Royal Travels

Red carpets ahead. Cameras flashing.

Rolls Royce Ghost

Bentley Mulsanne

Mitsuoka Galue

Handmade. Exquisite. Luxurious. Attention-grabbing.

You know you've Arrived when you arrive in one of these.

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A Coup waiting to happen

The Kia Cerato Koup

The stylish four-door is called the Forte ( gotit? ) . And it's flying off the show room floors like hot cakes.

This coupe version , out soon, its called a Koup ( getit?) . Oh btw, its called a 'Koooooo... '. A coup; like a riot waiting to happen.

Very impressive.

For those who think the Honda Type R coupe too blatant, the Alfa Romeo Mito too raw, Volvo C30 or the VW Scirocco too expensive, this is it.

Very gorgeous, me thinks.

Taut. Angular. Aggressive. Ready to pounce.

This car will officially rise Kia to first world motoring at its best.

It has arrived .

Q .... Bring on the Koup!!!

HARD Boiled Eggs

Kinder Eggs

When we were younger , the adults always tell us that those cute chocolate eggs are the best.

Perhaps, it was for many of us to eagerly munching away, getting high on the endorphin surge and topping it all with a surprise fun toy within. (although , perhaps , it's not that big a surprise since we already knew there was going to be something inside)

And then we grew up hearing love birds ranting how Chocolate is indeed (and in fact) better than sex.

Ah yes, memories of those eggs.

That said, lucky us, Easter Bunnys and their secret eggs, however pointless, are no longer the main stay for that one time of the year now.

Today, we grown adults can finally stare at the Playboy Bunnies off the computer screen (no more flipping the pages with grimmy fingers...) and play with these eggs intead.

Tenga Eggs

Your high just go higher.
Ah Yes, indeed, eggs are still much fun to play with.... ^^)

So after this, perhaps you may start to refute that chocolate is still NOT better than sex.

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Same Script Different Cast

Dear Mr. Brown...

Both women, successful, famous and rich beyond dreams. Yet one thing plagued them.


Whitney Houston has had a most illustrious music career with her slew of #1 hits (11, mind you), multiple awards won (a Guiness Book of record entry no less) and millions of records sold (almost 180 million albums, to be exact).

But when she married Bobby Brown, her personal and professional life took a dip.

She was a battered wife.

Look at Rihanna, today, the pop star whose career is upsurging with her own slew of hits and big selling records and whose image emulates Miss Houston , right down to the short cropped hair, the mega watt smile and androgyny and to a penchant of leather-and-fur wear, has her own domestic issues with another Mr. Brown, Chris Brown.

Both Mr. Browns are years younger then the 2 women, too.

The similarities are astounding.
And while the comparisions are flattering to Miss Barbados and rendering Miss Houston , relatable, it is also but a sad and embarassing parallel of seeing History repeat itself.

Rihanna, take a hard look yourself and think well.
It took Whitney 14 years to get out of the rut.

Q... it recalls Whitney's 2000 R&B hit song 'Same Script Different Cast' .

Bullish Ambition

Introducing : The 2010 Ford Taurus.

This executive car remains one of the biggest selling executive sedans in the world , right up there with the Toyota Camry and Honda Accord.

These 3 titans constantly wrangled for the top spot in the US automobile market; itelf the biggest in the world.

With impressive size, robust technology, great handling, cutting-edge design and good affordability, it was a natural choice for the up-and-coming being a more viabily sensible alternative to the usual European premium brands.

That is until the world got crazy with soft-roader SUVS and MPVs.

Suddenly even a sedan this big ain't big enough. They were seen as frumpy even with a design so sharp.

Still,

Ford is not letting a legend die of any trendy circumstance so next year, we'll see a long overdue replacement to the iconoclast swoopy. Ford Taurus.

Indeed , it was a child hood fantasy of mine to ever take a ride in it. Or own one.

Ford is reviving its aging legends like the Ford Ka as well. Times like these call for desperately creative measures.

When it ain't broke, don't fix it. When you ARE BROKE (as in literally) FIX IT!!!!

Q... Just don't revive the Ford Model T, please.

Superbly Superb

The All-new Skoda Superb, is really a renewed Audi A6.

And even then, saying it hardly does it justice.

Not merely slapping on a new face and new badges.

The entire platform is stretched by a hell lot. (Think lounge room and still space left for a dance troupe just for entertainment)

Equipment levels and build quality have taken an upswing several notches as well.

What you get is a superb value for money limo costing half the price of the usual suspects.

How good is it?

Barely launched anywhere and already it garnered a string of international awards from 'best looking ' to simply being 'the best' .

The ingenius twin-hindged boot lid is a masterpiece as worthy of the theatrics as a foldable hardtop would.
Only this time, the boot ain't tiny and you could actually fit a cow in.

So good is this car, it recently beat hands-down , get this, a BMW 7 Series and Bentley Continental in an Autocar comparo . As well as the very car it was based on, the Audi A6.

Imagine.

Q ... if ever in the market for a (really) big car, this is it.

S-Pace : The Jet set family

When it comes to cars, the laws of physics ring loud and clear.

You want the physical foot print on the road to match King Kongs because you have a similarly sizeable apean family to lug around (or tug along) , you 'll have to sacrifice your thirst for the sleek , fast and furious.

Unless of course, you're earning a movie star's pay cheque (like the real King Kong) . There's always the Audi Q7, Mercedes R-Class, Land Rover Discovery, Lexus LX et al to choose from.

Where sheer brute force of their mega engines compensate their even bigger bodies at the expense of Gia.

The Toyota Fortuner and Hyundai Starex can lug around half a 1st World country as well but they too suffer from fast-food obesity all the same.

But for the rest of us mere mortals who earn only enough to feed our huge families (procreation and longevity aren't cheap), and still stubbornly want the compromise between space and pace, thank bullsh*t that 3 manufacturers have been listening to their Customer Service department (they mostly just pay people to sit there and nod).

The Subaru Exiga GT: Subaru's legendary symmetrical AWD system matched to its even more iconic turbo-charged engine for an astoundingly blistering performance that'll shame many a sports car whether on the straights or around the bends. The fastest and most road-capable MPV in the world. Amazing.


The Honda Odyssey : One the world's biggest selling premium MPVs because it's really a sports car masquerading as a people mover. Low slung and stealthy matched to Honda's legendary performance. Trully a Manga-hero translated to four wheels. Bullishly Fierce.


The Ford S-Max : European Car of the Year 2008, for a reason. Dynamic and sporty. Swoon-some.


With any of these three, the space and luxury afforded by their upper-mid market positioning is a given.

Their pace on the road , however, is a huge bonus.

Q ... Proving that space and pace can be done with less.

Valet on Water

When you're filthy rich and you love your cars too much that you want to bring that element of adrenalin rush and poseur-chic onto your other indulgences such as water sports, the following is what you could certainly get with loads (Hell loads! At about the wrong side of 300k pounds) of cash paid to a passionate and visionary designer like Swedish Bo Zolland and a committed coach builder with unlimited resources to please.

Yes, no doubt many are fans of the pseudo Supercar, Audi R8, with its muscular stance and bold avant garde touches; it's almost amazing how a cold German could match the sensuality of the Italian stallions and bulls.





Translate this amazing car onto the water, losing none of the speed or any of its stylistic touches, this is what Bo envisioned and has promised to deliver to those who want (All of us?) and those who can (sadly, not most of us) .

This is an eight metre catamaran (a speed demon of boat with a split bottom) made of carbon fibre and Kevlar.

The attention to detail is astounding (when you pay this much, it better be.) Almost as though , an actual R8 was stripped of its wheels and dropped into the sea. Check out the rear exhaust pipes, the rear vents, side vents, fuel cap et al.

And let's not forget the gull wing doors which even the actual car doesn't have.

Nothing short of wow.




And it's not just a fancy mod job. This is indeed a monster that behaves like one.

Three optional monstrosities serve as the heart of this beauty. Which can be seen from a clear cover at the back (ala a modern supercar) .

A V10 Biodiesel producing 550bhp, an Ilmor V10 with 710 bhp or twin-Volvo engines producing 460bhp.

Any one of these will push the skin of your face to the back of your cranium.

And sets you on a trip from Clarkson to Calais at a snap of a finger.
(Is 5 minutes impressive enough for you? Take a piss and I'd be in Paris even before you zip.)

Amazing.

Just arrive in high style, a Bond suit or a Bat suit up to you.

Just make sure you get that botox done prior.


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