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August 15, 2015 AUTOS

Lotus Exige 360 Cup: Another Small-Batch Lotus

-Travel 360 degrees and you will end up in the same place. Which is pretty much the story with the new Lotus Exige 360 V6 Cup, a microscopically altered version of the Lotus Exige V6 Cup. It has fractionally more power and will be produced as a limited edition of just 50. – The last bit is further evidence of Lotus’s new marketing strategy: to sell very small series of

August 15, 2015 AUTOS

Officially a Thing: 2016 Lamborghini Aventador LP750-4 SuperVeloce Roadster

– For as unsurprising as it was to see Lamborghini debut the all-new Aventador Superveloce roadster on the immaculate green lawns of the Quail Lodge at Pebble Beach weekend (rich people + money + easy production decision = expensive roadster, plus it was already confirmed), one aspect of the car did spark some surprise. This is the first topless Superveloce model the company has ever produced, and Lamborghini has been building Superveloces for

August 15, 2015 AUTOS

Monterey Auctions Day 1: Top 10 Includes Pope John Paul II’s Enzo

– To some folks, Monterey Car Week hasn’t begun until the first irreplaceable automobile hammers sold for eight figures on one of the numerous auction blocks scattered across the peninsula. To them we say, “Monterey Car Week has officially begun.” As usual, RM Sotheby’s headlined the first big day of Monterey sales, and it was the only auction house of the four active yesterday to sell a car for more than $200,000,

August 15, 2015 HEALTH (MSM)

Death toll from China blasts rises to 104, Xi urges changes

By Megha Rajagopalan TIANJIN, China (Reuters) – The death toll from two massive explosions that tore through an industrial area in the northeastern Chinese port of Tianjin has risen to 104, state media said on Saturday, as China’s president urged improvements in workplace safety. Chinese President Xi Jinping said authorities should learn the lessons paid for with blood in Wednesday warehouse blasts, according to the official Xinhua news agency. China

August 15, 2015 HEALTH (MSM)

Bird flu spreads to third location in Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast said on Friday that H5N1 bird flu had spread to a third location in the country, in the latest in a series of outbreaks in West Africa. Farm owner Moussa Dicko said he had lost 27,000 chickens in the outbreak, including about 7,000 slaughtered by veterinary agents. Jonas Oulai, vice-director of animal health at the Ministry of Animals and Fisheries, told journalists that there was cause for concern