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Texas Armoring Corp. outfits a terrorist-proof Land Rover Range Rover Supercharged

“Life is valuable—protect it.” That's the pithy motto of the Texas Armoring Corp. (TAC) in San Antonio. It builds about 200 armored vehicles per year for foreign diplomats and other high-ranking individuals.

One-off Ferrari 458 pays tribute to Niki Lauda

One-off Ferrari 458 pays tribute to Niki Lauda Younger readers might not see the connection between Ferrari and Niki Lauda; after all, Niki Lauda is Chairman of the Mercedes F1 team, not Ferrari. But back in the 1970s, Niki Lauda was the Prince of the Ferrari F1 team, notching up driver titles in 1975 and 1977 in a Ferrari (and suffering horrific burns at the Nurburgring in 1975). Although Lauda left Ferrari  in 1977 on less than good terms, the Ron Howard tribute film to the ’70s battle between Lauda and James Hunt – Rush – has obviously had an impact on one of Ferrari’s wealthier clients, who has commissioned Ferrari’s Tailor Made Programme to create a Ferrari 458 dedicated to Niki Lauda.

Peugeot RD Concept at Shanghai

  The Peugeot RD Concept - winning entry in a competition to design a car of the future. [ad#ad-1] No, its not a concept that’s likely to go on sale very soon, but it is in fact the winning entry in Peugeot’s competition to produce a futuristic car. The competition was launched at last years Beijing Motor Show, and asked budding designers to ‘Imagine the Peugeot in the Worldwide Megalopolis of tomorrow’.