Audi quattro concept - A legendary spirit in a future car

Quattro, with a Capital Q

There's a lot of history involved when 'quattro' is mentioned with respect to Audi, but we're not going there...

Suffice to say, Audi is not the Audi we know and love if it were not for the 1980 Quattro road and rally car, and the quattro four wheel drive system that the manufacturer is so infamously known and praised for.

The Quattro in focus for now is the Audi Quattro Concept, unveiled at the 2010 Paris Motor Show 2 months ago. Fully modern and fully retrospective, the concept is a tribute to the original creation from 30 years back. The Quattro Concept is Audi's way of blending tradition and history with up-to-date design language. A hint of future design directions can also be detected.

Audi being Audi, this is not just a show and tell, smoke and mirrors concept car. This thing is alive, with a 5-cylinder turbocharged 2.5 heart pumping 408 horses and delivering 354 lb-ft of torque through its veins. Imagine driving a one-of-a-kind Audi with killer one-of-a-kind macho looks to kill for, through long, winding roads, where the Quattro is ultimately at home... Now, imagine you're Will Smith...

The Quattro Concept is inarguably the most masculine Audi to date. I'd have one based on that alone. Plans for a limited production run of around 1000 units are in order. I say congratulations to the would-be takers of the 2nd Gen Quattro. You're the man. Yes you are.

Links;

http://www.autoblog.com/2010/12/07/audi-quattro-concept-quick-spin-review-road-test/

http://www.autoblog.com/2010/09/29/paris-2010-audi-quattro-concept-celebrates-30-years-of-performa/

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May God bless this new year with his bountiful wisdom

and infinite grace,

guide us through his tests of faith,

fill our hearts with understanding, compassion,

keep us on his path of righteousness,

and,

forgive the sins we have yet to commit.

For who are we

to walk on His soil

without a seed's worth of guilt

tucked deep inside ourselves?

Forgive and forget.

Pray for the best.

Allah will take care of the rest.

Ameen~

The Esprit

First Lotus I ever experienced; and it hasn't even existed yet...

Lotus, as the iconic British car company, is set to undergo a 'reawakening' of some sorts, and their efforts to gain machismo and reputation among the automotive realm in the next 5-10 years is manifested inside the Lotus Esprit concept.

The Esprit has a feasible and realistic feel to it, and not much is going to change in terms of the overall design for the production version, which will be unveiled in 2013. The brief is a top-of-the-range supercar which has the ability to deviate future customers away from Ferraris, Porsches, and Lamborghinis... It certainly will have the performance credentials to rival these big names, judging by the fact that a 5.0L V8 sourced from Toyota is going to be shoved inside this car.

2 days ago, I got the chance to view the Esprit concept at the Kuala Lumpur Motor Show. Stunning as it is in the pictures from Paris, you really have to see it in the flesh to fully comprehend what Lotus is trying to achieve with their new technological masterpiece.

Naturally, viewing the Esprit inspired me. It helped me see the world from a fresh perspective. I wanted more inspiration, so I got inside the Esprit for a brief second. Time stayed still as I sat in the soft woven leather of the Esprit's driver seat. The bright yellow and green Lotus badge crowned atop the futuristic steering wheel shone in my eyes...

The experience of being cocooned inside the interior of a concept car, of which I know only one existed in the world, the same Esprit that was unveiled at the recent Paris Motor Show, was awesome.

I sat inside the future of Lotus.

Sincere thanks are in order to a very polite man from Lotus HQ Norfolk, whom I got to chat with, another very nice man from Lotus, who showed us out of the Esprit, and last but not least, a Proton official who explained in a very detailed manner the unwritten rule of auto shows. A million thanks for letting us slip out of this one... We really appreciate it.

This year's KL Motor Show is admittedly a disappointment compared to previous editions, but is worth attending because of the chance to view the Esprit alone. Thanks to Proton for flying the Esprit all the way to KL. Plus, they also showcased the Lotus CityCar Concept, the EMAS, and five new Malay Warriors. Naza brought along the 458 Italia and a Murcie`lago SV. There's also a sixteen-ft Bumblebee model and Batman and his Tumbler for the kids and kids at heart, although the 'kids at heart' might get easily disappointed :-)

Happy birthday, Lothfi;

and, if you're is reading this, Amalia Amir, sorry if you find this boring...

Whoa...

Whoa, it's covered in 10 inches of dust...

*blows off dust, specks flying everywhere*

*opens lid*

Whoa, it's very dusty in here...

*blows again*

*dust comes flying into eyes, mouth, and hair*

*cough*

Of course, it's been quite a while...

I kept my dreams, ambitions, aspirations, and passion inside this safe, secure, but risky place;

I preserved my line of thought, natural style of thinking and writing, and everything that I believe in and stand for inside this everlasting, but fragile space;

I hid the things that I appreciate most dearly in the open;

And now, everything is covered in thick dust...

It's cleaning time.

However dusty life might get, it is a noble virtue to constantly wipe things out, keep the vision clear, the dream alive, and the spirit burning, and finally strive towards everything there is to achieve in a world where the only limits and constraints are the ones that you yourself had set.

Time adds to the layers of dust, but it will never change the dream that has never failed to keep me going strong in the endeavours that define who I am.

Amazing Grace

This one's for you, Alvin :)

~

Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound,
That saved a wretch like me
I once was lost but now am found,
Was blind, but now I see

T’was Grace that taught my heart to fear.
And Grace, my fears relieved
How precious did that Grace appear
The hour I first believed

Through many dangers, toils and snares
We have already come;
‘T'was Grace that brought us safe thus far
and Grace will lead me home

When we’ve been here ten thousand years
Bright shining as the sun
We’ve no less days to sing God’s praise
Than when we’ve first begun

Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound,
That saved a wretch like me
I once was lost but now am found,
Was blind, but now I see

~

In memory of the good times at Kolej;
Remembering friends, classmates, teachers... and the moments well spent...

Time has moved on, and so must we;

The First Weekend

Three days.
72 hours.
4320 minutes.
529,200 seconds.

So many things to do... so little time.
And then it struck me; I was definitely exaggerating. I do not have 'too little time'.

Every single person born into this world is given the same amount of time to spend on whatever it is that they wish to do; it's not like my roommate has 27 hours per day, or that guy on the street has only 3.5 weeks per month. We are all living in the same time-frame, and we, and only we ourselves, can decide whether to make the best of our 24/7, or just throw it all out the window.

The weekend was 'quite' meaningful, to say the least.

Electric charges, electric fields, Dr. John, Coulomb's Law, Gauss' Law, Henry's Law, Dr. Asmawati, ion-dipole forces, dipole-dipole forces, dispersion forces, solvation, ppm, ppb, enthalpy, entropy, mole fraction, molality, Dr. Yunus, limits, subsitution, factorization, conjugate, Digital Fortress, Susan Fletcher, David Becker, TRNSLTR, 'without wax', jogging at night, A Beautiful Mind, Greta, Mindset, Sharir's open house........................

What else?