Jimmy Choo: Driving Shoes for Women!

Finally, there are some proper driving shoes for women. The British shoe brand Jimmy Choo announced its driving shoes collection for women. I am sure that, many women were thinking what to wear while driving a car. Hopefully, they have the expensive alternative.

If you are planning to buy an Aston Martin Cygnet and concerned about the perfect shoes to drive it, here is the opportunity. Like Cygnet, these shoes are over-priced too!

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How Automatic Transmission Works?

I know this thing sounds very complicated but, I wanted to share this retro footage with you. It is shot at 1954 and explains how an automatic transmission works. Despite the footage is half a century old, the conventional automatic transmission still uses the same technology.

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Cars of the Day #29 New Mercedes SLK

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Bugatti Veyron Super Sport vs. Porsche 911 Turbo S vs. Nissan GTR by Road & Track Test

Road & Track is an American car magazine and quite well known around the world. Recently, they made a great test of three amazing cars! Bugatti Veyron Super Sport, Nissan GTR and Porsche 911 Turbo S. All these cars are state of art engineering of automotive industry and present devastating performance.

Road & Track made a video to show the performance of these three cars. They calculated each of the cars’ acceleration performances. According to magazine, this measure is more appropriate than the maximum speed level. And I do agree with them, top speed is a bit utopic number for these cars. Especially, Veyron is capable of achieving more than 400kph, which is quite impossible to achieve on normal road condition.

The test shows that Bugatti is far beyond the other cars, but there is a mistake in this test. Road & Track did not measure these cars handling capabilities. People do not buy these cars to do drag races, they drive them in daily condition and handling is important as acceleration. If a car does not provide a proper handling, the acceleration becomes meaningless.

This test is exciting to watch but I cannot consider as a good performance measure. They should have done it like European magazines do it!

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Mercedes-Benz C-Class Road Test from 1993

During 1990s; ABS, ASR, ESP, Airbag were the most favourite features of automotive industry. Many manufacturers charged extra money for these features and some of them are offered them as free! However, there were some features least likely to appear in standard list; the electric windows!

Many manufacturers offered ABS or Airbag as standard feature but, they charged extra money for electric windows. Which of them? Basically, all of them! Mercedes, Ford, BMW, Land Rover and others. And here is the proof by Jeremy Clarkson. He test drove a Mercedes C-Class with ABS and Airbag but no electric windows.

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What is this BMW X4?

I don’t want to talk too much about the BMW’s new vehicle X4. A brief description; X4 is the sportive version of X3, and smaller version of X6. BMW X3 is the small version of X5, we all know this; offers five seats, descent boots space.

However, there is a market gap for small version of X6. Because, X6 is too big and too expensive for some people and competitors may introduce an alternative before BMW does. In order to satisfy more customers and to create a new segment, BMW is going to introduce the small version of X6, which is called X4. 

BMW X4 is going to be a small version of X6 with same concept, 2+2 seating and sportive driving dynamics. From my experience from the new X3, the new X4 would definitely a great car and many people is going to be buy it.

From this branding strategy, I can assume that BMW uses even numbers for sportive model.

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Nano: The Most Expensive Cheap Car

Tata Nano is like a fairy tale. It is introduced to market as the cheapest car on market and targeted to people in India to transform their transportation from motor cycle to Nano. However, things did not go as planned! Nano is preferred by rich people in India, as it is very cheap to own and run and the target is missed. Poor did not buy Nano but rich people bought the Nano, everything became upside down. Nano became the posh transportation accessory.

An entrepreneur in India understood this new situation and decided to make this posh car more posh! If rich people are buying to this car, they should get what really they need, gold. This gold version is created from 80kg of gold and 15kg of silver. With this new cover, the cheapest car became the most expensive cheap car with the price tag of $ 4.7 million.

I have only one concern, can this car sustain its performance with this extra 95kg of extra weight :)

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Cars of the Day #28 Black Cab

Black cab in Istanbul, Turkey! It is not working as a commercial taxi. I have no idea what was the purpose of this cars.

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BMW Taksim, Istanbul Event

Last weekend Istanbul, I had chance to watch a great show made by BMW. Animation of BMW’s innovation technologies through a big projection. The creative part of the work was the composition of the animation, and the projection!

First of all, the animation was a class leading work! The creative work involved with the animation was amazing. Each sequence of the animation narrates a unique characteristic of BMW’s innovation technology. It was very brief but gives a very clear message.  This was what you would expect to see from this event, but the exciting part was the projection!

The animation was projected to a building and exactly matched with the architectural characteristics. By this way, the animation seems to be happening inside the building! You didn’t realise that, it was a building. The building and animation was integrated with each other. Integration the animation with the building created an illusion of perception. Borusan team told me that, this projection is a result of serious work. It is not randomly integrated with the building. The alteration in perception designed very precisely, and it worked excellent!

This great work achieved by Borusan Automotive and you might watch some part from the YouTube video placed below!

Geçen hafta İstanbul'da BMW tarafından hazırlanan bir etkinliğe katılma şansım oldu. BMW'nin yeni teknolojilerini animasyonla anlatan bir projeksiyon! Yaratıcı kısmı animasyonun içeriği ve projeksiyondu.

Öncelikle, animasyonun içeriği çok başarılı hazırlanmış, ve gerçek anlamda bir yaratıcı proje olduğunu ilk andan belli etti. Her sahne BMW'nin yenilikçi teknolojilerini basit ve etkili bir şekilde anlatıyordu. Böyle bir işten de zaten bunu beklemek normal, fakat asıl dikkat çene kısım ise projeksiyondu. 

Animasyon yansıtıldığı bina ile bütünleşmiş bir şekilde gözüküyordu. İlk baktığınızda anda, sanki animasyon binanın içinde gerçekten oluyormuş hissi veriyordu. Bu durum, rastlantısal değil ciddi bir çalışma sonucunda olduğunu Borusan ekibi bizzat açıkladı. 

Bu harika proje Borusan Otomotiv tarafından hazırlandı ve ufak bir kısmını YouTube izlenme şansınızda var !

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Jeremy Clarkson tests Mercedes 600 SEL

You didn't read wrong, Mercedes 600 SEL. I recently found a vintage video on YouTube with Clarkson. He was testing the 600 SEL when it was first revealed in 1991! It has state of art technologies like; park meter with a raising stick, remote closing windows.

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Unidentified BMW F1 Car in Istanbul!

A few days ago, I saw this BMW F1 car in Istanbul. The place where I took the picture was a totally abandoned place with two BMW 1 Series with lots of dust, one E38 7 Series and a new X5. I don't think the vehicle is a real F1 car but the wing seems to be real.

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Frog turns into Prince with BMW X3

I am pretty sure, most of you know this fairy tale. Prince turns into frog and princesses kisses the frog and he becomes prince again. If you are expecting a frog to become a prince, you need to wait for very long time! However, BMW achieved this with the new X3. The first BMW X3 was the most ugliest vehicle one market and the new one is the prince. I think nobody can kiss the first X3 for this huge improvement.

Five years ago, I had chance to drive an X3 but I didn’t dare to drive it. It was very ugly from outside and a catastrophe from the inside. Nothing was special with the X3, expect being magnificently ugly. With these emotional approaches to X3, I always ignored it. However, things have changed. BMW revealed the new X3 with a state of art design. When you consider with the previous one, new X3 is out of this world. It does not look bad, is more spacious, and as big as the previous X5!

On paper, things are not that bad with new one and it worth a drive. So, I visited the BMW’s Turkish distributor Borusan Automotive yesterday and I did something really unusual! I drove the X3 with excitement. I was expecting to satisfy with the vehicle and no chance of being disappointment. When I drove the car and played with its gadgets, my assumption turns into reality.

Exterior design is totally new and there is no relationship with the previous vehicle. The interior quality is really high and I couldn’t find any point to moan about it. The 8-speed auto gearbox works seamlessly, 2.0-lt 184 HP diesel is amazing, suspension is nimble, there are buttons to change the behaviour of gearbox, steering wheel, throttle and suspension from comfort to hard core, start and stop function works extremely well to save fuel, iDrive is usable, instrument panel is excellent with high quality display, Auto Hold function is useful for stop and go traffic and like X6, there is no rear view. I don’t know why, this new design team prevent drivers to see the cars behind you. This is the only thing I didn’t like with the new X3.And as usual, there is no off road ability thanks to too stiff suspensions.

Overall, I would buy the X3 instead of X5. X3 offers everything, which you can find in an X5 with a smaller engine to reduce your tax and insurance costs, and in addition it looks fresher! But if you are planning to buy an X3, order with wood interior and bird-view camera option. They will improve the excitement. Lastly, I didn’t compare the X3 with Range Rover Evoque. Evoque is a totally different type of vehicle. But X3 is the second best choice after the Evoque.

In Turkish;

Kurbağa prensi hemen hemen herkes çok iyi bilir. Prens kurbağaya döner, sonra prenses gelir öper ve kurbağa tekrar prens olur. Bunu gerçek hayatta görmek isterseniz, epey bir süre beklemeniz lazım! Biraz enteresan olabilir ama BMW bunu başardı. Yeni X3 bunun tam bir örneği. Birinci nesil X3, dünyadaki en çirkin arabalar arasındaki yerini asla kaybetmeyeceği kesin olmasına rağmen,  yeni nesil X3 bunun tam aksini ispatlıyor. Kurbağa prensi açısında olaya yaklaşırsak, X3’ü bu hale getirebilecek öpücük pek mümkün gibi gözükmüyor. 

Beş yıl önce, X3’ü kullanma şansım olmuştu ama pek kullanmak istemedim. Neden derseniz, iç ve dış tasarım insanı arabadan soğutuyordu ve içimden o arabayı kullanmak için hiçbir istek oluşmamıştı. Bu duygusal yoğunluk yüzünden yıllarca X3’ü göz ardı ettim, ta ki yeni nesil çıkana kadar. Eski X3 ile yenisini karşılaştırırsak, bu modelin dünya dışından bir yerden geldiğini düşünmek elde değil! Kesinlikle çok daha iyi bir tasarıma sahip, iç hacmi ciddi oranda artmış, hatta birinci nesil X5 kadar büyük! 

Kağıt üstünde bu veriler X3’ün çok daha iyi olduğunu gösteriyor ve en azından bir kere de olsa kullanmam gerektiğini düşündüm. Bunu içinde Borusan Otomotiv’e gittim. Yeni X3’ü tahmin edemeyeceğim bir heyecanla kullandım ve hiçbir şekilde hayal kırıklığı yaşamadım. 

Özellikle, dış tasarımı eskiden çok daha iyi, içeride kullanılan parçaların kalitesi ciddi olarak artmış ve şikayet edecek bir şey bulmak epey güç! 8 ileri otomatik şanzıman rahatsız etmeden vites geçişi sağlıyor, 2.0-lt dizel 184 beygir motor sorunsuz, süspansiyon çok iyi derece tepki veriyor, arabanın sürüş karakterini değiştiren butonlar mevcut, yakıt tüketimi için önemli olan dur ve git sistemi sorunsuz çalışıyor, iDrive kesinlikle kullanılabilir, gösterge paneli yüksek kalite görüntü sağlıyor. Bunula birlikte her X Serisinde olduğu gibi sert süspansiyon sayesinde arazi de gezmek biraz hayal oluyor. En umutsuz vaka ise, X6’da da olduğu gibi kısıtlı arka görüş. Neden bilmiyorum ama yeni nesil BMW’lerde böyle bir sorun var. 

Sonuç olarak, X3 kesinlikle alınabilecek bir araba. Hatta, X5 yerine bile tercih edebilirim. X5’deki hemen hemen her şeyi X3’de bulmak mümkün, daha küçük motorla vergi ve fiyat avantajı da olumlu. Bana kalırsa ahşap iç kaplama ve çoklu kamera sistemini de alırsanız X3 çok daha eğlenceli bir araba haline gelir. Son olarak, Evoque karışında X3’ü şansın biraz düşük ama Evoque tamamen yeni bir araç bu yüzden karşılaştırmak pek doğru olmaz. 

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Cars of the Day #27 Audi Q5

Good looking and senseless SUV! Sorry :(

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Winter Tyres: Continental

If you forgot what happened during last winter, don't worry you will remember it again in couple of months. Hopefully, Continental revealed a footage to remember what happens when you use your summers tyres during the winter. Just watch the footage and you will realise why you need winter tyres!

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Price of Land Rovers in Turkey

I always mention about the car taxes in Turkey and how expensive to own a car. However, I never provided the price of a car in my blog, until now! 

You can find the price of Land Rovers and Range Rovers below. These prices do not include the optional equipments and downloaded directly from the official distributor. If you are complaining about the car prices, just check these!

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New Mercedes ML

I don't publish new car photos to my blog, but I could not stop myself to share this time. The new and ugly Mercedes ML. Sorry the new and more conservative ML! My favourite is the first generation! 

Okay, it was too harsh for the new ML. I really like the front of the car, but the rear is terrible. Looks like a Lincoln Navigator :(

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Soft-top Mercedes CL

For last one decade, Mercedes has a rumour for a soft-top CL! Every five years, periodically there is a rumour emerges about a new CL soft-top model. But nothing happens! Like previous times, there is a rumour on internet about soft-top CL for next model. This time, it is different, rumour claims that Mercedes is satisfied the demand to SLS AMG soft-top and they consider the soft CL more seriously!

A soft-top CL might a nice alternative but there is a car called SL and that is topless too! However, it is only two-seater. If Mercedes can create a clear distinction between SL and CL soft-top clearly, they won’t overlap with each other. SL is a two-seater topless and CL soft-top is a 2+2.

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Lancia in Venice Film Festival

Venice Film Festival started last week. If you expecting to read any commentary on the films, you are in wrong place. I am going to comment about the car, which took place during the red carpet. I cannot remember on which channel I watched the red carpet event, but the cars caught my attention!

As the event is taken place in Italy, I was expecting an Italian car brand for the stars’ logistical support. And I was right, Lancia is the sponsor! Venice Film Festival is sponsored by a stylish Italian car brand, nothing sounds wrong with this!

However, there is something going wrong during the event. The cars, which are transporting star to red carpet do not seem to be Lancia; from the back end they are resemblance to Maserati Quattroporte, but from the front they are exactly the same as a Chrysler. So, I did some Google research and I found out that, it is the new Lancia Thema.

New Thema is a combination of Fiat and Chrysler; looking American from the front and Italian from the rear. In other words, it is like a Pizza Hut in Italy! American company makes pizza in Italy :)

By the way, if you don't from the front end Thema looks quite nice!

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Car of the Day # 26 Alfa Romeo Spider Matte

Some people don't like it, some people love it! That's that matte paint. I liked it with the Alfa Romeo Spider.

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Mercedes ML63 AMG: Blue Smoke from Exhaust!

I am sure, you might have seen some people accelerating with their superfast cars as soon as they run their engines. Unfortunately, this behaviour is quite common with those drivers. Accelerating like in a Hollywood movie might sound nice but have an adverse effect. The adverse effect is very basic, the engine starts to burn engine oil in additional to petrol!

As soon as the engine starts, it is not possible lubricate every single part of the engine. And accelerating without hesitation leads to scuff the cylinders with insufficient lubrication. You might be thinking, do we have to wait? Of course not. You need to be more gentle to avoid this problem.

Unfortunately, Greek gods do not manufacture car engines and paying lots of money does not change the fundamentals of physics. Whether you have an expensive car or not, if you push the limits of the engine without waiting for couple of minutes would probably end up with the same tragedy. Blue smoke from the exhaust and burning engine oil!

Just watch the smoke from the Mercedes ML63 AMG's exhausts!

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Ferrari FF: My First Ferrari ?

I do know that many people have a serious problem! Especially, the rich ones. Based on my observations, being a rich person is not that easy. When you don’t have money, the opportunities are pretty limited and you have to be satisfied with those limited alternatives. For instance, if you are not rich and live on a limited budget your dream cars are limited also. Let’s take, Ford Fiesta. It is cheap to own, cheap to run and cheap to maintain. But it does not offer four wheel drive or Formula 1 style paddle shift or track mode. And you never complain for the Fiesta’s lack of opportunities!

However, when you become rich you want more of everything. You want a fast car, four wheel drive, Formula 1 paddle shift, race mode, leather, coupe with big boot and this list goes forever. Hopefully, Ferrari revealed the FF model to satisfy the rich people, who cannot be satisfied with any car on planet. Eventually, Ferrari FF is a like an automotive salad. You can find anything with the FF, there are not limitations. 

As the Ferrari FF is the best of everything but will it be your first Ferrari? Will anyone go for Ferrari FF instead of Ferrari 458 or 599 !?! I don’t think so. Ferrari FF is a contemporary interpretation of Ferrari but not enough for being the first Ferrari.

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