liter, straight 6 [...]

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Rides of the Future: Jaguar XKX e-Car Concept

Here comes one of those awesome rides of the future: the Jaguar XKX concept, from Hussain Almossawi of Bahrain-based studio Skyrill and Albanian designer Marin Myftiu. The two undertook the task of researching the design of the next generation classic Jaguar e-type. If this ever gets made, it will be an electric car with aerodynamic styling and piezoelectric cells meant to harvest [...]

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VIDEO: Audi Challenges Eco-Rides with Smartphone-Controlled e-Bike

Apparently Audi can do no wrong when it comes to cool rides, be they cars or bikes, as proven by their e-bike prototype, to be revealed soon at Carinthia, in Austria. The highly advanced, versatile bike will be tested in public by pro biking legend Julien Dupont and downhill specialist Petra Bernhard. According to Wolfgang Eggerstated, Head of Design at Audi, the [...]

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Dutch Tuning Geniuses Turn Cool Ferrari Rides Even Cooler

The Dutch tuning geniuses at Novitec-Rosso took an already gorgeous Ferrari 458 Spider and, since they know their way with rides, managed to make it even better. They didn’t do much work on the engine – what can you add to a 4.5 liter V8 with 600 horsepower and 420 lb-ft in torque? However, they added carbon fiber fill skirts for an [...]

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Upcoming ’13 Audi A3 to Revolutionize Light, Compact Rides

We love featuring cool new rides, so we naturally got excited to hear all about the details on the upcoming Audi A3, Ingolstadt’s new compact, to be released in the US in October 2013. The hatchback will hit European retailers in July. What’s new about this car? Loads of things, actually. First off, its engine has been completely revamped and is now [...]

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BRD Motorcycles Deliver Modded Rides Fiercer than All Others

Taking ordinary rides and turning them into beautiful pieces of engineering art is a craft in which the artisans at BRD Motorcycles are well-versed. They equip ordinary motorcycles with electric engines, since they truly believe that “the throttle response can be perfect, the torque is endless, and you don’t have to “reset” traction with each gearshift.” BRD motorcycles are not fragile little [...]

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e-Tuk Vendo Brings Electric Rickshaw Concept to European Rides

Innovative rides that blend cute form and awesome functionality have just received a new addition – an electric rickshaw called the e-Tuk Vendo, from Dutch company Tuk Tuk Factory. Rickshaws are typical for India, Asia and Africa, but here comes a fully European three-wheeled car that has been specifically altered for food service. It can go a full 40 miles (or 60 [...]

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Audi Flies High on Green Rides Wave with Golden Dragon Q6

It’s all about green rides these days, and Audi seized the trend with its Q3 SUV concept unveiled at the 2012 Beijing Motor Show and titled the Golden Dragon. As a matter of fact, the car’s full name is the ‘Q3 Jinlong Yufeng,’ which roughly translates as “The Golden Dragon in the Wind.” This concept variant of the Q3 SUV is especially [...]

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All-Carbon X-9 Nighthawk Bike Frame Revolutionizes Green Rides

You might like your rides green and cleverly designed, case in which Brian Meres has got just the bike frame for you – the fiercely (and aptly) titled X-9 Nighthawk. The experimental frame has an aramid honeycomb core covered in carbon fiber skins, which form sandwich panels. The panels are water-jet cut, laminated and connected via carbon fiber, which makes the frame [...]

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Ducati Diavel Cromo Rides out in Sleek, Fierce, Style

Is there anything better in terms of sleek, sexy rides, than an all new motorcycle from Ducati? By the looks of the brand new Ducati Diavel Cromo, we don’t think so! This lean, mean, highway-hitting machine comes fully equipped with a gnarly 162 horsepower engine and its features are literally to die for (well, actually, we hope not, for the safety of [...]

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Pontiac Fanatic Updates 70s Firebird into Pinnacle of Modern Rides

The folks over at All Speed Customs are incredibly passionate about vintage rides, and this is instantly apparent from their work on customizing this sleek 1970 Pontiac Firebird. The car is owned by Tom Corkright, and, says he, the project’s main engineer, “when I set out to build my dream car the vision was to tastefully integrate modern styling and technology into [...]

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Gorgeous BMW R100 Flat Tracker Rides out in Style

If you love custom-modded rides, then you’ll get crazy over what the people at Fuel Bespoke Motorcycles did with this BMW R100 flat tracker. Essentially, they turned what was an already gorgeous, powerful bike, into one that’s ten times more interesting to look at, and just as strong as it was before, to say the least. The starting point was a 1981 [...]

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Lightweight & Strong: Mercedes Reveals 2013 SL65 AMG

Male-focused cool-hunting blog Unfinished Man threw one heck of a piece of news our way. They revealed a ‘well-kept secret’, which instantly reminded us that 2013 is not that far off after all. The feature, which we instantly knew we had to show you, is the new Mercedes-Benz 2013 SL65 AMG. Going past the car’s incredibly sleek look, the next thing that [...]

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Concept Cronos Yacht Sustainably Sails High Seas

Look what we found on Yanko Design! Can you tell what it is – because at first we couldn’t. Then we understood that those sleek lines and elegant silhouette belong to the Chronos Yacht concept, a boat designed by Simone Madella and Lorenzo Berselli. Check out the yacht’s incredibly elegant curvy lines and its sleek, supermodel-like air of sophistication. To boot, its [...]

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Legendary Italian Brands Team up to Produce Monster Hog

Do you like your motorcycles fast, furious and famous? Then you’ll simply swoon at the sight of the glorious Diesel x Ducati Monster 1100 EVO. The fierce-looking bike is the result of the partnership between automotive industry legend Ducati and Diesel, which took up arms together in early 2011. The no-less famous Italian denim label announced at the time that they would [...]

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Peugeot Reveals Super-Carrier Concept Bike

We all know French carmaker Peugeot is experienced in creating compact urban cars, mostly targeted at the ladies. This time, though, they’re setting out to prove they can innovate the world of bicycles, too, as illustrated via their Peugeot DL122 concept bike. It doesn’t get much more urban than a small bike with a carrier compartment safely nested in between the two [...]

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Daring Spanish Designers Revive Iconic Bike Model

The Monocasco electric bike from ART-TIC, a Barcelona-based industrial design studio, has got to be the cutest such vehicle we ever did lay eyes on! It looks like a crossbreed between a tin can and a snail and, overall, seems ideal for crowded urban streets, where one needs to navigate often impossible areas within the confines of limited spaces and major crowds. [...]

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Chich and Green: Morgan Plus E Electric Concept Revealed in Geneva

We definitely like our cars retro-chic, here at the BeautifuList—and when they’re eco-friendly, too, why, we’re down-right smitten. The latest concept car from Chinese automotive industry new arrivals Morgan is wonderfully designed and equipped with all the latest accoutrements from the realm of green car-making. The Beijing-based producers decided to make a bold move. They took their vintage sports car chassis, which [...]

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